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Lost episode
“All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues”
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Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 11
Guest star(s)	Christian Bowman (Steve Jenkins), John Terry (Dr. Christian Shephard), William Mapother (Ethan Rom), Jackie Maraya (Andrea), Matt Moore (Husband), Mark Stitham (Head Doctor), Michael Adamshick (Anesthesiologist)
Writer(s)	Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Director	Stephen Williams
Production no.	109
Original airdate	December 8, 2004
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"All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" is the 11th episode of Lost. It is the eleventh episode of the show's first season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams and written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach. It first aired on December 8, 2004 on ABC. The character of Jack Shephard is featured in the episode's flashbacks.

[edit] Plot

At the caves, Hurley continues trying to explain that one survivor, Ethan, is not listed in the passenger manifest. Jack asks where Ethan is and Michael says that he went to the jungle to get some wood. Jack then begins asking where Charlie is; Locke replies that he went after Claire. As Jack and Locke run through the jungle in search of Charlie, they find three distinct sets of footprints, and realize that Charlie and Claire have been taken. As Jack begins shouting their names, Locke motions for him to be quiet.

Locke suggests that they should go back and return with a hunting party, but Jack decides to start off alone.

A flashback shows Jack operating on a woman. Despite his attempts, the woman's heartbeat shows as a flatline; Jack begins giving CPR even though it is clearly hopeless. His father, Dr. Christian Shepard, tells him to call the death.

Back on the island, Jack, Kate, Locke, and Boone set off to find their companions. Following footprints, the group eventually finds one of Charlie's knuckle bandages. Jack and Kate go off to trail Charlie, while Locke and Boone continue on the original trail.

A flashback shows Christian requesting that Jack sign a form which will officially state that the woman's death was an accident. He also says that if the hospital board finds out, it will end his career, and his "life". After his father compliments his talents and begs for the favor, Jack signs the form.

During a rainstorm, Jack and Kate get separated. Jack stumbles down an embankment after hearing what sounds like Claire screaming, and when he comes to at the bottom, Ethan is standing over him. The two men struggle, but the mysterious outsider gets the upper hand, and he warns Jack that if he continues to follow, Ethan will kill one of the hostages.

At a board meeting, Christian delivers his false statement while Jack looks on. The board reveals that the deceased woman was pregnant, which Christian admits to knowing previously (unbeknownst to Jack). Horrified, Jack tells the board that his father was operating under the influence, and says that this impaired his judgment and led to the chain of events causing the woman's death.

Kate soon comes to Jack's aid, and the pair follows Ethan's path until they come across Charlie, blindfolded and hanging by his neck from a tree branch. They cut him down, and Jack furiously performs CPR — despite Kate's pleas that it's a lost cause — until Charlie revives.

At nightfall, with Jack, Kate, and Charlie back at the caves, Charlie reveals that it was Claire that they wanted all along. Boone and Locke are somewhere in the jungle, where they discover a piece of metal embedded in the ground. The metal appears to be hollow, and they begin removing mud to find out what it is.

[edit] Trivia

• In one of the flashbacks, Jack's father emphasizes the concept of "The Greater Good." This term is used as the title for one of the episodes later on in the season.

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Main characters:	Ana Lucia • Ben • Boone • Charlie • Claire • Desmond • Hurley • Jack • Jin • Juliet • Kate</br>Libby • Locke • Michael • Mr. Eko • Nikki • Paulo • Sawyer • Sayid • Shannon • Sun • Walt
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Pilot (Part 1) • Pilot (Part 2) •Tabula Rasa • Walkabout • White Rabbit • House of the Rising Sun • The Moth Confidence Man • Solitary • Raised by Another • All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues Whatever the Case May Be • Hearts and Minds • Special • Homecoming • Outlaws • ...In Translation • Numbers Deus Ex Machina • Do No Harm • The Greater Good • Born to Run • Exodus (Part 1) • Exodus (Part 2)pl:All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues (Zagubieni)