3.03 Further Instructions

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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.

1.20 Do No Harm

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

Questions:

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

Favorites:

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

Notes:

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

1.17 ...In Translation

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1. Jin asks Mr. Paik for permission to marry Sun, he says that his father is dead but he is not.
   
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2. Michael tells Walt he wants to take him to New York and show him the architecture, like the Flatiron building.
3. Michael tells Jack that there's only room for 4 people on the raft.
4. Someone destroys the raft by lighting it on fire. Micheal thinks that Jin did it, so does Sun. From Lostpedia
5. Jin is promoted by Mr. Paik to be his new assistant.
6. The man that Jin delivers the message from Mr. Paik to gives him the dog that he gave to Sun.
7. The television in the background at the man's house has Hurley on it. From Lost Hatch
8. "Everyone gets a new life on this island. Maybe it's time you start yours." Locke tells Shannon.
9. Everyone finds out that Sun speaks English when she tells them that Jin didn't burn the raft, that instead he was trying to put the fire out, which is why his hands were burned.
10. "We're so intent on pointing the finger at one another that we're ignoring the simple undeniable truth that the problem isn't here, it's there. They've attacked us, sabotaged us, abducted us, murdered us. Maybe it's time we stop blaming us and start worrying about them. We're not the only people on this island and we all know it!" Locke From Lostpedia
11. Sun's father wants Jin to deliver watches to his associates in Sydney and Los Angeles.
12. Jin visits his father and he tells him to get away, to disappear with Sun when they get to Los Angeles.
13. Hurley owes Walt $83,000 in backgammon.
14. Walt asks Locke about his father.
15. Locke knows that Walt burned the raft.
16. "I don't want to move anymore. I've been moving places my whole life. I like it here." Walt "I like it here too." Locke
17. Jin begins to help Michael on the raft.

Questions:

1. Do Walt and Locke belong on the island?
2. Why does Sun seem surprised to find out what Jin does for her father when she's the reason he's doing it in the first place?
3. How did Locke know that Walt burned the raft?
4. Did Walt begin Locke's blow-up everything on the island tour?

Favorites:

1. Jin playing golf and Hurley talking to him even though he knows he doesn't understand a word.
2. "The folks at the beach might've been doctors and accountants a month ago, but it's Lord of the Flies time now." Sawyer
3. "Why'd you burn my raft?" Michael
4. "Why take it out on our best chance of getting off the island?" Yeah, Locke, like you haven't destroyed every other chance of getting off the island since.

Notes:

1. Boone tells Sayid about Shannon's liking to older men who can take care of her, which turns him off from her, but he ends up pursuing her anyway because of Locke nudging Shannon to start over with Sayid.
2. This is the first time we see Jin in a new light, where we begin to like him and understand that he really is the good one in his relationship with Sun.
3. Good speech, Mr. Locke.
4. Sun and Jin both have the same idea to run away to the United States, except Jin's plan included Sun.

1.05 White Rabbit

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

Questions:

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

Favorites:

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

Notes:

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