"Distraught Desmond"

Album

Lost Season 3 (Original Television Soundtrack)

Track length

3:36

Track type

Character theme

Episode title

"Flashes Before Your Eyes"

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Featured in episode(s)

"Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1"
"Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2"
"Not in Portland"
"Flashes Before Your Eyes"
"One of Us"
"Catch-22"
"Through the Looking Glass, Part 2"
"The Constant"
"Meet Kevin Johnson"
"The Shape of Things to Come"
"There's No Place Like Home, Part 3"
"Jughead"
"The Variable"
"Happily Ever After"
"Everybody Loves Hugo"
"The End"

©2008 Varèse Sarabande and Michael Giacchino

"Distraught Desmond" is an orchestral piece on the Season 3 soundtrack. It serves as Desmond Hume's main character theme.

Main appearanceEdit

Transported back to 2004 after being hit on the head with a cricket bat, Desmond looks down at the picture of him and Penny. He regrets breaking up with her, wishes to return back and vows to act differently if he were granted a second chance.

Full list of appearancesEdit

"Distraught Desmond" and its variations appear in the following scenes:

• Libby gives Desmond a boat. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")
  • Desmond tells Penny about the race he's going on. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")
• About to kill himself, Desmond reads a letter from Penny. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")
  • Desmond turns the Fail-safe. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")
  • Charlie returns to the beach camp after the Swan implosion. Michael leaves the island with Walt. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")
  • Penny receives a phone call from her tracking station. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")
• Desmond finishes building his lightning rod. ("Every Man for Himself")
• Rachel tells Juliet she is pregnant. ("Not in Portland")
  • Juliet tells Jack that she had him finish the surgery because Ben said that if she did, he would let her go home. ("Not in Portland")
• Charles Widmore tells Desmond he's not worthy to marry his daughter. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
  • Donovan tells Desmond that if he loves Penny, he should marry her regardless of what her father thinks. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
  • Desmond walks away from Eloise. He sees a recruitment poster for the Royal Scots. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
  • Desmond breaks up with Penny. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
  • Desmond looks back at his failed relationship with regret. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
• In a Previously on Lost recap, Juliet finds out that her sister is pregnant. ("One of Us")
• Desmond's order welcomes him. ("Catch-22")
  • Desmond tells Hurley about his vision. ("Catch-22")
  • Desmond tells Charlie about Penny. ("Catch-22")
  • Desmond and the group see a flashing red beacon in the distance. ("Catch-22")
  • Desmond tells Ruth why he left her. ("Catch-22")
  • Brother Campbell fires Desmond. ("Catch-22")
  • In a flashback, Desmond meets Penny. In the present, he cuts Naomi down from a tree. ("Catch-22")
• Penny hears Charlie mention Desmond's name and asks after him. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 2")
• Desmond asks Sayid how he knows his name. ("The Constant")
  • Sayid struggles to keep Desmond seated as the chopper approaches the Kahana. ("The Constant")
  • Desmond calls Penny. ("The Constant")
  • Charles Widmore gives Desmond Penny's address. ("The Constant")
  • Desmond calls Penny from aboard the freighter. ("The Constant")
• In a Previously on Lost recap, Michael reunites with Walt. ("Meet Kevin Johnson")

Desmond and Penelope reunite after being apart for three years. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2")

• Ben tells Widmore that he plans to kill Penny. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
• Desmond and Penny reunite aboard the Searcher. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 3")
• In a flashback, Penny gives birth. In the present, Desmond talks to his son. ("Jughead")
  • He promises Penny he'll be safe during his time in England. ("Jughead")
  • Desmond walks in Oxford. ("Jughead")
  • Widmore asks after Penny. ("Jughead")
  • Desmond tells Penny he'll abandon his quest. ("Jughead")
• Penny visits his hospital bed. ("The Variable")
  • Eloise meets Widmore outside the hospital. ("The Variable")
• During an MRI, Desmond sees flashes of his life with Penny. ("Happily Ever After")
  • Daniel tells Desmond they perhaps should be living a different life. ("Happily Ever After")
  • Desmond meets Penny at the stadium. ("Happily Ever After")
  • Soon after, he asks her out for a cup of coffee. ("Happily Ever After")
• The Man in Black interrogates Desmond. ("Everybody Loves Hugo")
• Desmond tells Jack their current adventure doesn't matter. ("The End")
  • Jack tells Desmond to go home and be with his wife and son. ("The End")

VariationsEdit

"Bon Voyage, Traitor", "The Constant", "Down The Hobbit Hole", "Happily Ever After", "The Hole Shabang", "Looking Glass Half Full", "Lying for the Island", "None the Nurse", and "Time and Time Again" reuse the theme from "Distraught Desmond".