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.

1.19 Deus Ex Machina

1. Locke works in a toy store, says he played mouse trap with his brother.
2. Aisles 8 and 15 for footballs.
3. Boone and Locke have been working on the hatch everyday for 2 weeks.
4. "One minute you're quoting Nietzsche, the next you're an engineer." Boone, to Locke.
5. They build a trebuchet, it doesn't work and it breaks. They can't open the hatch. From Lostpedia
6. A piece of the broken trebuchet is in Locke's leg. He is starting to lose feeling in his legs.
7. "Everything breaks if you apply the right force." Locke
8. Locke sees the woman who asked about the footballs from the store watching him, he is hit by the same Pontiac Bonneville as Michael when he goes after her. From Lostpedia
9. She is his mother, Emily Annabeth Locke.
10. Locke was raised in several foster homes.
11. "I want to tell you that you're special, very special. You're part of a design. You do realize that, don't you? That our meeting, me finding you, this is a sign of things to come. Great things." Emily tells Locke he was immaculately conceived.
12. "Don't tell me what I can't do!" Locke
13. "We're supposed to do this." Locke
14. Locke has a dream, he sees plane fly over island. Boone says "Theresa falls up the stairs. Theresa falls down the stairs." He is covered in blood. Locke is in his wheel-chair again. From Lost Hatch
15. Locke uses an private investigator to find out information about his mother, and he finds out about his father too. Emily Annabeth Locke was institutionalized several times for schizophrenia at Santa Rosa.
16. "I've done this enough times to know this stuff isn't meant to be, even though it may feel that way. But this probably won't have a happy ending." The private investigator, Frainey. From Lost Hatch
17. Locke finds his father, Anthony Cooper. He says he didn't know about John until a year after he was born. Emily said she put him up for adoption.
18. Anthony Cooper asks John if he has a family, he says no. "I tried it a couple of times. It didn't take." Cooper
19. Cooper asks Locke if he hunts, he says no.
20. Locke tells Boone about his dream, that he asked for a sign, then saw a plane crash.
21. Locke and Boone find a dead priest in the jungle, with a gun on him and Nigerian money. From Lost Hatch
22. Cooper is on dialysis. Locke finds out.
23. "Jack wouldn't know the first thing about what's wrong with me." Locke tells Boone when he tells him they have to go to Jack about his legs.
24. Locke tells Boone that he was in a wheelchair when they crashed, that he was paralyzed for 4 years.
25. They've been on the island 4 weeks.
26. "This island changed me. It made me whole. There's something that we were meant to find. I know it." Locke
27. Boone tells Locke about Theresa. She was his nanny, fell down the stairs when he was 6.
28. They find the plane from Locke's dream.
29. "See you on the other side, son." Locke gives Cooper his kidney.
30. Boone climbs up into the plane, finds Nigerian maps, lots of heroin, priest bodies, tries to send out a mayday on the radio, plane falls off cliff. From Lostpedia
31. "We're the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815!" The voice on the radio.
32. Locke brings Boone back to Jack and then leaves.
33. Cooper abandons Locke after the operation. Emily tells him he was conned for his kidney, that she needed money. "It had to be your idea."
34. Locke goes to Cooper's house and he won't let him in.
35. Locke goes back to the hatch, sees a light coming out of it.
36. "I've done everything you've asked me, so why did you do this to me?" Locke From Lost Hatch
37. John Locke has a moment of great epiphany when he sees the light coming from the hatch door beneath him, suddenly stopping his moment of anger. From Lostpedia

Questions:

1. How did Locke become so skilled at hunting when he only went bird hunting with Cooper?
2. Did the island take the use of Locke's legs away from him?
3. How did Locke continue to walk when he couldn't feel anything?
4. What is the purpose of the dreams people have on this island?
5. Why does Emily tell Locke that he was immaculately conceived?
6. How did the beachcraft get on the island?
7. Did the island take the use of Locke's legs away so that Boone would climb up to the beachcraft and die?
8. Was Locke supposed to find the Pearl station when he found the plane?
9. Why was Locke suddenly able to walk after the plane fell with Boone inside?

Favorites:

1. Locke telling Boone that his story would bore him.
2. "All I'm gonna get for my trouble is a snappy one-liner and if I'm real lucky, a brand new nickname." Jack, about helping Sawyer with his headaches.
3. "Really? Well, I guess that makes me God, huh?" Cooper responding to Locke telling him that his mother said he was immaculately conceived.
4. "Have you been using the wacky paste stuff that made me see my sister get eaten?" Boone
5. "You picking up a little Korean there, Michael?" Jack "Yeah, I'm pretty sure I know how to say faster, and idiot." Michael
6. "Sorry, Doc, sound fun, but my insurance ran out." Sawyer "Insurance ran out? That's a good one." Jack
7. "Do I get a lollipop?" Sawyer talking to Kate about going to see Jack fro help.
8. Jack testing Sawyer to see what's wrong with him. "When was your last outbreak?" Jack
9. Boone tells Locke a traumatizing story about his Nanny and Locke just starts laughing because he sees the plane form his dream.
10. Jack telling Sawyer he has hyperopia.
11. "Dude, it looks like someone steam-rolled Harry Potter." Hurley

Notes:

1. They mention Locke's brother in this episode and then we never hear about him again.
2. There is some major Mouse Trap symbolism in this episode.
3. Wow, Jack can actually be funny. Is this the first and only time?
4. With the 4 guns from the Halliburton, 1 from the marshal, and 1 from the dead priest, they have 6 guns now.
5. When Boone puts out the mayday on the beach craft, we later find out the the voice on the other end is Bernard, Rose's husband, who is with the others from the tail section.
6. We find out later that Desmond heard Locke in the hatch.
7. The scene where Locke goes to Anthony Cooper's house at the end and he goes back to the hatch on the island are almost mirror images of eachother. Cooper took Locke's kidney away and he didn't get what he wanted. The island took Boone and he didn't get what he wanted from it. He was conned. He put his time into these two things and thought he'd get something in return and he didn't. The stories parallel eachother.
8. From Lostpedia: Deus Ex Machina originated as a theatrical device in ancient Greek theatre. This device consisted of a physical crane that lowered a character down onto the stage, the character representing a god. This god would help the characters with a sudden twist in plot. This term would come to mean any device within a plot that provided a sudden change, or solution, in plot; Deus Ex Machina literally translates into "God from the machine" in Latin; In script writing, the term Deus Ex Machina is often used to refer to a solution to the story, a means to an end that comes out of nowhere and has nothing to do with the story, sometimes leaving the audience feeling cheated; Deus Ex Machina is one of the final chapters of Watership Down written by Richard Adams.

1.13 Hearts & Minds

From Lostpedia

1. "This isn't a game, man." Hurley, to Boone about hunting for boar.
2. In the flashback where Boone is playing tennis, he is wearing an Italian football jersey.
3. "You don't want to make an enemy of him. We're going to want him on our side." Locke says to Boone about feuding with Sayid. From Lostpedia
4. Locke tells Boone about Michelangelo, that his father didn't want him to work with his hands, so he stared at marble for 4 months, 3 years later it was the statue of David.
5. "What we're doing is important. Right now, this is our priority." Locke, about the hatch instead of hunting.
6. Boone's flight to Sydney took 15 hours.
7. "You don't know her. She's smart. She's special, in a lot of ways." Boone says to Locke about telling Shannon what's going on with the hatch.
8. "Camp is 4 miles due west." Locke "Which way is west?" Boone From Lostpedia
9. "You say she's your sister. So, why is her name Rutherford and yours Carlyle?" The detective asks.
10. Boone was 10, Shannon was 8 when their parents got married.
11. Boone sees Sawyer in the police station in Sydney. From Lostpedia
12. "I was on my way to Bali. I travel a lot. I was looking forward to exploring the island. Somehow I ended up on a flight to LA instead. I guess that falls under the category of be careful what you wish for." Kate tells Sun.
13. Locke gives Sayid his compass. "Don't you need this?" Sayid "Not anymore." Locke From Lostpedia
14. Locke tells Sayid he was a Webelo, that he wasn't the most popular kid.
15. Sayid shows Jack that north is in the wrong direction on the compass.
16. "A minor magnetic anomaly might explain a variance of 2 or 3 degrees, but not this." Sayid From Lostpedia
17. Boone offers to pay Bryan off for $25,000 but Bryan says he wants $50,000. He says that Boone's mother took all of Shannon's father's money after he died.
18. "If there was one person on this island that I'd put my absolute faith in to save us all, it'd be John Locke." Charlie tells Jack what he thinks about Locke.
19. When Boone is hallucinating, he tells Shannon that Locke is the only one who has a clue to what's going on.
20. "Is that what it made you see?" Locke "You drugged me." Boone "I gave you an experience that I believe was vital to your survival on this island. It was only as real as you made it. How did you feel when she died?" Locke "I felt relieved." Boone "Time to let go." Locke
21. "Follow me." Locke says to Boone, as if he is ready to follow him after his realization about Shannon.

Questions:

1. Is Locke testing Boone?
2. Was Boone supposed to find his place on the island?
3. Shannon says Boone is in love with her. But is she in love with him too?
4. Boone hallucinates Shannon's death, being killed by the monster. Is this foreshadowing or is he somehow seeing the future? Did the island make him see it?
5. Where the hell did Locke learn how to make the wacky paste?

Favorites:

1. Sayid giving Shannon a gift. "Another mysterious force of the island revealed." Smooth, brotha.
2. Hurley's doctor/patient talk with Jack, telling him about his digestive issues and that he soiled Jin's family honor by not taking his fish.
3. "Dude, you gotta pee on it! Pee on it!" Hurley tells Jin he has to pee on his foot because he stepped on a sea urchin.
4. Sawyer in the Sydney police station.
5. Jin finally giving Hurley a fish he caught.
6. "He probably killed all his mates at the Post Office the day his mum forgot to put a cookie in his lunch box." Charlie, about his first impression of Locke.

Notes:

1. Kate figures out that Sun speaks English.
2. Boone figures out that Shannon screwed him for money many times over.
3. Sawyer in the same police station as Boone in Sydney is the first island connection.