Lost, Season Five

[Having seen Sayid been arrested and locked up by Sawyer and Jin, Jack heads round to Sawyer's house to speak with him about the situation]

Sawyer:
What can I do for you, Jack?

Jack:
I don't even know where to start. Uh... How about with Sayid?

Sawyer:
I had no choice. He was running around in the jungle, got caught by my people. And seein' as how he can't tell the truth about how he got here, I had to improvise.

Jack:
Improvise?

Sawyer:
Aha. And for now, Sayid is safe, which is all that matters.

Jack:
So where do we go from here?

Sawyer:
I'm working on it.

Jack:
Really? Because it looked to me like you were reading a book.

[Sawyer smiles]

Sawyer:
I heard once Winston Churchill read a book every night, even during the Blitz. He said it made him think better. It's how I like to run things. I think. I'm sure that doesn't mean that much to you, 'cause back when you were calling the shots, you pretty much just reacted. See, you didn't think, Jack, and as I recall, a lot of people ended up dead.

Jack:
I got us off the island.

Sawyer:
But here you are... Right back where you started. So I'm gonna go back to reading my book, and I'm gonna think 'cause that's how I saved your ass today. And that's how I'm gonna save Sayid's tomorrow. All you gotta do is go home, get a good night's rest. I do what I do

[He leads Jack to the door and opens it]

Sawyer:
Now ain't that a relief?

Jack:
Yeah.

[Jack leaves]