Testimonials

Locke tries to explain that it's things like a summer science camp that are forcing his body into the shape of the inside of a locker.

"I'm not a scientist! I like boxing and fishing and cars. I like sports!"

"I'm gonna tell you something. Something I wish someone had told me at your age. You might not want to be that guy in the lab surrounded by test tubes and beakers, but that's who you are, John. You can't be the prom king. You can't be the quarterback. You can't be a superhero."

For the first time, John Locke utters his defining mantra. "Don't tell me what I can't do."

So...does this mean that Jack was once headed for the seminary?

In the improvised brig, Lapidus confronts Michael and asks him why Michael didn't tell him he was a survivor of 815.

"Ah, 'cause you wouldn't have believed me."

"You didn't think I'd believe you? I tell you that I'm one of the only people in the world that think that that plane on the bottom of the ocean is a hoax, and you didn't think I'd believe you?"

"I didn't know if I could trust you. Your boss put that plane there."

"Man, I thought I was Mr. Conspiracy, but you got me beat there."

Actually, given the nature of his mission, Michael's not saying anything about his survivor pedigree is perfectly reasonable. He had no reason to trust Lapidus and every reason to suspect that Lapidus might be trying to trick him with his story.

Michael uses what little strength he has left to try to convince Lapidus not to fly Keamy back to the island.

"He is gonna kill everyone on that Island. Everyone. And you don't want that on your conscience, man. Trust me."

Lapidus frees Michael and helps him to his feet. As they leave the cell, they see Keamy and Omar at the end of the corridor. Something small and flashing is strapped to the inside of Keamy's bicep and the two men make a point of not letting Lapidus or Michael get a good look at it. Lapidus breaks the tension by telling them he's taking Michael down to the engine room. Omar responds by slamming door shut.

If you didn't get the Carpenter's CD on my Zune I'm gonna kill your ass.

Gault gives Sayid some final instructions, telling him about bearing 3-0-5 that Faraday says is the one safe bearing to and from the island.

"What will you tell Keamy if he notices the Zodiac is missing?"

"I'll tell him you stole it. Now go."

Desmond then tells Sayid that it'll be a solo trip.

"I've been on that island for three years. I'm never setting foot on it again. Not when Penny's coming for me."

"I'll be back with the first group as soon as I can."

"Stay on that bearing, yeah?"

Sayid climbs over the rail and into the Zodiac. Compass in one hand, outboard tiller in the other, Sayid heads for the beach.

Locke figures that the cabin is close, but Ben isn't so sure. Perhaps it has moved again.

"It hasn't moved because I was told that this is where it would be."

"I was told a lot of things, too. That I was chosen, that I was special. Ended up with a tumor on my spine and my daughter's blood all over my hands."

"I'm sorry those things happened to you, Ben."

"Those things had to happen to me. That was my destiny. But you'll understand soon enough that there are consequences to being chosen. Because, destiny, John, is a fickle bitch."

Salieri has little choice but to recognize Mozart's new dominance, but that doesn't mean he stops feeling slighted.

"Guys? Cabin."

Sometime after his abortive attempt at unpowered human flight, Locke is being put through his therapy paces. When it's obvious he's finished for the day, the physical therapist summons an orderly to take him back to his room. On the way back the orderly gives him some standard "don't quit" advice, suggesting that anything is possible.

"You should read my file. My spine was crushed. There's a 98% chance I'll never get any feeling back in my legs. So I don't know why I'm even trying to..."

"As a matter of fact, I did read your file. You survived falling eight stories out of a building. That's a miracle, Mr. Locke. Let me ask you something. Do you believe in miracles?"

"No. I don't believe in miracles."

Still the man of science...

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