Guess I didn't raise no dummies.
It means that bald headed bastard outside the door is my son.
My son. As in I'm his father. You do speak English?
How did you get here, to the Island?
Island? OK. I'm driving down I10 through Tallahassee when bam, somebody slams into the back of my car. I go right into the divider at seventy miles an hour, the next thing I know, the paramedics are strapping me to a gurney, stuffing me into the back of an ambulance and one of them actually smiles at me as he pops the IV in my arm. And then, nothing. Just, black. And the next thing I know I wake up in a dark room tied up, gag in my mouth, and when the door opens, I'm looking up at the same man I threw out a window, John Locke. My dead son.
And he's dead cause you threw him out a window?
No he survived that. But it paralysed him, permanently. He's dead because the plane he was flying on crashed in the Pacific.
Well I got bad news for ya pops, cause I was on that plane with your son. He sure as hell wasn't crippled. And we didn't crash in the Pacific, we crashed here on this Island.
Little hot for heaven isn't it?
[Sarcastically] Oh OK, so we're dead?
They found your plane on the bottom of the ocean. One minute I'm in a car wreck and the next minute I'm in a pirate ship in the middle of the jungle. If this isn't hell friend, then where are we?
Why did you throw Locke out a window?
He was becoming a nuisance. I conned him into giving me one of his kidneys. He never got over it.
A conman goes by many names friend. I've been Alan Seward, Anthony Cooper, Ted MacLaren, Tom Sawyer, Louis Jackson, and Paul...
I was young and Huck Finn was taken. And the ladies loved that one. Made me charming.
What's the matter with you?
You ever been to Jasper, Alabama?
Yeah I been to Jasper. Don't tell me I'm your daddy?
[Sawyer gets his letter out of his pocket – the one to Mr. Sawyer]
“Dear Mr Sawyer”. What is this?
“You don't know who I am, but I know who you are. And I know what you done. You had sex with my mother, and then you stole my dad's money all away, so he got angry and he killed my mother, and then he killed himself” blah blah blah blah. So what? Is this supposed to be you, you wrote this letter? Hey wait a second. Did you take my name because you were on some kind of revenge kick?
Easy, easy, don't get all worked up. Look, I ran that con two dozen times. If your mother was one of the...
Mary from Jasper, Alabama. Yeah, I remember her. She practically begged me to take her thirty-eight thousand dollars and to rescue her from her sorry little life.
Look, I only took her money. It ain't my fault your dad overreacted. If he pulled the old murder suicide then I'm sure he's down here somewhere. Er, maybe you could take this up with him...
[He rips up the letter into pieces, and Sawyer attacks him, choking him with the chains around the room]
Ben knew you weren't gonna kill your own father. He put you in front of everyone in our camp just so they could all watch you fail.
Cause when word got back here that there was a man with a broken spine on the plane who could suddenly walk again, well, people here began to get very excited because that, that could only happen to someone who was extremely special. But Ben doesn't want anyone to think you're special, John.
And why are you telling me this?
Ben has been wasting our time with novelties like fertility problems. We're looking for someone to remind us that we're here for more important reasons.
What do you want from me?
I want for you to find your purpose. And to do that, your father has to go, John. And since you're not gonna do it, I'm gonna suggest someone else.
We're here. You'll want to turn off your flashlight, John.
Jacob feels the same way about technology as you do. Once I open this door, there's no turning back. Are you sure this is what you want? So be it. Jacob, I'm here with John Locke. We're coming in now. Jacob, this is John. Don't you going to say hello, John?
Who? What are you talking about?
Jacob. He's sitting right here in this chair. Yes, I know, but he insisted.
You wanted the secrets of the island, well here they are. This is the man who can answer every single... I am not! He made me bring him here! Did you think that that was my... Sir, may I finish?!
You don't know anything about the island, do you? You just made it all up.
Jacob, please, I can't hear him if you're going to talk...
Stop... Stop... Shut up! You're putting on a show for me! Or, do you... Do you really think there is someone there?
I know there is someone there.
I'm sorry you feel that way, John. And I'm sorry that you're too limited to see.
Oh yes you did. I heard you. You said...
That's enough, you've had your fun!
What did you hear in there, John? What did Jacob say to you?
He didn't say anything to me. You did.
What are you talking about?
There is no Jacob, Ben. I'm not going to be taken in by the little show you put on last night. You're a fraud. And it's time your people were told the truth. And this is not the way we came!
I'm taking us back another way. I wanted to show you something first.
You know, John, you're not wrong. Some of the things I've told you, some of the things I've told everyone, are not true.
Well, for starters, I wasn't born on this island.
Then where did you come from?
That's what I want to show you.
This is where I came from, John. These are my people. The DHARMA Initiative. They came here seeking harmony, but they couldn't even coexist with the Island's original inhabitants. And when it became clear that one side had to go, one side had to be purged, I did what I had to do. I was one of the people that was smart enough to make sure that I didn't end up in that ditch, which makes me considerably smarter than you, John.
[Ben shoots Locke and he falls in the mass grave]
What did Jacob say to you?
Because you heard him. Now I need to know what he said.
John, I'm not going to ask you again! What did he say to you?
[Ben looks troubled, and flinches for a moment]
Well I certainly hope he helps you, John.
You should go home now, your people will be looking for you.
I don't want to go back there! I hate it there! Take me with you.
Maybe that can happen, maybe. But if that's what you really want, Ben, if that's what you want, I want you to really think about that. And you're gonna have to be very, very patient.
Listen...if it makes you feel any better, I will do my best to remember your birthday next year.
I don't think that's going to happen, Dad. [starts to unzip bag]
You know, I've missed her too. Maybe as much as you have. But the difference is, for as long as I can remember, I've had to put up with you. And doing that required a tremendous amount of patience. [pulling out a gas mask] Goodbye, Dad.
Anyone want to venture a guess as to what Jack is going to be showing us out in the middle of nowhere?
I don't know... stuff--probably secret stuff.
Why does everything have to be such a secret? How about some openness for a change?
We kept the parachute lady secret.
Well, because we weren't out there playing football with them.
When Juliet told me they were coming, the first thing I thought was: where the hell are we going to hide this time? But hiding's pointless; they're just going to keep coming back, so I went out and I found some help. And for the past few days, she's been bringing dynamite back from the Black Rock. For the very first time, we know exactly what they want, when they're coming to get it and they have no idea. We're going to be waiting for them. So Juliet's going to mark the tents with the white rocks just like she was told to, but there's not going to be any pregnant women inside; there's going to be plenty of what we just used on that tree. So tomorrow night, we stop hiding, we stop running, we stop living in fear of them, because when they show up, we're going to blow them all to hell.
What the hell are you doing here, Karl?
KKarl
They're... coming... my people...
Sorry you came all this way for nothing, but we already know.
KKarl
Then why are you still here?
'Cause when your people show up here tomorrow night, we're going to be ready for 'em.
KKarl
Tomorrow? No. No, they're coming tonight. They're coming right now!
Better get going. Rousseau said it's about a day's walk up to the radio tower.
I'm not taking them up to the tower--you are.
You're not staying behind.
And I'm perfectly capable of executing it.
What are you more concerned about: killing the Others or getting our people off this island? This afternoon you said you were our leader. It's time for you to act like one. Lead them to the radio tower, Jack and then take us all home.
