Lost/Recap/S06/E04 Lighthouse: Difference between revisions

At the Temple, Sayid wonders why everyone is staring at him, but Jack says to just ignore them. Sayid wants to know what's going on with "the Sickness" and the Others' cure. Jack admits that the pill was poison, and alludes to Claire's "infection". In the jungle, Claire makes sure that Justin the Other is still alive before freeing Jin from the bear trap. She says she's been out in the jungle for the past three years, ever since [[Recap/Lost S 04 E 12 Theres No Place Like Home|the rest of the Oceanic 815 survivors left]]. Jin's ankle is badly injured and as soon as he tries to walk, he passes out. In the Temple catacombs, Hurley is following the instructions from Jacob (which he wrote on his arm) and looking for a section of wall with a particular hieroglyphic on it. Dogen interrupts and demands that Hurley go to the courtyard, but Jacob appears and tells Hurley what to say:

 

 

Dogen backs down and leaves. Jacob asks why Hurley is leaving through the secret passageway on his own: he's supposed to bring Jack along. Hurley asks how he's supposed to convince Jack to come along, and Jacob just smiles. Later, Jack is sitting in the courtyard when Hurley comes over and tries to convince him to come along.

 

'''Hurley''': He said you have what it takes. He said you'd know what that meant. }}

 

In the jungle, Claire is outside her hut, preparing medical tools and sharpening a huge axe. Inside, Justin asks Jin to free him, claiming that Claire will kill them both. Claire comes in and starts treating Jin's leg wound, at the same time talking about her experiences on the Island. Justin reiterates that the Others don't have Aaron and don't know where he is, but Claire isn't listening.

 

'''Claire''': How can I be so sure? Well, first my father told me, and then my friend told me, so I'm pretty damn sure. }}

 

 

'''Hurley''': Why'd you do that? <br />

'''Jack''': Because he wasn't in it. }}

Jack and Hurley are still hiking, and the topic of conversation turns to why they both returned to the Island.

 

'''Jack''': I came back here because I was broken. And I was stupid enough to think this place could fix me. }}

 

Jack and Hurley reach the top of the Lighthouse and don't find Jacob waiting, which angers Jack. Hurley starts to carry out Jacob's final instruction: turning the Lighthouse mirror to 108 degrees, using a pulley system and a big dial with markings. As the mirror turns, Jack notices that every degree on the dial has a name written next to it, almost all of them crossed out. Furthermore, when the mirror passes a different degrees, different images appear in it: first an Asian temple (the one where Sun and Jin were married), then a church (the one where Sawyer's parents' funeral was held). He examines the dial closely and finds familiar names like "KWON", "JARRAH", and eventually his own, "SHEPHARD", next to the 23rd degree. Beginning to understand, Jack aligns the mirror to 23 degrees and a new image appears.

 

'''Jack''': It's my house. It's the house I grew up in. [...] Haven't lived in that house since I was a kid. He's been watching. The whole time. All of us. He's been watching us. }}

 

When David finally comes out of the Conservatory, Jack is waiting, ready to tell his son how great he played.

 

'''Jack''': You know, when I was your age, my father didn't want to see me fail either. He used to say to me that... he said that I didn't have what it takes. I spent my whole life carrying that around with me. I don't ever want you to feel that way. I will always love you, no matter what you do. In my eyes, you can ''never'' fail. I just wanna be a part of your life. }}

 

Outside the Lighthouse, Jack is sitting alone by the edge of the cliff, staring out into the ocean, and is ignorant when Jacob finally appears to Hurley, completely cool about the mirror being broken. So cool, in fact, that Hurley realizes Jacob's plan all along was for Jack to come and see what was in the mirror.

 

 

When Hurley asks why it was necessary that both he and Jack both come all the way out to the Lighthouse, Jacob reveals that it was as much about getting them both out of the Temple, because "someone bad" is going there. Hurley wants to warn everyone, but Jacob says it's too late. At Claire's hut, Jin claims he was lying about Kate having raised Aaron in order to save Justin's life, and that the Others really do have Aaron at the Temple. Claire is glad, and tells him that if Kate really ''was'' raising Aaron, she'd have to kill her. That's when Claire's "friend" arrives: the Man in Black.

 

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