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During a routine trip from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles, Oceanic Flight 815 is blown off course and crashes on a remote Island. Thinking that rescue will soon be coming, the survivors tend to the injured on the beach and set up camp. Jack, Kate and Charlie hike through the jungle to retrieve a transceiver from the cockpit, but are attacked by the "Monster".

Jack, Charlie and Kate return to the beach camp with the transceiver. Sayid, a former military communications officer, gets the transceiver working but tells the others he can get better reception if they head to higher ground. When they get there, they pick up a mysterious distress signal in French that has been playing on loop for 16 years. The group is attacked by a polar bear, and learns that there was a convict on the plane.

03 " Tabula Rasa " 2-4 Kate is apprehended by the Marshal in Australia.

Jack discovers that the injured man he has been trying to save is a U.S. Marshal, and learns that Kate is the convict. Meanwhile, single father Michael questions his son Walt about a conversation he had with another passenger, John Locke.

04 " Walkabout " 4-5 Locke, a wheelchair-bound cubicle worker, is denied access to a walkabout.

After a group of boars raid the fuselage in the middle of the night, Jack decides the bodies need to be disposed of. As the survivors' food supply runs low, Locke leads a boar hunt and encounters the Monster. Claire and Sayid organize a funeral service.

05 " White Rabbit " 6 Jack goes to Australia to find his father.

While bordering on exhaustion, Jack repeatedly sees a mysterious man watching him from afar, but no one else can see him. Haunted by the strange vision, Jack follows the man, only to recognize him as someone to whom he was very close. Meanwhile, the water supply runs dangerously low, a situation that erupts in violence when someone steals the last remaining bottles. Jack returns to the beach, having found fresh water in the nearby caves.

Jin, a Korean castaway who speaks no English, assaults Michael, seemingly without provocation. Sayid resolves the conflict by handcuffing him to the wreckage. Jack's decision to move to the caves causes division among the survivors. Sun must decide whether or not to free her husband, at the cost of a long-hidden secret.

07 " The Moth " 8 Charlie goes through a personal crisis and becomes addicted to heroin.

Charlie goes into withdrawal when Locke takes his remaining bags of heroin. Jack becomes trapped in a cave-in. Sayid tries to triangulate the French woman's signal, but his efforts are thwarted by a mysterious attack.

08 " Confidence Man " 9-10 Sawyer struggles with his personal demons as he attempts to con Jess.

The onset of an asthma attack threatens Shannon's life, and the only man who can help her is Sawyer, whom Boone believes stole her inhalers from the fuselage. When Sawyer refues to help, Jack and Sayid must decide whether to resort to violence to retrieve the medicine. Meanwhile, Sayid attempts to learn who attacked him in the jungle.

09 " Solitary " 12–13 Sayid reluctantly tortures Nadia during the Gulf War.

When a golf bag is found in the wreckage, Hurley constructs a golf course to give the survivors a much-needed recreational outlet. In the jungle, Sayid's attempt of exploring the Island ends when he falls into a trap set by a mysterious French woman named Danielle Rousseau. Sayid's overtures of friendship are rebuffed as Rousseau resorts to torture, believing him to be part of a mysterious tribe already living on the Island.

10 " Raised by Another " 15–16 After learning she is pregnant, Claire must decide either to keep her baby, or put it up for adoption.

Claire is haunted by nightmarish visions that her baby is in danger, and later appears to be attacked, but no one believes her. Hurley suggests that they compile a list of the survivor's names and use the manifest as a reference. When Hurley compares the two, it leads to an unnerving conclusion about a passenger named Ethan Rom.

After the news about Hurley's census is discovered, Jack and Locke search for Claire, but discover that she, Charlie, and Ethan are missing. After joining the search for Claire, Boone and Locke make a discovery that will change the lives of everyone on the Island.

Enlisting Shannon to help translate the papers he stole from Rousseau, Sayid makes a startling discovery. Meanwhile, Kate and Sawyer find a briefcase in wreckage submerged in a hidden lagoon, and find themselves pitted against each other when it becomes clear that the contents of the case hold vital information about Kate's past.

When Boone becomes frustrated with Locke's quest to get inside the hatch, Locke ties him up and drugs him.

14 " Special " 26–27 Michael and Walt's relationship.

Michael builds a raft to get him and his son rescued. Locke and Michael's rivalry is put on hold when they must save Walt from a polar bear.

15 " Homecoming " 27–29 Charlie cons Lucy.

Locke and Boone find Claire in the jungle, suffering from amnesia. Jack, Sayid and Locke devise a way to find and capture Ethan after he kills a survivor.

16 " Outlaws " 29–31 Sawyer kills Duckett.

Kate and Sawyer bond while hunting a boar.

When the raft catches fire, Michael accuses Jin. In order to save him from being beaten, Sun must reveal to Jin that she speaks English.

18 " Numbers " 35–36 Hurley uses numbers he heard while hospitalized to win the lottery, then believes he is cursed.

Hurley sets out to find Danielle after seeing some peculiar numbers on her notes. Michael and Jin start building another raft.

Locke and Boone try to open the hatch. They discover a beechcraft after Locke has a vision. Sawyer begins having headaches.

Jack tries to save Boone after his fall from the beechcraft. Claire goes into labor in the jungle. Sayid takes Shannon on a romantic overnight picnic.

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Locke reappears at Boone's funeral, and Jack and Shannon blame him for his death. Locke takes Sayid to the beechcraft. Shannon tries to kill Locke.

Sawyer and Kate fight over his seat on the raft. Sawyer reveals Kate's secret after someone poisons Michael.