ACT 1
[Flash sideways - Jack awakens in his apartment. In the bathroom mirror, he’s confused to see the injury on the left side of his neck is bloody.]
DAVID: Morning.
JACK: Morning.
DAVID: I made breakfast.
JACK: u know, technically, opening a box of cereal is not making breakfast.
DAVID: So, you’re coming to the concert tonight, right?
JACK: Absolutely…Is your mom coming, too?
DAVID: Yeah…Why?…You’re not gonna get all weird, are you?
JACK: Why would I get weird?
DAVID: Just don’t get weird.
JACK: I won’t.
CLAIRE: Morning.
JACK: Morning.
DAVID: Morning…You want some cereal?
CLAIRE: Um, sure. Thanks.
JACK: How u feeling?
CLAIRE: Uh, pretty good. I mean, he kicks like crazy at night, so…
[Jack gets up to answer the telephone.]
JACK: Jack Shephard.
MAN: Hello, Mr. Shephard. Uh, this is Oceanic Airlines calling to inform u that we’ve, um, we’ve located your missing cargo.
JACK: My father’s coffin--you found it?
MAN: Yes, sir. It will be arriving in Los Angeles door the end of the day.
JACK: That’s, uh, that’s great news. Thank you.
MAN: Of, course, sir. We at Oceanic are very sorry it’s taken so long. [Man is shown to be Desmond] Good day, sir.
[Original timeline - on beach, Jack prepares a needle to stitch Kate’s gunshot wound]
JACK: It's the best I could do, and it’s gonna hurt a bit.
[Kate nods, holds on to Jack’s arm and gasps]
JACK: The bullet went straight through, but if I don’t do this, it’s gonna get infected.
KATE: [gasps]
JACK: I’m sorry.
KATE: They had a little girl, u know. Her name was Ji Yeon...Jin hadn’t even met her yet...Locke did this to them. We have to kill him, Jack.
JACK: I know.
[Hurley and Kate kom bij Sawyer, at the water’s edge, looking sadly out to sea. - sub debris, including life jackets, washes ashore - Kate, sympathetically, leans on Sawyer's shoulder - Jack joins them and sighs]
JACK: We should get going, now.
HURLEY: Go where?
JACK: Before Sayid died, he zei that Desmond was in a well. If Locke wants Desmond dead, then we’re gonna need him.
[Flash sideways - Desmond sits behind the wheel of a parked car at the school where Locke substitutes - he observes wheel-chaired Locke, who has gotten out of his van, speaking to students]
TEENAGE GIRL: Welcome back, Mr. Locke. It’s good to see you.
LOCKE: Thank you. You, too.
[Desmond starts his engine - Ben runs to the car and stands in front of it]
BEN: Hey! Don’t u dare! [to bystanders] It’s him! The guy who hit Mr. Locke. Someone call the police right now!
[Desmond gets out of the car]
BEN: I saw what u did. I’m making a citizen’s arrest.
DESMOND: Do not get in my way.
BEN: Don’t you…
[Desmond punches Ben in the face and slams him repeatedly onto the kap of the car]
BEN: I will not let u hurt Mr. Locke again!
DESMOND: I’m not here to hurt him, I’m here to help him let go.
BEN: Who are you?
DESMOND: u wanna know who I am?
[Desmond punches Ben several times in the face causing a flashback of the beating Ben received from Desmond, after shooting him, at the jachthaven, marina in LA - Ben is thrown to the ground, and Desmond drives off]
ACT 2
[Original timeline - Ben, followed door Miles and Richard, exhaustedly walk through the jungle]
MILES: u sure this is a shortcut, huh?
BEN: I lived in these houses a long time, Miles. I think I can remember how to get there.
MILES: Well, I lived in these house 30 years before u did; otherwise known as last week…and I have no idea where the hell we are.
BEN: Guess it’s a good thing, you’re following me.
RICHARD: u mind if ask how much explosive u have access to, Ben?
BEN: meer than enough to destroy the plane ten times over and keep it from ever leaving this island.
RICHARD: Been a long time. u sure it’s still there?
BEN: It’s C-4, Richard. I put some thought into hiding it.
MILES: Let me guess--cookie jar.
BEN: Don’t be ridiculous…It’s in my secret room behind the bookcase.
[The three arrive at the long-abandoned barracks - Miles is distracted door ghostly sounds and kneels down on the lawn]
BEN: What’s wrong?
MILES: It’s just--I--you know, I get wonky around dead stuff.
BEN: Do u have something u wanna share with us, Miles?
MILES: I-I don’t think…
BEN: What is it?
RICHARD: It’s Alex . . . It’s your daughter. . . After u left, I buried her.
BEN [sadly]: Thank you, Richard.
[They enter Ben’s house - Ben opens a secret door disguised as a boekenkast - in a closet Ben opens a veilig containing C-4]
MILES [looking at an ancient door inside the closet]: What’s that? A secreter room?
BEN: It’s where I was told I could summon the monster. That’s before I realized that it was the one summoning me.
BEN [looking at a stack of C-4 in the opened safe]: Okay. Richard, it’s your idea. Are we looking to cripple the plane of blow it to hell?
RICHARD: Blow it to hell.
BEN: Then we’d better take it all.
[Ben places six blocks of C-4 into a backpack that Richard is holding open - they hear noises - Ben and Richard grab their rifles and go to the kitchen]
RICHARD: Don’t move! . . . toon me your hands.
ZOE [with hands raised]: Calm down. It’s-it’s okay.
BEN: Who the hell are you?
[They turn to the voice behind them]
WIDMORE: She’s with me.
[Widmore is unarmed - a picture of Alex as a child is visible behind him]
WIDMORE: Hello, Benjamin. . . May I come in?
BEN: What are u doing here?
[Widmore helps himself to a glass of tap water]
WIDMORE: Put the gun down, Benjamin. [to Zoe] Go to the dock. Take our equipment from the outrigger and then sink it.
ZOE: u got it
BEN: She’s not going anywhere. If u don’t answer me, I swear . . .
WIDMORE: If u shoot me then your last chance of survival will be gone. [to Zoe] Go. He won’t do anything.
WIDMORE: What are u doing here, Richard?
RICHARD: We’re getting explosives to destroy the plane on the other island
WIDMORE: Why would u want to do that?
BEN: None of your damned business.
WIDMORE: I’ve had that plane rigged with explosives since I got here. As usual, Benjamin, I’m three steps ahead of you.
BEN: How did u get back here, Charles?
WIDMORE: Jacob invited me.
BEN: That’s a lie. You’ve never even seen Jacob.
WIDMORE: I most certainly have. He visited me, not long after your people destroyed my freighter. He convinced me of the error of my ways; and told me everything I needed to know for this exact purpose.
BEN: What purpose?
ZOE [on radio]: Charles?
WIDMORE: Yes.
[Through binoculars, Zoe sees Locke paddling an outrigger]
ZOE: It’s Locke. He’s coming.
WIDMORE: Has he seen you?
ZOE: No, I don’t think so. Our boot is still there. I didn’t have time to--
WIDMORE: Run! Get back here as fast as u can. [to Ben] If u don’t want to die, we need to hide.
ACT 3
[Sideways timeline - Ben is being treated door the school nurse in her office]
NURSE: This may sting a bit, Mr. Linus.
BEN: It’s Dr. Linus, actually.
NURSE: I’ll go get u an ice pack.
[Ben stares at his battered face in a mirror - his left arm is in a slinger, sling - Locke wheels into room]
LOCKE: Dr. Linus? . . . Are u all right? . . I heard there was a--an incident in the parking lot.
BEN: I guess I got into a fight.
LOCKE: A fight? With who?
BEN: I saw the man that ran u down, Mr. Locke. He was back. I approached him, and he just attacked me. And then the strangest thing happened. While he was beating me, I think--I think I saw something. [reacts to Locke dialing his cell phone] What are u doing?
LOCKE: I’m calling the police.
BEN: u may not want to do that. [phone dials]
LOCKE: Well, why wouldn’t I want to?
BEN: The man told me that he wasn’t trying to hurt you. He told me that he was trying to get u to let go.
OFFICER [on other end of phone]: L.A.P.D.
BEN: And for some reason, I believed him.
OFFICER: Hello, L.A.P.D.
BEN: Do u have any idea what he was talking about, Mr. Locke? Does that mean something to you?
[Locke shuts his cell phone. Police station, an officer is taking Locke's call]
OFFICER: Hello? LAPD.
[At police station, officer hangs up the phone - Desmond approaches him]
DESMOND: Excuse me. . . Um, I’d like to see a detective, please.
[Miles is knotting a tie - Sawyer is behind him at the station]
SAWYER: What’s with the getup? Somebody die?
MILES: The benefit at my dad’s museum. The concert I’ve been telling u about all week? Ring a bell?
SAWYER: Yeah, it’s all I’ve been thinking about.
MILES: u can still be my date, if u want to.
SAWYER: That red-headed chick that hates me gonna be there?
MILES: Charlotte? Yeah.
SAWYER: Yeah, pass.
OFFICER: Detective Ford, this guy’s got something to tell ya.
SAWYER: Yeah?
DESMOND: Um . . .there was a hit and run a few days geleden at Washington Tustin High School and then this morning, one of the teachers there was--was beaten badly door the--by the same suspect.
SAWYER: Yeah? And?
DESMOND: I’m the suspect.
[Desmond is led to a holding cell door two officers and Sawyer]
SAWYER: Thanks for saving the taxpayers the trouble of hunting u down.
DESMOND: You’re welcome. [to person in the cell] Good afternoon.
[Sayid does not respond - Desmond smiles at Kate, who is on a cot in an adjoining cell]
DESMOND: And how are u doing today?
KATE: Terrific.
ACT 4
[Original timeline - Jack leads Sawyer through the jungle]
JACK: Any idea exactly where this well is?
SAWYER: Sayid zei it was close to our camp, about an uur away. . . If Locke wanted Desmond dead, why didn’t he just kill him?
JACK: Who knows? Maybe it’s one of his rules.
SAWYER: The bomb on the sub. . .you zei he couldn’t’ kill us.
JACK: I’ve been wrong before.
SAWYER: I killed them, didn’t I?
JACK: No. He killed them.
[Hurley is lagging behind Jack and Sawyer, with Kate following - Hurley sees young Jacob]
KATE: u all right?
HURLEY: Yeah. I’m fine.
KATE: Okay.
[Kate walks on - Hurley is startled door the boy]
HURLEY: Ahh!
YOUNG JACOB: Give me the ashes.
HURLEY: What? Who are you?
YOUNG JACOB: Give me the ashes u took from Ilana’s things after she died. I know they’re in your pocket.
HURLEY: Why?
YOUNG JACOB: Because they’re mine.
HURLEY: What do u want them for?
[The boy snatches the bag of ashes and runs away - Hurley chases him]
HURLEY: Hey!
[Hurley comes upon Jacob, sitting at a camp fire]
JACOB: Hello, Hugo.
HURLEY: Dude. . . I’ve been waiting for u to toon up. Where u been?
JACOB: Doesn’t matter. I’m here now.
HURLEY: Did u see a kid run door here with your ashes?
JJACOB: My ashes are right there in that fire. . . When it burns out, you’ll never see me again.
HURLEY: Uh, what?
JACOB: u should get your friends. . . We’re very close to the end, Hugo.
[Locke, with geweer-, geweer and backpack in hand, steps onto the dock from the outrigger - he stares at the metal cases in Widmore’s boot - Zoe rushes into Ben's house]
ZOE: Charles, let’s go.
WIDMORE: There’s no time. Linus has a hidden room, come on. . . What are u waiting for?
BEN: I’m not interested in hiding. He’s gonna find me sooner of later anyway. I’d rather have it over with.
MILES: These are both great plans, but I’m gonna go with surviving. . . If u need us, we’ll be running through the jungle.
BEN: Miles, wait. [to Widmore and Zoe] Give me your walkie-talkies.
WIDMORE: Why?
BEN: Because I asked. [they hand him their walkie-talkies] Thank you. [to Miles] In case I need you. . .
WIDMORE: He’s gonna kill you. u know that.
BEN: Then I guess this is goodbye.
[Widmore and Zoe go into the secret room through the boekenkast door]
BEN [to Richard]: Care to kom bij me outside while I wait for the inevitable?
RICHARD: I-I’m gonna talk to him. I know this man. All he wants is for me to kom bij him, and if I can get him to leave with me, maybe that’ll give the rest of u a chance.
MILES: Good luck with that.
[Miles runs off - Richard and Ben step outside, unarmed - smoke monster rattling and roaring noises are heard - Richard is picked up and thrown door the monster]
RICHARD: Ugh!
[Ben sits on a porch chair - Locke appears from around a house volgende door]
LOCKE: Just the man I was looking for.
BEN: Well, u found me.
[Locke takes off his pack and puts down his rifle]
BEN: Can I get u a glass of lemonade?
[Locke takes out a mes and sits volgende to Ben]
LOCKE: I need u . . .to kill some people for me, Ben.
BEN: And why would I do that?
LOCKE: Because once I leave this island, u can have it all to yourself.
BEN: All right.
LOCKE: Good. . . Now whose outrigger is that down at the dock?
BEN: I believe it’s Charles Widmore’s.
LOCKE: And do u know where I might find him?
BEN: He’s hiding in my closet.
ACT 5
[Sideways timeline - Ben is headed for his car in the school parking lot - he drops his keys]
ALEX: Oh, my God. Hey, Dr. Linus.
BEN: Hello, Alex.
ALEX: Oh, my God. What happened?
BEN: I found myself confronting someone that had a bit of a temper.
ALEX: What? Why would someone want to hurt you? You’re, like, the--the nicest guy ever.
BEN: Guess they had me confused with somebody else.
ALEX: Well, u shouldn’t be driving. My mom’s waiting for me over there. Let us give u a ride home.
BEN: Oh, no, I’m not going to be any trouble to you.
ALEX: Dr. Linus, please. . . You’ve got one hand. u look like Napoleon.
BEN: Excellent point.
ALEX: Hey, Mom! Is it okay if we give Dr. Linus a ride home?
ROUSSEAU: Of course. After everything u have done for my daughter, a ride is the least we can do. I’m Danielle.
BEN: Benjamin Linus.
ALEX: Hey, Mom, can Dr. Linus come over for dinner? It’s coq au vin night.
BEN: Oh, that’s really not necessary --
ROUSSEAU: No, we insist. Even if we have to kidnap you. [opening car door] Here, please.
ROUSSEAU: Do u mind getting that plate? . . . Dr. Linus . . . thank you. It’s so nice to be able to cook for someone other than Alex.
BEN: If u don’t mind my asking, where is her father?
ROUSSEAU: He died when Alex was 2.
BEN: Oh.
ROUSSEAU: That’s probably why she’s so attached to you.
BEN: Excuse me?
ROUSSEAU: All the interest you’ve taken in her. All the help you’ve gegeven . . .you’re the closest thing to a father she’s ever had.
[Ben chokes up and goes into the other room and looks at Alex - he returns with another avondeten, diner plate]
ROUSSEAU: Are u . . . are u all right?
BEN: I’m fine. I’m sure it’s the onions.
ROUSSEAU: Oh, I’ll put in less volgende time.
[Original timeline - Ben enters the house, followed door Locke - Ben gestures toward the secret room]
BEN: After you. . . Charles and his lady friend are in here. . . She’s armed. But I’m guessing that’s not a problem for you.
LOCKE: Wait out here. . . u don’t need to see this.
BEN: I want to see this.
[Locke and Ben enter the secret room where Widmore and Zoe are standing]
BEN: Sorry, Charles.
LOCKE: What a pleasant surprise. How nice to be able to talk without those fences between us. [to Zoe] And who might u be?
ZOE: Zoe. My name is Zoe. I--
WIDMORE: Don’t talk to him. Don’t say anything.
[Locke cuts Zoe’s throat with his mes - Widmore grabs her as she collapses to the floor]
WIDMORE: Why would u do that?
LOCKE: u told her not to talk to me. That made her pointless. . . Now, Charles, it’s clear you’re not afraid to die. So, there’s only one way to motivate u to tell me what I want to know. Soon, this will all be over. I’ll get what I want. And I’ll finally leave this island. And when I do, the first thing I’m going to do is kill your daughter . . . Penny.
WIDMORE: You’ll kill her whether I talk to u of not.
LOCKE: No, I won’t. I give u my word.
WIDMORE: And I’m supposed to take your word?
LOCKE: u tell me why u came back here and I won’t hurt your daughter.
WIDMORE: I brought Desmond Hume back here because of his unique resistance to electromagnetism. He was a measure of last resort.
LOCKE: What do u mean, “last resort”?
WIDMORE: I’m not saying any meer in front of him.
LOCKE: Well, then whisper to me. Hmm?
[Widmore whispers into Locke’s ear - three shots are fired - Ben has gunned down Widmore]
BEN: He doesn’t get to save his daughter?
LOCKE [wiping his mes on a white overhemd, shirt from the closet]: Ben . . . u never cease to amaze me. Fortunately, he had already told me what I needed to know. So, no harm done.
BEN: Good. . . Did u say there were some other people to kill?
[Original timeline - at night, Hurley leads Sawyer, Kate and Jack to Jacob]
JACOB: Hello, Kate. . . James . . . Jack.
HURLEY: He’s right there door the fire, he says hello. . .
JACK: I heard him.
HURLEY: What, u can see him?
JACK: Yeah, I can see him.
HURLEY: Kate? Sawyer? You, too? [Sawyer nods]
KATE: So, you’re the one who wrote our names on the wall.
JACOB: I am.
KATE: Sun and Jin Kwon and Sayid Jarrah--you wrote their names on the wall?
JACOB: Yes.
KATE: Is that why they’re dead?
JACOB: I’m very sorry.
KATE: You’re sorry?
HURLEY: Kate.
KATE: No, I wanna know why. I wanna know that Sun and Jin and Sayid didn’t die for nothing.
JACOB: Come and sit down and I’ll tell u what they died for. . . I’ll tell u why I chose them . . . and why I chose you. And then I’ll tell u everything u need to know about protecting this island, because door the time that brand burns out, one of u is gonna have to start doing it.
ACT 6
[Sideways timeline - Jack sits at his office desk]
WOMAN P.A. VOICE: bureau supervisor, dial 41-0-4. bureau supervisor, dial 41-0-4.
LOCKE [knocks]: u got a minute?
JACK [gets up and removes chair from in front of his desk]: Mr. Locke, yes. Yes, come on in.
LOCKE [looking at foto of Jack, Christian and David]: Is that your son?
JACK [returning to his chair]: Yes, that’s, uh, last thanksgiving.
LOCKE: He looks just like you.
JACK: Don’t tell him that. . . So, what can I do for you, Mr. Locke?
LOCKE: Dr. Shephard, u and I were on the same plane from Sydney. u gave me your card, and . . . the volgende dag I threw it away, no offense.
JACK: None taken.
LOCKE: Anyway . . . then a few days later I get hit door a car. And of all the doctors in Los Angeles, I ended up with you. Then a-after u save my life, u still want to fix me and I still don’t wanna be fixed. Okay. Then . . . the man who ran me down shows up at my school today, again. He beat up a teacher in the parking lot. But, do u know what he zei to him? He zei that he wasn’t there to hurt me, he was there to help me “let go,” which is exactly the same thing that u zei to me the last time we saw each other.
JACK: I’m sorry. Are--are u saying that I sent this man to run u down?
LOCKE: No. No. No. No. No. But --but what if all this . . . maybe this is happening for a reason. Maybe you’re supposed to fix me.
JACK: Mr. Locke, I want to fix you, but I think you’re mistaking coincidence for fate.
LOCKE: u can call it whatever u want, but here I am. And I--I think I’m ready to get out of this chair.
[Original timeline - Jacob sits around a brand with Hurley, Kate, Jack and Sawyer]
JACOB: I don’t really know where to start.
HURLEY: How about why u brought us to the island?
JACOB: I brought all of u here because I made a mistake. A mistake I made a very long time ago, and now, because of that there’s a very good chance that every single one of u and everyone you’ve ever cared about is going to die.
SAWYER: What mistake?
JACOB: u call him “The Monster.” But I’m responsible for what happened to him. I made him that way. And ever since then he’s been trying to kill me. It was only a matter of time before he figured out how, and when he did, someone would have to replace me. And that’s why I brought u all here.
SAWYER: Tell me something, Jacob. Why do I gotta be punished for your mistake? What made u think u could mess with my life? I was doin’ just fine til u dragged my ezel to this damn rock.
JACOB: No, u weren’t. None of u were. I didn’t pluck any of u out of a happy existence. u were all flawed. I chose u because u were like me. u were all alone. u were all looking for something that u couldn’t find out there. I chose u because u needed this place as much as it needed you.
KATE: Why did u kruis my name off of your wall?
JACOB: Because u became a mother. It’s just a line of chalk in a cave. The job is yours if u want it, Kate.
JACK: What is the job?
JACOB: There’s a light at the center of the island. u have to make sure it never goes out. That’s how u protect it.
SAWYER: Your monster friend zei there is nothing to protect it from.
JACOB: Hmm. u have to protect it from him. . . u must do what I couldn’t. What I wasn’t able to do.
JACK: u want us to kill him? . . . Is that even possible?
JACOB: I hope so, because he is certainly going to try to kill you.
HURLEY: So . . . how u gonna pick?
JACOB: I’m not going to pick, Hugo. I want u to have the one thing that I was never given--a choice.
KATE: And if none of us chooses it?
JACOB: Then this ends very badly.
JACK: I’ll do it. . . This is why I’m here. This is . . . this is what I’m supposed to do.
JACOB: Is that a question, Jack?
JACK: No.
JACOB: Good. . . Then it’s time.
[Jacob leads Jack to a stream - Sawyer, Kate and Hurley watch from a distance]
SAWYER: And I thought that guy had a God complex before.
KATE: James.
SAWYER: Yeah, I know.
HURLEY: I’m just glad it’s not me.
JACOB: Do u remember that bamboo field u woke up in when u first got here?
JACK: Yeah.
JACOB: Beyond that field, across the ridge, is the hart-, hart of the island. That’s where the light is. . . That’s where he’s trying to go. And that’s what u have to protect.
JACK: Past the bamboo? There’s nothing out there.
JACOB: Yes, there is, Jack. And now you’ll be able to get there. . . Do u have a cup?
JACK: Yeah. Yeah, actually I do.
JACOB: [chanting in Latin] Nam non accipimus hoc quasi vulgarem potionem, sed ut ille sit quasi unus mecum (Because we don't accept this as a simple potion, but so that he shall be as one with me) [washes his hand in the stream and gives Jack water in the cup]
JACOB: Drink this.
JACK: How long am I gonna have to do this job?
JACOB: As long as u can.
[Jack drinks all of the water from the cup]
JACOB: Now, you’re like me.
[Sideways timeline - Sawyer, with two officers, stands outside the holding cells at the police station]
SAWYER: All righty. Here’s Jarrah and Hume. Little lady volgende door is Austen. It’s been real nice having y’all . . . but you’re shipping off to county. So best of luck and Vaya con Dios.
AUSTEN: u could still let me go.
SAWYER: Why the hell would I do that?
AUSTEN: Because I told u I was innocent. And u believe me.
SAWYER: Doesn’t matter. Still can’t let u go, I’m a cop.
AUSTEN: u don’t seem like a cop to me.
SAWYER: Nice knowin’ ya.
[Sayid, Desmond and Kate are in the back of a police van]
MAN [over radio]: 1-F-21 responding.
DESMOND: Think it’s time to leave.
KATE: What?
DESMOND: I said, I think it’s time to leave. u ready to get out of here?
KATE: I’m sorry. Who are you?
SAYID: He’s a crazy person who turned himself in.
KATE: What’d u turn yourself in for?
DESMOND: I ran over a guy in a wheelchair.
SAYID: u see what I mean?
DESMOND: All right. I’m crazy. But do u want to get out of here of not?
KATE: So, what, are u just gonna tell the driver to stop?
DESMOND: The driver already knows where to stop. But when that happens you’re gonna have to give me your trust.
SAYID: Our trust?
DESMOND: That’s right? Because after I set u free, I’m gonna ask each of u to do something, and you’re gonna have to promise me that you’ll do it. So what do u say?
SAYID: Oh, absolutely, I promise.
DESMOND: How about you?
KATE: Okay, sure.
DESMOND: All right, then.
[Van comes to a stop - the rear door is opened door a woman officer]
ANA LUCIA: Who’s Hume?
DESMOND: That’s me.
ANA LUCIA: Where’s your friend with my money? Otherwise I’m gonna have to say I shot all of u trying to escape.
DESMOND: Don’t worry. He’ll be here.
[Ana Lucia removes Desmond’s handcuffs and he gets out of the busje, van - a yellow Hummer arrives]
DESMOND: All right here he comes.
[Kate and Sayid jump out of the busje, van - Hurley gets out of the Hummer]
HURLEY: Sorry I’m late, dude.
DESMOND: Don’t worry about it.
HURLEY: Oh, hey, u didn’t tell me Ana Lucia was gonna be here.
ANA LUCIA: Do I know you, tubby?
HURLEY: Oh, no. We never met. Anyways, here’s your money. A hundred twenty-five grand, right?
ANA LUCIA: Yeah, that’r right. Nice not knowing you.
HURLEY: She’s not coming with us?
DESMOND: No, she’s not ready yet.
HURLEY: I brought u my Camaro. The keys are under the floor mat. Everything else u need’s in the trunk.
DESMOND: All right, good. . . Um, u know where you’re taking them, yeah?
HURLEY: Absolutely.
DESMOND: All right, well, we should get going. [to Sayid} Okay, you’re with him, and you’re with me.
KATE: What do u mean, I’m with you?
DESMOND: We . . . are going to a concert. [hands Kate a black dress] Let’s go.
[Original timeline - Ben is following Locke through the jungle at night]
BEN: Hey, can I ask u something?
LOCKE: Shoot.
BEN: If u can turn yourself into smoke whenever u want, why do u bother walking?
LOCKE: I like the feel of my feet on the ground. Reminds me that I was human. . . We’re here.
[They approach a well and look into it]
BEN: Are u thirsty?
LOCKE: This is the well I threw Desmond Hume into.
BEN: What’s the matter?
LOCKE: I sent Sayid to kill Desmond, and obviously, he didn’t.
BEN: Looks like someone helped him out.
LOCKE: No, Ben. Someone helped me out.
BEN: What did Widmore say to you?
LOCKE: He zei Desmond was a fail-safe. Jacob’s last resort in case, God forbid, I managed to kill all of his beloved candidates. One final way to make sure that I never leave this place.
BEN: Then . . . why are u happy that he’s still alive?
LOCKE: Because I’m gonna find Desmond, and when I do, he’s gonna help me do the one thing that I could never do myself. I’m gonna destroy the island.
[Flash sideways - Jack awakens in his apartment. In the bathroom mirror, he’s confused to see the injury on the left side of his neck is bloody.]
DAVID: Morning.
JACK: Morning.
DAVID: I made breakfast.
JACK: u know, technically, opening a box of cereal is not making breakfast.
DAVID: So, you’re coming to the concert tonight, right?
JACK: Absolutely…Is your mom coming, too?
DAVID: Yeah…Why?…You’re not gonna get all weird, are you?
JACK: Why would I get weird?
DAVID: Just don’t get weird.
JACK: I won’t.
CLAIRE: Morning.
JACK: Morning.
DAVID: Morning…You want some cereal?
CLAIRE: Um, sure. Thanks.
JACK: How u feeling?
CLAIRE: Uh, pretty good. I mean, he kicks like crazy at night, so…
[Jack gets up to answer the telephone.]
JACK: Jack Shephard.
MAN: Hello, Mr. Shephard. Uh, this is Oceanic Airlines calling to inform u that we’ve, um, we’ve located your missing cargo.
JACK: My father’s coffin--you found it?
MAN: Yes, sir. It will be arriving in Los Angeles door the end of the day.
JACK: That’s, uh, that’s great news. Thank you.
MAN: Of, course, sir. We at Oceanic are very sorry it’s taken so long. [Man is shown to be Desmond] Good day, sir.
[Original timeline - on beach, Jack prepares a needle to stitch Kate’s gunshot wound]
JACK: It's the best I could do, and it’s gonna hurt a bit.
[Kate nods, holds on to Jack’s arm and gasps]
JACK: The bullet went straight through, but if I don’t do this, it’s gonna get infected.
KATE: [gasps]
JACK: I’m sorry.
KATE: They had a little girl, u know. Her name was Ji Yeon...Jin hadn’t even met her yet...Locke did this to them. We have to kill him, Jack.
JACK: I know.
[Hurley and Kate kom bij Sawyer, at the water’s edge, looking sadly out to sea. - sub debris, including life jackets, washes ashore - Kate, sympathetically, leans on Sawyer's shoulder - Jack joins them and sighs]
JACK: We should get going, now.
HURLEY: Go where?
JACK: Before Sayid died, he zei that Desmond was in a well. If Locke wants Desmond dead, then we’re gonna need him.
[Flash sideways - Desmond sits behind the wheel of a parked car at the school where Locke substitutes - he observes wheel-chaired Locke, who has gotten out of his van, speaking to students]
TEENAGE GIRL: Welcome back, Mr. Locke. It’s good to see you.
LOCKE: Thank you. You, too.
[Desmond starts his engine - Ben runs to the car and stands in front of it]
BEN: Hey! Don’t u dare! [to bystanders] It’s him! The guy who hit Mr. Locke. Someone call the police right now!
[Desmond gets out of the car]
BEN: I saw what u did. I’m making a citizen’s arrest.
DESMOND: Do not get in my way.
BEN: Don’t you…
[Desmond punches Ben in the face and slams him repeatedly onto the kap of the car]
BEN: I will not let u hurt Mr. Locke again!
DESMOND: I’m not here to hurt him, I’m here to help him let go.
BEN: Who are you?
DESMOND: u wanna know who I am?
[Desmond punches Ben several times in the face causing a flashback of the beating Ben received from Desmond, after shooting him, at the jachthaven, marina in LA - Ben is thrown to the ground, and Desmond drives off]
ACT 2
[Original timeline - Ben, followed door Miles and Richard, exhaustedly walk through the jungle]
MILES: u sure this is a shortcut, huh?
BEN: I lived in these houses a long time, Miles. I think I can remember how to get there.
MILES: Well, I lived in these house 30 years before u did; otherwise known as last week…and I have no idea where the hell we are.
BEN: Guess it’s a good thing, you’re following me.
RICHARD: u mind if ask how much explosive u have access to, Ben?
BEN: meer than enough to destroy the plane ten times over and keep it from ever leaving this island.
RICHARD: Been a long time. u sure it’s still there?
BEN: It’s C-4, Richard. I put some thought into hiding it.
MILES: Let me guess--cookie jar.
BEN: Don’t be ridiculous…It’s in my secret room behind the bookcase.
[The three arrive at the long-abandoned barracks - Miles is distracted door ghostly sounds and kneels down on the lawn]
BEN: What’s wrong?
MILES: It’s just--I--you know, I get wonky around dead stuff.
BEN: Do u have something u wanna share with us, Miles?
MILES: I-I don’t think…
BEN: What is it?
RICHARD: It’s Alex . . . It’s your daughter. . . After u left, I buried her.
BEN [sadly]: Thank you, Richard.
[They enter Ben’s house - Ben opens a secret door disguised as a boekenkast - in a closet Ben opens a veilig containing C-4]
MILES [looking at an ancient door inside the closet]: What’s that? A secreter room?
BEN: It’s where I was told I could summon the monster. That’s before I realized that it was the one summoning me.
BEN [looking at a stack of C-4 in the opened safe]: Okay. Richard, it’s your idea. Are we looking to cripple the plane of blow it to hell?
RICHARD: Blow it to hell.
BEN: Then we’d better take it all.
[Ben places six blocks of C-4 into a backpack that Richard is holding open - they hear noises - Ben and Richard grab their rifles and go to the kitchen]
RICHARD: Don’t move! . . . toon me your hands.
ZOE [with hands raised]: Calm down. It’s-it’s okay.
BEN: Who the hell are you?
[They turn to the voice behind them]
WIDMORE: She’s with me.
[Widmore is unarmed - a picture of Alex as a child is visible behind him]
WIDMORE: Hello, Benjamin. . . May I come in?
BEN: What are u doing here?
[Widmore helps himself to a glass of tap water]
WIDMORE: Put the gun down, Benjamin. [to Zoe] Go to the dock. Take our equipment from the outrigger and then sink it.
ZOE: u got it
BEN: She’s not going anywhere. If u don’t answer me, I swear . . .
WIDMORE: If u shoot me then your last chance of survival will be gone. [to Zoe] Go. He won’t do anything.
WIDMORE: What are u doing here, Richard?
RICHARD: We’re getting explosives to destroy the plane on the other island
WIDMORE: Why would u want to do that?
BEN: None of your damned business.
WIDMORE: I’ve had that plane rigged with explosives since I got here. As usual, Benjamin, I’m three steps ahead of you.
BEN: How did u get back here, Charles?
WIDMORE: Jacob invited me.
BEN: That’s a lie. You’ve never even seen Jacob.
WIDMORE: I most certainly have. He visited me, not long after your people destroyed my freighter. He convinced me of the error of my ways; and told me everything I needed to know for this exact purpose.
BEN: What purpose?
ZOE [on radio]: Charles?
WIDMORE: Yes.
[Through binoculars, Zoe sees Locke paddling an outrigger]
ZOE: It’s Locke. He’s coming.
WIDMORE: Has he seen you?
ZOE: No, I don’t think so. Our boot is still there. I didn’t have time to--
WIDMORE: Run! Get back here as fast as u can. [to Ben] If u don’t want to die, we need to hide.
ACT 3
[Sideways timeline - Ben is being treated door the school nurse in her office]
NURSE: This may sting a bit, Mr. Linus.
BEN: It’s Dr. Linus, actually.
NURSE: I’ll go get u an ice pack.
[Ben stares at his battered face in a mirror - his left arm is in a slinger, sling - Locke wheels into room]
LOCKE: Dr. Linus? . . . Are u all right? . . I heard there was a--an incident in the parking lot.
BEN: I guess I got into a fight.
LOCKE: A fight? With who?
BEN: I saw the man that ran u down, Mr. Locke. He was back. I approached him, and he just attacked me. And then the strangest thing happened. While he was beating me, I think--I think I saw something. [reacts to Locke dialing his cell phone] What are u doing?
LOCKE: I’m calling the police.
BEN: u may not want to do that. [phone dials]
LOCKE: Well, why wouldn’t I want to?
BEN: The man told me that he wasn’t trying to hurt you. He told me that he was trying to get u to let go.
OFFICER [on other end of phone]: L.A.P.D.
BEN: And for some reason, I believed him.
OFFICER: Hello, L.A.P.D.
BEN: Do u have any idea what he was talking about, Mr. Locke? Does that mean something to you?
[Locke shuts his cell phone. Police station, an officer is taking Locke's call]
OFFICER: Hello? LAPD.
[At police station, officer hangs up the phone - Desmond approaches him]
DESMOND: Excuse me. . . Um, I’d like to see a detective, please.
[Miles is knotting a tie - Sawyer is behind him at the station]
SAWYER: What’s with the getup? Somebody die?
MILES: The benefit at my dad’s museum. The concert I’ve been telling u about all week? Ring a bell?
SAWYER: Yeah, it’s all I’ve been thinking about.
MILES: u can still be my date, if u want to.
SAWYER: That red-headed chick that hates me gonna be there?
MILES: Charlotte? Yeah.
SAWYER: Yeah, pass.
OFFICER: Detective Ford, this guy’s got something to tell ya.
SAWYER: Yeah?
DESMOND: Um . . .there was a hit and run a few days geleden at Washington Tustin High School and then this morning, one of the teachers there was--was beaten badly door the--by the same suspect.
SAWYER: Yeah? And?
DESMOND: I’m the suspect.
[Desmond is led to a holding cell door two officers and Sawyer]
SAWYER: Thanks for saving the taxpayers the trouble of hunting u down.
DESMOND: You’re welcome. [to person in the cell] Good afternoon.
[Sayid does not respond - Desmond smiles at Kate, who is on a cot in an adjoining cell]
DESMOND: And how are u doing today?
KATE: Terrific.
ACT 4
[Original timeline - Jack leads Sawyer through the jungle]
JACK: Any idea exactly where this well is?
SAWYER: Sayid zei it was close to our camp, about an uur away. . . If Locke wanted Desmond dead, why didn’t he just kill him?
JACK: Who knows? Maybe it’s one of his rules.
SAWYER: The bomb on the sub. . .you zei he couldn’t’ kill us.
JACK: I’ve been wrong before.
SAWYER: I killed them, didn’t I?
JACK: No. He killed them.
[Hurley is lagging behind Jack and Sawyer, with Kate following - Hurley sees young Jacob]
KATE: u all right?
HURLEY: Yeah. I’m fine.
KATE: Okay.
[Kate walks on - Hurley is startled door the boy]
HURLEY: Ahh!
YOUNG JACOB: Give me the ashes.
HURLEY: What? Who are you?
YOUNG JACOB: Give me the ashes u took from Ilana’s things after she died. I know they’re in your pocket.
HURLEY: Why?
YOUNG JACOB: Because they’re mine.
HURLEY: What do u want them for?
[The boy snatches the bag of ashes and runs away - Hurley chases him]
HURLEY: Hey!
[Hurley comes upon Jacob, sitting at a camp fire]
JACOB: Hello, Hugo.
HURLEY: Dude. . . I’ve been waiting for u to toon up. Where u been?
JACOB: Doesn’t matter. I’m here now.
HURLEY: Did u see a kid run door here with your ashes?
JJACOB: My ashes are right there in that fire. . . When it burns out, you’ll never see me again.
HURLEY: Uh, what?
JACOB: u should get your friends. . . We’re very close to the end, Hugo.
[Locke, with geweer-, geweer and backpack in hand, steps onto the dock from the outrigger - he stares at the metal cases in Widmore’s boot - Zoe rushes into Ben's house]
ZOE: Charles, let’s go.
WIDMORE: There’s no time. Linus has a hidden room, come on. . . What are u waiting for?
BEN: I’m not interested in hiding. He’s gonna find me sooner of later anyway. I’d rather have it over with.
MILES: These are both great plans, but I’m gonna go with surviving. . . If u need us, we’ll be running through the jungle.
BEN: Miles, wait. [to Widmore and Zoe] Give me your walkie-talkies.
WIDMORE: Why?
BEN: Because I asked. [they hand him their walkie-talkies] Thank you. [to Miles] In case I need you. . .
WIDMORE: He’s gonna kill you. u know that.
BEN: Then I guess this is goodbye.
[Widmore and Zoe go into the secret room through the boekenkast door]
BEN [to Richard]: Care to kom bij me outside while I wait for the inevitable?
RICHARD: I-I’m gonna talk to him. I know this man. All he wants is for me to kom bij him, and if I can get him to leave with me, maybe that’ll give the rest of u a chance.
MILES: Good luck with that.
[Miles runs off - Richard and Ben step outside, unarmed - smoke monster rattling and roaring noises are heard - Richard is picked up and thrown door the monster]
RICHARD: Ugh!
[Ben sits on a porch chair - Locke appears from around a house volgende door]
LOCKE: Just the man I was looking for.
BEN: Well, u found me.
[Locke takes off his pack and puts down his rifle]
BEN: Can I get u a glass of lemonade?
[Locke takes out a mes and sits volgende to Ben]
LOCKE: I need u . . .to kill some people for me, Ben.
BEN: And why would I do that?
LOCKE: Because once I leave this island, u can have it all to yourself.
BEN: All right.
LOCKE: Good. . . Now whose outrigger is that down at the dock?
BEN: I believe it’s Charles Widmore’s.
LOCKE: And do u know where I might find him?
BEN: He’s hiding in my closet.
ACT 5
[Sideways timeline - Ben is headed for his car in the school parking lot - he drops his keys]
ALEX: Oh, my God. Hey, Dr. Linus.
BEN: Hello, Alex.
ALEX: Oh, my God. What happened?
BEN: I found myself confronting someone that had a bit of a temper.
ALEX: What? Why would someone want to hurt you? You’re, like, the--the nicest guy ever.
BEN: Guess they had me confused with somebody else.
ALEX: Well, u shouldn’t be driving. My mom’s waiting for me over there. Let us give u a ride home.
BEN: Oh, no, I’m not going to be any trouble to you.
ALEX: Dr. Linus, please. . . You’ve got one hand. u look like Napoleon.
BEN: Excellent point.
ALEX: Hey, Mom! Is it okay if we give Dr. Linus a ride home?
ROUSSEAU: Of course. After everything u have done for my daughter, a ride is the least we can do. I’m Danielle.
BEN: Benjamin Linus.
ALEX: Hey, Mom, can Dr. Linus come over for dinner? It’s coq au vin night.
BEN: Oh, that’s really not necessary --
ROUSSEAU: No, we insist. Even if we have to kidnap you. [opening car door] Here, please.
ROUSSEAU: Do u mind getting that plate? . . . Dr. Linus . . . thank you. It’s so nice to be able to cook for someone other than Alex.
BEN: If u don’t mind my asking, where is her father?
ROUSSEAU: He died when Alex was 2.
BEN: Oh.
ROUSSEAU: That’s probably why she’s so attached to you.
BEN: Excuse me?
ROUSSEAU: All the interest you’ve taken in her. All the help you’ve gegeven . . .you’re the closest thing to a father she’s ever had.
[Ben chokes up and goes into the other room and looks at Alex - he returns with another avondeten, diner plate]
ROUSSEAU: Are u . . . are u all right?
BEN: I’m fine. I’m sure it’s the onions.
ROUSSEAU: Oh, I’ll put in less volgende time.
[Original timeline - Ben enters the house, followed door Locke - Ben gestures toward the secret room]
BEN: After you. . . Charles and his lady friend are in here. . . She’s armed. But I’m guessing that’s not a problem for you.
LOCKE: Wait out here. . . u don’t need to see this.
BEN: I want to see this.
[Locke and Ben enter the secret room where Widmore and Zoe are standing]
BEN: Sorry, Charles.
LOCKE: What a pleasant surprise. How nice to be able to talk without those fences between us. [to Zoe] And who might u be?
ZOE: Zoe. My name is Zoe. I--
WIDMORE: Don’t talk to him. Don’t say anything.
[Locke cuts Zoe’s throat with his mes - Widmore grabs her as she collapses to the floor]
WIDMORE: Why would u do that?
LOCKE: u told her not to talk to me. That made her pointless. . . Now, Charles, it’s clear you’re not afraid to die. So, there’s only one way to motivate u to tell me what I want to know. Soon, this will all be over. I’ll get what I want. And I’ll finally leave this island. And when I do, the first thing I’m going to do is kill your daughter . . . Penny.
WIDMORE: You’ll kill her whether I talk to u of not.
LOCKE: No, I won’t. I give u my word.
WIDMORE: And I’m supposed to take your word?
LOCKE: u tell me why u came back here and I won’t hurt your daughter.
WIDMORE: I brought Desmond Hume back here because of his unique resistance to electromagnetism. He was a measure of last resort.
LOCKE: What do u mean, “last resort”?
WIDMORE: I’m not saying any meer in front of him.
LOCKE: Well, then whisper to me. Hmm?
[Widmore whispers into Locke’s ear - three shots are fired - Ben has gunned down Widmore]
BEN: He doesn’t get to save his daughter?
LOCKE [wiping his mes on a white overhemd, shirt from the closet]: Ben . . . u never cease to amaze me. Fortunately, he had already told me what I needed to know. So, no harm done.
BEN: Good. . . Did u say there were some other people to kill?
[Original timeline - at night, Hurley leads Sawyer, Kate and Jack to Jacob]
JACOB: Hello, Kate. . . James . . . Jack.
HURLEY: He’s right there door the fire, he says hello. . .
JACK: I heard him.
HURLEY: What, u can see him?
JACK: Yeah, I can see him.
HURLEY: Kate? Sawyer? You, too? [Sawyer nods]
KATE: So, you’re the one who wrote our names on the wall.
JACOB: I am.
KATE: Sun and Jin Kwon and Sayid Jarrah--you wrote their names on the wall?
JACOB: Yes.
KATE: Is that why they’re dead?
JACOB: I’m very sorry.
KATE: You’re sorry?
HURLEY: Kate.
KATE: No, I wanna know why. I wanna know that Sun and Jin and Sayid didn’t die for nothing.
JACOB: Come and sit down and I’ll tell u what they died for. . . I’ll tell u why I chose them . . . and why I chose you. And then I’ll tell u everything u need to know about protecting this island, because door the time that brand burns out, one of u is gonna have to start doing it.
ACT 6
[Sideways timeline - Jack sits at his office desk]
WOMAN P.A. VOICE: bureau supervisor, dial 41-0-4. bureau supervisor, dial 41-0-4.
LOCKE [knocks]: u got a minute?
JACK [gets up and removes chair from in front of his desk]: Mr. Locke, yes. Yes, come on in.
LOCKE [looking at foto of Jack, Christian and David]: Is that your son?
JACK [returning to his chair]: Yes, that’s, uh, last thanksgiving.
LOCKE: He looks just like you.
JACK: Don’t tell him that. . . So, what can I do for you, Mr. Locke?
LOCKE: Dr. Shephard, u and I were on the same plane from Sydney. u gave me your card, and . . . the volgende dag I threw it away, no offense.
JACK: None taken.
LOCKE: Anyway . . . then a few days later I get hit door a car. And of all the doctors in Los Angeles, I ended up with you. Then a-after u save my life, u still want to fix me and I still don’t wanna be fixed. Okay. Then . . . the man who ran me down shows up at my school today, again. He beat up a teacher in the parking lot. But, do u know what he zei to him? He zei that he wasn’t there to hurt me, he was there to help me “let go,” which is exactly the same thing that u zei to me the last time we saw each other.
JACK: I’m sorry. Are--are u saying that I sent this man to run u down?
LOCKE: No. No. No. No. No. But --but what if all this . . . maybe this is happening for a reason. Maybe you’re supposed to fix me.
JACK: Mr. Locke, I want to fix you, but I think you’re mistaking coincidence for fate.
LOCKE: u can call it whatever u want, but here I am. And I--I think I’m ready to get out of this chair.
[Original timeline - Jacob sits around a brand with Hurley, Kate, Jack and Sawyer]
JACOB: I don’t really know where to start.
HURLEY: How about why u brought us to the island?
JACOB: I brought all of u here because I made a mistake. A mistake I made a very long time ago, and now, because of that there’s a very good chance that every single one of u and everyone you’ve ever cared about is going to die.
SAWYER: What mistake?
JACOB: u call him “The Monster.” But I’m responsible for what happened to him. I made him that way. And ever since then he’s been trying to kill me. It was only a matter of time before he figured out how, and when he did, someone would have to replace me. And that’s why I brought u all here.
SAWYER: Tell me something, Jacob. Why do I gotta be punished for your mistake? What made u think u could mess with my life? I was doin’ just fine til u dragged my ezel to this damn rock.
JACOB: No, u weren’t. None of u were. I didn’t pluck any of u out of a happy existence. u were all flawed. I chose u because u were like me. u were all alone. u were all looking for something that u couldn’t find out there. I chose u because u needed this place as much as it needed you.
KATE: Why did u kruis my name off of your wall?
JACOB: Because u became a mother. It’s just a line of chalk in a cave. The job is yours if u want it, Kate.
JACK: What is the job?
JACOB: There’s a light at the center of the island. u have to make sure it never goes out. That’s how u protect it.
SAWYER: Your monster friend zei there is nothing to protect it from.
JACOB: Hmm. u have to protect it from him. . . u must do what I couldn’t. What I wasn’t able to do.
JACK: u want us to kill him? . . . Is that even possible?
JACOB: I hope so, because he is certainly going to try to kill you.
HURLEY: So . . . how u gonna pick?
JACOB: I’m not going to pick, Hugo. I want u to have the one thing that I was never given--a choice.
KATE: And if none of us chooses it?
JACOB: Then this ends very badly.
JACK: I’ll do it. . . This is why I’m here. This is . . . this is what I’m supposed to do.
JACOB: Is that a question, Jack?
JACK: No.
JACOB: Good. . . Then it’s time.
[Jacob leads Jack to a stream - Sawyer, Kate and Hurley watch from a distance]
SAWYER: And I thought that guy had a God complex before.
KATE: James.
SAWYER: Yeah, I know.
HURLEY: I’m just glad it’s not me.
JACOB: Do u remember that bamboo field u woke up in when u first got here?
JACK: Yeah.
JACOB: Beyond that field, across the ridge, is the hart-, hart of the island. That’s where the light is. . . That’s where he’s trying to go. And that’s what u have to protect.
JACK: Past the bamboo? There’s nothing out there.
JACOB: Yes, there is, Jack. And now you’ll be able to get there. . . Do u have a cup?
JACK: Yeah. Yeah, actually I do.
JACOB: [chanting in Latin] Nam non accipimus hoc quasi vulgarem potionem, sed ut ille sit quasi unus mecum (Because we don't accept this as a simple potion, but so that he shall be as one with me) [washes his hand in the stream and gives Jack water in the cup]
JACOB: Drink this.
JACK: How long am I gonna have to do this job?
JACOB: As long as u can.
[Jack drinks all of the water from the cup]
JACOB: Now, you’re like me.
[Sideways timeline - Sawyer, with two officers, stands outside the holding cells at the police station]
SAWYER: All righty. Here’s Jarrah and Hume. Little lady volgende door is Austen. It’s been real nice having y’all . . . but you’re shipping off to county. So best of luck and Vaya con Dios.
AUSTEN: u could still let me go.
SAWYER: Why the hell would I do that?
AUSTEN: Because I told u I was innocent. And u believe me.
SAWYER: Doesn’t matter. Still can’t let u go, I’m a cop.
AUSTEN: u don’t seem like a cop to me.
SAWYER: Nice knowin’ ya.
[Sayid, Desmond and Kate are in the back of a police van]
MAN [over radio]: 1-F-21 responding.
DESMOND: Think it’s time to leave.
KATE: What?
DESMOND: I said, I think it’s time to leave. u ready to get out of here?
KATE: I’m sorry. Who are you?
SAYID: He’s a crazy person who turned himself in.
KATE: What’d u turn yourself in for?
DESMOND: I ran over a guy in a wheelchair.
SAYID: u see what I mean?
DESMOND: All right. I’m crazy. But do u want to get out of here of not?
KATE: So, what, are u just gonna tell the driver to stop?
DESMOND: The driver already knows where to stop. But when that happens you’re gonna have to give me your trust.
SAYID: Our trust?
DESMOND: That’s right? Because after I set u free, I’m gonna ask each of u to do something, and you’re gonna have to promise me that you’ll do it. So what do u say?
SAYID: Oh, absolutely, I promise.
DESMOND: How about you?
KATE: Okay, sure.
DESMOND: All right, then.
[Van comes to a stop - the rear door is opened door a woman officer]
ANA LUCIA: Who’s Hume?
DESMOND: That’s me.
ANA LUCIA: Where’s your friend with my money? Otherwise I’m gonna have to say I shot all of u trying to escape.
DESMOND: Don’t worry. He’ll be here.
[Ana Lucia removes Desmond’s handcuffs and he gets out of the busje, van - a yellow Hummer arrives]
DESMOND: All right here he comes.
[Kate and Sayid jump out of the busje, van - Hurley gets out of the Hummer]
HURLEY: Sorry I’m late, dude.
DESMOND: Don’t worry about it.
HURLEY: Oh, hey, u didn’t tell me Ana Lucia was gonna be here.
ANA LUCIA: Do I know you, tubby?
HURLEY: Oh, no. We never met. Anyways, here’s your money. A hundred twenty-five grand, right?
ANA LUCIA: Yeah, that’r right. Nice not knowing you.
HURLEY: She’s not coming with us?
DESMOND: No, she’s not ready yet.
HURLEY: I brought u my Camaro. The keys are under the floor mat. Everything else u need’s in the trunk.
DESMOND: All right, good. . . Um, u know where you’re taking them, yeah?
HURLEY: Absolutely.
DESMOND: All right, well, we should get going. [to Sayid} Okay, you’re with him, and you’re with me.
KATE: What do u mean, I’m with you?
DESMOND: We . . . are going to a concert. [hands Kate a black dress] Let’s go.
[Original timeline - Ben is following Locke through the jungle at night]
BEN: Hey, can I ask u something?
LOCKE: Shoot.
BEN: If u can turn yourself into smoke whenever u want, why do u bother walking?
LOCKE: I like the feel of my feet on the ground. Reminds me that I was human. . . We’re here.
[They approach a well and look into it]
BEN: Are u thirsty?
LOCKE: This is the well I threw Desmond Hume into.
BEN: What’s the matter?
LOCKE: I sent Sayid to kill Desmond, and obviously, he didn’t.
BEN: Looks like someone helped him out.
LOCKE: No, Ben. Someone helped me out.
BEN: What did Widmore say to you?
LOCKE: He zei Desmond was a fail-safe. Jacob’s last resort in case, God forbid, I managed to kill all of his beloved candidates. One final way to make sure that I never leave this place.
BEN: Then . . . why are u happy that he’s still alive?
LOCKE: Because I’m gonna find Desmond, and when I do, he’s gonna help me do the one thing that I could never do myself. I’m gonna destroy the island.