Lost (2004–2010): Season 3, Episode 20 - The Man Behind the Curtain - full transcript

Previously on Lost:

I don't know how it happened,

but you seem to have some
communion with this island, John.

And that makes you very, very important.

In time, you'll have a better
understanding of things.

Kwon is pregnant.

- The foetus is healthy...
- What's that?

Juliet is gathering information
for us at your camp.

She's determining if any women are
pregnant. Then we're going to take them.

Juliet is a mole.
She's working for Ben.

- We're moving.
- Moving? Where are we going?



We are not going anywhere, John.
You are going to stay behind.

We'll leave a trail, one you can track.

And John, unless you're carrying your
father's body on your back,

don't bother.

Come on, damn it, push!

Something's wrong. I can't...

Emily, you can do this! Now, push!

Come on, come on, baby.

You can do it, now, come on.

Come on, there you go. Come on.

It's a boy. You did it.

It hurts.

Oh. You did it.

Oh, my God. Roger, it hurts.



Emily...

Emily. No one knows we're out here.
We gotta get back, OK, honey?

Can you hold on to the baby?

Emily! Can you hold the baby?
Hold him tight.

Hey! Help!

Help.

Help!

Help!

Help me...

Hey, what happened, man?

We were hiking. She went into labour.
She wasn't due yet. She's bleeding.

We'll put her in the car, OK?
We'll get you to the hospital.

OK, OK, honey...

OK, it's all right,
let's keep her warm, all right?

- How's the baby?
- Fine, I guess. I don't know.

Roger...Roger...

- I'm right here...
- Call him Benjamin.

Stay with me...

Stay with me. Emily!

Emily! Oh, God, no!

What ya got there?

It's a birthday present.
Mine just happens to be today.

You do remember birthdays,
don't you, Richard?

So, do you want me to bring
the tape back to Juliet?

What?

The tape with instructions for Juliet.
Do you want it at the Medical Station?

I recorded it yesterday, before we left.
I thought you took it.

- No.
- Where's Tom?

Tom? Have you seen my recorder?

You said that if I killed my father,

you'd tell me everything
I wanted to know about the island.

So, why don't you
start at the beginning?

I know I promised to tell you
everything, John,

and I wish it was as simple as me taking
out a dusty old book and opening it up.

But it's not that simple.

How about you just tell me.

You probably think I'm the leader
of this little community.

But that's not entirely true.

We all answer to someone, John.

And who might that be?

His name is Jacob.

OK, then, take me to Jacob.

I can't do that.

Where are you going?

If you don't want to take me,
maybe someone else will.

I'll just go and ask Richard.

Why would Richard take you?
He doesn't talk to Jacob.

- Well, who talks to him?
- I do.

- You're the only one?
- That's right.

And no one else knows where he is?

I was born here on this island.

I'm one of the last that was.

Most of these people you see, I brought
them here. So, Jacob talks to me, John.

He tells me what to do, trusts me.

And no one else has ever seen him.

- That's right.
- How convenient.

You know what I think, Ben?
I think there is no Jacob.

I think people are idiots
if they believe

you take orders from someone else.

You are the man behind the curtain,
the Wizard of Oz.

And you're a liar.

And what might you base
that theory on, John?

Because if you were telling the truth,
your hand wouldn't be shaking.

Namaste.

- Thanks.
- Namaste.

Hey, welcome to the island, man.
Namaste.

- Namaste, yeah.
- So, what do ya think?

Well, this is some place. Thanks again
for the opportunity, Mr Goodspeed.

- Horace, please.
- Horace.

- And this must be Ben.
- Yeah.

Mr Goodspeed was there
the day you were born.

Yes, I was.

He's doing us a big favour here,
gave your old man a job.

He don't say much.

That's OK. I bet he will when
he has something to say. Right, Ben?

Hey, you hungry, kiddo?

Great. Tell you what, after you're
done processing, we'll have some lunch.

How's that sound?

- Yeah, thanks you.
- You're gonna love it here.

Welcome to the island.
For your own comfort and safety,

we ask that you stay within the confines
of your new quarters.

Our barracks are surrounded by
a high frequency sonar fence

to protect us from the island's
abundant and diverse wildlife.

You are now a member
of the Dharma Initiative.

What kind of wildlife you think
this fence is protecting us from?

- Roger Linus? Roger Linus?
- Yeah.

Every morning, you will be given
a new code,

which will allow you to cross
outside the fence.

There are properties on this island
that exist nowhere else on Earth.

Our mission is to study these properties

for the betterment of mankind and
advancement of world peace.

Should you be assigned
to zoological studies...

Hey. You're new, huh?

I'm Annie.

Want one?

We can have as many as we want.

"Work Man"?
What is this? "Work Man"?

- I'm a janitor?
- I'm sorry, Mr Linus.

Goodspeed told me you people were
doing experiments, changing the world.

I didn't come here to clean up.

If anything else opens up,
you can feel free to apply for it.

Come on.

Dude, you know, this can't
be worse than haggis.

Hey. Sayid.

- What happened to you?
- I was with Locke.

- Well, where is he?
- He went back.

Back where?

With them. Don't ask me where the hell
it is 'cause it don't matter.

What does matter, is this.

Where is Ben? Where is he?

I thought you were dead.

I'm fortunate the pylons
were not set to a lethal level.

- What is he doing here?
- It's all right.

He's the one who tried to kill me.

He's with us now.

Where have you been, Mikhail?

I encountered several
of his people in the jungle.

They had an injured woman with them.

Apparently, she just
parachuted onto the island.

- What?
- Her helo crashed in the water.

She says her ship is approximately
130 klicks to the west of us.

- She has a radio-telephone.
- Where is she now?

I assume they have taken her
back to their camp.

We'll be visiting their camp day
after tomorrow. We'll take care of it.

Day after tomorrow?
We have to go now.

Ben's not going anywhere with you.

- Excuse me?
- He and I are going to see Jacob.

Please tell me this isn't true.

I'm sorry, I have to deal with this now,
John. Our excursion will have to wait.

Since when do you explain
yourself to him, an outsider?

Tom!

Richard!

So, when do we leave?

You know, you didn't have to beat
Mikhail senseless to make your point.

Yes, I did.

Locke...

I hear you're gonna go see Jacob.

You're gonna need this.

Thanks.

Happy birthday, Dad.

So, once water is
added to the bicarbonate,

we will get our very own
volcanic reaction.

Yes?

Is that what happened to
the volcano on this island?

Exactly, Annie, but that
was a long time ago.

OK, so let's get
ourselves an eruption.

Oh, cool.

Just add water and, voila.
Now, I know it's not lava, but...

What was that?

OK, everyone into your positions.

That's right, all together.
Annie, lock the back door, please.

Ben, come on, honey, you've gotta move.

Ben!

Come on.

Don't worry, it's just the hostiles.

We'll be OK.

Get down!

Hey, man. Heard you
ran into a little trouble.

We're driving back from the Flame
and we hear this huge explosion.

Next thing I know,
there's a siren wailing

and we're driving through a shoot-out.

We're having some
skirmishes with the natives.

What do you mean, "natives"?

Well, we're not exactly sure
who they are.

Well, this ain't what I signed up for.

Roger, I did you a favour, man.
You were having trouble finding work.

Don't forget about Ben.
He's getting a quality education.

I don't give a damn about his education.

If I'm gonna get shot at, I want
hazard pay! I want another thirty grand.

Calm down, man.

And don't try to tell me you
don't have it, you hear me?

Get the hell out of my house!

I thought I told you to go to bed.

- She's not here.
- I noticed.

- What are you doing?
- Looking for Juliet.

You're not gonna find her in there.
She left with Jack.

Juliet left with Jack?

He took off right after
I told him about Naomi.

Who's Naomi?

And why would you do that, Kate?

Because she's hurt,
because he's a doctor,

and because he has a right to know.

- Where is he now?
- I don't know, Sayid.

Of course you don't.

It might be time for you to
tell everybody else about Naomi.

Play her the tape.

What tape?

Something you should know, John,
before we go...

...whether or not you think
he's the Wizard of Oz,

I can assure you that
Jacob is very, very real.

And we're going to go see him,
and he's not going to like it.

In fact, I have a feeling
he's going to be very angry.

That's why my hand was shaking, because
this is not a man you go and see.

This is a man who summons you.

Well, I guess there's
a first time for everything.

It's us. That's you, and that's me.

Now we never have to be
away from each other.

Happy birthday, Ben.

- Thanks.
- You're welcome.

It's your birthday.

Sorry I forgot.

Kinda hard to celebrate
on the day you killed your mom.

She was just seven months pregnant.
We went for a hike.

But you had to come early...

Now she's gone,

and I'm stuck here
on this island... with you.

Happy birthday, Ben.

Mom?

Ben, don't!

- Mom.
- It's not time yet, Benjamin.

Mom!

Mom.

- Let's go, John.
- John.

So, what, the world thinks we're dead?

- That's not important.
- Not important?

- What do you mean, not important?
- Excuse me...

I'm sorry, don't you people
want to be rescued?

We kept her a secret to keep her safe.

Safe from what, Sayid?

Safe from Jack.

He spent a week with the Others, and
he brought one of them back with him.

Here, amongst us.

And every time we try to get answers
from this woman,

he prevents her from giving them.

But, it's Jack.
He would never do anything to hurt us.

And Juliet,
I believe she is a good person.

Good person?
And you're basing that on what?

It wouldn't involve her taking you to
one of their medical stations, would it?

- How...
- Kwon is pregnant.

The foetus is healthy and was
conceived on island with her husband.

He was sterile before they got here.

I'm working on getting samples
from the other women.

I should have Austen's soon.
I'll report when I know more.

Where'd you get that?

- Where have you been, Jack?
- I asked you where you got it.

You're in a position
to ask us questions?

- Turn the tape over.
- Stay out of it!

You want to burn me at the stake?
Here I am. But first,

turn the tape over, press play.

Juliet, it's Ben.

I'm sending three teams to extract
Kwon the night after tomorrow.

We won't have time
to run Austen's sample,

so if you determine that she
or anyone else is pregnant,

mark their tents and
we'll take them, too.

Good luck.

The night I saw your baby
on the ultrasound,

I told Jack what they were making me do.

Why didn't you tell us?

Because I hadn't decided
what to do about it yet.

Yet?

I think we've got some
catching up to do.

Mom?

Mom?

Mom!

Mom!

Mom!

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, hey, hey.

I didn't mean to scare you...
Wait. Are you lost? Wait.

Are you one of them?

- One of who?
- A hostile.

Do you even know what that word means?

What's your name?

- Ben.
- Ben?

You wanna tell me what you're doing
in the jungle all by yourself?

I left home, and...
I'm looking for my mom.

- You think she's out here?
- You wouldn't believe me.

Try me.

She's dead.

Did she die here? On the island?

No. When I was a baby.

Did you see her... out here, Ben?
In the jungle?

She talked to me.

What'd she say?

That I couldn't come with her.

She said it wasn't time yet.

You should go home now.
Your people will be looking for you.

I don't want to go back there!

I hate it there.

Take me with you.

Maybe that can happen. Maybe.

If it that's what you really want, Ben,
I want you to think about that.

And you're going to have to be very,
very patient.

We're here.

You'll want to turn off
your flashlight, John.

Why?

Jacob feels the same way
about technology as you do.

Once I open this door,
there's no turning back.

Are you sure this is what you want?

So be it.

Jacob?

I'm here with John Locke.

We're coming in now.

Jacob...

This is John.

Aren't you going to say hello, John?

- What?
- I told you he wouldn't.

Who... What are you talking about?

You can't see him?

- See who?
- Jacob.

He's sitting right here...
in this chair.

Yes, I know, but he insisted.

- What is this?
- You wanted the secrets of the island.

Well, here they are. This is the man
who can answer every single...

I am not. He made me bring him here.
Did you think that that was my...

- Sorry... May I finish?
- You're crazy.

Excuse me?

You don't know anything about the
island, do you? You just made it all up.

- Jacob, please, I can't hear him if...
- Stop. Stop it. Shut up!

Are you putting on a show for me?

Or do you...

Do you really think
there's someone there?

I know there's someone there.

You don't know anything.

I'm sorry you feel that way, John.

And I'm sorry that you're
too limited to see.

You're pathetic.

Help me.

What did you just say?

I... I didn't say anything.

Oh, yes you did. I heard you.
You said...

That's enough! You've had your fun!

What was that?

That was Jacob.

What did you hear in there, John?
What did Jacob say to you?

- He didn't say anything to me. You did.
- What are you talking about?

There is no Jacob, Ben.

I'm not gonna be taken in by the
little... show you put on last night.

You're a fraud. And it's time
your people were told the truth.

And this is not the way we came.

I'm taking us back another way.
I wanted to show you something first.

I've seen enough.

You know, John, you're not wrong.

Some of the things I've told you...

...some of the things I've told
everybody... are simply not true.

Like what?

Well, for starters,
I wasn't born on this island.

Then where did you come from?

That's what I want to show you.

Morning.

OK, wait. Put it right...
right down there.

What's your problem now?

You're usually Chatty Cathy
in the morning.

It's my birthday.

I don't know why I keep
fooling myself into thinking

that one of these years
you're actually going to remember.

Well, I'll tell you what,

all we gotta do this morning
is run this stuff out to Pearl Station.

Why don't we go up to the mesa,
drink some beers?

Have some... I don't know,
father and son time?

- I'd like that.
- OK.

Well...

You sure can't say
it ain't beautiful.

Do you really blame me?

What?

Do you really think
it's my fault that she died?

What do I know?

Why do you keep looking at your watch?
You got a date?

Listen...

...if it makes you feel any better...

...I will do my best
to remember your birthday next year.

I don't think that's gonna happen, Dad.

What do you mean?

You know, I've missed her, too.
Maybe as much as you have.

But the difference is,
that for as long as I can remember,

I've had to put up with you.

And doing that required
a tremendous amount of patience.

Goodbye, Dad.

Ben?

You want us to go get his body?

No, leave him out there.

This is where I came from, John.

These are my people.
The Dharma Initiative.

They came here seeking harmony.

But they couldn't even coexist
with the island's original inhabitants.

When it became clear
that one side had to go.

One side had to be purged.

I did what I had to do.

I was one of the people that was smart
enough to make sure that I didn't end up

in that ditch.

Which makes me considerably
smarter than you, John.

What did Jacob say to you?

Why did you do this?

Because you heard him.

Now, I need to know what he said.

Help me.

John, I'm not going to ask you again.

What did he say to you?

He said, "Help me."

Well, I certainly hope
he helps you, John.