4.05 The Constant

1. The helicopter is flying back to the freighter, Desmond looks at his photograph of Penny.
2. Frank is flying the helicopter, looks at his notes from Daniel, 40 N at bearing 305, 7 Kilometers, Sayid asks what it is, Frank says that it's a cheat-sheet.
3. A storm forms ahead of them, but they're flying straight into it, Sayid asks why, Frank says it's because they have to stay on the bearing.
4. Sayid asks Desmond about Penelope, that she told Charlie she didn't know about the boat, asks what he expects to find when he gets to the freighter, Desmond says answers.
5. They hit some turbulence in the storm, lightning strikes, they go slightly off the bearing, to 310, Frank struggles to take control of the helicopter. From Lostpedia
6. Frank tells them to hold on, Desmond holds on to his seat, gripping it, and suddenly he is transported to when he was in the Royal Scottish Regiment, in a Military barrack, gripping onto the side of his bed, a Drill Sergeant calling orders, telling them to get up, Desmond appears to be disoriented, confused, but gets out of bed slowly. From Lostpedia
7. Desmond rushes to his mark, his Drill Sergeant asks what took him so long, Desmond says he was having a dream, he says he was on a helicopter, in a storm, the Army Officer says to be in the yard in 4 minutes, tells all the Soldiers to be thankful that they have to do it in double-time because of Desmond's tardiness.
8. In the yard, they do push-ups, sit-ups, in the mud and rain, Desmond's friend tells him that he hopes his dream was worth it, Desmond says he's never had a dream so vivid, that it was like he was actually there, the Drill Sergeant sees Desmond talking, asks him a ques--
9. Back in the storm, on the helicopter, Desmond is confused, Frank says they're almost through it, they see daylight, Desmond is disoriented, doesn't know where he is, is trying to get out of the helicopter, unbuckle his seat-belt, but Sayid is trying to help him, hold him back, but Desmond doesn't recognize Sayid, asks who he is, how he knows his name. From Lostpedia
10. Jack is worried, says they took of a day ago, Charlotte says she doesn't know anything, Juliet says they're not worried, that their boat is 40 miles off-shore, it should have only taken them 20 minutes to get there, Dan says they should just tell him, but Charlotte says not to get them confused, Jack and Juliet insist, Dan says that their perception of how long they've been gone may not be exactly how long they've actually been gone, that it will be okay as long as they stay on the bearing, and if not, there may be side-effects.
11. Desmond is confused, keeps trying to get out of the helicopter, Sayid is trying to help him, hold him back, tells him to sit down, that they're at 2,000 feet, but Desmond keeps asking what he's doing there, how he knows his name, but Frank tells Sayid to just hold on to him, that they'll be there in 2 minutes, and the helicopter gets to the freighter, The Kahana. From Lostpedia
12. Desmond looks down at Penny's photograph clenched in his hand again, and he appears to recognizes her.
13. They get off the helicopter, the people on the freighter question them, want to know who they are, Frank says they're survivors of Flight 815, Sayid says his friend is disoriented, but Desmond doesn't claim to know Sayid.
14. Desmond is freaking out, wants to know who they are, where he is, what he's doing there.
15. They ask how long Desmond has been like that, Frank says he was fine when they took off, Sayid tries to protect Desmond, but they talk to Sayid, say they want to take Desmond to their sickbay, to have their doctor look at him, then Sayid can come down, Desmond says this is a mistake, he's not supposed to be--
16. --here, suddenly Desmond is transported back into the Royal Army, standing in the rain, while the rest of the soldiers are doing crunches, the Drill Sergeant catches Desmond, makes the soldiers start running as punishment. From Lostpedia
17. Desmond is loading a truck, he tells his friend, Billy, that he left, he was on a boat, then he was back there, right where he started, Billy asks who else was on the boat, if there was anyone he recognized, Desmond says Penny was on the boat, that he had a photograph, and Penny was in the photo.
18. Desmond goes to a phone booth to call her, an angry soldier comes out and bumps into him purposely, saying thank you for that morning, and Desmond drops his change on the ground, going to pick it up.
19. Desmond is back on the freighter, trying to pick up his change on the deck, but nothing is there, Desmond says he's not there, doesn't believe this is happening, Keamy and Omar take him to the sickbay.
20. Desmond asks them who they are, Keamy says he's from Vegas and Omar is from Florida, they last ported Fiji, that at least they know they're in the Pacific, they put Desmond in the sickbay, saying they're going to get the doctor, that he'll ask him questions and try to sort everything out, they lock him in there.
21. Desmond discovers a man strapped down to the bed in the sickbay, the man asks if it's happening to him too.
22. Sayid asks Frank what's happening to Desmond, but Frank doesn't know, Sayid asks why they took off at dusk and landed on the freighter in the middle of the day, Frank says he's trying to help him, Sayid asks for a satellite phone to call his friends, Frank wants Sayid's weapon for the phone, he gives it to him.
23. Sayid calls Jack, tells him something happened during the flight, Desmond is in their sickbay, Jack puts him on speaker phone, Sayid says that Desmond doesn't recognize him or know where he is, Jack asks if that's the side-effects, Dan wants to know if Desmond has been exposed to high levels of radiation or electromagnetism, he says that they don't know why, but going to and coming form the island, some people can get a little confused, Juliet asks if it's amnesia, but Daniel says no.
24. Desmond tries to talk to the man in the sickbay, but he appears to be staring blankly into space, he suddenly blinks, becomes lucid, says he was just on a Ferris Wheel.
25. The doctor, Ray, comes in, the man strapped to the bed says it's happening to Desmond too, that he's not crazy, that it's going to happen to all of them once they start heading to the island again, but Ray draws a needle and injects him, which relaxes him immediately.
26. Desmond says he's not giving him that too, but Ray says he just wants to check Desmond's eyes, so he can help him, he asks his name, the last thing that he remembers. From Lostpedia
27. Desmond is transported back to the phone booth, picking up his change on the ground, he calls Penny, he tells her he's in trouble, that he thinks something's happened to him, he's confused, that he needs to see her, she says he broke up with her and joined the Army, and now he expects that she still cares about him, that he is confused, Desmond says he has 2 days leave starting tonight, asks if he can come see her, but she says no, that she moved from the flat, so don't bother showing up there, that it doesn't matter where, not to call her again, he tells her "Penny, I need--
28. --need you." Desmond is back in the sickbay, the Doctor, Ray, checking his eyes, asks him if he just experienced something.
29. "Did you just experience something, Desmond?" Ray
30. Sayid and Frank come in, Ray says they're not supposed to be there, but Frank says he has Faraday calling from the island, that he needs to talk to Desmond, but Ray says he's not talking to his patient, Sayid says he's not his patient, slams him against the wall, tells him to give Desmond the phone, Ray sounds an alarm, Sayid closes the door.
31. Daniel talks to Desmond, says they met yesterday before they took off, but he's guessing he doesn't remember that, Desmond doesn't remember taking off or the island, Daniel asks Desmond what year he thinks it is, Desmond if confused but this questions, he says it's 1996, Daniel asks where he's supposed to be in 1996, Desmond says Camp Millar, Royal Scots Regiment, just North of Glasgow, Daniel tells him that when it happens again, to get on a train and go to Oxford University, Queens College, Psychics Department, Desmond questions why, Daniel says he needs Desmond to find him.
32. Daniel looks for his notebook, says he needs to find it or he won't believe him, Jack wants to know why Desmond thinks it's 1996, Daniel tells him that he doesn't know, that it's a random effect, it's unpredictable, that sometimes it's for a couple of hours, other times it's years, Jack asks if it's happened before. From Lostpedia
33. Daniel gets back on the phone with Desmond, Sayid is holding the door closed in the sickbay, Daniel tells Desmond that he needs to find him, when he does, tell him to set the device to 2.342, and make sure it's oscillating at 11 Hertz, and if the numbers don't convince him, to tell him that he knows about Eloise.
34. Desmond writes the note on his hand, Keamy and Omar bust into the sickbay.
35. Desmond is transported back to the phone booth, checks his hand, but the note is no longer there.
36. Desmond goes to Oxford, he finds Daniel, tells him he thinks he's just been to the future, that he spoke to him there, Daniel told him to find him at Oxford, he said he'd help him, but Daniel asks why he would put him through the headache of time travel, that it seems unnecessary, thinks that it's a prank, says it's a paradox.
37. Desmond tells Daniel to set his device to 2.342 and to make sure it oscillates at 11 Hertz, Daniel asks who told him those numbers, Desmond says that he told him, Daniel says it's ridiculous, but Desmond says that he knows about Eloise, which gets Daniel's attention. From Lostpedia
38. Daniel takes Desmond to his lab, says it's where he does the things that Oxford frowns upon, asks that the future version of him referenced their meeting, so he would remember Desmond coming to Oxford, but Desmond says no, that maybe he just forgot.
39. Desmond asks if they're changing the future, but Daniel says you can't change the future.
40. Daniel puts on a radiation vest, Desmond asks what it's for, if he gets one, but Daniel tells Desmond he only needs it for prolonged exposure, that he does it 20 times a day, but Desmond asks why he then doesn't protect his head, Daniel flicks some switches.
41. Daniel shows Desmond Eloise, a rat, says that if the numbers Desmond gave him are correct, the machine will unstick Eloise in time, just like him.
42. Daniel places Eloise at the beginning of a maze, puts his machine on her, presses a button and a red ray of light consumes her, Desmond asks what happened, but Daniel says she's not back yet, when Eloise comes to, Daniel releases Eloise into the maze and she goes through it without a mistake, Daniel says it's perfect, that it worked, it's incredible, but Desmond questions what's so wonderful about it, Daniel says that he just finished the maze that morning, that he's not going to teach her how to run it until an hour from then, Desmond says that she traveled to the future, but Daniel says that it's only her consciousness, her mind that traveled to the future. From Lostpedia
43. Desmond asks how that's supposed to help him, but Daniel asks if he sent Desmond back there to help him, Desmond says he doesn't know why he sent him there, he just knows that Daniel ends up on some island, Daniel asks about the island.
44. Desmond is back in the sickbay, Keamy taking the phone from him, Frank says that Daniel just wanted to talk to him, that he said he could help, but Keamy says Faraday can't even help himself, tells them to leave, that the Captain wants to talk to Frank.
45. Sayid says he wants to talk to the Captain, Keamy says that he'll let him know, Desmond says that he needs to get back, Sayid asks where, to the island, Desmond says that Faraday said he could help him, he could tell him what he needed to do, Sayid wants an explanation. From Lostpedia
46. The man who is strapped to the bed speaks to them, he recognizes Desmond's name, he says his name is George Minkowski, that he's the boat's Communications Officer, that before they strapped him down there, all the calls to and from the boat came through him, in the radio room, and every so often, he'd get a flashing light on his console, an incoming call, that they were under strict orders never to answer, he says that those calls came from Desmond's girlfriend, Penelope Widmore. From Lostpedia
47. Desmond is back in Daniel's lab, he says that Desmond was out 75 minutes, that he went catatonic in the middle of a sentence, but Desmond says he was in the future, only there 5 minutes, Desmond asks why it keeps happening, Daniel says that he thinks, in his case, progression is exponential, that each time his consciousness jumps, it gets harder to jump back, he tells him to be careful crossing the street.
48. Desmond discovers that Eloise is dead, Daniel says it was probably a brain aneurysm, that he'll do an autopsy later, Desmond asks if that's going to happen to him, Daniel says the effects vary from case to case, but Desmond throws him against a wall, wants to know if he's going to die, Daniel says he thinks Eloise's brain short-circuited, the jumps between the present and the future, she couldn't tell which was which, she had no anchor, the equation needs stability, a constant, to stop it, he needs to find something there that also existed in 1996, something that's important to him, Desmond asks if he could be a person, Daniel says yes, but that he has to make some sort of contact. From Lostpedia
49. "I think Eloise's brain short-circuited. The jumps between the present and the future...she couldn't tell which was which, she had no anchor. Something familiar in both times. All this, see this is variables, it's random, it's chaotic. Every equation needs stability, something known. It's called a constant. Desmond, you have no constant. When you go to the future, nothing there is familiar. So if you want to stop this, then you need to find something there, something that you really, really care about, that also exists back here, in 1996." Daniel "This constant, can it be a person?" Desmond "Yeah, maybe. But you have to make some kind of contact. Didn't you say you were off on a boat, in the middle of nowhere?" Daniel
50. Desmond makes a call, to Penny, but her number is out of service, been disconnected, he leaves to go find her, but he collapses in the stairwell.
51. Desmond is back in the sickbay, falling down, he sees himself in the mirror, noticing that he has a beard and looks very different from 1996, a lot older.
52. Desmond says he needs to call Penny, but Sayid says that it isn't their priority now.
53. "I need to call Penny." Desmond "Calling your girlfriend is not our priority." Sayid "Listen, brotha, I don't know you. But you seem to know me, so...so if you and me are friends, then I need your help. I need to call Penny, now." Sayid
54. Minkowski says that 2 days ago, someone sabotaged all the equipment, they lost all communication with the mainland, that he probably could have fixed it, but then he went nuts, Sayid asks where the radio room is, Minkowski says it's one deck up, that he will help them, they wonder how they will get out, but Minkowski says through the door, which is now suddenly opened, Minkowski says they must have a friend on the boat, but his nose then begins to bleed.
55. Desmond is transported back to the stairwell, he wakes up and leaves to find Penny.
56. He goes to an auction, where they are selling the Black Rock journal, owned by Tovard Hanso, Charles Widmore is there, bidding on the item, which he wins, and then leaves.
57. "The Black Rock set sail from Portsmith, England, on March 22, 1845 on a trading mission to the kingdom of Siam, when she was tragically lost at sea. The only known artifact of this journey is the journal of the ship's first mate, which was discovered among the artifacts of pirates on the Ile Sante-Marie off the coast of Madagascar seven years later. The contents of this journal have never been made public, or known to anyone outside the family of the seller, Tovard Hanso. We open the bidding on lot 2342 at 150,000 pounds." Auctioneer
58. "Sold, for 380,000 pounds to bidder 755. Thank you." Auctioneeer From Lostpedia
59. Desmond approaches Widmore, says he needs to have a word him, Widmore tells him to walk with him, they go into a bathroom, Desmond says he needs to get in touch with Penny, that he doesn't know how to reach her, her number has been disconnected, Widmore says that there was a time, if he'd asked her to marry him, he's certain she would have said yes, but that his cowardice won out instead, that he's had second thoughts, he he wants her to give him another chance, Desmond asks why he hates him so much, but Widmore says it's not him who hates him, gives him Penny's address, says she'll tell him herself.
60. Widmore leaves the faucet in the bathroom on, and Desmond goes to turn it off, but then flashes back to the freighter.
61. Minkowski tells Desmond that he knows it's getting harder, that it starts happening faster too, they start to head to the radio room.
62. Desmond asks Minkowski how this happened to him, he says the freighter was anchored there, they were waiting for orders, bored out of their minds, that him and one of the other crew members, Brandon, took out the ship's tender, wanted to see the island, but Brandon started acting crazy, they had to turn around, tells them that he's dead now, in a body bag.
63. They get to the communications room, Sayid asks Minkowski who destroyed the equipment, he says he doesn't know, but then he collapses, Desmond catches him, Sayid says that after he makes the call, he wants to know what exactly is going on, he asks Desmond if he has the number, Minkowski starts having a seizure, Desmond tries to get him to wake up, but he doesn't.
64. While Sayid tries to fix the equipment, he tells Desmond that he needs to remember the number, Desmond notices a calendar in the communications room, he realizes that it's December 2004, they notice that it's also Christmas Eve. From Lostpedia
65. Desmond starts to get a bloody nose, Minkowski begins to have another seizure, he goes into convulsions, says that he can't get back, and then he dies, Sayid asks what happened to Minkowksi, and Desmond says it's the same thing that's going to happen to him.
66. "I...can't....get....back!" George Minkowski From Lostpedia
67. Desmond is transported back into the bathroom, laying on the floor, water filling the sink, dripping on him, he turns the faucet off, goes to wipe his nose, but no blood is there, he leaves to go find Penny, 423 Cheyne Walk, knocks on the door.
68. Penny answers the door, Desmond says he needs to talk to her, but she says she's trying to make a clean break from him, but he begs her to let him talk to her, so she lets him in.
69. "Desmond? What are you doing here?" Penny "I had to...I mean, I tried to call you but you disconnected your phone." Desmond "Yeah, because I moved. Look, I don't know if you're getting the signals, Desmond, but I'm trying to make a clean break from you, so if you don't mind..." Penny "Wait a minute, Pen, please wait. I just need to get your new phone number, okay?" Desmond "Why would I give you that?" Penny "Because I made a huge mistake, I never should have broken up with you, and...and I know that now, and I'm sorry, and--" Desmond "Don't, just don't dare..." Penny "--and I understand. And I know it's...it's too late to change things, but I need to tell you something, and I need you to listen to me, and I know it's going to sound ridiculous, but...please, Pen. I need you to listen to me." Desmond
70. Desmond tells Penny that he needs her number, she questions why, but he says that if there's any part of her that still believes in him, to give him her number, that he won't call for 8 years, on December 24, 2004, she gives him her number, 79460893, he says that she can't change her number, to believe him, trust him, Penny makes him leave. From Lostpedia
71. "Just, say what you need to say and go." Penny "I know this doesn't make any sense, because it doesn't make any sense to me. But...eight years from now...I need to call you, and I can't call you if I don't have your number." Desmond "What?" Penny "Look, Penny, just give me your number, and, and I know I've ruined things, and I know you think things are over between us, but they're not. If there's any part of you that still believes in us, just give me your number." Desmond "And what's to say you won't call me tonight, or tomorrow?" Penny "I won't call for eight years. December 24, 2004. Christmas Eve. I promise. Please, Pen." Desmond "If I give you the number, will you leave?" Penny "Aye." Desmond "79460893. [Desmond repeats the number, whispering.] All that, and you're not going to write it down?" Penny "It wouldn't do any good. You have to keep that number. You can't change the--" Desmond "Just get out, get out!" Penny "--just remember, December the 24th, 2004. If you still care about me you'll have to--[Door slams in his face.] I'm not crazy, Penny! You have to believe me! You have to--[Desmond reappears on the freighter]--trust me." Desmond
72. "I do trust you. But you still have to remember that number." Sayid "79460893. (repeating) It's a London number." Desmond "Excellent timing. The patch is done, but I don't know how long the battery will last. I hope she's there." Sayid "I hope so, too." Desmond
73. Sayid fixes the phone with a battery, Desmond is back and has the number.
74. Desmond calls Penny, it rings for a long time.
75. Penny answers the phone, Desmond can't believe he's talking to her.
76. Desmond says that she believed him, that she still cares about him, Penny says she's been looking for him for 3 years, that she knows about the island, that she won't give up, they say they love eachother, but the battery dies, and the phone calls cuts out. From Lostpedia
77. "Hello?" Penny "Penny?" Desmond "Desmond?" Penny "Penny...Penny, you answered. You answered, Penny." Desmond "Des, where are you?" Penny "I'm...I'm on a boat. Um...I've been on an island, and--Oh, my God, Penny. Is that really you?" Desmond "Yeah! Yes, it's me!" Penny "You believed me. You still care about me." Desmond "Des, I've been looking for you for the past three years. I know about the island. I've been researching--(static)--and then when I spoke to your friend Charlie, that's when I knew you were still alive. That's when I knew I wasn't crazy. Des, are you still there?" Penny "Yes, yes, I'm here! I'm still here, can you hear me?" Desmond "Yeah, yeah, that's better." Penny "I love you, Penny. I've always loved you. I'm so sorry. I love you!" Desmond "I love you too." Penny "I don't know where I am, but--" Desmond "I'll find you, Des--" Penny "I promise--" Desmond "No matter what--" Penny "I'll come back to you--" Desmond "I won't give up--" Penny
    Both say: "I promise. I love you." [Static cuts them off.]
    
78. Desmond recognizes Sayid again, remembers everything in the present, Sayid apologizes, but Desmond thanks him, says that it was enough.
    
79. "I'm sorry. The power source went dead, it's all we have." Sayid "Thank you, Sayid. It was enough." Desmond "Are you alright now?" Sayid "Aye. I'm perfect." Desmond
    
80. On the island, Daniel looks in his notebook, comes to an interesting page, which states that if anything ever goes wrong, Desmond Hume is his constant. From Lostpedia
    

Questions:

1. Why do they have to stay on the bearing of 305? Why did it change?
2. Why did they take off at dusk and land in the middle of the day?
3. Why don't Jack and Juliet tell Daniel that Desmond was exposed to electromegnetism?
4. Where was George Minkowski time-jumping to?
5. Was Desmond traveling through time in Flashes Before Your Eyes?
6. Is the radiation and Daniel not protecting his head the reason for his memory loss?
7. How does radiation unstick you from time?
8. If Minkowski was under strict orders to never answer the call, how does he know the calls were coming from Penelope Widmore, and that she's Desmond girlfriend?
9. Who did the orders come from? How do they know Desmond was on the island?
10. Why is Desmond only in the future for 5 minutes, but catatonic in the past for 75 minutes?
11. Who sabotauged the equipment in the radio room?
12. Who opened the door to the sickbay?
13. How did the Black Rock ledger get from the ship to being discovered with the artifacts of pirates off the coast of Madagascar 7 years later?
14. What's in the journal? Why does Charles Widmore want it?
15. Why does Charles Widmore leave the faucet in the bathroom running?
16. Does Widmore know that Desmond is time-jumping?
17. Did Penny remember Desmond telling her he wouldn't call for 8 years, on Christmas Eve, 2004?
18. Did Penny know that Desmond was alive because he told her he would call in 8 years?
19. Why is Desmond Daniel Faraday's constant? Is he time-jumping also?

Favorites:

1. "Well, at least it was a bloody military dream. Right!" Drill Sergeant
2. "Should I wring me hands together and whisper a prayer on their behalf?" Charlotte
3. "Here? Here what? What the hell are you doing on your feet? Are you finished with your crunches, because you want to run?" Drill Sargeant
4. "Keep moving, or so help me, I'll kill you myself!" Billy
5. "If I told you, you'd think I was crazy." Desmond "I already know you're crazy." Billy
6. "Be quick. And don't go trying to call Baghdad, those phones can only call each other." Frank
7. "I was just on a ferris wheel." Minkowski
8. "What the bloody hell is going on?" Desmond
9. "You're not going to stick me with that, brotha." Desmond
10. "You broke up with me and then you joined the Army. And now you call with the expectation that I still care about you? Yeah, I say you are confused, Desmond." Penny
11. "Um...um...I'm in some kind of sick bay..." Desmond
12. "You do understand the concept of original, the opposite of derivative? Now I'm the one you need to impress, you need to impress me. And I'm not impressed. Go, go try again." Daniel
13. "Why would I put you through the headache of time travel, you know? You know what I mean, it just seems a little...unnecessary. And don't you think that my esteemed colleagues could have come up with something just a little more believable, huh? Wha--what kind of a prank is that? Paradox, so uninspired." Daniel
14. "Maybe you just forgot." Desmond "Yeah, right, how would that happen?" Daniel
15. "What's that for?" Desmond "Radiation." Daniel "Do I get one?" Desmond "You don't need one. For prolonged exposure, I do this twenty times a day." Daniel "So what do you put on your head?" Desmond "(chuckles) Yeah." Daniel
16. "I'm sorry, how is a rat running through a bloody maze so incredible?" Desmond
17. "All I know about you is that you end up on some bloody island." Desmond "An island. What island, where...why would I go to an island?" Daniel
18. "I would be careful crossing the street if I were you." Daniel
19. "I'm calling my bloody constant." Desmond
20. "And how do we get out of here?" Sayid "Through the door." Minkowksi
21. "Yeah, because I moved. Look, I don't know if your getting the signals, Desmond, but I'm trying to make a clean break from you, so if you don't mind..." Penny
22. "All that, and you're not going to write it down?" Penny
23. Every damn scene with Desmond and Penny.

Notes:

1. If this isn't my favorite episode of all time, it's definitely in my top 3. But it still may very well be my favorite when the series comes to an end.
2. Every time I watch this episode, I feel like I am Desmond.
3. The editing in this episode is phenomonal. When the scences cut from Desmond in the helicopter and on the freighter, to 1996, you almost feel as if you're living it yourself. When he falls down walking down the stairs, and then he's immediately falling down on the boat, and then when he's talking to Penny on the freighter and looking back, recognizing the situation when he's at her house in 1996, with a smirk on his face beacuse he knows he finally talks to her again in 8 years. The transitions are smooth, with wonderful acting by Henry Ian Cusick, just pure perfection.
4. The Desmond and Penny story is by far the best relationship only the show. It's the only one that I actually like. I believe that Desmond, Penny, and his story, is probably one of the most essential to the story as a whole. Their relationship is the most real, heartbreaking, and most romanticly non-shipper story. Their love is timeless. They're probably two of the most important characters on the show, and I'm not ashamed to admit, this episode made me cry. Desmond finally talking to Penny after 3 years is touching, and you can't help but feel something for him when he finally gets to talk to her.
5. Have I mentioned that I love this episode?
6. Ben gave Michael a bearing of 325 to leave the island, but now it's 305.
7. Oxford University has also been the location of the Monastery where Desmond was a monk, and he met Penny, in Catch-22, and also the church where Charlie confessed to having relations in The Moth.
8. Desmond remembers things in the past because he's traveling to the future, which is why he doesn't remember Sayid and doesn't remember being on the island in the future until he talks to Penny, his constant.
9. Eloise dies before Daniel can teach her how to run the maze because Desmond has already visited him, causing him to teach her how to run it sooner, therefore she doesn't need to be alive when she is going to learn how to run it, because she ends up dying anyway.
10. Daniel giving Desmond the numbers to unstick Eloise in time could possibly not be a paradox because he obviously ended up figuring on the numbers eventually anyway, so it isn't changing anything, just possibly making it happen sooner than it originally did.
11. If George Minkowksi was time-jumping to the future, it would make sense, because he remembered everyting in the present day, and when he dies, it may have been a way of the universe course-correcting as Ms. Hawking said, which wouldn't be a paradox.
12. The music during the Desmond and Penny scenes is bloody amazing.
13. That phone rang for a damn long time, Penny was making a brotha sweat.

3.08 Flashes Before Your Eyes

1. Desmond watches by, as Charlie and Hurley go through Sawyer's tent, Desmond wants them to come with him, to tell him about Eko's death, bring him to his grave, where Locke says they buried him yesterday, the island killed him.
2. Desmond runs to the beach out of nowhere, saves Claire, Charlie asks him how he knew.
3. "That guy sees the future, dude." Hurley
4. Desmond, looking at the photograph of him and Penny, Claire comes by to say thank you, she says Penny's beautiful.
5. Charlie plots to get Desmond drunk to find out what's going on with him, he steals a bottle of whiskey from Sawyer's stash.
6. Charlie says thank you to Desmond, that he has a peace offering, MacCuthcheon's whiskey, Desmond sees the bottle and starts laughing, agrees, says let's drink, they sing. From Lostpedia
7. They get bloody drunk, Charlie asks Desmond how he knew Claire was drowning, he says that he could hear her calling for help, Hurley says he was a mile away, Desmond says he has good hearing, Charlie asks if he hears the lightning as well, by chance he pitched his rod outside Claire's tent, then lighting strikes, Desmond doesn't want to talk about it and leaves, Charlie called him a coward, then Desmond attacks him.
8. "Hey, I don't know what you're doing--you best tell us. Oy! You think because you turned some key that makes you a hero? You're no hero, brother. I don't know how you're doing what it is you're doing, but I know a coward when I see one." Charlie
9. "You don't want to know what happened to me when I turned that key!" Desmond
10. Desmond has a flashback of what happened in the hatch, the clock, alarm going off, hieroglyphs, telling Locke see you in another life, Desmond turning to failsafe key, saying he loves Penny, he has flashes of his life, then it turns to a close-up of his eye, covered in red, paint, Penny, apartment, ice, ladders and drinking. From Lostpedia
11. Desmond's apartment, the clock is 1:08, Desmond getting dressed in a suit and tie, job from Penny's father, she says it's not the end of the world if he's too daft to see how brilliant Desmond is, he hears beeping like the computer from the hatch, but it's the microwave, Desmond tells Penny he had deja vu. From Lostpedia
12. Desmond goes to the job interview at Widmore Industries, asks for Mr. Widmore and there is a man delivering a parcel for 815, Desmond has a flash of the numbers, computer, clock. From Lostpedia
13. In Mr. Widmore's office, painting on the wall with a polar bear, a Buddha, Namaste written backwards, Mr. Widmore looks at Desmond's resume, he worked in set design at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Desmond says he looked after his 3 brothers, after his father, but then gets cutoff by Mr. Widmore, didn't graduate from University, no military experience, Desmond sees a model boat, Mr. Widmore's foundation sponsoring solo race around the world, Desmond has a flash of the sailboat, Elizabeth, the storm, dead Kelvin, Widmore says he'll give Desmond a position in the administrative department, Desmond says that he's really there to ask for his daughter hand in marriage, they've been together 2 years, she moved in, that he loves her, wants his permission, that it would mean everything to him, Mr. Widmore says he's impressed, noble gesture, he takes out a 60 year MacCutcheon, named after Anderson MacCutcheon, an esteemed Admiral from the Royal Navy, retired with more medals than any man before or since, moved to the Highlands, a great man, whiskey was his crowning achievement, pours one glass, says the swallow is worth more than Desmond can make in a month, to share it would be a waste and disgrace to the man who made it, because Desmond will never be a great man, not worthy of drinking his whiskey, certainly not worthy of his daughter. From Lostpedia
14. When Desmond leaves Widmore Industries, takes off his tie, hears music, he sees Charlie outside, playing guitar, Wonderwall.
15. "I said maybe; You're gonna be the one who saves me; Maybe; And after all; You're my wonderwall." Charlie
16. Desmond asks where he knows him from, remembers, says he's Charlie, but Charlie says it's because of his sign that says his name, Charlie Hieronymus Pace, Charlie says he'll remember if he could get some help, some money.
17. Desmond has a flash, the hatch, the button, bookshelf, getting the failsafe key, Charlie saying "Can I get some help?"
18. "Who--they--they. It--it was in the hatch. I remember seeing you. There was a--there was a computer. There was a button. We--we were on an island. No this--I remember this. This all happened before. Today--th--th--this happened today. This--I remember that he said I wasn't worthy--and then I--and then I--and then I came down and I--and I took off my tie and I--and then I lost my tie and Penny said where was it and then it started to rain and... [It starts to rain.]" Desmond is confused. From Lostpedia
19. "Your thesis is a bit neat. The wild card part which is unpredictability--run the same test 10 times, you'll get 10 different outcomes. It's what makes life so wonderfully..." Donovan
20. Desmond goes to see his friend, Donovan, they go to a pub, he asks him about time travel, tells him story about the island, Donovan is a physicist, Desmond says he's gone back in time, living his life over again, Donovan questions if the events with Mr. Widmore are influencing Desmond, he hears the Mama Cass song on the radio, Make Your Own Kind of Music, Desmond says he remember that night, Gray Bridge came from 2 goals down, Jimmy Lennon hits the bartender with a cricket bat, owes him money, but he's wrong, it doesn't happen, Donovan says no such things a time travel, to just marry Penny.
21. Desmond goes home, tells Penny he didn't get the job, that her father was lovely, Penny says they should celebrate, fate has spare him a miserable existence at Widmore Industries, lobsters at the pier, her treat, because she loves him, Desmond asks why she loves him, she says that he's a good man, and they're hard to come by.
22. Desmond goes to pick out a ring at a second hand shop, tells the woman that he's not a man of means, but he hopes someday, she picks one out, he says that he'll take it, but the ring lady says that he doesn't buy the ring, that he has second thoughts, she calls him Desmond, he wants to know how she knows his name, she says he doesn't ask Penny to marry him, that he enter a sailing race to prove her father wrong, that it brings him to the island, where he spends the next 3 years pushing the button, he sees the failsafe key. From Lostpedia
23. "This is wrong. You don't buy the ring. You have second thoughts; you walk right out that door. So, come on, let's have it." Ms. Hawking "I don't know what you're on about." Desmond "You don't buy the ring, Desmond." Ms. Hawking "How do you know my name?" Desmond "Well, I know your name as well as I know that you that don't ask Penny to marry you. In fact, you break her heart. Well, breaking her heart is, of course, what drives you in a few short years from now to enter that sailing race, to prove her father wrong, which brings you to the island where you spend the next 3 years of your life entering numbers into the computer until you are forced to turn that failsafe key. And if you don't do those things, Desmond David Hume, every single one of us is dead. So give me that sodding ring." Ms. Hawking
24. Across from the London Underground, Ms. Hawking and Desmond talk over chestnuts, there is a man in red shoes that she points out, Desmond says she's part of his subconscious, that there is no island, no button, a building nearby collapses on the man in the red shoes, Desmond says she knew it would happen.
25. "Because it wouldn't matter. Had I warned him about the scaffolding tomorrow he'd be hit by a taxi. If I warned him about the taxi, he'd fall in the shower and break his neck. The universe, unfortunately, has a way of course correcting. That man was supposed to die. That was his path just as it's your path to go to the island. You don't do it because you choose to, Desmond. You do it because you're supposed to." Ms. Hawking "I'm going to meet Penny in an hour. I've got the ring, she'll say yes. I can choose whatever I want." Desmond "You may not like your path, Desmond, but pushing that button is the only truly great thing that you will ever do." Ms. Hawking
26. On his way to meet Penny, Desmond passes an advertisement for the Royal Scots Army. From Lostpedia
27. Desmond meets Penny on the Thames, they pass a man taking photographs, says it's something to show the grand kids, they take a photograph in front backdrop of a marina scene, Desmond has no money to pay for the photograph, 5 quid, but Penny does, which causes Desmond to have an epiphany. From Lostpedia
28. "I can't do this." Desmond
29. Desmond says that Penny deserves someone better, that loves isn't enough. Penny is very upset and tells him to admit that he's a coward.
30. "It's all happening too soon -- you moving in. You're painting rooms; you're changing things. I don't even like red. Why would you leave your flat, your expensive flat..." Desmond "[slapping Desmond's face] Don't do that. Don't you pretend you don't care. And don't you dare rewrite history. I left my expensive flat because you were too proud to live there, remember? If you want me to go, if you want me to leave, then don't make this about what I do or don't deserve. And have the decency to admit that you're doing this because you're a coward." Penny "I'm sorry, Pen, but this--we're not supposed to be together." Desmond
31. Penny leaves, and Desmond throws the ring in the water. From Lostpedia
32. Desmond goes back to the pub, he sees the MacCutcheon's whiskey behind the bar, but asks for a pint of the cheapest they have, he tells the bartender that he made the biggest mistake of his life, the worst part is that he thinks he's made it before, the bartender tells him that it's deja vu, he hears the song again, Make Your Own Kind of Music, Gray Bridge comes from 2 goals down, Desmond realizes that he had the wrong night, Jimmy Lennon comes in with cricket a bat.
33. "I had the wrong night. I was right. I was off by a night. I heard the song and then--I remember this. I'm not crazy. I can still change things. I can still change it." Desmond
34. "Duck, brotha." Desmond says, then he gets cracked with the cricket bat.
35. Desmond wakes up in the jungle after the hatch implosion, he sees the photograph of him and Penny on the ground.
36. "Please, let me go back. Let me go back one more time. I'll do it right. I'll do it right this time. I'm sorry, Penny. I'll change it. I'll change it." Desmond
37. Desmond flashes back to when he attached Charlie, Hurley pulls him off, Desmond tells Charlie he's a good man, tells him what happened, that he was saving him, not Claire, that he's going to die, that he drowned trying to save Claire. From Lostpedia
38. "When I turned that key my life flashed before my eyes. And then I was back in the jungle and still on this bloody island. But those flashes, Charlie--those flashes--they didn't stop." Desmond "So, you're telling me you saw a flash of Claire drowning this morning--that's how you knew how to save her?" Charlie "I wasn't saving Claire, Charlie, I was saving you. This morning you dove in after Claire. You tried to save her but you drowned." Desmond "What are you talking about? I didn't drown." Charlie "When I saw the lightening hit the roof you were electrocuted. And when you heard Claire was in the water you--you drowned trying to save her. I dove in myself so you never went in. I've tried, brother. I've tried twice to save you, but the universe has a way of course correcting and--and I can't stop it forever. I'm sorry. I'm sorry because no matter what I try to do you're going to die, Charlie." Desmond

Questions:

1. Did Desmond time travel?
2. Did Desmond really meet Charlie in the past? If so, why didn't either of them remember?
3. Did Thomas paint the painting in Mr. Widmore's office?
4. Has Desmond met Ms. Hawking before? How does she know about him?
5. Why does Desmond have to push the button? Why would everyone die?
6. How did Penny get a copy of the photograph?
7. Why did Desmond go back to the island when the cricket bat hit him?
8. Why did the failsafe key and the hatch implosion make Desmond have flashes?
9. Could Desmond have changed what happened?
10. What happened to Desmond's brothers? His father? Are they okay?

Favorites:

1. "He would want us to ransack his tent and take his stash? Yeah, that sounds exactly like Sawyer." Hurley "Well, he stole all this in the first place. I mean, people need food. They need medical supplies. They need--[Charlie looks down and sees a stack of magazines] shocking amounts of pornography."
2. "Dude, you okay? Hey guys, what's wrong with Desmond?" Hurley
3. "I don't buy this precognitive insanity rubbish. Look, if the bearded wonder could predict the future he wouldn't have ended up here, would he?" Charlie
4. "You do realize he's going to know your plan before you even come up with it, dude." Hurley "In that case, we're going to have to get him really bloody drunk." Charlie
5. "Alright then, let's have it. No, the bottle, brother. I mean, if you've come to drink, let's drink." Desmond
6. "Hey, do you know any songs about drinking and fighting and girls with one leg?" Hurley "Well, girls with one leg and a heart of gold." Charlie and Desmond
7. "Well, what's happening is the result of combining ladders, painting a ceiling, and alcohol. Are you okay? You nauseous?" Penny "This is my flat?" Desmond "Mmm-hmm, although, if you want me to feel at home you might start calling it our flat. How many fingers, Des? [he looks around, awestruck] Love, look at me. What's wrong?" Penny
8. "We are on an island, mate. This is England." Charlie
9. "That's why we don't do drugs." Charlie
10. "Case in point, who could have known that a drenched Scotsman would appear in this rotunda?" Donovan
11. "Which part? The island full of mysterious hatches? Or the computer which keeps the world from ending?" Donovan
12. "Alright, then--what happens next?" Donovan "It doesn't work like that. I don't remember everything, just--just bits and pieces." Desmond "How wonderfully convenient." Donovan
13. "You smell like a pub." Penny "That's because I was at the pub." Desmond
14. "Do you like chestnuts?" Ms. Hawking "What?" Desmond
15. "Just thought it was a bold fashion choice worth noting." Ms. Hawking
16. " Oh, come on, Des, let's do it--for all those grandkids." Penny
17. "Ah, I love the Alps." Desmond "Oh, I hate the Alps." Penny

Notes:

1. Guitar in case, Charlie, not sign.
2. Ms. Hawking is a reference to Stephen Hawking.
3. The man wearing red shoes who has a building fall on top of him is a reference to The Wizard of Oz.
4. Flashes Before Your Eyes aired on Valentine's Day 2007. How appropriate.
5. How Henry Ian Cusick has not won an Emmy, I really don't know.
6. Desmond and Penny's storyline often makes me unable to distinguish the difference between the show, fantasy and the real world, because I get so caught up in it. This episode still makes me head hurt, even after watching about a billion times, and I love it nonetheless.

2.23 Live Together, Die Alone

1. Sayid, Sawyer and Jack swim to the boat offshore, there is opera music playing, gunshots fired from beneath the deck, Desmond has returned. From Lostpedia
2. Jack tells Kate to tell everyone that Desmond is back, Jack questions why Desmond came back to the island.
3. "Do ya think I did it on purpose?" Desmond
4. Desmond sailed due West for 2 and a half weeks at 9 knots, he should've been in Fiji in less than a week, Desmond asks Jack is they're still pushing the button.
5. "This is it. This is all there is left. The ocean and this place here. We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe. There's no outside world. There's no escape." Desmond
6. Desmond leaving jail, collecting his belongings, keys, pocket watch, photograph from the hatch, Charles Dickens novel, Our Mutual Friend, released from jail, dishonorably discharged from British Army Royal Scots regiment. From Lostpedia
7. "I'm saving it so it'll be the last thing I ever read before I die." Desmond "Nice idea, as long as you know when you're going to die." Sergeant
8. Mr. Widmore offers Desmond a ride, tries to give him money to leave his daughter alone, he never gave her the letters Desmond wrote while he was in jail. From Lostpedia
9. "One of these boxes contains your past, Hume. The other, your future." Mr. Widmore
10. "And what makes you think I would just run away?" Desmond "Because you're a coward." Charles Widmore
11. Sayid tries to take advantage of Desmond's arrival, he wants to use the boat to travel to the other side of the island and scout the location of the Others, their numbers, positions, their weapons, that he'll set a signal fire and Jack will meet him, so they can attack together. Jack wants to tell Kate, but Sayid says no, that Michael can't sense that they know he's lying.
12. "This time they will know that we are coming." Sayid
13. Locke doesn't want Eko to push the button, but Eko kicks him out of the hatch.
14. "Do no tell me what I can't do." Eko
15. Jack is giving out the guns, Kate is curious about others and what they're doing with costumes and fake beards, that if it's just what they want them to think, Michael says they really are that way.
16. Desmond gives Sayid his boat, but Sayid can't sail.
17. "Going to see the hostiles, are you?" Desmond
18. Desmond is in Los Angeles, in a coffee shop, has no American money, Libby pays $4 for his coffee, Desmond tells her about his sailing race around the world in 8 months, that he needs $42,000 for a boat. Desmond tells Libby about Charles Widmore and Penny, that he took her away from him, that he try to buy Desmond off. From Lostpedia
19. Libby says she has a boat, that it was her husband's, he got sick, wanted to sail to the Mediterranean, passed away about a month ago, she gives Desmond her boat, David, her husband, named it after her, "Elizabeth."
20. "Then, I thank you, Elizabeth. And I shall win this race, for love." Desmond
21. Sayid asks Sun to talk to Jin about sailing the boat, Jin says he won't leave Sun, but she says she's going with them.
22. Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley and Michael walking through the jungle, a bird flies overhead, appears to say "Hurley," Michael tries to shoot at it but there are no bullets in his gun, Jack says that he must have forgotten to load it.
23. Charlie walks up on Locke crying in the jungle, tells him about Desmond being back.
24. Desmond tells Claire not to inject herself with the vaccine, that he shot himself every 9 days for 3 years and it did nothing.
25. Desmond is at the same stadium on the same night that he met Jack, when he's doing a Tour de Stade, Penny shows up in the parking lot, Desmond wants to know how she found him, she asks why he didn't write to her, but he doesn't tell her that he did. Desmond asks Penny when she's getting married, but she says they haven't set a date yet. From Lostpedia
26. "With enough money and determination, you can find anyone. Did you read your beloved book, the one you were saving?" Penny
27. Desmond tells Penny that he'll be back in a year, she wants him to be back now, she wants to know what he's running from.
28. "I have to get my honor back, and that's what I'm running to." Desmond
29. "So, what did one snowman say to the other snowman?" Locke "Smells like carrots." Desmond
30. Locke tells Desmond he found another station, The Pearl, about the Orientation film, that The Swan is just an experiment, but Desmond doesn't believe him, Locke says that they're going to find out what happens if the button doesn't get pushed.
31. Michael is acting suspicious, but he thanks Jack for coming along with him.
32. "Live together, die alone, man." Jack
33. Sun gets sick on the boat, but it's not seasickness.
34. They see a statue on the shore, with four toes. From Lostpedia
35. "I don't know what is more disquieting—the fact that the rest of the statue is missing, or that it has 4 toes." Sayid
36. Locke and Desmond fake a lockdown, trap Eko outside of the computer room.
37. "Are you sure about this, brotha?" Desmond "I'm more sure about this than anything in my entire life." Locke
38. Desmond is on his sailing race, waves crashing over the boat, he wraps his things safely, his book, Penny's photograph, he is knocked out on the deck of the boat, washes up on the island, man in yellow hazmat suit finds him, takes him to The Swan.
39. "Are you him?" Kelvin "What?" Desmond "What did one snowman say to the other?" Kelvin
40. Kelvin Inman, the same man, Joe Inman, the CIA operative that forced Sayid to torture in Iraq, says he found Desmond washed up on shore, says there was no boat, alarm goes off, Kelvin pushed the button, Desmond asks what it is.
41. "Just saving the world." Kelvin
42. Desmond watches the Orientation film, he asks Kelvin about the missing parts.
43. "Radzinski made some edits." Kelvin
44. Kelvin says that Radzinski was his partner, to put the film back behind Turn of the Screw when he's done, Desmond asks why he wears the hazmat suit when he goes outside, Kelvin says so he doesn't get infected, he tells Desmond to take the vaccine every 9 days, that he was out there for a while before he found him, that he hopes it's not too late.
45. Desmond asks Locke about Mr. Eko, Locke tells him he's a priest and Desmond is weary about locking him out, Eko is pounding on the door, he then climbs out of the hatch through the shaft that Jack, Locke and Kate originally climbed down to get in the hatch, with the quarantine door that they blew off with the dynamite from the Black Rock. From Lostpedia
46. Eko asks Charlie about the hatch door being blow off, where the dynamite is.
47. Kate spots others following them in the jungle, her and Sawyer turn the tables on them, Sawyer kills one of them, the other gets away, Jack says they've already been warned, gives up that he already knows what Michael did, he confesses, that he let "Henry" go, killed Libby and Ana Lucia, Hurley wants to go back, but Jack says no, that he has a plan.
48. Sayid, Jin and Sun arrive to the rock with the hole in it by the shore.
49. Charlie leads Eko to the dynamite, he wants to blow up the blast door.
50. "It would take an atom bomb, brother. Tell him not to bother." Desmond
51. Kelvin shows Desmond how to fake a lockdown so he can draw on the blast door map, Desmond puts a cart under the door, Kelvin mixes detergent in a cup to paint with it, he tells Desmond about Radzinski, put a shotgun in his mouth while Kelvin was asleep, that he buried him, Desmond's been there 2 years, he wants to go outside, Desmond was kicked out of the Army because he couldn't follow orders, Kelvin says men followed his orders, that Desmond isn't going outside into the jungle. From Lostpedia
52. "How do you even remember where you left off from?" Desmond "Slowly, Des. Very, very slowly. You should have seen Radzinski do this. He had a photographic memory. I mean, this whole baby was his idea." Kelvin "Yeah, right, Radzinsky. Radzinski figured out how to fake a lockdown. Radzinski created this great invisible map. More and more tales about your former partner. Yet for some reason, you never want to tell me what bloody well happened to him." Desmond
53. Charlie questions whether the button is a joke, but Eko shows Charlie the magnet by throwing his belt at it, he asks if that's a joke.
54. Eko lights the fuse for the dynamite and hides behind a wall, Charlie runs away as a fire ball chases him from behind.
55. Desmond wakes, alarm is going off, he pushes the button, he can't find Kelvin, he hears him, he's underground, below the computer room, with a key, says he couldn't do it, the only other way out, a failsafe, Desmond asks about the wall, the incident, Kelvin says electromagnetism, geologically unique, the incident was that there was a leak, the charge builds up and the button discharges it before it gets too big. From Lostpedia
56. "Here's the real question, Desmundo—do you have the courage to take your finger out of the dam and blow the whole thing up, instead?" Kelvin
57. Charlie and Eko appear to be dead from the explosion, Locke doesn't seem to care.
58. "Is the reason you're letting that clock there run all the way down to the very last tick—is it because you need to look down the barrel of a gun to find out what you really believe, John?" Desmond "I looked down the barrel of the gun and I believed. I thought it was my destiny to get into this place. And someone died—a kid. Because he was stupid enough to believe that I knew what I was talking about. And the night that he died for nothing, I was sitting right up there, all alone, beating my hand bloody against that stupid door—screaming to the heavens asking what I should do. And then a light went on. I thought it was a sign. But it wasn't a sign. Probably just you going to the bathroom." Locke
59. Sayid investigates the Others camp that Michael described, but it's deserted, empty huts, the hatch that Michael told them about is fake.
60. Sawyer, Jack, Kate, Hurley and Michael arrive upon a pile of capsules from the pneumatic tube, with notebooks in them, all filed up, the map that Locke drew. From Lostpedia
61. "0400: S.R. moves ping-pong table again. 0415: takes a shower." Kate
62. They see the signal fire that Sayid lit by the shore, they hear whispers, voices, "Elizabeth" and "Michael," they're shot with darts, taken by the Others.
63. Desmond asks Locke about the other station he found, he tells about psychological station, 2 men observing, notebooks and pneumatic tubes, shows him the printout from the computer there, Desmond wonders if he got it backwards, if the men in The Pearl are the experiment. From Lostpedia
64. Kelvin is going out into the jungle in his hazmat suit, he says goodbye, but Desmond gets suspicious, sees a tear in his hazmat suit, then follows him. Kelvin takes off his mask outside, goes to Desmond's sailboat, knows Desmond followed him, says he was a spook for 10 years, that he knows when someone is following him, he says he's fixing that boat, that Desmond can come with him, that maybe the button isn't even real, Desmond questions why he lied to him, why he went on about damns, electromagnets and failsafes, Kelvin says he needed someone to save the world after he left, Desmond gets angry and attacks Kelvin, accidentally hits his head on the rocks and dies, Desmond takes the failsafe key from around his neck, runs back to the hatch, everything is shaking, the alarm is going off, there is a system failure, Desmond tries to type in numbers but to no avail, there are hieroglyphs on the countdown clock, eventually it works and everything is reset, fixed, back to normal. From Lostpedia
65. Desmond studies the printout from The Pearl station, numbers and the word accepted repeated many times, then he finds 922044:16 and SYSTEM FAILURE written many times over, he asks Locke when he got there, when his plane crashed, Locke says 60-65 days ago, September 22, and it's the same day that Kelvin died and the button wasn't pushed, there was a system failure. From Lostpedia
66. "I think I crashed your plane." Desmond
67. The Others take Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley and Michael to the Pala Ferry, Kate tells Mr. Friendly that she knows his beard is fake, he then takes it off, Ms. Klugh calls him Tom, a boat arrives with the man from the hatch, "Henry Gale," Ben. From Lostpedia
68. Charlie and Eko wake from unconsciousness from the explosion in the hatch.
69. Desmond tells Locke about the plane crash and the button, that they need to push it, but Locke smashes the computer, Desmond opens the blast doors.
70. "On that day, those numbers turned to hieroglyphics. And when the last one came down this whole place started to shake. And that screen? That screen filled up with "system failure," [pointing to the printout] System Failure. And I know what they are. 92204—September the 22nd, 2004, the day your planed crashed. It's real! It's all bloody real! Now, push the damn button!" Desmond
71. "You killed us. You killed us all." Desmond "No, I just saved us all." Locke
72. Desmond gets the failsafe key in his book, Our Mutual Friend.
73. The same night that Locke banged on the hatch door, when Boone died, Desmond contemplated suicide, he opens his book and finds a letter from Penny. From Lostpedia
74. "Dearest Des, I am writing this letter to you as you leave for prison. And I've hidden in the one place you would turn to in a moment of great desperation. I know you go away with the weight of what happened on your shoulders. And I know the only person who can ever take it off is you. Please don't give up, Des. Because all we really need to survive is one person who truly loves us. And you have her. I will wait for you. Always. I love you, Pen."
75. Desmond is very upset because he thinks the world is gone, he throws things in the hatch, he hears Locke bang on the door, he sees it as a sign, it gives him hope that the world is still out there, he puts the light on. From Lostpedia
76. Desmond gets the failsafe key, tells Locke he heard him 3 days before they met.
77. "3 days before you came down here, before we met, I heard a banging on the Hatch door, shouting. But it was you, John, wasn't it? You said there isn't any purpose—there's no such thing as fate. But you saved my life, brotha, so that I could save yours." Desmond
78. The alarm is going off, the button doesn't get pushed, there is another system failure, the timer flips to hieroglyphs.
79. "I'm going to blow the dam, John. [the timer starts flipping to the hieroglyphs] I'm sorry for whatever happened that made you stop believing. But it's all real. Now I've got to go and make it all go away. I'll see you in another life, brotha." Desmond
80. The hatch is imploding, the countdown clock implodes, a magnetic force is drawing everything to the wall, Eko wakes up, Locke realizes his mistake, that Desmond was right.
81. "I was wrong." Locke frighteningly admits to Mr. Eko that it was a mistake. From Lostpedia
82. Desmond uses the failsafe key, he thinks of what Penny said in her letter.
83. "I love you, Penny." Desmond gives the sign of the cross and turns the key.
84. There is white noise, a bright light, shaking, happening all over the island, at the beach camp, Pala Ferry, everywhere, then everything fades. From Lostpedia
85. An object falls from the sky, the quarantine door from the hatch almost hits Claire and Bernard as they narrowly escape, Charlie returns to camp, appears to have lost his hearing. From Lostpedia
86. Benry, is the leader of the Others, he gives Michael the boat, says he's not happy with the arrangement, says they got more than they bargained for when Walt joined them, but he says that Michael set him free, living up to his word, so they will live up to theirs, he tells Michael to follow a compass bearing of 325, that if he does that exactly, they will find rescue. Michael asks how he knows he won't tell people about where he was, but Benry says that he won't because of what he did, that once he leaves, he'll never be able to get back there, Michael says that he was promised they wouldn't hurt his friends, that's the deal.
87. "Who are you people?" Michael "We're the good guys, Michael." Ben
88. He tells Michael that Walt is on the boat, they are reunited.
89. The Others let Hurley go, Ms. Klugh tells him that his job is to tell everyone else to never come back there, Michael and Walt leave the island. From Lostpedia
90. Claire asks Charlie about what happened in the hatch, he says nothing, they kiss.
91. Snow hut, station, blizzard, in an Arctic place, 2 men speaking Portuguese, a computer, light going off, 7418880 Electromagnetic Anomaly. From Lostpedia
92. "That's it, isn't it? We missed it again."
93. But they didn't miss it, they review protocol. They make a phone call. From Lostpedia
94. They call Penelope Widmore, there is the same photograph of her and Desmond on the bedside table, the same one that Desmond has on the island.
95. "Ms. Widmore? It's us. I think we found it." From Lostpedia

Questions:

1. Was Libby in Santa Rosa after she met Desmond, after David died?
2. How did David die? What sickness did he have? Was it the sickness?
3. Was Libby involved with Dharma or the Widmores somehow?
4. Where did the bird come from? Why did it say Hurley?
5. Who was Penny engaged to?
6. What was the rest of the four toed-statue? Why four toes? Where did it go?
7. Did the rest of the four-toed statue collapse from an earthquake?
8. Who is S.R.? Is it Radzinsky?
9. Where did Kelvin Inman's body go? Is he still alive?
10. Did the Others know what happened when the button wasn't pushed?
11. What happened when Walt was taken?
12. Why does Ben say they're the good guys?
13. How does Penny know that Desmond is on the island? How long has she been looking for it?
14. Where is the Listening Station?
15. When did they miss it the first time, when Kelvin died?

Favorites:

1. "You?" Desmond
2. "No way. If I take that thing, I'll kill someone." Hurley
3. "Did that bird just say my name?" Hurley "Yeah, it did, right before it crapped gold." Sawyer
4. "Hey, uh, if you're feeling a little sorry for yourself you may want to have a drink with your mate from the Hatch. I hear he's a little despondent, as well." Charlie
5. "Hello, Desmond." Locke "Hello yourself, box man." Desmond
6. "Neat trick." Locke
7. "Charlie, do you know how they got the hatch door open?" Eko "No, but if you hum it, I could probably play it." Charlie
8. "My theory, they're aliens. That's why they use the fake beards—their heads are made of pathetic." Sawyer "Prosthetic, dude." Hurley "You can't even spell and now you're correcting me?" Sawyer
9. "The bitch of it was, I only had a 108 minutes to bury the poor bastard." Kelvin
10. "Well, thanks for pointing that out, Kate. I can't tell you how much this thing itches. And thanks for telling them my name, Bea." Tom

Notes:

1. Desmond exclaims "You" and laughs when he sees Jack, just as Jack did when he recognized Desmond in Man of Science, Man of Faith.
2. Kelvin dies as Sayid arrives to the island, also convenient.
3. The whispers when Sawyer, Jack, Kate and Hurley are taken, from DarkUFO: This is no good (or), Let's do something (or), We're near them. He's asking him something. Yeah, but what happened? They saw a smoke signal. Elizabeth. Did (does) somebody see you (or), It looks like her, but. You're on her right. Behind you. I'll have to listen to the dreams (trees) to learn (find) something. He'll need to instruct you (or), Do we ambush? Why can't you (two) do it (or), Can't you see (Sawyer gets hit with dart). Got to have a team with you. Okay, crank it up (Kate: Sawyer!). I knew that something bad would happen. I assume this is how you would do it. Don't tell anyone he wants it done (or), Don't want anyone to die. Let's assemble them (or), This is similar (or), What's this symbol of? (Jack: Run! Go! Go!) It was her. So she was never taken (or), So she must never take it (or), I'm sure it's just new to you. Said I was about to (or), Someone attacked them. Get your butt out of there. Try the sequence. Had to be given lessons. Turn it on beside you. Don't do it. Don't see. (Gunshots) You're gonna have to do it. You are too. Why can't we choose (or), I can't reach it. Two more people (or), Too young people. I'm frightened. Please. Come on, it's simple. Intruder alert. Do you think I should I lock this? No, I've seen them before. Close the door. You all need me.
4. Sayid, Sawyer and Jack=Charlie's Angels?
5. Um, what purple sky?
6. Also, Charlie, you might want to tell people that Desmond, Eko and Locke may be dead in the hatch instead of hanging out for hours with the cute, blonde chick with a baby.
7. The first time the show went to the off-island scene, with the men in the station speaking Portuguese, I really thought it was another show or a commercial.