Episode Analysis of 1.04 "Walkabout"

WARNING: If you have not already seen all of LOST, please DO NOT READ THIS.

My LOST re-watch and episode analysis will include major details from the entirety that is LOST, and will be written with the perspective of having seen everything already. You will be SPOILED if you read any further. It is far better if you learn the story of LOST for yourself, as it is meant to be seen. Trust me on this, and don't say that I didn't warn you first. Seriously. Stop it. Now. Go watch it.

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

This episode was written by David Fury, and directed by Jack Bender. It originally aired on October 13th, 2004.

This is a John Locke flashback-centric episode.

We begin with the opening of John Locke's eye. He's lying on a beach, at the site of the plane crash. The engine is loud, and everyone is screaming.

Episode Analysis of 1.01 & 1.02 "Pilot (Parts 1 & 2)"

WARNING: If you have not already seen all of LOST, please DO NOT READ THIS.

My LOST re-watch and episode analysis will include major details from the entirety that is LOST, and will be written with the perspective of having seen everything already. You will be SPOILED if you read any further. It is far better if you learn the story of LOST for yourself, as it is meant to be seen. Trust me on this, and don't say that I didn't warn you first. Seriously. Stop it. Now. Go watch it.

To read my original posts on these episodes, please refer to Pilot, Part 1 & Pilot, Part 2. It's insane how long my posts have gotten since then.

The episodes Pilot (Parts 1 & 2) were written by J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof, and were directed by J.J. Abrams. They originally aired separately, on September 22nd, 2004 and September 29th, 2004. Despite what everyone might think, these are the only two episodes of LOST written and/or directed by J.J. Abrams. Damon Lindelof steered the ship when J.J. left. Give credit where credit is due.

This is a Jack Shephard, Kate Austen, and Charlie Pace flashback-centric episode.

We begin with the opening of Dr. Jack Shephard's eye, which is quite moving when looking back at the entire series of LOST in hindsight. When you realize that it ended where it all began, it is a chilling moment to watch this scene again.

3.01 A Tale of Two Cities

From Lostpedia

1. A woman listening to music, Downtown, she's upset, Amelia at her door, burned the muffins, Ethan fixing the plumbing, book club meeting, Stephen King's Carrie, Adam doesn't like the book, he says that Ben isn't there because he wouldn't read it, the house shakes, they get in the doorway.
2. Ben outside, Oceanic plane breaks apart in mid-air, Flight 815, Ben sends Goodwin to tail section in the water, run and get to shore in an hour, Ethan to fuselage, there may be survivors, act like they're in shock, Ben wants lists in 3 days, community of the Others, the barracks, hidden between mountain range, others, the island.
   
   
   

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3. Jack in his car, on a stake-out, Moonlight Serenade, stalking Sarah.
4. Jack wakes in a room, band-aid and cotton ball on his arm, he tries to open the door, glass wall separating middle of the room, walks into it, yells for Kate, nothing. From Lostpedia
5. Kate wakes in locker room, water running, Tom tells her to take a shower, clean towels, shampoo, soap, band-aid on her arm also.
6. Sawyer wakes in a cage, outside, beside building, boy in cage across from him, Sawyer asks where they are, who he is, there is a machine in Sawyer's cage, a button with a fork and knife picture on it, he pushes it, warning, warning, boy warns him not to do it again, Sawyer doesn't listen and gets shocked.
7. Jack pulls on a chain hanging from ceiling in his cage, woman, Juliet tells him to stop.
8. Jack meets Sarah at lawyer's office, says he's sorry, Sarah gets a phone call, Jack wants to know who he is, says she can have everything, the cars, the house, but Sarah won't tell.
9. Jack asks where his friends are, Juliet negotiates with him, says he's stubborn.
10. Kate takes shower, they give her a dress to wear.
11. Tom takes Kate to Benry, for breakfast, handcuffs, he asks why Sawyer, says they burned her clothes, he says he wants her to feel comforted, civilized, something nice to hold on to, that the next two weeks will be unpleasant.
12. Jack calls the number from Sarah's phone, Christian tells him to stop, but the next number the Jack calls is Christian's phone, he says that Sarah was calling him because she was worried about Jack, that he has to let go, stop being obsessive.
13. Jack drinks water dripping from the ceiling, he hears a familiar voice on the intercom speaker in his room.
14. "Let it go, Jack." Christian Shephard
15. Juliet brings Jack grilled cheese, she says the intercom hasn't worked in years, asks Jack what he does, if he's married, he asks her what her job is, she asks where he was flying from, he tells her Sydney, that he was bringing his father home, she says he can trust her, she won't hurt him. Jack wants to know what's going on, and Juliet eats his sandwich.
16. Karl asks how long to Sawyer's camp, what the people are like, he escapes from his cage, let's Sawyer out of his, tells him to go the other way, Juliet shocks him with taser dart, puts him back in his cage, they make Karl say he's sorry. From Lostpedia
17. Juliet tells Jack the drugs they gave him have side-effects, such as dehydration, and if he doesn't eat or drink, he'll start hallucinating, she talks him into sitting against the wall in his room, so she can give him food, he does it.
18. Jack follows his dad because he's suspicious, but the hotel he goes to is for an AA meeting, a woman says Christian has been sober for 50 days, Jack still thinks that he's with Sarah, he won't listen, and he attacks his father.
19. When Juliet opens the door, Jack attacks her, holds a broken plate to Juliet's neck, wants her to open a door with a wheel lock, Jack says he'll kill her, Ben says it's okay, if he opens it, she'll die anyway, Jack does and water comes in, Ben leaves Juliet behind, Juliet and Jack close the door together, she tells Jack to press a button, Juliet knocks him out, puts him back in the room that they're holding him in. From Lostpedia
20. Sawyer figures out the machine in his cage, fish biscuit, food pellets, water, Tom brings Kate to the cage Karl was in, her wrists are rubbed raw from the handcuffs, Tom says it took the bears 2 hours to figure the machine out, Sawyer gives Kate a fish biscuit.
21. Juliet has a file on Jack, Jack asks about aquarium, sharks, Juliet says it's for dolphins too, they're underwater, it is one of their stations, The Dharma Initiative, The Hydra, Jack asks if they're whats leftover, Juliet says it was a long time ago, that it doesn't matter who they are, only what they are, and they know exactly who he is. From Lostpedia
22. "We know that you're a spinal surgeon based out of St. Sebastian's Hospital in Los Angeles. I know that you went to Columbia and that you graduated med school a year faster than anyone else. I know that you were married only once and that you contested the divorce. I know your father died in Sydney. I know this because I have a copy of his autopsy report." Juliet
23. Jack wants to know if it's about him, or his family, his friends too, Juliet says it's about everything, and Jack wants to know if it's about Sarah.
24. Sarah posts Jack's bail, Christian told her he was in jail, there is a man with her, Sarah says that his dad called her to help him, he was drunk, that now he has something to fix.
25. Juliet tells Jack about Sarah, that she's happy, Jack agrees to sit in the corner for food.
26. Ben tells Juliet she did good work.

Questions:

1. Were the Others taking blood or injecting something?
2. Did the Others know that the plane would crash on the island? Did Ben know?
3. What were the cages for? What kind of zoological research was Dharma doing?
4. Did Kate eat breakfast with Ben? What happened? Why are her wrists raw?
5. Was the intercom really broken? Was Jack hallucinating? Did Christian Shephard really try to communicate with Jack through it?
6. How did the Others know so much? Where did they get the information in the files from?
7. How could they get a copy of Christian Shephard's autopsy report?
8. Did the Others drug and brainwash Jack? Did they get information from Sarah?

Favorites:

1. The plane crash and the pan-out of New Otherton.
2. "So I guess I'm out of the book club." Ben
3. "You look pretty." Jack
4. "You think I'm stupid!" Jack
5. "I'm a repo man. You know, when people don't pay their bills I go into the bank and collect their possessions. I'm a people person so I really love it." Jack
6. "What are the people like from your plane?" Karl "Oh, they're just awesome." Sawyer
7. Sawyer figuring out the machine in his cage.
8. "How about you bring me an ottoman? While you're at it I could use a blow dry." Sawyer
9. "Hey, you got yourself a fish biscuit. How'd you do that?" Tom "I figured out your complicated gizmos, that's how." Sawyer "Only took the bears 2 hours." Tom

Notes:

1. Jack walking into the glass wall: priceless.
2. You're right, Ben. The next few weeks will be very unpleasant. I'm not exactly fond of the first several episodes of Season 3.
3. Tom says that Kate isn't his type, which foreshadows us finding out that Tom is gay.
4. Jack stalking Sarah and telling her she looks pretty in the lawyer's office, when she's clearly adamant about them getting a divorce is so pathetic.

1.04 Walkabout

From Lostpedia

1. Charlie is side-swiped by boar from fuselage.
2. It's been 4 days.
3. "Any bodies we bury are not gonna stay buried for long." Jack
4. Transmission indicates a significant power source on the island.
5. Kate tells Jack she's going to go hunting with Locke, and help Sayid. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were worried about me, Jack." "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you have trouble staying in the same place for very long, Kate."
6. "Patience is the hallmark of a leader." Locke
7. Locke tells his boss, Randy, at the box company a story about Norman Croucher, a double amputee who climbed Mt. Everest. "It was his destiny." Locke says that he's going to go on a walkabout in Australia.
8. "Don't tell me what I can't do!" Locke
9. "I'm not a psychiatrist." Jack
10. Jack was sitting in seat 23A.
11. "I'm the guy who told you not to worry about the turbulence." Jack, to Rose.
12. Locke talks to woman on the phone, asks her to go on the walkabout with him, but it turns out she's just a phone sex operator.
13. Locke has been talking to woman named "Helen" for the past 8 months.
14. Locke sees the monster for the first time when he's hunting. From Lostpedia
15. "My husband is not dead." Rose says to Jack after he asks her to say a few words at the memorial service for those who perished in the plane crash. From Lostpedia
16. Jack tells Rose that everyone in the tail section is gone. "They're probably thinking the same thing about us." Rose says.
17. Jack sees his dad off the beach. He is wearing tennis shoes. From Lost Hatch
18. Locke claims he didn't see the monster.
19. It is revealed that Locke was paralyzed and in a wheelchair before the crash, which is why he never went on the walkabout and ended up on a plane back to LA.
20. He's been in a wheelchair for four years, since 2000.
21. He says that he booked the walkabout a month ago. "You have no idea who you're dealing with."
22. "This is my destiny. I'm supposed to do this." Locke From Lostpedia

Questions:

1. Why does Kate want to get off the island so badly?
2. Does Locke watch the History and Discovery channels exclusively?
3. Locke turns off machine next to bed. What is it? From Lost Hatch
4. Does Jack really see Christian Shepard, or is he just hallucinating?

Favorites:

1. Sawyer and Hurley fighting over peanuts.
2. Locke throwing knife at Sawyer's head. "We hunt." From Lostpedia
3. "You either have very good aim, or very bad aim." Jack
4. Locke opening up his suitcase filled with knives.
5. Randy asking Locke about his TPS reports. Office Space!
6. Michael asking Sun to watch Walt.
7. Shannon using Charlie to prove that she can take care of herself. "I'm a fishing fiend."
8. Hurley and Charlie fishing. "You said I had to corner it!" From Lostpedia
9. Jack wandering into jungle after the man he sees, and Locke walking up with boar.

Notes:

1. We see a flashblack of Locke from the plane crash.
From Lostpedia
2. They burn the fuselage to get rid of the bodies and because Jack is hoping that someone will see it. They have a memorial service which Claire leads. From Lostpedia
3. "I'm not big on rubbing it in." Maybe I'm mistaken, Jack, but you rub it in every chance you get.
4. This is the first episode where the mind-fuck twists begin. The reveal that Locke was in a wheelchair before the crash is a total Sixth Sense moment, that when you go back and watch it again, you see all the clues and think "how did I not catch that sooner?" The writers are so good at this. I think this was probably the episode that hooked me into the show for good.