'Whatever the Case May Be' by Damon Lindelof and Jennifer Johnson

Jack, Kate and Sawyer fight over possession of a newly discovered locked metal briefcase which might contain insights into Kate's mysterious past. Meanwhile, Sayid asks a reluctant Shannon to translate notes he took from the French woman, a rising tide threatens to engulf the fuselage and the entire beach encampment, and Rose and a grieving Charlie tentatively bond over Claire's baffling disappearance...

Matthew Fox (Doctor Jack Shephard), Evangeline Lilly (Kate Austen), Dominic Monaghan (Charlie Pace), Maggie Grace (Shannon Rutherford), Ian Somerhalder (Boone Carlisle), Harold Perrineau (Michael Dawson), Jorge Garcia (Hugo ‘Hurley’ Reyes), Josh Holloway (James ‘Sawyer’ Ford), Malcolm David Kelley (Walt Lloyd), Daniel Dae Kim (Jin Kwon), Yunjin Kim (Sun Kwon), Naveen Andrews (Sayid Jarrah ), Terry O'Quinn (John Locke), Emilie de Ravin (Claire Littleton), Michael M. Vendrell (Trucker), L. Scott Caldwell (Rose), Victor Browne (Shooter (Jason)), Achilles Gacis (Six Foot Five), Tim Halligan (Hutton), Dezmond Gilla (Baseball Hat)

Directed by Jack Bender
Produced by Sarah Caplan
Executive Producers J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk

TX (US): 15th December 2004

Notes:
*Featuring Jack, Kate, Locke, Charlie, Sayid, Sawyer, Shannon, Boone, Michael, Walt, Hurley, Jin, Sun and Claire