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.

Analysis of Epilogue, "The New Man in Charge"

Wow. It's been a while since I've done this. I'm a little rusty. I've been writing a post about the Finale, "The End" and my thoughts on the entire series, and the aftermath of everything for a few months now, but I still haven't even come close to finishing all of my thoughts and theories on the whole matter, so that's going to have to wait for bit. So, before I finished doing all of that, I figured I'd brush up on some LOST because I've been thinking about it again a lot lately.

I haven't bought the LOST Season Six DVD Set as of yet, and I have the first Five Seasons already, so I'll be holding off from buying the LOST Complete Collection Box Set for at least a little while, but I had a chance to watch  the 12-Minute Epilogue, titled "The New Man in Charge," online a few weeks ago when it was leaked, and now that the DVD has finally come out, I figured I'd do some writing about it. This is the last new footage that I will probably ever write about LOST, so that's kind of sad. Well, that is unless they come out with something new, which I could see ABC/Disney doing, so maybe that's a lie. 

After I finish this, and my post about the Finale and everything else, I'm going to be dong a re-watch of Season Six, in the same style that I've done Seasons before, and then a re-watch and analysis of the entire Series, which will be different than everything else I've done. I plan to focus on analyzing each episode with the knowledge of having watched the entire Series, which should be interesting and a lot of fun. I really want to go back and reflect on everything, because I feel like then, and only then, will this entire experience come to an end. But, let's be realistic, this whole thing is never going to be over for me. I'm going to be watching and thinking about LOST for the rest of my damn life, so deal with it. It comes with the territory now.

From Lostpedia

4.02 Confirmed Dead

1. Opening of an underwater camera searching the ocean floor, 5,000 meters below sea-level, sonar picking something up, bearing 137 from coordinates on map, magnetometer picking up a lot of anomalies, they discover Oceanic Flight 815. From Lostpedia
2. A news reports that the Christiane I, in the Indian Ocean, looking in the Sunda Trench, off Bali, looking for sunken remains of a trading ship, sent 2 ROVs.
3. "This haunting footage comes to us from the Christiane I, a salvage vehicle in the Indian Ocean. For more than two months, it's been scouring the depths of the Sunda Trench off Bali, in search of the remains of sunken trading ships. Late last night, the Christiane deployed two remotely operated vehicles, or ROVs, that verified what the National Transportation Safety Board had long feared, that the commercial...."
4. Essex, Massachusetts--Daniel Faraday crying, watching television news coverage of the wreckage of Oceanic Flight 815 being found, a woman, cooking for him, asks him about the plane, why he's upset, but he says he doesn't know. From Lostpedia
5. The helicopter is going down, preparing, people jumping out, parachutes, Daniel jumps out, has a beacon, hears something, prepares his gun, Jack and Kate meet Daniel Faraday, he says he's there to rescue them.
6. "I'm Daniel Faraday. I'm here to rescue you." Daniel
7. Daniel says his helicopter crew is 4, including him, doesn't know if they jumped out before the helicopter went down, he lost his pack, so he lost his phone, but Kate and Jack have a phone, Dan calls George Minkowski on their satellite phone, says there was an electrical storm, the instruments, thinks they went down, he made contact with some of the survivors, Minkowski asks if he's on speaker phone. From Lostpedia
8. Kate says not to worry, that Naomi covered for them, but Jack points out the gun in the back of Daniel's pants.
9. Daniel tells them they all have GPS transponders on them, so they can find the rest of the team, asks for their help, where the rest of their people are, Jack says most are back at the beach.
10. "Okay, so the boat hasn't heard from anybody else yet but er, their GPS transponders, my team and I are all wearing these, the transponders will send the locations back to the ship, and then the ship will send all locations back into the phones. Er, oh, there we are, there's my signal right there, and hopefully we'll get the signals for the rest of the team soon. Will you help me find them?" Daniel
11. Locke and the people that went with him, are in the jungle, Vincent, going East, Sawyer says the barracks are due South, Locke says he's going to the cabin, but Hurley says it's the other way, but then quickly pretends he was talking about the airplane's cabin, Sawyer questions why, Locke says they're supposed to, tells them he's getting orders from Walt.
12. Sayid doesn't see anything, but says the freighter could be approaching from the other side of the island, asks Juliet why Ben would say they'd do them harm, Juliet says Ben is a liar, or the people really intend to the them harm, asks Sayid about the guns they have left.
13. They find Dan's equipment in the jungle, gas masks, Jack asks about the gun, Daniel says it's a precaution, that rescue isn't exactly their primary objective, Jack asks what is.
14. "Er, okay, see, erm, rescuing you and your people. Can't really say its our primary objective." Daniel Faraday
15. The satellite phone picks up a GPS signal, Dan says it's Miles, they head off to find him.
16. Sawyer asks Locke about seeing Walt, Locke says that Walt said he had work to do, he was taller, that Ben shot him, left him for dead, that Walt saved him, shows him his wound, says that he'd be dead if he still had his kidney. From Lostpedia
17. "He said I had work to do. That I had to stop this woman, Naomi, from bringing the rest of her people here. The bullet went in one side, came out the other. I'd probably be dead if I still had a kidney there. Anything else? " Locke
18. Kate, Jack and Daniel find another parachutist unconscious, lying on the rocks, they think he's hurt, or worse, dead, but he's just pretending, he pulls a gun on them, asks where Naomi is, the woman that Kate killed. From Lostpedia
19. Inglewood, California--Miles arrives at a house, on the radio in the car, "All 324 passengers dead," he gets out of his car and goes to the door.
20. "Oceanic 815, it can only be described as the worst case scenario. With the plane accounted for, and a salvage mission unlikely, authorities are confirming all three hundred and twenty-four passengers dead." Radio report
21. Mrs. Gardener answers the door, he introduces himself as Miles Straume, she says the room is upstairs at the end of the hall, he says it's $200, paid in advance, cash, the woman says it was supposed to be $100, but Miles says that was before his friend at the Police Station said that her grandson was murdered, tells her not to come upstairs, no matter what she hears, there are photographs of her grandson on the wall by the stairs.
22. Miles brings a machine with him, looks like a vacuum, goes into the room, feels something, shivers, appears to be possessed, he says he's not doing his grandmother any good, that he's causing her a lot of pain, that he'll tell her he's gone if he tells him where it is, a book-shelf shakes, something falls, Miles goes to look behind it, finds money, drugs, but only takes the money, says he can go now, he leaves the room. From Lostpedia
23. He goes back downstairs, tells the grandmother that it worked, that he's at peace now, he gives her $100 back, says it wasn't that tricky.
24. Miles says Naomi used the code, saying to tell her sister that she loves her, Jack and Kate say she wasn't killed by them, but by John Locke, who isn't with them anymore, Miles wants to go to her body, he says he'll know what happened.
25. "Then why'd Naomi use the damn code? Yeah, you remember when she said tell my sister I love her, well she doesn't have a sister. That's what we're supposed to say if we get captured, have a gun to our heads. Like right now, Jack here would say tell my sister I love her, you get it?" Miles
26. "Even if I took you to her body you wouldn't know what happened..." Kate "I'll know! Now take me to her body." Miles
27. Ben wants to tell Alex something, but tries to get to Karl, then asks Sawyer why he left Kate behind, says in the real world he wouldn't be able to compete with Jack, Sawyer beats him up, asks why they should keep him alive, Locke says not to do it.
28. "James. Look at yourself. Yes, on this Island you're brave, daring, handsome, you're someone, but if you left with them, back in the real-world a low-life scam artist like you could never compete with a first class surgeon. I think Kate was really upset when you made your choice to come with us. Thank God she has Jack there to comfort..."
29. "We're keeping him alive because he's been on this Island a lot longer than any of us. Because he has information we need. And because apart from his mouth, he's completely harmless." Locke
30. They take Miles to Naomi's body, he communicates with her somehow. From Lostpedia
31. Daniel says the light is strange, that it doesn't scatter quite right.
32. "The light, is strange out here isn't it? It's kinda like, it doesn't scatter quite right." Daniel
33. Kate tells Daniel he doesn't want anyone to get hurt, to put his gun away, but Dan says that Miles would kill him, Kate says they're trying to help, but Jack says to let it play out.
34. Miles says that they didn't kill her, that it happened the way they said.
35. They see Charlotte on the satellite phone's GPS transponder, 3 kilometers from them, Miles says to go get her.
36. Jack says to put the gun down, that his friends are in the jungle holding guns to their heads.
37. "Because our friends are out in the jungle right now holding a gun at your head, and his head. So I'm gonna forget about the misunderstanding, just put the guns down." Jack
38. Sayid and Juliet show up, guns a blazing.
39. Medenine, Tunisia--A newspaper reads "815: Retrouve!" A woman asks how many different languages she has to read it in before she believes that it's true, Charlotte asks how many different languages are there, says people in their line of work are terrible at keeping secrets, she says they know about the dig, but a man says the site closed, Charlotte gives him money, says to open it, there is a skeleton in the sand, her friend asks if it's a dinosaur, but Charlotte says it's not a dinosaur, not by a few million years, that it's an Ursus Maritimus, a polar bear, in the desert, Charlotte begins excavating, finds a DHARMA collar with a logo from The Hydra, she appears to recognize it. From Lostpedia
40. Charlotte wakes hanging from a tree, caught in it with her parachute, releases herself from it, into a stream below, appears to be excited about arriving on the island, looking around, Locke and the rest of the crew come upon her. From Lostpedia
41. Juliet says they were worried when they didn't get back, so they went to the cockpit and track them from there.
42. Sayid begins to interrogate them, asks their names, what they do, Daniel Faraday, physicist, introduces Miles, who says he collects soil samples, they're not there on a rescue mission, Sayid says that the world believes them to be dead, but they're not surprised to see them there, alive.
43. Charlotte, questioning them, can't believe they're alive, asks how many of them are there, if they've been living there the entire time, if Claire had her baby on the island, has a million questions, they can wait until they get back to freighter, tells them they have transponders, the pilot was trying to put the plane down, to stay where they are, but Locke says she's coming with them, they don't want to be found. From Lostpedia
44. "See, there's your problem. We don't want to be found." Locke
45. Sayid has the satellite phone, following Charlotte's signal, they see the transponder blinking, Charlotte moving fast, but it's Vincent, Jack says Locke has her.
46. Eleuthera, The Bahamas--toy plane, aquarium, a television reports that authorities released footage of sunken remains of Oceanic Flight 815, victim identification process, the pilot, Seth Norris, recovery of bodies next to impossible, identification provides closure, phone, NTSB Oceanic Hotline, supervisor, not family member, has information on the crash, says that's not the pilot, knows he always wore his wedding ring, that he knows it's not him, knows because he was supposed to be flying Oceanic 815 on that day. From Lostpedia
47. "We wanna caution our viewers that the images they are about to see are graphic in nature. Viewer discretion is advised. Authorities have released dramatic footage of the sunken remains of Oceanic Flight 815. The National Transportation Safety Board has set up a hotline for family members of the Oceanic victims. The NTSB has begun the victim identification process. We have confirmation that this is the pilot, Captain Seth Norris. In a statement, the NTSB said that, Quote...Recovery of the bodies will be next to impossible. We can only hope that identification will provide closure to the families of the victims...Unquote." Television Reporter
48. "Look, I'm staring at the television right now, you're broadcasting footage of the wreckage and saying that that's the pilot, Seth Norris. Well that's not him. Doesn't matter who I am, you're showing footage of Seth Norris and that's not him, listen, this guy married his high school sweetheart at nineteen, he always wore his wedding ring and I'm telling you there's no ring on that body. Because I was supposed to be flying Oceanic 815 on that day." Frank Lapidus
49. On the island, the same guy, stumbling up a hill, sees the cow, takes out his satellite phone, his flare gun, and fires it.
50. Locke and crew see the flare, Charlotte says they have to go, Hurley says they should, Claire says maybe they could be hurt, but Locke says she's lying, that she didn't come for them, Charlotte starts to go, Locke says she has to come with them, but Ben shoots her.
51. Sawyer beats Ben again, but Charlotte is okay, she was wearing a bullet-proof vest.
52. Jack and crew find Frank Lapidus, he's the pilot of the helicopter, says they got struck by lightning, he set the helicopter down safe and sound, shows them where it is. From Lostpedia
53. Naomi having a meeting with Matthew Abaddon about her team, he asks if she's familiarized herself with their profiles, Dan, Miles, Charlotte, Frank, Naomi says they're the wrong people for the mission, that they have no field experience, no military training, that it will be a disaster, Matthew Abaddon says it's a high risk covert operation in unstable territory, Naomi asks what if they find survivors of Oceanic Flight 815, he says there are no survivors, that every member of the team was selected for a specific purpose, that she gets them in and out without getting them killed. From Lostpedia
54. "With respect, these are the wrong people for a mission like this. None of them have field experience, military training. You can't just drop them in unprotected. It'll be a disaster. This is a high risk covert op in unstable territory. It's dodgy enough without having to babysit a head case, ghost buster, anthropologist and a drunk." Naomi
55. "There were no survivors of Oceanic 815. Don't ask questions, just do what you were hired for. Every member of this team was selected for a specific purpose, everything relies on you, getting them in, getting them out, and preventing anyone from getting killed. Think you can do that?" Matthew Abaddon
56. Kate and Dan bring Naomi's body on a stretcher to the helicopter, Sayid checks out the helicopter, says it will fly, there's minor damage, but the mechanical systems are in tact.
57. Miles says he'll tell why they're there if he can have the satellite phone to call the freighter, he calls Regina, she says Minkowski can't come to the phone, hangs up.
58. Dan wants to bring Naomi's body back on the helicopter, but Frank says they can't bring any extra weight, that he'll get her on the next run.
59. Frank asks Juliet who she is, her name, says she wasn't on the plane, that he memorized the manifest, he says that she's a native, he tells Miles.
60. "You know how many times I studied that damn manifest? Believe me there's no Juliet Burke on that plane. She's a native." Frank
61. Miles asks where he is, says they're there for Benjamin Linus. From Lostpedia
62. "You wanna know why we're here, I'll tell you why we're here! We're here for Benjamin Linus. Now where is he? " Miles
63. Locke wants to kill Ben, people object, Locke tells Rousseau to take Alex away, but Ben says that he has answers, so Locke asks about the smoke monster, but Ben doesn't have an answer for him, says he doesn't know, so Locke is going to shoot him.
64. Ben, however, knows a lot about Charlotte.
65. "Her name is Charlotte Lewis! Charlotte Staples Lewis. Born July 2nd, 1979, Essex, England. Parents David and Jeanette. Eldest of three, all girls. She was raised in Bromsgrove. Did her undergraduate studies at Kent. Took her PhD in Cultural Anthropology at Oxford. She's here with two other team members and a pilot. Their names Daniel Faraday, Miles Straume, Frank Lapidus. Your instinct was right, John, these people are a threat, and if you shoot me you'll never know how great a threat they were. Because I know what they're doing here. I know what they want." Ben
66. Ben says they want him, that he knows because he has a man on their boat.

Questions:

1. Was the Christiane I looking for the Black Rock?
2. Why is Daniel Faraday so upset about the crash of Oceanic Flight 815?
3. Was he so upset because he knew that the plane would crash? About the people on the island? Because he's already been there?
4. Who is the woman that was with Daniel?
5. Why can Jacob's cabin move? Where did it go?
6. Why did Walt tell Locke he had work to do? Why kill Naomi?
7. Where did Kelvin's body go? Is he still alive?
8. What are Miles' abilities? How can he talk to the dead?
9. What does Miles' ghostbuster machine do?
10. Why do the photograph frames change from when Miles goes upstairs to when he comes back down? Did Miles change something?
11. Um, what's up with the light, McFly?
12. How did a polar bear with a Hydra logo get in the middle of the jungle? How long has it been there?
13. Why does Charlotte appear to recognize The Hydra logo on the collar?
14. Why was Frank Lapidus supposed to pilot Flight 815 that day? Why didn't he?
15. Who does Matthew Abadonn work for? Why does he think there are no survivors?
16. How did they get a photograph of Benjamin Linus?
17. Why does Frank say that Juliet is one of the natives?

Favorites:

1. "Dude. What's wrong with you. You're gonna get struck by lightning." Hurley "The storm's about to pass, Hugo." Locke "It's a frigging monsoon, we gotta..." Hurley
2. "You mind telling us who you're getting your orders from, Colonel Kurtz?" Sawyer
3. "Erm. I'm not in charge of packing so." Daniel
4. "What the hell do you mean you saw Walt? In a dream?" Sawyer "No dream, it was Walt. Only, taller." Locke "Taller? What like a giant? Okay, what exactly did Walt tell you?" Sawyer
5. "What you didn't ask any follow-up questions?" Sawyer "Ben had shot me and left me for dead, Walt saved my life, so I pretty much took him at his word." Locke "He shot you? Yet here you are fit as a fiddle tromping through the jungle." Sawyer
6. "Back up, handsome." Miles
7. "Keep your mouth shut, Mr Linus." Karl "Karl! Now, if you're gonna sleep with my daughter, I insist you call me Ben." Ben
8. "Wasting your time, Yoda." Sawyer
9. "It's only a matter of time before he gets us, Johnny, and I bet he's already figured out how he's gonna do it. So you walk him." Sawyer
10. "Come on, how stupid do you think I..." Miles [Miles and Dan duck as gunshots fire. Sayid and Juliet appear from the jungle. Kate takes Dan's gun.] "I dunno, Miles, how stupid are ya?" Jack
11. "Hi." Charlotte "Hi yourself." Locke
12. "Someone could have told me that the cavalry were here." Kate "I gave you that wink." Jack [Juliet laughs]
13. "I'm a physicist. Well, I guess you could call me a physicist, I don't really like being pigeon-holed into one..." Daniel "Dan, I swear to God you say one more word I'm gonna break your fingers." Miles
14. "And what do you do, Miles?" Sayid "I collect soil samples." Miles "Oh, that's nice, well maybe you can help me. You say you're not here on a rescue mission, and the world at large believes us to be dead. But here we are alive and well, and you don't seem remotely surprised to see us." Sayid "[Sarcastically] Oh my God, you guys were on Oceanic Flight 815, wow! That better?" Miles
15. "Sure, who are we to argue with taller ghost Walt." Sawyer
16. "I saw a cow." Frank
17. "Crash? The hell kind of pilot d'you think I am?" Frank
18. "Tell you what, I'll give you the phone if you tell me what you people are doing here." Jack "I'll tell you what we're doing here if you give me the phone." Miles "Don't say anything about your sister." Jack
19. "What's the point, that's not Naomi, it's just meat." Miles
20. "Really? Because it seemed like you were about to shoot me yourself." Charlotte "What good would you be to me dead?" Locke "I feel much more comfortable now. Thanks." Charlotte
21. "I guess this is the part where I'm supposed to say I told you so." Sawyer
22. "What is the Monster?" Locke "What?" Ben "The black smoke, the Monster, what is it?" Locke "I don't know." Ben "Then goodbye, Benjamin." Locke

Notes:

1. I think Daniel Faraday doesn't know why he's upset because it hasn't happened yet.
2. From Lostpedia: Michael Faraday was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism. From Wikipedia: "He established that magnetism could affect rays of light and that there was an underlying relationship between the two phenomena." In this episode, Daniel Faraday comments on abnormalities in the light rays on the Island and defines himself as a physicist.
3. The photograph frames by the stairs in the home that Miles goes to change from when he goes upstairs to when he comes back down. From Lostpedia
4. Miles says that Jack would say "tell my sister I love her," but we know, in fact, that Jack does have a sister, Claire, that he doesn't know about.
5. Matthew Abaddon is so creepy.
6. Charlotte Staples Lewis was named after C.S. Lewis.

3.03 Further Instructions

From Lostpedia

1. Locke's eye, jungle, naked Desmond, blood, he can't speak, Jesus stick.
2. Locke is back to camp, Claire tells Charlie to find out what's going on, Locke takes part of his shelter and goes to the church, Charlie follows, Locke's mute, asks Charlie for help, needs to speak to the island.
3. John Locke, truck, picks up a hitchhiker, headed to Eureka, Eddie, cutting timber, mom dead, dad drunk, pulled over, tail light out, guns and groceries, registration, Eddie says Locke is his uncle, the cop lets them go.
4. Sweat lodge, wacky paste, Charlie stands guard.
5. Locke has a vision, Boone, John mouths that he's sorry, Boone says it's okay, he was a sacrifice that the island demanded, that he'll speak when he has something worth saying, that he's there to help John find his way, to bring the family back together, to go with him, but Locke has lost the use of his legs, in a wheelchair again, Airport, someone's in Airport is in serious danger, he's the only one that can save them; Charlie, Claire and Aaron, "Not them, they'll be fine. For a while." Sun, Jin arguing, Sayid, "I think Sayid's got it." Hurley at check-in counter, putting the numbers in the computer, "Not Hurley." Desmond, pilot uniform, flight attendants, "Forget it. He's helping himself." Sawyer and Kate, Jack going through metal detector, being wanded by Ben, wearing "Henry Gale" name-tag, "There's nothing you can do for them, not yet. First you have to clean up your own mess." Escalator, Boone, "Come up here, John." Pool of blood, Jesus stick, Boone covered in blood, "Clean it up, John. They've got him. You don't have much time." Locke sees a polar bear. From Lostpedia
6. "I'm going to save Mr. Eko's life." Locke
7. Locke and Charlie in the jungle, Eko's cross, dragged by polar bear.
8. "Bad things happen to people who hang around with me." Locke
9. John and Eddie, commune, sweat lodge, figure what to do with your life, farmer or a hunter, Eddie asks John which one he is.
10. Mike and Jan, supper, they say John is a special guy. Eddie is wearing a Geronimo Jackson shirt, John says grace.
11. "Yeah. Thank you, Lord. Thank you for the food and the friends. And thanks for the rain today so that Adam will stop grumbling about the drought. And for me, thank you for helping me stop being so angry. And for helping me find a real family, because they're a hell of a lot better than the one I used to have. So, let's eat. Amen." Locke
12. Charlie and Locke find hatch imploded, boar, active kill by polar bear, Hurley. From Lostpedia
13. Hurley's back, tells John and Charlie about Kate, Jack and Sawyer, Henry being their leader, that they're not supposed to go back. Locke says go back to beach and tell everyone.
14. "They're like the Einsteins of the bear community." Charlie on polar bears.
15. Eddie asks why John doesn't talk about his dad, asks about green house, fertilizer, been there for 6 weeks, wants in on what they're trying to blow up. Locke says he'll talk to Mike and Jan.
16. "You don't get to tell me what I can't do." Charlie wants to help save Eko, but Locke says no, he wants to go into cave alone.
17. "I'm going in there because I'm supposed to go in there." Locke
18. Hurley and naked Desmond, says he woke up in the jungle like that.
19. Locke in the cave, he finds a toy tonka truck.
20. John goes to talk to Mike and Jan, cleaning out, bag, bank records, greenhouse, say that John messed up, they have a pot farm, Eddie's a cop, fresh out of the Academy, gathering evidence, John says he can fix it, that it's not too late.
21. Locke enters a cave where there are skeletons with Dharma jumpsuits, The Pearl, Locke scares the bear away and saves Eko, who is unconscious. From Lostpedia
22. Desmond tells Hurley about failsafe key, detonated electromagnetic anomaly, hatch imploded, Hurley says Desmond didn't implode, the whole island vibrated, purple sky.
23. Desmond says not to worry, Locke's going after Hurley's friends, he said so in his speech.
24. Locke tells Charlie that he saw Boone, told him he had to clean up his mess.
25. Locke tells Eddie he talked to Mike and Jan, he asks if he knew it would be him, did they choose him, Eddie says yes, Locke didn't load the other gun, psyche profile said he wouldn't be amenable for coercion, not a murderer, good man, farmer, but Locke says he was a hunter. He holds the gun up to Eddie, but doesn't shoot him, puts it down. From Lostpedia
26. Locke says sorry to Eko, says he should've let him push the button.
27. "I'm sorry. Sorry I ever doubted you. Sorry I gave up on my faith in the island. I messed up. Now our people are captured--if I'd just listened to you, if I'd just let you keep pushing the button. I could have gone with them, protected them. I could have saved them." Locke "You can still protect them. You can still save them. You will find them. After all, you are a hunter, John." Eko
28. They're back to camp with Eko, Hurley says no Jack, Locke gives speech, Hurley and Desmond, deja vu.

Questions:

1. Why did Locke have so many guns?
2. When does this flashback fall in the timeline of John Locke's story?
3. Who were the skeletons in the cave? Why do they have jumpsuits from The Pearl on?
4. Where did the toy truck come from?
5. Why didn't Desmond implode? Why did the hatch blow his clothes off?

Favorites:

1. "Well, amusing as the mute game invariably is, you are aware, John, that I detest you, aren't you? You do remember repeatedly punching me in the face and accusing me of using heroin when I was not." Charlie
2. "What, did you rob a bank?" Eddie
3. "What's that? You're not taking drugs are you, John? I only ask because of the strict zero tolerance policy you've enacted, and I wouldn't want you to have to start punching yourself in the face." Charlie
4. "Yeah, I know, I get it. You're going to go in your little magic hut and I'm going to stand out here in case you devolve into a monkey." Charlie
5. "You know, when I used to get high, I'd watch nature programs on the Beeb. Polar bears are meant to be quite clever. Very clever. They're like the Einsteins of the bear community." Charlie
6. "Hairspray? Now, I hate to be the one to point this out to you..." Charlie
7. "Bear? Is that you?" Hurley
8. "So, like, the hatch blew off your underwear?" Hurley "Fine, you want to discuss this in great detail right now?" Desmond
9. "You're not going to, like, turn into the Hulk, or something?" Hurley

Notes:

1. The opening shot of this episode is very similar to the opening scene of the series, in The Pilot, Part 1 where there is a close-up of Jack's eye and a shot from above of Jack lying on the jungle floor.
2. In the episode ?, Mr. Eko said to Locke, "We wait for further instructions."
3. There is an on-going theory that this episode is actually a flash forward, started by, I believe, Ralph of The Dharmalars. Although, I like this idea, and think it would make this episode somewhat redeemable because it sucks ass, but unfortunately, I don't think that is true. But if it is, in fact, true, that commune is very Dharma-like.
4. It's a little strange, Locke carrying so many guns. It's a bit out of the norm of the usual John Locke flashbacks that we're used to.
5. First episode where we're introduced to Nikki and Paulo.

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.

2.02 Adrift

1. Jin, Michael and Sawyer in the water after the raft is destroyed by the others. Sawyer saves Michael's life.
2. Michael goes to see a lawyer, Susan wants him to sign his paternal rights over to Brian so that he can adopt Walt.
3. Locke in the hatch, removes shoes, kitchen, UVA-UVB lights, finds Kate on the floor.
4. "Are you him?" Desmond
5. Michael, Sawyer climb onto what's left of the raft. Jin, Walt not anywhere in sight.
6. Michael and Susan meeting with lawyers. Michael last saw Walt 14 months ago. Susan's lawyer grills him about Walt.
7. Sawyer pulls bullet out with his bear hands.
8. "Are you him?" Desmond "Yes, I am." Locke
9. "What did one snowman say to the other snowman?" Desmond
10. Locke and Kate tell Desmond about the plane crash, 44 days ago. There is a wall with tallies of days he's been there?
11. Locke tells Desmond that Kate is a fugitive. Locke ties her up, gives her a knife.
12. Charlie tells Claire he found the Virgin Mary statue in the jungle. From Lost Hatch
13. Sawyers says he thought the others were fisherman or pirates, that the boat wasn't made for the open water, range maybe of 100 miles, had to leave port from somewhere close to the island.
14. "French chick said the others were coming for the kid. I think they came, Mike." Sawyer From Lostpedia
15. Susan talks Michael into giving away Walt.
16. Kate gets out of the restraints, uses the knife that Locke gave her, trapped in a food pantry, Apollo candy bars, vent in the ceiling.
    
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17. Locke tells Desmond about losing radio contact, being 1,000 miles off course, that any search teams would've given up weeks ago, they were traveling from Sydney to Los Angeles.
18. "So the world's still out there?" Desmond
19. Locke tells Desmond there are 43 survivors, 4 that left on the raft. Desmond asks who has gotten sick, Locke says no one.
20. Alarm, beeping, Desmond makes Locke type in the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42 at gunpoint, then press EXECUTE, clock goes back to 108. From Lostpedia From Lost Hatch From Lostpedia
21. Jack comes down the hatch, Locke tells Desmond that it's their doctor.
22. The shark passes underneath, there is a Dharma logo on its tail. Michael shoots the shark. From Lost Hatch
23. Susan takes Walt to see Michael for the last time, he gives Walt a polar bear, tells him that he loves him, that Susan should let him know the gift is from him some time. From Lostpedia From Lost Hatch
24. Michael and Sawyer were brought back to the island by the current. Michael says it was his fault for bringing Walt on the raft.
25. "We're home." Sawyer
26. Sawyer and Michael arrive back at the island. From Lostpedia
27. Jin on the beach when Sawyer and Michael arrive at the shore.
28. "Others!" Jin

Questions:

1. Does Locke really believe he is the him? Is he?
2. Why does Charlie tell Claire that he's not religious?
3. Does Susan really believe that Michael is going to win in court or is she just manipulating him?
4. How does the food get to the island?

Favorites:

1. "You got a band-aid?" Sawyer
2. "I reckon Jack's going to do something heroic." Charlie
3. "What are you gonna do? Splash me?" Sawyer, and then Michael does and Sawyer's piece of the raft falls apart under him.
4. Kate eating the Apollo candy bar cracks me up every time.
5. Desmond calling Locke Box Man.

Notes:

1. There are a lot of pointless scenes in this episode. We really don't need to see everything over again just to see it from someone else's point of view. A lot of things in the episode are drawn out for no reason and could have been done a lot quicker.
2. While I really like the Michael flashback, I did not enjoy the on-island (in water) scenes with him and Sawyer. They just seem a little too dramatic and overacted. Every time he's yelling "Waaaaaalt!" all I'm thinking is "Shuuuuut uppppppp!" Needless to say, I'm not exactly the biggest fan of this episode, but it's still better than most things on TV.
3. The appearance of Ezra James Sharkington!
4. Susan Lloyd and her lawyer.. what a bunch of bitches.
5. I really like Michael in the flashback of this episode, and I feel bad for him.
6. Sawyer pulling out a bullet with his bear hands, badass, yet makes me cringe.
7. I think after this episode is where I officially started to hate Locke, because the Locke that I knew from Season 1 died.
8. The numbers add up to 108!