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Episode number: 16-17
Original air date: May 13, 2009
Flashback: Although this episode contains flashbacks of Jacob , Kate Austen , James "Sawyer" Ford , Sayid Jarrah , Ilana Verdansky , John Locke , Sun-Hwa Kwon , Jin-Soo Kwon , Jack Shephard , Juliet Burke and Hugo "Hurley" Reyes , many fans consider the episode to be Jacob centric due to his appearance in all but one flashback.
Written by: Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse
Directed by: Jack Bender
Plot: Jack's decision to put a plan in action in order to set things right on the Island is met with some strong resistance by those close to him, and Locke assigns Ben a difficult task.
Guest starring: Sam Anderson as Bernard Nadler , L. Scott Caldwell as Rose Nadler , Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert , Kevin Chapman as Mitch , Alice Evans as Eloise Hawking , Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus , Patrick Fischler as Phil , Andrea Gabriel as Nadia , Jon Gries as Roger Linus , Brad William Henke as Bram , Eric Lange as Stuart Radzinsky , Mark Pellegrino as Jacob , Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana , John Terry as Christian Shephard , Titus Welliver as Man #2