The Asian couple Jin and Sun Kwon is having a fight. Michael Dawson intervenes on Sun's behalf. Another misunderstanding happens. The heat has seared Jin's hands. Simultaneously, Michael's raft is set afire. Michael and Sawyer put two and two together and suspect Jin of starting the fire. Sun steps in between. Forgetting that she had kept it a secret till now, she speaks in English when the two men are accusing her husband. Jin is terribly humbled. Jin has a flashback memory. He remembers how her wicked father had taken care to destroy the love he had for her.