Lost (2004–2010): Season 3, Episode 8 - Flashes Before Your Eyes - full transcript
The episode opens with reminders about Desmond's premonitions: Locke's speech, the lightning rod, etc. In the present, as Locke and Sayid inform everyone about Eko's death, Desmond takes off running. He manages to save Claire from drowning in the ocean, but his prescience has now become obvious to Charlie and Hurley. They use some whiskey from Sawyer's raided stash to try and find out what happened to Desmond and get an explanation as to how, as Hurley puts it, "that guy see the future, dude." When Desmond passes out drunk, through his eyes we then begin to (re)experience his past and event leading up to why he did not end up with Penny, though he obviously still loves her and wishes things had been different. Triggered when Desmond "pushed the button," the flashbacks are actually a form of time travel or a replaying of events in an alternate/parallel universe. Desmond struggles with his sense of déjà vu and glimpsed of memories of the future as we see him living with Penny several years earlier in London, and his visit with her mean and snobbish father to look for employment. Soon, he must contend with choices and whether or not he can do things differently this time.
Previously on Lost:
Camp's right over there.
Can you get me some clothes?
- What happened to yours?
- I woke up in the jungle like this.
Oh, FYI, the whole island vibrated.
Kate, Jack and Sawyer saw it
before they had bags over their heads.
Don't worry.
Locke's gonna go after them.
He said so in his speech.
What speech?
I'm gonna find our friends.
We're gonna find them. All of them.
I don't know how yet, but I will.
You've got a problem with your roof.
Roof?
Dude, I don't know about this.
See, you're looking at this all wrong.
He would want us to do this.
He'd want us to ransack
his tent and take his stash?
- That sounds exactly like Sawyer.
- He stole it in the first place.
People need food.
They need medical supplies. They need...
...shocking amounts of pornography.
- Charlie.
- Oh...
Desmondo.
- I need you to come with me.
- You guys find Eko?
Both of you.
What happened?
Eko is dead.
We found his body in the jungle.
We buried him yesterday.
How did he die?
The island killed him.
What do you mean,
"The island killed him"?
What do you mean,
"The island killed him"?
You know what it means.
With the doctor gone,
the camp's on edge enough
without people worrying
about what's out there in the jungle.
They're gonna look to you two
to see how to react.
So when I tell everyone what happened,
I need you to help keep things calm.
Dude, are you OK?
Hey, guys...
what's wrong with Desmond?
What is he doing?
There's someone else out there.
- Where's Claire?
- She just went for a walk.
I offered to watch the baby.
Claire!
- I've got her.
- Is she OK?
Claire! What happened?
Stand back! Just give me some room!
- Claire.
- Charlie, I know what I'm doing!
Is she breathing?
She's not breathing?
Come on.
Do you want me to help you?
- Come on.
- Claire!
Claire.
You alright?
Come on, you're alright.
- Charlie's here!
- It's all right, Charlie.
- Let's get her back to her tent.
- Is she OK? Let me help!
- I'll take her...
- I've got her, Charlie.
Where are you going?
Hey, how did you know?
How did you know she was drowning?
I'll tell you how he knew.
That guy...
...sees the future, dude.
She's beautiful.
Thanks.
- What's her name?
- Penny.
Penelope.
- How're you feeling?
- Still a little shaken up.
I go swimming almost every day, and...
the undertow just grabbed me.
I mean, if...
...you know, if you hadn't...
- Claire?
You were only gonna be five minutes.
Aaron's starving.
I'm sorry.
Anyway, I just really
wanted to say thank you.
Thank you so much...
...for being there.
It's my pleasure.
Locke doesn't know about anything
except knives and fishing.
There's nothing to know.
I don't buy this precognitive rubbish.
If the Bearded Wonder predicts
the future, he wouldn't be here.
Well, whatever happened to him,
we're gonna have to find out what it is.
You realize he's gonna know your plan
before you come up with it.
In that case...
...we'll have to get him bloody drunk.
Beautiful evening.
Say it, dude.
This morning...
...I'm sorry I wasn't more grateful.
Thank you for helping Claire not drown.
- No harm done.
- Excellent.
I brought a peace offering.
You know, make the truce official.
Thanks, but no.
I've spent a wee bit
too much time drunk as of late.
Too good for us, brother?
Alright. That's fine. We'll take our
drink and go somewhere else.
- What kind of whiskey is that?
- It just says MacCutcheon.
Alright, then. Let's have it.
No, the bottle, brother.
If you've come to drink, let's drink.
Hey, let's drink.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
She swore like a docker
With a cracking set of knockers
She was only the farmer's daughter!
- Dezzie...
- Cheers.
Hey, are all your songs about drinking
and fighting and girls with one leg?
Well... girls with one leg
and a heart of gold.
So, Dezzie...
...let me ask you something.
- Anything, pal.
How'd you know Claire was drowning?
I could hear her calling for help.
Oh, no, you didn't.
We were, like, a mile away.
Well, I suppose...
...I've got good hearing.
You...
...hear the lightning as well?
Excuse me?
The lightning.
Just by chance, you pitched
your little rod outside Claire's tent.
Two hours later, the lightning strikes.
Thanks for the drink, pal.
Hey, I don't know what you're doing,
but you best tell us!
Because you turned some key,
that makes you a hero?
You're no hero, brother.
I don't know how you're doing it,
but I know a coward when I see one!
Yeah!
You don't know what happened
when I turned that key!
- You don't want to know!
- Dude!
- Get him off me!
- You don't want to know!
System failure... System failure...
- Desmond!
- I'll see ya in another life, brother.
I love you, Penny.
Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God.
Des! Are you all right?
Stay there, hang on.
I'm just getting ice.
Are you alright?
- You OK?
- What's happening?
What's happening is the result of
combining ladders,
painting the ceiling, and alcohol.
Are you OK? Are you nauseous?
This is my flat.
If you want me to feel at home here,
you might start calling it "our" flat.
How many fingers, Des?
Love, look at me. What's wrong?
Absolutely nothing.
Here... let me.
- Thanks.
- Oh, hang on.
- You've got paint on your neck.
- Really?
How's that concussion?
My severe head injury
is a small price to pay
for the pleasure of having you
move into my humble...
...is "rat trap" accurate?
Voil?.
You know you don't really need
a job from my father, Des.
It's not about the job.
- I want him to respect me.
- Then respect you he shall.
But if he's too daft
to see how brilliant you are,
it's not the end of the world.
What did you say?
Here you go, love.
- You alright?
- Yeah.
Yeah, I'm fine. Just a...
...just had a bit of a deja vu,
that's all.
Good afternoon,
I'm here to see Mr Widmore.
- And you are?
- Hume. Mr Desmond Hume.
Hello, love.
Got a parcel here for 815.
Excuse me, what did you say?
I said delivery for 815.
Mr Hume,
Mr Widmore is ready for you.
Thank you.
Penny didn't tell me
you were an actor, Desmond.
Oh, no, it was actually set design
for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Impressive. You didn't
graduate from university?
No, sir. I had to look after
my three brothers after my father...
Any military experience?
No, sir.
She's beautiful...
...your boat.
My foundation is sponsoring
a solo race around the world.
- Something wrong?
- No.
No, sir.
Desmond, I'll see to it
that you have a position
in our administrative department.
Not the most glamorous duty,
but it's a start.
I'll speak to human resources...
With all due respect, sir...
...I haven't come here to interview
for a position in your company.
- You haven't?
- No, sir.
I came here to ask for
your daughter's hand in marriage.
We've been together two years now.
Pen's moving in...
...and I love her.
Your permission would mean
everything to me.
I'm impressed, Hume.
A very noble gesture.
- You know anything about whiskey?
- No, I'm afraid not, sir.
This is a 60-year MacCutcheon.
Named after Anderson MacCutcheon.
Esteemed Admiral from the Royal Navy.
He retired...
with more medals
than any man before or since.
Moved to the Highlands
to see out his remaining years.
Admiral MacCutcheon
was a great man, Hume.
This was his crowning achievement.
This swallow...
...is worth more than
you could make in a month.
To share it with you
would be a waste,
and a disgrace to the great man
who made it.
Because you, Hume,
will never be a great man.
Mr Widmore...
...I know I'm not...
- What you're not...
...is worthy of drinking my whiskey.
How could you ever
be worthy of my daughter?
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
A fiver? Thank you very much.
- I know you. How do I know you?
- Leave your number if you want.
- How do I know you?
- I don't...
- Where do I know you from?
- Look, I don't know, but,
I'd remember if I got some help.
Hey! Can I get some help?
- You're Charlie.
- Yeah, name's on the sign.
- No.
- Thanks a lot.
No, it was in the hatch.
I remember seeing you. There was a...
There was a computer,
there was a button.
We were on an island.
- We're on an island, this is England.
- No. It was real, man, I remember.
Hey, alright.
This is why we don't do drugs.
No! I remember this!
It all happened before!
Today... this happened today.
I remember that he said I wasn't worthy,
and then came down and took off my tie,
then I lost my tie, Penny said "Where
was it," and then it started to rain...
Your thesis is a bit neat.
The wild card is unpredictability.
Run the same test,
you get different outcomes.
That's what makes life chaotic.
- Donovan!
- Case in point.
Who could've known that a drenched
Scotsman would appear in this rotunda?
You've looked better, Des.
- I need to ask you something.
- By all means, do.
What do you know about time travel?
- Are you bloody insane?
- Just tell me if it's possible.
Which part? The island full
of mysterious hatches
or the computer which
keeps the world from ending?
Forget you're my best mate.
As a physicist,
is it possible that I've somehow
managed to go back in time
and am now living my
life over again?
It's not funny, Donovan.
Penny's father berates you
for not being a "great man,"
and you dream a future where
you push a button to save the world.
These things are not
in my head, brother.
I remember things.
Alright, then.
- What happens next?
- It doesn't work like that.
I don't remember everything, just...
...bits and pieces.
How wonderfully convenient.
I remember this.
I know this song.
The jukebox.
You're worrying me now.
I remember this night.
Graybridge come back in the final
two minutes, win the game, a miracle!
And right after they win,
Jimmy Lennon comes in,
hits the bartender with a bat
because he owes him money!
Watch, please! Just watch!
He'll score the first goal right now!
No, they came back.
They won.
Jimmy Lennon... cricket bat.
There's no such thing as time travel.
And from what I understand,
true love can be just as unlikely.
So, if you love Penny,
stop messing about and marry her.
You smell like the pub.
That's because I was at the pub.
- You didn't get the job.
- No.
What did my father say?
Your father...
...was lovely.
We just both agreed that I wasn't...
...exactly qualified.
Well, I say we celebrate.
We celebrate that fate
has spared you a miserable existence
under the employ of Widmore Industries.
Let me take you out tomorrow
for lobsters on the pier. My treat.
I don't think my failure to impress your
father is any occasion to celebrate.
Well, the occasion is I love you.
Why?
Why do you love me?
Because you're a good man.
In my experience,
they're pretty hard to come by.
Hey.
Des.
Where are you?
I'm right here.
Never done this before, have you?
- Is it that obvious?
- I can always tell the first-timers.
Now then, may I ask your price range?
I'm not a man of means.
I hope to, you know, one day.
I have just the thing.
This won't blind any queens, to be sure,
but still, it has the sparkle of life.
- I'll take it.
- I'm sorry?
It's perfect. I'll take it.
No, you won't.
Give me the ring, here.
- I don't understand.
- This is wrong. You don't buy the ring.
You have second thoughts,
you walk out that door.
So, come on, let's have it.
- I don't know what you're on about.
- You don't buy the ring, Desmond.
How do you know my name?
I know your name as well as I know
that you don't ask Penny to marry you.
In fact, you break her heart.
Breaking her heart is what drives you,
in a few short years from now,
to enter that sailing race
to prove her father wrong.
It brings you to the island, where
you spend three years of your life
entering numbers into the computer
until you are forced
to turn that fail-safe key.
And if you don't do those things,
Desmond David Hume...
...every single one of us is dead.
So, give me that sodding ring.
You're going to be difficult about this.
Who are you?
Do you like chestnuts?
What?
Thank you.
That man over there is
wearing red shoes.
So? What, then?
Just thought it was a bold
fashion choice worth noting.
Is this really happening?
Sorry?
I've had a concussion.
You're my subconscious.
Am I?
You're here to...
...to talk me out of marrying Penny.
Well, it won't bloody work.
- Oh, yes, it will.
- No.
There is no island, there is no button.
It's madness. I love her. She loves me.
I'm going to spend
the rest of my life with her.
No, Desmond. You're not.
Oh, my God.
You knew that was
going to happen, didn't you?
Then why didn't you stop it?
Why didn't you do anything?
Because it wouldn't matter.
Had I warned him about the scaffolding,
tomorrow he'd be hit by a taxi.
If I warned him about the taxi, he'd
fall in the shower and break his neck.
The universe, unfortunately,
has a way of...
...course correcting.
That man was supposed to die.
That was his path.
Just as it's your path
to go to the island.
You don't do it
because you choose to, Desmond,
you do it because you're supposed to.
I'm gonna meet Penny in an hour.
I've got the ring.
She'll say yes.
I can choose whatever I want.
You may not like your path, Desmond,
but pushing that button
is the only truly...
...great thing that you'll ever do.
How much for the ring?
- Hi.
- Hey.
- Am I late?
- Right on time.
- Take your photo, lovebirds?
- No, thanks.
Come on.
Something to show the grandkids!
Come on, let's do it,
for all those grandkids!
You'll do it? Alrighty.
Let's see what we got for you here.
Beautiful desert scene?
No, not the desert? Alright.
- I know, the Alps. Yeah?
- I love the Alps.
- Oh, I hate the Alps.
- Yeah, not the Alps.
Here we go. A beautiful marina scene.
- Yeah, let's do that.
- That's the one?
Alright, you guys get in position.
Take your coat off,
it's boiling, full of palm trees.
Here we go. One, two...
An instant classic...
...only five quid.
- Here you go, love.
Here ya go, mate.
- Cheers.
- Out of twenty.
You're a lovely couple.
Small price to pay
for the memories, right?
I couldn't go through with it.
What was that?
I can't do this.
You can't do what?
Us.
This.
This relationship.
What are you talking about?
How can I...
I can't look after you.
I haven't got a job. I don't have any...
I can't even afford five quid
for a bloody photograph.
- You deserve someone better.
- I know what I deserve.
- I chose to be with you, I love you.
- Love's not enough.
- Being a "good man" is not enough.
- What's this about?
Where is this coming from?
It's all happening too soon.
You moving in.
You're painting rooms, you're changing
things. I don't even like red!
- Why would you leave your flat to...
- Don't do that.
Don't you pretend you don't care.
And don't you dare rewrite history.
I left my expensive flat because you
were too proud to live there, remember?
If you want me to go,
if you want me to leave, then...
...don't make this about what
I do or don't deserve.
And have the decency to admit you're
doing this because you're a coward.
I'm sorry, Pen.
But, this...
...we're not supposed to be together.
What'll it be?
Just give me a pint of your cheapest.
- I'm celebrating.
- What's the occasion?
I think I've made...
...the biggest mistake of my life.
And the worst part is...
...I'm pretty sure
I've made it before.
That's what they call deja vu, mate.
Do they, now?
I had the wrong night.
I was right.
I was off by a night!
I heard the song, then...
I remember this!
I'm not crazy!
I can still change things.
I can still change it!
- Jimmy Lennon!
- Where the hell's my money?
Hey, duck, brother!
Oh, no.
Please...
...let me go back.
Let me go back one more time.
I'll do it right,
I'll do it right this time.
I'm sorry, Penny.
I'll change it.
I'll change it.
How'd you know Claire was drowning?
I could hear her calling for help.
You hear the lightning as well?
Just by chance, you pitched your
little rod outside Claire's tent...
and two hours later,
the lightning strikes.
I don't know how you're doing it,
but I know a coward when I see one!
Yeah, a coward!
You don't want to know what happened
to me when I turned that key!
You don't want to know! You don't
want to know what happened to me!
You don't want to know!
You don't want to know!
- It doesn't matter what you do...
- What are you doing?
...you can't change it.
You can't change it, no matter what you
try to do, you just can't change it...
He's wankered.
Let's get him to his tent.
Alright, Des, come on, gimme your arm.
Come on, stand up. Stand up.
OK, OK. I got you.
You're a good man, Charlie.
Listen, I'm sorry I tried
to strangle you, alright?
Fair play, mate. Here we go.
Sorry I called you a coward.
You're right, pal.
Desmond...
...you are going to tell me
what happened to you.
When I turned that key...
...my life...
...flashed before my eyes.
And then I was back in the jungle.
And still on this bloody island.
But those flashes, Charlie...
...those flashes, they didn't stop.
So...
...you're telling me you saw a "flash"
of Claire drowning this morning?
That's how you knew to save her?
I wasn't saving Claire, Charlie.
I was saving you.
This morning...
...you dove in after Claire.
You tried to save her, but...
...you drowned.
What are you talking about?
I didn't drown.
When I saw the lightning hit the roof,
you were electrocuted.
And when you heard
Claire was in the water, you...
...you drowned trying to save her.
I dove in myself so you never went in!
I've tried, brother.
I've tried twice to save you, but...
...the universe has a way
of course correcting,
and I can't stop it forever.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, because...
...no matter what I try to do...
...you're gonna die, Charlie.
Camp's right over there.
Can you get me some clothes?
- What happened to yours?
- I woke up in the jungle like this.
Oh, FYI, the whole island vibrated.
Kate, Jack and Sawyer saw it
before they had bags over their heads.
Don't worry.
Locke's gonna go after them.
He said so in his speech.
What speech?
I'm gonna find our friends.
We're gonna find them. All of them.
I don't know how yet, but I will.
You've got a problem with your roof.
Roof?
Dude, I don't know about this.
See, you're looking at this all wrong.
He would want us to do this.
He'd want us to ransack
his tent and take his stash?
- That sounds exactly like Sawyer.
- He stole it in the first place.
People need food.
They need medical supplies. They need...
...shocking amounts of pornography.
- Charlie.
- Oh...
Desmondo.
- I need you to come with me.
- You guys find Eko?
Both of you.
What happened?
Eko is dead.
We found his body in the jungle.
We buried him yesterday.
How did he die?
The island killed him.
What do you mean,
"The island killed him"?
What do you mean,
"The island killed him"?
You know what it means.
With the doctor gone,
the camp's on edge enough
without people worrying
about what's out there in the jungle.
They're gonna look to you two
to see how to react.
So when I tell everyone what happened,
I need you to help keep things calm.
Dude, are you OK?
Hey, guys...
what's wrong with Desmond?
What is he doing?
There's someone else out there.
- Where's Claire?
- She just went for a walk.
I offered to watch the baby.
Claire!
- I've got her.
- Is she OK?
Claire! What happened?
Stand back! Just give me some room!
- Claire.
- Charlie, I know what I'm doing!
Is she breathing?
She's not breathing?
Come on.
Do you want me to help you?
- Come on.
- Claire!
Claire.
You alright?
Come on, you're alright.
- Charlie's here!
- It's all right, Charlie.
- Let's get her back to her tent.
- Is she OK? Let me help!
- I'll take her...
- I've got her, Charlie.
Where are you going?
Hey, how did you know?
How did you know she was drowning?
I'll tell you how he knew.
That guy...
...sees the future, dude.
She's beautiful.
Thanks.
- What's her name?
- Penny.
Penelope.
- How're you feeling?
- Still a little shaken up.
I go swimming almost every day, and...
the undertow just grabbed me.
I mean, if...
...you know, if you hadn't...
- Claire?
You were only gonna be five minutes.
Aaron's starving.
I'm sorry.
Anyway, I just really
wanted to say thank you.
Thank you so much...
...for being there.
It's my pleasure.
Locke doesn't know about anything
except knives and fishing.
There's nothing to know.
I don't buy this precognitive rubbish.
If the Bearded Wonder predicts
the future, he wouldn't be here.
Well, whatever happened to him,
we're gonna have to find out what it is.
You realize he's gonna know your plan
before you come up with it.
In that case...
...we'll have to get him bloody drunk.
Beautiful evening.
Say it, dude.
This morning...
...I'm sorry I wasn't more grateful.
Thank you for helping Claire not drown.
- No harm done.
- Excellent.
I brought a peace offering.
You know, make the truce official.
Thanks, but no.
I've spent a wee bit
too much time drunk as of late.
Too good for us, brother?
Alright. That's fine. We'll take our
drink and go somewhere else.
- What kind of whiskey is that?
- It just says MacCutcheon.
Alright, then. Let's have it.
No, the bottle, brother.
If you've come to drink, let's drink.
Hey, let's drink.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
She swore like a docker
With a cracking set of knockers
She was only the farmer's daughter!
- Dezzie...
- Cheers.
Hey, are all your songs about drinking
and fighting and girls with one leg?
Well... girls with one leg
and a heart of gold.
So, Dezzie...
...let me ask you something.
- Anything, pal.
How'd you know Claire was drowning?
I could hear her calling for help.
Oh, no, you didn't.
We were, like, a mile away.
Well, I suppose...
...I've got good hearing.
You...
...hear the lightning as well?
Excuse me?
The lightning.
Just by chance, you pitched
your little rod outside Claire's tent.
Two hours later, the lightning strikes.
Thanks for the drink, pal.
Hey, I don't know what you're doing,
but you best tell us!
Because you turned some key,
that makes you a hero?
You're no hero, brother.
I don't know how you're doing it,
but I know a coward when I see one!
Yeah!
You don't know what happened
when I turned that key!
- You don't want to know!
- Dude!
- Get him off me!
- You don't want to know!
System failure... System failure...
- Desmond!
- I'll see ya in another life, brother.
I love you, Penny.
Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God.
Des! Are you all right?
Stay there, hang on.
I'm just getting ice.
Are you alright?
- You OK?
- What's happening?
What's happening is the result of
combining ladders,
painting the ceiling, and alcohol.
Are you OK? Are you nauseous?
This is my flat.
If you want me to feel at home here,
you might start calling it "our" flat.
How many fingers, Des?
Love, look at me. What's wrong?
Absolutely nothing.
Here... let me.
- Thanks.
- Oh, hang on.
- You've got paint on your neck.
- Really?
How's that concussion?
My severe head injury
is a small price to pay
for the pleasure of having you
move into my humble...
...is "rat trap" accurate?
Voil?.
You know you don't really need
a job from my father, Des.
It's not about the job.
- I want him to respect me.
- Then respect you he shall.
But if he's too daft
to see how brilliant you are,
it's not the end of the world.
What did you say?
Here you go, love.
- You alright?
- Yeah.
Yeah, I'm fine. Just a...
...just had a bit of a deja vu,
that's all.
Good afternoon,
I'm here to see Mr Widmore.
- And you are?
- Hume. Mr Desmond Hume.
Hello, love.
Got a parcel here for 815.
Excuse me, what did you say?
I said delivery for 815.
Mr Hume,
Mr Widmore is ready for you.
Thank you.
Penny didn't tell me
you were an actor, Desmond.
Oh, no, it was actually set design
for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Impressive. You didn't
graduate from university?
No, sir. I had to look after
my three brothers after my father...
Any military experience?
No, sir.
She's beautiful...
...your boat.
My foundation is sponsoring
a solo race around the world.
- Something wrong?
- No.
No, sir.
Desmond, I'll see to it
that you have a position
in our administrative department.
Not the most glamorous duty,
but it's a start.
I'll speak to human resources...
With all due respect, sir...
...I haven't come here to interview
for a position in your company.
- You haven't?
- No, sir.
I came here to ask for
your daughter's hand in marriage.
We've been together two years now.
Pen's moving in...
...and I love her.
Your permission would mean
everything to me.
I'm impressed, Hume.
A very noble gesture.
- You know anything about whiskey?
- No, I'm afraid not, sir.
This is a 60-year MacCutcheon.
Named after Anderson MacCutcheon.
Esteemed Admiral from the Royal Navy.
He retired...
with more medals
than any man before or since.
Moved to the Highlands
to see out his remaining years.
Admiral MacCutcheon
was a great man, Hume.
This was his crowning achievement.
This swallow...
...is worth more than
you could make in a month.
To share it with you
would be a waste,
and a disgrace to the great man
who made it.
Because you, Hume,
will never be a great man.
Mr Widmore...
...I know I'm not...
- What you're not...
...is worthy of drinking my whiskey.
How could you ever
be worthy of my daughter?
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
A fiver? Thank you very much.
- I know you. How do I know you?
- Leave your number if you want.
- How do I know you?
- I don't...
- Where do I know you from?
- Look, I don't know, but,
I'd remember if I got some help.
Hey! Can I get some help?
- You're Charlie.
- Yeah, name's on the sign.
- No.
- Thanks a lot.
No, it was in the hatch.
I remember seeing you. There was a...
There was a computer,
there was a button.
We were on an island.
- We're on an island, this is England.
- No. It was real, man, I remember.
Hey, alright.
This is why we don't do drugs.
No! I remember this!
It all happened before!
Today... this happened today.
I remember that he said I wasn't worthy,
and then came down and took off my tie,
then I lost my tie, Penny said "Where
was it," and then it started to rain...
Your thesis is a bit neat.
The wild card is unpredictability.
Run the same test,
you get different outcomes.
That's what makes life chaotic.
- Donovan!
- Case in point.
Who could've known that a drenched
Scotsman would appear in this rotunda?
You've looked better, Des.
- I need to ask you something.
- By all means, do.
What do you know about time travel?
- Are you bloody insane?
- Just tell me if it's possible.
Which part? The island full
of mysterious hatches
or the computer which
keeps the world from ending?
Forget you're my best mate.
As a physicist,
is it possible that I've somehow
managed to go back in time
and am now living my
life over again?
It's not funny, Donovan.
Penny's father berates you
for not being a "great man,"
and you dream a future where
you push a button to save the world.
These things are not
in my head, brother.
I remember things.
Alright, then.
- What happens next?
- It doesn't work like that.
I don't remember everything, just...
...bits and pieces.
How wonderfully convenient.
I remember this.
I know this song.
The jukebox.
You're worrying me now.
I remember this night.
Graybridge come back in the final
two minutes, win the game, a miracle!
And right after they win,
Jimmy Lennon comes in,
hits the bartender with a bat
because he owes him money!
Watch, please! Just watch!
He'll score the first goal right now!
No, they came back.
They won.
Jimmy Lennon... cricket bat.
There's no such thing as time travel.
And from what I understand,
true love can be just as unlikely.
So, if you love Penny,
stop messing about and marry her.
You smell like the pub.
That's because I was at the pub.
- You didn't get the job.
- No.
What did my father say?
Your father...
...was lovely.
We just both agreed that I wasn't...
...exactly qualified.
Well, I say we celebrate.
We celebrate that fate
has spared you a miserable existence
under the employ of Widmore Industries.
Let me take you out tomorrow
for lobsters on the pier. My treat.
I don't think my failure to impress your
father is any occasion to celebrate.
Well, the occasion is I love you.
Why?
Why do you love me?
Because you're a good man.
In my experience,
they're pretty hard to come by.
Hey.
Des.
Where are you?
I'm right here.
Never done this before, have you?
- Is it that obvious?
- I can always tell the first-timers.
Now then, may I ask your price range?
I'm not a man of means.
I hope to, you know, one day.
I have just the thing.
This won't blind any queens, to be sure,
but still, it has the sparkle of life.
- I'll take it.
- I'm sorry?
It's perfect. I'll take it.
No, you won't.
Give me the ring, here.
- I don't understand.
- This is wrong. You don't buy the ring.
You have second thoughts,
you walk out that door.
So, come on, let's have it.
- I don't know what you're on about.
- You don't buy the ring, Desmond.
How do you know my name?
I know your name as well as I know
that you don't ask Penny to marry you.
In fact, you break her heart.
Breaking her heart is what drives you,
in a few short years from now,
to enter that sailing race
to prove her father wrong.
It brings you to the island, where
you spend three years of your life
entering numbers into the computer
until you are forced
to turn that fail-safe key.
And if you don't do those things,
Desmond David Hume...
...every single one of us is dead.
So, give me that sodding ring.
You're going to be difficult about this.
Who are you?
Do you like chestnuts?
What?
Thank you.
That man over there is
wearing red shoes.
So? What, then?
Just thought it was a bold
fashion choice worth noting.
Is this really happening?
Sorry?
I've had a concussion.
You're my subconscious.
Am I?
You're here to...
...to talk me out of marrying Penny.
Well, it won't bloody work.
- Oh, yes, it will.
- No.
There is no island, there is no button.
It's madness. I love her. She loves me.
I'm going to spend
the rest of my life with her.
No, Desmond. You're not.
Oh, my God.
You knew that was
going to happen, didn't you?
Then why didn't you stop it?
Why didn't you do anything?
Because it wouldn't matter.
Had I warned him about the scaffolding,
tomorrow he'd be hit by a taxi.
If I warned him about the taxi, he'd
fall in the shower and break his neck.
The universe, unfortunately,
has a way of...
...course correcting.
That man was supposed to die.
That was his path.
Just as it's your path
to go to the island.
You don't do it
because you choose to, Desmond,
you do it because you're supposed to.
I'm gonna meet Penny in an hour.
I've got the ring.
She'll say yes.
I can choose whatever I want.
You may not like your path, Desmond,
but pushing that button
is the only truly...
...great thing that you'll ever do.
How much for the ring?
- Hi.
- Hey.
- Am I late?
- Right on time.
- Take your photo, lovebirds?
- No, thanks.
Come on.
Something to show the grandkids!
Come on, let's do it,
for all those grandkids!
You'll do it? Alrighty.
Let's see what we got for you here.
Beautiful desert scene?
No, not the desert? Alright.
- I know, the Alps. Yeah?
- I love the Alps.
- Oh, I hate the Alps.
- Yeah, not the Alps.
Here we go. A beautiful marina scene.
- Yeah, let's do that.
- That's the one?
Alright, you guys get in position.
Take your coat off,
it's boiling, full of palm trees.
Here we go. One, two...
An instant classic...
...only five quid.
- Here you go, love.
Here ya go, mate.
- Cheers.
- Out of twenty.
You're a lovely couple.
Small price to pay
for the memories, right?
I couldn't go through with it.
What was that?
I can't do this.
You can't do what?
Us.
This.
This relationship.
What are you talking about?
How can I...
I can't look after you.
I haven't got a job. I don't have any...
I can't even afford five quid
for a bloody photograph.
- You deserve someone better.
- I know what I deserve.
- I chose to be with you, I love you.
- Love's not enough.
- Being a "good man" is not enough.
- What's this about?
Where is this coming from?
It's all happening too soon.
You moving in.
You're painting rooms, you're changing
things. I don't even like red!
- Why would you leave your flat to...
- Don't do that.
Don't you pretend you don't care.
And don't you dare rewrite history.
I left my expensive flat because you
were too proud to live there, remember?
If you want me to go,
if you want me to leave, then...
...don't make this about what
I do or don't deserve.
And have the decency to admit you're
doing this because you're a coward.
I'm sorry, Pen.
But, this...
...we're not supposed to be together.
What'll it be?
Just give me a pint of your cheapest.
- I'm celebrating.
- What's the occasion?
I think I've made...
...the biggest mistake of my life.
And the worst part is...
...I'm pretty sure
I've made it before.
That's what they call deja vu, mate.
Do they, now?
I had the wrong night.
I was right.
I was off by a night!
I heard the song, then...
I remember this!
I'm not crazy!
I can still change things.
I can still change it!
- Jimmy Lennon!
- Where the hell's my money?
Hey, duck, brother!
Oh, no.
Please...
...let me go back.
Let me go back one more time.
I'll do it right,
I'll do it right this time.
I'm sorry, Penny.
I'll change it.
I'll change it.
How'd you know Claire was drowning?
I could hear her calling for help.
You hear the lightning as well?
Just by chance, you pitched your
little rod outside Claire's tent...
and two hours later,
the lightning strikes.
I don't know how you're doing it,
but I know a coward when I see one!
Yeah, a coward!
You don't want to know what happened
to me when I turned that key!
You don't want to know! You don't
want to know what happened to me!
You don't want to know!
You don't want to know!
- It doesn't matter what you do...
- What are you doing?
...you can't change it.
You can't change it, no matter what you
try to do, you just can't change it...
He's wankered.
Let's get him to his tent.
Alright, Des, come on, gimme your arm.
Come on, stand up. Stand up.
OK, OK. I got you.
You're a good man, Charlie.
Listen, I'm sorry I tried
to strangle you, alright?
Fair play, mate. Here we go.
Sorry I called you a coward.
You're right, pal.
Desmond...
...you are going to tell me
what happened to you.
When I turned that key...
...my life...
...flashed before my eyes.
And then I was back in the jungle.
And still on this bloody island.
But those flashes, Charlie...
...those flashes, they didn't stop.
So...
...you're telling me you saw a "flash"
of Claire drowning this morning?
That's how you knew to save her?
I wasn't saving Claire, Charlie.
I was saving you.
This morning...
...you dove in after Claire.
You tried to save her, but...
...you drowned.
What are you talking about?
I didn't drown.
When I saw the lightning hit the roof,
you were electrocuted.
And when you heard
Claire was in the water, you...
...you drowned trying to save her.
I dove in myself so you never went in!
I've tried, brother.
I've tried twice to save you, but...
...the universe has a way
of course correcting,
and I can't stop it forever.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, because...
...no matter what I try to do...
...you're gonna die, Charlie.