Three Minutes

Flashback: what Michael lived through with the Others. Thirteen days of captivity. He saw Walt. Briefly. Through glass. Walt told him the Others are testing him. Tests.

Miss Klugh, a woman from the Others, asks questions about Walt. Does he have powers? Does he see things? Does he appear where he shouldn't be? Michael understands: Walt interests them for what he is. Not who he is.

The deal is clear. Bring four people. Precisely these four: Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley. In exchange, Walt goes free. Michael accepts. He knows what it means. Betraying the people who saved his life. He does it anyway.