This article is about the exterior of the Swan station. For other uses, see hatch.

The Hatch

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First seen

"All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues"

Last seen

"LA X, Part 1"

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Constructed by

DHARMA Initiative

Controlled by

Formerly by Radzinsky, Kelvin, Desmond and Locke

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Status

Destroyed in the discharge

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DHARMA Initiative Stations
The Hydra • The Arrow • The Swan
The Flame • The Pearl • The Orchid
The Staff • The Tempest
The Looking Glass • The Lamp Post

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Theories

The Hatch was a large steel entrance to DHARMA Initiative station 3, the Swan. It was discovered by John Locke and Boone Carlyle. ("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues") Locke was unsuccessful at his attempts to gain access to it until it was blasted open by dynamite taken from the Black Rock. ("Exodus, Part 2") It was destroyed in the discharge. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")

DiscoveryEdit

The Hatch discovered. ("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues")

After the hunt for Ethan Rom, Boone decided to return to the camp. Locke tossed a flashlight to him, and before Boone could catch it, the flashlight fell with a clunk, revealing something made of steel embedded in the ground. ("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues") Several days of excavation revealed a large round steel tunnel leading down into the earth, topped by a steel door with a small rectangular glass window.

TrebuchetEdit

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Locke and Boone ready the trebuchet. ("Deus Ex Machina")

Locke and Boone built a trebuchet to try to break open the glass on the door of the Hatch. The trebuchet failed to damage the glass, splitting apart on impact and wounding Locke's leg. ("Deus Ex Machina")

Appearance of lightsEdit

Locke sees the light turn on in the Hatch. ("Deus Ex Machina")

Locke broke down after all the work he put into excavating and trying to open the Hatch and questioned the Island's demands of him. He banged on the Hatch door, and suddenly the window illuminated with a light from inside. ("Deus Ex Machina") ("The Little Prince") Though Locke did not know it at the time, Desmond Hume, the Hatch's occupant, turned on the light after hearing someone thumping on the door. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")

Some distance away, the time-traveling group of Sawyer, Locke, Daniel, Charlotte, Juliet, and Miles saw the light reaching into the sky. Locke recognized what it was, but did not approach. ("The Little Prince")

Opening the HatchEdit

Jack decided to open the Hatch to use as a safe hiding place for the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815, following a warning from Danielle Rousseau that the Others would come to kidnap them. The steel hatch was blown off using several sticks of dynamite recovered from the shipwreck of the Black Rock by Rousseau, Jack, Locke, Dr. Arzt, Kate, and Hurley. Hurley protested at the last second, as he noted that the Numbers, which he considered unlucky, had been engraved into the side of the Hatch. In the final shot of Season 1, Locke and Jack gazed down into the long, dark, narrow vertical shaft revealed to be within. ("Exodus, Part 2")

ExplorationEdit

Locke sees a beam of light escaping from the Hatch. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")

Locke lowered Kate into the Hatch. Soon after, she was pulled down as a large beam of light came out of the shaft entrance. Desmond had used the beam to blind Kate while he captured her and brought her into the Hatch. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")

Mutual salvationEdit

In telling Locke about his history in the Hatch, Desmond reported that he had been in a period of deep depression and was contemplating suicide when he heard Locke pounding on the Hatch. In searching for the source of the sound, Desmond turned on a powerful light. Locke's despair at his failure to open the Hatch caused him to pound on the Hatch exterior, which brought Desmond out of his despression. Desmond's switching on the light raised Locke's hope that the answers he sought were indeed inside the Hatch. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")

John and Jack prepare to blow open the Hatch.

The Numbers engraved on the outside of the Hatch.

The Hatch exploding.

The Hatch exploding.

Locke and Jack peer down the Hatch's shaft.

Jack and John decide what to do.

View down the Hatch.

Quarantine on the Hatch Door.

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Airlock entranceEdit

The Swan's door. ("Everybody Hates Hugo")

After gaining access to the Hatch (the actual name for which was learned to be the Swan station), the Oceanic Flight 815 survivors' frequent trips into and out of the station were made possible by a ground-level airlock entrance. It was first used when Kate ran off to get Sayid after the computer terminal shorted out. ("Orientation") This door was first seen in "Everybody Hates Hugo".

It was last seen in "Because You Left" when Daniel, in the past, called Desmond out to tell him to someday contact his mother at Oxford.

DestructionEdit

The imploded Hatch. ("Further Instructions")

The Hatch was completely destroyed in the events of the discharge when Desmond turned the fail-safe key. ("Further Instructions") A huge crater full of debris was all that remained of the imploded Swan station.

"Because You Left"Edit

In "Because You Left", Juliet and the rest of the survivors hiked to the hatch crater in order to use it as a constant to stop the time shifts. When they arrived, the hatch was still a crater, but after time shifted again the hatch was back to the way it was before the survivors discovered it.

"Some Like It Hoth"Edit

The Hatch under construction. ("Some Like It Hoth")

In Some Like It Hoth, Hurley and Miles were taken to the The Swan by Pierre Chang as it was being built by the DHARMA Initiative. While there, they witnessed the engraving of The Numbers onto the hatch by some DHARMA workers.

"LA X, Part 1"Edit

The imploded Hatch. ("LA X, Part 1")

In "LA X, Parts 1 & 2", following the Incident, the survivors returned to the present time, where they found themselves near the imploded site of the Hatch. Juliet had returned as well, but she was still inside the base of the Swan, where the bomb had gone off, and the station had imploded into the ground.

VisitorsEdit

Picture	Name	Status	First Visit	Last Visit	Reason for Visit
	Locke	Dead	("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues")	("Further Instructions")	Discovered this station with Boone on Day 11; tried many techniques to open it until he blasted it open on Day 44.
	Boone	Dead	("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues")	("Deus Ex Machina")	Discovered this station with Locke on Day 11.
	Elliott	Alive			(Non-Canon) - Stumbled upon it after Locke had discovered it first.
	Sayid	Dead	("Exodus, Part 1")	("LA X, Part 1")	Was taken there by Locke when Sayid demanded the truth concerning Boone's last words before his death.
	Jack	Dead	("Exodus, Part 1")	("LA X, Part 1")	Was taken there by Locke and Sayid when they decided to get Jack's opinion on what to do next.
	Hurley	Alive	("Exodus, Part 1")	("LA X, Part 1")	Was taken there by Locke, Sayid and Jack when they needed to get dynamite from the Black Rock.
	Danielle	Dead	("Exodus, Part 1")	("Exodus, Part 1")	Was taken there by Locke, Sayid and Jack when they needed to get dynamite from the Black Rock.
	Kate	Alive	("Exodus, Part 2")	("LA X, Part 1")	Was taken there by Locke, Sayid and Jack when they needed to get dynamite from the Black Rock.
	Sawyer	Alive	("Collision")	("LA X, Part 1")	Brought to the Swan by Eko, Jack and Kate while unconscious and dying as a result of having been shot by the others in Exodus, Part 2.
	Eko	Dead	("Collision")	("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")	Tried to enter the Swan when he was locked out by Locke and Desmond.
	Sun	Dead	("Collision")	("What Kate Did")	Took Michael to there to see Jack after Shannon was shot.
	Michael	Dead	("Collision")	("Two for the Road")	Went there to see Jack after Shannon was shot by Ana Lucia.
	Jin	Dead	("What Kate Did")	("LA X, Part 1")	Went to get the broken handcuff from off his wrist.
	Charlie	Dead	("The Hunting Party")	("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")	In the Hatch with Hurley listening to music.
	Ben	Alive	("One of Them")	("Three Minutes")	Was captured and put in the armory by Jack, Locke and Sayid.
	Ana Lucia	Dead	("The Whole Truth")	("?")	Brought to the Hatch by Locke to interrogate Henry Gale.
	Libby	Dead	("Fire + Water")	("?")	Was there with Hurley in order to the wash cloths.
	Desmond	Alive	("Man of Science, Man of Faith")	("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")	Grieved after his time-travelling experience dropped him back to the Island.
	Daniel	Dead	("Because You Left")	("Because You Left")	Went there to talk to Desmond when he went back in time.
	Charlotte	Dead	("Because You Left")	("Because You Left")	Was there with Sawyer, Juliet, Daniel and Miles to find Desmond.
	Miles	Alive	("Because You Left")	("LA X, Part 1")	Was taken to this station with Hurley while it was being built by Pierre Chang, and was witness to the engraving of the numbers on the Hatch door.
	Juliet	Dead	("Because You Left")	("LA X, Part 1")	Took part in the Battle at the Swan.

TriviaEdit

The Hatch in the video game X-Men Origins: Wolvervine.

• In "Some Like It Hoth", the Numbers were engraved onto the face of the hatch itself, and not onto the side, as seen by Hurley in "Exodus, Part 2". This is believed to be a continuity error.
• The Hatch is featured in the video game X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and is accessible on the game's first level. Standing on the hatch unlocks the achievement/trophy called "Found". The movie game is based upon features former Lost cast members Dominic Monaghan and Kevin Durand.

The Hatch in Just Cause 2.

• The Hatch is also featured in the video game Just Cause 2. It's located at the in-game coordinates x:1769m, y:4351m. Another reference is that your plane crashes, if you fly over the island the hatch is located on.
• In Starcraft 2, the Staredit Map Editor features a doodad called "Space Platform Hatch Large". It is an exact replica of the Swan Hatch.
• It is also featured in the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on the "Village" map.

The Hatch in Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 3.