Watching Lost

ELOISE: Aha. Here we go.All right. I apologize if this is confusing, but…let’s pay attention, yes? The room we’re standing in was constructed years ago over a unique pocket of electromagnetic energy. That energy connects to similar pockets all over the world. The people who built this room, however, were only interested in one.
SUN: The Island.
ELOISE: Yes. The island. They’d gathered proof that it existed. They knew it was out there somewhere, but they just couldn’t find it. Then a very clever fellow built this pendulum on the theoretical notion that they should stop looking for where the island was supposed to be and start looking for where it was going to be.

ELOISE: I’m sorry to have to tell you this, Desmond, but the Island isn’t done with you yet.
DESMOND: This woman cost me four years of my life–four years that I’ll never get back because you told me that I was supposed to go to the Island! That it was my bloody purpose! You listen to me, brother, and you listen carefully.These people–they’re just usin’ us. They’re playing some kind of game, and we are just the pieces. Whatever she tells you to do… ignore it. You say the Island’s not done with me? Well, I’m done with the Island.

ELOISE: Jack… the binder in your hands shows all the air routes that fly over the coordinates where I believe the Island will be in little more than a day from now. There’s a commercial airliner flying from L.A. to Guam. It’s going to go right through our window. Ajira Airways, Flight 316. If you have any hope of the Island bringing you back, it must be that plane. You all need to be on it. It must be that flight.  If you… want to return, you need to recreate as best you can the circumstances that brought you there in the first place. That means as many of the same people as you are able to bring with you.

JACK: My father… is gone. My father has been dead for three years. You want me to……and to give it to Locke?! He’s in a coffin! This is ridiculous.
ELOISE: Oh, stop thinking how ridiculous it is and start asking yourself whether or not you believe it’s going to work. That’s why it’s called a leap of faith, Jack.

BEN: Thomas the Apostle. When Jesus wanted to return to Judea, knowing that he would probably be murdered there, Thomas said to the others, “Let us also go, that we might die with him.” But Thomas was not remembered for this bravery. His claim to fame came later… when he refused to acknowledge the resurrection. He just couldn’t wrap his mind around it. The story goes… that he needed to touch Jesus’ wounds to be convinced.
JACK: So was he?
BEN: Of course he was. We’re all convinced sooner or later, Jack.
JACK: Where are you going?
BEN: Oh, I made a promise to an old friend of mine–just a loose end that needs tying up. See you at the airport, Jack.

LAPIDUS: Well, hello, Doc. Small world. What are you doing going to Guam?
JACK: What are you doing here, Frank?
LAPIDUS: Well, I picked this gig up about eight months ago. I fly this route all the time. Sometimes I take the big birds into New… Delhi. Is… that Sayid? And Hurley. Wait a second. We’re not going to Guam, are we?

JACK: They found this stuffed in his pocket. And I’ve been trying to get rid of it, but it’s like it’s… following me. I know it sounds crazy, but… it feels like John needs me to read it.
BEN: Why don’t you then? Is it because you’re afraid?
JACK: Afraid of what?
BEN: Afraid that he blames you, that it’s your fault he killed himself.
JACK: Was it my fault?
BEN: No, Jack, it wasn’t your fault.