Season 1 - Episode 03 (Tabula Rasa) and Episode 04 (Walkabout)
Episode 03 (Tabula Rasa)
Tabula Rasa is the title of the episode. That's a Latin phrase made famous by the famous philosopher, John Locke. It means "Blank Slate". Locke believed that at birth a human being was literally a blank slate, with no rules governing the processing of data or behavior. Only later would the environment we were born into create the framework that would govern our lives. Pretty cool stuff. But I bet he couldn't throw a knife or make glue out of boar fat.
The episode opens with Marshall Bad Luck telling Jack "Don't trust her. She's dangerous." So much for blank slates. I get the feeling that this Marshall guy doesn't play well with others. He's looking for his handcuffs too. He wants to put the cuffs on Kate. Oddly enough, so do I.
Expedition Team Alpha makes camp for the night on their way back from their little climb. Saayid demonstrates their situation using a burning stick. When his little demo is over, Charlie optimistically suggests that "They" will find us. Saayid bursts his bubble by explaining that satellites can take detailed pictures, but must be told what to take pictures of. Charlie sums up the situation with a heartfelt "Bollocks."
Sawyer really enjoyed the puppet show.
He then interjects a little more hopelessness by forcing them to face the reality of the 16 year loop transmission from "The French Chick". Makin' friends all over.
It is Saayid who lays the secrecy groundwork that the island seems to thrive on. He tells the little band of climbers that to relay what they know without fully understanding it would cause panic. Best that they keep it to themselves.
I don't think that he intended that every one of them start hoarding secrets like Hurley's Dharma Dressing, but that's the ball he starts rolling.
Cut to Skipper and Gilligan building a hut. Er...Jack and Hurley. Building the island's first Hospital, the soon to be renamed "Marshall Bad Luck" wing. They pass the time with a little conversation:
Hurley: "Was it a dinosaur?"
Jack: "Wasn't a dinosaur."
Hurley: "You said you didn't see it."
Jack: "I didn't."
Hurley: "So, how do you know it wasn't a dinosaur?"
Jack: "Because dinosaurs are extinct."
Hurley: "Oh. Yeah."
They also discuss the doomed Marshall and Hurley finds Kate's mug shot. Jack claims that it's none of their business. Hurley thinks "She looks pretty hardcore." I'm leaving that alone.
No sooner do we learn that Kate is a wanted criminal than Expedition Team Alpha decides that it's a good idea to give her their only gun.
It is at this point that we see the first real flashback. Up to this point, all the flashbacks have occurred on the plane. Now we begin to see deeper backstory and Kate is the first to get the treatment. She awakens to find a gun in her face. She's trespassing on a farm in the Australian Outback and she gets caught by a very nice old farmer who just happens to need Kate's kind of help with his farm. She lies smoothly that she's Canadian. Two points to ponder about that:
1. Evangeline Lilly is Canadian, so this may just be a little "tip of the hat" to her real heritage.
2. Ethan and later Nathan claim Canadian heritage. I note this only because there are some who believe that Kate may be an "Other". How this would work, I don't know, but I've seen the posts.
When Expedition Team Alpha returns to the beach, we see Saayid again take charge. After telling his "We failed to pick up a signal" lie, he then organizes the Lostaways into groups to scavenge electronics, ration food and water respectively.
Leadership. Jack, of course, pays absolutely no attention.
Kate relays the news about the French Woman's signal to Jack, defying Saayid's directive. She's such a badass. Jack doesn't say anything about the mugshot. I do believe that he wants her badass.
In an effort to save the Marshall, Jack enters what remains of the fuselage to scavenge medication. He runs into Sawyer. They have their first argument over the ethics of pilfering from the recently dead. No poker is played.
Jin berates Sun for not looking clean and fresh. Fortunately, the island can cure most forms of masculine stupidity. Speaking of masculine stupidity, Charlie begins the long process of getting Claire to like, then hate and eventually fall in love with him.
In the next flashback we find Kate's instincts telling her to start another run. Mr. Lefty Farmer catches her leaving and confronts her. Mr. Farmer convinces her to stay one more night. She foolishly lets him.
We also learn that Kate has trust issues. I never would have guessed. Why she trusts Farmer Lefty is a complete mystery.
Back on the island, Kate checks on the Marshall. He wakes up and tries to choke her. Man, he is dedicated. I had no idea that the U.S. still had a "Dead or Alive" policy for fugitives. With Jack's help, she doesn't die. Jack does that a lot. When she suggests that it might be better to put the Marshall out of his misery, Jack confronts her with his knowledge of her past.
Back in Australia, Kate is being taken for a ride. Patsy Cline is on the radio and Kate remarks "They listen to Patsy Cline everywhere." True. Even in the Hatch.
Ray, Mr. Lefty that is, has betrayed Kate/Annie to the Marshall for a reward. $23000 (Australian?) Dollars. That's an odd sum. Perhaps the amount is significant? Nah. What could the significance of a random number be? Forget it.
Michael and Walt are discussing Mr. Locke. Walt reluctantly tells Michael that the secret Locke told him was that a miracle happened to him. Michael dismisses the idea, stating that a miracle happened to all of them: Surviving the crash. Michael, probably creeped out by Locke's orange peel smile, tells Walt not to hang around with Mr. Locke anymore. Walt deftly twists this parental prohibition into a challenge for Michael to find his lost dog, Vincent. Not being too bright, Michael lets himself be manipulated into the Quest for the Golden Lab. I'm having Deja Vu again.
He finds no dogs. He does find one of the island's BIG BADs, which one we don't know, since it never rears its smokey/furry/mechanical head. He also finds a half naked Sun.
To my mind, that's far better than finding a completely naked dog.
Amid the backdrop of the Marshall's agonizing death throes, Sawyer comes by to thank Kate for taking the gun off his hands, thus removing the temptation to put a comforting bullet into the dying Marshall so everyone can get some sleep.
The Marshall is busy giving Jack some Kate advice. "No matter what she does, no matter how she makes you feel, don't you trust a word that she says. She will do anything to get away." Sure seems like Kate did more than just run from this guy. He takes her case awfully personally.
Back in Australia, Kate is desperate to escape. She flips Ray's truck into the ditch, the impact somehow setting the pickup ablaze. Once again she demonstrates her good heart by dragging Betray Ray to safety, thus putting herself in the Marshall's clutches. Confronting Marshall Bad Luck on the island, we see further evidence of Kate's altruistic tendencies when she explains that the favour she was going to ask the Marshall was that Ray got his $23 Grand. There's that pesky 23 again. Odd that it comes up twice in one show. Oh, well, it can't be very important, it's only a number.
During the little Captor/Captee heart to heart, Hurley informs Jack that he saw that Kate was packin' heat. This, we are forced to conclude, means that Hurley was looking at Kate's bum. Don't feel bad big guy. We've all done it.
Turns out that she gave Sawyer the gun. He promptly botches the euthanasia procedure by bullseyeing a lung, not the heart of the unlucky slob. Sawyer probably couldn't hit the broadside of a rope if he had to. Realizing there is absolutely no hope left for the Marshall, Jack finds himself forced to go all Kevorkian on him.
Come morning, we find Locke, freshly minted whistle in hand, summoning the wayward Vincent and then giving Michael the opportunity to score some points on the Walt board by letting him bring the dog back to his son.
Jack is sitting on the beach talking to Kate. She says she wants to tell him what she did. Jack then makes the most interesting speech:
"It doesn't matter, Kate. Who we were, what we did before this, before the crash. Doesn't really... Three days ago, we all died. We should all be able to start over."
Tabula Rasa.
Cue the slo-mo montage.
Hurley provides the soundtrack, listening to his discman: "I got troubles oh, but not today. Cuz they're gonna wash away, they're gonna wash away..."
Jin looks in lovingly on a sleeping Sun. "We've got sins oh, but not today. Cuz they're gonna wash away, they're gonna wash away..."
Boone finds and returns a grateful Shannon's sunglasses. "Well, I had friends oh, but not today. They done washed away, they done washed away..."
Saayid tosses a piece of fruit to a very sad looking Sawyer. "Oh, I've been cryin', and oh, I've been cryin'..."
Charlie is changing his "FATE" rings to read "LATE" while Claire contemplates Motherhood in the background. "And oh, no more cryin', and oh, no more cryin' again..."
Walt, looking dejected. "We get along, lord but not today. Cuz we gonna wash away, we gonna wash away..."
Michael brings Vincent the dog back to a very happy Walt. "I got troubles oh, but not today. Cuz they're gonna wash away..."
Locke, looking a little too intently at Michael and Walt. "So I'm gonna take them away..." Pan slowly around his perfectly creepy, perfectly still face as the music fades.
Tabula Rasa.
Discussion
Episode 04 (Walkabout)
This is John's eye. This is John's eye opening. This is John's eye discovering that he has survived falling out of a plane, somewhere between 30,000 feet and this nice comfy beach. Oh, and this is John's eye opening wide in astonishment as he realizes that his little piggies have come back from the market. Welcome home little piggies.
Walkabout is the title of the episode, referring to the ritual journey practiced by the Aborigines of Australia. A journey into wilderness, both physical and spiritual. A journey John Locke desperately needs to take.
On the beach, Vincent is barking up a storm, keeping everyone awake. Turns out, since there is something rooting through the fuselage, he has good reason for causing a ruckus. When the somethings emerge from the plane, Hurley succinctly sums up the Lostaway's thoughts: "Oh, crud. Now what?" Turns out it's wild boar. Razorbacks by the look of them.
Jack finally starts to take charge, ordering the fuselage turned into a furnace after sundown, disposing of the bodies and hopefully signaling rescuers as to their location. He overrules Saayid's objections, citing practicality over religious concerns. No one is thrilled at the idea, but they have little choice.
Morning finds Saayid trying to find a way to triangulate the French Woman's signal so he can find the transmission source, and possibly get a transmission of their own out to the rest of the world. Not a bad idea, considering that the food has officially run out. Just as that revelation is about to set the Lostaways off in a tizzy, in stroll Locke and his knife. With the help of his newly able to go to market piggies, he's going to get them all some roast b... pork.
Locke outlines his piggy hunting plans. Sawyer is skeptical, but Locke has a suitcase full of knives and the only real plan. Hurley, as usual, asks everyone's question: "Who is this guy?"
Turns out Locke is a legend in his own mind. He works for a weaselly little guy named Randy in cubicle hell. The Great White Hunter is no more than a calculator jockey.
Legend or not, he's the one with the knives and the plan. Kate and Michael join up for the Big Boar Hunt. Neither one for the actual hunting. Kate wants to help Saayid get his signal triangulated, while Michael wants to make sure that Locke is safe for his son to be around. Walt gets stuck with Sun as his babysitter.
Claire is organizing a memorial service. Jack has no interest in participating, leaving the details to "Whatever everybody wants." That seems to define his leadership style.
While Locke, Kate and Michael home in on their prey, Shannon does the same, enlisting the assistance of the first gullible male she finds, Charlie. Seems that Boone doesn't believe she can fend for herself, while she believes that she can. Of course her definition of "Fending for herself" involves charming someone else into fending for her. Somebody really should shoot her.
Michael messes up the boar hunt by speaking instead of doing, ending up with a leg full of tusk for his trouble.
Flash to Locke's lunch room, and a wargame laid out between him and his opponent, GL12. Randy mocks Locke's game and his desire to go "Walkabout". Locke tries to explain the significance of it to Randy, but only gets more derision from his boss. Randy doesn't believe that Locke has a destiny of any kind, while Locke, much like his philosopher namesake, doesn't want anyone to tell him what he can't do.
Charlie and Hurley have a wonderful little "Laurel and Hardy go fishing" moment.
In the midst of her memorial preparations, Claire finds Saayid's picture of his lady love.
Rose speaks to Jack about her husband Bernard. I still feel like I know the guy. Anyone else think he might be white?
Flash to Locke, in bed with Helen. Well, he's in bed, she's on the phone. He tells her that he is going on the Walkabout and he's bought tickets for two to Australia. Turns out that Locke is not Helen's boyfriend, he's her customer. For the past 8 months, he's been paying her $89.95 an hour to talk to her. I don't know what they're paying him at the box company, but it must be a pretty penny. Maybe his Dad left him some money...
Kate climbs a tree to attach an antenna for Saayid's triangulation project, but is interrupted by the appearance of the Great Tree Pusher. The antenna doesn't make it. GTP seems to be heading towards the last known location of Locke. Sure enough, Locke has a face to ?? with something.
Kate and Michael return to the beach. Charlie turns out to be the most successful forager, coming up with a big fish. Shannon has successfully fended for herself, at least in her own mind. With the memorial eminent, Jack suggests to Rose that she might want to speak about her dead husband. Fortunately, Rose knows that Bernard is not dead, he's still in the bathroom.
Jack sees a man in a suit, standing where the beach and jungle meet. His father? But he's dead. Dead people don't just leave their coffins, put on white sneakers and hang around the edge of the jungle. He sees him again as he and Kate are catching each other up on the days events. And he's off. When he reaches the jungle, no white sneaker wearing ghost is anywhere to be found, but he and Kate are just in time to greet a triumphantly successful Locke and dinner.
During the memorial, Charlie gets high, Claire reads the names, Michael congratulates Locke on his successful hunt, and Locke lies to Michael about not seeing "the monster".
Flash to the office of Melbourne Walkabout Tours. Locke is arguing with the tour company about being allowed to go on the Walkabout he so desperately needs. His condition is a serious impediment though. So serious, the tour company will not allow him to board the tour bus. Turns out that Locke is in a wheelchair and has been for 4 years. Because of that, he is told he cannot go Walkabout. Cue Locke's catchphrase, "Don't tell me what I can't do." Walkabout is his destiny.
How right you are, Mr. Clean.
Discussion
Tabula Rasa is the title of the episode. That's a Latin phrase made famous by the famous philosopher, John Locke. It means "Blank Slate". Locke believed that at birth a human being was literally a blank slate, with no rules governing the processing of data or behavior. Only later would the environment we were born into create the framework that would govern our lives. Pretty cool stuff. But I bet he couldn't throw a knife or make glue out of boar fat.
The episode opens with Marshall Bad Luck telling Jack "Don't trust her. She's dangerous." So much for blank slates. I get the feeling that this Marshall guy doesn't play well with others. He's looking for his handcuffs too. He wants to put the cuffs on Kate. Oddly enough, so do I.
Expedition Team Alpha makes camp for the night on their way back from their little climb. Saayid demonstrates their situation using a burning stick. When his little demo is over, Charlie optimistically suggests that "They" will find us. Saayid bursts his bubble by explaining that satellites can take detailed pictures, but must be told what to take pictures of. Charlie sums up the situation with a heartfelt "Bollocks."
Sawyer really enjoyed the puppet show.
He then interjects a little more hopelessness by forcing them to face the reality of the 16 year loop transmission from "The French Chick". Makin' friends all over.
It is Saayid who lays the secrecy groundwork that the island seems to thrive on. He tells the little band of climbers that to relay what they know without fully understanding it would cause panic. Best that they keep it to themselves.
I don't think that he intended that every one of them start hoarding secrets like Hurley's Dharma Dressing, but that's the ball he starts rolling.
Cut to Skipper and Gilligan building a hut. Er...Jack and Hurley. Building the island's first Hospital, the soon to be renamed "Marshall Bad Luck" wing. They pass the time with a little conversation:
Hurley: "Was it a dinosaur?"
Jack: "Wasn't a dinosaur."
Hurley: "You said you didn't see it."
Jack: "I didn't."
Hurley: "So, how do you know it wasn't a dinosaur?"
Jack: "Because dinosaurs are extinct."
Hurley: "Oh. Yeah."
They also discuss the doomed Marshall and Hurley finds Kate's mug shot. Jack claims that it's none of their business. Hurley thinks "She looks pretty hardcore." I'm leaving that alone.
No sooner do we learn that Kate is a wanted criminal than Expedition Team Alpha decides that it's a good idea to give her their only gun.
It is at this point that we see the first real flashback. Up to this point, all the flashbacks have occurred on the plane. Now we begin to see deeper backstory and Kate is the first to get the treatment. She awakens to find a gun in her face. She's trespassing on a farm in the Australian Outback and she gets caught by a very nice old farmer who just happens to need Kate's kind of help with his farm. She lies smoothly that she's Canadian. Two points to ponder about that:
1. Evangeline Lilly is Canadian, so this may just be a little "tip of the hat" to her real heritage.
2. Ethan and later Nathan claim Canadian heritage. I note this only because there are some who believe that Kate may be an "Other". How this would work, I don't know, but I've seen the posts.
When Expedition Team Alpha returns to the beach, we see Saayid again take charge. After telling his "We failed to pick up a signal" lie, he then organizes the Lostaways into groups to scavenge electronics, ration food and water respectively.
Leadership. Jack, of course, pays absolutely no attention.
Kate relays the news about the French Woman's signal to Jack, defying Saayid's directive. She's such a badass. Jack doesn't say anything about the mugshot. I do believe that he wants her badass.
In an effort to save the Marshall, Jack enters what remains of the fuselage to scavenge medication. He runs into Sawyer. They have their first argument over the ethics of pilfering from the recently dead. No poker is played.
Jin berates Sun for not looking clean and fresh. Fortunately, the island can cure most forms of masculine stupidity. Speaking of masculine stupidity, Charlie begins the long process of getting Claire to like, then hate and eventually fall in love with him.
In the next flashback we find Kate's instincts telling her to start another run. Mr. Lefty Farmer catches her leaving and confronts her. Mr. Farmer convinces her to stay one more night. She foolishly lets him.
We also learn that Kate has trust issues. I never would have guessed. Why she trusts Farmer Lefty is a complete mystery.
Back on the island, Kate checks on the Marshall. He wakes up and tries to choke her. Man, he is dedicated. I had no idea that the U.S. still had a "Dead or Alive" policy for fugitives. With Jack's help, she doesn't die. Jack does that a lot. When she suggests that it might be better to put the Marshall out of his misery, Jack confronts her with his knowledge of her past.
Back in Australia, Kate is being taken for a ride. Patsy Cline is on the radio and Kate remarks "They listen to Patsy Cline everywhere." True. Even in the Hatch.
Ray, Mr. Lefty that is, has betrayed Kate/Annie to the Marshall for a reward. $23000 (Australian?) Dollars. That's an odd sum. Perhaps the amount is significant? Nah. What could the significance of a random number be? Forget it.
Michael and Walt are discussing Mr. Locke. Walt reluctantly tells Michael that the secret Locke told him was that a miracle happened to him. Michael dismisses the idea, stating that a miracle happened to all of them: Surviving the crash. Michael, probably creeped out by Locke's orange peel smile, tells Walt not to hang around with Mr. Locke anymore. Walt deftly twists this parental prohibition into a challenge for Michael to find his lost dog, Vincent. Not being too bright, Michael lets himself be manipulated into the Quest for the Golden Lab. I'm having Deja Vu again.
He finds no dogs. He does find one of the island's BIG BADs, which one we don't know, since it never rears its smokey/furry/mechanical head. He also finds a half naked Sun.
To my mind, that's far better than finding a completely naked dog.
Amid the backdrop of the Marshall's agonizing death throes, Sawyer comes by to thank Kate for taking the gun off his hands, thus removing the temptation to put a comforting bullet into the dying Marshall so everyone can get some sleep.
The Marshall is busy giving Jack some Kate advice. "No matter what she does, no matter how she makes you feel, don't you trust a word that she says. She will do anything to get away." Sure seems like Kate did more than just run from this guy. He takes her case awfully personally.
Back in Australia, Kate is desperate to escape. She flips Ray's truck into the ditch, the impact somehow setting the pickup ablaze. Once again she demonstrates her good heart by dragging Betray Ray to safety, thus putting herself in the Marshall's clutches. Confronting Marshall Bad Luck on the island, we see further evidence of Kate's altruistic tendencies when she explains that the favour she was going to ask the Marshall was that Ray got his $23 Grand. There's that pesky 23 again. Odd that it comes up twice in one show. Oh, well, it can't be very important, it's only a number.
During the little Captor/Captee heart to heart, Hurley informs Jack that he saw that Kate was packin' heat. This, we are forced to conclude, means that Hurley was looking at Kate's bum. Don't feel bad big guy. We've all done it.
Turns out that she gave Sawyer the gun. He promptly botches the euthanasia procedure by bullseyeing a lung, not the heart of the unlucky slob. Sawyer probably couldn't hit the broadside of a rope if he had to. Realizing there is absolutely no hope left for the Marshall, Jack finds himself forced to go all Kevorkian on him.
Come morning, we find Locke, freshly minted whistle in hand, summoning the wayward Vincent and then giving Michael the opportunity to score some points on the Walt board by letting him bring the dog back to his son.
Jack is sitting on the beach talking to Kate. She says she wants to tell him what she did. Jack then makes the most interesting speech:
"It doesn't matter, Kate. Who we were, what we did before this, before the crash. Doesn't really... Three days ago, we all died. We should all be able to start over."
Tabula Rasa.
Cue the slo-mo montage.
Hurley provides the soundtrack, listening to his discman: "I got troubles oh, but not today. Cuz they're gonna wash away, they're gonna wash away..."
Jin looks in lovingly on a sleeping Sun. "We've got sins oh, but not today. Cuz they're gonna wash away, they're gonna wash away..."
Boone finds and returns a grateful Shannon's sunglasses. "Well, I had friends oh, but not today. They done washed away, they done washed away..."
Saayid tosses a piece of fruit to a very sad looking Sawyer. "Oh, I've been cryin', and oh, I've been cryin'..."
Charlie is changing his "FATE" rings to read "LATE" while Claire contemplates Motherhood in the background. "And oh, no more cryin', and oh, no more cryin' again..."
Walt, looking dejected. "We get along, lord but not today. Cuz we gonna wash away, we gonna wash away..."
Michael brings Vincent the dog back to a very happy Walt. "I got troubles oh, but not today. Cuz they're gonna wash away..."
Locke, looking a little too intently at Michael and Walt. "So I'm gonna take them away..." Pan slowly around his perfectly creepy, perfectly still face as the music fades.
Tabula Rasa.
Discussion
Episode 04 (Walkabout)
This is John's eye. This is John's eye opening. This is John's eye discovering that he has survived falling out of a plane, somewhere between 30,000 feet and this nice comfy beach. Oh, and this is John's eye opening wide in astonishment as he realizes that his little piggies have come back from the market. Welcome home little piggies.
Walkabout is the title of the episode, referring to the ritual journey practiced by the Aborigines of Australia. A journey into wilderness, both physical and spiritual. A journey John Locke desperately needs to take.
On the beach, Vincent is barking up a storm, keeping everyone awake. Turns out, since there is something rooting through the fuselage, he has good reason for causing a ruckus. When the somethings emerge from the plane, Hurley succinctly sums up the Lostaway's thoughts: "Oh, crud. Now what?" Turns out it's wild boar. Razorbacks by the look of them.
Jack finally starts to take charge, ordering the fuselage turned into a furnace after sundown, disposing of the bodies and hopefully signaling rescuers as to their location. He overrules Saayid's objections, citing practicality over religious concerns. No one is thrilled at the idea, but they have little choice.
Morning finds Saayid trying to find a way to triangulate the French Woman's signal so he can find the transmission source, and possibly get a transmission of their own out to the rest of the world. Not a bad idea, considering that the food has officially run out. Just as that revelation is about to set the Lostaways off in a tizzy, in stroll Locke and his knife. With the help of his newly able to go to market piggies, he's going to get them all some roast b... pork.
Locke outlines his piggy hunting plans. Sawyer is skeptical, but Locke has a suitcase full of knives and the only real plan. Hurley, as usual, asks everyone's question: "Who is this guy?"
Turns out Locke is a legend in his own mind. He works for a weaselly little guy named Randy in cubicle hell. The Great White Hunter is no more than a calculator jockey.
Legend or not, he's the one with the knives and the plan. Kate and Michael join up for the Big Boar Hunt. Neither one for the actual hunting. Kate wants to help Saayid get his signal triangulated, while Michael wants to make sure that Locke is safe for his son to be around. Walt gets stuck with Sun as his babysitter.
Claire is organizing a memorial service. Jack has no interest in participating, leaving the details to "Whatever everybody wants." That seems to define his leadership style.
While Locke, Kate and Michael home in on their prey, Shannon does the same, enlisting the assistance of the first gullible male she finds, Charlie. Seems that Boone doesn't believe she can fend for herself, while she believes that she can. Of course her definition of "Fending for herself" involves charming someone else into fending for her. Somebody really should shoot her.
Michael messes up the boar hunt by speaking instead of doing, ending up with a leg full of tusk for his trouble.
Flash to Locke's lunch room, and a wargame laid out between him and his opponent, GL12. Randy mocks Locke's game and his desire to go "Walkabout". Locke tries to explain the significance of it to Randy, but only gets more derision from his boss. Randy doesn't believe that Locke has a destiny of any kind, while Locke, much like his philosopher namesake, doesn't want anyone to tell him what he can't do.
Charlie and Hurley have a wonderful little "Laurel and Hardy go fishing" moment.
In the midst of her memorial preparations, Claire finds Saayid's picture of his lady love.
Rose speaks to Jack about her husband Bernard. I still feel like I know the guy. Anyone else think he might be white?
Flash to Locke, in bed with Helen. Well, he's in bed, she's on the phone. He tells her that he is going on the Walkabout and he's bought tickets for two to Australia. Turns out that Locke is not Helen's boyfriend, he's her customer. For the past 8 months, he's been paying her $89.95 an hour to talk to her. I don't know what they're paying him at the box company, but it must be a pretty penny. Maybe his Dad left him some money...
Kate climbs a tree to attach an antenna for Saayid's triangulation project, but is interrupted by the appearance of the Great Tree Pusher. The antenna doesn't make it. GTP seems to be heading towards the last known location of Locke. Sure enough, Locke has a face to ?? with something.
Kate and Michael return to the beach. Charlie turns out to be the most successful forager, coming up with a big fish. Shannon has successfully fended for herself, at least in her own mind. With the memorial eminent, Jack suggests to Rose that she might want to speak about her dead husband. Fortunately, Rose knows that Bernard is not dead, he's still in the bathroom.
Jack sees a man in a suit, standing where the beach and jungle meet. His father? But he's dead. Dead people don't just leave their coffins, put on white sneakers and hang around the edge of the jungle. He sees him again as he and Kate are catching each other up on the days events. And he's off. When he reaches the jungle, no white sneaker wearing ghost is anywhere to be found, but he and Kate are just in time to greet a triumphantly successful Locke and dinner.
During the memorial, Charlie gets high, Claire reads the names, Michael congratulates Locke on his successful hunt, and Locke lies to Michael about not seeing "the monster".
Flash to the office of Melbourne Walkabout Tours. Locke is arguing with the tour company about being allowed to go on the Walkabout he so desperately needs. His condition is a serious impediment though. So serious, the tour company will not allow him to board the tour bus. Turns out that Locke is in a wheelchair and has been for 4 years. Because of that, he is told he cannot go Walkabout. Cue Locke's catchphrase, "Don't tell me what I can't do." Walkabout is his destiny.
How right you are, Mr. Clean.
Discussion
posted by Greybishop at 5:13 p.m.
