Charles Widmore quotes from Lost

Charles Widmore

There is a war coming, John. And if you're not on the Island by the time it starts, the wrong side is going to win.

Charles Widmore

Yes. I suppose we do.

Charles Widmore

[showing Desmond a whiskey bottle] This is a 60 year MacCutcheon, named after Anderson MacCutcheon, esteemed Admiral from the Royal Navy. He retired with more medals than any man before or since -- moved to the highlands to see out his remaining years. Admiral MacCutcheon was a great man, Hume. This was his crowning achievement. [pours some into a glass] This swallow is worth more than you could make in a month. [drinks the whiskey] To share it with you would be a waste, and a disgrace to the great man who made it -- because you, Hume, will never be a great man.

Desmond Hume

Mr. Widmore, I know I'm not -

Charles Widmore

What you're not, is worthy of drinking my whiskey. How could you ever be worthy of my daughter?

Charles Widmore

Why are you here?

Ben

I'm here, Charles, because you murdered my daughter.

Charles Widmore

Don't stand there looking at me with those horrible eyes of yours, and lay the blame for the death of that poor girl on me, when we both know very well I didn't murder her at all, Benjamin. You did.

Ben

No, that's not true.

Charles Widmore

Yes, Benjamin, it is. You creep into my bedroom in the dead of night, like a rat, and have the audacity to pretend that you're the victim? I know who you are, boy, what you are. I know that everything you have you took from me. [pauses] So. Once again I ask you, why are you here?

Ben

I'm here, Charles, to tell you that I'm going to kill your daughter. Penelope, is it? And once she's gone, once she's dead, then you'll understand how I feel, and you'll wish you hadn't changed the rules.

Charles Widmore

You'll never find her. [Ben turns around and begins to walk away] That island's mine, Benjamin. It always was. It will be again.

Ben

[Turns around] But you'll never find it.

Charles Widmore

Then I suppose the hunt is on for both of us.

Ben

I suppose it is. Sleep tight, Charles.

Young Widmore

I want you to tell me everything or I'll cut off her other hand.

Juliet

What?!

Sawyer

Other?

Young Widmore

The first one isn't negotiable. It's just to illustrate how serious I am.

Locke

What makes you think that I'm so special?

Charles Widmore

Because you are.

John Locke

Why would you help me?

Charles Widmore

Because there's a war coming, John. And if you're not back on the Island when that happens, the wrong side is going to win.

John Locke

"Jeremy Bentham"?

Charles Widmore

He was a British philosopher. Your parents had a sense of humor when they named you, so why can't I? This should be money enough for now. The phone's international. If you need to reach me, for anything, just press 2-3. The folder contains your people's whereabouts, everyone that was on the Island that left.

John Locke

You've been watching them?

Charles Widmore

I'm deeply invested in the future of the Island, John. So, yes, I've been watching them. I wouldn't mention I'm involved in this. I can't imagine what they think of me, having listened to Benjamin's lies.

John Locke

How do I know that you're not the one who's lying?

Charles Widmore

I haven't tried to kill you. Would you say the same for him?

Ben Linus

You left the Island regularly. You had a daughter with an outsider. You broke the rules, Charles.

Charles Widmore

And what makes you think you deserve to take what's mine?

Ben Linus

Because I won't be selfish. Because I'll sacrifice anything to protect this Island.

Charles Widmore

You wouldn't sacrifice Alex.

Ben Linus

You're the one who wanted her dead, Charles, not the Island.

Charles Widmore

I hope you're right, Benjamin, because if you aren't, and it is the Island that wants her dead, she'll be dead. And one day, you'll be standing where I'm standing now. You'll be the one being banished, and then you'll finally realize that you cannot fight the inevitable. I'll be seeing you, boy.

These pictures come from a research vessel off the coast of Indonesia...

How do want your eggs Dan?

Dan whats the matter? Why are you so upset?

Faraday

I don't know...

Hello come in. Can I get you a cup of tea?

Charles Widmore

Thank you that would be nice.

Dan you have a visitor.

Charles Widmore

Hello Daniel.

Faraday

[Almost in tears] Er...Hello. I'm sorry sir I don't remember...I have a condition that effects my memory and...

Charles Widmore

Don't be embarrased Daniel, weve never met. I'm Charles Widmore.

Faraday

Charles Widmore? Charles Widmore from my research grant?

Charles Widmore

Yes.

Faraday

Its nice to meet you at last, I kept meaning to come and see you but I got a bit...take a seat.

Charles Widmore

Thank you.

Faraday

I just want you to know that I tested it on myself first. I would never hurt Teresa.

Charles Widmore

It's alright Daniel I'm not here because of that. I want to offer you a new opportunity.

Faraday

Really?

Charles Widmore

Yes.

Charles Widmore

Daniel. Whats making you so upset?

Faraday

It's this plane crash. All those poor people...and their families. They're dead!

Charles Widmore

What if I was to tell you Daniel that they're not dead. What if I told you that that plane they have found is an elaborate and expensive hoax.

Faraday

How would you know that?

Charles Widmore

I know Daniel because I'm the one that put it there.

Faraday

Why would you tell me that?

Charles Widmore

I told you Daniel because come tomorrow you're not likely to remember.

Charles Widmore

Daniel, the real Oceanic Flight 815 crashed on an island--a special island with unique scientific properties. I want to send you to the Island. It will further your research, show you things you'd never dream of. But more importantly, it will heal you, Daniel--your mind, your memory.

Daniel Faraday

H--heal me? W--why are you doing all this for me?

Charles Widmore

Because you're a man of tremendous gifts, and it would be a shame to see them go to waste.

Daniel Faraday

You sound like my mother.

Charles Widmore

That's because we're old friends.

Eloise Hawking

Your daughter's in there. Why don't you go in and say hello?

Charles Widmore

Unfortunately, Eloise, my relationship with Penelope is one of the things I had to sacrifice.

Eloise Hawking

Sacrifice? Don't you talk to me about sacrifice, Charles. I had to send my son back to the Island, knowing full well that--

Charles Widmore

He was my son, too, Eloise.

Charles Widmore

Hello, Mr. Ford. My name is Charles Widmore.

Charles Widmore

I'm guessing you know who I am?

Sawyer

Of course I do. You're the fella that sent a freighter to the island loaded with guys to kill us all.

Charles Widmore

It's sad, really... how little you actually know.

Sawyer

Well...I know you murdered all them people out there and dropped 'em in a ditch.

Charles Widmore

We didn't murder those people. But I don't expect you to believe that.

Sawyer

Good, I don't.

Charles Widmore

So, why don't you tell me what brought you over to this island.

Sawyer

John Locke sent me.

Charles Widmore

John Locke's dead!

Sawyer

I think we both know the guy I'm talking about's not really Locke. So here's the deal, Chief... I'll go back over there and tell him the coast is clear, that I didn't find anybody. Then I'll bring the old man right to your doorstep... then you can kill him.

Charles Widmore

And what do you want in exchange, James?

One: The people I come back with, people on my boat don't get touched. Not even a hair on their head. And two: You give us safe passage off the Island.

Charles Widmore

How do I know I can trust you?

Sawyer

Same way I know I can trust you. So do we have an agreement?

Charles Widmore

Do you know who I am?

The Man In Black

You're Charles Widmore. Do you know who I am?

Charles Widmore

Ha! Well obviously you're not John Locke. Everything else I know is a combination of myth, ghost stories, and jungle noises in the night.

The Man In Black

I think you know a lot more than that judging by these pylons.

Charles Widmore

Why did you come here?

The Man In Black

You took one of my people, Jin Kwon, I want him back.

Charles Widmore

I have no idea what you're talking about.

The Man In Black

You know, a wise man once said that war was coming to this island...I think it just got here.

Charles Widmore

Mr Kwon, my deepest apologies for everything that's been done to you. My name is...

Jin

I know who you are. Why did you bring me here?

Charles Widmore

We searched the Ajira plane, discovered your wife's luggage and found this inside. I thought you might want to have it. Go ahead, turn it on.

Charles Widmore

Her name is Ji Yeon, she's your daughter. I understand you've never seen her before. I have a daughter too. I know what it's like to be kept apart. I understand the one thing you want is to be reunited with your wife and daughter. But it would be short lived. If that thing masquerading as John Locke ever got off this island, your wife, your daughter, my daughter, everyone we know and love, would simply cease to be. I came here to make sure that doesn't happen.

Jin

How?

Charles Widmore

Come with me. I think it's time for you to see the package.

Jin

What package?

Charles Widmore

It's not a what. It's a who.