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.
“The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham” · Season 5, Episode 7
In this episode: John Locke (6), Charles Widmore (4), Dr. Jack Shephard (1), Ben Linus (1), Ilana Verdansky (1)
What makes you think that I'm so special?
Because you are.
Nobody remembers you being on the plane
Well, I don't remember being on it either.
What do you remember?
I remember a lot.
Like why you're dressed up so nice?
No, but I can guess.
Please. Guess.
I think this suit is what they were gonna bury me in.
Sorry?
You asked what I remembered. I remember dying.
[Locke is staring at injured and unconscious Ben]
CCeasar
You know him?
Yeah. He's the man who killed me.
[The episode ends]
Why would you help me?
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.
"Jeremy Bentham"?
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.
You've been watching them?
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.
How do I know that you're not the one who's lying?
I haven't tried to kill you. Would you say the same for him?
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I help people get to where they need to get to, John. That's what I do for Mr. Widmore.
[Locke wakes up in a hospitel bed, with Jack staring darkly at him]
What are you doing here?
Jack, how did you find me?
You were in a car accident and you were brought into my hospital. What are you doing here?
We have to go back.
[laughs bitterly] Of course. Of course we do.
Jack, the people I left behind need our help. We're supposed to go back--
--because it's our destiny? How many times are you gonna say that to me, John?
How can you not see it? Of all the hospitals they could've brought me to, I end up here. You don't think that's fate?
Your car accident was on the west side of Los Angeles. You being brought into my hospital isn't fate, John. It's probability.
You don't understand. It wasn't an accident. Someone is trying to kill me.
Why? Why would someone try to kill you?
Because they don't want me to succeed. They wanna stop me. They don't want me to get back because I'm important.
[beat] Have you ever stopped to think that these delusions that you're special aren't real? That maybe there's nothing important about you at all? Maybe you are just a lonely old man that crashed on an Island. That's it. [standing] Good-bye, John.
[after killing Locke] I'll miss you, John. I really will.
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