Lost/Recap/S01/E05 White Rabbit: Difference between revisions

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[[Flash Back]]! Young!Jack, his face covered with bruises, gets scolded by his father, Christian, for trying to help the other kid. Christian tells Jack that he shouldn't make any decisions.

{{quote| '''Christian''': You don't want to be a hero, you don't try and save everyone, because when you fail you just don't have what it takes.}}

{{quote|'''Christian''': You don't want to be a hero, you don't try and save everyone, because when you fail you just don't have what it takes.}}

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Christian seems to appear and disappear randomly, and Jack attempts to follow. While running after him, Jack trips over, falls down a hill and almost goes over the edge of a cliff, barely hanging onto a loose tree root. Locke arrives moments later and pulls him to safety. On the beach, Charlie brings Claire what little water he's been able to scrape together, and assures her that Jack will return soon and Locke will find water. He jokes around with her, and Claire thanks him for talking with her and not being intimidated by her pregnancy. Hurley discovers that Jin and Sun have some water; Sayid and Kate suspect them of having stolen it, but Jin indicates that he got the water from Sawyer. They follow him to his stash of goods but don't find any water; Sawyer says he traded the water to Jin for a fish. In the jungle, Jack and Locke discuss the survivors' situation: everyone is treating Jack like their leader, but he doesn't want the job because he believes he'll fail and that he "doesn't have what it takes". When Jack admits that he's chasing something, something he ''knows'' can't really be there, Locke compares it to the [[Title Drop|white rabbit]] from [[Alice in Wonderland]].

{{quote| '''Locke''': If I came to you and said the same thing, then what would your explanation be, as a doctor?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Locke''': If I came to you and said the same thing, then what would your explanation be, as a doctor?

'''Jack''': I'd call it a hallucination. A result of dehydration, post traumatic stress, not getting more than two hours of sleep a night for the past week. All of the above. ~~ ~~

'''Jack''': I'd call it a hallucination. A result of dehydration, post traumatic stress, not getting more than two hours of sleep a night for the past week. All of the above.

'''Locke''': All right, then. You're hallucinating. But what if you're not? ~~ ~~

'''Locke''': All right, then. You're hallucinating. But what if you're not?

'''Jack''': Then we're all in a lot of trouble. ~~ ~~

'''Jack''': Then we're all in a lot of trouble.

'''Locke''': I'm an ordinary man, Jack, meat and potatoes, I live in the real world. I'm not a big believer in magic. But this place is different. It's special. The others don't want to talk about it because it scares them. But we all know it. We all feel it. Is your white rabbit a hallucination? Probably. But what if everything that happened here, happened for a reason? What if this person that you're chasing is really here? ~~ ~~

'''Locke''': I'm an ordinary man, Jack, meat and potatoes, I live in the real world. I'm not a big believer in magic. But this place is different. It's special. The others don't want to talk about it because it scares them. But we all know it. We all feel it. Is your white rabbit a hallucination? Probably. But what if everything that happened here, happened for a reason? What if this person that you're chasing is really here?

'''Jack''': That's impossible. ~~ ~~

'''Jack''': That's impossible.

'''Locke''': Even if it is, let's say it's not. ~~ ~~

'''Locke''': Even if it is, let's say it's not.

'''Jack''': Then what happens when I catch him? ~~ ~~

'''Jack''': Then what happens when I catch him?

'''Locke''': I don't know. But I've looked into the eye of this island. And what I saw was beautiful. }}

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[[Flash Back]]! At Sydney Airport, Jack argues with the woman behind the counter over whether he can check his father's body, already in a coffin and ready for the funeral, onto his flight.

{{quote| '''Jack''': I'm standing in front of you in the same suit that I'm wearing to my father's funeral and I'm asking you a favor. In sixteen hours I need to land at LAX, and I need that coffin to clear customs because there's going to be a hearse waiting there. And I need that hearse to take me and that coffin to a cemetery. Why? Chrissy, why can't I just bring him to a funeral home and make all the arrangements? Why can't I really take my time with it? Because... because I need it to be done. I need it to be over. I just--I need to bury my father.}}

{{quote|'''Jack''': I'm standing in front of you in the same suit that I'm wearing to my father's funeral and I'm asking you a favor. In sixteen hours I need to land at LAX, and I need that coffin to clear customs because there's going to be a hearse waiting there. And I need that hearse to take me and that coffin to a cemetery. Why? Chrissy, why can't I just bring him to a funeral home and make all the arrangements? Why can't I really take my time with it? Because... because I need it to be done. I need it to be over. I just--I need to bury my father.}}

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At the caves, Jack opens his father's coffin, only to discover that Christian's body isn't inside. In anger, he takes a large stick and smashes the coffin to pieces. On the beach, the survivors discover that Boone stole the water. He claims he was trying to take responsibility but the others don't listen until Jack returns and berates the survivors for their "every man for himself" attitude. He tells them about the water in the caves and starts trying to organise everyone, taking up the leadership mantle.

{{quote| '''Jack''': Last week most of us were strangers, but we're all here now. And God knows how long we're going to be here. But [[Catch Phrase|if we can't live together, we're going to die alone]].}}

{{quote|'''Jack''': Last week most of us were strangers, but we're all here now. And God knows how long we're going to be here. But [[Catch Phrase|if we can't live together, we're going to die alone]].}}