Alex studies with Ben at the library, reveals principal's secret

At the school library, Ben is quizzing alex on Lord Cornwallis and the East India Trading Company. Alex panics about the test and says that her mother has to work two jobs to pay their rent. This poses the question, how different was Danielle Rousseau's life if she was never on the island? Is Robert dead or alive?

Alex has aspirations of attending Yale and hopes that Principal Reynolds will write her a letter of recommendation since he attended the school. She inadvertently refers to him as a pervert, causing Ben to worry. Alex reveals that she hear the principal having sex with the school nurse during a visit to the nurse's office. Ben is repulsed and promises not to tell, but the wheels in his brain start spinning.