Lost - Not In Portla... ✪

A mysterious company called Mittelos Bioscience recruits her for a six-month project. When Juliet notes the facility is remote and her sister wouldn't have medical access in Portland, the recruiter famously replies, "Well actually, we’re not quite in Portland." .

The title comes from a key moment in Juliet’s past. Before the island, Juliet was a fertility researcher in Miami who performed a miraculous, unauthorized procedure to help her sister, Rachel, get pregnant.

Parallel to her past, the episode follows Juliet’s pivotal choice to betray her own people and help the survivors. Lost - Not in Portla...

While Jack Shepard is performing surgery on Ben Linus (the leader of the Others), he intentionally cuts Ben's kidney sac to hold him hostage, demanding that Kate and Sawyer be allowed to escape.

Juliet kills a fellow Other, Danny Pickett, to save Sawyer and Kate on the beach. She then strikes a deal with Ben: she will finish his surgery and save his life only if he finally allows her to leave the island and go home. Fan Perspectives A mysterious company called Mittelos Bioscience recruits her

Juliet jokingly says she'd only be free to go if her controlling ex-husband were hit by a bus. Shortly after, he is killed in a freak bus accident, and the recruiters appear at the morgue to take her away, effectively trapping her in a deal with the "Others". The Island "Story"

“Juliet’s backstory is where "Not in Portland" most excels. Elizabeth Mitchell especially wrenches the heart and gut in one of the powerhouse performances of Season 3.” IMDb Before the island, Juliet was a fertility researcher

Many viewers consider this a "masterpiece" episode because it humanized the Others through Juliet's tragic history.