Kate is shot, a gun battle ensues with Widmore's men, Claire is left behind with Locke

The moment after Jack pushes Locke into the water, Widmore's men who are hiding at the tree-line take their first shot which hits Kate in the shoulder. Jack, Sayid and Claire open fire on the numerous armed men hiding in trees and behind tall grass.

After Jack empties his gun, he grabs Kate and heads for the submarine hatch. Sayid helps lower her into the submarine as Claire keeps shooting at Widmore's guys. Locke emerges from the water, climbs onto the pier and angrily opens fire on Widmore's men.

After Sawyer finds out what happened, he goes to the top of the hatch and screams for Claire. Locke is at the other end of the pier and screams "James!" and starts running towards the submarine. Sawyer closes the hatch, leaving Locke and Claire on the pier.

Sawyer radios Frank and tells him to get the captain to dive. The captain flips the levers and the submarine starts moving.

Claire sees the sub leaving and screams as she runs towards it. Locke grabs her with a smirk on his face and says "You don't want to be on that sub."

So why did Widmore's men wait until Locke was pushed into the water to open fire? Also, why was Kate, a non-candidate, the only one shot? Widmore mentioned her earlier and knows she's not a candidate. It all seems to a bit too convenient. Is it possible that Widmore has been working on Locke's team this entire time and his appearance otherwise was all a con?

The group takes control of the submarine, Jack pushes Locke in the water

The group led by Sawyer, crouch down a short distance from the submarine. They see no one guarding the submarine, but Sawyer lays out their plan. He, Hurley, Frank, Jin and Sun will go first, followed 30 seconds later by the rest of them with Jack and Locke coming last.

The first group makes their way to the submarine and climb in with no problems. Sawyer and Frank make their way to a room on the submarine where a man sits and they detain him before he can pull his gun. They force the man to take them to the captain and once they're there, Frank knocks out the original guy. Sawyer tells the captain to get the submarine ready to go.

Outside, just after the second group heads for the submarine, Locke grabs Jack's bag that's behind him and hands Jack the one he was originally carrying.  As the two of them head towards the sub, Locke tries to convince Jack to leave, telling him that whoever told him to stay on the island didn't know what they were talking about. Jack says that John Locke told him to stay and then suddenly pushes Locke into the water. Claire looks stunned.

So we start to see the workings of Locke's real plan once he switches his and Jack's bag. The rest of this scene's screen captures and recap/analysis coming soon.

Sawyer throws his engagement ring for Juliet in the ocean

Kate finds Sawyer sitting on the dock. He tells her that it's his fault that Juliet is dead, not Kate's, because he convinced her to stay on the island in 1974 because he didn't want to be alone. He delivers the devastating line "I think some of use are meant to be alone."

He the reveals that he was going to ask Juliet to marry him and we see him holding the ring which he pulled out of the box (see that here). He then throws the ring in the ocean, tells Kate that she can make it back to the temple by night and leaves her there, where she breaks down.

Just a little editorial note: Josh Holloway delivers a stunning performance in this scene that rivals his excellent work in season 5.

Miles, Jin and Hurley see Charlotte and Miles head for the sub, Sawyer says 'good riddance' to the island

At the pier, a voice on the loudspeakers says "The submarine departs in 30 minutes. All evacuees, please proceed to the dock." Miles, Jin and Hurley are watching the women and children boarding the submarine. They see Charlotte and her mom getting out of a van followed by Pierre Chang, Lara and baby Miles. Lara wants to stay and help but Pierre yells at her "I want you to leave, now!" Miles realizes that his father his yelling at his mother because it's the only way he can get her to leave.

Miles then sees a jeep pull up with Sawyer and Juliet in the back. Hurley says it's okay because Sawyer always has a plan.

On the pier, Sawyer tells Juliet that they'll buy Microsoft and they'll bet the Cowboys in the 1978 Super Bowl which will make them rich. Sawyer tells her he's sorry and that they should have gotten on the submarine three years ago when Juliet wanted to leave. Juliet says that she's glad he talked her out of it.

Mitch tells them to get in the sub. Before Sawyer gets in, he looks back at the island and says "Good riddance."

It's good to see that Miles gets to understand that Pierre sent his mom and him away from the island to protect them, not because he didn't care. It's also good to see Sawyer commit to Juliet and get in the submarine. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thought he might try to stay behind like when he jumped off the helicopter.

Charles Widmore is banished from the island, Ben sees him off

Presumably sometime after 1992 (which is when the purge may have happened) Ben is at the barracks pushing young Alex on the swing set. Richard comes over to tell Ben that the submarine is about to leave. Richard tells Ben that he doesn't have to see him (Charles Widmore) off, but Ben says that he does.

At the pier, Charles Widmore is being walked to the submarine by some armed others in black vests. Ben calls Widmore's name and says that he's come to tell him goodbye. Widmore says that Ben is actually there to gloat. Ben says "Don't act as if I wanted this. You brought this on yourself." Widmore asks Ben if he's certain he wants to do this. Ben says that Widmore left the island regularly and he had a daughter with an outsider. He continues saying "You broke the rules Charles." Widmore asks "What makes you think you deserve to take what's mine?" Ben says that he won't be selfish and he'll sacrifice anything to protect the island. Charles says "You wouldn't sacrifice Alex." Ben says that he's the one who wanted her dead, not the island. Charles says "I hope you're right Benjamin, because if you aren't, and it is the island that wants her dead, she'll be dead. You'll be standing where I"m standing now. You'll be the one being banished and you'll finally realize that you can't fight the inevitable." Before being taken away Widmore says "I'll be seeing you boy."

So it seems that Widmore was being banished for breaking some of the same rules that Ben has broken. From the passports in Ben's secret room, it seems he left the island regularly. It seems possible that Widmore would have built that room in the first place. It seems that over the years, Ben became more and more like Widmore. We'll have to wait to find out more.

Locke and Ben get back to the main island

Locke and Ben arrive at the pier on the main island. Ben ties the boat up, looks at the island and says "Home sweet home." Locke points out the other canoe and Ben says that it is Sun and Frank's. Ben mentions that he told Sun where to go and then she hit him with a paddle. Locke asks if she was the one that hurt his arm and Ben says that someone else hurt his arm. Locke says "You just make friends everywhere you go, don't you." Ben says that he's found that sometimes friends can be more dangerous than enemies. Ben tells Locke that he shot Caesar with the gun he was going to shoot Locke with and he couldn't let that happen. Locke replies "No sense in me dying twice, right?" Ben just replies "You're welcome." While this conversation is going on, Locke is putting his shoes back on, the one's that belonged to Christian Shephard.

Locke says/asks if they're going back to Ben's old house. Ben says yes, it's the only place he can summon the monster. He says "Once it arrives I'll either be forgiven, or I won't." Locke says that Ben is lying. He says that Ben does not want to be judged for leaving the island and coming back because it's against the rules. He says Ben wants to be judged for killing his daughter, Alex.

The pier looks less damaged in the daylight in this scene than it did at night when Frank and Sun arrived. Their are no barrels or other debris floating in the water. Also, Locke seems to have really nailed Ben with his thought on his judgment as we see later in the episode.