Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 5870 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT I Once Was Lost, But Now Am Found
By Cindy McLennan | Season 6 | Episode 17 | Aired on 2010.05.23
From behind he hears the familiar: "Hey kiddo." It's Christian who is here to present the writers' Apologia, so what follows is more transcript than recap. Jack doesn't understand what he's seeing. "You died." Christian: "Yes, I did." Jack: "Then how are you here right now?" Christian sighs softly. "How are you here?" He nods until his son gets it. "I died too." And then Jack cries. Um, I'm rather fond of the Jears, but this is for...himself? His death? What? Christian hugs him and tells him it's okay. As the Jears fall like rain, Jack manages to eke out an "I love you, Dad." And then: "Are you real?" Christian chuckles "I sure hope so." A beat. "Yeah, I'm real. You're real. Everything that's ever happened to you is real. All those people in the church -- they're all real too." Darlton: This defensive writing meant to cover our all-too-real arses? Also real!
When Jack asks if all the people in the church are dead, Christian says, "Everyone dies sometime, kiddo. Some of them before you, some long after you." Jack wants to know why they're all here, now. Christian says, "Well, there is no 'now' here." Jack: "Where are we, dad?" Christian: "This is a place that you -- that you all made together, so that you could find one another. The most important part of your life was the time that you spent with these people. That's why all of you are here. Nobody does it alone, Jack. You needed all of them and they needed you." Jack: "For what?" Christian: "To remember. And to let go." Jack: "Kate." Speaking her name brings a smile to his lips. "She said we were leaving." Christian: "Not leaving. No. Moving on." Semantics at a moment like this, Darlton Christian? Jack: "Where are we going?" Christian: "Let's go find out." Jack nods and Christian wraps his arm around his shoulder as he leads him into the...