Jack Shephard"s Flash Forwards Part 4
Note: Jack Shephard's flash forwards are presented here in the order they happened in his life, as opposed to the order in which they were shown on the show. To read the flash forwards in the order they were presented to Lost viewers, see Jack's profile for links to episodes containing his flash forwards.
Jack tries a couple of keys until one unlocks a medical cabinet.
He looks around, then takes some Oxycodone. He swallows one and puts the rest in his pocket. He goes out and hangs the key.
He looks around and knocks some files on the floor. As he picks them up, Dr. Hamill comes up behind him and asks what he's doing. Jack says he was just checking some charts to see how the operation went.
"I left three messages on your voice mail. You didn't get them?"
"My phone's broken."
"Let's go in my office, Jack."
"For what?"
"We need to have a talk."
"You know, I know that you're new around here and you don't know much about me--"
"I know enough. So let's just walk down to my office--"
"If you've got something to say to me, say it to me right here."
"Mrs. Arlynn, the woman you saved, woke up in recovery about two hours ago. She was in some pain, but highly responsive to the reflex test and entirely lucid."
"That's great."
"But then she described the series of events that caused her accident. She says she was driving over the bridge when she saw a man standing on the railing, about to jump off.
She was distracted, lost control of her car, she ran into the median, rolled over, and was hit by the van behind her. So the obvious question here, Jack, is how did you get to that flaming car so fast? What were you doing on that bridge?"
"You know how many years I've worked at this hospital? Do you know anything about me? Do you have any idea what I've been through?"
"How much have you had to drink today, Jack?"
"Okay, I'll tell you this. You get my father down here. Get him down here right now, and if I'm drunker than he is, you can fire me. Don't look at me like that. Don't pity me."
"I'm trying to help you."
"You can't help me!"
Jack sits on the floor in a messy apartment, holding his cell phone. He takes a drink, then dials the phone. There is a woman on the other end.
"Hello," Jack says. "It's me. Wait, don't hang up. Please. I know what you said, I just need to see you. Please. Yeah, out at the airport. You know where. Thank you."
Jack drives to the airport and waits in his car. Another car drives in. The person gets out and walks toward Jack. It's Kate.
"Hey," she says. "Saw you on the news. Still pulling people out of burning wreckage, huh?"
"Old habits."
"You look terrible."
"Thanks," Jack says.
"Why did you call me, Jack?"
Jack hands her the newspaper clipping. "I thought maybe you'd heard. I thought maybe you'd go to the funeral."
"Why would I go to the funeral?"
Jack nods. She gives him back the clipping.
"I've been flying a lot," Jack says. "That golden pass that they gave us, I've been using it. Every Friday night I fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo, or Singapore, or Sydney. And I get off and I have a drink, and then I fly home."
"Why?"
"Because I want it to crash, Kate. I don't care about anybody else on board. Every little bump we hit, or turbulence, I actually close my eyes and I pray that I can get back."
"This is not going to change," Kate says.
"No, I am sick of lying. We made a mistake."
"I have to go. He's going to be wondering where I am."
He grabs her. "We were not supposed to leave."
"Yes we were," Kate says. "Bye, Jack."
He watches her leave. "We have to go back, Kate!"
She looks at him with a look of pity, then gets in her car and drives away.
Jack yells to Kate, "We have to go back!"
Kate slams on the brakes and drives back to Jack. She gets out and says, "We have to go back? We have to go back? Who do you think you are?" She is crying as she yells. "You call me for two days straight, stoned on your pills, and then you show up here with an obituary for Jeremy Bentham. When he came to me and I heard what he had to say, I knew he was crazy. But you, you believed him."
"Yes."
"Him of all people."
"Yes, Kate, I did, because he said it was the only way I could keep you safe. You and Aaron."
She slaps him across the face. "Don't you say his name. I still have to explain to him why you are not there to read to him. So don't you say his name!"
"I'm sorry."
"I've spent the last three years trying to forget all the horrible things that happened on the day we left. How dare you ask me to go back." She walks to her car, gets in, and drives away.
Episode 4x13, There's No Place Like Home Part 2 - Flash Forward 7
Late at night, Jack goes back to the funeral home and breaks in. He looks at the casket and then looks away. On top is a release form that says Jeremy Bentham. He opens the casket and looks inside.
Jack is startled when Ben walks up and says, "Hello, Jack. Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. Did he tell you that I was off the island?"
Jack nods. "Yes he did."
Ben walks toward Jack. "When did you speak to him?"
"About a month ago."
"And Kate?"
"Yeah, he came to see her too."
"And what did he say to you?"
"He told me that after I left the island, some very bad things happened. And he told me that it was my fault for leaving. And he said that I had to come back."
"Yes, I've heard that you've been flying on passenger planes hoping that you'd crash. That's dark, Jack, very dark."
"Why are you here?"
"I'm here to tell you that the island won't let you come alone. All of you have to go back."
"Sayid, I don't even know where Sayid is. Hurley is insane. Sun blames me for- And then Kate, she won't even talk to me anymore."
"Perhaps I can help you with that. This is the way it has to be, Jack. It's the only way. You have to do it together, all of you."
"How?"
"I have a few ideas."
Jack nods.
"Jack, I said all of you. We're going to have to bring him too."
Inside the casket is Locke.
The Woman Wakes
Episode 3x22, Through the Looking Glass - Flash Forward 6Jack tries a couple of keys until one unlocks a medical cabinet.
He looks around, then takes some Oxycodone. He swallows one and puts the rest in his pocket. He goes out and hangs the key.
He looks around and knocks some files on the floor. As he picks them up, Dr. Hamill comes up behind him and asks what he's doing. Jack says he was just checking some charts to see how the operation went.
"I left three messages on your voice mail. You didn't get them?"
"My phone's broken."
"Let's go in my office, Jack."
"For what?"
"We need to have a talk."
"You know, I know that you're new around here and you don't know much about me--"
"I know enough. So let's just walk down to my office--"
"If you've got something to say to me, say it to me right here."
"Mrs. Arlynn, the woman you saved, woke up in recovery about two hours ago. She was in some pain, but highly responsive to the reflex test and entirely lucid."
"That's great."
"But then she described the series of events that caused her accident. She says she was driving over the bridge when she saw a man standing on the railing, about to jump off.
She was distracted, lost control of her car, she ran into the median, rolled over, and was hit by the van behind her. So the obvious question here, Jack, is how did you get to that flaming car so fast? What were you doing on that bridge?"
"You know how many years I've worked at this hospital? Do you know anything about me? Do you have any idea what I've been through?"
"How much have you had to drink today, Jack?"
"Okay, I'll tell you this. You get my father down here. Get him down here right now, and if I'm drunker than he is, you can fire me. Don't look at me like that. Don't pity me."
"I'm trying to help you."
"You can't help me!"
Kate
Episode 3x22, Through the Looking Glass - Flash Forward 7Jack sits on the floor in a messy apartment, holding his cell phone. He takes a drink, then dials the phone. There is a woman on the other end.
"Hello," Jack says. "It's me. Wait, don't hang up. Please. I know what you said, I just need to see you. Please. Yeah, out at the airport. You know where. Thank you."
Jack drives to the airport and waits in his car. Another car drives in. The person gets out and walks toward Jack. It's Kate.
"Hey," she says. "Saw you on the news. Still pulling people out of burning wreckage, huh?"
"Old habits."
"You look terrible."
"Thanks," Jack says.
"Why did you call me, Jack?"
Jack hands her the newspaper clipping. "I thought maybe you'd heard. I thought maybe you'd go to the funeral."
"Why would I go to the funeral?"
Jack nods. She gives him back the clipping.
"I've been flying a lot," Jack says. "That golden pass that they gave us, I've been using it. Every Friday night I fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo, or Singapore, or Sydney. And I get off and I have a drink, and then I fly home."
"Why?"
"Because I want it to crash, Kate. I don't care about anybody else on board. Every little bump we hit, or turbulence, I actually close my eyes and I pray that I can get back."
"This is not going to change," Kate says.
"No, I am sick of lying. We made a mistake."
"I have to go. He's going to be wondering where I am."
He grabs her. "We were not supposed to leave."
"Yes we were," Kate says. "Bye, Jack."
He watches her leave. "We have to go back, Kate!"
She looks at him with a look of pity, then gets in her car and drives away.
Him of All People!
Episode 4x13, There's No Place Like Home Part 2 - Flash Forward 1Jack yells to Kate, "We have to go back!"
Kate slams on the brakes and drives back to Jack. She gets out and says, "We have to go back? We have to go back? Who do you think you are?" She is crying as she yells. "You call me for two days straight, stoned on your pills, and then you show up here with an obituary for Jeremy Bentham. When he came to me and I heard what he had to say, I knew he was crazy. But you, you believed him."
"Yes."
"Him of all people."
"Yes, Kate, I did, because he said it was the only way I could keep you safe. You and Aaron."
She slaps him across the face. "Don't you say his name. I still have to explain to him why you are not there to read to him. So don't you say his name!"
"I'm sorry."
"I've spent the last three years trying to forget all the horrible things that happened on the day we left. How dare you ask me to go back." She walks to her car, gets in, and drives away.
All of You
Episode 4x13, There's No Place Like Home Part 2 - Flash Forward 7
Late at night, Jack goes back to the funeral home and breaks in. He looks at the casket and then looks away. On top is a release form that says Jeremy Bentham. He opens the casket and looks inside.
Jack is startled when Ben walks up and says, "Hello, Jack. Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. Did he tell you that I was off the island?"
Jack nods. "Yes he did."
Ben walks toward Jack. "When did you speak to him?"
"About a month ago."
"And Kate?"
"Yeah, he came to see her too."
"And what did he say to you?"
"He told me that after I left the island, some very bad things happened. And he told me that it was my fault for leaving. And he said that I had to come back."
"Yes, I've heard that you've been flying on passenger planes hoping that you'd crash. That's dark, Jack, very dark."
"Why are you here?"
"I'm here to tell you that the island won't let you come alone. All of you have to go back."
"Sayid, I don't even know where Sayid is. Hurley is insane. Sun blames me for- And then Kate, she won't even talk to me anymore."
"Perhaps I can help you with that. This is the way it has to be, Jack. It's the only way. You have to do it together, all of you."
"How?"
"I have a few ideas."
Jack nods.
"Jack, I said all of you. We're going to have to bring him too."
Inside the casket is Locke.
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