"Flash Forward Flashback" is an orchestral piece on the Season 3 soundtrack. Its four synthesized intervals play at the beginning of several meetings between Jack and Kate.
Scene description
A car drives up to meet Jack at the airport. Its driver steps out - it's Kate.
Kate comments on Jack's recent heroics during the car crash and jokes about his poor appearance. Jack hands her the newspaper clipping about Jeremy Bentham's death, but Kate says she would not go to the funeral. Jack tells her he often flies across the Pacific, hoping to crash again onto the Island.
Kate leaves to return to Aaron, and as Jack screams at her they must return to the Island, a plane flies low overhead.
Full list of appearances
- Kate and Sawyer see the horse standing in the jungle. ("What Kate Did")
- Jack tells Kate they must return to the island. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 2")
- Jack enters Kate's court. ("Eggtown")
- Jack interrogates Kate about her errand. ("Something Nice Back Home")
- Kate says she won't go back to the island. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2")
- Jack looks at the sea from the Searcher. ("The Little Prince")
- Kate sees Jack and comments on his missing beard. ("The Little Prince")
- Jack and Kate arrive at the dock to meet Ben. ("The Little Prince")
- Jack discovers an intruder in his house. ("316")
- Jack tells Kate "you didn't like the old me." ("Whatever Happened, Happened")
- Sun shows Ben the picture of Jack, Kate, and Hurley in the DHARMA Initiative in 1977. ("Dead Is Dead")
- The Man in Black apologizes to Kate for Claire's attack. ("Recon")
- Kate brings Jack to Eloise's church in a flash sideways preparing him for his ultimate revelation. ("The End")
Influences
After introducing its new cue, the piece plays Kate's theme then plays Jack's theme for its remaining length.
Variations
The new cue from "Flash Forward Flashback" appears in "Closure" and "More Locke Than Locke".
Title significance
The name refers to how the scene, flashing to the future, was a twist on the show's familiar flashback format. This episode was the first to feature flash forwards.
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