Episode Four

Charlie-centric clips and caps of this episode can be found at Beyond Grey

• Written By: David Fury
• Directed By: Jack Bender
• Backstory: Locke
• Featured Storylines: Sun/Michael, Jack, Rose

Walkabout

We open on a shot of an eye, similar to the shot of Jack in the pilot. The camera pulls back and we see Locke laying there. We’ve flashed back to the crash aftermath. Screaming, etc. Locke looks down, wiggles his toes and finds his shoe.

Beach, night. Locke is staring into space, remembering the crash. Vincent is barking, waking people up and there are growls and sounds of something moving around in the fuselage. The gang wakes up, wondering what’s going on. Jack immediately assumes it’s Sawyer, who takes umbrage at the suggestion. Jack goes in with a small flashlight to look, followed by Sawyer, who has an even bigger flashlight (heh, heh). Sawyer gets tired of pussyfooting around and flashes his light directly in, irritating the beasts within, who then charge out of the fuselage, scaring the hell out of people and knocking Charlie over in the process. Charlie the ever-curious asks what the bloody hell that was all about, and Locke tells them that the beasts are wild boars.

--commercial break—

Title credits roll while Jack is tending to a wound Charlie has sustained on his side. I don’t remember a damned thing about this scene because I was too distracted by BARE DOM FLESH. O_O (Thank you Damon. I love you.)

Ahem…

I think they said something about having to charbroil the b-o-d-y-s in the fuselage to not attract more boars.

On the beach the next morning, Sayid is working on a piece of equipment. Kate approaches him and they talk a bit about the BBQ plans, which Sayid disagrees with. She asks him what he’s making and he tells her he’s making antennae to try to triangulate the signal of the distress call and find its power source.

Michael and Walt are collecting wood, and Walt wants to go wander over and talk to Locke, which Michael disagrees with.

Sawyer and Hurley are fighting, Jack breaks them up (whoa, it’s like déjà vu) Turns out they’re arguing over Sawyer’s stash of peanuts, which is the last of their food. Sayid tells them to calm down and that they can find food on the island. Sawyer whines about that suggestion and gets a knife next to his head for his troubles, thrown by Locke, who tells Sawyer, now a weency bit cowed, that they must hunt, and that it will take at least three people to hunt one of the boar down. He then reveals a big healthy suitcase of knives. Hurley, taking Charlie’s role to state the obvious question, asks “Who is this guy?”

--Locke’s flashback—

Locke is sitting in an office, talking to someone on the phone who refers to him as “Colonel” and talks strategy. His smartyfarty boss comes up and harangues him about TPS reports, and tells him no personal calls. Locke looks after him like he’d love a suitcase of knives about now.

--commercial break—

Kate is getting ready for her little boar hunt, and Jack comes up and asks her why she’s always willing to go hiking into the jungle (damned good question, Jack) She fends off the question and they banter for a moment, when Jack gets in a good zing about Kate not liking to stay in one place for long. He then demands to know why she’s going out into the wild with Mister Knife Guy. She admits she’s going out to go post one of the antennae, not to hunt, because she’s a vegetarian.

Michael is getting ready to go on the hunt, and attempts to communicate with Sun to park Walt with her. She gets his rather poorly-explained message.

Claire approaches Jack as he’s gathering firewood. She tells him the sprog is doing well. She hands over a book of wedding plans, trying to explain to Jack that folks want to do a memorial service for the soon-to-be-crispy fried. Jack declines to lead the ceremony, and Claire offers instead.

Boone notices Rose sitting off by herself, and tells Shannon he’s worried about her. Shannon of course is a bitch about it. Boone snarks back at her about starving, and she claims that the ocean is full of fish, and she can certainly catch one.

Off in the jungle, Locke, Kate and Michael are tracking the boar, and Marlon Lockeins explains boar markings.

Charlie is digging into his stash when Shannon approaches, turning on her blonde for Charlie’s benefit, who takes the bait (see, she can fish!) and offers to go fishing for her, after claiming he’s damned near Ahab himself.

Boone comes and talks to SuperJack about talking to Rose. Jack is rather disinclined to play Dr. Phil but ends up doing so anyway. He comes up to Rose, offering her water and a blanket. She’s rocking quietly, ignoring him.

Michael and Kate are trudging along, talking about Walt. The gang starts hearing noises and Locke hushes them up. He points out boar markings on a tree and does some semaphore to try to explain to them how they’re supposed to surround the boar. Michael, taking the Chris Rock moment, says something stupid, and our gang gets charged by the boar, injuring Michael in the process. Locke lays there for a moment, dazed….

--Locke flashback—

Locke and a pal are sitting in the greenly-lit office breakroom, playing an army board game. The Evil Boss asshole starts giving him shit about a walkabout tour guide he found on Locke’s desk. Locke says he’s already made reservations, and his friend asks if “Helen” knows yet. The Evil Boss keeps bugging him again, telling him there’s no way he could get through a walkabout, and Locke says “don’t tell me what I can’t do!”

Back in the jungle, Kate tries to get Locke’s attention to Michael’s injury. He’s still dazed, calls her Helen, and decides to go stalk the boar instead, repeating his line to the boss about what to tell him.

--commercial break—

Hurley and Charlie are trying to harpoon some fish. Charlie whines that Hurley said he could fish but obviously can’t. Hurley whines back that his only fishing was off the Santa Monica Pier (oooh, I guess he WAS on the plane!) Hurley throws a little fit about not being able to spear the fishie and hands the harpoon to Charlie, who promptly throws himself into the water trying to get the fish.

Back on the beach, Sayid is working on some stuff, and Claire shows him an envelope she just found with his name on it. He takes it from her, grateful, and opens the envelope to show us some lovely pictures of the woman he left behind.

Jack and Rose on the beach, and Rose finally starts talking, explaining why she’s wearing her husband’s wedding ring on her necklace. She tells Jack nicely that he doesn’t have to keep his promise (on the plane) to keep her company. Jack tries to coax her into coming back to camp. Rose tells him he’s a nice guy, and says that must be why he became a doctor. Jack declines, saying he was born into the job instead.

We get a quick shot of Locke stalking through the jungle and then….

--Locke flashback—

Locke is stretched out on his bed, talking on the phone to Helen about how proud he is of himself for telling off The Evil Boss. He reminds her of the walkabout he has scheduled, and tells her he bought two tickets. She’s silent, and then tells him she’s sorry, but she’s not allowed to meet customers. Ouch. She suggests he find a therapist. Double ouch. She then says she’ll have to charge him another hour if he wants to keep talking. Triple ouch. He slams the phone down.

Back in the jungle, Kate pauses for a moment, explaining to Michael she needs to climb a tree to hook up the antenna. As she’s trying to hook it up, we hear the noises of the GargantuBeast, moving toward Locke. She panicks and drops the antenna, breaking it.

Locke is stalking a boar, and chases it into a stand of trees, where it’s promptly reduced to bacon bits by the GB, which then starts moving toward Locke. He makes a face….

--commercial break—

Sawyer approaches Claire on the beach, handing her a couple of wallets he’d scammed from the fuselage the day before.

Sun is playing around with some plants, and Walt asks he what she’s doing. She demonstrates that the plants are like toothpaste.

Michael and Kate come back, and Walt, after an initial concern for his dad, then wonders where Locke is.

Boone and Shannon are playing the Bickersons again when Charlie approaches, proudly carrying a rather sick-looking dead fish. Boone gets the picture right away, and apologises to Charlie for Shannon using him. Charlie, poor fellow, is clearly stung, having thought that Shannon actually had the hots for him. (Psst. I think that Claire chick kinda likes you. And there’s always Shannon’s brother, too….*koff*)

Jack and Rose are still having their quiet conversation. He tells her about the BBQ/memorial service, and that she should come. She agrees, and he suggests maybe she should say some words about her husband. She says he’s not dead. Jack insists everyone in the tail section is fish food, and she tells him they’re probably thinking the same thing about them. She starts to walk off, but Jack stops, seeing a guy in a suit standing in the trees. Who then promptly disappears.

Kate returns the broken antenna parts to Sayid, who throws a little fit.. Kate soothes him. Jack approaches them, looking at a scrape on Kate’s face. Kate tells him that Locke is gone, having been stalked by the GB. Jack tells her the BBQ is almost ready, and then he looks off into the trees, again seeing the guy in the suit. Kate follows him, and they find Locke, dragging a boar carcass.

--commercial break—

Night, BBQ on the beach. Claire is reading off names scrounged from belongings. Charlie is hiding off in a corner, digging into his stash. He finally joins the gang, standing next to Kate, who asks him if he’s seen Jack. Charlie responds negatorily.

Jack is sitting off by himself.

Michael tells Locke nice work on the boar, and asks if he saw the GB. Obviously lying, Locke says no.

---Locke flashback—

He’s in a travel office in Australia, where the walkabout tour operator, who is denying him the opportunity to go on the trip, saying his condition means their insurance company won’t cover him. Locke, angry about being denied his trip. The tour guide walks away, and the camera pulls back to reveal… Locke sitting in a wheelchair. He rages on about “don’t tell me what I can’t do” and that this trip is his destiny. But it’s too late. The tour bus leaves without him

Back again at the post-crash scene, we see Locke wiggle his toes again, and slowly get to his feet. He’s promptly pushed into service by Jack.

Back at the BBQ, Locke watches the flames, staring at his wheelchair, and smiling.

--end Episode 4, as yours truly sobs like a baby--