Out of the blackness, the primary thing Jack senses is pain. Then burning sun. A Bamboo forest. Smoke. Screams. With a rush comes the horrible awareness that the plane he was on tore apart in mid-air and crashed on a Pacific island. From there it is a blur, as his doctor's instinct kicks in: people need his help. Stripped of everything, the 48 survivors scavenge what they will from the plane for his or her survival. Some panic. Some pin their hopes on rescue. a couple of find inner strength they never knew that they had -- like Kate, who, with no medical training, suddenly finds herself suturing the doctor's wounds. Hurley - a person with a warm sense of humor despite the desperate situation - does his best to stay his cool as he helps those around him to survive. Charlie may be a faded rocker who harbors a painful secret. Sayid may be a Middle Eastern man who must wrestle with the racial profiling directed at him by a number of his fellow survivors. Jin and Sun are a Korean couple whose traditions, values and language are foreign, and thus causes much to urge lost within the translation. Sawyer has an air of danger surrounding him, and his intense sense of mistrust for everybody around him could convince be fatal to his fellow castaways. Michael has just gained custody of his nine-year-old son, Walt, after the death of his ex-wife - they're a father and son who don't even know one another . Locke may be a mysterious man who keeps to himself, and who harbors a deeper connection to the island than any of the others. Self-centered Shannon - who actually gives herself a pedicure amid the chaos - and her estranged controlling brother, Boone , constantly bicker and must learn to urge along if they're to survive. And young Claire is eight months pregnant and ill-prepared for the hardships of motherhood - especially on a deserted island.