Lost

Do you ever think that maybe they put you down here

to push your button every 108 minutes just to see if you would?

That all of this, the computer, the button, is just a mind game.

Every single day.

What do you find it so hard to believe?

- What do you find it so easy? - It's never been easy.

Your tour of duty in the Pearl will last 3 weeks.

You and your partner will observe a

psychological experiment in progress.

These team members are not aware that they're under surveillance

or that they are the subjects of an experiment.

Every single second

of my pathetic little life is as useless as that button!

If you will not continue to push the button, John,

I will.

One of our people was captured by yours.

So? Go get him back.

We can't do that but you can.

And if you do, we'll let you and Walt go free.

Walt?

Dad, don't leave me. Don't leave me!

I'm gonna get you out of here, okay?

I promise you, I will get you out of here!

- Dad! Dad! I love you! - I love you, too, Walt!

I'm writing four names down. Four of your friends.

But if you don't bring all the people on the list,

you'll never see Walt again.

Michael?

- Did you see Walt? - No.

I have to get my son back.

We're gonna help you do that, Michael.

But it's gotta be the way I said, man.

You, me, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley-- that's it.

Then that's the way it'll be.

- I think Michael has been compromised. - Why would he lie to us?

Because I believe he's leading you into a trap.

All right, let's go talk to him.

No, he must continue to believe he's in control.

Boat.

Are we rescue? Are we saved?

You see anything?

No.

- Maybe it's a trap. - What do you mean, a trap?

You hear that?

Oh, damn it!

You.

Okay, okay, just wait one second, okay? I'll be right back.

Everybody needs to know what's going on, Jack. There's a boat--

Just tell 'em Desmond's back until I find out the rest, okay?

So, before you ran off, I guess you just

forgot to mention that you still have a sailboat.

Why'd you come back?

Do you think I did it on purpose?

I was sailing for two and a half weeks, bearing due west

and making 9 knots. I should have been in Fiji in less than a week.

But the first piece of land I saw wasn't fiji, was it? No.

No, it was here, this... this island.

And you know why?

Because this is it.

This is all there is left-- this ocean and this place here.

We are stuck in a bloody snow globe!

There's no outside world. There's no escape!

So just... just go, yeah? Let me drink.

Are you still pushing it?

Yeah, we're still pushing it.

Set of keys.

One pocket watch, gold-plated.

One photograph.

One book-- "our mutual friend."

Why didn't you bring that inside?

To avoid temptation, brother.

I've read everything mr. Charles dickens has ever written--

every wonderful word, every book.

Except this one.

I'm saving it.

So it'll be the last thing I ever read before I die.

Nice idea, long as you know when you're gonna die.

Lance corporal Desmond David Hume,

your sentence is hereby complete,

and you are now and forever dishonorably discharged

from the royal scots regiment of her Majesty's armed forces.

Long live the queen.

Enjoy your sodding book.

You want a ride?

Not with you.

Get in the car.

- Did you bring me a present? - Actually, two presents.

One of these boxescontains your past, Hume--

the other, your future.

Go ahead. Open it.

You're a bastard, you know that?

The fact that she never received your...

sentiments is good for her-- good because as far as she's concerned,

you've forsaken her, and that's the way it's going to stay.

Is it now?

Penelope has moved on, Hume. She's getting married.

This is for your new life... away from my daughter.

The conditions are simple.

No contact. No calls, no posts.

You just... run away, Desmond.

And what makes you think I would just run away?

Because you're a coward.

On the way to the funeral,

I told you that Michael had been compromised by the others,

and then you asked me how we might take advantage of that.

I believe fate has given us our answer-- the boat.

The boat?

This camp Michael is leading you to, across the island--

That is where they will set their trap.

While Michael leads you by land,

I can approach far more quickly by sea,

and I can go ashore undetected.

Go ashore and do what?

Scout them-- their numbers and positions, their weapons.

Then I'll go to the nearest beach and start a signal fire with these.

They burn with a dark, black smoke.

You and your team will come to meet me at the signal...

and we will go in together.

We're not even sure if Michael's been turned by them.

He has been turned.

I'll have to tell Kate and Hurley and Sawyer what we're doing--

No. Michael cannot sense we know he is lying.

All we have is the element of surprise, Jack.

Right now it's only your responsibility to keep it secret.

Black smoke, huh?

This time... they will know that we are coming.

Hello, John.

Where have you been?

I've been thinking.

About what?

That in a minute, that computer's gonna start beeping,

and when it does, you're gonna let it go.

You're gonna let it run down to zero-- past zero--

and you're not gonna push the button.

But I am going to push the button. Why wouldn't I?

Because you don't wanna be a slave.

I am a slave to nothing.

You're a slave to that, just like I was.

So I'm going to tell you again.

Don't push it.

Do not tell me what I can't do.

You cannot push that button.

No, it's not real!

We're only puppets--

puppets on strings!

Aah! As long as we push it, we'll never be free.

Well, you're free now, John.

Do not come back.

No.

No way. If I take that, I'm gonna kill someone.

Ain't that the point?

I thought the point was to get Walt back.

What's the matter?

All that stuff we found in the medical station--

costumes, makeup, fake beards?

What if these people just want us to think they're hillbillies?

Listen, listen, I was there.

I saw them. They are hillbillies.

They live in huts. They eat fish.

They're probably more scared than we are,

and they have no idea we're on our way.

All right. Enough jibber-jabber.

Let's roll.

I need your boat.

I wouldn't waste your time. There's nothing out there, pal.

I'm not going out there.

I need to get to the north shore of the island, and quickly.

Off to see the hostiles, are you?

The what?

You know what?

Ignorance is bliss.

The boat's all yours, brother.

For all the good it'll do ya.

I don't know how to sail.

Then I suggest you find someone who does.

Just give me whichever one has the most caffeine in it, brother.

Oh, damn. Um...

I'm sorry. I've just arrived, and, uh,

I spent all my american money on a taxi.

I've got it.

- Uh, that's not necessary. - It's just 4 bucks.

I n't suppose you have 42,000 more of those, do ya?

Depends on what it's for.

- I was joking. - No, you weren't.

A solo sailing race around the world?

I have eight months to get into the best shape of my life.

But I'll tell you what, miss.

I'm going to win.

And what do you get if you do?

What really matters...

is who I win it from.

"Charles Widmore."

He tried to buy me off,

and when I didn't take his money,

he took away the only thing in the world that...

I ever truly cared about.

Who is she?

His daughter.

I was unsuitable on several levels.

- And what's the 42 grand for? - It's a wee bit complicated.