Robbie Hewitt was an operative for the Australian Secret Intelligence Service working with Agent Melissa Cole of the CIA, who was responsible for the detaining of Sayid Jarrah at Heathrow Airport in London, England. When 300 pounds of C-4 is stolen from a base outside of Melbourne, Australia; Sayid is picked up to assist them in the retrieval of it as his former roommate is involved with the situation. When Sayid objects to the situation, he is told he would be presented with the location of Noor Abed Jazeem with whom he’d been estranged with for years.