'Lost' recap: Sunk

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The deadly climax aboard Widmore's hijacked sub was filled with delicious drama and twisted ironies. Here was Sawyer's big chance to succeed where Jack had always failed: pulling off an escape plan that didn't blow up in their faces. Yet instead of finding victory, Sawyer found his Waterloo — his Jughead. Under fire from Widmore's goons and needing to dive ASAP, Sawyer made the tough call of leaving Claire behind. He wasn't too heartbroken; he was never wild about letting Aaron's mad, squirrelly mama join his club, anyway. Still, you could tell by the look on Sawyer's face that he felt like a jackass. Leadership's a bitch, ain't it, Sawyer? And so is payback. PREDICTION: If Sawyer should die by season's end, it will be by Claire's hand.

Kate was shot during the firefight with Widmore's goons on the docks, and when they all got into the sub, Jack tended to it. But when he opened up his backpack, the good doctor found Smokey's bomb. A sickening realization settled in. ''Locke,'' Jack murmured. ''We did exactly what he wanted.'' Sawyer wanted to snip the wires and defuse the bomb, but Jack tried to talk him out of it. He became convinced that if they did nothing — if they just let the cheap digital watch tick all the way to zero — the bomb wouldn't detonate. It was as if Jack was applying his Black Rock dynamite experience with Richard, supplemented with some hunches and hazy reasoning about the Man In Black and the rules that govern him. ''Locke said he could kill any one of us anytime he wanted to,'' Jack said. ''So what if he hasn't because he's not allowed to? What if he wants us to kill each other?'' Sawyer wasn't buying Jack's mystical mumbo jumbo. Besides, the Hero Formerly Known As James LaFleur isn't wired to wait for miracles. ''I'm not going to stand here and do nothing!'' Jack grabbed him by the shirt, looked him in the eye, and gave him his last best pitch: ''James: We are going to be okay. You just have to trust me.''

That was probably the last thing Jack should have said. Sawyer couldn't trust Jack. Not after Jughead. He pushed Jack aside and pulled the wires. The bomb stopped ticking... and then started ticking faster. The bomb was going to explode. They were goners. Then, Sayid made a choice. A heroic choice. A choice that seemed to suggest that Sayid did have a redemption moment at Desmond's well in the last episode. Super Buddha had jump-started Zombie Sayid's heart! It was very Return of the Jedi: Darth Jarrah looked into his soul, saw a glimmer of good within the gloom, and sprinted toward the light — and he took the bomb with him. Sayid's a smart soldier; he knew he was only making a small bit of difference. He wasn't trying to save his friends outright as much as increase their chances of surviving. He wanted create separation between the explosion and his friends. Like a fullback, Sayid took the rock and ran up the gut of the sub. The bomb went BOOM. Sayid went to pieces. In the classic words of Jack: ''There is no Sayid!''

NEXT: Sayid finally tells his own story