"The Greater Good" is the twenty-first episode of the first season of Lost. The episode was directed by David Grossman and written by Leonard Dick. It first aired on May 4, 2005 on ABC. The character of Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) is featured in the episode's flashbacks.
Sayid is recruited as an informant for the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and the CIA, which has asked him to infiltrate a terrorist cell in which his old friend Essam ...
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"The Greater Good" is the twenty-first episode of the first season of Lost. The episode was directed by David Grossman and written by Leonard Dick. It first aired on May 4, 2005 on ABC. The character of Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) is featured in the episode's flashbacks.
Sayid is recruited as an informant for the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and the CIA, which has asked him to infiltrate a terrorist cell in which his old friend Essam is a member. Explaining that they know where Nadia is, he agrees. When Sayid discovers a plot in Sydney, he informs the agents, telling them that Essam is in over his head, and that he can bring him in. The agents tell him to convince Essam to do it so that he will lead them to the explosives, and threaten Nadia's livelihood when Sayid attempts to refuse. On the day of the attack, Sayid reveals he is an informant, and a distraught Essam kills himself. After Essam's death, the agents tells Sayid where Nadia is, and hands him a plane ticket....
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