Adrift

The flashbacks were originally going to be about Sawyer's "Tampa Job" which had been referenced in Outlaws (2005). Kevin Dunn filmed scenes as Gordy and Jolene filmed scenes as Sawyer's partner, but Carlton Cuse felt that the story was not well conceived, and shooting was stopped. The flashback scenes were quickly replaced with flashbacks centering on Michael. The Tampa scenes were deleted and Cuse stated that they will never be released. Dunn later appeared as Gordy in The Long Con (2006).

At the start of the episode, Desmond puts spaces between each number he inputs into the computer. When Locke enters the numbers later in the episode he does not put spaces and the computer automatically puts them in.