Both the Others and the Survivors have used restraints several times since the crash in prisoner and hostage situations. At their most primitive, these restraints are made of rope. But when available, handcuffs are often used.
Instances[]
Rope[]
Michael with his hands tied
Boone tied up
- Locke tied up Boone before spreading a hallucinogenic drug on Boone. ("Hearts and Minds")
- Sayid tied up Sawyer when he was torturing him over the whereabouts of Shannon's asthma medication. ("Confidence Man")
- Ana Lucia tied up Sayid after he tried to attack her for killing Shannon. ("Collision")
- Ben was tied up and tortured by Sayid, who wanted to know his true identity. ("One of Them")
- Michael was captured by the Others and restrained in several instances. ("Three Minutes") ("The Deal")
- The Others tied rope around Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley's hands at the Pala Ferry. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")
- Charlie was tied up by rope in the Looking Glass station. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 1")
- Ben was tied after being captured near the radio tower. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 1")
- Daniel, Charlotte, and Miles were restrained with rope when they were captured by Others during a time jump to 1954. ("Jughead")
- Charles Widmore was led to the submarine in rope restraints when he was exiled from the Island. ("Dead Is Dead")
Handcuffs[]
A standard pair of handcuffs
- Kate was handcuffed on the plane with the marshal. ("Tabula Rasa")
- After Jin attacked Michael, Sayid and Sawyer handcuffed him to a large part of plane debris. Michael later freed him, but Jin was forced to wear one half of the handcuffs until Locke cut them off with bolt cutters in the Swan station. ("House of the Rising Sun") ("What Kate Did")
- Ben made Kate put on a pair of handcuffs while having breakfast with him. ("A Tale of Two Cities")
- Juliet handcuffed herself to Kate in order to gain her trust. ("Left Behind")
- Frank was handcuffed to the helicopter by Keamy until Sawyer freed him with a hacksaw. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 1") ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2")
- Hurley was handcuffed while being arrested. ("The Lie")
- Sayid was brought aboard Ajira Airways Flight 316 by Ilana with what appears to be plastic handcuffs. He ended up on the Island with them still on and they were later removed with clippers by Horace. ("316") ("Namaste") ("He's Our You")
- Phil handcuffed Sayid to bring him to Oldham. ("He's Our You")
- Oldham interrogated Sayid by having him placed in handcuffs which were strapped to a tree. ("He's Our You")
Chains[]
- Ricardo, Ignacio and other prisoners are chained in the hold of the Black Rock. ("Ab Aeterno")
- The Man in Black remarks that "it's good to see Richard out of those chains." ("LA X, Part 2") ("Ab Aeterno")
- When Richard visited the Black Rock, he stopped to examine some of the chains and shackles in the ship. ("Dr. Linus")
Other means[]
- Ethan restrained Juliet with what appears to be velcro straps on the journey to the Island. ("One of Us")
- Ilana used wire to bind Ben to a tree, while digging his grave. ("Dr. Linus")
Unknown restraints[]
- Danielle used an unknown restraint (could be rope, cable or wire) against Sayid, believing him to be an Other. ("Solitary")
- When the Others were conning Sawyer, they had him tied down to an operating table. They appeared to be using rope, but it is not clearly seen. ("Every Man for Himself")