1x21 The Greater Good (Sides) - Lost Episode Guide

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- Episode 01x21

Episode: 01x21
Title: The Greater Good (Sides)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 121
First Aired: May. 04, 2005

Season 1 » Episode #21 - The Greater Good (Sides)

Summary: Jack goes after Locke for lying about Boone's accident whilst Shannon enlists the help of Sayid to avenge her brother's alleged murder. In Sayid's flashback, the CIA convince him to help them catch a suicide bomber.A Sayid-centric episode.

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01x21 The Greater Good (43:06) (Full Episode)

Who appeared in this episode?

Essam Tasir	played by Donnie Keshawarz
Agent Alyssa Cole	played by Jenny Gago
Haddad	played by Dariush Kashani
Agent Robbie Hewitt	played by David Ross Paterson
Yusef	played by Ali Shaheed Amini
Imam	played by Warren Kundis

Episode Quotes

Season 1 / Episode 21: - The Greater Good (Sides)

Charlie: [singing to baby Turnip Head] The Itsy Bitsy Spider climbed up the spout. Down came the rain and drowned the spider out!
Hurley: Dude, it's washed. Washed the spider out. Unless there's some kind of British version.
Charlie: Oh ok. Down came the rain and washed the spider... oh bollocks.

Season 1 / Episode 21: - The Greater Good (Sides)

Locke: [to Sayid] Okay, I'll tell you something you *don't* know.
Sayid: Please do.
Locke: The first week after the crash, there was a cave-in. Jack was trapped. Do you remember that?
Sayid: Of course.
Locke: You, Kate and Sawyer went out into the jungle to triangulate a signal.
Sayid: [suddenly worried] Yes.
Locke: You were hit from behind, knocked unconscious. When you woke up, the transceiver, your equipment was destroyed.

Locke: That was me.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FAKE: Sayid questions Locke at gunpoint. When he asks about "the hatch," he raises his thumb as if to undo the safety catch, and a click is heard. As can be seen from its boxy shape and lack of hammer, the pistol is a Glock, which has no safety catch.
FACT: The Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) is responsible for foreign intelligence gathering, and would never be directly involved in a domestic security operation as depicted in the episode. Domestic security is the responsibility of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). In addition, the acronym ASIS is normally pronounced 'Ay-sis', rather than spelled out.
FACT: The flashbacks of Sayid are taking place in Sydney, Australia. However, When Sayid is jumping out of the white van in the warehouse you see the van's license plate. It is clearly a Hawaiian number plate and not a Sydney, Australian one.
GEOG: Sayid and Essam are sitting in a plaza, and you can see newspaper boxes over their shoulders. Australia doesn't have newspaper boxes.
GEOG: All scenes with major characters that depict Australia are clearly not shot in Australia. In the scene where Sayid is met outside a suburban Sydney shop the 'no parking' sign is on the wrong side of the road (or facing the wrong direction) and it is not a standard Australian traffic sign. Scenes depicting iconic Australian locations either do not have close-ups of major characters (eg in the scene where Sayid is playing soccer with his old University mate the Sydney skyline is only shown on long shots where the actors are not clearly recognizable) or they are clearly CGI'ed in (eg in the scene where the Opera House visible from Shannons hotel room.) The electrical outlets and lights switches shown in all indoor "Sydney scenes" are not Australian outlets or switches. Car license plates (called "number plates" in Australia) are clearly faked to look Australian, and whilst the vehicles depicted are right-hand drive vehicles they are consistently not models generally available through car dealerships in Australia.