602- "dead Men Walking"

“DEAD MEN WALKING”

Written by Thunderstorm

Disclaimer: This is purely fan fiction.

June 23, 2009

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Estimated reading time: 25-30 mins.

"DEAD MEN WALKING" ACT ONE: DARKNESS ON THE BEACHFRONT, WE SEE TORCHES LIT FROM A DISTANCE, UNTIL WE COME TO BE FOCUSED ON A FACE. IT’S RICHARD ALPERT. HE’S STANDING AMONG A GROUP OF ASSORTED FOLK. HE LOOKS TO HIS RIGHT OBSERVING THE DEPARTING GROUP LED BY ILANA AND BRAM. HE BEGINS WALKING STRAIGHT TO THE STATUE. A VOICE EMERGES. FLOCKE: (OFFSCREEN) YOU’RE NOT GOING TO FIND ANYTHING IN THERE. RICHARD CONTINUES SILENTLY TOWARDS THE STATUE. WE NOW SEE A CENTERED SHOT ON FLOCKE AND BEN. FLOCKE GIVES BEN A LOOK AS IF TO SAY ‘FOLLOW MY LEAD’. HE SPEAKS VERY QUIETLY TO BEN. FLOCKE: (HUSHED) THE TEMPLE. FLOCKE: (LOUDLY TO WHOLE GROUP) LISTEN UP, I NEED EVERYONE TO GATHER ROUND. THE GROUP GROWS TIGHTER AROUND FLOCKE, ANXIOUS TO HEAR HIS WORDS. BEN SITS AT HIS SIDE, OBEDIENTLY QUIET. FLOCKE: I UNDERSTAND THE TROUBLE SOME OF YOU ARE DEALING WITH. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS JUST AS STRANGE TO ME AS IT IS TO YOU. SO THEREFORE, I FEEL IT’S MY DUTY AND RESPONSIBILTY TO TURN THE LEADERSHIP BACK OVER TO BEN. THE CROWD MURMORS AS WE SEE A SHOT OF BEN WITH A SLIGHT CONFIDENT SMILE. FLOCKE: SO, UNTIL I CAN SORT THESE THINGS OUT (MOTIONS TOWARDS THE BODY OF JOHN LOCKE) BEN IS YOUR LEADER. YOU WILL FOLLOW HIM AS YOU DID BEFORE. BEN: OKAY THEN. WE’RE GOING TO THE TEMPLE. THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO COME, YOU CAN COME. THOSE OF YOU WHO DON’T, YOU’LL HAVE MADE YOUR CHOICE. BEN AND FLOCKE THEN HEAD TOWARDS ‘THE TEMPLE’ WITH MOST OF THE GROUP FOLLOWING. A GROUP OF ABOUT EIGHT ‘OTHERS’ STAYS BEHIND. WE THEN SWITCH SCENES, PICKING UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF IN “HOW THIS ENDS”. ON THE ISLAND, AFTER ‘THE INCIDENT’. JACK STILL ‘COMING TO’ BREATHING HEAVILY, IN SHOCK AND THE GROUP LOOKING ON WITH CONCERN.

2 JACK: (TO SAWYER) IT HAPPENED TO YOU TOO? SAWYER NODS AFFIRMATIVE KATE: (TO THE BOTH OF THEM) WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED? HURLEY: LOOK, DID YOU GUYS HEAR ME? THE SWAN... HOLE? (PAUSES)IT’S LIKE... STILL THERE. JACK AND SAWYER ARE JUST STARING AT EACH OTHER. JACK: I WAS BACK. SHE WAS THERE. KATE: WHO’S SHE? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SAWYER: HE MEANS HE LEFT. (CLOSE UP) AND SO DID I. CUT TO A SCENE IN A DARKENED ROOM, SAWYER WRITHES, LAYING ON A FLAT SURFACE. ACTING AS IF HE’D JUST TOOK HIS FIRST BREATH IN SEVERAL MINUTES. COUGHING AND AGITATED, AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, HE REALIZES HE’S STRAPPED DOWN. HE’S A PRISONER. HE’S WEARING GENERAL ISLAND CLOTHES AND NOT HIS DHARMA SUIT. AFTER LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM, WHICH IS LIT BT A SINGLE TORCH AND TRYING TO BREAK THE RESTRAINTS, HE BEGINS TO SCREAM. SAWYER: (LOUDLY) HELLO? HEY!! GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE! (CONTINUED GENERAL SCREAMS TO THE EFFECT OF “GET ME OUT!”) FOOTSTEPS ARE HEARD AND SAWYER OBSERVES A SLIGHT SHADOW TOWARDS HIS FEET AT WHAT APPEARS TO BE A DOORWAY. SAWYER: IS SOMEBODY THERE? WHERE THE HELL AM I? MORE FOOTSTEPS AS THE SHADOW APPEARS TO ENTER THE ROOM. WE SEE SAWYER’S FACE IN A CLOSE UP. HIS REACTION TELLS US THAT HE MIGHT RECOGNIZE THE PERSON HE’S TALKING TO. HE SPEAKS IN A MORE COLLECTED BUT CERTAINLY PUZZLED TONE. SAWYER: WHERE AM I? WHAT’S GOIN ON? WE THEN CUT TO SEE AN ARM HOLDING A TORCH, AS THE CAMERA PANS UP IT’S PRETTY CLEAR WHO THIS DUDE THIS. SAYID: (STERNLY) SHUT UP OR I’LL CUT YOUR TONGUE OUT. LOST TITLE CARD

3 ACT TWO: WE ARE BACK IN THIS DARK ROOM. SAYID STANDS, HOLDING A TORCH AT THE FOOT OF A CONCRETE PLATFORM SURFACE, WHERE SAWYER IS STRAPPED DOWN BY RESTRAINTS. SAWYER: (CONFUSED) WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY? SAYID: IF YOU DON’T STOP YELLING, YOU’LL LEAVE ME NO CHOICE. SAWYER’S ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY FOCUSES ON HIS CAPTIVITY. SAWYER: WHY AM I STRAPPED DOWN LIKE A DAMN ANIMAL? SAYID: YOU SHOULD JUST RELAX AND WAIT. HE’S COMING SOON. SAWYER: WHO’S COMING? SAYID STAYS SILENT AND TURNS TO LEAVE, SAWYER’S VOICE GROWS WITH INTENSITY AS HE REALIZES SAYID IS GOING TO LEAVE HIM THERE. SAWYER: DAMMIT SAYID! GET ME OUT OF HERE, GET ME OUT OF HERE! WE CUT BACK TO A FAMILIAR SCENE AS SAWYER SITS WITH THE DHARMA SUITS, JACK, KATE, HURLEY AND JIN IN THE JUNGLE. KATE: WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS RIGHT NOW, JACK. SAYID IS BLEEDING UP THERE, WE HAVE TO GET HIM HELP. JACK: LOOK, I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. KATE: (FRUSTRATED) JIN, GO UP AND GET SAYID. CARRY HIM BACK IF YOU HAVE TO. HURLEY: I’LL HELP HIM. (GETS UP TO LEAVE) SUDDENLY JACK ‘WAKES UP TO REALITY’ JACK: NO, DON’T MOVE HIM. WE NEED TO FIND THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES. A LOOK OF ‘ARE YOU KIDDING ME?’ FALLS OVER THE GROUP. JACK: (ASSUREDLY) IF WE’RE BACK WHERE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE, WE SHOULD STILL HAVE SOMETHING LYING AROUND. BECAUSE IF WE DON’T. SAYID IS GONE. SAWYER THEN TAKES OFF WALKING.

4 KATE: (TO SAWYER) WHERE ARE YOU GOING? SAWYER, HAVING A BOUT OF ‘DRUNKENESS’ OF HIS OWN RIGHT NOW, FINDS IT IN HIMSELF TO RESPOND TO HER. SAWYER: SOMETHING I GOTTA DO. KATE: ARE YOU GONNA SEE IF SAYID’S OKAY? SAWYER: (OMINOUSLY) NOT EXACTLY. WE THEN CUT TO THE SCENE ON THE BEACH. IN THE BACKGROUND, BEN AND FLOCKE ARE LEADING THEIR GROUP OF OTHERS THROUGH THE JUNGLE. IN THE FOREGROUND WE ARE FIXED ON A SHOT OF SUN AND FRANK. SUN: (SADDENED) I’M SO CONFUSED, HOW IS ANY OF THIS GOING TO HELP ME FIND JIN? FRANK: LOOK, IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ‘DEAD MAN WALKING’ AND NAPOLEON, I’LL GO ALONG. JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE OKAY. BUT WE MIGHT BE BETTER OFF TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THOSE PEOPLE. SUN: WHICH ONES? FRANK: THE ONES ON MY PLANE. THE ONES WHO HAD THE CASE. SUN: DO YOU THINK THEY CAN HELP ME? HELP US? FRANK: (FEARFUL) I DON’T KNOW WHO CAN HELP US. WE MIGHT BE BEYOND HELP AT THIS POINT. SUN: THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO THE SHADOW. WE SHOULD ASK RICHARD TO HELP US FIND IT. FRANK: GOOD, SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. NOW WE JUST GOTTA WAIT UNTIL HE COMES OUT OF THAT GIGANTIC FREAKY FOOT. SCENE ENDS, WE CUT BACK TO DAYLIGHT, IN THE JUNGLE SAWYER IS WALKING TOWARDS SOMETHING, WEARING HIS DHARMA JUMPSUIT. ALL OF A SUDDEN HE HEARS A VOICE. MALE VOICE: FORGET IT, HE’S NOT UP THERE. SAWYER LOOKS UP AND SEES A FRIENDLY FACE. IT’S MILES. HE’S CARRYING A GUN. MILES: I WENT STRAIGHT UP THERE AFTER THE SKY BLEW UP. HE WAS GONE.

5 SAWYER: GOOD TO SEE YOU TO, DONGER. MILES: HUH? I JUST SAW YOU LIKE FIVE MINUTES AGO. SAWYER: (APPREHENSIVELY) RIGHT. MILES: (EMPATHETICALLY) LOOK MAN, I’M REAL SORRY. SAWYER IS REMINDED OF WHAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. SAWYER: (SOMBER) YEAH, WELL, SHE DIDN’T DIE FOR NOTHIN’. MILES: I HOPE NOT. SAWYER: (SERIOUS) NO, WE’RE BACK. THE SWAN SITE IS LIKE IT WAS BEFORE ALL THIS WENT DOWN. BUT THAT DON’T MEAN SHE SHOULDA DIED. AND I AIN’T GONNA FORGET WHO KILLED HER. MILES: WHAT DO YOU MEAN? SAWYER: I MEAN, (DEAD SERIOUS-CLOSE UP) VENGEANCE IS MINE. THE SCENE ENDS WITH A SHOT OF SAWYER’S FACE, ANGRY AND DETERMINED. ACT THREE: SAWYER IS BACK ON THE TABLE, HELD DOWN AS A CAPTIVE. WE HEAR FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING. SAWYER RAISES HIS HEAD AND BEGINS TO ADDRESS THE UNSEEN PERSON. SAWYER: (ANGRILY) SAYID, YOU LET ME OUT OF HERE NOW!! MORE FOOTSTEPS, A SHADOW ENTERS. CLOSE UP ON SAWYER’S FACE. FEMALE VOICE: SHE WANTED YOU TO HAVE THIS. SAWYER DOESN’T RECOGNIZE THE FACE BUT WE DO. IT’S CINDY. CINDY: SHE TOLD ME TO GIVE YOU THIS. CINDY APPROACHES SAWYER AND HOLDS A STONE OUT IN HER HAND. IT’S A BLACK STONE. SHE PUTS IT IN SAWYER’S POCKET. SAWYER: WHAT IS IT? CINDY: I DON’T KNOW, SHE JUST TOLD ME TO GIVE IT TO YOU. SAWYER: WHO’S SHE?

6 CINDY: YOU MUST NOT BE FEELING WELL. I’M SORRY THIS IS HAPPENING TO YOU. SAWYER: WHERE AM I? CINDY: WHAT DO YOU MEAN? ARE YOU CONFUSED? SAWYER: (EMPHATICALLY) WHERE AM I? CINDY: YOU’RE IN THE TEMPLE. AND I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING TO YOU, SO I HAVE TO GO. CINDY WALKS OUT AS SAWYER SITS BACK DEJECTED. HE’S FRUSTRATED TO NO END, AND HE LET’S OUT A BIG YELL AS THE SCENE ENDS. WE CUT TO BACK AT THE SWAN SITE. JACK, KATE, JIN AND HURLEY ARE DECIDING ON A COURSE OF ACTION. JACK: (TO KATE) OK, YOU AND JIN KNOW WHERE THE MEDICAL STATION IS, RIGHT? (KATE NODS) THEN GO AND FIND ME... AS JACK IS TALKING WE SEE A SHOT OF HURLEY REACTING SURPRISED TO SOMETHING OFF SCREEN. HURLEY: DUDE! CAMERA PANS TO SHOW SAWYER AND MILES COMING BACK TO THE GROUP. HURLEY: DID YOU GUYS FIND SAYID? MILES: (FLATLY) NOPE. JIN: WHERE IS HE? MILES: I HAVE NO IDEA, I LOOKED EVERYWHERE. KATE: WHAT DO YOU MEAN? HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? SAWYER: (OFFSCREEN) THE FLASH. KATE: WHAT? SAWYER: IT LEFT HIM IN 1977. HE’S DEAD. JACK: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SAWYER: (ALMOST HATEFULLY) I’M TALKIN’ DOC...ABOUT SOME STUFF THAT WENT DOWN BEFORE YOU EVER SHOWED UP. CHARLOTTE DIED AND WE FLASHED AND IT LEFT HER. THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS. SAYID IS A DEAD MAN.

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THE GROUP IS HUSHED WITH THE REALIZATION THAT SAYID IS DEAD. A SHOT OF HURLEY SHOWS HIM TEARING UP. JACK SHAKES HIS HEAD IN REMORSE. KATE LOOKS DOWN AS SHE RUNS HER HANDS THROUGH HER HAIR. SAWYER BREAKS THE SILENCE. SAWYER: HE’S JUST AS DEAD AS JULIET IS. ONCE MORE, THE GROUP HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE SADNESS GROWS EVER QUIET AS THEY FOCUS IN ON SAWYER’S VOICE. SAWYER: SHE DIED SO WE COULD GET BACK HERE. (PAUSE) I GUESS. AND WHAT’S DONE IS DONE. BUT WHAT KILLED HER, THAT AIN’T DONE BY A LONG STRETCH. (A SHOT OF JACK) SO I GOT SOME BUSINESS I GOT TO TAKE CARE OF. KATE: WAIT, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? SAWYER: I DON’T KNOW YET BUT SOMETHING TELLS ME I’LL HAVE NO PROBLEM FINDING IT. (ANOTHER SHOT OF JACK) JACK: LOOK, SAWYER, WE CAN HELP YOU. SAWYER: NO, DOC, I DON’T WANT YOUR HELP. I’M DONE WITH YOU “HELPIN’” ME. (JACK LOOKS DOWN) AWKWARD MOMENT, THE TENSION IS BROKEN WHEN JIN PIPES UP. JIN: I’M GOING TO FIND SUN. (TO JACK) I NEED YOUR HELP. JACK: (OPTIMISTICALLY) YEAH, YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. KATE: WHAT ABOUT US? ME? HURLEY? MILES? SAWYER APPEARS AS IF HE’S THINKING TO HIMSELF, INTENSELY. SAWYER: HUGO, YOU GO WITH THEM. (POINTS AT KATE AND MILES) I GUESS YOU TWO CAN COME WITH ME. JACK: WAIT (LOOKS AT KATE) ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO GO WITH HIM? KATE: (SOFTLY) I TOLD YOU WHY I CAME BACK HERE. AND IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO I’M WITH, THAT’S WHY I’M HERE. JACK NODS UNDERSTANDINGLY. AS SAWYER WALKS ON, MILES TAKES A LOOK AT JACK AND FOLLOWS RIGHT BEHIND HIM. THE THREE OF THEM MAKE THEIR WAY OFF THE SCREEN. LEAVING JACK, JIN AND HURLEY BEHIND. THE CAMERA CENTERS ON JACK.

8 JACK: (TO JIN) C’MON. LET’S GO GET YOUR WIFE. ACT FOUR: NIGHTTIME, ON THE BEACH AGAIN. WE ARE FOCUSED ON SUN AND FRANK AS THEY LOOK TOWARDS THE STATUE. RICHARD ALPERT EMERGES FROM THE PLITH OF THE STATUE AND WALKS DOWN, TORCH IN HAND TO MEET SUN AND FRANK. ON THE WAY HE STOPS TO TALK TO THE EIGHT ‘OTHERS’ WHO STAYED BEHIND. THEY THEN IMMEDIATELY LEAVE. RICHARD: (TO SUN) WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE? SUN: WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE ‘SHADOW’ IS. RICHARD LOOKS APREHENSIVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. FRANK: LOOK, I DON’T KNOW YOU FROM ADAM BUT APPARENTLY SUN TRUSTS YOU FOR SOME STRANGE REASON. WE ARE LOST, MAN. WE DON’T HAVE ALLEGIANCES TO ANY OF YOU PEOPLE... RICHARD: (INTERUPTING) THAT’S NOT ENTIRELY TRUE. FRANK: COME AGAIN? RICHARD: (TO SUN) YOU. (SUN ACKNOWLEDGES). YOU WERE ON THE PLANE THAT CRASHED HERE A FEW YEARS AGO, RIGHT? SUN: YES, THAT’S RIGHT. FLIGHT 815. SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2004. FRANK: AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PILOT. LONG STORY. RICHARD: WELL IF YOU HAVE ALLEGIANCES TO THE SURVIVORS OF THAT PLANE CRASH, THEN YOU HAVE ALLEGIANCES TO US. SUN: WHAT DO YOU MEAN? RICHARD: THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS THE SAME AS THE OTHER ONE. SUN: WHICH ONE? THE SHADOW? RICHARD: THE SHADOW IS JUST A SHADOW. IT’S NOT A PHYSICAL PLACE UNTO ITSELF. THIS STATUE HERE (POINTS) USED TO CAST THAT SHADOW. AND THE PERSON WHO’LL SAVE US ALL, DIES IN THAT SHADOW. SUN: AND?

9 RICHARD: AND THAT PERSON WAS ON YOUR PLANE. SUN AND FRANK LOOK AT EACH OTHER IN SURPRISE AS THE SCENE ENDS. WE THEN CUT TO SAWYER’S “PRISON CELL”. IT’S QUIET, AND SAWYER APPEARS TO BE ASLEEP AS A MAN STANDS OVER HIM. SAYID: WAKE UP, JAMES. SAWYER COMES AROUND SLOWLY, LOOKING UP AT HIS OLD PAL. SAWYER: WHAT? YOU COME WITH SOME BAMBOO THIS TIME? A STONE-FACED SAYID MUTTERS SOMETHING SURPRISING. SAYID: I’M GOING TO TAKE YOU TO SEE JOHN LOCKE. SAWYER IS ASTOUNDED. SAWYER: JACK SAID HE WAS DEAD. SAYID: JACK HAS BEEN WRONG BEFORE. SAWYER: (SCOFFS) TELL ME ABOUT IT. TWO MEN ENTER THE ROOM BEHIND SAYID. SAYID: THESE MEN ARE GOING TO HELP ME ESCORT YOU. I SUGGEST YOU NOT PUT UP A FIGHT AND THINGS WILL GO SMOOTHLY. SAWYER: (DISBELIEVING) IF YOU’RE REALLY TAKING ME TO SEE JOHN LOCKE, THEN BY ALL MEANS, LET’S GO SEE THE MAN. SAYID LEADS THE WAY WITH A TORCH AS THE TWO MEN ESCORT SAWYER, WHO HAS HIS HANDS TIED BEHIND HIM. THEY WALK DOWN A LONG HALL AND TURN RIGHT INTO AN OPEN ROOM. IT’S NOT WELL LIT EITHER, AS ONLY A FEW TORCHES ADORN THE PLACE. THERE ARE VARIOUS GLYPHS ON THE WALL AND A FEW WORKS OF ART STREWN ABOUT. A FEW RANDOM OTHERS, INCLUDING CINDY ARE SEATED IN A ‘CONFERENCE ROOM’ LIKE FASHION. WE FOLLOW RIGHT BEHIND SAYID FROM SAWYER’S P.O.V. UNTIL HE STOPS. THE CAMERA ON SAYID’S BACK. HE THEN STEPS ASIDE REVEALING FLOCKE, WHO IS SITTING IN A CHAIR CENTERED AMONG HIS PEOPLE. SAWYER: (AMAZED) WELL I’LL BE DAMNED. FLOCKE: (SMILING)HELLO JAMES. SAWYER: WHY THE HELL YOU GOT ME TIED UP, JOHN? FLOCKE: OH, I THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

10 SAWYER: YOU AND SAYID GOT A TIP ON SOME DHARMA STOCK AND YOU DON’T WANT ME TO BEAT YOU TO THE PUNCH? FLOCKE: (SMILING) NO. AFRAID NOT, JAMES. SAWYER: WELL, WHY DON’T YOU GO AND SPELL IT OUT FOR ME THEN, LAZARUS? FLOCKE: (TO AN ‘OTHER’STANDING BEHIND SAWYER) BRING HER IN. THE ‘OTHER’ STEPS OUT AND A MOMENT LATER, THEY BRING IN A WOMAN. SHE HAS A SACK AROUND HER HEAD AND HER HANDS ARE TIED. WE CUT TO A SHOT OF SAWYER’S FACE, CONCERNED, THE SCENE ENDS. WE ARE THEN BACK OUTSIDE, IT’S NIGHTTIME AND RICHARD ALPERT, WITH A TORCH, LEADS SUN AND FRANK THROUGH SOME JUNGLE. RICHARD: (TO SUN AND FRANK) WE’RE HERE. GIVE ME A MINUTE. RICHARD WALKS FORWARD AND THE SOUND OF GUNS CLICKING FORCES HIM TO IDENTIFY HIMSELF. RICHARD: (TOWARDS SOME TREES) IT’S RICHARD. UH, RICARDUS? SUDDENLY BRAM APPEARS FROM THE TREES. BRAM: DID YOU SPEAK TO HIM? RICHARD: I HAVE MY ORDERS BUT RIGHT NOW I NEED YOU TO LET THESE TWO JOIN YOUR GROUP. (MOTIONS BEHIND HIM TO FRANK AND SUN TO APPROACH) FRANK AND SUN WALK UP. BRAM: WE ALREADY KNOW FRANK BUT WHY SHOULD WE TAKE HER IN? I’LL NEED TO ASK ILANA... SUN: MY NAME IS SUN KWON. I CAME BACK HERE FOR MY HUSBAND, WE WERE ON FLIGHT 815 AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE AN ALLEGIANCE. BRAM: IS THAT SO? HOW? SUN: BECAUSE I KNOW WHO IS GOING TO SAVE US ALL. ACT FIVE: INSIDE THE TEMPLE,SAWYER SITS BEFORE THE PROVERBIAL ‘COUNCIL OF FLOCKE’. FOR US, THE ACTUAL AUDIENCE, IT’S APPARENT THERE IS A SCENE MISSING. WE’VE SKIPPED AHEAD JUST A LITTLE BIT.

11 THE HOODED WOMAN IS ALREADY OUT OF THE ROOM. FLOCKE IS STANDING NEAR SAWYER. SAWYER: (IRATE) DON’T YOU HURT HER, DON’T YOU TOUCH A HAIR ON HER HEAD!! FLOCKE: IF YOU DO WHAT WE TELL YOU TO DO, THEN WE WON’T. AND IF YOU DON’T WANT TO GO ALONG AFTER THAT, WE’LL TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. SAWYER: (INCREDULOUS) WHY ARE YOU DOIN’ THIS, JOHN-BOY? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND? FLOCKE: (SMILING) NEVER FELT BETTER. SAWYER: I AIN’T DOIN’ IT. THERE’S NO CHANCE. FLOCKE: I’M THINKING YOUR IRAQI FRIEND MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONVINCE YOU TO AT LEAST CONSIDER IT. SAWYER: (COCKY) FINE, NOTHIN’ WE AIN’T DONE BEFORE. SAYID STEPS IN FRONT OF SAWYER. SAWYER: (SMILING) YOU’RE NOT YOURSELF SAYID, YOU’RE NORMALLY SUCH A PACIFIST. HOW COULD A DEAD MAN CONVINCE YOU TO DO THIS? SAYID: WHAT WE’RE DOING, WE DO FOR THE BENEFIT OF US ALL. SAWYER: YEAH? WELL, I HOPE BY US “ALL” YOU INCLUDE ALL OF YOUR SO-CALLED FRIENDS. SAYID: (LAUGHS) DON’T SPEAK TO ME AS IF I WAS YOUR FRIEND. SAYID THEN REALLY CLOCKS SAWYER UP THE SIDE OF THE HEAD. WE CUT FROM THE ROOM IN THE TEMPLE TO SAWYER LYING ON THE GROUND, MOMENTS AFTER 'THE INCIDENT’, THERE IS NO DIALOGUE, ONLY MUSIC, ALTHOUGH THE CHARACTERS ARE SPEAKING. IN SLOW MOTION, SAWYER LOOKS OVER AS HURLEY RUNS RIGHT AT HIM. HURLEY LEANS DOWN, AS SAWYER LOOKS AROUND HE’S LOOKING FOR KATE. HE SEES HER, TENDING TO JACK. THE CAMERA FOCUSES ON SAWYER’S FACE. IT’S STILL AND HE HAS A BLANK EXPRESSION OF SHOCK. AS THE MUSIC SWELLS AND THEN DIES DOWN, WE HEAR DIALOGUE FROM THE NEXT SCENE BLEEEDING OVER INTO THIS ONE. KATE’S VOICE: I’M SORRY ABOUT JULIET. WE NOW SEE SAWYER, KATE AND MILES ON A TREK ACROSS THE ISLAND

12 THEY ARE SPEAKING AS THEY WALK, MILES CARRIES A GUN. SAWYER: YEAH, I’M SURE I’LL SEE HER AGAIN SOON. KATE: WHAT? YOU EXPECTING TO DIE? SAWYER: WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE KATE, JUST A MATTER OF TIME. MILES: YEAH, WELL LET’S NOT GET IN A RUSH OR ANYTHING. SAWYER STOPS IN HIS TRACKS AND TURNS TO MILES. SAWYER: SORRY, MILES BUT I’M GONNA NEED THAT GUN. MILES LOOKS AT HIM FOR A SECOND AND HANDS IT OVER. MILES: GRABBED IT WHEN I WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE GIANT MAGNET. SAWYER: I’D A DONE THE SAME THING BUT I WAS BUSY. MILES: YEAH. THAT’S ALRIGHT, I’M NOT MUCH ON KILLING. SAWYER: (CONFIDENTLY) WELL, IT’S A GOOD THING I AM. THEY CONTINUE WALKING KATE: YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE WE’RE GOING? SAWYER: WE’RE GONNA LOOK FOR SOMEBODY. KATE: DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? SAWYER DOESN’T RESPOND. KATE: YOU WANT TO TELL US WHAT HAPPENED? SAWYER: WHEN WE GET TO WHERE WERE GOING, I’LL TELL YA WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. MILES: HOLD UP. THE GROUP STOPS. KATE AND SAWYER PEER BACK AT MILES WHO HAS A FIXED STARE OFF INTO THE WOODS. MILES: (MOTIONS) UH, DO YOU GUYS SEE WHAT I’M SEEING? KATE AND SAWYER WALK OVER TO MILES AND LOOK IN THE DIRECTION HE HAS MOTIONED. WE SEE A CLOSE UP OF KATE’S FACE.

13 KATE: (SHOCKED) OH MY GOD. SAWYER JUST GLARES. MILES: HE’S WALKING THIS WAY, YOU WANNA HOLD THE GUN ON ‘EM? KATE: (WORRIED) IT WOULDN’T DO ANY GOOD. MILES: YEAH AND WHY’S THAT? KATE: BECAUSE HE’S ALREADY DEAD. WE PAN OVER TO SEE A SHOT FROM BEHIND OF AN OUT OF FOCUS MAN, DEPARTING THE WOODS AND STANDING BEFORE THE GROUP. ALL THREE OF THEM RECOGNIZE HIM. IT’S CHRISTIAN SHEPHARD. ACT SIX: IT’S DAYLIGHT AND WE ARE AT THE OLD BEACH CAMP. WE FIRST SEE THE CRIB AND SEE A HAND REACH DOWN AND GRAB IT. IT’S HURLEY. JACK AND JIN PATROL THE AREA. IT’S COMPLETELY DESERTED. JACK: IT’S BEEN A WHILE. HURLEY: YEAH, IT’S LIKE A GHOST TOWN. JIN: THE PLANE YOU CAME ON? (JACK ACKNOWLEDGES) WHERE DID IT LAND? JACK: I HAVE NO IDEA. HURLEY: SORRY JIN, MAYBE SHE’S HIDING IN A DHARMA STATION? JIN: JACK, ARE YOU SURE THE PLANE EVEN LANDED? JACK: NO, JIN. I’M SORRY. WE JUST...ARRIVED HERE. HURLEY: UH, DUDE? JACK AND JIN LOOK TO HURLEY WHO MOTIONS DOWN THE BEACH. A FIGURE IS WALKING UP. AFTER A MOMENT, WE NOTE IT’S RICHARD. RICHARD: HELLO, JACK. (DISBELIEVING) HOW DID YOU GET HERE? JACK: (SURPRISED) RICHARD. RICHARD: I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD. ALL OF YOU. (LOOKS AT JIN)

14 JACK: THE BOMB WENT OFF, I GUESS. AND WE WOKE UP IN THE JUNGLE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. RICHARD: SO YOU WOKE UP...30 YEARS LATER? JACK: (DEADPANNED) YEAH, IT’S GETTING TO BE A PROBLEM. RICHARD: (CHUCKLES) WELL, JACK, YOU AND I HAVE A MILLION THINGS TO TALK ABOUT BUT I SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. JACK: OK, GO AHEAD. RICHARD: FIRST OF ALL, (LOOKS AT JIN) I KNOW RIGHT WHERE YOUR WIFE IS AND ONCE JACK AND I SORT SOMETHING OUT, WE WILL GO TO HER. (JIN’S EYES ARE WIDE) JIN: (EXCITED) SUN, SHE’S HERE? YOU WILL TAKE ME THERE? RICHARD: ABSOLUTELY, I’LL TAKE YOU. BUT BEFORE THAT, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENS I NEED TO TELL ALL OF YOU SOMETHING AND I NEED YOU TO BELIEVE ME. YOUR EYES WILL DECEIVE YOU, MAYBE EVEN YOUR HEARTS BUT DON’T LET YOUR MIND BE DECEIVED. HURLEY: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, DUDE? RICHARD: I’M TALKING ABOUT JOHN LOCKE. HE’S DEAD. JACK: YEAH, WE KNOW... RICHARD: (INTERUPTING) NO, YOU DON’T. THERE IS A MAN HERE WHO IS WALKING AROUND AND LOOKS LIKE JOHN LOCKE AND SAYS HE’S JOHN LOCKE BUT IT’S NOT HIM. AND I NEED TO KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, YOU THREE UNDERSTAND THIS. JOHN LOCKE IS DEAD. IT’S NOT HIM. (TO JACK) NOW, I NEED A WORD WITH YOU. JACK NODS HIS HEAD, CONFUSED BUT ACCEPTING. JACK AND RICHARD WALK OVER TO HAVE A PRIVATE CONVERSATION AS THE CAMERA PANS OUT. THE SCENE SWITCHES. WE ARE NOW STANDING ON A HILL, CHRISTIAN SHEPHARD, WEARING ‘ISLAND ATTIRE’AND SAWYER, KATE AND MILES. THE THREE WEARING DHARMA SUITS SIT IN SILENCE AS CHRISTIAN POINTS DOWN THE VALLEY. CHRISTIAN: RIGHT DOWN THERE. THAT’S WHERE YOU’RE GOING, JAMES. YOU’LL NEED TO FOLLOW THE TREE LINE UNTIL IT ENDS. I’M GUESSING YOU CAN HANDLE IT FROM THERE. KATE: ARE YOU REALLY HIM? ARE YOU...ALIVE? CHRISTIAN JUST SMILES.

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MILES: I SAW THIS GUY IN THE JUNGLE WITH CLAIRE AND THE BABY. SHE CALLED HIM DAD. SAWYER: WAIT A MINUTE. I’VE MET THIS GUY, THIS AIN’T CLAIRE’S DAD, THIS IS JACK’S DAD. KATE: YEAH IT IS. SAWYER LOOKS CONFUSED KATE: CLAIRE IS JACK’S SISTER. SAWYER AND MILES LOOK AT EACH OTHER. CHRISTIAN: RIGHT, SO HERE’S ONE LAST THING FOR THE PRETTY LADY. (REACHES OUT HIS HAND TO GIVE KATE A BAG) I NEED YOU TO TAKE THIS. YOU’LL KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM LATER. SAWYER: WAIT, SO DO YOU EVEN CARE THAT YOUR SON IS BACK? CHRISTIAN: OH, I CARE. BELIEVE ME. CHRISTIAN WALKS OFF AND AS THEY WATCH HIM WALK INTO SOME BRUSH, SAWYER TURNS TO KATE. SAWYER: LOOK, MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO GET JACK. KATE: WHAT? WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY ARE. IF YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO, THEN YOU SHOULD GO BUT I’M GOING WITH YOU. SAWYER: MILES, I NEED YOU TO GO FIND JACK. MILES EXHALES AS IF TO SAY “YOU’RE KIDDING ME?” THEN NODS. SAWYER: NOW LISTEN UP BECAUSE HE NEEDS TO COME HERE AND YOU GOING. AND MOST IMPORTANT YOU LOCKE OR SAYID, TELL JACK NOT

I AIN’T GONNA SAY THIS TWICE. NEED TO TELL HIM WHERE WE’RE GOTTA TELL HIM, IF HE SEES TO TRUST ‘EM.

KATE: SAYID? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? HE’S DEAD, RIGHT? SAWYER: JUST TELL HIM, MILES. TELL HIM TO COME FIND US. MILES TURNS AROUND AND HEADS TOWARDS THE BEACH. SAWYER HEADS DOWN THE HILL TO THE TREELINE BUT STOPS WHEN HE NOTICES KATE ISN’T FOLLOWING. HE TURNS TO LOOK AT HER. KATE: WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?

16 SAWYER: YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ME? WALK. WE CUT TO A FAMILIAR SCENE. WE’RE IN THE ROOM INSIDE THE TEMPLE. SAWYER STANDS BEFORE FLOCKE AND HIS VARIOUS OTHERS. WE SEE BEHIND SAWYER STANDS THE WOMAN WITH THE BAG OVER HER HEAD. THE ‘MISSING SCENE’ PLAYS OUT. FLOCKE: YOU SEE JAMES, WE’RE GOING TO HURT THAT GIRL UNLESS YOU DO SOMETHING FOR US. SAWYER APPEARS WORRIED, SAYING NOTHING. FLOCKE: A LONG TIME AGO, JAMES, I SET SOME GEARS IN PLACE. AND THEY WERE PICKED OUT CAREFULLY OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AND WHEN THE TIME CAME TO SWITCH ON MY RECENTLY COMPLETED MACHINE, I FOUND OUT THERE WAS A FAULTY COG IN THE SYSTEM. THINGS WEREN’T WORKING QUITE LIKE THEY SHOULD. SHOT OF SAWYER QUIETLY LISTENING. FLOCKE: SO THAT’S WHERE YOU COME IN. YOU AND ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO MAGICALLY SHOWED UP BACK HERE, 30 YEARS FROM WHEN YOU “DIED”. ONE OF YOU IS GOING TO PRESENT A PROBLEM TO ME. AND I WANT YOU TO BRING HIM TO ME OR ELSE I’M GONNA HURT THE GIRL. YOU UNDERSTAND? FLOCKE GETS UP AND WALKS AROUND TO SAWYER. STOPPING TO TALK IN HIS EAR. HE MOTIONS FOR HIS MEN TO BRING THE GIRL FORWARD. FLOCKE: (PLACING HIS HAND ON THE BAG) JAMES, I’M GONNA MAKE THIS REAL SIMPLE FOR YOU. YOU BRING ME HUGO REYES OR YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS TO HER. FLOCKE YANKS THE BAG OFF HER HEAD. IT’S CLAIRE. LOST

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