Line #0 Recap/LostS02E01ManOfScienceManOfFaith


1	'''Season 2, Episode 1:'''
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3	!Man of Science, Man of Faith
4	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lostmanofsciencemanoffaith_2.jpg]]
5	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Lower your gun or I'll blow his damned head off, brother."'']]
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7	->Written by Damon Lindelof.
8	->Directed by Creator/JackBender.
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10	->''"You're right. The safest thing is to stay here. Wait for morning, wait for these Others, to see if they ever show up, wait for the brave folks on the raft to bring help -- but me, I'm tired of waiting."''
11	-->-- '''John Locke'''
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13	A man awakens to a beeping computer. He inputs some numbers, presses "execute," which causes the beeping to stop. As he goes about his morning routine, accompanied by Mama Cass' [[SoundtrackDissonance "Make Your Own Kind of Music"]], there is an explosion. He puts on a jumpsuit, grabs a gun, and looks down a scope system to see Jack and Locke, looking down into the Hatch. The two argue about what to do next, with Jack insisting they won't be able to get everyone in. Locke, in his everlasting insightfulness, asks Jack why he doesn't want to go into the Hatch.
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17	[[{{Flashback}} FLASHBACK!]] A woman is wheeled into the ER after a horrific car crash. Jack comes down and quickly get to work stabilizing the patient. Another patient, one [[ChekhovsGunman Adam Rutherford]], is brought in as well, but there's not enough time for Jack to work on both patients. He decides to focus on the woman, successfully stabilizing her while Mr. Rutherford unfortunately dies. Jack orders the woman to be taken up to ICU, as she mutters "[[CallBack I need to dance at my wedding...]]"
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21	Meanwhile, everyone is back at the caves. Charlie tries to convince them that no one is coming, that Danielle is totally nuts. He tries to get reassurance from Sayid, who's not convinced. Back at the Hatch, Hurley asks Locke why he lit the fuse, even as he was waving his arms and screaming "Don't light it!" Locke says he was simply excited to get in, claiming it was the reason why they did everything they did, including, as Jack reminds him, to save everyone. Kate takes a look at the blasted door, and sees the word "QUARANTINE" stenciled on it. At the caves, Shannon goes off into the jungle because she can't find Vincent, and instead finds Walt, soaking wet, whispering something...
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23	On their way back, Jack asks Hurley what he meant by "the numbers are bad." To this, Hurley tells him his story about the psych ward and winning the lottery, and the long string of bad luck that followed. After saying the numbers on the Hatch are the same numbers he played the lottery with, all Jack can say is "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint You were in a psych ward?]]" before being told that his bedside manner totally sucks.
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27	[[{{Flashback}} FLASHBACK!]] We see the Dr. Jack Bedside Manner in action, as he bluntly tells the woman, Sarah, that it's highly unlikely she'll ever regain any mobility below the waist. He then gets chewed out by his father, who [[StrawmanHasAPoint points out that providing hope is crucial for patients]], but Jack is against selling false hope.
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31	At the caves, Shannon tells everyone that she saw Walt, but finally Jack arrives to reassure them. He tells them about the Hatch, and that Dr. Arzt was killed, and reminds them that while their plan can't work now, they still have guns and will all see the sun rise. However, Locke has tuned him out and takes an large amount of cable wiring to climb into the Hatch. Kate decides to go with him.
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35	[[{{Flashback}} FLASHBACK!]] Jack explains to Sarah's fiancé, Kevin, about the surgery. However, Kevin [[ItsAllAboutMe gets visibly uncomfortable]] about what lies ahead, how Sarah will require professional care for the rest of her life. As Jack preps for surgery, Sarah assures him that she knows she'll never dance again, and that he's invited to the wedding. To this, Jack makes a promise: "[[ArcWords I'm gonna fix you.]]"
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39	Locke is still prepping to climb into the Hatch as Kate arrives. After convincing her to go first, because she's lighter and because Locke [[GallowsHumor doesn't want to be the first to be eaten by whatever's down there]], there is a bright light and Kate vanishes. Meanwhile, Jack decides to go after them, but finds neither of them at the Hatch.
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43	[[{{Flashback}} FLASHBACK!]] Jack is running up and down the steps at a stadium, trying to clear his mind. He spots another runner, who proceeds to race him up to the top, until Jack falls and sprains his ankle. The runner, Desmond, provides some help and explains that he's training for a race around the world. The two chat, with Jack talking about the girl he couldn't fix, but Desmond is hopeful that he did. The two part ways, with Desmond saying "See you in another life."
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47	Jack climbs down into the Hatch. Inside, he finds a concrete bunker and evidence of habitation. He sees the computer from the opening, and is about to press the "execute" button, but is warned off by Locke. As Jack draws his gun, the man in the Hatch aims one at Locke's head.
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51	[[{{Flashback}} FLASHBACK!]] Sarah is in recovery and Jack is at her side as she wakes up. She asks where Kevin is, before both realize he's left and isn't coming back. As Jack reiterates how she will never walk again, she claims she's able to move her toes. Jack fixed her!
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55	Back in the Hatch, there's a standoff. Jack chides Locke a little about how this was his "destiny," at which point the man in the Hatch threatens to "blow his damned head off, [[ChekhovsGun brother!]]" The man in the Hatch is Desmond!
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58	!Tropes in this episode include:
59	* AgentScully: Jack disregards Hurley's belief that the Numbers are cursed. Locke, in recalling his encounter with the Monster in the previous episode, rhetorically wonders what Jack saw when the black smoke attacked.
60	* AmbiguousSituation: Shannon sees Walt in the jungle, despite his last appearance of being taken off the raft; Shannon believes it really was him, but the nature of Walt's appearance is never cleared up.
61	* ArcNumber: Besides Hurley explaining the Numbers to Jack, in the flashback, Adam Rutherford dies at 8:15am.
62	* ArcWords: Kate reminds Jack of his "live together, die alone" mantra to explain why she's joining Locke at the Hatch.
63	* AskAStupidQuestion:
64	** Locke asks Hurley why he wouldn't have lit the fuse to blow open the Hatch; Hurley reminds him that he was ''screaming'' for Locke not to do it. Locke excuses his actions by claiming that he was just excited to get in.
65	** Locke asks Kate if Jack thinks he's crazy; Kate replies with the obvious:
66	--->'''Locke:''' Jack thinks I'm crazy, doesn't he?\
67	'''Kate:''' Why, because you want to drop into a hatch that's been locked from the inside by a foot-thick steel door that says "quarantine"?
68	* BlackComedy: Before going under the knife, Sarah quips about being able to "roll around" at her wedding.
69	* BlatantLies: While repeating the Numbers as a MadnessMantra, Hurley replies to Kate asking if he's okay by saying he just needs to pee.
70	* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Hurley's description of his streak of bad luck after winning the lottery.
71	-->''"My grandpa died, my house caught on fire, the chicken joint that I worked at got hit by a meteor."''
72	* BrutalHonesty:
73	** Hurley bluntly tells Jack that his bedside manner sucks when Jack is skeptical about the Numbers being cursed.
74	** Jack fairly bluntly tells Sarah before her surgery that her chances of ever being able to walk again are slim to none. Christian criticises him for this, telling him that it's important to give patients hope. He also informs her of Adam Rutherford's death with no preamble or any attempt at softening the blow.
75	* CallBack: Kate starts [[Recap/LostS01E01PilotPart1 counting to five]] as she gets lowered into the hatch. However, she only makes it to four when she sees a door at the bottom of the air shaft close and then open again.
76	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Jack's immediate takeaway from Hurley explaining his fear of the Numbers is "you were in a psych ward?".
77	* {{Determinator}}: Shannon, of all people, is steadfast in looking for Vincent despite not having eaten or slept.
78	-->'''Shannon:''' I can't tell that kid I lost his dog because I was exhausted.
79	* DramaticIrony:
80	** Unaware of what happened to the raft crew, Charlie insists that there are no "Others", and that Rousseau is insane. On the same note, Sayid assures Sun that nothing happened to the raft, and that everyone is fine.
81	** Sarah, Jack's future (ex-)wife, invites him to her wedding.
82	* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The Hatch is revealed to be the top access point of a large bunker that has sleeping quarters, a living area, an armory, and a dome with a computer processor.
83	* ExactWords: When Shannon, determined to look for Vincent, points out that Sayid said there was no one in the jungle, Sayid reminds her that what he said was that he and Charlie didn't ''see'' anyone; Sayid isn't totally convinced that Rousseau was wrong about the Others.
84	* EyeOpen: The season begins with Desmond's eye opening as he hears the alarm.
85	* {{Fanservice}}: Desmond's first scene is staged to avoid showing his face, giving the viewers plenty of lingering shots of his torso as he exercises and takes a shower.
86	* {{Flashback}}: Jack is shown treating Sarah after her car accident.
87	* ForegoneConclusion: Sarah was shown standing and walking [[Recap/LostS01E11AllTheBestCowboysHaveDaddyIssues at her wedding to Jack]], which she directly attributed to him, so the audience knows that, despite Jack's angst and pessimism, she ''will'' walk again.
88	* GallowsHumor: While Locke explains the rationale for lowering Kate into the hatch first, she comments that he left off the part where he wants to see if she gets eaten by something.
89	* GrammarNazi: When Kate asks why Locke wants to get down into the Hatch "so bad", Locke corrects her grammar ("'-ly'; why do I want to get down there so bad''ly''?") before answering the question.
90	* HeDidntMakeIt: Jack reports Dr. Arzt's death to the rest of the survivors this way (in fairness, it's hard to blame Jack for not wanting to mention [[LudicrousGibs how]] Arzt died).
91	* HopeBringer: Jack's flashbacks show him learning the need to give patients hope, even false hope, in the medical field. On the Island, Jack puts that lesson to work by assuring the other survivors that everything will be all right, managing to calm an otherwise anxious group.
92	-->'''Kate:''' You did a good thing, saying what you said. Taking care of everybody, and just giving them something to count on.
93	* ImmediateSequel: The episode picks up immediately where the first season left off, with Jack and Locke looking down into the open Hatch.
94	* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Hurley tells Jack about the Numbers, Jack upsets him by focusing on the fact that he spent time in a psych ward. Lampshaded by Hurley, who tells Jack that his bedside manner sucks.
95	* InsistentTerminology: Hurley says that the chicken joint he worked at was hit by a meteor, before correcting himself and saying that it was actually a meteorite.
96	* InternalReveal:
97	** Hurley tells Jack about his wealth; [[Recap/LostS01E18Numbers unlike Charlie]], Jack seems to believe him.
98	** Jack finally tells everyone about the Hatch, after it's clear that his plan to hide everyone wasn't going to work.
99	* {{Irony}}: After telling Desmond he didn't believe in miracles, Jack next encounters the man years later, in the Hatch, on the Island, an event [[ContrivedCoincidence so improbable]] that it might as well be a miracle.
100	* ItsAllAboutMe: Sarah's fiancé Kevin shows less concern for her wellbeing than for how her needing professional care for the rest of her life will affect him and that they might not be able to have sex anymore. Jack is visibly irritated by the man.
101	* JerkassHasAPoint:
102	** Despite Locke's borderline irrational desire to get down into the Hatch, he correctly points out that, given that a cloud of black smoke [[Recap/LostS01E24And25ExodusPart2 tried to drag him underground a few hours prior]], "crazy" is a relative statement.
103	** Christian, for all his flaws, is right that patients (and people in general) need hope, no matter how slim.
104	* MadnessMantra: Hurley repeats the Numbers to himself, interrupting with "we're dead", as the episode opens.
105	* MenAreTheExpendableGender: In the flashback, Jack is unable to treat both Sarah and Adam Rutherford at the same time. He decides to focus on her, and Rutherford dies as a result of his injuries.
106	* MoodWhiplash: Desmond's light and breezy morning routine montage is suddenly interrupted by [[Recap/LostS01E24And25ExodusPart2 an explosion]] that makes the mood turn tense as he arms himself and prepares to face whatever caused the blast.
107	* MorningRoutine: The ColdOpen of the episode sees Desmond going through what's clearly a typical morning for him of having breakfast, inputting the numbers into the computer, exercising etc. all set to "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by Mama Cass. It's only when a loud bang interrupts him that we learn his seemingly-normal living space is actually the inside of the Hatch that the main characters have just blown open.
108	* OhCrap:
109	** Kate notices the word "QUARANTINE" painted on the inside of the Hatch door.
110	** Kate, when she notices a door in the Hatch open and close, and Locke, when he loses grip on the cable holding Kate and realizes that she's been taken deeper into the Hatch.
111	* OneDegreeOfSeparation:
112	** Shannon's father Adam Rutherford turns out to be the other driver in the car crash with Jack's future ex-wife Sarah, and dies when Jack is too busy with her to operate on him.
113	** The man in the Hatch is revealed to be Desmond, a man with whom Jack had a chance encounter around the time of Sarah's surgery, and gave him a pep talk when he was doubting himself.
114	* PluckyGirl: Despite her grave condition, Sarah remains optimistic, saying that she can still "roll around" at her wedding, and informing Jack that [[DramaticIrony he's invited]].
115	* SadisticChoice: Jack faces a quick one as he has to choose between operating on Sarah or on Adam Rutherford. He focuses on Sarah, which leads to Adam's death. Jack is visibly affected by his choice, but, true to his NervesOfSteel, maintains his focus on Sarah.
116	* ShipTease: Jack shows a violently protective side where Kate is concerned, training a gun on Locke in the Hatch before becoming aware of Desmond's presence. Even with Locke's life under threat, Jack keeps refusing to lower his gun and demands to know where Kate is.
117	* SkewedPriorities:
118	** Locke and Kate are both still interested in exploring the Hatch, while Jack disregards it as the plan to hide the survivors in there clearly won't work.
119	** Locke says that the survivors blew open the Hatch so that they could get inside. Jack pointedly reminds him that the idea was also to save everyone's lives.
120	* WhamLine: "Lower your gun, or I'll blow his damned head off, [[VerbalTic brother]]!", which clues Jack in to just who the man in the Hatch is.
121	* WhamShot: Desmond, the man Jack met by chance in Los Angeles years before the crash, is revealed as the man in the Hatch when he faces Jack while holding Locke at gunpoint.
122	* YouExclamation: When Jack gets a good look at the man holding Lock at gunpoint and realizes that it's Desmond.
123	-->'''Jack:''' ''[shocked]'' You?

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