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* ABNegative: Jack is revealed to be a Universal Donor. He initially asks Charlie to ask all of the other survivors to see if anyone's a perfect match for Boone (who's A negative), but it turns out only four of them know their type (and one of those isn't even sure).
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* ABNegative: Jack is revealed to be a Universal Donor. He initially asks Charlie to ask all of the other survivors to see if anyone's a perfect match for Boone (who's A negative), but it turns out only four of them know their type (and one of those isn't even sure). Jack acknowledges that the mismatched types could cause Boone to goes into fatal anaphylactic shock, but they don't have any other option.
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* DeliveryGuy: Jack is occupied with Boone's blood transfusion when Claire goes into labor. As neither of them can move, Jack gives Charlie instructions to pass on to Kate so she can deliver the baby
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* InstantBirthJustAddLabor: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Claire whose labor lasts several hours after she first shows discomfort.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Boone's tragic fate confirms that main cast members are ''not'' safe from meeting untimely ends.
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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: The birth of Claire's baby is intercut with Boone's death.
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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: The birth of Claire's baby baby, and the joyous mood is intercut with Boone's death.
* BodyHorror: Boone's crushed leg swells horribly when Jack tries to give Boone blood.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Boone's death is a slow, painful affair that includes a crushed leg (where blood pools as Jack tries to give him a transfusion) and a collapsed lung, and the treatment, in the absence of painkillers, causes him ''further'' pain. Despite his catastrophic injuries and considerable pain, Boone, to his credit, manages to FaceDeathWithDignity.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Boone's death is a slow, painful affair that includes a crushed leg (where [[BodyHorror blood pools pools]] as Jack tries to give him a transfusion) and a collapsed lung, and the treatment, in the absence of painkillers, causes him ''further'' pain. Despite his catastrophic injuries and considerable pain, Boone, to his credit, manages to FaceDeathWithDignity.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rushing to get the alcohol to Jack, Kate trips and the bottles break, making Kate's trip to get them AllForNothing, an early hint that Jack's efforts to save Boone are equally doomed.
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* InternalReveal: Boone lets slip to Jack about the existence of the Beechcraft and the Hatch.
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* HistoryRepeats: Boone's injuries and death mirror those of [[Recap/LostS01E03TabulaRasa the Marshal]]; Jack struggles heroically to try and treat injuries from a plane crash, but his efforts are in vain, and in the end, even the wounded party realizes that they can't be saved and opt to die with dignity. Jack, in a sign of growth, accepts Boone's fate, however reluctantly, rather than being forced to do so, as he had with the Marshal.
* InternalReveal: Boone lets slip to Jack about the existence of the Beechcraft and theHatch.Hatch, though Jack doesn't yet have the context to understand either reference.
* InternalReveal: Boone lets slip to Jack about the existence of the Beechcraft and the
* PresentAbsence: Despite not appearing in the episode (outside of the PreviouslyOn), Locke is mentioned extensively, and the episode ends with Jack blaming him for Boone's death and setting off to find him.
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* WhamEpisode: Boone dies and Claire's baby is born. Jack is furious with Locke for causing Boone's death, raising the stakes of their rivalry.
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* WhamEpisode: Boone dies ([[AnyoneCanDie the first main cast member to do so]]) and Claire's baby is born. Jack is furious with Locke for causing Boone's death, raising the stakes of their rivalry.
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* AllForNothing: Just like with [[Recap/LostS01E03TabulaRasa the Marshal]], Jack's efforts to save Boone's life only prolong the inevitable, and he's left with no choice but to allow Boone to peacefully pass away.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Jack and Christian's relationship has been previously shown to be troubled, but here, he turns up to Jack's wedding and encourages his son to go ahead with it when Jack expresses doubts.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Jack and Christian's relationship has been previously shown to be troubled, but here, he turns up to Jack's wedding and encourages his son to go ahead with it when Jack expresses doubts.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Sun gives Boone some water, and he coughs a lot of blood onto a towel.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Sun gives Boone some water, and he coughs a lot of blood onto a towel. towel, which she takes as a sign that Boone's internal injuries are too severe for him to be saved.
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* CallBack: Jack yells at Hurley to not faint while he's treating Boone.
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* CallBack: CallBack:
** Jack yells at Hurley to [[Recap/LostS01E02PilotPart2 notfaint faint]] while he's treating Boone. Boone.
** Jack's best man at his wedding is Marc Silverman, who he was [[Recap/LostS01E05WhiteRabbit previously shown]] defending from bullies when they were children.
** Jack yells at Hurley to [[Recap/LostS01E02PilotPart2 not
** Jack's best man at his wedding is Marc Silverman, who he was [[Recap/LostS01E05WhiteRabbit previously shown]] defending from bullies when they were children.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Boone's death is a slow, painful affair that includes a crushed leg (where blood pools as Jack tries to give him a transfusion) and a collapsed lung, and the treatment, in the absence of painkillers, causes him ''further'' pain. Despite his catastrophic injuries and considerable pain, Boone, to his credit, manages to FaceDeathWithDignity.
* {{Determinator}}:
** Deconstructed; Jack all but moves heaven and Earth to try and save Boone, even giving Boone his own blood ''while operating on him''. However, Boone's injuries prove too severe to treat, and no matter how hard he tries or how little he wants to give up, Jack can't save him, and Boone himself has to convince him to stop trying and just let him go. Afterwards, Jack is visibly exhausted and weakened from the effort and from giving Boone his blood.
** Despite being in shock and what must be an unbelievable amount of pain, Boone manages to find the strength to tell Jack his blood type and to finally tell Jack to let him go.
* {{Determinator}}:
** Deconstructed; Jack all but moves heaven and Earth to try and save Boone, even giving Boone his own blood ''while operating on him''. However, Boone's injuries prove too severe to treat, and no matter how hard he tries or how little he wants to give up, Jack can't save him, and Boone himself has to convince him to stop trying and just let him go. Afterwards, Jack is visibly exhausted and weakened from the effort and from giving Boone his blood.
** Despite being in shock and what must be an unbelievable amount of pain, Boone manages to find the strength to tell Jack his blood type and to finally tell Jack to let him go.
* DramaticIrony: Shannon spends the last hours of Boone's life on a date with Sayid, blissfully unaware of her brother's suffering. She even remarks that she and Sayid are "[on the Island] for God knows how long, and so is Boone".
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* InternalReveal: Boone lets slip to Jack about the existence of the beechcraft and the Hatch.
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* FanDisservice: [[PrettyBoy Boone]] spends most of the episode shirtless... while covered in horrible injuries and slowly dying.
* GallowsHumor: In a moment of consciousness, Boone casually remarks "I screwed myself up pretty bad, huh?".
* InternalReveal: Boone lets slip to Jack about the existence of thebeechcraft Beechcraft and the Hatch.
* GallowsHumor: In a moment of consciousness, Boone casually remarks "I screwed myself up pretty bad, huh?".
* InternalReveal: Boone lets slip to Jack about the existence of the
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Kate frantically tells Sawyer that Jack needs his alcohol supply now, which lets him know the situation is serious.
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* LifeOrLimbDecision: Averted; despite Jack's decision to amputate Boone's leg in the hopes of saving his life, Sun and even Boone himself point out that his internal injuries are too extensive for an amputation to make any difference.
* OhCrap: As Kate rushes to get back to the caves to help Jack treat Boone, she comes across Claire... and realizes that she's in labor. She is, if anything, ''more'' scared when Charlie tells her that ''she'll'' have to deliver the baby.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Kate frantically tells Sawyer that Jack needs his alcohol supplynow, ''now'', which lets him know the situation is serious.serious.
* PetTheDog: Sawyer willingly surrenders all of his remaining alcohol to help treat Boone and offers any other help he can.
* OhCrap: As Kate rushes to get back to the caves to help Jack treat Boone, she comes across Claire... and realizes that she's in labor. She is, if anything, ''more'' scared when Charlie tells her that ''she'll'' have to deliver the baby.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Kate frantically tells Sawyer that Jack needs his alcohol supply
* PetTheDog: Sawyer willingly surrenders all of his remaining alcohol to help treat Boone and offers any other help he can.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Boone's internal injuries make all of Jack's treatments a moot point; with no surgical facilities, his death is inevitable no matter what Jack does to try and save him.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In real life, Jack marrying one of his former patients would be considered a major ethics violation for which he could have his medical license revoked.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Sun gives Boone some water, and he coughs a lot of blood onto a towel.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Kate frantically tells Sawyer that Jack needs his alcohol supply now, which lets him know the situation is serious.
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* SpottingTheThread: Jack realizes that Locke lied about how Boone got his injuries when he sees that his leg was crushed rather than broken.
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** Sawyer points out how odd it is that Locke and Boone were out hunting boars and yet they haven't been bringing any back.
** Jack realizes that Locke lied about how Boone got his injuries when he sees that his leg was crushed rather than broken.
** Sawyer points out how odd it is that Locke and Boone were out hunting boars and yet they haven't been bringing any back.
** Jack realizes that Locke lied about how Boone got his injuries when he sees that his leg was crushed rather than broken.
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* CallBack: Jack yells at Hurley to not faint while he's treating Boone.
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* DiesWideOpen: Boone dies this way with Jack closing his eyes once he's gone.
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* BloodTransfusionPlot: Jack hooks himself up to Boone to try and make up for the blood the latter's lost. This means he can't attend to Claire who can't move out of the jungle during labor. Sun eventually forces Jack to cut off the transfusion because he's starting to drain himself too much.
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* ABNegative: Jack is revealed to be a Universal Donor.
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* ABNegative: Jack is revealed to be a Universal Donor. He initially asks Charlie to ask all of the other survivors to see if anyone's a perfect match for Boone (who's A negative), but it turns out only four of them know their type (and one of those isn't even sure).
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Jack uses Locke's "don't tell me what I can't do" when Sun tells him that he can't save Boone, highlighting that they are NotSoDifferent in their single-minded commitment to doing what they believe is right.
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Jack uses Locke's "don't tell me what I can't do" when Sun tells him that he can't save Boone, highlighting that they are NotSoDifferent aren't so different in their single-minded commitment to doing what they believe is right.
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* WhamEpisode: Boone dies and Claire's baby is born. Jack is furious with Locke for causing Boone's death, raising the stakes of their rivalry.
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* YouAreNotAlone: Kate gives Claire a speech to this effect when Claire reveals her fears about having the baby.
-->'''Claire:''' It knows I don't want it, that I was going to give it away. Babies know that stuff.
-->'''Kate:''' Do you want this baby now? Hmm? Do you want it to be healthy and safe? ''(Claire nods)'' Okay, then the baby knows that, too. You are not alone in this. We are all here for you. This baby is all of ours, but I need you to push, okay? Okay?
-->'''Claire:''' It knows I don't want it, that I was going to give it away. Babies know that stuff.
-->'''Kate:''' Do you want this baby now? Hmm? Do you want it to be healthy and safe? ''(Claire nods)'' Okay, then the baby knows that, too. You are not alone in this. We are all here for you. This baby is all of ours, but I need you to push, okay? Okay?
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* SpottingTheThread: Jack realizes that Locke lied about how Boone got his injuries when he sees that his leg was crushed rather than broken.broken.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Boone tells Jack to let him go rather than continue wasting time on him when he's clearly doomed, and passes away as peacefully as he could given the nature of his injuries.
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* SacrificialLion: Boone becomes the first member of the main cast to die, truly establishing the AnyoneCanDie nature of the show and raising the stakes of the Jack-Locke rivalry.
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* SacrificialLion: Boone becomes the first member of the main cast to die, truly establishing the AnyoneCanDie nature of the show and raising the stakes of the Jack-Locke rivalry.rivalry.
* SpottingTheThread: Jack realizes that Locke lied about how Boone got his injuries when he sees that his leg was crushed rather than broken.
* SpottingTheThread: Jack realizes that Locke lied about how Boone got his injuries when he sees that his leg was crushed rather than broken.
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->Written by Janet Tamaro.
->Directed by Stephen Williams.
->''"A little over two years ago, I blew a tire out -- flipped over the center divider into oncoming traffic, and was hit head-on by an SUV. My back was broken. They all said it was irreparable. And then there was Jack. And he promised he would fix me, because that's the kind of guy he is. Because you are the most committed man I have ever known -- because you fixed me, I will dance at our wedding. To Jack, my hero, Jack."''
-->-- '''Sarah Shephard'''
->Directed by Stephen Williams.
->''"A little over two years ago, I blew a tire out -- flipped over the center divider into oncoming traffic, and was hit head-on by an SUV. My back was broken. They all said it was irreparable. And then there was Jack. And he promised he would fix me, because that's the kind of guy he is. Because you are the most committed man I have ever known -- because you fixed me, I will dance at our wedding. To Jack, my hero, Jack."''
-->-- '''Sarah Shephard'''
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On the Island, Jack frantically tries to save Boone. Claire starts to go into labor, and with Jack occupied with Boone, Kate has to deliver the baby with Charlie and Jin's assistance. Sayid and Shannon are off alone on a date, with Shannon blissfully unaware of the danger her brother is in. Boone needs a blood transfusion, which Jack, who is a Universal Donor, uses his own blood for. When the transfusion doesn't work, Jack says they need to amputate the leg, but Boone convinces him to let him go. Claire is terrified that the baby will know she wanted to give it away, but Kate reassures her that all the survivors will help her. As Claire gives birth, Boone passes away. The next morning, Shannon and Sayid return and hear the news, with Shannon crying over her brother's body.
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On the Island, Jack frantically tries to save Boone. Claire starts to go into labor, and with Jack occupied with Boone, Kate has to deliver the baby with Charlie and Jin's assistance. Sayid and Shannon are off alone on a date, with Shannon blissfully unaware of the danger her brother is in. Boone needs a blood transfusion, which Jack, who is a Universal Donor, uses his own blood for. When the transfusion doesn't work, Jack says they need to amputate the leg, but Boone convinces him to let him go. Claire is terrified that the baby will know she wanted to give it away, but Kate reassures her that all the survivors will help her. As Claire gives birth, Boone passes away. The next morning, Shannon and Sayid return and hear the news, with Shannon crying over her brother's body.
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'''Season 1, Episode 20'''
!Do No Harm
In flashbacks, we are shown the story of Jack's wedding. At the rehearsal dinner, Jack's fiancée, Sarah, tells the story of how he fixed her when she broke her spine in a car accident. Jack struggles to write his vows, which his father tells him is because he's no good at letting go. At the wedding, Jack tells Sarah that she was the one who fixed him.
On the Island, Jack frantically tries to save Boone. Claire starts to go into labor, and with Jack occupied with Boone, Kate has to deliver the baby with Charlie and Jin's assistance. Sayid and Shannon are off alone on a date, with Shannon blissfully unaware of the danger her brother is in. Boone needs a blood transfusion, which Jack, who is a Universal Donor, uses his own blood for. When the transfusion doesn't work, Jack says they need to amputate the leg, but Boone convinces him to let him go. Claire is terrified that the baby will know she wanted to give it away, but Kate reassures her that all the survivors will help her. As Claire gives birth, Boone passes away. The next morning, Shannon and Sayid return and hear the news, with Shannon crying over her brother's body.
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* ABNegative: Jack is revealed to be a Universal Donor.
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In real life, Jack marrying one of his former patients would be considered a major ethics violation for which he could have his medical license revoked.
* BaitAndSwitch: The first flashback shows a calm Jack reassuring his nervous friend, who is wearing a tuxedo, implying that the friend is getting married and Jack is his best man helping him get over some cold feet. Then it's revealed that the friend was just nervous about making a toast, and Jack is the one getting married.
* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: The birth of Claire's baby is intercut with Boone's death.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Jack uses Locke's "don't tell me what I can't do" when Sun tells him that he can't save Boone, highlighting that they are NotSoDifferent in their single-minded commitment to doing what they believe is right.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Jack's is on full display here, as he goes to absurd extremes to try to save Boone's life even when it becomes clear that it is a futile effort, to the point that Boone himself has to tell him to let him go.
* KilledMidSentence: Boone is unable to get out his last words before he dies.
-->''"Tell Shannon... tell Shannon... tell her..."''
* SacrificialLion: Boone becomes the first member of the main cast to die, truly establishing the AnyoneCanDie nature of the show and raising the stakes of the Jack-Locke rivalry.
!Do No Harm
In flashbacks, we are shown the story of Jack's wedding. At the rehearsal dinner, Jack's fiancée, Sarah, tells the story of how he fixed her when she broke her spine in a car accident. Jack struggles to write his vows, which his father tells him is because he's no good at letting go. At the wedding, Jack tells Sarah that she was the one who fixed him.
On the Island, Jack frantically tries to save Boone. Claire starts to go into labor, and with Jack occupied with Boone, Kate has to deliver the baby with Charlie and Jin's assistance. Sayid and Shannon are off alone on a date, with Shannon blissfully unaware of the danger her brother is in. Boone needs a blood transfusion, which Jack, who is a Universal Donor, uses his own blood for. When the transfusion doesn't work, Jack says they need to amputate the leg, but Boone convinces him to let him go. Claire is terrified that the baby will know she wanted to give it away, but Kate reassures her that all the survivors will help her. As Claire gives birth, Boone passes away. The next morning, Shannon and Sayid return and hear the news, with Shannon crying over her brother's body.
!!'''Tropes'''
* ABNegative: Jack is revealed to be a Universal Donor.
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In real life, Jack marrying one of his former patients would be considered a major ethics violation for which he could have his medical license revoked.
* BaitAndSwitch: The first flashback shows a calm Jack reassuring his nervous friend, who is wearing a tuxedo, implying that the friend is getting married and Jack is his best man helping him get over some cold feet. Then it's revealed that the friend was just nervous about making a toast, and Jack is the one getting married.
* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: The birth of Claire's baby is intercut with Boone's death.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Jack uses Locke's "don't tell me what I can't do" when Sun tells him that he can't save Boone, highlighting that they are NotSoDifferent in their single-minded commitment to doing what they believe is right.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Jack's is on full display here, as he goes to absurd extremes to try to save Boone's life even when it becomes clear that it is a futile effort, to the point that Boone himself has to tell him to let him go.
* KilledMidSentence: Boone is unable to get out his last words before he dies.
-->''"Tell Shannon... tell Shannon... tell her..."''
* SacrificialLion: Boone becomes the first member of the main cast to die, truly establishing the AnyoneCanDie nature of the show and raising the stakes of the Jack-Locke rivalry.
