Amy’s LOST Rewatch Recap: Episode 1.05 – “White Rabbit”

Previously on LOST:  Boars invaded the beach, Claire had a funeral, Jack sat with Rose, Kate dropped the antenna, Sayid pitched a minor fit, and Locke (first name JOHN), led his first hunt, bagged his first kill and had a little one-on-one time with Smokey. John gets bumped off of the walkabout bus because ---- da-da-dum --- he was in a wheelchair. We see John Locke's miracle at the plane crash.

NAMES OF OUR LOSTIES WE KNOW SO FAR: Jack, Kate, Charlie, Sayid, Boone, Shannon, Walt, Vincent, Sawyer, Sun,  Claire, John Locke, Rose, Bernard, and Michael.

We still don't know:  Jin's name or anyone's last name except for Locke.

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Begin Episode 1.05

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A loud thump/rattling noise simultaneous with a brown (right ) eye opening -- blood on a small wound on the right eyebrow. A boy, about 11 or 12, with dark eyes, dark hair and freckles lies flat on the asphalt, blinks at the sky and gasps for air.  [WATCH CAREFULLY - the boy on the ground blinks ALONG with the first two or three punches. Then he blinks just off the sounds, but in the same intervals. It's almost like he's still reacting to the sound of the blows, but not in relation to when WE hear them.] A teenager  [Jerky] stands over him. They both look right.

A blond boy up against a chain link fence is getting pummeled (with steady, loud, left-handed blows to the gut) by Jerky's buddy. [The school bus behind the fence tells us this little party is taking place on or near school property.]  The boy on the ground and Blondie trade looks.  Blondie silently suffers (mouthing a few words) and pleads for help. Jerky looks down at the boy.

• Jerky: It's your choice, man. Walk away now, and you won't get your ass kicked.

The boy on the ground watches the blond kid suffer a few more punches [IN FACT, it totally looks like he FEELS that FIRST punch.  WATCH his body and the expression on his face]. He gets mad.  He whips to his feet and heads for Blondie.  Jerky grabs his shoulder and spins him around.

• Jerky: Should've stayed down, Jack!

He draws back. His HUGE fist comes right at us. A loud THWHOMP as we CUT TO BLACK. Sound of a light wind on the ocean.

OVERLAPPING:

• Charlie: (V.O.) Jack! Jack!

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CRASH SITE

Jack reclines in the sand. He blankly but darkly stares ahead, lost in unpleasant thought [Get it? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!]. Charlie runs to him in a panic. Jack snaps out of it and stands.

• Charlie:  Jack! Hey, Jack! There's someone out there! (points to the sea) You gotta—the current's—there's someone out there, look!

There IS someone out there -- WAY out there, flailing her arms and splashing in that "I'm drowning" kind of way. We hear a woman's voice cry "HELP!" [Odd we can hear her so VERY clearly, right?  I mean, she's pretty far out there, and we can tell what she's saying AND that she's a she. That'll be important in the next second or two.] Jack doesn't hesitate. He takes off. Charlie watches helplessly.

• Charlie:  I woke up [muddled] -- I don't swim!  I don't swim!

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Jack tosses his shirt at a flat run and dives into the waves [And he looks REALLY good doing it, too! WOOT!! Amy LOVES Season 1!!]. [NOTE: We can see the wound Kate sewed up for him in the pilot on his right side just before he hits the water.  I mention this because this is the VERY LAST time we will EVER see that wound/scar/mark again.]  He streaks through the water with long, strong strokes [Double WOOT! If you can PULL yourself away from watching Jack's bod, CHECK OUT the CLOUDS on the horizon.]. Kate (hair up) joins Charlie. They anxiously watch Jack's progress. Jack swims with his head above water, target locked on the struggling swimmer [Like a lifeguard who knows what he's doing].  He's almost there.

He stops short, gasps and looks around. [Check out the WHITE FLASH of "SUNLIGHT" and how there's NO MORE cries for help from the drowning woman.]  Silence and the empty sea.  [NOTE THE CLOUDS on the HORIZON here]. He dives underwater and comes back empty handed.  [Keep watching those clouds]. He takes a deep breath and dives again. After a moment, [Watch those waves SWITCH DIRECTIONS with a quick edit -- this is VERY much like what happens after the Oceanic 6 crash in Frank's helicopter.] he pops back up with a limp and half-conscious Boone [WATCH the CLOUDS in the SKYLINE when Jack and Boone emerge.]

[If you're interested in seeing screencaps of this scene in progression, head over to LOSTmedia's photo gallery of screen captures from this episode HERE. Plus I'm adding a SLOWED DOWN and COLOR ENHANCED clip for you because I am just that kind of girl.]

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[And no. I have no idea why the sound cuts out in the super-bright angle! Probably because I slowed it down?]

• Jack:  You're okay. Just deep breaths now. Come on. Just breathe. Just breathe.


• Boone: Did you get her?


• Jack:  What?


• Boone: There was a woman. I was trying -- Did you get her?!

Jack looks back. WATCH how the WATER flickers over the camera lense -- THEN we hear the woman's cries for help as he scans the horizon. He spots her. She is VERY far away (WAY more than she should be at this point) and still flapping her arms and splashing like a victim. Jack looks around. The woman's cries continue. Boone struggles to stay above water. Jack looks around again. He looks back. The woman's cries stop.

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[Groovy Water Rescue Bongo Music here.] Kate and Charlie hustle to gather Boone from Jack.  Jack turns back to the waves.

• Kate:  Jack!


• Jack: There's someone else still out there.

Kate looks back. Jack swims off.  We watch from ON HIGH as a cluster of peeps watches Jack swim back out to sea. The full horizon of the sea before us -- there's no sign of the woman.

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VIEWER ASSIGNMENT - SOUND AND VISUAL STORYTELLING

Yep. We're getting started EARLY with this episode.  I've mentioned that I became addicted to this show after blood spattered on the window behind Kate it the pilot, but it was THIS episode that made me start watching and listening to the show more carefully.  I'll be honest with you. What I'm about to cover wasn't very clear to me until the finale aired and I went back and started watching Season 1, so basically, you're learning this stuff when I am [Very, very COOL stuff, too!]

I won't spend a lot of time arguing the "continuity error" excuse [I've mentioned this before, too], but I'll say this much:  Team LOST made the first ten episodes of Season 1 before they ever knew what LOST would eventually become.  So even if you feel confident dismissing potential (and PLENTIFUL) clues as "errors" [in Season 6, for example], I'd urge you to reassess that particular mindset when considering these early episodes.  That being said, what we start to see here in "White Rabbit" is a hallmark of how carefully LOST is put together, from beginning to end, top to bottom, and everything in between.  This is the reason I get so flipping jazzed about the show in general [Besides the fact that, occasionally, Jack is half nekkid.].

Your assignment for the rest of this episode is to MAKE yourself pay very close attention to the way SOUND and VISUALS (especially EDITING, SOUND and VISUAL SPECIAL EFFECTS) are used to tell the STORY.  That is, we know WHAT HAPPENS in this episode if we watch it, but to figure out exactly what everything MEANS (in relation to the characters and the story), we MUST COLLECT and EXAMINE all the clues.  [This would be why I get so very frustrated with LOST fans who gave up when they didn't understand/like the finale. The clues we need to decipher everything are in every episode, starting from the beginning. Time to rewatch and rethink everything again!]

Okay, so that's your viewer assignment:  DOUBLE CHECK every element available to you in the show -- assume EVERYTHING is a clue, especially if you see any kind of pattern (like overlapping sounds between island and flash scenes).  EVERYTHING you see and hear on the show has meaning -- it's the only way Team LOST can give us the information!

Admit it!  You're totally excited for rewatch!

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THE CRASH SITE

The empty ocean. Boone, in a "mood," stares across the sea. [NOTE that the waves are moving LEFT to RIGHT -- that's the way they moved AFTER that edit cut we mentioned earlier.  Also interesting to note that Boone was a do-gooder lifeguard that didn't believe in guns -- Shannon tells him, "Oh, go rescue a baby bird or something!"  That doesn't sound very much like the "I run a business!" Boone yelling at Jack later on.]

He turns back and glares at Jack trudging through the sand with a black backpack. Kate jogs to catch up with him. [CHECK out the WHITE sky in the background behind them.] Ahem -- there couldn't BE more WORDPLAY shenanigans in the following conversation without a flag and a crowbar.  WATCH your ASSUMPTIONS! [Try reading it like: I realized I SHOULDN'T go after her.  Like, I decided not to go after her because I figured out it was a bad idea -- and see what happens.]

• Kate: Hey.


• Jack:  So? What did they say? Who was she? ["It doesn't matter who we were. It only matters who we are."]


• Kate: Her name was Joanna. She wasn't supposed to be on the plane. She was on a scuba diving trip off the Great Barrier Reef [Barrier, get it? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!]. Got an ear infection. The doctor grounded her for two days. She bumped her flight and ended up with us. [Hm. Do we know anyone ELSE who wasn't "supposed to be" on Oceanic 815? Um -- the substitute pilot (otherwise known as Smokey's Mid-Morning Snack) maybe? I bet she wasn't on the manifest either. And why bump your flight (which costs a fortune) over two days?]


• Jack: She was just swimming this morning. Caught in a riptide.


• Kate: Yeah, swimming with an ear infection AND mishandling the riptide. Some scuba diver.


• Jack:  We've been here six days, and I never talked to her. Never said a word to her. [Why is it important that he never TALKED to her? Considering the baZillion references to talking and listening in this episode, it makes me wonder.]


• Kate:  Jack, don't --


• Jack: There were forty-seven of us and I never said a single word to her. [47? Oh wait, that's right. The marshal died. That leaves 46.]


• Kate:  You tried --


• Jack:  No I didn't.  I thought maybe I'd—I thought maybe I could bring him back and still have the time. I was there, in the water [as opposed to HERE on the island]. I didn't try. I decided not to go after her.

[Watch your wordplay!  This sentence could  mean: I decided not to follow her -- either because I decided to go first/before her OR because I decided not to go at all. Key thing here is decided, which implies a choice.  Free will. Christian's about to tell him "Don't choose. . .don't decide."]

• Kate:  Jack?

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Something spooky behind Kate catches Jack's eye. [CHECK OUT the WEIRDO noises here! Crack of thunder?] A man in a black suit knee-deep? Thigh deep? in the waves.  He stares at Jack.  I've never noticed this before, but the distance perspective of this guy standing in the water is all screwy. He looks like his image is floating out there -- he looks like a mirage. The man steps forward. So does Jack.

• Kate: Jack --

The man is gone.  NOTICE: this is our VERY first indication that a LOSTIE can see something another lostie CAN'T see (on the island).  Jack DOESN'T look away and then look back to see the man gone.  He continues to stare, Kate speaks, and then WE see the man is gone. By the way he's staring before he turns to her, it looks a lot like he can still see him.  LISTEN: hear that funky music? I need to look it up to be sure, but I don't think we hear this particular music EVER again. Oh, one more thing. Jack's eyes here are GREEN.

• Kate:  Are you okay?


• Jack: Did you see that?


• Kate:  What?


• Jack: Standing there in the water, there was a man.  You didn't see that? [Note: He says THAT and not HIM.]


• Kate:  Jack, when was the last time you slept?  [Lack of sleep mentioned again: Kate remarks to Sayid about it after the boars snack on the "bodies," and Jack tells Locke they're getting less than two hours sleep a night.]


• Jack: (upset, leaves) I need to put this with the rest of the gear.

Kate, sympathetic but still worried, watches him go.

Vincent runs to Walt and Michael with a yellow tennis ball in his mouth. NOTE: Vincent is WET, but not even walking in the water  He WHINES [Maybe? I hear two whine-like squeaks.] He passes Walt and Michael.  [WATCH the SKY!  The white sky should be behind Walt, yes? However, the sky behind him is BLUE and the sky behind Michael is white. Hm. So basically the sky backgrounds are switched just after Jack sees Christian.] Walt brushes his teeth with a plant.

• Michael:  Who taught you that?


• Walt: Sun. That Korean lady [So now peeps on the island know Sun and Jin are Korean, although we still don't know Jin's NAME].

Walt rinses his teeth with water from a funky coffee cup [airplane coffee cup?].

• Michael:  Ocean water makes you thirsty. Don't swallow it.


• Walt:  Why?


• Michael:  CUZ.

Sun watches them from afar as she folds a blanket.  Jin touches her face. [They speak in Korean with subtitles. In case you missed it in my "Walkabout" recap, there's a terrific website with translations of all these lines HERE.]

• Jin:  Look at your lips. You really need water.


• Sun:  No. I'm all right. Thank you.  When will someone tell us what to do? I don't think anyone is coming. [Now THIS is interesting.  Our leftover losties spend several episodes in Season 6 waiting for someone to tell them what to do. After Boone falls, Locke pounds on the hatch and hollers about not knowing what to do. Charlie and Hurley are about to quiz Jack on what he thinks they should do. The instinct  and desire for INSTRUCTIONS is VERY interesting in light of Amy's "Rescue Mission" hypothesis.]


• Jin: Someone will come. [I never figured this one out. The debate is whether anyone's coming. Then Jacob says: "They're coming" just before he dies. Did we ever figure out who he meant or where "they" come from?]


• Sun:  The others. . . they ignore us. If we tried harder to communicate. . . [The OTHERS -- We'll hear this term used several more times in this episode.]


• Jin:  We'll be fine.  We don't need anyone else. I will tell you what to do. [Ah, Jin. Sorry, bud. Good plan, but no one does it alone.]


• Sun: (to herself)  Uh - hunh. Why doesn't THAT surprise me.

She sits. Shannon walks past. She stops at Sawyer, sitting in airport seats reading a book [Watership Down -- later we learn that this book was in BOONE'S luggage]. He smirks through the entire conversation.

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• Sawyer:  You're in my light, sticks.


• Shannon:  Light sticks?


• Sawyer:  Light, comma, sticks. [Welcome to the Sawyer we all KNOW and LOVE to this day! A charming smart ass with a greedy heart, who also knows his punctuation!]


• Shannon: Well, even though I really love my new nickname ---  [YAY! Sawyer's started using nicknames in that Sawyer way we love -- over-educated and subtly sub-referenced.]


• Sawyer:  Settle down! I got your damn stuff.

He hands her a small aresol can. She reads the label. [Here we go. This sets up the complete weirdness that is Sawyer pretending he's got Shannon's inhaler and just won't hand it over because -- why? He "wants to be hated?"  This little interaction tells us there's something bigger going on than just -- "This is my stuff, and Wheezy can suck it!"]

• Shannon: How much?


• Sawyer: Your money's no good here. Got anything else?


• Shannon: You're a perv!


• Sawyer:  I was negotiating! Five grand. I can take an IOU.  Something tells me your good.  For it.  [IOU implies: when we get out of here. I guess he IS an optimist!]

She pegs him with the can and storms off.  He smirks after her and then to himself. [Man. I really missed that smirk!  Okay -- who noticed that pretty much everyone is busy doing something productive except Sawyer?]

Down the beach, Kate sorts through clothes.  Claire joins her.

• Claire:  Find a hair bush?


• Kate: No.


• Claire:  I've been through twenty suitcases, can't find one anywhere! Weird right? [considering how HORRIBLE Claire's hair becomes when she morphs into Clairuso, this comment is pretty darn funny!]

She faints a bit. [LOOKIT! Claire puts her right hand on Kate's left shoulder! I never saw that before! Boy, them Shephards, they got a thing about the palm on the shoulder, don't they?] Kate helps her sit down.

• Kate:  Are you okay?


• Claire: It's just the heat.  Oh, and I'm pregnant.


• Kate:  (smiles) Right. Wanna help me? I'm sorting out any and all clothes that might make men want to have sex.


• Claire:  HA! Good idea. And I should know!  (puts on a hat) Can I ask you something?


• Kate: Yeah. Shoot.


• Claire:  Are you a Gemini?


• Kate:  (smiles) Yeah, I am.


• Claire:  I thought so! Restless, passionate.  Everyone thinks astrology's just a load of crap, but that's cuz they don't get it [So how exactly do you "get it?"].  I can do your chart if you wanted.

Kate gives her the oddest "HELL NO!" look.

• Claire:  Or not!  Geminis. Sheesh!

They laugh.

WHAT is up with this conversation?  HOW does Claire know Kate is restless and passionate?  Anyone want to know why Claire is into astrology but is reluctant to go to a psychic with her pal later on? And after Rousseau snatches Aaron, isn't it Claire (at the caves) who says, "There's no such thing as fate"?  Why do Kate's feathers get so ruffled at Claire's suggestion? We know that Kate and Claire are a "pair" from the beginning.  Kate cares for Claire, protects her, delivers her baby, takes CARE of her baby and then saves her on the island and in the flash world.  [I'm thinking Kate got the raw end of the deal here!] In "The End," Kate needs Claire and Aaron to trigger her memories; Claire needs Kate and Aaron to do the same.  Here we see they are paired up from the beginning.

Believe it or not, there is a really, really interesting explanation for the Gemini drop.  Wanna know what it is? Sure you do!

From Astrology Insight's website:  According to Greek Mythology, the Gemini constellation [Latin motto: Frates; transl. "Brothers"] is named in honor of Castor and Pollux, the twins sons of Leda and Zeus [Zeus turned himself into a swan and raped/seduced Leda. Paintings throughout the ages have had a ball with this myth].  WATCH THIS: It is said that Pollux grieved mercilessly for his dead brother Castor, who was killed during a fight. Pollux grieved with such intensity that Zeus restored his brother Castor back to life. As their payment to Zeus, they were to live alternate days in Olympus and Hades.

You tell me.  Did you see anything INTERESTING?  Hm?

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INFIRMARY

Jack putters around still arranging stuff.  [Geez, after SIX days, don't you think they'd be done unpacking by now?]  Hurley runs in. He draws back at the site of Jack, who looks hung over three times strong.

• Hurley:  Whoa.  You look tired, brother. [FIRST time someone says BROTHER! This matches our many references to lack of sleep. Also, remember what Mother said when Jacob asked her what was wrong? She says she's TIRED.]


• Jack:  I'm fine. [He is SO not fine. Well, he's FINE, but he's not OKAY.] What's up?


• Hurley: We gotta problem.


• Jack:  (sighs) What now?

A small red suitcase full of random water bottles.

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• Jack: That's all we got?


• Hurley: Yeah.


• Jack:  That's not enough.


• Charlie:  No kidding.


• Hurley:  People are gonna freak out --


• Charlie:  Boar's running low, too.


• Hurley & Charlie:  What should we do?


• Jack:  I dunno.

He leaves. Hurley and Charlie (with case in hand) follow him. They babble suggestions and pepper him with questions.

• Hurley & Charlie:  . . .until you decide --


• Jack:  I'm not deciding anything!! ["Don't choose, Jack. Don't decide.." He's following Dad's advice -- after deciding "NOT to go after her?" What does that SHOW you?]

They stare at him.

• Hurley:  Why not?

Jack can't think of an answer. He leaves. He exhales and looks around, anxious, nervous -- He's ready but not looking forward to what's coming next.

OVERLAPPING:

Sound of ice tinkling in a glass.

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JACK'S DAD'S STUDY

A man in a large, cushy office chair [Remember -- we still don't know Christian's name or his and Jack's last name].  He twirls a tumbler (containing what we'll safely assume is booze) in his left hand [which is all we can see of him]. NOTE: This ENTIRE scene will be VERY useful VERY soon. WATCH CAREFULLY.

• Christian:  You wanna come in?  ["People don't come in unless I let them." -- Jacob]

Jack stands at the door [NOTICE his SHIRT? Looks a lot like Charlie's shirt on the island, and KATE/Annie's shirt when Ray catches her in his sheep pen]. His face is a mess. The right side looks pretty much the same, but the left side of his face is one big bruise with a puffy eye.  He hesitates [What's he waiting for?]. WATCH CAREFULLY how he jerks his head funny as he walks off. [THIS is IMPORTANT! THIS little moment is repeated when Jack talks to his MOM later on -- in this same study.]

• Christian: (taps his finger on the glass)  So. Wanna tell me what happened? ["Let's talk."]


• Jack:  Coupla guys jumped Mark Silverman. [OMG. I just realized why this is funny!]


• Christian:  Coupla guys jumped Mark Silverman.  But they didn't jump you.


• Jack:  No.

Christian stands. He pours himself another drink from one of several decanters on a small bar. Jack watches him. Check out his face, tho. This is not the face of a kid being humiliated by an emotionally abusive father in denial.  Jack's almost passively watching him. Like observing him -- with his REALLY brown EYES!

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• Christian:  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. And 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 till my sides hurt. And how can I do that, hmm? And even when I fail, how do I do that, Jack?

Jack looks up at him.

• Christian: Because I have what it takes. Don't choose, Jack. Don't decide. [Don't choose what exactly? Don't decide WHAT?]

Christian sits. Unseen, Jack rolls his eyes, irritated and generally irked.

• Christian:  You don't want to be a hero ["Whatever you say doc. You're the Hero" -- Sawyer], you don't try ["I didn't try. . ."]  and save everyone ["Who appointed you our savior?"] because when you fail … [Don't use your free will or your judgment -- you're doomed to fail anyway.]

Jack's expressions changes.

• Christian: You just don't have what it takes.  [This "what it takes" line has always bugged me. Like "it" won't take you, or you don't have the fundamentals for your application to be accepted. I'm marking it for extreme wordplay analysis.  Remember when Illana tells Ben, "I'll have you"? It was because Ben thought Locke was the only one that would have him. He thought he didn't "have what it takes." ]

Jack looks down and away.

Before we go on, let's talk about how our ASSUMPTIONS taint the way we look at Christian in this episode.  Later on in the series we learn Christian's drinking is a problem, but in this episode, we are TRICKED or CONNED into believing Christian's drinking is a problem.  Remember, this is NOT the past.  Therefore, the whole "my father was drunk and killed that woman" has NOT already happened.

That being said, take a really good look at THE GLASS Christian is holding [Important to remember we don't know his NAME at this point -- first OR last]. He holds the glass out where we can see it, he figits with it, turning it, tapping it. The SOUND of ice tinkling in a glass leads us straight to these images of the glass. Notice anything Christian DOESN'T do with the glass?  THAT'S RIGHT!  He NEVER takes a drink from the glass.  NOT ONCE.

Not only that, he goes to the bar, PUTS DOWN THE FULL GLASS, breaks out a clean glass, fills IT with booze [at the same time he's talking about how well he handles it when a boy with a bad heart dies on his table], and leave the first full glass on the mini bar when he returns to his seat.  Once there, he quickly puts the new glass down on the table next to him and leans in to finish his chat with Jack.  NEVER DRINKS IT -- that's important!

Now, I'm not saying that the "real" Christian and/or Jack didn't have problems with alcohol -- I'm fairly sure in my own mind that the drinking problems we see during the course of the show are actually Jack's, and they're hi-jacked (HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!) to create an "idea" of Christian.  [Just let that one slide for the moment.]  What I am saying is that we are being bombarded with tons of sneaky side evidence that Jack's dad obviously has a problem with alcohol (and lived with some serious denial), with absolutely ZERO primary proof.  Christian never drinks the booze.

So what does all that mean to us?  That tells me -- this is NOT Christian.  This Christian is an illusion -- a carefully fabricated illusion.  All the props are there, but they are simply props. Don't worry -- more to come when we get to the hotel room scene.

[Dude!  Did you see that small statue of a HORSE on the table when Christian pours himself a drink?!]

OVERLAPPING:

DUDE!  I think I just heard our first FLASH TRANSITION HWHHOOOM! <----------------VERY IMPORTANT!!!

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INFIRMARY/THE CRASH SITE

Jack sits and glares at nothing [like a bitter man betrayed].

• Boone: (O.S.) Why didn't you leave me? [Shannon tells Sayid: "You're just gonna leave me."]

Jack doesn't react.

• Boone:  Hey! I'm talking to you! [LOTS of references to sound: listening, talking, hearing, in this episode.]

Jack snaps out of it and looks up at Boone.

• Jack: Not now, man. [Man?]


• Boone: I could have made it back. ["We've got to go back!"]

Jack looks away.

• Boone: What? Your not gonna answer me? I told you to leave me. [When did Boone do that? I didn't hear him say that. Did you?]


• Jack:  You were drowning.


• Boone:  You should've saved her. [WATCH your ASSUMPTIONS AND the Worplay. This sentence is very, VERY ambiguous!]

Jack stands and gets in his face [He pulled this same move on Kate in "Tabula Rasa," remember?].

• Jack:  But I didn't save her. And neither did you. [THIS sentence is what makes me think Boone's last line is ambiguous.]

Jack walks away. Boone follows.

• Boone:  You think you were all noble and heroic coming after me? I was fine! [Jack's mom is about to say, "You have to go after him."] You're not the only one who knows what to do around here! You know that? I run a business! [I'm sorry, but what on EARTH does running a business have to do with ANYTHING?]

Boone gets in his way. Lookit Jack's face here -- does it make any sense to you?  He looks like he might smack Boone, but --

• Boone: Who appointed you our savior, huh? [Who chose you to save us? or Who FATED you to save us? or Who ORDERED you to save us? aka Who are you working for?] What gives you the right -- [What lets you have the right -- and not the LEFT. OR What lets you have the POWER or RESPONSIBILITY or AUTHORITY? See how that Wordplay works?]

Jack sighs, and looks away. [He looks embarrassed? Guilty?  Like he knows he screwed up - and should have known better? Like he's sorry he can't just tell the truth? What's this reaction about?]  Something behind Boone catches Jack's eye.

• Boone:  Look at me! [Jack says this to the marshal to keep him breathing. Kate says this to Claire to wake her up.] Hey! I'm talking to you --- [LISTEN:  VERY odd sounds here! Boone's words actually deepen and slow down before we can't hear him anymore. I think Jack just started "listening to someone else!" Jack can't hear Boone's voice, his "transmission," because SOME ELSE is transmitting and blocking Boone's "signal." See how that works? Our losties' perceptions - esp what they see - is clearly manipulated with SOUND.]

A man in a dark suit and white sneakers stands still as a statue just outside the greenery. He statue-stares at Jack. Jack steps forward. ODD CREEPY NOISES!!  Boone's voice disappears -- even though we can clearly see he's still bitching. The man leaves.  Jack, intense and completely entranced, moves to follow. ONLY AFTER Jack makes the decision to follow do we hear Boone's voice again -- at full volume.

• Boone: Where are you going?!  [Good question! "Let's find out."] Hey!!

Jack runs down the beach. He ducks into the green (when I say green, what I mean is foliage, leaves, fronds, whatever it is that isn't the beach). LISTEN to those NOISES!  WATCH CAREFULLY:  There are SEVERAL jumpy edits as Jack nears the greenery, enters AND --

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INTERMEDIATE JUNGLE

-- pulls up short.  The man is just ahead with his back turned to Jack.  LOOK at the way he's STANDING. He's hunched over at the neck, like he's hanging there.  It's weird.

Jack swallows hard and steps forward.  WATCH: another weird edit as palm fronds brush his face.  He stretches out his right hand. He very nearly touches the man's right shoulder.  LISTEN to that WEIRDO whoosh NOISE! The man looks over his shoulder just before Jack can touch him. It's Christian [Although, we only know him as "Jack's dad"] with a tan, funky hair, and a bad tie.  Jack is rebuffed somehow. He's pushed back and stumbles. He falls on his ass in the sand.  Now he's freaked (took long enough!) and confused [But not AFRAID -- VERY important].

• Jack:  Dad?

MORE WHOOMING noises as Christian turns and a long, faint, high pitched beeeeeeep as he walks away -- WATCH how he's walking -- It's stiff and lifeless [We see Dogen move like this when he tortures Sayid]. He disappears into the green. Jack watches him go.  WATCH: Now this one will be harder to "see" all the time, but it happens so often and in such specific circumstances, we need to take careful note of it anyway (as per our viewer assignment).  Watch the screen as we close-up on Jack's face.  Do you see that faint "glare?"  It hovers over his head a bit, and it flashes in and out a few times.  THAT GLARE is on PURPOSE, and we'll see it again and again - MOSTLY in Season 6!  [However, I still can't figure out what it signifies.  I'm writing that one down for continued observation.]

FOOM. Cut to black.

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INTERMEDIATE JUNGLE (CONT.)

Jack's face but from the OPPOSITE angle than before. [We saw this happen with Kate (when the marshal busted her on the highway) and with the waves at the beginning of this episode (just before Jack pops up with Boone). Since this particular film editing effect is used often and very specifically, it needs a name. Let's call it a FLIP CUT. So, a FLIP CUT is when the ANGLE on the subject cuts directly to the opposite angle on a subject for no good reason.  Sound good?]

Jack blinks himself alert. He sits up, looking at the spot in the greenery where Christian went. WATCH THAT SEAMLESS EDIT from JACK looking at the green straight to --

OVERLAPPING:

WHOOOOOM --

Margo:  (V.O.) Your father's gone, Jack.

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CHRISTIAN'S STUDY

-- Jack's reflection as he stands at a window staring out into a dark and rainy night (OR staring at his own DARK REFLECTION** in the window).  He's in a black T-shirt [as far as I'm aware, Jack NEVER wears black like this again. He'll only be in a black business suit.] and black hoodie with a white/gray lining. His hands are in his pockets.  Check out how COMPLETELY weird his reflection is [Good screencap HERE]. VERY IMPORTANT: If we look directly at his face in the window, there's a line right down the middle of his face, and the entire right side of his face is darkly shadowed.  [HIS REFLECTION, btw is PERFECTLY aligned with Christian's exit path in the cross cut from the previous shot. VERY nice! Remember, on LOST, your reflection is symbolic of your identity. When our losties examine themselves in mirrors, they are examining "who they are"].

• Margo: (O.S.) Did you hear what I said? [More references to sound.]

AS MARGO SPEAKS, the darkened right side of Jack's face "fills in."  THEN he turns to look at her. NOT ONLY THAT -- As Jack's face fills in and he turns -- just during those few miliseconds -- there's a brief and low WHOOSH sound that stops as soon as sees his mom. It actually follows the dip of his head as he turns. WOW. We'll DEFINITELY be coming back to THAT one! His hair is SUPER short, too. [TAKE CAREFUL NOTE: his hair length will come up later on.]

• Margo: He's gone, Jack. ["They're gone, and we're not." -- Jack on the dead people in the fuselage.]


• Jack:  He'll be back. [He can make it back on his own without any help. Shoot. Why not? Everyone "comes back" on this show!]


• Margo: This time is different. [This time? The only way you know something's different is if you have something (prior) to compare it to. Jack's dad's been gone before. MORE wordplay: this TIME is different. Remember Jack's words? "I thought maybe I could bring him back and still have the time."]  I want you to bring him back.

[Because BRINGING people WITH him is what Jack "does." Notice she ain't asking. She is declaring what she wants. She wants Jack to retrieve (forcibly if he has to) someone who's "gone" and hasn't come back like he did before, or MAYBE can't come back on his own and doesn't know it.]

Jack scoffs.

• Margo:  What?


• Jack: He hasn't talked to me in two months, Mom. [Hang on -- talking to and/OR listening to Christian is how to "bring him back?" Plus, now we know for sure this is Jack's mom.]


• Margo: You haven't talked to him in two months. [More talking/listening references. Plus, Margo's in the middle here.]


• Jack:  He doesn't want me to bring him back, trust me. Let one of his friends --

WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP! Wordplay alert! Does Jack mean: He doesn't want ME to bring him back? OR He doesn't WANT me to bring him back? OR He doesn't want me to bring HIM back? OR He doesn't want me to bring him BACK? OR HE doesn't want me to bring him back? The drop off of his last sentence, "Let one of his friends -- " actually makes his previous statement MORE ambiguous, and Margo's answer doesn't really clear it up for us. Also, Jack's "trust me" add-on is odd. It's like, "I've got inside information you don't have."

[Do you share my pain yet? Darlton are sneaky, SNEAKY bastards!]

• Margo: He doesn't have any friends anymore. Why do you think that is?

Jack looks down and does the blinkity-blink-blink thing. BUT he doesn't look GUILTY. [Island reality of existence: I THINK. Therefore, it's REALITY. Margo just planted the seed for a flash that explains why Christian doesn't have friends anymore.]

• Margo:  He was right about you. ["What gives you the right?"]


• Jack: Right about what? [Curious, not bitter.]


• Margo: You don't understand the pressure that he's under. [Interesting. You can be under pressure by heavy responsibilities or stress. You can also be pressured by someone else or by a deadline.  That means you're PRESSED FOR TIME. And he's "down under." Get it? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]


• Jack: (defensive) I understand pressure. [A quick look at the wordplay above tells me the pressure they're discussing is more likely to be responsibility/stress OR time/deadline. However, it's entirely possible it's the UNDERSTAND part that's in question. Mikail tells Kate she is not "capable of understanding."]


• Margo: Jack, please, you know how he gets [because you've seen it before]—he doesn't [He doesn't know how he gets?]—he won't take care of himself [Why not?]. You have to go after him. [She's almost pleading, isn't she? Remember Boone's words? "You think your so noble. . . for coming after me? I was fine!" and Jacks:  "I decided not to go after her."]


• Jack: I'm sorry. I can't. [The apology here is interesting.]


• Margo: (scary when-mom-guilts-you voice) "I can't?" You don't get to say "I can't." Not after what you did! [But he got to say "I can't" before he did what he did?]

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WATCH YOUR ASSUMPTIONS HERE. Don't ADD information from a preconceived timeline. Remember, this NOT a memory. It just LOOKS like one. ALL we know is that he did something, and it changed him. For example, it COULD be that Jack had definitively proven he has the ability/knowledge to "go after him."

If that's what Margo is talking about, if that's what she's asking him to do, then saying "I can't" is basically the same as saying "I won't."  Big difference between the two. I can't means I lack the ability. I WON'T means, even though I could, I've DECIDED not to do it.  Plus, if Jack is trying to choose NOT to "bring his father back" because he doesn't want to (even though he can), it would definitely be something Margo would tell him he doesn't "get to say." One more thing:  If you can save someone and you choose not to, technically, you're killing them. Killing someone on purpose when you don't have to is called "murder," and whether or not you are murdered affects what happens to you on the island.

NOW Jack looks guilty.

• Margo: Bring your father home, Jack. [HOME is a term we'll hear batted around quite a bit. Home plate comes to mind, too. It's the finish line of baseball.]

Jack looks down -- blinkity-blink-blink. Check out Jack's RIGHT EYE when he looks up. That would be the eye he opened to start the pilot, and the one he closes to end the finale.

• Jack: Where is he? ["Where are you?!" & "Where are you going?"]


• Margo: (swallows hard) Australia.

Lemme ask you this:  Is it a coincidence that Margo tells Jack to "go after him" in Christian's study, and in the following scene, Jack "goes after" Christian?  Answer:  NOPE!  Remember, these flashes are happening WHEN WE SEE THEM - just like they would in a dream.  They are NOT the past NOR memories of "real" events.  That's a TRICK that Team LOST plays on us until the end of Season 3. Interesting as well that Jack's DAD tells him NOT to try and be a hero, and his Mom tells him to "go after him," and that both conversations take place in the same room.

Remember how we discussed the way this episode plays on our assumptions?  Well, this is another scene that does that for us.  Christian's drinking is NEVER discussed.  Not only that, there's no longer any booze in the room. Again, we are ASSUMING we know what these guys are talking about BASED on the big time HINTS of a drinking problem we saw in Jack's scene with Christian, and on rewatch, we are taking later events in the show and informing what we see now by what happens later.  That's not how it works!  [Sneaky, SNEAKY!]

If we drop our assumption, the only thing we learn about Christian from this conversation is that he's gone, he won't take care of himself, he hasn't talked to Jack in two months, he doens't have friends anymore, he's got "pressure," and he's in Australia. We infer: Jack's guilt and reluctance, Christian's motivation for leaving, why Christian might not be okay and why Margo's worried about him. HERE'S the thing:  Given Margo's insistence and the look on her face when Jack finally agrees to go, we SHOULD be asking ourselves WHY she's pushing him so hard to "go after him" and why she's upset when she realizes he's going.

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INTERMEDIATE JUNGLE

FLIP CUT TO: Jack in the sand right where we left him. He looks determined as he scans the greenery.  He stands and sets his jaw. WATCH THIS:  He walks straight for us (into the jungle) brushing past two palm fronds before stepping off  --- SEAMLESS CUT MID-STRIDE TO:

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CRASH SITE

Walt's legs running over crash debris. [We've seen this cut before. In the last scene of the finale, Jack steps forward in the church CUT TO his bloody foot touches down in the jungle. THIS moment is a LOT more significant than what it appears to be, and it's DIRECTLY connected to what's happening on the beach -- that's what the mid-stride edit from Jack to Walt tells us. See how that works? Time to WATCH CAREFULLY and start piecing the puzzle together.] Walt runs to Kate -- who is ALSO right where we left her -- unpacking the same pile of suitcases!

• Walt: That pregnant lady fell down! [And she did it the MOMENT Jack entered the jungle.]

Kate takes off. She joins Michael and Charlie carrying an unconscious Claire to the infirmary.  CHECK OUT that COMPLETELY white sky behind them.

• Kate:  What happened?


• Charlie:  She just dropped.


• Kate:  Must be the heat. [BIG, FAT RED HERRING that encourages us to NOT see the connection between Claire's fainting and Jack's entry into the jungle -- but there's a wordplay clue as well: If you're "feeling the heat," then "you're under pressure." ] Is she still breathing? Let's get her inside. [Inside?]

LISTEN to the weirdo SOUNDS used here.


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INFIRMARY

They carefully lie her down on a pallet of airplane cushions.  Michael unties her shoes [SHOES are important!]. Kate takes her face with both hands. Lookit how PALE Claire's face is. [WATCH CAREFULLY: Remember that faint light/glare just over Jack's head?  We see it here to.  We see it over Kate and Michael, but not Charlie. Weird.] Kate gently pats Claire's face and strokes her hair. She puts her hand on Claire's forehead [That forehead move? JACK did that to the marshal after he tried to choke Kate.] Notice how there's someone touching her head and her feet. Like a circuit.

• Kate:  Claire? Claire? Claire, honey, wake up. Claire? Can you hear me, Claire. Come on. [She starts to sound pretty freaked out] Wake up. Come on. Come on, please wake up. Come on. Claire, can you hear me? [More listening and sleeping references.]

Claire stirs. She opens her eyes and weakly stares at Kate [WATCH how QUICKLY Kate pulls her hands away from Claire's face.]

• Kate:  All right. It's me. It's Kate. [Orient yourself with a memory of the familiar -- a person.]
  

Claire mumbles. She's completely out of it. Kate holds Claire's hand (her right to Claire's left) and puts her left hand on Claire's head/forehead.

• Kate: (to Charlie) She needs water.

[Don't let me forget to tell you about the water drinking thing, k?]

• Kate:  Don't move, okay?
  

Charlie quickly rummages through everything.

• Kate: (O.S.) She's burning up -- she's really hot. Honey, I think you have a fever -- honey, stay really still. It's okay. It's okay. Just rest. [Jack tells Claire to stay "absolutely still" after the crash.]
  


• Charlie: It's not here! The water's gone!
  

Kate looks up at him.

• Charlie:  Someone stole it!

TRANSITIONAL NOISES:  WIPE edit, from right to left TO:


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DOWN THE BEACH

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Kate, Sayid and Locke mini pow-pow.  WATCH the SKY. Remember, EVERY little visual clue matters.  HA! I never noticed this before either:  ALL of them are wearing WHITE shirts [tanks for Kate and Sayid]. HOWEVER, after this episode, we'll NEVER see any of these characters wearing all white shirts (without layers, on the island) again. Sayid's hair's pulled back. Have you picked up on how everyone's shirts are sleeveless now (except for Locke)? Esp the men? Jack's shirt will switch to sleeveless in the next episode.

• Locke: (hands behind his head) Where is the doctor?


• Kate:  I don't know. No one can find him. [Ask yourself: WHY NOT?]


• Sayid: Is this the last of the camp's water supply?


• Kate:  Yeah. [WHITE sky behind Kate.]


• Sayid: Keeping it all in one place, pre-packed for convenience! Foolish. [BLUE sky behind Locke, but not actual sky. Just blue colored clouds.]


• Kate: We could go into the jungle. Look for fresh water.


• Sayid: You're not going alone. [Well, now we know why Jack ends up where he ends up. Only Locke manages to enter and exit the jungle alone.]
  


• Locke:  When the others find out the water's gone it's gonna get ugly. And when they find out that someone pinched it, it's going to get uglier. I'll go. [WHITE sky behind Kate].  Camp needs you two here, especially with the doctor gone [blue colored sky behind Locke]. And besides, I know where to look.

Kate and Sayid watch Locke leave. Lookit that sky NOW. [Is it WHITE? Nope.]

Haven't you always wondered what in the hell Locke is talking about? How does he "know where to look?" Watch this next scene VERY carefuly, and then compare it to what we saw happen when Jack swam after Boone.


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JUNGLE

Jack weaves back and forth through a small clearing scattered with several thin, leafless tree trunks [This reminds me a bit of him running through the bamboo in "Pilot"].  WATCH AND LISTEN: He looks all around. POV: A WHIP shot to a spot in the bushes with a SQEAKY sound (that sounds like a squeaky door, but also sounds a LOT like a smokey squeak). Jack heads for THAT exact spot. He keeps searching. It seems like he's moving forward and forward, but never getting anywhere.  CHECK OUT THE BRIGHT light that's just appeared. NO MATTER where he goes, he remains in the clearing, even though he's heading for the bushes. I heard a brief ticka-ticka!

High grass. He keeps looking. He tries for the bushes again. FLIP CUT. He moves forward. [We see this happen when Jack re-lands on the island in Season 5.]


He steps into a larger clearing. MORE Squeaking. Odd bird calls. He spins around and around, scanning the bushes and large trees around him.  The clearing looks round and evenly spaced around him. LISTEN to the cacophony of bizarre sounds during this scene!  Jack slowly spins in place scanning the jungle around him.  NOTE: See those patches of mist? Remember I told you there's NO mist like that in Hawai'i?  These misty spots are ADDED post-production (or maybe they used a smoke machine. I dunno).  Either way, we have only seen this kind of mist a few times before, and always in the same type of jungle environment. Notice how the camera jerks and jumps from Jack's POV with at least one FLIPPED DIRECTION CUT.

He calls out,"Where are you?" three times, growing louder and more angry/frustrated.

SWIPE CUT from Jack's face smears from green to hotel wall (camera moves from JACK'S right to left, complete with simultaneous FOOOM noise) and stops on --

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NOT CHEAP HOTEL ROOM

Jack's face. He stares down and to HIS left. [He's in a dark shirt, black coat with really short hair and a hint of sideburns. -- DUDE! His face is really distorted in this scene.] Immediately we hear:

• Hotel Guy: (O.S.) The maid says he hasn't used the bed the last three days. [MORE references to NOT SLEEPING.]
  

A roomy and well windowed hotel room.  A hotel guy opens the blinds -- interesting noise here [He LETS THE LIGHT IN, get it? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]. Jack checks the pockets of a jacket hung on a chair.

• Jack: Did he rent a car from the concierge?


• Hotel Guy: (O.S.) No, sir.
  

Okay: remember your viewer assignment and take time to carefully look around the room [ONE good screencap HERE].  On the nightstand we see a pack of cigarettes, a cheap lighter, a used ash tray and a tumbler (a small glass) full of (we're assuming) booze. A few newspapers strewn on the never-slept-in bed. On the nightstand opposite, we can barely see two bottles of pills, maybe another phone? and a big, chunky rectangle-shaped box. [Hm.]  A small desk just behind the nightstand with a chair askew in front of it. On the desk, a lamp (turned on), a bottle of pills and another tumbler with booze intact.

As the curtain behind the Hotel Guy opens, it brushes by a small bar. I see an ice bucket and several unused bar glasses (turned upside down means they're clean and ready to use). There's a small suitcase on the floor next to the mini-bar (see the handle still in the air? UNPACKED suitcase).  The Hotel Guy puts his hands on the back of a chair. Jack is "mirrored" by him, as he picks up and checks the pockets of the jacket (or sweater) on the back of the opposite chair. A small table between the chairs. On it, newspapers, another glass, two bottles of pills and a large empty bowl.

Jack moves to the desk. Several pill bottles: two large and two small: look how the BOTTLES MIRROR each other!  WHOA! I never noticed that!  The two smaller bottles: NO LABELS. One large bottle looks unopened, although, I've never seen a bottle of prescription drugs like this on packed with cotton, have you?  Close by, another smaller bottle on its side, a stray pill next to a crushed cigarette butt, a crumpled piece of paper (not letter paper), two individual pill packs - one empty. I see MORE newspapers [USA today -- In Australia? Interesting. A large headline: "Arrest disrupts terrorist. . I can't make out the last word.]  and possibly a shaving kit? Small medical kit? I dunno.  See the hotel branded envelopes and letter paper? See yet ANOTHER glass reflected in the mirror? THAT one looks empty, but I can't say for sure.

Jack's reflection in the mirror over the desk [LOOKIT how those SHINY, shiny buttons draw a STRAIGHT line up to his face AND divide his body in half! Nice!] He looks at the Hotel Guy through the mirror, but NEVER LOOKS AT HIMSELF.  [This is the first time we see Jack with an actual mirror. HOWEVER, Jack's first flash mirror experience is the WINDOW in his dad's study.]

• Hotel Guy: Quite honestly, Mr. Shephard, I don't think your father rented a car at all. [DING DING DING! We NOW know Jack's (and Christian's) LAST NAME!]


• Jack:  Oh yeah? Why's that?

WATCH CAREFULLY:  FLIP CUT to Jack's right hand as he opens a drawer UNDER a small glass of booze (same spot as the one we saw in the mirror). In the drawer, two bottles of booze flank yet another  bottle of pills. An empty pill pack. A wrapper (candy maybe?). Notice that the bottles of booze MIRROR each other. The red labeled is nearly empty. The black labled is TOO FULL. He closes it.

• Hotel Guy: There was an incident a few nights ago, here at the hotel bar. I had to get security to escort your father to his room. [An INCIDENT? Get it? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!]


• Jack: What's that have to do with renting a car?

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Jack closes the drawer and twisty-turns the hard way to face the Hotel Guy. Check out how the letter paper is flopping over now. AND check out the glass of booze on the nightstand to his right. It's just behind the little white machine? See it? He puts his hands in his pockets.

• Hotel Guy: I'm sorry sir. I shouldn't have said --

He does that hand guesture we saw when he was chatting with Margo.

• Jack: Come on, what's that have to do with renting a car?


• Hotel Guy: Mr. Shephard, I don't think any rental agent in Sydney would lease your father a car in his condition.

Jack semi-gets in Hotel Guy's face. Obviously insulted, he seems more protective than defensive.

• Jack: My father is the chief of surgery.
  


• Hotel Guy: Of course, sir. I apologize.

Wow. Jack is HOT! Not only that, he makes a point of mentioning CHIEF of SURGERY. Why would a Hotel Guy care if his dad's the chief of surgery?  Jack also looks like he's offended, like "how dare you?!"  It reminds me of when Jack went to the butcher shop to put his father's shoes on Locke's corpse.  The Butcher Lady says, "What's in the bag?" He looks at her. She quickly apologies and withdraws with a bow. Weird.

Don't be distracted away from what happens next:  While the Hotel Guy averts his gaze and apologizes, Jack starts to move away. THEN we cut to Jack glaring fiercely at Hotel guy. THIS little bitty cut is something else we'll see, although we tend to see it a lot more on the island in later seasons.  Don't let it bother you, but let's call this a TEENY REWIND CUT for future reference.  [IT'S NOT A MISTAKE.]


The nightstand.  On it a wallet, two more bottles of pills, another glass of booze (but this one's EMPTY and in the WRONG PLACE), what looks like a blood pressure cuff and some kind of funky little white machine.  Jack picks up the wallet.  Look at that big, gray speaker lookin' thing on the desk behind him.  What is that? Oh yeah -- that glass full of booze just over the drawer Jack opened?  It's not there anymore.

• Jack:  He left his wallet.  Who leaves a wallet?

He pulls money out of the wallet.

• Hotel Guy: Perhaps you should talk to the police, Mr. Shephard.


• Jack: (honestly purplexed, to himself) Where are you? [HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!]

In this scene, a flash, which by now we should all recognize as NOT a memory or taking place in the past, Jack starts LOOKING for his father. He's also touching anything personal he can find.  Problem is, there's nothing personal in that room.  There's absolutely nothing with Christian's name on it.  The unusually large number of glasses in the room don't have fingerprints, the pills don't have labels and the wallet is full of money [the least personal stuff on the planet].

The wallet here is a symbol of identity.  Christian's identity. He left it behind, see? That's why Jack is so purplexed.  In a world of "constants," this flash specifically tells us what's up with Christian. He's missing. He's not anchored by his identity.  In fact, we still have NO idea what Christian's NAME is.  We JUST learned Jack's last name is: Shephard (I HATE how they spell it wrong!).

Think back to our first scene with Christian and all of those "clues" he has a drinking problem.

What do you see in the hotel room?  Esp with the crushed ciggarette butt on the desk. This room is STAGED.  This is a room full of inuendo.  Booze, pills, medical equipment -- subtract the booze, it's just as easy for us to assume Christian is VERY ILL.  The Hotel Guy mentions an incidnet in the hotel bar (more inuendo) and confesses that Christian's "condition" was so obvious, no one would rent him a car. Who remembers what the Walkabout guy told Locke when he denied him a seat on "that bus?" He said, "You neglected to tell us about your condition."  [Groovy, right?]

Regardless of what "actually" happened, this is a set up -- it informs Jack's flashes of Christian in the future.  But for now, if we add everything together, this flash/set up is created to SEND Jack a MESSAGE.

Wonder why, if EVERYONE on the island calls Jack, "doctor" or "doc," and refers to him as "the doctor," the Hotel Guy calls him Mr. Shephard?  I mean, Jack goes berserk at defending his dad as a big time doctor, but doesn't have much of a problem being called Mr. Shephard.  Hm.

OVERLAPPING:

WHOOP Weirdo Noises.

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JUNGLE

[Here's a fun clip! I slowed down Jack's Jungle Boogie, so you can take a closer look at the editing.]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDPz5vRLsTs[/youtube]

Jack, right were we left him, but a bit calmer now.  POV: He focuses on a particular spot - a tree. LISTEN: There's that sqeaky door noise as a tree trunk passes by, THEN Christian appears with his back to us in that exact same spot. Check out the high grass.  Jack hesitates. WHOA! Cut to Jack's POV: Christian stands with his back to Jack -- Jack is looking in the same direction he was before, yet this time, Christian is standing in a different spot. That is, Christian is standing in the same location, but it looks completely different.

Jack follows. Christian starts to walk away.  Jack starts running. A burst of whisky-screechy noises. Squeaky DOOR noise [Jack stumbles-right side]. POV: we dart back and forth at the green. Christian is gone. Jack stops and blinks hard. He spins around. More whisky-screechy noises (they kinda sound like ticka-ticka noises, but off somehow.)  Another Squeaky door [Jack stumbles again]. More jerky POV [that DOESN'T match what Jack SHOULD see]. He keeps moving.  Funky one-two move, and Jack veers right.

Jack at a run comes around the corner in what looks like different surrounds.  He pulls up short. Prolonged SQUEAKY DOOR noise.  We see a small clearing with heavily vined tree trunks and several layers of mist floating by (remember - NO mist like that in Hawai'i). Jack looks back and forth in front of him. Christian stands behind him. LISTEN: Hear those low noises? They sound like funky, deep whispers! Jack whips around. Funky low noise SQUEAKY DOOR noise as Jack stares at Christian's back. BIRD CALLS. Jack gets a "gotcha" look in his eye.

FLIP CUT: Jack takes off running. Yup! look behind him. We SHOULD see the small, misty clearing.  What we DO see is what was behind him before -- where Christian was standing. Anyway, Jack runs. He passes through some SUPER bright light (remember this is ADDED light).  He slows up, then starts to run and quickly TRIPS on an unseen something on the ground.

WATCH: He tumbles through the jungle, down a steep incline through the jungle, I should say. He tumbles, tumbles, tumbles (this poor stuntman!) head over heels until suddenly -- WHOOP, he drops over the edge (red dirt here), tumbles a bit more in the dirt, then flips over the edge of a VERY high cliff. He catches himself at the last minute. He looks down (duh! Never look down!). He dangles high over the grey rocks below him. He holds on for dear life.

BONGOS/CUT TO BLACK:

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CLIFF OF INSANITY

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Jack dangles from the cliff, right were we left him.  He kicks his feet (it's a CLIFF Jack, not the ocean!). It's pretty clear from his breathing: Our man Jack is pretty freaked out. He desperately digs his feet into the clifface and tries to pull himself up.  He slips and nearly falls.  His hands slip down the whatever it is he's holding onto.  He looks down. His hands slip again. He takes a deep breath and relaxes his face. His hands slip again.  A hand creeps over from above.  Jack looks up. It's Locke, smiling, he reaches to Jack, who for some reason is just staring at him.

• Locke: Take my hand.

Jack hesistates, gathers himself and grabs on to Locke's arm (his right, Locke's left). Locke pulls as Jack climbs. Finally, Locke hoists him up and over his body to his back.  Jack gasps for air. CHECK IT: Watch how Jack's left hand is twitching. That's happened before. Here's one of those moments where it's easier to see the undershow. Jack says something. Locke looks at him and answers.  Then Jack starts laughing. Locke shakes his head no - either that, or his whole head twitches back and forth for some wierd reason, then he says something else. Jack keeps laughing. And no, I don't have a good translation for you. I've never been able to pick this scene out well enough to share it. You take a look and tell me what YOU see!

[For some reason, I love how Matthew Fox and Terry O'Quinn played this little snippet.  Jack's laugh is oddly comforting and disturbing at the same time.]

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INFIRMARY

Charlie brings Claire a small cup of water.

• Claire: How long have I --


• Charlie: A coupla hours. Here. It's not much but it's what we have. Just relax, you have to think about the little one now, you.


• Claire:  Thanks for the water, Charlie. Is Jack back yet?


• Charlie:  No. No one's seen him. But, I wouldn't worry. Good old Mr. Locke's gone into the jungle to get some water for you.


• Claire:  Great. Our only hunter will get eaten because of me.


• Charlie:  Nah. Did you see all those knives?


• CLAIRE: [chuckles] When are they going to rescue us?


• CHARLIE: Soon.


• CLAIRE: Thanks, Charlie.


• CHARLIE: For what?


• CLAIRE: People don't seem to look me in the eye here. I think I scare them. The baby... It's like I'm this time bomb of responsibility just waiting to go off.


• CHARLIE: You don't scare me.

So Claire passes out when Jack enters the jungle, stays out the entire time he's wandering around, and then wakes up after he's had a primal fear moment and been pulled to safety by Locke.  NOT a coincident.  Watch Claire's face both before and after she asks about Jack. She looks more than worried to me.
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CRASH SITE

Hurley runs up to Kate and Sayid. [Again, VERY cool translation website: The Patriot Resource. They even have the whispers translated!]

• Hurley: Uh, the Chinese people have water.

Kate and Sayid talk to Sun.  She answers in Korean [She says: "I'm sorry, there's a misunderstanding." <-----HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!].

• Sayid: Where did you get this?


• Kate: She doesn't understand you.


• Sayid: She understands me.

Jin jumps in front of Sun, yelling in Korean. [He says: "Beat it, SOB! If you touch my wife one more time I will kill you!"  So even Jin is on the SOB wagon!]

• Kate:  (holds up bottle) This had water in it. Is it yours? Who gave this to you?

Jin points to Sawyer. Kate and Sayid trade looks.

• Sayid:  Of course he did.

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JUNGLE

Sawyer sneaks to his stash: a suitcase buried in the ground near a tree.  He digs out a pack of ciggarettes. Kate tackles him.

• Sawyer:  It's about time! I made this birthday wish four years ago! [Does ANYONE understand this comment? When people complain about answers they didn't get about the little things, this is number one on my (very short) list! What on Earth is Sawyer talking about? He and Kate both end up mentioning Tallahassee later on. I dunno!]
  


• Kate: Where's the water?

He rolls them and holds her down with his body. [And he looks SEXY doin' it, too!  What? You think just cuz I LOVE Jack, I'm not gonna acknowledge sexy when I see it? No way! Actually, I saw Josh Holloway in person at Comi-Con last year. He was so beautiful, I literally couldn't breathe!  VERY, VERY sexy! Wow!]

• Sawyer: That's better.


• Kate:  Get off me!

Sayid snatches Sawyer off Kate and sticks his finger in his face. Kate digs through the suitcase.

• Sayid: Give us the water! Now!


• Sawyer:  You really think I stole yer damn water?


• Sayid & Kate:  Yep.


• Sayid: And gave two bottles to the Koreans.


• Sawyer: I don't give nothing to nobody.  I traded Mr. Miyagi the last of my water for a fish he caught. We worked it out caveman style.


• KATE: You gave him your last two bottles? [Did he just say he don't give nothing to nobody?]
  


• SAWYER: Water has no value, Freckles. It's gonna rain sooner or later. And hell, I'm an optimist.

• SAWYER: [to Kate] Hey, you forgot something. [Throws her the badge]. Seeing as you're the new sheriff in town. Might as well make it official.
  

This whole water/Sawyer thing seems a bit out of place given that this episode is about Jack, right?  However, if we compare Sawyer's behavior and attitude in this episode to that of "Confidence Man," we'll see how this episode sets us up to understand that episode better.
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JUNGLE THINKING SPOT

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Locke draws water from the leaves into a bottle.  Jack sits on a large rock.

• JACK: How are they, the others? [Why is Jack always asking someone else what the others are up to?]
  


• LOCKE: Thirsty. Hungry. Waiting to be rescued. And they need someone to tell them what to do. [Again, they need instructions.]
  


• JACK: Me? I can't. ["You don't get to say, 'I can't.'"]
  


• LOCKE: Why can't you?


• JACK: Because I'm not a leader.
  


• LOCKE: And yet they all treat you like one.
  


• JACK: I don't know how to help them. I'll fail. I don't have what it takes.


• LOCKE: Why are you out here, Jack?


• JACK: I think I'm going crazy. [Jack with the "crazy eyes!"]
  


• LOCKE: No. You're not going crazy.


• JACK: No?


• LOCKE: No, crazy people don't know they're going crazy. They think they're getting saner.
  

Locke sits on a rock to chat (recognize this little talk? It reminds me of the Jack/Mock Locke talk in "The Last Recruit").  Before we move on, take a GOOD look at the full picture here -- the background around and behind Jack.  See the mist? Okay, look at the palm fronds waving in one little spot back there -- just in front of Locke's head. See that?  (I posted a clip specifically so you'll see it.  Weird how only that one small spot is shaking/waving, right?  If you look about during any season, you'll see instances like this one, where movement in the leaves is localized or inconsistent from spot to spot.  What to know what that is?  Well, you'll have to wait until we finish this conversation!

• So, why are you out here?


• JACK: I'm chasing something—someone.  [Is Mock Locke a WHO or a WHAT?]
  


• LOCKE: Ah. The white rabbit. Alice in Wonderland. [Locke tucks his water bottle into his back pack.]
  


• JACK: Yeah, wonderland, because who I'm chasing—he's not there.


• LOCKE: But you see him?


• JACK: Yes. But he's not there.


• LOCKE: And if I came to you and said the same thing, then what would your explanation be, as a doctor.


• JACK: I'd call it a hallucination. A result of dehydration, post traumatic stress, not getting more than two hours of sleep a night for the past week. All of the above. [If he thinks it's dehydration, why is that water bottle tucked away in Locke's backpack?]
  


• LOCKE: All right, then. You're hallucinating. But what if you're not?


• JACK: Then we're all in a lot of trouble.

Locke makes a weird, "If you say so," face.  It could also be a "Well, that's a bit ironic, isn't it?" face.

• LOCKE: I'm an ordinary man, Jack, meat and potatoes, I live in the real world [HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!]. I'm not a big believer in -- magic [Uh-oh. That doesn't sound like a man obssessed with his destiny, does it?]. 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.

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We roll up into a close up of both men.  Jack's face is weird to me. He looks mesmerized and afraid -- like the emotional rug is being pulls out from under him.  Like he's hearing the "awful" truth that's shattering what he used to believe.

• Locke: 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?
  


• JACK: That's impossible.


• LOCKE: Even if it is, let's say it's not.


• JACK: Then what happens when I catch him?


• LOCKE: I don't know. But I've looked into the eye of this island. And what I saw -- was beautiful. [Beauty's in the eye of the beholder. Get it? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!]
  

Good to note that Locke calls THIS PLACE different and special. Several of our losties are deemed different and special:  Walt's the first one, that I know of.  Then Locke (in flash) and KIB (Kid in Black).

• JACK: Wait, wait, wait, where are you going?


• LOCKE: To find some more water.


• JACK: I'll come with you.


• LOCKE: No. You need to finish what's you've started.
  


• JACK: Why?


• LOCKE: Because a leader can't lead until he knows where he's going. [Maybe, but you can't know where you're going until you know where you've been.]
  

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ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE

This is THE conversation, THE moment that gets the ball rolling for Jack, so let's take a moment to break it down, shall we?

Jack says he's not a leader. Locke counters, "Yet they all treat you like one."  Two things.  First, Jack's belief in himself is sadly sagging, and what you believe MATTERS on the island.  Second, Jack is talking like the matter is out of his hands -- he's just not a leader, being a leader is not his "fate" (It's definitely not what he wants or what he feels he's ready to do).  However, Locke makes the point that what YOU think you are (your perception of yourself) is never the whole truth.  It's what OTHERS think you are, believe you are, that matters [in a way, they are like mirrors].  MUUUUCH later, in "The Incident," we'll see Jack admonish Christian for not believing in him. Christian counters, "Are you sure it's ME that doesn't believe in you, Jack?"  Locke's question for Jack here is: Why do they all treat you like a leader or believe that you're the leader if  you're not a leader? Are they fooling themselves? Are they tricking you? Or are you in denial, unable to see how you relate to them or are you just unwilling to take responsibility for them?

Jack says, "I can't tell them what to do" and "I don't have what it takes" -- interesting that his father tells him he doesn't have what it takes and his mother tells him, "You don't get to say 'I can't."  Talk about rock and a hard place! NEITHER of them give Jack any choice -- there's no free will to be had.

Jack thinks he's going crazy -- this one of about a BILLION mental health references in the show (we'll see Jack with Head CT scans several times).  But what's important here is that Jack says, "I THINK."  Because, on the island, what you THINK is happening is what happens.  Locke quickly reminds him -- his self awareness is proof positive he's not losing his mind.  So if he's not losing his mind, then why is he "out here?" We're gonna go into specifics about how the island works in another post, but for now think of the jungle as "Wonderland."  The JUNGLE is where weirdo, crazy, psycho things will happen to you.  It's a wild card, and if you're alone, it messes with you directly -- which can put your sanity and safety in jeopardy. [You might even fall off a cliff.]

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The white rabbit/Alice in Wonderland references are EVERYWHERE in all six seasons of LOST.  For Alice, Wonderland is "just a dream."  Here, Locke makes it clear:  It may not be "real," but it's not "just a dream."  Christian's little speech  in "The End" follows up on that idea. Jack admits seeing someone who's "not there." He doesn't say: I think I see him, or my eyes are playing tricks on me.  He says he SEES him.  When Locke suggests that he may not be hallucinating, he's not lying.  A lucid dream is NOT a hallucination, especially if someone is manipulating that dream state, which Mock Locke admits to doing in "The Last Recruit" [He was "pretending to be our father."]. Not a hallucination -- a carefully controlled illusion.  For our purposes, and for this episode, it's more important to consider the role of Jack's white rabbit rather than worry about the island being "just a dream."  Jack's white rabbit leads him down the rabbit hole -- a rabbit hole he doesn't escape until he and Christian finally connect in "The End."

I've always wondered, why does Jack get so freaked out here? He's not fighting that "man of science" thing -- he admits he saw someone who's "not there." Something unnatural is up and running around him.  Even when he claims it's impossible, he quickly assesses the possibility -- catching the person he's chasing -- even if he's "not there." The "there's no such thing as miracles" Jack we see later is not the one we're looking at right now.

Locke's big "happened for a reason" statement has always bothered me too.  Locke basically says, there's a reasonable chance your white rabbit is a hallucination - an illusion. However, what if past events HERE happened for a reason? What if this person that you're in the process of chasing is here right now? What do past events have to do with the illusion? Unless the past events he's referring to are the "flashbacks," the pretend memories -- the ILLUSIONS. I'm still not to clear how it follows.

I've heard it said that the "eye" of the island Locke refers to must be Scooby Doo Cave.  I don't see how that follows either. If we're comparing metaphors (similes, actually), Mother calls the cave's light the "source. The HEART of the island."  Locke said he looked into the eye of the island -- the EYE is the window to the SOUL. That's a bit ironic considering all the LOST SOULS that are trapped by the island and constantly screaming for help. It's also ironic that the only mystical  thing Locke's "looked in to" is smokey.

Jack needs to finish what he's started.  THIS is a JOURNEY. This trek through the jungle and experiencing his flashes -- in the end, Jack will have the revelation he needs to have in order to get started on the "work" he's got to do.  He avoids leadership (we see this in "Walkabout," too) before this journey, and assumes leadership after.  His journey here is echoed in "Lighthouse." The finish line here is Christian's coffin -- ALSO the finish line for Jack in "The End."]

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JUNGLE

A small, crackling fire.  What sounds like a cricket chirps nearby.  VERY odd noises as we stare into the fire, like bloop-bloop-bloop noises in a series.  Soft, quiet, regularly times SCREAMS as we move from the fire to Jack's face. Jack stares into it, unmoving. Check out the pile of noises!  We hear steady thumping (If you slow it down, the first several thumps sound like heartbeats! Weird!).  The thumping gets louder and louder and turn into footsteps. SOFT WHOOOOOSH.

OVERLAPPING:

Morgue Guy: (O.S.) Police found him. . .

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MORGUE

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Jack and a Morgue Guy walk toward us in a large, long hallway. Our end has metal walls.

Morgue Guy: . . .in an alley in Kings Cross. Now, a tox screen showed a blood alcohol content, which for a man of his size, probably brought on myocardial infarction - a sizable, and fatal heart-attack.



They arrive at a large metal door. Morgue Guy ready checks Jack, who nods. A LOUD SQUEAKY DOOR OPENING NOISE!!!  [HOLY SH*T!! I never noticed that before!] Jack enters. A small metal room. A black body bag on a low table. Jack breathes and leans closer.  He nods.  Morgue guy unzips the bag. He pulls it away from Christian's face.  REWIND CUT - Jack leans in to get a look (even though he's already pretty sure). He takes a moment, then nods.

• Jack:  That's him.

He turns away as Morgue Guy zips the bag back up. Jack leans on the wall and covers his face. He looks back at the bag and starts to cry.

PERFECT, SEEMLESS CUT TO:


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JUNGLE

Jack keeps looking at the fire and starts to cry. He holds back his sobs. Sound of ice tinkling in a glass [A SOUND THAT JACK DOESN'T SEEM TO HEAR OR REACT TO] as a form passes by behind him. A loud crunch. Jack whips around.  He grabs a long stick from the fire for a torch and takes off.

He moves through the trees, then out of the trees.  He WAVES the TORCH back and forth. He looks up.  METALLIC WHOOOOOM. A large opening up ahead framed by spot trembling greenery.  Jack swallows hard. He moves forward. METALLIC WHOOOMS as he enters.

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CAVES

THERE's a LOT going on in this next scene, especially as relates to our Viewer Assignment.  Stick with me --

He looks around above with this torch.  He stops. He moves forward. A small waterfall flows into a shallow pool.  Jack notices a doll in the water. He steps in and picks it up.  METALLIC WHOOM. He sees more dolls strewn on the ground. He follows them  (LIKE BREADCRUMBS) to a broken crate full of dolls. METALLIC WHOOM. He searches the ground with his torch. More luggage. A piece of the plane. METALLIC WHOOM.

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He waves the torch once. METALLIC WHOOM. He enters the cavern. The plane piece and coffin are right in front on him. He turns, CUT TO: he's standing at the mouth of the cavern!! He turns and walks to the plane piece. The coffin is right in front of him, but he doens't see it. METALLIC WHOOM. WHOA! Did you see that edit?  Jack is standing in front of the coffin, looking up at the plane piece, then we cut to him standing mid cavern in front of nothing! He hold the torch high. POV - we peer into the darkness ahead and over us. We move down -- another odd CUT TO Jack.  He lowers the torch.

FINALLY he sees it. The coffin, a scarf or something is draped on it. He stares at it, wide-eyed with his mouth open.  We zoom in on the coffin.

OVERLAPPING:

P.A. Announcement:  Oceanic Flight 125, non-stop to Singapore -- leaving from gate 14.. .

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AIRPORT

Jack at an airport counter.  The announcement continues as he speaks. ["All ticketed passengers. . ."], then fades out.  Our boy Jack is 1) not happy, 2) caught completely off guard.

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• Jack: What do you mean you won't put it on the plane?


• Agent: I'm sorry Mr. Shephard, but our policy is that the body must have the proper documentation. There's just no latitude.


• Jack: No latitude. (smiles wryly) No latitude. (touches his head).

LISTEN: As the announceer voice disappears, there's a low hum underneath the dialogue. We don't hear any "airport" noises at all.

• Agent: Without the proper documents. . .


• Jack: Look, you can't do this to me. I'm ready to go now.

The hum gets louder.

• Agent: Perhaps another carrier. . .


• Jack: (WAY too loud) No!

The hum stops cold. His voice echos through the oddly quiet airport although we do hear a few background voices.  We see Jin in line.  Jack looks around. Close up on Jin, watching him. More background noises fluctuate as Jack starts pleading with the agent.

• Jack: I want you to listen to me, okay. Because I'm asking you a favor, Chrissy. I'm standing in front of you in the same suit that I'm wearing to my father's funeral and I'm asking you a favor. In 16 hours I need to land at LAX, and I need that coffin to clear customs because there's going to be a hearse waiting there. And I need that hearse to take me and that coffin to a cemetery. Why? Chrissy, why can't I just bring him to a funeral home and make all the arrangements? Why can't I really take my time with it? Because... because I need it to be done. I need it to be over. I just—I need to bury my father.

Check it: Jack's eyes are GREEN.

WHOOOOOOOOM

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CAVES

The coffin -- right where we left it. Click bird call like noises flutter all around. Jack looks at the coffin, a bit relieved.  He touches it (left hand). He leans into his palm and lowers his head. He gets upset. [It's not working, get it?].  He yanks out whatever's hold it up.  He tucks his torch aside and stands before it.

METALLIC WHOOOM as Jack grabs the lid with both hands. He takes a deep breath. He pulls the lid open.  A LOUD BOOM as it falls. NICE LONG, wavering METALLIC WHOOOM. The empty coffin. Furious, Jack can not effin believe it! [This would be the exact same face he made at the beginning of this episode just before he decided to help Blondie out.]  He slams the lid closed, grabs a nearby pipe and proceeds to smash the coffin to smithereens.

The night sky (with an interesting pattern of bright stars). We hear Jack's fury - SMASH! BASH! -- then loud BOOOM. CUT TO BLACK.

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THE CRASH SITE

The night sky.  Peeps gather and chat around various campfires.

INFIRMARY

Someone sets down three bottles of water, opens one and holds it to a sleeping Claire's mouth.

• Boone:  (whispers) Hey! Hey, Claire --

Boone holds the bottle for her as she takes a big sip.  He wipes a drop from her chin with his thumb.

• Claire: How did you get that?


• Boone: Shhhhh --

Charlie whips Boone around and gets in his face.

• Charlie:  Where did you get that?

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CRASH SITE

Boone bites the sand.

• Charlie: Here's your thief.


• Michael: Where'd he hide it?


• Charlie: I don't know. This wanker had three bottles on him. Why'd you do it, pretty boy, eh?


• Boone: It was just sitting in—it was just sitting in the tent, and Jack just took off.


• Charlie: Claire could've died. [Really? When was that a serious concern after Charlie gave her a drink?]
  


• Boone: I tried to give her some sooner, but it just got out of hand. No one would have understood. [Hell, I still don't understand. Was Boone planning on rationing the water or what?]
  


• Kate: What is going on?


• Boone: Someone had to take responsibility for it. It would have never lasted. [Here's Boone, once again, trying to be like Jack.]
  


• Charlie: oh shut up!

Charlie tries to jump Boone.  Sayid pulls him off.

• Jack: Leave him alone!
  

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• Jack:  It's been six days and we're all still waiting. Waiting for someone to come. But what if they don't?
  

He walks among them [but is not one of them! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!].

• 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. But if we can't live together, we're going to die alone.

Jack and Kate trade somber looks.  Jack looks into the camera (<-----this does NOT happen very often. Interesting.)

Hurley passes out water. Sun and Jin stare at their fire.

• Sun: Thank you for getting me water today.


• Jin: That's what husbands do.

He smiles into the fire. She eyes him.

Michael brings water to a sleeping Walt.  Vincent whines.  Michael gives the dog a drink.

Boone stares out at the night ocean. Sawyer stands next to him.

• SAWYER: So, how does it feel?


• BOONE: How does what feel?


• SAWYER: Taking my place at the top of everyone's most hated list. Sucks, don't it? [We'll come RIGHT BACK to this statement when we watch "Confidence Man" in a few weeks!]
  

Sawyer walks off.

Kate brings water to Jack, who sits staring into a campfire.

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• JACK: Thanks.

She sits next to him. He drinks it all down.

• KATE: So where were you today Jack?


• JACK: Just had to take care of a few things.


• KATE: That's all I'm gonna get, huh?


• JACK: My father died. In Sydney. [Notice he doesn't say: "My father's DEAD."]


• KATE: I'm sorry.


• JACK: Yeah. I'm sorry, too.

She watches him stare into the fire. She looks too.

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END EPISODE 1.05

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Ahhhhhh -- I LOVE me some Season 1 Jack!