Episode Analysis of 1.10 "Raised By Another"

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

My LOST re-watch and in-depth episode analysis will include major details from the entirety that was 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. Then, come back here.

First off, let's clear the air first. I'm back after taking two months or so off from blogging altogether. While it was much longer than I had originally anticipated, I didn't realize how much time I needed until I actually got back here. Sometimes, I need a break from these things to clear my head and reset. It's good to be back now.

What happened while I was gone? Well, apparently all the actors from LOST have literally lost their damn minds after leaving the Island. First, Doug Hutchison, who played Horace Goodspeed, and is fifty-one years old, married a sixteen year old aspiring country singer. Then, Matthew Fox got arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman on a damn party bus or something. Sounds like he's pulling a Jack Shephard to me. I wonder if he was wearing a fake beard when he did it..

And, in much less disturbing news, Evangeline Lilly had a baby without anyone even noticing she was pregnant. Apparently she's dating Norman Kali, who was a Production Assistant on LOST. I recognized this dude right away because he's in a bunch of the LOST DVD Extras.. Their baby's first words? "We have to go back, Kate." Yes, babies speak immediately when they are born. Evangeline was also cast in the new film, The Hobbit, and was seen in New Zealand with her baby boy. So, that's pretty exciting. Especially for LOTR nerds like myself.. Also, congrats to Evangeline and Norman. And, that's probably the first and last time I will ever write about "gossip" or whatever the fuck that was that I just did..

So, now that we're done with that quick recap and LOST news, let's get back to business as usual, shall we?

To read my original post on this episode, please refer to Raised By Another.

This episode was written by Lynne E. Litt, and directed by Marita Grabiak. It originally aired on December 1st, 2004.

This is a Claire Littleton flashback-centric episode.

We begin with a close-up of closed eye. We hear a baby crying in the distance and a waterfall in the background. Claire Littleton's eye suddenly opens. As she wakes, her eyes shift, looking around to catch her bearings. It's dark, and a baby continues to cry. Claire suddenly springs up from her sleep, short of breath, and looking around the caves. She feels her stomach to realize that she is no longer pregnant.

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.

3.10 Tricia Tanaka is Dead

1. A young boy is setting up tools, Shambala is playing, it's Hurley, he's fixing a car with his dad, David, a Camaro, dad says to try it, but Hugo says it needs a new carburetor, he tries it but it doesn't start, his dad gives him advice.
2. "Having hope is never stupid. You gotta believe good things will happen and then they will. In this world, you gotta make your own luck." David Reyes
3. Hurley's dad leaves, says he's going to Vegas for work, that they'll go on a Grand Canyon trip when he comes back, he gives Hugo a candy bar, but he says his mom said he can't have it, dad says that he should live a little, calls him dude as Carmen looks on. From Lostpedia
4. Hurley visits Libby's grave, talks to her.
5. "So then, the Others take the bags off our heads and we're, like, on the other side of the island. And they take Jack, Kate and Sawyer someplace and they sent me back to warn everyone to stay away. Which I did. And now everyone's freaked out. With them gone, and what happened to Eko--they're all scared. And I'm scared. But then, I've been scared most of my time here anyway, except when I'm with you. I miss you, Libby." Hurley From Lostpedia
6. Charlie shaves, Hurley asks if he's okay, says that he's been moping lately, he tells Hurley about Desmond, Hurley says it's his fault because he's cursed, that death finds him, Vincent shows up with a skeleton arm in his mouth, holding car keys with a rabbit foot.
7. "Desmond told me I was going to die. He told me has these flashes--visions, whatever--and in them I always die. [Hurley doesn't respond] So this is the part where you tell me it is ridiculous, don't be daft, he's a nutter." Charlie From Lostpedia
8. Hurley follows Vincent into the jungle, discovers a VW Dharma van.
9. Hurley, lottery winner, being interviewed in front of Mr. Cluck's by Tricia Tanaka, Randy Nation, old boss now working for him, Hurley purchased the chicken shack, Grand Re-opening, in Diamond Bar, Tricia Tanaka asks Hurley about his good luck, but he says that he's had bad luck, grandpa Tito died of a heart attack, the first house he bought his mom burned down, Johnny ran off with his girlfriend, Starla, a guy jumped off his accountant's roof, Tricia Tanaka isn't happy with the interview, so she goes inside to do some shooting, Hurley is nervous that something bad is going to happen, and then a meteorite hits the building and kills Tricia Tanaka and her crew, Hurley and Randy are okay. From Lostpedia
10. Hurley discovers the body that the arm belonged to, wearing a Dharma jumpsuit with The Swan logo on it, Roger Work Man.
11. Sun will only speak to Jin in English, Hurley tells everyone about the van, that they can fix it, for fun, but no one wants to join him, Jin agrees, not knowing what he said.
12. Kate and Sawyer are returning to camp.
13. Hurley tells his mom that Tricia Tanaka is dead and her camera dude, that a meteorite hit Mr. Cluck's, he says that it's all his fault, that he's cursed, has to go to Australia, where the numbers came from, his mom says that he's not cursed, that his dad is back, after 17 years.
14. Roger, Dharma beer, Jin helps Hurley try to fix the van, they take Roger out and are going to try to tip the van over.
15. Charlie asks Desmond when he's going to die, how it's going to happen, Desmond says that it doesn't work that way.
16. Sawyer goes after Hurley, looking for his stuff, Hurley says that Sawyer coming back safely is a sign that things are getting better.
17. Kate tells Sayid about Jack, that he said not to go back, that the zoo where they held them isn't where they live, that they escaped with one of them, Karl, that he said they live on their island, Sawyer let him go, that she owes Jack, that she's going to get help.
18. Hurley is suspicious of his father being back, but Carmen called David because she thought Hurley was in trouble, Hurley wants to get rid of everything, doesn't approve of him being there, shows his dad the car in the garage, he kept the Camaro. From Lostpedia
19. Hulrey, Jin, and sawyer flip the Dharma van over, garbage, recycling inside, they find a map, plans for a dirt road, beer, Roger's head, Hurley tries to start the car, but it doesn't start, Sawyer says that his name isn't Roger Workman, it's Work Man, he was a janitor.
20. "I have hope. This will work." Hurley From Lostpedia
21. Hurley asks Jin if he can fix the van, but he says no. Hurley says that they have to fix it, that they could use a little hope, but Sawyer says that there isn't any hope there.
22. Hugo's dad takes him to psychic to break the curse, tarot cards, she says he's come into a great deal of money, hasn't brought him happiness, but misfortune, 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42, darkness around the numbers, great tragedy, death surrounds him, that more is coming, the curse can be removed, must be exercised, tells him to take off his clothes, Hurley gets suspicious, thinks dad put her up to it, Hurley offers her $10,000 to tell the truth, she admits, his dad says he's just trying to help. From Lostpedia
23. Sawyer teaches Jin how to say beer, car, in English.
24. Hurley tells Charlie to stop moping, slaps him, tells him to help him with the car, to stop feeling sorry for himself, to make their own luck, he talks Charlie into helping.
25. "Snap out of it! Stop feeling sorry for yourself because someone said you're going to die. I've got an idea that's going to help us both. Now, it is dangerous. And there's a very good chance that you will die." Hurley
26. "Look, I don't know about you, but things have really sucked for me lately and I could use a victory. So let's get one, dude. Let's get this car started. Let's look death in the face and say, "whatever, man." Let's make our own luck. What do you say?" Hurley
27. Sawyer is teaching Jin how to talk to women.
28. Sawyer, Charlie, Jin push car, Hurley steers to a hill, he has a plan.
29. Hurley is going to Australia, dad admits he was there for the money, but he's not anymore, says he needs hope, make your own luck, give away the money, save enough for a carburetor, fix the Camaro and go to the Grand Canyon, never too late for a fresh start, but Hurley goes anyway, dad says he'll be there when he gets back.
30. Hurley says to push the car down the hill, jump start it, pop the clutch, Sawyer says they're going to crash into the rocks, Charlie says he's there to ride shotgun, just before they smash into the rock, the car goes on, Shambala is playing on the radio, it works. From Lostpedia
31. "Victory or death." Charlie
32. "There is no curse, you make your won luck." Hurley
33. Sawyer, Jin and Vincent run down the hill to meet them, hey ride around, Shambala.
34. Jin and Sawyer return to the beach, Jin gives Sun a flower, Charlie tells Claire what happened, Sawyer has the beer, he looks for Kate, Hurley stays by the van and contemplates.
35. Kate is in the jungle, Sayid and Locke find her, say they'll help, Kate says they don't know where the look and they're not motivated, Locke says he has a compass bearing, Mr. Eko's stick, they hear gunshots, Kate calls Rousseau, asks her for help, needs someone who knows the island, the girl who helped her escape, was about 16, her name was Alex. From Lostpedia
36. "Not about the motivation, just about knowing where to look. We got a compass bearing, and I'm pretty sure if we follow it it'll lead us right to him." Locke "How?" Kate "Because of the way the sunlight hit Mr. Eko's stick when John was burying him." Sayid

Questions:

1. How did Vincent find the Dharma van?
2. How did the Dharma van get flipped over?
3. Where was David Reyes for 17 years?

Favorites:

1. "Yeah, chase the dog with the skeletal arm into the creepy jungle. You be my guest." Charlie "Okay, if I'm not back in 3 hours tell somebody." Hurley
2. "Slate. Like on Little House?" Sawyer "What?" Kate "Little House on the Prairie? Laura Engles used to write on this little chalkboard at school." Sawyer "You call it Little House?" Kate " I had mono when I was a kid--missed 2 months of school--we only got one channel in my trailer." Sawyer
3. "Hey, Oliver Twist, where the hell's my stuff?" Sawyer "What stuff?" Charlie "Oh, you know good and damn well what stuff! I had books, food, porno, a bottle of scotch." Sawyer "Aye, apologies for the scotch, mate." Desmond "You drank it?!" Sawyer "Well, to be fair there was--there was 3 of us." Desmond "Yeah, there was." Charlie "You, the Munchkin, and who else?" Sawyer
4. "Crafty?" Jin "Yeah, crafty. It's like, when you're good at--crafts. Nevermind." Hurley
5. "Hey, where the hell's my stuff? [he notices the van] What are you all doing?" Sawyer "[running to hug him] Dude! You're alive!! You're alive." Hurley " Yeah, yeah, Snuffy. Good to see you, too. I'll be damned, you all found yourselves a hippy car." Sawyer
6. "Good to see you." Jin "Well, look at that. Somebody's hooked on phonics." Sawyer
7. "Now, that's a hell of a Jesus." David " Yes, Hugo's such a good son. He knows of my love for the savior, so he commissioned artisans in Tasco to custom carve for me this statue in solid gold." Carmen
8. "Ah, that smells like great lasagna." David "The Tranhs made it themselves. Hugo found them in Bennigans. Now they are our butlers." Carmen
9. "He's staying with us? Where?" Hurley "It's been 17 years, Hugo." Carmen "What's been 17 years?" Hurley "I have needs." Carmen "No! No! No! This can't be happening. He has to go! He has to. I want him gone!" Hurley yells as Carmen covers Jesus' ears. From Lostpedia
10. "Dude, that beer's been sitting there since before Rocky III, maybe even II. It's probably poison by now." Hurley "Skeletor seems to like it. [Sawyer clinks the beer can on Roger's skull] Bottoms up." Sawyer "That's not cool, dude. That guy had a mom, a family, and friends. Oh, and a name, it's Roger Workman." Hurley "It's Work Man, you blockhead. That's his job. He was a DHARMA janitor." Sawyer
11. Sawyer teaching Jin how to speak English. From Lostpedia
12. "Oh. When people stare out at the ocean and get all quiet-like? They're moping. So get up and come with me. That car I found? We're getting it running." Hurley "What's the point? [Hurley slaps Charlie across the face] Ow! What did you do that for?" Charlie
13. "I'm sorry." Jin "Okay, nice. Keep it coming." Sawyer "You were right." Jin "Okay. That's two. Hit me." Sawyer "Those pants don't make you look fat." Jin "Now you got it--only 3 things a woman needs to hear." Sawyer
14. "What's your problem, Jumbotron?" Sawyer "Shut up! Red--neck--man." Hurley "Touché. [Charlie enters] What is Jiminy Cricket doing here?" Sawyer

Notes:

1. The psychic lays down the tarot card for death, but the death card doesn't actually mean death.
2. Best filler episode after worst filler episode, in fact, this is probably my favorite filler, and it has the greatest set-up for something big that happens in the future, that no one could have ever expected, which is Roger Work Man and the DHARMA van.

1.22 Born to Run

1. Kate is on the run. She has several license plates from different states. She changes the color of her hair from blond to brown. She receives a letter at the hotel under Joan Hart. From Lost Hatch
2. "Drive Shaft's albums must have spiked when they found out I died in a catastrophic plane crash." Charlie
3. "The helicopters will come." Charlie talking to Kate about Michael getting them rescued.
4. Dr. Arzt says it's monsoon season, that the trade winds are going North, which is where they want to go.
5. Kate wants on the raft, to take Sawyer's spot. She says she spent a few summers crewing on J boats.
6. Kate's mom has cancer. She goes to Tom for help at the hospital.
7. Sayid takes Jack to the hatch as per Locke's request. From Lostpedia
8. It's been three weeks since Locke found the hatch. Jack wants to know why he didn't tell him.
9. "Maybe it was never meant to be opened from the outside." Sayid
10. Sawyer figures out that Kate was the prisoner on the plane and that she wants to take his spot on the raft so she can get away.
11. Michael is poisoned by something in his water. He thinks it was Sawyer.
12. Tom is Kate's childhood friend, or first love. He is a doctor, helps her with her mother, Diane.
13. Kate and Tom go to a field and dig up a time capsule. Inside a New Kids on the Block lunchbox is a hat, baseball, a tape labeled "Kate and Tom 1989" from August 15 of that year, and Tom's toy plane that he got when he went to Dallas by himself. From Lost Hatch
14. On the tape, Tom talks about getting married and having 9 kids, but Kate says they should leave.
15. "You always want to run away." Tom "Yeah, and you know why." Kate
16. Locke finds out about Kate from Hurley, because he suggests Kate might have poisoned Michael.
17. Walt tells Locke that he didn't poison his did, then Locke touches Walt to comfort him and he has some sort of psychic vision.
18. "Don't open it. Don't open it, Mr. Locke. Don't open that thing!" Walt "What thing?" Locke "Just don't open it!" Walt
19. Sawyer tells everyone about Kate being a fugitive and wanting to get on the raft so she can run.
20. Kate goes to see her mom at the hospital. "I'm so sorry for everything that I've put you through."
21. Diane screams for help and Kate runs with Tom, he won't get out of the car. Tom is shot by the security guard, Kate crashes into gold Pontiac Bonneville. Tom dies, Kate runs. From Lostpedia From Lost Hatch
22. Kate says she didn't poison Michael, but admits she was the fugitive.
23. "When we get rescued, we're gonna come back for everybody else, right?" Walt "The thing is, finding the island might be hard." Michael
24. Walt tells Michael that he burned the raft, that he didn't want to leave.
25. "We don't have to go." Michael "Yes, we do." Walt
26. Jack figures out that Sun is the one who poisoned Michael, trying to make Jin sick instead, so he wouldn't leave on the raft.
27. Kate helped Sun, it was her idea, she says Jack won't tell anyone.
28. "Jack's good at keeping secrets." Kate

Questions:

1. Who sent the letter to Kate?
2. Why weren't the police waiting for Kate at the hospital or at Tom's house?
3. Where is Edward Mars?
4. Did Kate really crew on J boats? If so, when?
5. What did Sun use to try to make Jin sick?
6. How did the toy plane get from the backseat of Tom's car in Iowa to the safety deposit box in Albuquerque, New Mexico? Who put it there? How did she get the key?
7. What did Walt see when Locke touched him? What does he think is going to happen?
8. How does he know about the hatch?
9. Does Walt being special somehow mean he has a psychic ability?

Favorites:

1. "Of course it's going to work. Look at that thing, it's not a raft, they built a sodding boat!" Charlie
2. "I'm a doctor, and you're a hillbilly." Arzt "You're a damn high school science teacher!" Sawyer
3. "You going to vote me off, Mickey?" Sawyer
4. "What? You want to open it?" Sayid
5. "You and Locke kiss and make up?" Michael
6. "How am I supposed to keep straight who knows what around here? I mean, Steve didn't even know about the polar bear!" Hurley
7. "This is track 2. It's called Monster Eats the Pilot." From Lostpedia

Notes:

1. We see the Pontiac Bonneville again, the same one that hit Michael and Locke.
2. When Kate goes to visit her mother, Diane, she screams for help, just as she said she would in Left Behind.
3. In the flashback, Kate loses her mother and Tom as a result of her actions. On the island, she is alienated because of her actions.

1.10 Raised By Another

From Lostpedia

1. In Claire's dream, there is a baby crying, she's walking through the jungle, she sees Locke and he says "he was your responsibility, but you gave him away. Everyone pays the price now."
2. Locke's eyes are black and white when he is speaking to Claire.
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3. There is a baby's crib in the middle of the jungle, with an Oceanic plane mobile, blood in the crib, and blood on her hands when she wakes. From Lostpedia
4. "She was okay with letting you fly in your third trimester?" Jack, asks Claire about her doctor.
5. Thomas, Claire's boyfriend says that they can make it work. He is a painter. Claire says her mom would disown her if she had a baby. From Lostpedia
6. Sayid's been gone for almost a week.
7. Claire goes to psychic with her friend, Rachel, he knows she's pregnant, that she hasn't told her mom, he freaks out and turns her away.
8. Claire with hand over mouth and knife. She says he had a needle. "He was trying to hurt my baby!"
9. Hurley starts a census, asking everyone why they were on the plane.
10. Locke says, "I was looking for something." Hurley asks if he found it. "No, it found me." Locke is from Tustin, California.
11. Claire is due in a little more than a week, maybe two.
12. Ethan Rom, from Ontario, Canada.
13. The psychic tells Claire that she has to raise the baby, that if anyone else does it will be dangerous. "There is no happiness for this child without you."
14. Claire is going to give up the baby for adoption to Arlene and Joseph Stewart for $20,000, she asks if they know Catch A Falling Star, that her dad sang it to her. She has a bad feeling and backs out, goes to psychic again. From Lostpedia
15. Richard Malkin spent the last 4 months saying that Claire has to raise the baby, then he pays her to give the baby away to a couple in Los Angeles, $6,000 when she leaves and when she gets back. "They're good people."
16. Claire tells Charlie about the psychic while she's having contractions. Charlie says maybe he knew they would crash.
17. "It has to be this flight." Richard Malkin
18. "There was no couple in LA. He knew about the plane, what was going to happen." Claire
19. Sayid comes back. "I found the French woman. We're not alone."
20. "One of them isn't in the manifest. He wasn't on the plane." Hurley From Lost, The Untold

Questions:

1. How did Claire get on a plane when she was about to have a baby?
2. Why does Claire tell Thomas that her mom will disown her when we find out later that she was in a coma at that time?
3. Was the psychic for real? Did he see the plane crash or was he working for someone?
4. Did Claire's dream foresee the future?
5. Is this when Claire got into astrology?
6. Where did Hurley get his nickname from?
7. Does the baby really need to be raised by Claire?

Favorites:

1. "I have this dream. I'm driving a bus, and my teeth start falling out. My mom's in the back making biscuits. Everything smells of bacon. It's weird." Charlie
2. "My name's not even Hurley. It's Hugo Reyes. Hurley's a nickname. Why? I'm not telling." Hurley, to Jack about doing the census because they don't know people.
3. Hurley after talking to Locke. "Yeah, I know I already talked to you. I just need to get away from that guy."
4. "Lance? Your name's Lance, right?" Hurley "Yeah, definitely not Lance." Ethan
5. "Canada? Right on, right on, love Canada. They have great..." Hurley
6. "Name, Shannon Rutherford. Age, 20. Location, Craphole Island."
7. "One sugar plum fairy, two sugar plum fairy. If I can kick drugs, I can deliver a baby." Charlie, to Claire, in the jungle when she's having contractions.

Notes:

1. Raised by an other.
2. Ethan Rom is an anagram for Other Man.
3. Jack says Claire will have the baby soon.
4. This is the first time Oceanic Flight 815 is mentioned.
5. Charlie told Claire that he did drugs when she's having contractions.
6. The survivors find out that there are, in fact, other people on this island.