Claire wakes to find that Charlie has made her breakfast, including a picnic on the beach. But before they can start eating, Desmond comes over and says that Charlie should go hunting with him. He doesn't want to, but Desmond insists.
Claire sees birds overhead and runs off saying that she has an idea to get them off the island.
Claire runs to Jin and Sun and they help her make a trap to catch a bird, so that they can attach a note for the scientists who are tracking the birds to find. They are just about to catch a bird when Desmond shoots a gun in the jungle and the birds fly off.
Claire gets angry with Desmond and accuses him of doing it on purpose.
Claire and Charlie argue because Charlie won't tell Claire the truth about what is going on with him. She doesn't want him around her baby anymore.
Claire follows Desmond and sees that he goes straight to a bird and catches it. She forces him to tell her what is going on, and he tells her about the flashes and about seeing Charlie die. Claire goes to Charlie to show him the bird that Desmond caught for her and to forgive him. She writes a note and Charlie attaches it to the bird. Claire lets the bird go.
Meanwhile, Rousseau, Kate, Sayid, and Locke continue their trek with their prisoner, Mikhail to find the Others' camp. They come upon some large pylons and Sayid guesses that it's a security system. Mikhail says he's right, but that it hasn't worked in years.
Locke takes Mikhail and throws him between two pylons. Mikhail is hit with electromagnetic pulses and has a cerebral hemorrhage. Kate proposes that they go over the pylons, so they cut down a log, prop it against a pylon, and climb over.
From the cover of the jungle, they see the utopian village of the Others. Jack runs towards them and Kate is about to call to him when Sayid stops her. Jack turns and catches a football, then throws it back to Tom.