History Recap / LostS01E05WhiteRabbit

* ForWantOfANail: If Jack hadn't been so stubborn with the check-in attendant, his father's coffin wouldn't have been allowed on the plane and he likely would have gone on a different flight.

->Directed by Kevin Hooks.

'''Season 1, Episode 5''':

-->'''[[TheNicknamer Sawyer]]:''' You're in my light, [[ShesGotLegs sticks.]]

* ShesGotLegs: Lampshaded with regard to Shannon. Sawyer nicknames her "sticks" and compliments her on them.

* DissonantLaughter: After Locke pulls him to safety, he asks Jack if he's all right. Jack, who, among other things, just had a narrow brush with death, has barely slept in a week (during which time he's been constantly stressed), and has been chasing [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane a hallucination, ghost, or vision]] of his late father through the jungle, starts laughing deliriously, much to Locke's confusion.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Christian Shephard's first appearance has him with a drink in hand and quickly pouring himself another one while calmly lecturing Jack (who is a child at the time) that he doesn't have what it takes to be a hero.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Boone's attempt to rescue Joanna himself gets her killed; Boone's strength fails before he can reach Joanna, and Jack has to save him before going back for Joanna, who is now too far out to be rescued before she drowns.
* NotMeThisTime: After learning that he gave Jin and Sun two bottles of water, Kate and Sayid assume that he is the one who stole the camp's remaining supply. As it turns out, Sawyer simply traded the last of his own water to Jin in exchange for for a fish, hoping/expecting to get some more water at the next rainfall.

* TranslationByVolume: Sayid slowly shouts at Sun while asking where she got the water bottle from.

* ForWantOfANail: If Jack hadn't been so stubborn with the check-in attendant, his father's coffin wouldn't have been allowed on the plane and he likely would have been bumped to a different flight.

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* TitleDrop: Locke mentions the white rabbit from ''Alice in Wonderland''.

* CatchPhrase: Jack: If we can't live together, we're going to die alone.

-->--'''Jack Shephard'''

->Written by Christian Taylor
->Directed by Kevin Hooks

->''"Leave him alone! It's been six days and we're all still waiting. Waiting for someone to come. But what if they don't? We have to stop waiting. We need to start figuring things out. A woman died this morning just going for a swim and he tried to save her, and now you're about to crucify him? We can't do this. Every man for himself is not going to work. It's time to start organizing. We need to figure out how we're going to survive here. Now, I found water. Fresh water, up in the valley. I'll take a group in at first light. If you don't wanna come then find another way to contribute. Last week most of us were strangers, but we're all here now. And god knows how long we're going to be here. But if we can't live together, we're going to die alone."''

-->'''[[TheNicknamer Sawyer]]''' You're in my light, [[ShesGotLegs sticks.]]
-->'''Shannon''' Lightsticks? What the hell is that supposed to--

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Christian calls Jack out for having this in the flashbacks, stating that Jack shouldn't keep try to save everyone because he doesn't have what it takes to deal with it when he fails.

* TitleDrop: Locke mentions the white rabbit from ''Alice in Wonderland''.
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It's been six days since Oceanic 815 crashed. When he sees someone drowning, Jack swims out into the ocean and saves Boone, but Boone says that he only swam out to save a woman who was drowning. By the time Jack gets Boone back to the beach and swims out again, the woman has drowned. Later, as Jack angsts over not being able to save her, he again sees the older man in a black suit and tennis shoes (see the previous episode) standing in the ocean. He asks Kate, but she claims not to have seen him. Sun asks Jin what they should be doing, since it appears no one is coming to rescue them, but Jin insists that they don't need the other survivors. While reading ''WatershipDown'' on the beach, Sawyer is approached by Shannon, who wants some insect repellent from his stash. He demands $5,000 for it, or at least an IOU, and she refuses. Hurley and Charlie tell Jack that their supply is water is almost completely gone; they keep asking Jack what to do, but Jack refuses to take on any kind of leadership role.

Christian seems to appear and disappear randomly, and Jack attempts to follow. While running after him, Jack trips over, falls down a hill and almost goes over the edge of a cliff, barely hanging onto a loose tree root. Locke arrives moments later and pulls him to safety. On the beach, Charlie brings Claire what little water he's been able to scrape together, and assures her that Jack will return soon and Locke will find water. He jokes around with her, and Claire thanks him for talking with her and not being intimidated by her pregnancy. Hurley discovers that Jin and Sun have some water; Sayid and Kate suspect them of having stolen it, but Jin indicates that he got the water from Sawyer. They follow him to his stash of goods but don't find any water; Sawyer says he traded the water to Jin for a fish. In the jungle, Jack and Locke discuss the survivors' situation: everyone is treating Jack like their leader, but he doesn't want the job because he believes he'll fail and that he "doesn't have what it takes". When Jack admits that he's chasing something, something he ''knows'' can't really be there, Locke compares it to the [[TitleDrop white rabbit]] from AliceInWonderland.

'''Season 1, Episode 5: "White Rabbit"'''

->'''Christian''': You don't want to be a hero, you don't try and save everyone because when you fail… you just don't have what it takes.

->'''Locke''': I don't know. But I've looked into the eye of this island. And what I saw… was beautiful.

->'''Jack''': I'm standing in front of you in the same suit that I'm wearing to my father's funeral and I'm asking you a favor. In sixteen hours I need to land at LAX, and I need that coffin to clear customs because there's going to be a hearse waiting there. And I need that hearse to take me and that coffin to a cemetery. Why? Chrissy, why can't I just bring him to a funeral home and make all the arrangements? Why can't I really take my time with it? Because... because I need it to be done. I need it to be over. I just—I need to bury my father.

->'''Jack''': Last week most of us were strangers, but we're all here now. And god knows how long we're going to be here. But [[CatchPhrase if we can't live together, we're going to die alone]].