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
Sideways; St. Lamp Post's Church; Exterior: Ben's still sitting outside when Hugo comes to the door. "Oh hey, dude." He gestures toward the church. "We're all inside." Ben says he doesn't think he's coming in. Hugo frowns and starts back in, pausing in the door to say, "You know, you were a real good number 2." Ben: "And you were a great number 1, Hugo." Hugo: "Thanks, dude."
Jack pulls up in the church parking lot. Kate's in his passenger seat. Jack mentions that he was going to have his father's funeral there. "He died, in Australia." Kate nods; her voice is soft. "I'm sorry." Jack asks why she brought him there. Kate: "Because this is where you were going to have your father's funeral. You can go in around back." Jack asks her where she's going. "Inside. I'll be waiting for you in there, once you're ready." Jack: "Ready for what?" Kate: "To leave." He watches her walk away for a moment and then stares straight ahead. We cut to...
Island: Jack wakes up in the same place where Jacob found Esau's corpse, 2000 years or so ago. He's naught but the living dead. Stumbling to his feet and clutching his mortal wound, he embarks on his final journey.
Sideways: Jack enters the back of the church and lets himself in an office where there's a cross, a menorah, Buddha statuary, Christian statuary, Hindu art. It's Unitarian Jihad in its inclusiveness. Particularly striking is the stained glass window featuring six panels: Star and Crescent; Star of David; Aum; Cross; Dharmacakra (donkey wheel); Yin Yang. But most striking of all is the oak coffin, sitting in the middle of the room. Jack circumvents it -- holding his hand to his head. When he rests in front of it, he lays down his left hand and flashes to a vision of his eye opening on the Island for the first time. He jumps back, catches his breath and tries the right hand, instead. Jack runs from the bamboo grove to the beach. Jack meets Claire. Jack revives Rose. Jack revives Charlie after Ethan kidnapped him. Jack yells to Hurley to help with Claire. Jack tries to save Boone. Jack helps Shannon with her asthma. Jack and Sun bond. Locke saves Jack from falling off a cliff while chasing the White Rabbit. Sawyer and Jack have A Moment. Jack on the SAT Phone. Jack and Kate in Frank's chopper. Kate pointing a gun at Jack earlier this season. Kate comes to Jack in his aquarium cell on Hydra Island. The glass wall separates them. Always. Jack sees Kate for the first time. Jack and Kate kiss goodbye on the cliff. The flashes complete, Jack steps back before opening the coffin. It is empty, of course, as it always has been. If he climbs in it, I'm going to pull an Elvis on my TV. Whew. He's shutting the lid. Good thing, because I like my TV.