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Danielle Rousseau coined the term the Others, which the survivors of Flight 815 have adopted to describe anyone on the island they have not previously met, or anyone not from the plane recognized as an enemy. They have kidnapped children on the island, such as Rousseau's infant daughter, Alex, and a number of tail section survivors, and they apparently won't hesitate to kill anyone who gets in their way. The Others have learned how to leave a minimum of footprints and other tracks and make very little sound when walking, making them as good as untraceable. Their appearance is sometimes heralded by mysterious black smoke or by strange, barely audible whispering.
In the season 2 finale, when Michael asks "Henry Gale" about who they are, "Henry" responds that they are "the good guys". Earlier in the finale, Desmond refers to them as "the hostiles", as does his former partner Kelvin in a flashback. In the episode "Three Minutes", Walt tells Michael that the Others "are not who they say they are."
The Others
The following characters are listed in order of appearance:
Ethan Rom
- Played by: William Mapother
- Appears in: "Solitary," "Raised by Another," "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues," "Homecoming," "Maternity Leave"
Ethan Rom was the first of the Others to be introduced. Ethan lived among the survivors of Flight 815 during their initial days on the island, until Hurley discovered he was not on the flight manifest. Just as that discovery is made, Ethan kidnaps Charlie and Claire. He tells Jack and Kate that if they follow him, he will kill either Charlie or Claire. Following up on his promise, Ethan hangs Charlie from a tree and leaves him for dead; however, Jack intervenes and resuscitates him. Ethan takes Claire to a DHARMA station with medical supplies and a nursery for her baby. He injects a syringe into Claire's stomach, claiming it will prevent the baby from becoming sick. He keeps her drugged, and in this state Claire comes to trust Ethan and wants him and the Others to take her baby. He tells her they are a good family and good people. Before she gives birth, Claire escapes from the station with the aid of Alex Rousseau. Ethan demands that Claire be returned to him or he will kill the survivors one by one. Again, Ethan keeps his promise and kills Scott Jackson. The following day Ethan falls into a trap set up by Jack, Locke, Kate, Sayid, and Sawyer. However, before Ethan can be interrogated, Charlie shoots and kills him in anger.
Tom
- Played by: M.C. Gainey
- Also Known as: "Mr. Friendly" (Writers), "Zeke" and "Bluebeard" (Sawyer)
- Appears in: "Exodus: Part 3," "The Hunting Party," "Maternity Leave," "Three Minutes," "Live Together, Die Alone: Part 2, "A Tale of Two Cities"
Tom, appears to act as an unofficial spokesperson for the Others; however, he is not their leader. According to the faux "Henry Gale", Tom is no one and nobody compared to the real leader.
While not technically in charge of the Others, Tom does have some authority as shown in his conversation with Ethan in "Maternity Leave," in his dealings with Alex and Pickett in "The Hunting Party" and "Three Minutes", and with the party that captures Hurley, Jack, Kate and Sawyer in "Live Together, Die Alone."
Tom's first appearance was in the finale of the show's first season, where he is on a boat alongside three partners: a pair of men, and an older woman. They kidnap Walt, shoot Sawyer and blow up the raft. Later in season two, he confronts Jack and the rest of the survivor search party that was assembled to find Michael, who had run into the jungle to find Walt. (See "Encounters with the Others" below.)
Claire's memories of her time at the Staff station show a shaved and clean Tom wearing regular clothing instead of the dirty, haggard look in which he has shown himself to the crash survivors. During her exploration of the Staff, Kate finds dirty fake clothes, as well as Tom's fake beard and theatrical glue inside a locker. Seemingly, Tom's dirty appearance is merely a disguise. Why the Others desire to appear rugged and dirty is unknown.
Tom's real name is accidentally revealed by Ms. Klugh in "Live Together, Die Alone" when she told him that Kate knew his beard was fake.
Goodwin
- Played by: Brett Cullen
- Appears in: "...And Found" (dead body), "The Other 48 Days"
Goodwin, like Ethan, was a spy for the Others, and lived among the tail section survivors for the initial days of their stay on the island, claiming to be a former member of the Peace Corps. After Nathan is accused of being a traitor and thrown in a pit-cage, Goodwin kills him to throw suspicion off himself. Later, when he and Ana Lucia are alone, Ana Lucia says that she knows Goodwin is one of the Others because he came out of the jungle, not out of the water like everyone else when the plane crashed. Goodwin reveals that the survivors who have been abducted are "good people." "Nathan was not a good person," Goodwin tells Ana-Lucia, "That's why he wasn't on the list." He also claims that the abducted kids are better off, which upsets Ana Lucia. They struggle, and in the course of their fight, Goodwin is impaled on a wooden stake and dies. His rotting corpse is later found by Jin. Later on, the faux Henry Gale tells Ana-Lucia that Goodwin was convinced he could change her for the better and was not attempting to kill her when the fight ensued.
Goodwin's comment about how "the Others" are "good people" is paralleled when "Henry Gale," defends himself by saying that he "is not a bad person" and that the Others are "the good guys." Henry also says that Goodwin actually considered Ana-Lucia a good person, telling his fellow "Others" that she wasn't bad, just misunderstood, and tells Ana Lucia that when Goodwin attacked her, he was not planning to kill her.
Pickett
- Played by: Michael Bowen
- Appears in: "The Hunting Party" (no dialogue), "Three Minutes," "Live Together, Die Alone: Part 2" (no dialogue)
Pickett is one of the Others responsible for the capture of Michael. He is a loyal Other; during the Hunting Party standoff with Sawyer, Locke and Jack, when Alex refused to bring Kate out, Pickett did so. It is still unclear how important he is in the Others' hierarchy, but he is shown taking orders from Tom and Ms. Klugh on several occasions. He is also the Other given guard duty over Walt and Michael when they have their "three minutes" together in the Others' campsite. Before, at the camp, Pickett draws blood from Michael, saying he needs to just perform a few tests. The meaning of this statement is unclear as of yet, although this may possibly have been to study Walt's lineage and establish any links between father and son, judging from Ms. Klugh's eager questioning of Michael after his initial abduction.
"Henry Gale"
Main article: Henry Gale (Lost)Alexandra "Alex" Rousseau
- Played by: Tania Raymonde
- Appears in: "Maternity Leave", "Three Minutes", "Live Together, Die Alone: Part 2" (no dialogue)
- Origin of name: Means "helper of men." This naming may be intentional by the writers, as she saved Claire's life.
Alex Rousseau was kidnapped by the Others after her mother, Danielle, gave birth to her. Alex is now 16-17 years old and appears to have been raised by the Others for most of her life. Despite her vague allegiance to the Others, Alex aided Claire in her escape from "The Staff", one of the DHARMA Initiative stations. She has also shown on several occasions that she is concerned for the survivors and Claire's baby, and often refuses orders given to her by higher Others (most notable in the scene present in both "The Hunting Party" and again from a different perspective in "Three Minutes" when she refused to escort the kidnapped Kate to Tom, instead passing the duty over to Pickett) thus making her true allegiance questionable. In "Maternity Leave" when Claire and Kate part company with Danielle Rousseau after investigating "The Staff", Claire made reference to the girl who saved her. Although Claire was oblivious to Alex's name, her comments regarding Alex's good nature and her difference from the sinister Others, left Danielle with an obvious feeling of relief.
Bea Klugh
- Played by: April Grace
- Appears in: "Three Minutes," "Live Together, Die Alone: Part 2"
When Michael is brought to the Others' camp, he meets Ms. Klugh who asks Michael several questions about Walt, such as "Are you his biological father?", "When did he start talking?", "Did he have any illnesses?" and most notably, "Did he ever appear anywhere he wasn't supposed to be?" (making a reference to Walt being seen by some of the survivors). Her questions were also very similar to the questions Walt's mother's lawyer asked Michael. Michael eventually demands to see Walt, and she agrees to let them see each other for three minutes. When Walt begins to say "they're not who they say they are" and "they're pretending...", Ms. Klugh has Walt taken away, but not before threatening to send him back to "The Room" if he does not behave. After a brief hug, Walt is taken away and Michael reluctantly agrees to Klugh's demands: rescue Henry Gale, and then bring Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley back to the Others' camp.
He/Him
An unnamed and unseen Other of particular importance has been alluded to by the Henry Gale imposter, Ethan Rom and Tom. "He" is feared by the Others. The only illustration of Him was given by the Henry Gale imposter when he described Him as "a great man, a brilliant man, but not a forgiving man". Henry Gale also said to Sayid during his 'talk', "If I told you about them, you have no idea what he'll do", and "he'll kill me".
"He/Him" is also mentioned directly by the current occupant of The Swan at any one time. When Locke first enters the hatch, he is confronted by Desmond who asks "Are you him?" followed by "What did one snowman say to the other snowman?". Likewise, when Desmond is rescued and taken in to the hatch by Kelvin, the first questions he is asked are the same, and it appears that "He/Him" is in a position of authority over the proceedings in the hatch.
The Others' Camp
The Others, at one time, appeared to live in yurts in a northern part of the island. A significant landmark is a rock wall with a large hole that lays on a hillside nearby. In the camp guards were protecting what appeared to be the entrance to a DHARMA Initiative station. Days later, Sayid discovered that the camp had been abandoned and the DHARMA station was a mere façade.
It is still unclear whether the Others actually do live in camps or if it is all just for show.
Encounters with the Others
Attack on the raft
In "Exodus: Part 3" the Others are seen out in the ocean when Sawyer, Jin, Michael, and Walt were attempting an escape from the island on a raft. The raft encounters a short-range fishing boat, with four people on board: a woman, two twin-like men, and Tom. At first the survivors on the raft mistake them for "fishermen or pirates" of some sort and assume they are going to aid in rescuing them. This assumption is soon destroyed when the Others demand that Walt be handed over to them, but Michael refuses. The Others then attack the castaways, kidnap Walt, and blow up the raft. Sawyer, Jin and Michael are left to die in the ocean.
Tail section encounters
In "The Other 48 Days", the tail section survivors of the ill-fated Oceanic Flight 815 have many encounters with the Others. Over the first two weeks, the Others take twelve of the tail section survivors, including young siblings Zack and Emma. During the raids, "Mr." Eko and Ana-Lucia manage to kill three of the Others. Later on many of the tail section survivors grow suspicious of one another. They decide that Nathan, one of the survivors, is a spy, but later on they discover that Goodwin, who they had assumed to be another tail section passenger, is the real spy. After discovering this, the tail section survivors encounter the shipwrecked raft crew in Orientation. After deducing that the raft crew are also survivors of the plane crash, the tail section survivors set out for the midsection survivors' camp. During the journey across the island, Cindy, a flight attendant from the plane, disappears under mysterious circumstances. Bernard, Ana-Lucia, Mr. Eko, Michael, and Jin assume that she was abducted by the Others.
Jin and Eko's encounter
In "...And Found," Eko is alerted to the presence of Others in the jungle. He hides Jin and himself in some brush and while there, sees eight Others trekking through the jungle. They are barefoot, covered in mud, only visible from the waist down and one of them is carrying a teddy bear, leading people to speculate if the Others kept the children Zack and Emma alive from "The Other 48 Days". Eko then claims that The Others "leave no footprints" and only allow you to see them at their choosing.
The hunting party standoff
In "The Hunting Party," Michael decides to go after his kidnapped son Walt. Jack, Locke, and Sawyer follow him and run into Tom, who along with other Others has kidnapped Kate, who had been secretly trailing. He threatens to kill her if they don't give him their guns and turn around. He claims that Walt is safe and Michael will not find Walt "where he's at". He says that the island is their island and the only reason the Flight 815 survivors are living on it is because they (the Others) allow them to. Tom draws a line in the ground and says if any of the survivors cross that line, there is going to be trouble. Jack suggests to Tom that he is bluffing and that the Others are not nearly as powerful as they want to appear. Tom then cries, "Light 'em up!", and approximately ten torches are lit outside the clearing. After this he releases Kate, takes the survivors' guns, and disappears into the jungle with his fellow Others.
Michael's leave
Someone claiming to be Walt contacts Michael via the computer in the hatch. This person explains to Michael that he is being held captive in the northern part of the island with the Others. "Walt" then says to look for a rock with a large hole in it as a landmark. After this Michael is so determined to find his son that he seals Locke and Jack into the hatch's armoury, takes two guns and some bullets, and sets off north into the jungle to look for his son. It's not long before he sees one of the Others (Pickett), apparently urinating. Michael holds him at gunpoint. Pickett appears to surrender when he raises his hands. However, Tom is behind Michael and attacks him. Michael attempts an escape, and exchanges gunfire with the Others (as heard in the episode "The Hunting Party"); during this, Michael is nearly shot. This makes Tom angry and he reminds his fellow Others that they "need him alive". Tom then uses makeshift bolas to trip and tie Michael up.
Keeping Michael tied up, the Others carry him into the jungle. When the group rests, Alexandra secretly asks Michael if Claire and the baby are okay. Michael is unable to answer when Pickett comes back with a bound Kate. Tom instructs Alex to take her out to where the hunting party, which has caught up to them, is. Alex refuses and asks Pickett to do it. Pickett mocks her a little and then takes Kate out. At this time Alex makes a point to tell Michael that what Tom is doing is just "delivering a message" to the survivors. Once the situation is resolved Tom instructs the Others to move out. Alex apologizes to Michael and then knocks him out.
Two days later, after a non-stop walk north, the Others reach their campsite. Michael is escorted to Ms. Klugh. There Pickett takes some blood from Michael, puts the syringe with Michael's blood in a ziplock plastic bag, and leaves him with Ms. Klugh. Ms. Klugh then asks him questions about Michael's paternity and if Michael has ever seen Walt "in a place he wasn't supposed to be." Michael says that he was halfway around the world but Klugh still asks if Michael ever saw him, as if he were in two places at once. Michael, unsure of the meaning behind the question, is unable to answer and therefore put into solitary confinement.
Days later Michael is being held in one of the Others' yurts, and Ms. Klugh visits him again. She offers Michael a deal. Ms. Klugh explains that one of her people ("Henry Gale") has been captured, and Michael is to go and free him. Michael is also ordered to bring four of the survivors back to the Others. Ms. Klugh hands him a list with the names Jack Shepard, Kate Austin, James Ford, and Hugo Reyes. Michael then demands to see Walt. Ms. Klugh gives in to this and allows father and son to see each other for "three minutes." But when Walt begins to say "they're not who they say they are" and talk about the tests they make him do, Ms. Klugh gets angry and threatens that Walt will be put back in "the room" if he does not behave. After a brief hug, Walt is taken away and Michael reluctantly agrees to bring four of his companions, that Klugh had requested of him. At that moment he is sent away.
Two days later (in "Two For the Road"), Michael is found and taken back to "The Swan." After coming to, Michael tells Jack and Kate about what he experienced in the jungle. He explains that he encountered one of the Others in the woods and followed him deeper into the heart of the jungle. He claims to have seen the camp where the Others live, claiming that they occupy another hatch where the captives are kept. Michael further explains that the Others apparently live in makeshift tents, are lightly armed, and could probably be easily overwhelmed by a group of survivors. He claims that most of them are weak old men and women and not nearly the dangerous persona the Others have projected thus far. He also says they have another hatch where he believes the Others are keeping prisoners due to the guards that keep a 24-hour watch over the place.
The Capture of "Henry Gale"
In "One of Them," Danielle Rousseau captures a man and brings him to Sayid, believing that he is an Other. The man identifies himself as Henry Gale and explains that he is from Minnesota and crashed in a hot air balloon with his wife. Sayid does not believe Henry, and, convinced he is an Other, tortures him. Jack quickly puts a stop to this, and afterwards Henry is well taken care of and fed regularly. Two days later, Mr. Eko learns Henry is in the hatch. In order to keep Henry's presence secret, Jack agrees to allow Mr. Eko into Henry's room. There, Mr. Eko confesses and apologizes to Gale for killing two of the "Others."
Trying to resolve the Henry situation once and for all, Ana-Lucia asks Gale to draw a map to his balloon. She, Sayid, and Charlie follow the map, and Henry's story seems accurate until Sayid exhumes the body in the grave Henry claimed belonged to his wife. Instead, they find the real Henry Gale. Upon interrogation by Sayid, "Henry" admits that he is an Other and that telling Sayid any further information would ensure that the Others' leader would kill him in retaliation.
When Locke visits Gale soon after, he asks him what his real name is, but is told that he's grown accustomed to "Henry." Before Locke leaves, Gale makes a point of telling him that the hatch is a "joke," and that he had lied about entering the code into the computer earlier. When Locke accuses Gale of lying, he replies, "I'm done lying." Later, Jack decides to try to trade Gale for Walt, which Gale dismisses as unlikely to be agreed to by the Others.
At this point, Gale goes on a hunger strike and refuses to talk to anyone. Ana-Lucia comes to see Henry and asks him how long his strike will go on, and claims that — in her experience — most killers like to talk. Henry says something indiscernable to her, and when Ana-Lucia gets closer to hear him Gale attempts to strangle her. In their struggle, Henry tells Ana that she "is the killer" and that she has killed "two good people." Before Henry can kill Ana-Lucia, Locke rushes into the room and knocks Henry out. When Henry wakes up, he finds himself tied down to the floor and in utter darkness. Locke opens the door to talk more with Henry. He asks him why Henry didn't take advantage of Locke's incapacitation under the blast doors, and is told that it was due to Locke being one of the "good people" in contrast to Ana-Lucia. Henry tells Locke that when Rousseau caught him in her trap, he had been on his way to get Locke to take him back with the rest of the "good people." Henry refuses to elaborate on the point, insisting enigmatically that he will soon be dead regardless of what information he gives.
Ana-Lucia enters the room not long after and, throwing him a knife, tells Gale to cut himself free. Henry does this despite knowing she is there to kill him in a faux escape attempt. He tells Ana-Lucia that Goodwin tried to change her but it was a lost cause. Ana-Lucia says that Goodwin was going to kill her, but Henry says that belief was only her paranoia. Ana-Lucia surprisingly finds herself unable to commit such a calculated murder, and leaves Henry alive. Several minutes later, Henry hears gunshots from Michael shooting Ana-Lucia and Libby. Entering Henry's makeshift prison cell, Michael shoots himself in the arm. When found later Michael explains that Gale has escaped and lies, saying Gale was the shooter of both Ana-Lucia and Libby.
Pala Ferry
Pala Ferry is first mentioned in the Pearl's orientation video, where its purpose was for the current occupants of the Pearl to report there after their shift was complete.
In "Live Together, Die Alone" Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley are captured by a group of The Others and taken to a jetty. The Henry Gale imposter arrives in the motorized boat and allows Michael to leave with Walt. He tells Michael to follow the bearing of 325 from the pier to find escape from the island. Michael asks him who they are; the Henry Gale impostor replies that they are "the good guys". The Others also release Hurley, telling him his task is to deliver a message to the rest of the survivors that no one could come there. Jack, Kate, and Sawyer are told they are "coming home" with the mysterious Others.
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