Stranger in a Strange Land (Lost)

"**Stranger in a Strange Land**"
"Stranger in a Strange Land"
Lost episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 9
Directed by	Paris Barclay
Written by	Elizabeth Sarnoff; Christina M. Kim;
Production code	309
Original air date	February 21, 2007
Running time	43 minutes
Guest appearances
	Bai Ling as Achara; M. C. Gainey as Tom Friendly; Tania Raymonde as Alex; Blake Bashoff as Karl; Diana Scarwid as Isabel; Kimberley Joseph as Cindy Chandler; James Huang as Chet; Siwathep Sunapo as Thai man; Shannon Chanhthanam as Boy; Mickey Graue as Zack; Kiersten Havelock as Emma;

"Stranger in a Strange Land" is the ninth episode of the third season of the American drama television series Lost, and the show's 58th episode overall. The episode was written by Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim, and directed by Paris Barclay. It first aired in the United States on February 21, 2007, on ABC.

In the episode, Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly), Karl (Blake Bashoff), and James "Sawyer" Ford (Josh Holloway) continue to journey back to the beach camp, while Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) and Alex (Tania Raymonde) must save Juliet Burke (Elizabeth Mitchell) from execution. Flashbacks reveal the origin of Jack's tattoos.