Further Instructions
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| Lost episode | |
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| “Further Instructions” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 3 |
| Guest star(s) | Ian Somerhalder (Boone), Justin Chatwin (Eddie), Chris Mulkey (Mike), Virginia Morris (Jan), Joel Himelhoch (Sheriff Williams) and Dion Donahue (Kim). <ref>
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| Writer(s) | Carlton Cuse & Elizabeth Sarnoff |
| Director | Stephen Williams |
| Production no. | 302 |
| Original airdate | October 18, 2006 |
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"Further Instructions" is the third episode of the third season of Lost. It aired on October 18, 2006, making it the 50th episode of the series. The episode was written by Carlton Cuse and Elizabeth Sarnoff and directed by Stephen Williams. The character of John Locke is featured in the episode's flashbacks.
[edit] Plot
Locke wakes up in the jungle and sees a naked Desmond run by, but Locke cannot speak. Eko’s stick falls from above nearly hitting him. In the frame of Eko's church, he builds a sweat lodge and convinces Charlie to stand guard. Locke takes an hallucinogenic drug and enters the lodge in order to "speak with the Island." There, Boone appears to help him "find [his] way again, so that [he] can bring the family back together". Boone wheels Locke through the Sydney airport where he tells him someone is "in serious danger." He first sees Claire and Charlie together with Aaron and later encounters Desmond and Hurley in separate incidents but Boone deems Locke unable to save any of them. Locke then sees Jack, Kate, and Sawyer going through a security check run by "Henry Gale" but is told there is nothing he can do for them yet; first he must "clean up [his] own mess." Locke finds Eko’s stick covered in blood and Boone tells him "they have him". Upon exiting the sweat lodge he sees a flash of a polar bear. He recovers his ability to speak and tells Charlie he is going to save Eko.
Locke and Charlie track Eko, who Locke believes has been captured by a polar bear. They pause at a large pit in the ground where the hatch imploded. They encounter Hurley, who tells them that Jack, Kate, and Sawyer were kidnapped by the Others, and "Henry Gale" is "like, their leader."
While continuing back to the camp alone, Hurley finds Desmond naked and lends him an enormous tie dyed t-shirt. Desmond says the electromagnetic anomaly may have been destroyed, and Hurley questions why Desmond was not destroyed. Desmond mentions Locke's plan to save Jack, Kate and Sawyer. However, Hurley points out the fact that Locke never said that.
Locke rescues Eko from a polar bear in its den by building a makeshift flame-thrower from a torch and a can of hair spray. While Charlie fetches water from a stream, Locke apologizes to an unconscious Eko for his lack of faith. Eko appears to briefly awaken and tells Locke that he must rescue Jack, Kate and Sawyer. Upon arriving at camp, Locke tells the survivors that he plans to rescue Jack, Kate, and Sawyer, as Desmond indicated to Hurley earlier.
In flashbacks, Locke is a member of a commune. He considers its members his new family. One day Locke picks up a young hitchhiker, named Eddie, who tells him he is leaving home. They are pulled over and the officer finds a duffel bag full of guns in the truck, but Locke provides the paperwork for them. Eddie joins the commune, but after six weeks, he asks Locke why he is never allowed to know what is going on in a greenhouse (into which he sees an exceptional amount of fertilizer going). Eddie expresses his discontent with being kept out of the secret and affirms to Locke his desire to be "in" on "whatever you guys are trying to blow up." Locke laughs and says he will talk to the commune leaders, Mike and Jan.
Upon entering the greenhouse some time later, in which marijuana is grown, Locke finds Mike and Jan in the midst a frantic preparation to flee. They blame Locke for bringing Eddie, who they have discovered is an undercover police officer. Locke promises to fix the situation. He takes Eddie hunting and holds Eddie at gunpoint. Eddie says that Locke was chosen because his psych profile said he would be “amenable for coercion”. Eddie walks away, stating that Locke will not shoot him because he is "a good man”, though Locke insists that he is a hunter, not a farmer.
[edit] Trivia
- This episode was originally going to air October 11, 2006, but was replaced with The Glass Ballerina. <ref name=ABCMedianet>ABC Press Release</ref>
- In the flashbacks, Eddie wears a 'Geronimo Jackson' T-shirt. 'Geronimo Jackson' Is referenced before in Episode 35, The Hunting Party, when Charlie and Hurley are browsing the record collection in The Swan.
- While Locke is attempting to tell Charlie that he needs to speak to the island, Charlie thinks he means the trees, and says that he has heard that they are good conversationalists. This is likely a reference to Dominic Monaghan's role as Merry Brandybuck in the Lord of the Rings films, in which Merry and Pippin - after a very long conversation - convinced the Ents, a race of giant humanoid tree creatures to join them in battle.
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| Lost | |
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| Production: | DVD releases • Episode list • Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Soundtrack |
| 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 |
| Supporting characters: | Bernard • Rose • The Others |
| Organizations: | DHARMA Initiative • Hanso Foundation • Oceanic Airlines |
| Elements: | Crossovers • DHARMA Initiative stations • Flight 815 • Mythology • Thematic motifs |
| Miscellaneous: | Gary Troup • Lost Experience • Rachel Blake • In popular culture • Video game |
| Lost Season Three |
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| A Tale of Two Cities • The Glass Ballerina • Further Instructions Every Man for Himself • The Cost of Living • I Do |
