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We switch back and forth between the freighter and Locke, Ben, and Hurley. The chopper arrives back on the freighter with Keamy and his military pals. The doctor (the one whose dead body washed up on the island two episodes ago) is there and ready to treat the wounded soldier. Keamy is hell-bent on destroying everything on the island after his encounter with Smokey. He's pretty aggressive with the captain, and kind of pulls rank on him, revealing new orders calling for death and destruction. Desmond and Sayid know that if they don't get the other Losties off the island, they'll all die, so they convince the captain to give them the freighter's Zodiac launch so they can start ferrying people out to the freighter. Except that Desmond decides to stay, because he's just about had it with the island. When he stays, he witnesses Frank telling Keamy that he won't fly the soldiers back to the island. Keamy's response is to slit the doctor's throat and throw him overboard, as a way of letting Frank know that he really will kill him if he doesn't follow orders. The captain pulls a gun on Keamy, but Keamy is faster and shoots the captain dead. So Frank takes the soldiers in the chopper and flies them back toward the island. When they pass over the Lostaways' beach camp, he drops a satellite phone out of the chopper, enabling the Losties to keep tabs on the people on the chopper.
And Locke, Ben, and Hurley make their way to the cabin. To get there, Locke has to have a vision of a dead Dharma Initiative guy named Horace. Locke leads his gang to the mass grave and searches through the bodies until he finds Horace's corpse -- in Horace's pocket is a map to the cabin. Along the way, we see flashbacks from almost every period of Locke's life (starting with birth) in which he is told repeatedly that he is special and is repeatedly (but unsuccessfully) recruited by Richard, Mittelos Labs, and Abbadon. Locke finally finds the cabin and enters on his own. Jacob's not home, but Christian is there and claims to speak for Jacob. Claire is also there, and seems to be in on... whatever is going on. In the end, Locke emerges from the cabin and tells Ben that the plan is to move the island. Huh.
Want more? The full recap starts right below!A hand drops a needle on a 45. (If that doesn't make sense to you, go ask your parents what those words mean.) Buddy Holly's "Everyday" starts to play. (The song was released as a single in 1957, placing this scene at least some time after that). A pretty young bobby-soxer in a big skirt with a bandana in her hair dances around her room. She puts some bright red lipstick on her lips. Whore! A severe looking older woman enters the room and asks Hotlips where she's going. Based on her tone, it's clear she's Hotlips' mother. Hotlips is going "out," with "him." Mom doesn't like that idea, since he's twice Hotlips' age. (Hotlips' name is Emily, by the way.) Emily doesn't care what her mother thinks, since she's in love. Emily walks out of the house into the rain, with her mother shouting after her. And then Emily runs into the street and gets hit by a car.
Bright lights turn into a series of fluorescent tubes passing overhead as Emily is wheeled down a hospital corridor on a gurney. Emily wakes up and is able to tell the nurse that she's almost six months pregnant. With what? A hamster? Because she doesn't look very pregnant. And we cut to Emily giving birth. The nurses swaddle the crying infant and place it in an incubator. One nurse tells Emily that the baby is a boy, and that he's okay but is very early. Emily wants to hold him, but they need to keep him in the incubator and take him away. As the nurses wheel the incubator out of the room, Emily calls after them: "Name him John." And then the incubator blows up. Wow, that really is Locke.
Locke leads Hurley and Ben through the jungle at night. Hurley has all kinds of questions about why someone would build a cabin in the middle of the jungle, and Locke doesn't really have any answers. But he still wants to find it, because he thinks the guy who lives in the cabin will be able to tell them how to deal with the military guys who are trying to kill them all. They stop, and Hurley asks when they're going to get there. Locke looks at Ben and asks him how much longer. Ben: "I don't know. I've been following him" (indicating Hurley). Hurley: "What? I'm not even in front." Ben has no idea where the cabin is. But if Locke thought Ben was the one who knew, why has Locke been walking in front? Ben sarcastically asks Locke what he thinks they should do, and Locke decides they should make camp.
The chopper is approaching the freighter. Desmond is sleeping, and wakes to find Sayid looming over his bunk. No, Desmond, you're not dreaming. Oh, wait, that might be my dream. The two of them walk down a corridor and out onto the deck, just in time to see the doctor examining the wounded soldier. Yes, the same doctor whose corpse washed up on the beach two episodes ago. Don't be so linear, man. The wounded soldier is loaded onto a gurney and Keamy explains that a black pillar of smoke injured him. Keamy approaches Sayid and asks him how many people are on the island. Sayid asks him why he would do that, without explaining that he has no idea since he doesn't know how many Others there are. Their incipient showdown is cut short when the captain asks Keamy what he's doing. Keamy shifts his rage-filled focus to the captain, sticking a gun under his chin and accusing him of having told Ben who Keamy was. The captain denies it, and Keamy asks who did give him up.
Cut to the captain leading Keamy to the cabin where Michael is chained to a pipe. Keamy knocks over the bunk Michael is sitting on, trapping Michael's leg. Keamy asks if Michael knows who he is, and Michael tells him that he knows his name. And then confesses that he gave that name to Ben. I've been trying to figure out why Keamy would be so upset that Ben knew his name, and my conclusion is that he fears that Ben knowing who he is will enable Ben to strike back at him through his friends and family. Maybe? Anyway, Keamy is going to shoot Michael and the captain tries to stop him, explaining that since Michael broke the engines he's the only one who can fix them. But it doesn't really matter, because even when Keamy pulls the trigger, the gun won't fire. Keamy settles for just punching Michael. Credits.
Close-up on Locke's eye. He hears a knocking sound and wakes up. It's morning, but Ben and Hurley are still asleep. And the campfire is still burning. First, why do they leave their fire burning all night? Surely it doesn't get that cold on the island. Second, how come the fire is always still burning the morning? Anyway, the knocking sound continues -- it sounds like someone chopping wood. Or a very large, very slow woodpecker. Locke walks towards the sound and finds a man in a Dharma jumpsuit chopping down trees. It's our old friend, Horace. As Horace gets almost all the way through a tree trunk, he stops chopping and pushes the tree over. And then he says hello to Locke and introduces himself. Locke asks him what he's doing, and Horace tells him he's building "a little getaway for me and the missus. I mean sometimes you need a break from the D.I., you know?" And by D.I., he means "Dharma Initiative." He acknowledges that he's not making any sense, turns away, and then turns back and tells Locke, "That's probably because I've been dead for twelve years." And his nose is bleeding. And the tree he knocked over is now upright again, so he goes to knock it over some more. And then he reintroduces himself to Locke, but now his nose is not bleeding. And the tree is back upright. Horace: "You gotta find me John. You gotta find me. And when you do, you'll find him." Locke: "Who?" Horace (now with bleeding nose): "Jacob. He's been waiting for you a real long time, man." I think Hurley and Horace would really get along. Horace reintroduces himself and goes back to chopping down the tree. And then Locke wakes up.
So, a note on timing. Horace claimed he had been dead for twelve years. Which would make the Dharma massacre twelve years ago. But we know that Alex was 16, and that Rousseau claimed that Alex was stolen from her just after she was born. And I assumed that Ben's coup would have had to have happened before then, because it's hard to picture him secretly raising a daughter behind his father's back. Which would place Horace's death sometime at least 16 years ago. So it seems to me there are three options. Perhaps Locke's dream (or vision) is just unreliable, at least when it comes to time. Or it could be that Alex actually lived with Rousseau in the jungle until she was 4 or 5 and wasn't taken by Ben until then. (But I would expect her to have had some memory of her mother if that was the case). Or Alex was stolen as a baby, but was being raised by the other Hostiles while Ben was still part of the Dharma Initiative. But then why wouldn't Alex think of one of the others as her father? (And each of the last two possibilities would require Rousseau to have lived on the island while the Dharma people were still there, which strikes me as unlikely, in part because it would mean that Rousseau hijacked he Dharma radio tower while Dharma was still going strong -- I would have expected them to repair something like that.) I guess the last option is that there's some kind of crazy time travel thing going on.
Anyway, Locke wakes up. Ben is sitting on a log, staring at him. Locke calls Hurley's name to wake him up. Hurley, still sleeping: "Mallomars." Heh. Locke tells Hurley it's time to leave. When Hurley points out that they don't know where to go, Locke tells him that they do now. Ben: "I used to have dreams." Did they involve being a pretty, pretty ballerina? Oh wait, that might be my dream again.
'50s hospital. Baby Locke is still in the incubator. (Which never blew up, that was a joke.) Emily and Grandma Locke are in the room looking at him. Grandma is wearing a hat made out of starfish. I'm not joking. Emily is near tears. The nurse enters and tells them that Baby Locke has had all kinds of problems, but fought through them all and is in fine health. The nurse tells Emily that it's okay for Locke to come out of the incubator, so she can hold him for the first time. And then Emily develops schizophrenia and runs out of the room. (By the way, kudos to the casting department for finding a young actor who looks so much like Swoozie Kurtz.) Grandma Locke pulls a cigarette out of her purse and asks who she should talk to about adoption. The nurse points out that she can't smoke there. And then Grandma Locke sees a dark-haired man watching them through an interior window. The nurse asks if that's the father; Grandma claims that she doesn't know who the man is. But we do -- it's Richard Alpert, looking the same as he always has. And I'm so glad Cane was cancelled, because I have missed Nestor Carbonell.
Back in the jungle, Hurley asks Locke exactly why he's there. Locke tells him that because he can see the cabin, he's special. Hurley's theory is that the three of them can see it because they're the craziest. Hurley asks how Locke figured out where the cabin was. Locke tells him that he didn't -- they're going to make a pit stop first, and he'll know how to find the cabin after that. Hurley: "A pit stop? Where?" At a pit -- literally. Locke asks Hurley if he ever wondered what happened to all of the Dharma Initiative people. And then he shows him, by leading him up to the edge of the mass grave into which Ben dumped the corpses of all the Dharma people. Hurley: "Whoa. What happened to them?" Locke, gesturing towards Ben: "He did." Commercials.
A little boy sits in a '60s house and sets up pieces on a backgammon board. A little girl tells him that the game is stupid, and then hits the board, ruining Lil' Locke's work. And then Lil' Locke blows her up. A foster mother enters from the porch, carrying another little boy. She sends the girl and her little brother to the kitchen because there's someone who wants to see Lil' Locke. It's Richard. Foster Mom, with an edge of threat in her voice, tells Lil' Locke that he had better be on his best behavior. Lil' Locke nods his agreement. Foster Mom leaves her charge alone in a room with a strange man. It's nice to see she's so diligent about taking care of her foster kids. Richard sits down across from Lil' Locke and tries to talk to him, but it's pretty one-sided, as all Lil' Locke will do is nod. Richard tells Lil' Locke that he's there on behalf of Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. They've heard Lil' Locke has a preternatural ability to blow things up. Not really, but Richard is there to test Lil' Locke to see if he's suitable for the school that Richard runs. When Lil' Locke hears that Richard thinks he might be special, he looks desperate to hear that this is indeed the case. Richard offers to show Lil' Locke "a couple of really neat things," and they move over to the couch. Ewww, not like that, you pervs. Lil' Locke sits on the couch and Richard sits across from him and places some objects on the coffee table. But before that, Richard sees a drawing of a cloud of black smoke attacking a stick figure. Lil' Locke drew it. The things Richard places on the coffee table include a baseball mitt, a book entitled Book of Laws, a glass vial of sand or dirt, a compass, a copy of issue #40 of Mystery Tales, and a knife. (Mystery Tales #40 was published in April 1956. The cover features a frightened-looking man peering out the window of a train or plane, where he sees a city skyline, with a different city floating on a cloud above. There are two questions on the cover: "What is the secret of the mysterious hidden land?" and "Does it pay to ignore the voice of warning?") Richard tells Lil' Locke that he should think very carefully about the items and tell him which of the things belong to Lil' Locke. Lil' Locke: "To keep?" Richard clarifies that he wants Lil' Locke to identify which of the things already belong to him. (If you've seen this before, it's because it's the one of the tests used in Tibetan Buddhism to identify a reincarnated lama, and has been depicted in a number of movies.) Lil' Locke picks the vial of sand and the compass, both of which seem to please Richard. And then he picks the knife. Richard asks him if he's sure about the knife. He is. Richard looks profoundly disappointed, snatches the knife out of Lil' Locke's hand, and packs up the rest of the items. As he walks to the door, Foster Mom runs up and asks Richard how Lil' Locke did. Richard: "I'm afraid John isn't quite ready for our school." He leaves, and Foster Mom asks Lil' Locke what he did. He just looks down in shame.
And back on the island, Locke has a reason to be ashamed -- he's in the mass grave, rifling through the corpses. Hurley, looking down into the pit, asks Ben what Locke is doing. Ben, looking utterly dejected, just shakes his head. Hurley: "So, this is where you shot Locke and left him for dead, huh?" Ben: "Yes, Hugo, I was standing right where you are now when I pulled the trigger." Hurley takes a step to the side so he's not standing directly in Ben's footsteps. Ben: "I should have realized at the time that it was pointless, but I really wasn't thinking clearly." Hurley asks if that's what happened when Ben killed all of the people in the grave. Ben is aghast at the idea that he killed them all. Hurley asks if it isn't the case that the Others killed the Dharma folks. Ben: "They did wipe them out, but it wasn't my decision." Hurley asks whose decision it was. Ben: "Their leader's." Hurley: "I thought you were their leader." Ben: "Not always." And then Locke finds Horace's corpse (as identified by his "Horace, Mathematician" nametag). In Horace's pocket, Locke finds a blueprint of a quaint little cabin, with a map drawn off to the side. That's just what Locke was looking for.
On the boat, Keamy and the captain walk down a corridor while Keamy inspects his malfunctioning gun. He asks for the captain's key. And then Frank arrives to tell them that the injured soldier is dead. Keamy tells Frank to gas up the chopper, because they're going to go back to the island. Frank doesn't think that makes much sense, but Keamy doesn't give a crap what Frank thinks. Frank leaves, and the captain tries to tell Martin that the crew started to act crazy in his absence (mentioning that Regina threw herself overboard). The captain thinks Keamy may be experiencing symptoms of the same craziness. Keamy appreciates his concern, and once again asks for his key. When the captain resists, Keamy shoves him up against the wall and rips the key from its location on a chain around the captain's neck. Keamy and the captain enter his office. The captain reminds him that they're only supposed to open the safe together. Keamy: "You're here, aren't you?" Taking a key from around his own neck, Keamy opens a file cabinet and uses the two keys to open a safe. From which he removes a red folder. The captain asks what's in the folder; Keamy tells him it's a secondary protocol. As he flips through the pages of a file, we see a large Dharma logo on the first page. Keamy says that the secondary protocol tells them where Ben is going: "Linus knows that if we're gonna torch the island, then there's only one place he can go." The pumpkin patch? The captain is not pleased at the thought of torching the island -- he only agreed to ferry Keamy and his men around for an extraction mission. Keamy looms over him, pulls out his gun... and tells the captain to fix it.
On the deck, Desmond watches some crewmembers carrying the body of the dead soldier away from the chopper. I guess the doctor never got him to the sick bay. Desmond and Sayid gossip about what might have happened. And then the captain arrives and tells another soldier ("Omar") that Keamy wants him in the armory. Omar thinks he's supposed to watch Desmond and Sayid, but the captain agrees to keep an eye on them in Omar's place. As Omar walks away, we hear some Morse code coming out of his phone. On the deck, the captain tells Sayid and Desmond about a safe place on the boat where they can hide. He thinks that if they're still on the deck when Keamy gets there, there's a good chance Keamy will kill them. Sayid thinks it's pointless to hide -- he wants the captain to give them the freighter's launch so they can start to ferry people back from the beach, thereby saving them from death at Keamy's hands. Although I'm not certain what he thinks will stop Keamy from killing them all when he gets back to the boat. The captain agrees, telling them to meet him in ten minutes. Commercials.
Jungle. Locke is getting his bearings on the map. He tells Hurley that since they no longer need his cabin-finding mojo, he's free to head back to the beach. Hurley thinks that visiting the cabin is less risky than walking through the jungle by himself, and decides to stick with Locke and Ben. As Hurley walks on ahead of the group, Ben tells Locke that he's impressed that Locke was able to make Hurley think that staying was his idea. Locke: "I'm not you." Ben: "You're certainly not."
Cut to a dark, enclosed space. We can see some light entering through a vented grate, and we can hear someone knocking and asking to be released. Did Keamy lock somebody up on the boat? No, some bullies locked Teen Locke up in his locker at school. A teacher opens it, and a gaggle of cheerleaders laugh at Teen Locke. Teen Locke has a bloody lip, and the teacher takes him to the nurse's office.
And now Teen Locke and the teacher are in an office. I see no sign of a nurse, or of any medical equipment, so I assume we've moved on to the teacher's office. Which means he's probably not a teacher but a principal or some kind of guidance counselor. Teen Locke refuses to say how he got trapped in the locker. Mr. Principal tells Teen Locke that while he's undoubtedly feeling unhappy at the moment, Mr. Principal does have some good news -- it seems that he was contacted by a Dr. Alpert of Mittelos Labs, and they'd like to invite Teen Locke to attend their science camp somewhere near Portland. Teen Locke thinks that things like science camp are the reason he gets stuffed into lockers. Teen Locke denies being a scientist: "I like boxing, and fishing, and cars. I like sports." Mr. Principal tells Teen Locke that he shouldn't try to deny his true identity as a man of science. I think he should have told him that going to science camp would enable him to invent a death ray to kill the bullies. Instead, Mr. Principal focuses on crushing Teen Locke's dreams, telling him that he'll never be the prom king or the quarterback or a superhero. Teen Locke: "Don't tell me what I can't do."
Freighter. Michael is on the floor of his cell, in pain, when Frank enters and asks him, "Why didn't you tell me?" What? Oh, that Michael is a survivor of Flight 815. Michael claims that Frank wouldn't have believed him. As Frank points out, the fact that he already told Michael that he believed the wreckage of Flight 815 was faked should have been a clue that he would be receptive to learning that there were survivors. Michael adds that he didn't know if he could trust Frank, since he's working for the guy who put the fake wreckage on the ocean floor. Frank releases Michael from his handcuffs and helps him stand up. Michael tells Frank that he can't fly Keamy back to the island, since he's planning on killing everyone there. They walk out of Michael's cell and see Omar and Keamy in a room at the end of the corridor. Omar is wrapping Keamy up in some kind of bondage gear. There are straps around his beautiful chest, taut abs, and enormous arms. I'm sorry, it's getting a little hot on this boat. Frank tells them that he's taking Michael to the engine room. Omar slams the door shut. If you didn't want people to see your bondage play, you should have kept the door shut in the first place. (But thank you for keeping it open.)
Captain Gault meets Sayid and Desmond at the appointed spot. He gives Sayid a compass and tells him to keep a heading of 305. Sayid asks what the captain will tell Keamy if he notices the launch missing. Captain: "I'll tell him you stole it." The captain tells them to leave, and walks away. Sayid prepares to climb down the ladder to the launch. Desmond tells him that he's not going back to the island: "I've been on the island three years. I'm never setting foot on it again, not when Penny's coming for me." Sayid accepts this, and tells him he'll return as soon as he can. The captain calls down to them from another deck, telling them to leave ASAP. Sayid climbs into the launch and heads out. Commercials.
Jungle, at night. Locke says that they're near the cabin. Ben asks how he knows it's still there. Locke: "It hasn't moved, because I was told that this is where it would be." Ben: "I was told a lot of things, too. That I was chosen, that I was special. I end up with a tumor on my spine and my daughter's blood all over my hands." But on the plus side, you got a lot of spiffy suits. Locke, with utter sincerity: "I'm sorry those things happened to you, Ben." Ben thinks those things were destiny. He tells Locke that he'll see that being chosen brings consequences; he calls destiny "a fickle bitch." Takes one to know one. From up ahead, Hurley calls out to tell them that they've found the cabin.
Flashback to Locke in rehab for his shattered spine. He's pulling himself along the parallel bars when he collapses. His physical therapist tells him they're finished for the day. Mysterious black hands push a wheelchair over to Locke. Except they're not that mysterious -- there just aren't that many black characters on this show, and we know that Locke never met Michael or Rose before coming to the island. So it must be Miss Klugh. Psych! It's Abbadon. As he wheels Locke down the hall, he tells him not to give up, because anything's possible. Locke thinks it would take a miracle for him to walk again; Abbadon points out that he survived an eight-story fall, so he's clearly not unfamiliar with miracles. But Locke doesn't believe in miracles. They arrive at an elevator, which is also at the top of a flight of stairs. Count me in with those who thought Abbadon was going to push Locke down the stairs. Instead, he calls the elevator and tells Locke that he (Abbadon) experienced his own miracle. But we never hear what it was -- clearly an inability to ask questions was a problem of Locke's even before he landed on the island. Abbadon sits down to Locke and tells him he needs to go on a walkabout, and then describes to him what that is. Abbadon says that he went on his own walkabout, and it taught him who he is. Locke mocks him for going on a walkabout only to discover that he's an orderly in a hospital. Abbadon: "Oh, I'm a lot more than just an orderly, John." The elevator arrives, and Abbadon puts him on it. But he gets off himself before the doors close, telling Locke, "When you're ready, Mr. Locke, you'll listen to what I'm saying. And then, when you and me run into each other again, you'll owe me one." The tone of his voice makes it sound as though he plans on charging a usurious level of interest on that debt.
On the freighter, soldiers pack up all kinds of scary-ass weapons. Desmond watches the activity around the chopper. Despite the fact that his dead patient was carried away some time ago, the doctor is still puttering around. Omar tells him that he got a Morse code message from the beach that the doctor washed up on the shore with his throat slit. The doctor thinks that's kind of crazy. Keamy arrives and tells Omar to get everything packed up. He's still wearing some of his bondage gear -- you can see the straps around his enormous upper arm. Frank arrives and asks what all the weapons are for. Keamy doesn't answer, and just tells Frank to start up the chopper. Frank tells him that he was hired to fly scientists around; he refuses to fly the soldiers back to the island. Keamy threatens to kill him, and Frank points out that his death would really make it impossible for Keamy to get back to the island, since Frank is the only pilot on board. So Keamy walks over to the doctor, slits his throat, and throws his body overboard. Well, that's one mystery solved. Keamy tells Frank that for every thirty seconds he refuses to fly him back, he'll kill another person. And then there's a gunshot. Captain Gault, backed up by a couple of crewmembers, points a gun at Keamy. Captain: "Fixed your gun." He tells Keamy to stand down or he'll shoot. Keamy raises his arms, and you can see that he's got a little box strapped to the inside of his arm. He gestures to it and tells the captain that shooting him would not be such a good idea. The captain looks aside to ask someone what the box is, and Keamy pulls out Omar's gun and shoots the captain. Nooooo! You're not supposed to kill each other -- you're supposed to fight and then have hot make-up sex. Come on! The captain keels over, and Keamy asks Frank what his choice is. Frank: "We're flying." Frank gets in the chopper, flips some switches, and then grabs a satellite phone and wraps it in a raincoat before shoving it in a pack. Keamy pries his gun out of the captain's cold dead fingers and then gets in the chopper. And it takes off.
Beach. Did you forget there were people there? Jack has left his tent to get some food. He seems remarkably chipper for someone who just had his appendix removed. Although with the kind of time games they're playing on the show, it's possible that it's been several days since the surgery. Juliet finishes lecturing Jack, and then they hear the sound of the chopper. Everyone looks up and sees it coming. They all look quite thrilled. Until the chopper flies overhead without stopping. It does drop something though, crushing an empty shelter. It's the bag with the satellite phone in it. On the display, you can see a light indicating the chopper (or its passengers) moving quickly northwards. Jack: "I think they want us to follow them." Or maybe they're trying to give you a way to stay the hell away from the people who are trying to kill you.
Jungle. Locke, Ben, and Hurley stand outside the cabin. Locke tells Ben, "Let's do this." But Ben's not going in; he's decided that Locke is the new chosen one. And Hurley is also pretty comfortable with Locke going in on his own. Locke leaves the torch and his pack with his cowardly stooges. Ben wishes him luck. Locke approaches the cabin and lights the lamp that is on the porch.
Locke enters the cabin. There's somebody sitting at a table. Locke enters and asks the person if he's Jacob. He isn't, but he says that he can speak on Jacob's behalf. Locke approaches and asks who it is. It's Christian! Which means nothing to Locke. (Christian is wearing brown boots instead of his normal white shoes. In case that means anything. My guess is that he stepped in some polar bear crap and just needed to change his shoes.) Locke sits down and asks if Christian knows why he's there. Christian: "Yeah, sure. Do you?" Locke: "I'm here because I was chosen to be." Locke hears a creaking sound in the corner, and walks over there. And he finds Claire, indolently lolling about. He's kind of shocked to see her. She tells him to relax; she's with Christian. She's got this kind of weird smirk. I think she looks high, but others have suggested it's more of a post-coital look. But I refuse to believe that, because why would she French her daddy? Locke asks where the baby is, and Christian tells him, "The baby's where he's supposed to be, and that's not here." Locke starts to ask all kinds of indignant questions, and Christian tells him that the Boaties are already on their way back; he thinks Locke should ask the one question that matters. Locke: "How do I save the island?"
Outside the cabin, Ben and Hurley sit on a log, waiting for Locke. Hurley pulls a candy bar out of his pocket and opens the wrapper. Ben looks at him and at the bar. With only some hesitation, Hurley breaks off half of the bar and hands it to Ben. They chew in silence until Locke emerges from the cabin. Ben: "Did he tell you what we're supposed to do?" Locke: "He wants us to move the island." Well, that's... something. Credits.
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