Buried Secrets

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		Lost: Missing Pieces (Main Character(s) in Parentheses)
#01	"The Watch"	(Jack)	#06	"Room 23"	(Ben & Juliet)	#10	"Jack, Meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack"	(Jack)
#02	"The Adventures of Hurley and Frogurt"	(Hurley)	#07	"Arzt & Crafts"	(Arzt)	#11	"Jin Has a Temper-Tantrum on the Golf Course"	(Jin)
#03	"King of the Castle"	(Ben & Jack)	#08	"Buried Secrets"	(Sun & Michael)	#12	"The Envelope"	(Juliet)
#04	"The Deal"	(Michael & Juliet)	#09	"Tropical Depression"	(Michael)	#13	"So It Begins"	(Vincent)
#05	"Operation: Sleeper"	(Juliet & Jack)

"Buried Secrets"

Season

Episode

Missing Pieces

Aired

December 24, 2007 (Verizon)
December 30, 2007 (ABC.com)

Starring

Daniel Dae Kim - Jin
Yunjin Kim - Sun
Harold Perrineau - Michael

Days

Between Day 6 and 44

Written by

Christina M. Kim

Directed by

Jack Bender

Production code

105

Guest starring

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Episode Transcript
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"Buried Secrets" is the eighth Lost mobisode. It features a conversation between Sun and Michael. Jin and Vincent also appear.

1 Synopsis
2 Trivia
3 Episode references
4 External links

Synopsis

Jin is busy with his fishing equipment as Sun looks at him from the jungle. She takes a California drivers license out of her pocket and begins to dig a hole to bury it. At that moment, Michael runs by looking for Vincent. He apologizes for interrupting, and Sun tells him she needed a moment for herself. Michael then sees the license and picks it up. Sun tries to explain that she was going to leave Jin and that she thinks it's her punishment to be stranded on the Island. Michael comforts her by telling her it will be okay. The two almost share a kiss, but Vincent appears barking before anything can happen, prompting Sun to leave.

Trivia

Production notes

The production code/mobisode number for this mobisode is 105, even though it was the eighth one released.
The running time is 03:27.
This is the longest mobisode.
There is a making of article about this mobisode in issue 17 of Lost: The Official Magazine.

Recurring themes

Recurring themes in Lost
Black and white • Car accidents • Character connections • Deceptions and cons • Dreams • Eyes • Fate versus free will • Good and bad people • Imprisonment • Isolation • Life and death • Missing body parts • Nicknames • The Numbers • Parent issues • Pregnancies • Rain • Rebirth • Redemption • Relationships • Sacrifice • Secrets • Time

Sun wants to hide from Jin her plan to leave him. (Deceptions and cons)
Michael is looking for Vincent, something that occurs frequently. (Vincent)
Sun thinks it is her destiny to be on the Island, as punishment for her plan to leave Jin. (Fate versus free will)
"Things on this island don’t stay buried for long” warned John Locke to Paulo in "Exposé". (Secrets)

Literary techniques

As the title suggests, the burying of her drivers licence stands for Sun's attempt to bury her past, i.e. her secret plan to leave Jin and start a new life in America. (Symbolism)

Episode references

Jin is still wearing his handcuffs. ("House of the Rising Sun")
Sun has already revealed to Michael she can speak English. ("House of the Rising Sun")
Sun talks to Michael about how she was going to leave Jin. ("House of the Rising Sun")
Sun's fake documentation was provided by her decorator. ("House of the Rising Sun")
It is revealed that Sun changed her mind at the airport because she was afraid. ("House of the Rising Sun")