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ACT ONE:
BERNARD: HEY BOY, WHERE YOU BEEN? YOU MISS ALL THE ACTION?
ROSE: WOULD YOU STOP PLAYING WITH THAT DAMN DOG AND STICK TO
THE PROGRAM? LET’S GET GOIN’.
ROSE: (COMFORTING) YOU KNOW, YOU WERE A REAL HERO BACK THERE.
BERNARD: WELL, I’M NOT EXACTLY ANA LUCIA AND EKO PULLING
PEOPLE FROM THE SEA, BUT I TRIED.
ROSE: (SINCERE) YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN JACK ON OUR END. I NEVER
TOLD YOU THIS, BERNARD BUT HE SAVED MY LIFE. (BERNARD STOPS)
I WAS OUT OF IT WHEN WE CRASHED. BASICALLY, DEAD. HE GAVE ME
C.P.R, AND BROUGHT ME BACK TO LIFE.
ROSE: DON’T GET TOO EXCITED. WE MIGHT NOT KNOW HOW TO USE ANY
OF IT. WHO SAYS ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE COULD USE IT EITHER?
ROSE LOOKS OVER TO WHERE THE VOICE CAME FROM. IT’S IN THE
TREES, THE MOONLIGHT SHINING ON HER. IT’S JULIET.
LAPIDUS IS FACED AWAY FROM HIM AND SO, JUST BLINDLY STATES:
FRANK: (DESPAIR) WHOEVER YOU ARE, JUST HELP ME, MAN. I’M
BLEEDING TO DEATH OVER HERE.
BRAM: (REASSURING) IT’S ABRAHAM, FRANK. I’M GONNA GET YOU OFF
OF THAT TREE.
BRAM CUTS THE ROPE LOOSE AND FRANK BRINGS FORTH A REALLY,
REALLY BLOODY LEFT HAND, HE THEN FALLS COMPLETELY OVER.
BRAM: (PICKING HIM UP) FRANK, I’M GONNA HELP YOU OUT BUDDY,
JUST TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.
CLAIRE: (QUIET BUT PLAYFUL SARCASM) I’LL TAKE IT, I’LL MAKE A
NECKLACE OUT OF IT. WEAR IT TO MY WEDDING.
JIN LOOKS UP AND GETS TO HIS KNEES AND BEGINS ‘BABY WALKING’
ON HIS KNEES TOWARDS THE WHEEL. AGONZING PAIN WITH EVERY
‘STEP’ WALT STANDS TO THE SIDE WATCHING.
WALT: (SERIOUS) THIS MUST BE DONE, JIN. YOU MUST REMEMBER TWO
THINGS, ONE FOR BEFORE (PAUSE) AND ONE FOR AFTER.
ACT THREE:
FRANK: (EXHAUSTED) HOW THE HELL CAN YOU TELL? THEY ALL LOOK
THE SAME TO ME.
BRAM: (SMILING) I CAN JUST TELL. (SERIOUS) BUT IT’S STILL NOT
SAFE TO GO OUT THERE.
BRAM: THEY KILLED MY BEST MEN LIKE IT WAS A WALK IN THE PARK.
I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. I GRABBED THE WOMAN AND STARTED
RUNNING. THEY FIRED AND I THOUGHT SHE WAS HIT, BUT SHE JUST
TURNED HER ANKLE OR SOMETHING...THOSE SHOES SHE HAD ON. I HAD
TO LEAVE HER.
RICHARD: YOU CAN USE SONIC CHARGES, BUT THOSE ARE A BIT LIKE
A HOLY RELIC AROUND HERE. VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. BESIDES,
THEY ONLY WORK TO STAVE IT OFF FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS OR SO.
ACT FOUR:
BERNARD: THEY ALL JUST LEFT, ROSE. SAID THEY HAD WORK TO DO.
WE SEWED BOTH ENDS OF THE WOUND, POURED SOME WHISKEY THEY HAD
DOWN IN THERE, HE SCREAMED BUT I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE FINE.
RICHARD: NO. (PAUSE) I’M LESS CONCERNED NOW ABOUT WHO MOVED
IT, BUT RATHER WHERE WE MOVED TO.
A CUT TO RICHARD AND JACK, AS THEY REACH THE TOP OF THE HILL.
THEY SEE THE GREENHOUSE, RICHARD IS IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED.
UNKNOWN MAN: YES, I SPEAK ENGLISH, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
UNKNOWN MAN: (PUZZLED) WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT, WHO ARE YOU?
UNKNOWN MAN: WELL, THAT’S NOT MY REAL NAME BUT SINCE YOU’RE
‘DEAD’ I SUPPOSE I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY NAME IS GERALD
DEGROOT. MY WIFE AND I FOUNDED THE DHARMA INIATIVE.
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ACT FIVE:
WE PICK UP INSIDE DEGROOT’S HOTEL ROOM, THE TWO OF THEM SIT
AT A TABLE, DRINKING COFFEE. A TELEVISION IS ON IN THE
BACKGROUND. THE NEWS SHOWS FOOTAGE OF THE INAUGURATION OF
BARACK OBAMA. GIVING US A GENERAL DATE. LATE JANUARY 2009.
GABRIEL WALKS OVER TO THE WINDOW AND LOOKS OUT, IT’S A GROUP
OF TEMPLE GOONS, THE SAME ONES WHO KILLED THREE OF RICHARD’S
MEN EARLIER.
THEY ALL HEAD TOWARDS THE BACK ENTRANCE AND THE SCENE
SWITCHES. IT’S DAYLIGHT AT THE ‘HELICOPTER CAMP’ PENNY
SLEEPS, AS DESMOND STIRS ABOUT, HE IS CAREFUL NOT TO WAKE
HER, THEN STANDING. BERNARD LOOKS ON FROM A DISTANCE.
BERNARD: I THINK THEY WENT THAT WAY (POINTS) AND I’M NOT
REALLY SURE AFTER THAT...IT’S BEEN AWHILE, DESMOND. WHAT ARE
YOU THINKING ABOUT DOING?
BRAM: (COMFORTING) I’M GOING TO TRY AND PATCH YOU UP, FRANK.
BRAM HEADS OFF, WE SEE FRANK’S FACE, A DIRE STATE. END SCENE.
ACT SIX:
BACK IN THE HOTEL ROOM WITH GERALD DEGROOT AND JIN. THEY ARE
SEATED IN THE ‘LIVING’ AREA, ON A COUCH. POURING OVER SOME
DOCUMENTS AND PICTURES.
JIN: PLEASE, MR. DEGROOT, TELL ME WHAT YOU MEAN, IT’S “GONE”?
JIN: I’VE BEEN HIDING AWAY, UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOU.
I’M SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD. I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
BEN: (SIGHS) I GUESS I’VE GOT GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS THEN.
BEN: YOU COULD SAY THAT (TURNS AROUND, SHOUTS) BRING EM IN.
JACK REMAINS SILENT. SAMAEL THEN STEPS ASIDE A FEW FEET AND
GLARES AT RICHARD, FACE TO FACE, SNEERING.
SAMAEL: YOU, JACK. YOU’RE THE KEY, SO YOU KNOW THE PLAN, TOO.
SAMAEL: (SMILES) OKAY THEN. I JUST NEEDED TO HEAR YOU SAY IT.
SAMAEL STEPS FORWARD AND THEN PLUNGES THE KNIFE INTO JACK’S
STOMACH. CLAIRE AND KATE INSTANTANEOUSLY LET OUT VERY LOUD,
MUFFLED SCREAMS. JACK FALLS TO HIS KNEES.
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