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Jacob gives Hurley a mission to bring someone to the Island, while Claire reveals her new allegiances and the lengths she'll go for Aaron.
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Hurley must convince Jack to accompany him on an unspecified mission, and Jin stumbles across an old friend.
Note: "Lost in the Vines" is made for discussion of the series "Lost" on ABC. As such, here be spoilers! We talk frankly about the events of the night, speculate about future events, and so on. Read no further if you don't want spoilers.
The Big Reveal: Nemesis is Claire's "friend"; Jacob has a special task for Jack.
Summary
Jack walks into his house and puts his keys down, then washing his face. He looks at the scar on his side pensively and gets a phone call. His mother is asking about the coffin, and he says the airline thinks it was lost in Berlin. She asks how she's supposed to get anything done, she can't find his will or papers anywhere. Jack promises he'll come over and they'll find it together. He asks when he got his appendix taken out, and she says he was 7 or 8, and that his father wanted to do it himself but wasn't allowed. She asks if he remembers and he says he guesses he does. He looks at the time and rushes off the phone and out the door.
He pulls up to St. Mary's Academy and finds a young boy sitting on the steps. He apologizes for being late to the boy, David, who calls him "dad."
Jack looks out at the water of the Temple. Dogen says he was afraid Jack had left, and Jack asks if it was an option. Dogen says everything is an option, but he would have to stop him. Dogen asks if Jack's friends are coming back, and Jack tells him no, they probably aren't.
Hurley and Miles play tic-tac-toe, to another tie. Hurley asks if Miles is hungry, and leaves to get some food. Hurley goes into the Temple and sees Jacob dipping his fingers in the water. Hurley asks what he's doing here, and Jacob says he needs him. Jacob says he should get a pen, he'll have to write a few things down. Hurley asks what kinds of things. Jacob says someone is coming to the Island, and he needs Hurley to help him find it.
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David takes some books out of his bag, and Jack tells him he hooked up the cable so he can watch the Red Sox. He picks up a book and asks if he's reading it, and David says yes. Jack says he always wanted to read it to him when he was little. David walks away; Jack follows and tells him to take off his headphones. Jack asks who he's listening to, and David says he hasn't heard of them. Jack says he's trying to have a conversation, and David says they only see each other once a month, so can't they just get through it? Jack gets a phone call and his mom asks if he's coming over, and he says he's heading over now. He asks David if he wants to come, but he refuses. Jack promises to be back in about an hour and they'll eat.
Sayid approaches Jack and asks why everyone is staring at him. Jack advises him to just ignore them. Sayid talks about the infection and the pill, and Jack's disappearance; he asks what Jack is hiding from him. Jack tells him the pill was poison and they wanted him to kill him. He says that whatever happened, they say it happened to someone else too. Sayid asks, who?
Claire approaches Jin, whose leg is bloody in the trap. She kicks Justin's body, and grabs a metal rod to pry open the trap. He asks how long she's been out here, and she says, since they all left. She asks how long it was, and he says it's been 3 years. She says she has to get him somewhere safe, and helps him up. He tries to walk, but passes out.
Hurley reads some writing on his arm while looking through the hieroglyphs on the Temple walls. He finds one like an Omega, and Dogen asks what he's doing. He says he's just looking around because he's a fan of Temples, history, Indiana Jones stuff. Dogen tells him to go back to the courtyard, but Jacob appears, and instructs him to tell Dogen he can do what he wants because he's a candidate. Hurley does so, and Dogen asks who told him that. Hurley says it doesn't matter, and asks why Dogen doesn't go back to the courtyard. Dogen speaks in his native tongue and leaves. Jacob asks what he's doing, since he asked him to bring Jack with him. Hurley says it's hard to get Jack to do things, but Jacob says he has to. Hurley says this is already hard, and he lied to a samurai. He says if Jacob has ideas, he's listening. Jacob smiles.
Hurley approaches Jack outside and tells him to act cool, wait 10 seconds, and follow him. Jack questions him, and Hurley says that Jacob told him about it. Jack says he's not going. Hurley says Jacob said he'd say that, so he told him to tell him "you have what it takes." Jack gets up and asks Hurley where Jacob is. Hurley says he's dead, but he turns up wherever he wants like Obi-Wan Kenobi. But, he says, if Jack wants to see him, he's where they're going. Jack says, let's go see Jacob.
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Jin wakes up in a makeshift shack, and calls for Claire. He stumbles up, finding dynamite next to him, a cradle, and an oar he uses for a crutch. He takes the covering off the cradle and finds animal remains. Claire brings Justin in, saying he was pretending to be dead but wasn't. She knocks him down and says she wants to know where he's hiding her son. She says she should get Jin's wound cleaned up before the infection gets him. Jin asks if she's been out here all this time by herself, and she says she's not by herself. Justin struggles and says they have to get out of here now. Jin says it's okay, he knows her. Justin says he knows her, and if they don't get out of here now she's going to kill them both.
Hurley and Jack walk through the jungle, coming to a fork. Jack asks which way, and Hurley chooses a path. Jack sees a backpack, and Kate pulls a gun on him. He says it's okay, and she puts it away. Jack asks where Jin and Sawyer are, and she explains that Jin went back and Sawyer is on his own. Hurley tells her how to get back into the Temple, and she says she's going to find Claire. Jack tells her she's not at the beach, and explains that the people at the Temple said something happened to her. He tells her they didn't say where she is. He urges Kate to come with them so they can go to the Temple together. Hurley says it's just supposed to be them, but Jack insists. Kate says it's okay and that they should just go.
Jack pulls to the house of Margo, his mother. Inside, he looks through the files. She says they'll never find it, and he says it's in there somewhere. She says it's like a needle in a haystack and why he wouldn't give it to his lawyer is beyond her. She asks if he wants a drink, and he says no thanks. She says, good for you. She asks how David is holding up, and says he was really upset at the funeral. Jack seems confused, and Margo observes he didn't tell Jack. Jack says he doesn't talk much, and she says that's how Jack was with his father. Jack says that's because he was terrified of his father, and Margo says how does he know David isn't terrified of him? Jack says why would he be? She says she doesn't know, but maybe he should ask him. She finds Christian's will, and opens it. She asks Jack if his father ever mentioned a Claire Littleton.
Claire boils a mixture and sharpens an axe. Justin tells Jin to untie him before she comes back, and again emphasizes that she'll kill them both. He says he needs to snap her neck when she comes back in. She reenters, and says she's sorry Jin got stuck in the trap. She tends to the wound and starts to stitch it. Jin asks if she's been here the whole time, and she says she's had to move around a lot to hide from them, and she's lucky she's alive. Jin asks what she's going to do with Justin, and she says he's going to tell him what they did with Aaron. Justin protests, but she says she knows they have him. Claire says her father told her, and her friend told her, so she knows it's true. Jin asks who her friend is, and she asks if Jin is still her friend. He says, of course he is. Claire gets her axe and tells Justin it's his turn.
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Hurley apologizes to Jack, for wrecking his game with Kate. Jack says there's nothing left to wreck, and Hurley asks what happened with them. Jack says he wasn't cut out for it, and Hurley says he'd make a great dad. Jack says he'd make a terrible dad, then finds an asthma inhaler on the floor. Hurley says it's Shannon's. Jack observes that they're at the caves that they once lived in. They find the corpses and Hurley says he totally forgot they were in there. Hurley asks, what if they time traveled to dinosaur times and died and got buried here, and the skeletons are them? He turns around to see Jack looking at Christian's coffin. Jack says he found this place chasing the ghost of his dead father, who led him here. He says that was his coffin, before he smashed it to pieces. Hurley asks why he did that, and Jack says, because he wasn't in it.
Jack comes home with pizza, but can't find David. He calls David's phone, but gets his voicemail. He leaves a message, saying that if he did something to upset him he's really sorry. He says he's driving to his mother's house, so if he's there, don't go anywhere. He rings the doorbell, but there's no answer. He opens the door with a hidden key, and goes up to David's bedroom. But he's not there. He turns on a light and sees his music sheets, and a picture of them together. Jack turns on the message machine, which is a message from the conservatory to confirm his slot at 7 PM. The next message is from Jack, from Sydney. He says he just needed to hear his voice and he'll try again later.
Hurley says it's really old school, him and Jack trekking through the jungle to do something they don't understand. Hurley asks why Jack came back to the Island. Jack turns the question around on him, and Hurley says in L.A. Jacob hopped in his cab and told him he was supposed to, so he came. Jack chuckles, and Hurley presses Jack on the question. Jack says he came back because he was broken and stupid enough to think the place could fix him. He asks Hurley how much further they've got, and Hurley says it's not far at all. They come to a lighthouse on the beach. Jack asks how it is they've never seen it before. Hurley says they weren't looking for it.
Claire demands to know where her son is, and Justin says he doesn't know. She demands he stops covering for them. She demands he stops lying, and says they tortured her. She said they captured her because she was picking their people off. Jin tries to intervene, but Claire shouts that they branded her. Claire asks again, and Justin says he doesn't know again. Claire raises her axe, and Jin finally shouts that Kate has Aaron, she took him with her. Justin says that's the truth, and if she lets him go he'll never tell anyone he saw her. Claire kills him with the axe.
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Hurley and Jack head towards the lighthouse, and Jack asks if Jacob is inside. Hurley says he guesses so, but they need to turn it on. Hurley struggles with the door, and Jack kicks it open.
Jack heads into the conservatory advertising a youth concert series. He sees David playing the piano and gets teary-eyed. Another kid remarks to Jack that he's really good, and Jack looks over to see the boy hug Dogen. Dogen says they're too young to have this kind of pressure, and it's hard to watch and be unable to help. He says Jack's son has a gift. He asks how long he's been playing, and Jack says he doesn't know.
Hurley and Jack walk to the top of the lighthouse. Hurley says it's cool, and must've been built to help ships get here. Jack asks where Jacob is, and Hurley just says he's not here yet. He starts to pull on a chain and asks Jack to tell him when the mirrors get to 108 degrees. Jack sees things in the reflection of the mirror, and tells Hurley to stop. Hurley says it's just ocean. Jack looks down and sees names etched in the degrees. He finds his own name at 23 degrees, and Hurley protests before Jack turns the mirror to that point. He looks in the mirror and sees the house he grew up in. Hurley says that's weird, and Jack realizes that Jacob's been watching all of them this whole time. He asks again where Jacob is. Hurley says he doesn't know, and was just assuming that he'd be here. Jack says he wants to know why Jacob has been watching him, and demands that Hurley asks him. Hurley says it doesn't work like that, he just shows up whenever he feels like it. Jack grabs a telescope and shouts at Hurley for information, then smashes in the mirrors of the lighthouse.
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David gets his bike, and Jack appears behind him telling him he was great in there. David is surprised Jack saw him, and says he missed a couple notes. Jack says it sounded perfect to him. He tells him that he scared the hell out of him. David says he was at grandma's, and he thought he could get back before he got home. Jack says he didn't know David was still playing, and David says he asked grandma not to tell him. He says he was so into it, watching him practice. He says he didn't tell him he was coming because he didn't want Jack to see him fail. Jack says when he was David's age, his father didn't want to see him fail, and used to say he didn't have what it takes. He says he spent his whole life carrying it around, and he doesn't want David to feel that way. He says he'll always love him, no matter what he does he'll never fail. He says he just wants to be a part of David's life. David says okay, and Jack tells him he has some pizza at the house. Jack says, let's go home.
Jack looks out at the ocean, and Jacob comes asking how it went. Hurley asks where he was, and Jacob says it doesn't matter. Hurley says he should've come and explained everything so Jack wouldn't freak out and break his mirror. Hurley says whoever they needed to get to the Island is screwed, and Jacob says they'll find another way. Hurley asks why he didn't care, and Jacob looks at Jack. Hurley realizes Jacob wanted Jack to see what was in the mirror.
Jacob explains that it was the only way for him to understand how important he is. He says Jack is here to do something, and he has to find that himself. Jacob says sometimes you can just hop in someone's cab and tell them what they're supposed to do. Other times, you have to let them look out at the ocean for a while. Hurley says next time he should tell him from the start. Jacob says he couldn't risk him not coming, and he had to get them as far from the Temple as possible. He says someone is going there. Hurley gets up, wanting to warn everyone, but Jacob says it's too late.
Claire tells Jin that if she hadn't killed Justin, he would've killed her. She asks why he said Kate was raising Aaron. Jin claims he was lying to save Justin's life. But, he says, Claire was right and the Others have her baby. He tells her Aaron is at the Temple and he saw him there, but she'll need him to get there. She asks how they get in, and he tells her there's a secret way. She thanks him, and says she's so glad to know he was lying, because if Kate was raising Aaron she'd have to kill her. Nemesis enters, asking if he's interrupting. Jin asks, John? Claire says it's not John, it's her friend.
Cut to LOST
The Big Questions:
- Why doesn't Jack remember his appendectomy?
- Who is David's mother?
- What was Jacob doing in the Temple's water?
- Who does Jacob want to bring to the Island?
- Why didn't anyone notice the lighthouse before?
- Did Jacob ever intend to use the lighthouse to bring in his asset?
- What does Jacob need Jack to do?
- How long has Nemesis been influencing Claire?
Lost in the Vines Trivia Question:
What is David Shephard's house number?
This Week in Original Articles:
Once again those who write original articles this year will be entered (once per week) in this year's contest. Contributing original articles or being the first to answer the trivia questions are the ways to be entered, so feel free to write!
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Next, on Lost: Sundown - Sayid is faced with a difficult decision, and Claire sends a warning to the temple inhabitants.
