Lost Blog

Note: this is a look back at earlier episodes to give a general review and to write about the mysteries as they unfold.

Character Episode: Charlie

Quick Recap On Flashback:
Charlie is at a church giving his confession to the priest. His confession leads him to the conclusion that he must leave the band he’s a member of, Drive Shaft, as it seems it is a bad influence on his lifestyle. However, when leaving the confession room he notices his brother Liam waiting for him. Liam tells him they’ve been offered a recording contract.

Outside, still discussing the possibility of becoming major rock stars, Charlie agrees to stay with the band on one condition: if anything goes wrong, they walk away.

A while later, when Drive Shaft are major stars, they’re performing live on stage their hit single “You All Everybody”. Liam interferes with Charlie’s solo in the chorus and later causes a rift between the two. Liam reassures Charlie that he is still the rock god of the band and that he was just lost in the moment. Liam then wanders off with a female fan and Charlie notices him holding some heroin.

At another venue, before their show is due to start, Charlie tells Liam that he’s had enough and wants out. But Liam is unresponsive and tells Charlie that all he is is the bass player - nobody knows who the bass player is. Liam storms out leaving Charlie upset and as he sits down he sees some heroin on the table. Touching it, is seems that this is when Charlie’s addiction started.

A couple of years later, Charlies goes to visit Liam in Australia. Liam seems to have a nice quiet life away from the band now, and Charlie tells Liam of an oppurtunity to do a reunion tour. The only problem is, they can’t do the reunion tour without Liam. Liam refuses as he is now a family man, leaving Charlie angry as he walks away from his brother.

Quick Recap On Island:
Charlie is going through the jungle when a boar starts to chase him. He is running away from it as fast as he can until it gets caught in a trap. Locke is there to greet Charlie and says thank you to him, but Charlie tells him he wants his heroin back.

Locke tells Charlie that he will allow him to ask for it three times, and on the third he will give him it back.

At the beach, Sayid has worked out a plan to find the source of the distress signal. He asks Boone to set off a bottle rocket at 5pm and then activate a power cell. He and Kate will go to two other locations on the island and set off their bottle rockets at 5pm also. When all three have been set off they will all activate their power cells.

At the caves Jack and Hurley arrive with luggage from the beach. In an attempt to help, Charlie carries a bag not knowing that it is broken, and it opens and empties its contents. Jack tells Charlie that he and Hurley can manage without him.

Shortly afterwards, Hurley asks Charlie to move his guitar case because Jack said it’s in the way. Charlie is angry about this and rushes off to find Jack to give him a piece of his mind. Charlie finds Jack in a cave and starts raising his voice, but his voice causes the caves to collapse. Charlie makes it out, but Jack is trapped in there.

Hurley tells Charlie to go to the beach for help, and to tell Kate what has happened.

When Charlie arrives at the beach to tell everyone what’s happened Michael and Boone immediately go to help free Jack. Boone gives his bottle rocket task to Shannon. When Charlie shouts for Kate, Sawyer tells him he knows where she is and he’ll go tell her what’s happened.

Charlie wanders off into the jungle to find Locke. Charlie tells Locke what’s happened but has really only gone to Locke to ask for his heroin. Locke tells Charlie a story about the moth - telling him that the moth’s struggle to release itself from its cocoon is natures way of strengthening it.

Sawyer finds Kate and Sayid but Kate gives him a cold hearted response, to which Sawyer decides not to tell her about Jack.

At the caves everyone has mucked in to help, but they need someone to crawl through a hole to reach Jack. Charlie volunteers to do this and is able to crawl through to where Jack is. Jack is fine, but his shoulder is dislocated - Charlie has to help Jack “pop” his shoulder back in.

When Sayid leaves Kate to go to the other position to set off the bottle rocket, Sawyer stays with her and in midst conversation lets slip what has happened to Jack. Kate rushes off leaving Sawyer to set off the bottle rocket.

Kate arrives at the caves and immediately starts to help getting both Jack and Charlie out. Meanwhile, in the cave, Charlie sees a moth and realises there is another way in. He follows the moth and notices some light peaking through. He manages to break through and he and Jack both escape. They arrive back at the caves to a shocked but relieved audience.

At 5pm everyone sets off their bottle rockets, but just as Sayid is about to turn on the transceiver, he is hit over the back of the head leaving him unconscious.

Charlie finds Locke and asks him again for his heroin. As this is the third time Charlie has asked for it, Locke has no choice but to give it to him. However, Locke is proud of Charlie when he throws it into a nearby fire.

Things we learn:

• How Charlie got addicted to heroin

Questions?

• Who knocked out Sayid? It is later revealed that it was Locke who knocked out Sayid in an attempt to avoid rescue.