Writer:	Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
Director:	Jack Bender
Star:	Daniel Dae Kim (Jin Kwon),  Yunjin Kim (Sun Kwon),  Evangeline Lilly (Kate Austen),  Josh Holloway (James "Sawyer" Ford),  Terry O'Quinn (John Locke),  Harold Perrineau Jr. (Michael Dawson),  Emilie de Ravin (Claire Littleton),  Matthew Fox (Jack Shephard),  Naveen Andrews (Sayid Jarrah),  Dominic Monaghan (Charlie Pace),  Ian Somerhalder (Boone Carlyle),  Jorge Garcia (Hugo "Hurley" Reyes),  Malcolm David Kelley (Walter Lloyd),  Maggie Grace (Shannon Rutherford)
Recurring Role:	Mira Furlan (Danielle Rousseau),  Daniel Roebuck (Dr. Leslie Artz),  Christian Bowman (Steve Jenkins),  Fredric Lane (Marshal Edward Mars)
Guest Star:	Kylie Dragna (Charlotte),  Wendy Braun (Gina),  Ruz Rusden (Airport Cop),  Kevin E. West (Calderwood),  Chard Hayward (Aussie Official),  Robert Frederick (Jeff)

International Airdates:
- Denmark: June 10, 2005 on Kanal 5 (edit) Michelle Rodriguez receives the "And" credit. (edit) Although Emilie de Ravin (Claire) does not have any lines in the aired version, she does have a deleted scene with Charlie where she is upset over not knowing how to be a good mother. (edit) During filming of the first season finale, each cast member was only given the script pages of scenes where they appeared. (edit) Though parts of Shannon's backstory were shown during "Hearts and Minds" from Boone's perspective, this episode features the first flashback from Shannon's point of view. (edit)

(Kate walks up the beach. She heads over to Jack, who is packing his backpack)
Kate: So you're heading out?
Jack: Yeah.
Kate: (hesitantly) I was thinking that I might go with you...for old times' sake. I want to help.
Jack: You won't be here for the raft launching.
Kate: Yeah, well, I'm, I'm not very good at goodbyes.
Jack: Grab your stuff. (edit) Sayid: Danielle, what are you doing here?
Danielle: The others are coming. (edit) Arzt: You want to keep a secret, don't tell the fat guy. (edit) Shannon: Excuse me, sir?
Airport cop: Yes, ma'am.
Shannon: Hi, um, some Arab guy just left his bags in the chairs downstairs and then just walked away.
Airport cop: Can you describe him, please?
Shannon: Um, Arab. (edit) Shannon: Excuse me for not being pathetic enough to not want to sit next to some crying baby for the next 15 hours. (edit)

Numbers: 23 and 42

Jack and Ana Lucia are sitting in seats 23 B and 42 F respectively. (edit) In the pilot Walt had really short hair when he came to the island, but in there flash back he has longer hair and thats the day before they got on the plane. (edit) GOOF: At 7:49-7:50 of the episode you can clearly see members of the film crew. Specifically the cameraman. (edit) During this two-part episode, there were 2 flashbacks that were erased. In one, Claire talks to the pilot about why she is traveling (she mentions the adoption and the psychic), and he ends up saying "I'll make this a pleasant flight". In another, Sayid is picking a tie for Nadia. He has a little chat with the female clerk, and she chooses a yellow one, but the security guards that talk to Shannon take him before he can buy it. He remembered that after he sees Sawyer using his tie to tie something to the raft. (edit) Numbers: 4

Rousseau has 4 scratches on her arm. (edit)

The TV show that Walt watches in the Sydney hotel room is Power Rangers SPD, a popular children's program. (edit) Episode title: Exodus

Exodus is the second book of the Torah (the five books of Moses. The Exodus refers to the departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt and its Pharaoh under the leadership of Moses. As a result of this meaning the term "an exodus" has come to mean a departure of a great number of people. (edit) The Black Rock being revealed as a slave ship raises some interesting questions. From what era did it come? Looking at the ship it appears to be a multi-masted steamer from the late 19th or early 20th Century, when ships used a combination of sails and coal powered engines. It is way too modern to be from the "classical" period of African slave trade, which was mostly on the west coast of Africa and had been outlawed by most countries by the early 19th century (The US in 1808 I believe). According to Locke it was probably headed from the East Coast of Africa to a mining colony. There is still slavery practiced in remote areas of Africa but one wonders if they are exporting to the Indies. Also, if the ship is truely over 100 years old, how did a wood and steel vessel survive the heat and humidity for that long? It is true that older vessels have been kept in use in poorer areas of the world well past their primes (Galveston, TX features the "Elissa" which was an early 20th century sailing vessel that had been used as late as the 80's as a cigarette smuggling boat in the Adriatic). I would guess that the Black Rock probably wrecked sometime during the 1930's - 1950s.

(edit) Event: Jin and Michael fixing the raft

Michael scolding Jin when he was fixing the raft; "No, no, no; this one goes here, that one goes there". This is probably a reference to Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. In the docking bay on Hoth, Han and Chewie have a similar dialogue when Chewie incorrectly repairs something on the Millenium Falcon. Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith premiered at midnight the same day that this episode premiered. (edit)