Episode Analysis of 1.05 "White Rabbit"

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To read my original post on this episode, please refer to White Rabbit.

This episode was written by Christian Taylor, and directed by Kevin Hooks. It originally aired on October 20th, 2004.

This is a Jack Shephard flashback-centric episode.

1.20 Do No Harm

1. Jack is trying to save Boone. His lung collapsed. Jack says he'll fix him.
2. Marc Silverman is Jack's best man. He's nervous about his wedding speech, but says he'll be okay after about 8 beers.
3. Sarah flipped over the divider, was hit head-on by SUV and Jack saved her.
4. "I will dance at our wedding." Sarah
5. Kate finds Claire going into labor in the jungle.
6. Boone's blood type is A negative. Jack is O positive.
7. Kate has to deliver the baby because Jack is giving Boone a blood transfusion.
8. "John said not to tell." Boone tells Jack about the plane, the hatch.
9. "We're here for God knows how long, and so is Boone." Shannon tells Sayid about her relationship with Boone.
10. Jack questions his father on whether he can be the father and the husband he wants to be, if he's marrying Sarah for the wrong reasons.
11. Jack wants Michael to help him amputate Boone's leg with the cargo door from the plane.
12. Claire is afraid to have the baby but Kate reasons with her.
13. "This baby is all of ours." Kate
14. "Don't tell me what I can't do." Jack tells Sun, who doubts he can save Boone.
15. "Because I'm not good at letting go, or maybe I'm afraid of what will happen if I fail. I didn't fix you. You fixed me." Jack steals his wedding vows from his dad.
16. "I know you made a promise, but I'm letting you off the hook. Let me go, Jack." Boone
17. Claire has the baby and Boone dies simultaneously. From Lostpedia
18. Jack tells Shannon about Boone dying.
19. "Boone didn't die. He was murdered." Jack

Questions:

1. Where did Jack's dad fly in from? Where is the wedding?
2. Does Jack love Sarah because he can't let go?
3. Does Sarah love Jack because he fixed her?
4. What was Boone going to say to Shannon?

Favorites:

1. Claire asking about the raft. "She likes me." Sawyer
2. Sayid leading Shannon to the secret beach.
3. "I don't know my bloody blood type!" Charlie
4. "Hopes, not expectations." Sayid
5. Jin and Charlie while Claire is giving birth.

Notes:

1. Jack tells Boone he'll fix him, as he promised Sarah he'd fix her.
2. Not much happens in this episode, but things that do happen are pivotal and have a huge impact on the series as a whole.
3. Maybe I'm mistaken, but if Boone was murdered, he still died, Jack.
4. When did Kate and Sun become Jack's nurses?
5. Marc Silverman is the same guy as Jack's childhood friend that he tried to save in from getting jumped in White Rabbit.
6. Jack setting Boone's leg makes me cringe every time.
7. Boone tells Jack that he's letting him off the hook, just as Rose did in White Rabbit.
8. Boone dying and the baby being born has black and white, yin and yang symbolism.
9. The slow motion, music playing scene where Jack tells Shannon about Boone is incredibly moving.
10. Boone is the first main character death.

1.05 White Rabbit

From Lostpedia

1. "I don't swim!" Charlie
2. The woman who dies, drowns, is named Joanna. She wasn't supposed to be on the plane. She was scuba-diving and got an ear infection, her flight was delayed 2 days.
3. "I didn't try. I decided not to go after her." Jack
4. "I had a boy on my table today. I don't know, maybe a year younger than you. He had a bad heart. It got real hairy, real fast. Everybody's looking at your old man to make decisions, and I was able to make those decisions because at the end of the day, after the boy died, I was able to wash my hands and come home to dinner. You know, watch a little Carol Burnett, laugh until my sides hurt. And how can I do that, hmm? Even when I fail, how do I do that, Jack? Because I have what it takes. Don't choose, Jack, don't decide. You don't want to be a hero, you don't want to try and save everyone, because when you fail, you just don't have what it takes." Christian Shephard
5. "Who appointed you our saviour?" Boone
6. Jack's mom sends him to Australia to bring his dad back. They haven't spoken in 2 months.
7. 46 people now, minus Joanna and the marshal.
8. "I know where to look." Locke, about going to find water.
9. Jack, looking for his father in Sydney, wonders why he left his wallet.
10. The hotel attendant says he hasn't used the room in 3 days.
11. "Where are you?" Jack, when he's looking for his dad at the hotel in Sydney, he also says it in the jungle.
12. "A rabbit will always lead you to its hole." Sayid, about Sawyer and the stolen water.
13. "The white rabbit. Alice in wonderland." Locke, to Jack, about what he's chasing. Locke asks Jack what if he's not hallucinating seeing his father, the white rabbit.
14. "I'm an ordinary man Jack. Meat and potatoes. I live in the real world. I'm not a big believer in magic. But this place is different. It's special. The others don't want to talk about it because it scares them. But we all know it. We all feel it. Is your white rabbit a hallucination? Probably. But what if everything that happened here, happened for a reason? What if this person that you're chasing is really here?" Locke "That's impossible." Jack "Even if it is; let's say it's not." Locke "Then what happens when I catch him?" Jack "I don't know. But I've looked into the eye of this island. And what I saw was beautiful." Locke
15. "A leader can't lead until he knows where he's going." Locke, to Jack saying he's not a leader, but Locke encourages him.
16. Christian Shephard dies of a fatal heart attack at King's Cross Alley, Sydney, Australia. From Lostpedia From Lost Hatch
17. Oceanic Flight 125, non-stop flight to Singapore, over loud-speaker while Jack is talking to the woman at the desk.
18. Jack insists he has to be on the flight, landing in 16 hours.
19. Jack crying in the jungle, hears ice jingling in a glass, follows it, leads him to water, caves, luggage, and his father's empty coffin. From Lostpedia
20. They've been on the island for 6 days, waiting for rescue.
21. "It's been 6 days and we're all still waiting, waiting for someone to come, but what if they don't? We have to stop waiting. We need to start figuring things out. A woman died this morning just going for a swim and he tried to save her, and now you're about to crucify him? We can't do this. Every man for himself is not going to work. It's time to start organizing. We need to figure out how we're going to survive here. Now, I found water. Fresh water, up in the valley. I'll take a group in at first light. If you don't want to go come, then find another way to contribute. Last week most of us were strangers, but we're all here now, and God knows how long we're going to be here. If we can't live together, then we're going to die alone." Jack

Questions:

1. Where is Christian Shephard's body? Is he really dead?
2. Why does Charlie say that he can't swim, but later we see him swimming?
3. When did Clarie get into astrology?

Favorites:

1. Walt brushing his teeth. Michael is so out-schooled by his 10 year old son.
2. Jack wandering into the jungle after the man he sees. "Dad?" From Lostpedia
3. "That pregnant lady fell down!" Walt
4. Charlie talking about Locke and his 400 knives.
5. "Where.. did.. you.. get.. this?" Sayid says that Sun understands him.
6. "I made this birthday wish 4 years ago." Sawyer, about Kate attacking him looking for the water.

Notes:

1. This is the first time we see Jack's unhealthy relationship with his dad. Christian adamantly telling Jack that he doesn't have what it takes makes me wonder if he really believed that, or if he was doing it because he knew that it would push Jack to prove him wrong. It also leads us to believe this is the biggest reason why Jack can never give up on anything, even when he knows that he is wrong, and also why he always has to be the hero and save or fix someone or something.
2. Jack tells Kate his dad died in Sydney.
3. Jack finds water while looking for his father, he wonders if no one is coming, tells everyone that they're going to start figuring out how to survive.
4. Sawyer is reading the book Watership Down. From Lost Hatch
5. Jack has the crazy eyes.
6. The man of science versus man of faith battle begins.
7. Everyone, except Boone, wants Jack to be the hero and he fights it, until finally at the end of this episode, he starts to give in and accept his role.