316

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"316" is the sixth episode of Season 5 of Lost and the ninety-second produced hour of the series as a whole. It was originally broadcast on February 18, 2009. The way back to the Island is revealed to members of the Oceanic Six, but there is trouble ahead when not all of them wish to return.

Contents 1 Synopsis 1.1 Off the Island 1.2 On the Island (1977) 2 Trivia 2.1 General 2.2 Production notes 2.3 Bloopers and continuity errors 2.4 Recurring themes 2.5 Cultural references 2.6 Literary techniques 2.7 Storyline analysis 3 Episode references 4 Unanswered questions 5 External links

Synopsis

Off the Island

In Los Angeles, Eloise Hawking takes Jack, Sun, Ben, and Desmond into the basement of the church. There she opens a blast door, revealing a room containing a map, a pendulum-like mechanism resembling a Foucault pendulum, and various computers. She announces that this is a DHARMA Initiative station called the Lamp Post and it was through this station that they found the Island. Jack asks Ben if he knew this existed. Ben denies knowledge, but when Jack asks Eloise whether Ben is telling the truth, she says "probably not".

Eloise explains that the Lamp Post was created years ago over a pocket of electromagnetic energy, which is connected to similar pockets around the world. The people who built it knew the Island existed but not where it was. The Island is "always moving", which is why the survivors of Flight 815 were never rescued, Eloise claims. She explains that one of the men built the pendulum in order to predict where the Island would appear in the future. Using those calculations she has determined the position of a "window" to the Island which will close in thirty-six hours. As she is explaining this, Jack examines calculations on a chalkboard and a large photograph of the Island marked "9/23/54 - U.S. Army - OP 264- Top Secret - Eyes Only".

After hearing Eloise's talk, Desmond realizes that Jack intends to return to the Island. Desmond delivers Daniel Faraday's message to Eloise, warning her that Daniel and everyone on the Island needs her help. Eloise tells Desmond the Island isn't done with him, but he angrily recounts how following her past instructions cost him 4 years of his life. Desmond tells Jack that they are being used and that he is "done with the Island" as he storms out of the room. Eloise hands Jack a binder containing lists of airline flights and their coordinates. Eloise then informs Jack that Ajira Airways Flight 316 to Guam will pass over the Island's location and that all of his friends must be on that flight.

Eloise asks to see Jack alone and takes him to another room of the church which appears to be her office. She gives Jack an envelope containing Locke's suicide note. She explains that Jack must recreate the crash of 815 as closely as possible. Locke will act as a proxy for Christian Shephard, and Jack needs to give Locke something belonging to his father. Jack is skeptical, but Eloise tells him "That's why it's called a leap of faith."

In the main hall of the church, Jack approaches Ben, who is kneeling in a forward pew with his hands together up to his nose as though praying, with his eyes open. Jack asks where Sun is; Ben says she left. Jack asks about Locke and his coffin, which Ben tells him he will pick up on his way to the airport. As Ben walks to the votive candles and lights one, both men ask each other about Eloise, but neither provides answers. Ben looks at the painting positioned above the candles: The Incredulity of Saint Thomas by Caravaggio. Ben tells Jack about Thomas the Apostle, noting Thomas’ claim to fame was not his bravery, but his doubt regarding the Resurrection of Christ. Jack asks if Thomas was ever convinced. Ben explains that Thomas needed to touch Christ's wounds to be convinced and then says, "We're all convinced sooner or later, Jack." Ben walks toward the doors, and Jack asks where he's going to which Ben replies, "Oh, I made a promise to an old friend of mine--just a loose end that needs tying up." Jack looks again at the Caravaggio.

Later, while sitting in a bar with a seemingly untouched drink in front of him, Jack receives a phone call from an assisted living facility. There, an official tells Jack that the resident in question attempted to run away and that if it happens again they will have to transfer him to another facility. In a common room, Jack greets an elderly man named Ray. Ray, revealed to be Jack's grandfather, had attempted to run away from his retirement home, going so far as to pack a suitcase. As Jack helps his grandfather unpack he notices a pair of black dress shoes. Ray explains that the shoes were among Christian’s belongings which Margo had sent to Ray following Christian's death. Jack asks to take the shoes, and Ray readily gives them to him.

Jack returns home and pours himself a drink (but does not drink it), then hears a suspicious noise. Going into his bedroom he finds Kate in the darkness, lying on his bed in tears. She asks if he is still planning on returning to the Island and then offers to return with him. When Jack asks why she changed her mind and where Aaron is, she refuses to answer and makes him promise to never ask her that question again if he wants her to come with him. Jack agrees, and Kate then kisses Jack passionately.

The next morning, Jack prepares coffee and orange juice for Kate. She notices Christian's shoes, and Jack explains why he had put white tennis shoes on his father’s body back in Sydney. When the phone rings, Kate leaves, telling Jack that she will meet him at the airport.

After she leaves, Jack answers the phone. It is from a drenched and bloodied Ben, who is calling from a pay phone at Long Beach Marina. He claims that he has been "sidetracked" and that Jack should retrieve Locke's body from Simon’s Butcher Shop. Jack travels to the butcher shop where he is let in by Jill. In the freezer, Jack opens Locke's coffin and replaces Locke's shoes with his father's. He then places Locke's unopened suicide note in Locke's jacket, claiming that he's "heard everything you have to say" and closes the casket.

At the airport, Jack makes arrangements with the gate attendant for transporting Locke’s body. While doing so, he sees Kate arrive, apparently trying to look discreet in sunglasses and with her head down. As he heads towards the gate a man offers his condolences. He then runs into Sun, who says that if there is the slightest chance of Jin being alive she needs to return to the Island. As they head to gate 15 they see Sayid, apparently handcuffed, and being accompanied by a woman, apparently a federal marshall. At the gate, Hurley, appearing nervous or reluctant and carrying a guitar case, informs the Ajira employee that he has purchased all the remaining 78 available seats on the flight, but not why. It is implied that it is to save innocent people from any forthcoming crash. Jack goes up to Hurley, greets him and asks how did he know. Hurley nervously responds by saying "it doesn't matter. I'm here."

As the flight is about to close their doors, Ben comes running up at the last minute with his boarding pass. His face is battered and his arm is in a sling. Hurley becomes agitated at Ben’s presence, but Jack assures him that Ben is necessary. As Ben takes his seat, one of the flight attendants tells Jack that security had found something of his in the cargo hold and again hands him Locke's suicide note.

Once the plane reaches 30,000 feet, the captain turns off the "fasten seat belts" sign. Jack moves up a few rows and sits with Kate. He remarks how crazy all this is and how it's weird that they are all together again. Kate says "We're on the same plane, it doesn't mean we are together." The captain makes an announcement welcoming them to Ajira Airlines and informing them that he is Captain Frank J. Lapidus. Jack asks the flight attendant to tell Frank about his presence. A clean-shaven Frank comes out and happily greets Jack, saying he "picked up this gig about 8 months ago." However, he then sees Hurley, Sayid, Sun, Ben and Kate. Realization dawns and he asks "We're not going to Guam, are we?"

It then turns to nighttime on the plane, and Ben is reading Ulysses. Jack asks him how he can read (i.e., in view of the tension), and Ben sarcastically answers "my mother taught me." (Just a phrase, since Ben has never met his mother.) He then answers honestly that he can read because it's better than what Jack is doing, "waiting for something to happen." Jack then mentions Locke's suicide note, which he feels is following him. Ben suggests he read it, and says he'll give Jack privacy to read the letter in peace. Jack then opens and reads the note, which simply states: "Jack, I wish you had believed me. JL." Ben is seen walking swiftly to the front of the plane and immediately thereafter the plane encounters turbulence. As everyone buckles up, the turbulence increases and eventually the plane is engulfed in a flash of white light identical to the flashes that accompany the abrupt changes in space/time on the Island.

On the Island (1977)

Jack's eye opens as he awakens in a bamboo grove, dressed in a suit. He looks around in amazement, then notices he's holding a torn piece of paper on which the words "I wish" are legible, a fragment from Locke's suicide letter to Jack. Jack hears Hurley crying for help, drops the note and runs through the jungle, along a stream, to the top of a waterfall, where he sees Hurley flailing in the lagoon below, struggling to hold on to a guitar case. Jack dives into the water and helps Hurley out of the deep part of the water. They notice Kate lying unconscious on the side of the pool, and hurry over where Jack awakens her and informs her that they’ve successfully returned to the Island.

None of the three remember actually crashing and none have seen Ben, Sun, Sayid, any other survivors, or any wreckage of the plane. Jack suggests that they split up and search for survivors, but before they can do anything they hear music. The source of the music is a DHARMA van in what appears to be in new or very well maintained condition, which emerges from the jungle and pulls up next to the lagoon. A man in a DHARMA Initiative jumpsuit gets out and points a carbine at the three survivors. Hurley then recognizes him and the man lowers his weapon; it is an astonished Jin.

Trivia

General

• The episode's title refers to the flight number of the plane that returns the Oceanic Six to the Island.
  • This episode aired on February 18 in the United States. On this day there are exactly 316 days left in the year.
  • Coincidentally, the number of passengers on Flight 815, subtracting those who survived and at one point escaped the Island (Jack, Kate, Sayid, Sun, Hurley, Locke, Michael, and Walt) is 324 - 8 = 316.
  • This is the second commercial airline crashed on the island containing Losties. First one was Flight 815 thus the second was 316, and containing only the "half" of the Losties which is half of eight literally divided vertically in half.
    • Also, according to the lie that the Oceanic 6 told the press, there were 316 people who died on the plane, with 5 of the survivors being from the Oceanic 6, and Boone, Libby, and Charlie being the other 3.
• Behind the passengers being screened for departure is a poster for Oceanic Airlines.
  • As the Ajira Airways plane takes off, an Oceanic Airlines jet is visible in the background.
• A photo of the Island taken for the U.S. Army can be seen on The Lamp Post's board. It is labeled "9/23/54" (9+2+3+5+4=23).
  • This is one day shy of fifty years before Oceanic Flight 815 crashed on the Island.
• In Jack's dining room, the painting on the wall is of a figure in front of a pueblo type building outlined by the shape of the U.S. state of New Mexico, which is where Sawyer's daughter lives.
• The coordinates on Ms. Hawking's printout (34°3' N, 118°14' W) correctly specify Los Angeles, California, as the departure point of Ajira Airways Flight 316.
• Ajira Flight 316 is a Boeing 737 model aircraft. Winglets at the tips of the wings indicate it was a (dash)-700 series model, or later.
  • The distance from Los Angeles to Honolulu, then Honolulu to Guam, is a combined 5,500 Nautical Miles for the two legs of the flight.
  • The refueling stop in Hawaii, after the 5 to 6 hours flight from California, is within the range of most B-737 models. The 7 to 8 hours flight from Hawaii to Guam is within the safe flight range of most recent B-737 models, -700 or later.
  • In real life, passenger flying from Los Angeles to Guam usually takes 1 stop in Narita airport in Tokyo, Japan, rather than stopping in Honolulu.
• The song Jin is listening to in the DHARMA van is the single, "Dharma Lady," by Geronimo Jackson.

Production notes

• Daniel, Juliet, Miles, and Sawyer do not appear in this episode. This is the first time this season in which none of these characters appear in an episode. Jin, Sayid and Locke appear with no lines.
• According to Jorge Garcia's personal blog, the scenes by the waterfall were filmed on November 4, 2008, which was the day of the presidential election.
• This episode is the first to feature the "Wilhelm scream", a stock sound effect used in various popular film and television shows. It can be heard a few seconds before the "white flash" occurs on the plane.
• This episode was originally intended to be the seventh of the season, but was later switched to air before "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham". Executive producer Damon Lindelof confirmed on the April 6, 2009 Official Lost Podcast that this is only the second time in the show's history that the order of the episodes had been switched after filming, having happened only in Season 1 with "Solitary" and "Raised by Another".
• This episode marks the first on-Island flashforward.
• The DHARMA logo on Jin's jumpsuit is mostly obscured by his collar, but later in the series is revealed as a star of five points: the "sheriff star" logo of DHARMA Security.
• This is the last episode to feature Desmond until "Dead Is Dead" and the last of the season to feature him in a significant part (in both "Dead Is Dead" and "The Variable" he only has brief appearances with one/two lines).

Bloopers and continuity errors

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  Locke's new pillow and necktie
  The electronic board in the Lamp Post with two columns of updating global coordinates is incorrectly labeled. "Longitude" appears above the column of latitudes, and "Latitude" appears above the column of longitudes.
• The suicide note addressed to Jack is written slightly differently between the version he reads on the plane and the torn version after he arrives on the island.
• Locke's head is resting on a different pillow and he is wearing a different necktie than in "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" (Original Image).
• When Jack awakens Kate on the side of the pool, the piece of hair on Kate's cheek changes in the next scene as she wakes up.

Recurring themes

Recurring themes in Lost
Black and white • Car accidents • Character connections • Deceptions and cons • Dreams • Eyes • Fate versus free will • Good and bad people • Imprisonment • Isolation • Life and death • Missing body parts • Nicknames • The Numbers • Parent issues • Pregnancies • Rain • Rebirth • Redemption • Relationships • Sacrifice • Secrets • Time

• The episode begins with Jack's eye opening. (Eyes)
• The shoes that Jack puts on Locke's feet are black. The shoes that Christian is constantly seen wearing are white. (Black and white)
• When Ben says he had not known about the Lamp Post and Jack asks Eloise if that is true, she answers, "probably not". (Deceptions and Cons)
• Ben states he learned to read from his mother, despite the fact that it is know his mother died giving birth to him. (Relationships)  (Parent Issues)  (Deceptions and Cons)
• While in the Lamp Post station, Jack sees a photo of the Island dated September 23,1954. (The Numbers)
• The photo of the Island Jack sees is labeled as "U.S. Army-Op 264-Top Secret-eyes only". (Secrets)
• The coordinate board in the Lamp Post. (Black and white)
• Desmond tells Ms. Hawking that going to the Island has cost him 4 years of his life. (The Numbers)
• Ben tells Jack a story from the Bible, specifically from the New Testament. (Religion)
• Ray has made 4 failed attempts to escape from his retirement home. (The Numbers)  (Imprisonment)
• A white rabbit with black markings around its eyes appears during a magic show Ray is watching. (Animals)  (Black and white)
• It is reported that Locke hanged himself. (Life and death)  (Sacrifice)  (Secrets)
• Locke's suicide note and envelope. (Black and white)
• Jack decides to open Locke's suicide note after noting that it has "been following" him. (Fate versus free will)
• Jack tells Kate that he didn't feel that his father was worth "a nice new pair of shoes," or "the time it would take to go out and get them". (Parent Issues)
• As Jack is looking toward the LAX screening area, the gate numbers 1-15 and 16-42 can be seen over the metal detectors. (The Numbers)
• Jack is seated in row 8 on Ajira Airways Flight 316 which departed from Gate 15. (The Numbers)
• The sign of Gate 15. (Black and white) (The Numbers)
• Hurley spends the money he won from the lottery and/or money from the settlement from Oceanic to pay for 78 extra seats on Flight 316 to save innocent passengers. (Sacrifice)
• Sayid is in police custody on the plane. (Imprisonment)
• Frank is clean-shaven and has worked with Ajira Airways for the past 8 months. (Redemption)  (The Numbers)
• Frank calls Jack, "Doc". (Nicknames)
• The front cover of Ulysses. (Black and white)
• Ray Shephard calls Jack "Kiddo", a nickname Jack's dad called him. (Nicknames)
• Kate and Jack have sex. (Sex)  (Relationships)

Cultural references

Cultural references in Lost (direct references only)
Art • Books • Cars • Games • Movies and TV • Music • Philosophy • Religion and ideologies • Science

• Y: The Last Man: Hurley is seen reading a Spanish translation of the trade paperback Y: The Last Man Vol. 3: One Small Step. This comic book series is about the sole survivor of a deadly plague that wiped out every male on the planet Earth. It is written by Brian K. Vaughan who is also a writer on Lost. (Literary works)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The DHARMA Initiative station, The Lamp Post is a reference to The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and The Magician's Nephew, the first and sixth books published in the Narnia series. In the books, a lamp post marks the passage between Narnia and the real world. In the episode, The Lamp Post serves a similar function with regard to the Island. In addition, the opening scene of the episode is a reference to the first chapter of Prince Caspian, the second book published in the Narnia series. In the chapter, entitled The Island, the children in the book return to Narnia via a mysterious Island with ancient ruins. The first thing they do is play in the water. (Literary works)
• Ulysses: Ben is seen reading Ulysses by James Joyce on Flight 316 before he leaves his seat. The novel is a story about the journey through Dublin on a single day (June 16, 1904) by its main character, Leopold Bloom. The story is considered a rewrite of Homer's Odyssey as a blend of reality with symbolism in a parable of the experience of life. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse told viewers to read this book on one of the Dharma Special Access videos. A quote from page 316 of the novel is also hidden in the source code of the Ajira Airways website. The final chapter is named "Penelope". Fionnula Flanagan who plays Mrs. Hawking is famous for the role of Molly Bloom (a character in the book) in stage and film, including "James Joyce's Women" and "Joyce to the World."
• The Bible: John 3:16 -- "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John Locke's suicide note states that Jack should have believed. Eloise told Jack to start believing. Ben told Jack that everyone believes sooner or later. Each of the Oceanic 6 that boards the plane ultimately believes that the flight will return them to the island and does not perish during the crash. This verse is also hidden in the source code of the Ajira Airways website. (Religion)
• The Bible: Psalm 119:105 "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path." The Lamp Post station is used to identify the future location of the island and guides people back to it. This well known verse from the Psalms figuratively uses the lamp as important for people to find their way. (Religion)
• The Bible: Ben tells Jack the story from The Gospel of John about Saint Thomas the Apostle, who is not remembered by the incredible bravery he modeled when he insisted that the disciples should follow Jesus to Judea, even if that meant their deaths, but rather he is remembered by his doubt concerning the bodily resurrection of Christ, a doubt only mitigated by putting his hands in Jesus's wounds. (Religion)
• The Incredulity of Saint Thomas: Ben looks at this painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610). This painting illustrates the Biblical story of Thomas doubting Jesus' resurrection. "Doubting Thomas" is a phrase used to describe someone who is very skeptical about something. (Art)
• Le Petit Prince: The Little Prince visits an asteroid that rotates every minute. Its inhabitant, the Lamplighter, must constantly light, extinguish, and relight the Lamp Post on the asteroid. (Literary works)
• The Langoliers: In the Stephen King novel, an airplane takes off from Los Angeles and while in midair in travels through a time warp, leaving only a handful of survivors while the rest of the people on board disappear. For the survivors to travel back through the warp (or window) to their own time, they must recreate several key conditions of their original pass through said window. (Literary works)
• Foucault's Pendulum: In addition to the pendulum in the Lamp Post being an example of Foucault's Pendulum, the scene further references the novel by the same name when Eloise Hawking describes the station as being built on a source of magnetic energy that connects to other sources around the world, including the Island. This same idea is often discussed in the novel and these connections are referred to as "telluric currents." Foucault's Pendulum was written by Umberto Eco, whose name is a homonym of Eko. (Literary works)
• Fraidy Cat: The magician mentions his fraidy-cat rabbit. Fraidy Cat is a 1975 comical children's cartoon show about an unlucky and miserable cat who has used up eight of his lives, and is now on his ninth and last life. (Movies and TV)
• "Excelsior Lady": This song by San Diego band The Donkeys is playing in the DHARMA van when Jin encounters Jack, Kate, and Hurley. A very similar version of this song by Geronimo Jackson was released on iTunes on March 17, 2009. It is called "Dharma Lady". (Music)

Literary techniques

Literary techniques in Lost
Comparative: Irony • Juxtaposition • Foreshadowing Plotting: Cliffhanger • Plot twist Stock Characters:  Archetype • Redshirt • Unseen character Story:  Flashbacks • Flash-forwards • Regularly spoken phrases • Symbolism • Unreliable narrator

• Jack dives into and rises out of the pond. Writers have used this age-old literary device (i.e. baptism) to symbolize that someone has accepted another person's plea for forgiveness of their past transgressions and has granted them a chance at a new and better life. (Symbolism)
• Sayid is seemingly under arrest on the flight, being watched by a officer similar to Kate and Edward Mars. (Juxtaposition)
• Hugo is carrying a guitar case, seemingly in place of Charlie Pace. (Symbolism)
• Ben arrives just in time and thanks the crew for not taking off without him, taking Hurley's place from the Oceanic 815 flight. (Juxtaposition)
• At the bar Jack's face is split in half by blue and yellow light symbolizing his internal struggle to believe what Eloise has told him. He then gets a call from his grandfather's nursing home which eventually convinces him to do as Eloise instructed. (Symbolism)
• Jack is still tempted by alcohol, in a parallel of Christian; however, he never drinks, symbolizing that he is making progress in his recovery, and is making different choices from his father. (Symbolism) (Juxtaposition)
• At the airport, Hurley tells Jack, "Let's do this". (Regularly spoken phrases)
• In the church, Eloise tells Jack, "That's why it's called a leap of faith.". (Regularly spoken phrases)
• A DHARMA worker who pulls up in a new VW bus and pulls a gun on Jack, Kate and Hurley is shown to be Jin. (Plot twist)
• In reference to Locke's death, Jack asks Ben, "Was it my fault?" and Ben, who murdered Locke, responds, "No, Jack, it wasn't your fault." (Irony)
• On the plane Jack asks to Ben "How can you read?" and Ben answers "My mother taught me”, but that's not what Jack really asked, he's referring about the situation. As Ben's mother died giving birth to him, she obviously would have been unable to teach him how to read.(Irony)
• There are two possible interpretations of the narrative of the episode. The scenes where Jack, Kate and Hurley could be a flash-forward or the rest of the episode from Jack´s point of view could be a flashback. (Flashbacks)  (Flash-forwards)

Storyline analysis

Storyline analysis in Lost
A-Missions • Crimes • Economics • Leadership • O-Missions • Relationships • F-Missions • Rivalries

• Jack, Kate and Hurley return to the Island, possibly along with Ben, Sayid, Sun, and Frank. (A-Missions)
• Kate loses Aaron. (Relationships)
• A law enforcement officer is escorting Sayid. (Crimes)

Episode references

• There are several parallels between the original passengers of Flight 815 and the partial Oceanic Six aboard Flight 316:
  • The body of John Locke is traveling the cargo hold, acting as a "proxy" for Christian Shephard aboard Flight 815. ("Pilot, Part 1")
  • Sayid is handcuffed, traveling in custody, just as Kate was transported by Edward Mars. ("Pilot, Part 2")
  • Hurley is carrying a guitar, just as Charlie brought his own guitar. ("Exodus, Part 2")
  • Sun is fingering Jin's wedding ring, just as Rose was holding onto Bernard's ring during Flight 815. ("Tabula Rasa")
  • Frank Lapidus, the pilot, was originally supposed to fly Oceanic Flight 815. ("Confirmed Dead")
  • Ben, despite being "sidetracked," makes the flight at the last possible minute, mirroring Hurley's mad rush to the airport in 2004. ("Exodus, Part 2") He also excuses himself just before the plane goes down (presumably to the restroom) mirroring Charlie's location during the crash.
  • Hurley has another Spanish-language comic book to keep him entertained. ("Exodus, Part 2")
  • Kate is breaking the agreement of her settlement, running from the law. ("Eggtown")
  • Jack and Kate slept together the night before the flight, shortly after a serious argument that would have cost them any future relationship in most situations, and the next morning, Kate acts cold toward Jack, mirroring the case of Shannon and Boone. ("Hearts and Minds")
  • Hurley and Ben have a confrontation before the flight takes off, leading to a flight attendant to ask if everything is okay. This is what Libby asked Mr. Eko and Charlotte Malkin before Oceanic 815. ("?")
• The beginning of this episode is a direct homage to the beginning of "Pilot, Part 1", both visually and in terms of the music and sound effects used. Jack awakens in the jungle and hears cries for help, leading him to run off to save the other people from the plane, just as he did when 815 crashed. He is wearing clothing similar to what he wore the day Flight 815 crashed on the Island, including a black tie with a white pattern. ("Pilot, Part 1")
• Jack explains why Christian wears white tennis shoes in his apparitions. ("Pilot, Part 1")  ("Walkabout")  ("So It Begins")
• When handcuffs are found shortly after the crash of 815, Sawyer accuses Sayid of being handcuffed aboard the plane, claiming that he sat with his hands together and hidden under a blanket. ("Pilot, Part 2")
• Hurley and Kate land by the waterfall they previously visited. Both Flight 815 and Flight 316 deposit two passengers and one case into the pool beneath this waterfall. ("Whatever the Case May Be")
• In regards to Christian's shoes, Kate asks Jack why he would "hold on to something that [made him] feel sad?" Kate held on to her toy airplane for years, even though it reminded her of Tom Brennan's death. ("Whatever the Case May Be")
• The coordinate finder in the Lamp Post resembles the countdown timer in the Swan. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
• Ms. Hawking says, “That’s why it’s called a leap of faith, Jack." These are the same words Helen spoke to Locke outside his father's home, and Locke paraphrases to Jack when urging him to push the button on the Swan's computer for the first time. ("Orientation")
• Sun previously chastised Claire for leaving her child, but then circumstances led to Sun leaving her child behind. ("Maternity Leave")
• Ms. Hawking refers to the Lamp Post and the Island as "unique pocket[s] of electromagnetic energy. That energy connects to similar pockets all over the world." Isaac of Uluru also refers to these pockets, citing Uluru as one, when Rose and Bernard went to see him. ("S.O.S.")
• Jack has a drink in the bar at LAX, where his father met Ana Lucia three years prior. ("Two for the Road")
• Ray is watching a magician do a trick with a white rabbit. ("Every Man for Himself")  ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
• Desmond references having previously met Ms. Hawking. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
• Desmond defies Ms. Hawking's advice. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
• When questioned about his relationship to Jeremy Bentham, Jack says that he is a friend. When he was at the funeral parlor, Jack said that he was neither friend nor family. ("Through the Looking Glass")
• Ben doesn't care what happens to the other passengers onboard; Jack didn't care either when he was trying to get back to the island. ("Through the Looking Glass")
• Locke's letter to Jack is a reference to their argument by the Orchid right before Jack flew to the freighter specifically and to their conflict of faith versus science in general. ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
• Jack emerges from the water after arriving on the Island in the same way that Ana Lucia does in "The Other 48 Days" and Jack does after the helicopter crashes into the water. ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
• Desmond warns Jack not to trust what Ben and Ms. Hawking tell him to do, recalling Sayid's advice to Hurley. ("Because You Left")
• The photograph of the Island is dated 23 September 1954, the same year that the United States military brought "Jughead" to the Island. It was also classified TOP SECRET and marked for limited distribution to "U.S. Army eyes only". ("Jughead")
  • September 23, 1954 is exactly fifty years prior to "Day 2" on the Island after the original crash of Flight 815.
• Ben tells Jack that it wasn't Jack's fault that Locke died. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")

Unanswered questions

Unanswered questions
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: 316/Theories

• How did Eloise Hawking become the caretaker of the Lamp Post?
• Does Charles Widmore know of the Lamp Post?
• How did the U.S. Army Island photo come to be posted at the station?
• How is it possible to predict the Island's movements if it has been moved manually?
• Why does Eloise state the Island is not yet done with Desmond?
• Why do those returning to the Island need to recreate the circumstances of their first arrival?
• How did Jack, Hurley and Kate get from the plane to the Island?

External links

• ABC Medianet Press Release (2/2/09): Press Release

v • d • e Jack Shephard Portrayed by Matthew Fox Centric episodes "Pilot, Part 1" • "White Rabbit" • "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" • "Do No Harm" • "Exodus, Part 1" • "Man of Science, Man of Faith" • "The Hunting Party" • "A Tale of Two Cities" • "Stranger in a Strange Land" • "Through the Looking Glass, Part 1" • "Through the Looking Glass, Part 2" • "Something Nice Back Home" • "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1" • "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2" • "There's No Place Like Home, Part 3" • "316" • "The Incident, Parts 1 & 2" Mobisodes "The Watch" • "King of the Castle" • "Operation: Sleeper" • "Jack, Meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack" • "So It Begins" Flashback characters Achara • Andrea • Anesthesiologist No. 1 • Anesthesiologist No. 2 • Anesthesiologist No. 3 • Beth • Beth's husband • Buchanan • Angelo Busoni • Gabriela Busoni • Cindy Chandler • Chet • Chrissy • Ray Shephard • Ana Lucia Cortez • EMT • Desmond Hume • JD • Kevin • Jacob • Jin-Soo Kwon • Meathead • Michelle • Minister • Moderator • Morgue doctor • Rose Nadler • Nurse • Locke's nurse • Charlie Pace • Adam Rutherford • Christian Shephard • Margo Shephard • Sarah Shephard • Sarah Shephard's lover • Marc Silverman • Teacher • Thai boy • Tux shop owner Flash-forward characters Mrs. Arlen • Mrs. Arlen's son • Kate Austen • Ms. Berenberg • Customer • Doctor • Funeral director • Dr. Thomas Gardez • Rob Hamill • Jane • Sayid Jarrah • Noor "Nadia" Abed Jazeem • Jeff • Ryan Laker • Benjamin Linus • Aaron Littleton • Carole Littleton • John Locke • Gary Nadler • Newsreader • Noreen • Pharmacist • Reporter No. 1 • Hugo "Hurley" Reyes • Christian Shephard • Margo Shephard • Sarah Shephard • Dr. Smith Sira • Dr. Erika Stevenson • Dr. Stillman Items Christian's coffin • Golden pass • Halliburton case • Jack's watch • Locke's coffin • Newspaper clipping • Oxycodone