Cabin Fever

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"Cabin Fever"

Season

Episode

4

11

Airdate

May 8, 2008

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Flashback

Locke

Day(s)

98-99

Written by

Elizabeth Sarnoff
Kyle Pennington

Directed by

Paul Edwards

Special guest star(s)

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Guest starring

Anthony Azizi - Omar
Grant Bowler - Captain Gault
Nestor Carbonell - Richard Alpert
Kevin Durand - Martin Keamy
Jeff Fahey - Frank Lapidus
Doug Hutchison - Horace Goodspeed
Lance Reddick - Matthew Abaddon
John Terry - Christian Shephard
Marc Vann - Doctor Ray

Co-starring

Phil Abrams - Gellert
Amanda Carlin - ER nurse
Sarah Duval - Melissa
Matthew Pedersen - Physical therapist
Holland Roden - Teenage Emily
Caleb Steinmeyer - John Locke (age 16)
Rebecca Tilney - Emily's mother
Patrick Torres - ER doctor
Mandy June Turpin - Florence
Charles Henry Wyson - John Locke (age 5)

Uncredited

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Episode transcript
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"Cabin Fever" is the eleventh episode of Season 4 of Lost, and originally aired on May 8, 2008. Locke, Hurley, and Ben trek through the jungle in search of Jacob's cabin and answers, while tensions run high aboard the Kahana as Keamy prepares to return to the Island. Flashbacks reveal a lifelong connection between Locke's destiny and the Island.

Synopsis

Flashback

Locke's mother and grandmother

A girl starts playing a recording of "Everyday" by Buddy Holly and dances around her room to the song. She is in front of the mirror applying lipstick when her mother walks in, angrily. They argue about the fact that the girl is going out for the night. Her mother asks if she is going out with "him" and mentions that "he" is twice her age and she doesn't approve. The girl, identified as Emily, says that she is in love with the man. Emily runs out of the house into the rain to meet the mysterious "him." However, she runs out into the road and is hit by a car. Emily wakes up in the hospital as she is being rushed through a hall on a gurney. She tells a nurse that she is almost six months pregnant. After giving birth to her child, the nurse tells her that it is a boy and rushes him away saying that he is too young to be held, despite Emily's pleas. Before being wheeled out, Emily begs the nurse to name him John.

Richard stands at the window watching baby Locke.

Later, Emily and her mother are standing over an incubator that holds baby John inside. The nurse enters and seems overjoyed at the fact that John is the youngest premature baby to survive at the hospital. He suffered from infections and pneumonia among other things, but successfully fought them off. Emily's mother, Mrs. Locke, seems less than thrilled at this information. At mention of taking John out and having Emily hold him, Emily becomes upset by the idea. She runs out of the room crying, saying that she cannot do it. Mrs. Locke is left in the room with the nurse. She fetches a cigarette from her purse and prepares to light it. The nurse stops her saying "There's no smoking in here, Mrs. Locke". Mrs. Locke then unemotionally asks whom she should speak to about adoption. Before getting an answer, she sees a man standing behind the viewing window. Mrs. Locke looks disturbed to see him there. The nurse asks if he is the father of the baby, and she responds by saying that she doesn't know who he is. The man's face is shown to reveal that it is Richard Alpert, who looks the same age as he does on the Island in the present day.

The 6 objects

Five-year-old John is playing backgammon in a living room when his foster sister Melissa rudely knocks the pieces off the board, taunting him. His foster mother Florence scolds her before telling John that there is a man there to see him, and that he should be on his best behavior. Richard Alpert walks in the house and sits down at the table across from him. He introduces himself as Richard and tells John that he runs a school for special children and has reason to believe that John is one of them. Richard asks John if he minds if Richard shows him a couple of neat things, to which John shakes his head (indicating he does not mind). Richard notices a drawing on the wall of the room of a man lying on the ground while a mass of black springs from the ground and hangs over him, resembling an attack by the smoke monster. When asked by Richard if he drew the picture, John nods his head. The two walk to another table and sit down. Richard tells John that he wants him to look at a few objects, think about them, and tell him which of them are his. The boy thinks Richard means "to keep" but Alpert clarifies, "Which of these things belong to you already?" He lays out on the table a baseball glove, a book entitled "Book of Laws" (possibly referring to the holy text of the Bahá'í faith), a small container of granules, a compass, a comic book entitled "Mystery Tales", and a knife. John inspects the container of the granules and the compass. John starts towards the "Book of Laws", at which point Richard looks hopeful. Instead, he picks up the knife, to which Richard seems disappointed and angry. He asks John if he is sure, and after he nods affirmatively, Richard snatches the knife from his hand and took the other items away. He puts these back into his bag and stands up quickly. Florence enters the room and asks how John did. Richard responds sternly that John is not quite ready for his school and walks out of the house. Florence scolds John, asking what he did wrong, as he looks down dejectedly.

Teenage Locke

Sixteen-year-old Locke, now a high school student, bangs on the door from the inside of a locker calling to be let out. A teacher opens the door and John finds everyone laughing at him when he exits. The teacher suggests that he come to the nurse's office with him because his lip is bleeding. Soon after, the two sit in an office where John says that he does not want to talk about what just happened despite the man's prodding. The teacher tells John that he got a call from Portland on behalf of Mittelos Laboratories who work with chemistry and new technologies. When he mentions speaking with a Dr. Alpert, John looks up. The teacher tells him that Mittelos is looking for bright young minds, and they want John to go to their summer camp. When Locke asks how they knew about him, the teacher suggests that they sent a representative to a science fair where John had presented a "display at Costa Mesa". John gets upset and tells the teacher that he is not a scientist, but the type of person who is interested in sports and cars. The teacher kindly tells him that even if he wants to be more like the popular boys at school, it is just not who he is. He says that John simply can't be a super-hero, to which he responds, "Don't tell me what I can't do!" He hands him back the pamphlet and walks out.

Abaddon comes to speak to Locke

Adult Locke struggles to walk while undergoing physical therapy at a rehabilitative center. The trainer gives praise to Locke's good work and tells him enough for the day, waving an orderly to bring over a wheelchair. The orderly helps Locke into the chair and pushes him towards the elevator, talking with him and being revealed as Matthew Abaddon. He tells John that surviving an 8-story fall was a miracle and suggests John take an Australian walkabout and learn who he truly is. Abaddon tells Locke that he's "much more than an orderly," and again urges him to go on the walkabout, saying purposefully that when they met again Locke would "owe him one."

In the jungle

Horace in Locke's dream, with nose bleeding

Hurley, Locke and Ben make camp in the jungle overnight. The next morning, Locke awakens to the sound of an axe. He follows the sound and finds a man in a DHARMA jumpsuit cutting down trees. Locke asks him who he is, and he informally answers that his name is Horace and that he is building a getaway for his wife, and that he needs a break from the DHARMA Initiative. Seeing the confused look on Locke's face, Horace asks if he makes sense, to which Locke replies that he does not. Smiling, Horace turns to Locke, bleeding from his nose, and replies that it is probably because he's been deceased for twelve years. John is told that he needs to find Horace in order to find Jacob. Strangely, Horace then finishes cutting down the exact same tree he just toppled over, which has strangely reappeared. Horace repeats several of his previous sentences, and then begins to cut down the tree for a third time. The last thing he says to John is "Godspeed," most likely a reference to his own last name, Goodspeed. John then awakens, revealing that he was simply dreaming, to find Ben awake and looking at him. Ben seems to know what has happened, and says only "I used to have dreams," before Locke orders camp to break.

Ben, Hurley and Locke at the mass grave

Locke leads Hurley to the Mass Grave of approximately 100 people of the DHARMA Initiative. As Locke begins searching the bodies, Hurley asks Ben about his killing these people, to which a seemingly offended Ben states that he didn't kill them and that it wasn't his decision - it was the decision of the Others' leader. Hurley says that he thought Ben was the Others' leader. Ben responds, "Not always." Locke rummages through the bodies, reading the names on the jumpsuits until he finds Horace's decaying body. He opens the pocket on the jumpsuit and finds blueprints to a cabin and a map to it. Locke offers Hurley a chance to return to the beach, though it would be at night and alone. Instead, Hurley remains with them and as he moves out of earshot, Ben commends Locke's ability to force Hurley's choice. Locke denies being manipulative, stating to Ben, "I'm not you." Ben sarcastically agrees.

Christian in the cabin

Though Ben is doubtful of their ability to locate the cabin, Hurley finds it. Locke lights a lamp and enters alone, leaving Ben and Hurley to wait outside. Inside Locke sees the shadowy figure of Christian Shephard seated in the corner, who introduces himself as Christian and says he can speak on behalf of Jacob. Christian reaffirms Locke's notion that he found the cabin because he was "chosen," and tells Locke not to worry about Claire, who is found to be reclining in a chair in a corner of the cabin without Aaron but nevertheless appearing relaxed and nonchalant. (Her condition is very noticiable, and some fan sites have suggested that she was drugged or somthing to that effect.) Christian says that the people from the freighter are returning and tells Locke to ask the one question that really matters. Locke asks how he can save the Island.

Hurley and Ben split an Apollo bar outside before Locke emerges from the cabin. Ben asks if he knows what they're supposed to do next, and Locke replies, "He wants us to move the Island."

On the Kahana

Keamy and his team arrive on the freighter. Desmond notices that their wounds are not caused by gunshots and wonders what has happened. Sayid is sure they won't let it happen again, the next time they go back.

Captain Gault takes Keamy to the brig, where Michael is handcuffed to a pipe on the wall. Keamy kicks the legs out from an adjoining bed so that it falls on Michael's leg, causing him to scream in pain. He asks Michael if he knows his name, and when Michael indicates that he does, Keamy asks if it was Michael who told Ben his name. When Michael says yes, Keamy pulls out his gun, holds it to Michael's head, and pulls the trigger. The gun does not fire. He pulls again, and still nothing. Keamy checks the gun's magazine and sees that it is still loaded. The captain tells him that he can't kill Michael because Michael is the only one who can fix the engines, since he is the one who sabotaged them in the first place. Frustrated, Keamy strikes Michael in the face.

A little after this, Keamy goes to Captain Gault and asks for the key. When Gault refuses, Keamy steals the key and runs to a filing cabinet and opens a safe. When Gault asks what he is getting, Keamy responds by saying "Secondary protocol". He says it's how they are going to find Ben, indicating that Charles Widmore knew where Ben would be going and now so does he. The protocol has the DHARMA logo on the front page.

Sayid on the Kahana's tender

Captain Gault walks to Desmond and Sayid and tells Omar, who stands guard, that Keamy wants him in the armory. Omar says he isn't supposed to let them out of his sight, to which the captain replies, "I'll watch them." Omar leaves, while grabbing his phone, after hearing sets of beeps come over it (morse code). The Captain then tells Desmond and Sayid to hide in a pantry under the galley. Sayid asks if Michael is dead, to which the captain answers no, but not through lack of trying - and that is exactly the reason they have to hide. Doc Ray can be seen in the background. Sayid asks for the ship's "Zodiac raft," saying the only way to save their lives is to get their people off the Island and on to the boat.

Keamy shows the device on his arm

Michael is lying on the floor of a room on the freighter with a bloody lip. Frank helps him up, asking why Michael hadn't told him he was a survivor of Flight 815, citing the fact that he was one of the few people who would have believed him. Michael tells Frank it was because his boss had staged the wreckage, which Frank dismisses as a conspiracy theory. He begs Frank not to bring Keamy back to the Island, saying "He's going to kill everyone...everyone." As Michael and Frank leave the room, they notice Keamy at the end of the hall, wearing a heart rate monitor transmitter around his chest and having a device attached to his arm by Omar. Keamy notices them and Omar slams the door shut.

Gault meets Sayid and Desmond at the ship's tender, but Desmond tells Sayid that, after three years of being stranded, he will not set foot on that Island again. Sayid departs alone, and Desmond remains in hiding on the Kahana.

Later, Keamy and the troops start boarding the helicopter. Omar tells Doc Ray that the morse code message he received from the beach said that the Doc was dead, which greatly confuses Ray. Frank refuses to take Keamy and his team to the Island. Keamy responds by slitting Doc Ray's throat and throwing him overboard. Keamy asks Frank again and he still refuses. A gunshot rings out and it's Gault, stating that he has "fixed" Keamy's gun. Gault tells Keamy to stand down or he will shoot. Keamy then shows Gault the device on his arm, and when Gault turns his head to ask what the device is, Keamy shoots him through the heart. Gault falls dead and Desmond scurries away from his hiding spot. Keamy asks Frank again and this time Frank concedes. As Keamy and his men prepare to board the copter they do not see Frank hastily adjust his satellite phone, wrap it in clothing, and stow it in canvas bag.

At the beach

Jack retrieves the sat phone

Back at the beach camp, Jack is searching and indulging in food in the kitchen when Juliet appears and scolds Jack for being out and walking around so soon after his surgery. Jack grins and says he's hungry. Juliet exclaims lightheartedly that doctors are always the worst patients. The noise of a helicopter is heard. The entire camp runs to the shore to watch the freighter's chopper pass directly overhead. As they watch stunned and shocked, a package is dropped from the chopper as it flies above. Jack runs over, opens the bundle and finds a new satellite phone, it appears to be tracking the helicopter. Jack states, "I think they want us to follow them."

Trivia

General

A Geronimo Jackson poster and photograph of Sir Richard Burton in teenage Locke's locker.

• The SAT phone lands on Claire's tent.
• This is the first episode since "D.O.C." to solely feature conventional, pre-crash flashbacks of an Oceanic 815 survivor.
• A Geronimo Jackson poster and photograph of Sir Richard Burton, explorer are visible in teenage Locke's locker.
• Horace Goodspeed, in Locke's dream, mentions that he has been dead for 12 years. This places the date of the Purge on December 19, 1992 (December 19 being Ben's birthday).
• Ben and Hurley share an Apollo Bar while they wait for Locke to come out of the cabin.
• Christian, who usually appears in a suit, wears clothes that look more like what The Others and Jacob might wear, as he did when he first appeared to Claire in "Something Nice Back Home".
• The second protocol Keamy grabs from the safe has the same DHARMA symbol that Ben's parka had in "The Shape of Things to Come".
• A solid black centered logo appears in this episode on a corpse in the pit.
• Horace repeatedly chopping down the tree which continually reappears, as well as his repetition of his name and other phrases, are reminiscent of residual style hauntings, in which memories of events play themselves over and over in a specific place.
• When Richard Alpert visits young Locke we can see pictures of birds on the living room wall. These appear to be the same birds that Walt saw in his book in the episode “"Special"”.
• Horace makes a reference to his own name when he says to Locke "I'm Horace. Godspeed, John."
• As Locke walks into the Cabin, Claire can be seen in the bottom left of the screen sitting in the shadows, a couple of minutes before she is revealed.
• In the November 6, 2006 Official Lost ABC podcast, a forum user "Marvelo18" asked "...does the Island move? ..." Damon Lindelof responded with "I think that's a fascinating thought." Damon and Carlton went on to joke that "...if we were to reveal something so ginormous as if the Island were moving... They would fire us instantly. And also, it would be much cooler if they would reveal something like that on the show." Carlton Cuse added his sentiments: "Exactly."

Bloopers and continuity errors

• The single of "Everyday" by Buddy Holly and the Crickets was recorded in May of 1957 and not released until September 1957 (source: [1] [2]), over one year after Locke's birthdate of May 30, 1956. It would be impossible for Emily to have been playing this record the night of John's birth. (source: [3])
  • The closed captioning incorrectly stated the song playing at the beginning was "Everyday" by Don McLean, instead of Buddy Holly, which would have put the time frame circa 1974.
• When Alpert is placing the items on the table for young Locke to choose ones which belong to him, the compass changes rotation.
  • When he puts the first item down, there's something resembling a white coaster on the table. When he presents the second item, the white coaster is suddenly gone.
• When Locke's Grandmother goes to light up in the hospital you can see lipstick marks on both ends of cigarette.
• While talking to Hurley and Ben about the DHARMA Initiative, Locke is seen hacking away at plants with a machete. When Locke takes his backpack off, the blade is in it and not in his hand.
• Right after Locke departs from Hurley and Ben to go into the cabin, one can see the shadow of Hurley's arm holding the torch appear on Ben's shirt. AS the camera zooms in, Huley moves his arm, perhaps to cover the fact that the light isn't coming from the torch itself. (The torch wouldn't cast a shadow if the fire atop it were creating the light.)
• As Sayid leaves the Kahana to return to the Island, the captain tells him to be sure to follow the compass bearing of 305 degrees. This is incorrect. To go from the Island to the ship, one travels away from the Island heading northwest at 305. Traveling from the ship at 305 would continue to move northwest away from the Island. Instead, to go from the ship back to the Island, one must travel in the direction opposite of 305, namely 125 degrees.
• As Frank releases Michael from where he is being held on the "Kahana" it is visable that he has a bloody lip, however when Michael walks out of the cabin with Frank his lip is no longer bloody.

Production notes

• Charlotte, Daniel, Miles and Sawyer do not appear in this episode. Jin, Kate, and Sun appear but have no lines.
• The device strapped to Keamy's arm appears to be a modified Korg MA-30 metronome.
• John's school scene was filmed at Leilehua High School in Wahiawa.
• This is the first episode with four actors portraying one character in the same episode (Terry O'Quinn, Charles Henry Wyson, Caleb Steinmeyer, and an uncredited infant as John Locke).

Recurring themes

• Locke's eye is shown twice. (Eyes)
• Keamy kills Captain Gault and Ray, and unsuccessfully attempts to kill Michael. (Life and Death)
• Horace appears alive to Locke, but says he's been dead for 12 years. (Life and Death)
• Keamy tries to kill Michael but the gun jams. (Fate versus free will)
• Locke's mother gives birth prematurely. (Pregnancies)
• Locke survives many illnesses as an infant. (Life and Death)
• Locke shows an aptitude for backgammon as a child. (Games)
• Locke's mother has issues with her mother. (Parent Issues)
• It is raining when Emily rushes out of her house and is hit by a car as she crosses the street. (Rain) (Car accidents)
• Locke's life is endangered as a baby, and he is put into an incubator, from which he later gets recovered miraculously. (Life and Death)  (Imprisonment)  (Rebirth)
• It is raining when Richard comes to test young John. (Rain)
• The men on the freighter hear the survivors' transmission informing them that they have found the doctor's corpse before he is killed on the ship. (Time)
• Michael is being held in a room somewhere on the boat. (Imprisonment) (Isolation)
• Captain Gault says that he will tell Keamy that Sayid stole the boat. (Deceptions and cons)
• Locke meets Goodspeed in a dream. (Dreams)
• Locke is given a reincarnation/rebirth test by Richard. (Rebirth)
• Ben tells Locke that he used to have dreams. (Dreams)
• Richard Alpert watches John and makes contact with him at different stages of John's life. Even so, he does not appear to age. (Time)
• Locke is placed in an incubator after his birth. (Imprisonment) (Isolation)
• Locke is closed up in his locker as a teenager. (Imprisonment) (Isolation)
• Ben tells John that destiny is a fickle bitch, and that the Island wanted him to get sick and it wanted John to get well. He thinks his time is over, and it's John's now. (Fate versus free will)
• Christian Shephard tells John that Aaron is where he's supposed to be. (Fate versus free will)
• Locke and Richard share a connection dating from Locke's birth and childhood. (Character connections)
• Keamy won't reveal his true orders and intentions to Frank. (Secrets)
• Emily is in a relationship with a man her family strongly disapproves -- it's presumably Anthony Cooper, who's Locke's father and a criminal. (Relationships)

Cultural references

• The test given to young Locke by Richard Alpert strongly resembles the Tibetan Buddhist ritual used to confirm a reincarnated tulku (the Dalai Lama being the most widely known). (Religion and ideologies)
• The test given Locke by Alpert also resembles a passage from the Iliad, in which Odysseus travels to Scyros to recruit Achilles in order to fulfill a prophecy. Achilles' mother disguised him as a girl to protect him; Odysseus discovers Achilles' true identity, however, by masquerading as a salesman and laying out a series of goods. The women of the city flocked to the combs, brushes and mirrors, while Achilles alone was drawn to a sword that was for sale. (Books)
• The Bible: As the nurses wheel out Emily's premature baby, she yells out, "His name is John!" This is a direct quote from Luke 1:63, when Zechariah and Elizabeth gave birth to John the Baptist. (Religion and ideologies)
• Mystery Tales: The comic book Richard Alpert shows young Locke is "Mystery Tales" issue #40, which was published in April of 1956 by Atlas Comics. The cover contains the text "What was the Secret of the Mysterious Hidden Land?" and "Does it Pay to Ignore the Voice of Warning?" (Pop culture misc. references)
• Buddy Holly's song "Everyday" is heard in the first flashback. Buddy Holly was a famous victim of a plane crash. (Music)
• The Myth Of Sisyphus - Horace Goodspeed is seen cutting down a tree, only to have that tree reappear uncut, which he then cuts down again in a seemingly repetitive loop. This is an apparent reference to the myth of Sisyphus, whom the gods punish by forcing him to push a boulder up a hill, only to have the boulder roll back down for him to push again in a eternally repeating loop. (Philosophy)
• The X-Men: Richard Alpert's line, "I'm Richard, John. I run a school for kids who are... extremely special, and I have reason to believe that you might be one of them," is almost word for word a very common line spoken by Charles Xavier (Professor X) in the various incarnations of "X-Men" when recruiting young mutants. (Pop culture misc. references)
• Parzival: The second time Locke enters the cabin, he's able to ask how to save the Island. Similarly, Parzival, the chosen Graal Lord, is able to save Anfortas, the Fisher King, when he "asks the question" that would heal the King (the Island, in our case)and give him access to the Graal. Actually, the wounded king can only be restored to health if a predestined knight, a young hero, finds the castle and, after seeing a mysterious procession, asks a special question. The first time Parzival had failed to ask the question and was consequentially tormented by doubt and racked with remorse; in his quest Parzival, who was supposed to enter into the knowledge of the Graal right from the beginning, was also advised and helped by some characters, as happened to Locke.(Books)
• Mallomars: Hurley dreams of these chocolate-coated marshmallow treats.
• Star Trek Generations The appearance of Horace in Locke's dream mimics the scene from Star Trek Generations when Picard walks outside to find Kirk chopping a piece of wood. Kirk's first words are also, "Hello there."
• The Invention of Morel: this book by Adolfo Bioy Casares is about a fugitive who hides on a deserted island somewhere in the South Pacific, and was seen being read by Sawyer in "Eggtown". In the book, the fugitive encounters some people who appear and disappear randomly, repeating some actions. These people don't really exist; they are merely very lively recordings reproduced by a machine. These people are really dead. This is similar to Horace's actions in Locke's dream. (Books)  (Literary references)

Literary techniques

• Richard Alpert is present during Locke's infancy, and later attempts to recruit him into the Others. (Plot twist)
• Locke says, "Don't tell me what I can't do!" (Regularly spoken phrases)
• Locke chooses the knife, an instrument he will be good with in his future life. (Foreshadowing)
• Locke was born 3 months early, and all of the women on the Island seem to die 3 months before they give birth. (Juxtaposition)
• Both Ben and Locke have been "chosen" by Jacob, both had physiological problems with their spines, both have mothers named Emily whom they never really knew, and both were born prematurely. (Juxtaposition)
• Ben tells John that he thought he was special, but ended up with a tumor on his spine and his daughter's blood all over his hands. (Regularly spoken phrases)  (Irony)
• It is suggested that Abaddon had some prior knowledge of Flight 815's eventual crash. (Plot twist)
• Emily Locke and her mother discuss Emily's relationship with a man only referred to as "him." This may or may not be Anthony Cooper, given Emily is in her sixth month pregnant. (Unseen character)
• Abaddon suggests that a crippled man should find himself in a walkabout. (Irony)
• It is suggested that the Island can be moved, literally or figuratively, with no clue to a real answer. (Cliffhanger)
• Abaddon is given the part of the magical negro, by giving zen-like advice and predicting changes in Locke's future. (Archetypes)
• Locke is born in the night his mother is listening to a man (Buddy Holly) who died in a famous plane crash. (Foreshadowing)  (Irony)

Storyline analysis

• Hurley says, "I thought you were the leader," to Ben, and Ben says, "Not always." (Leadership)
• Keamy takes over as de facto leader of the Kahana when he shoots Captain Gault. (Leadership)
• Keamy coldly executes the doctor in order to coerce Frank. (Crimes)
• The mercenaries are back on the Island to finish their job. (F-missions)

Episode references

The DHARMA logo on the handbook Keamy takes from the safe is the same one on the chest of the jacket Ben was wearing in Tunisia in "The Shape of Things to Come"

• Matthew Abaddon suggests to Locke that he should go on a walkabout. ("Walkabout")
• One of the items Richard shows Locke is a compass, much like the one Locke gave Sayid. ("Hearts and Minds").
• The true story of Locke's birth is revealed. Emily is going on a date with an unidentified older man, whom she says she is in love with. Emily once told her son that he was very special, and that he had no father because he was "immaculately conceived." ("Deus Ex Machina")
• An unfamiliar character puts music on. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith") ("A Tale of Two Cities")
• One of the items Richard shows Locke is the Book of Laws. Eko tells Locke the story of King Josiah who restored the Temple after finding the Book of Laws, and then reveals part of the Orientation tape hidden inside a book. ("What Kate Did")
• Keamy and Gault wear keys around their necks much like Kelvin and Jack did. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
• John is recruited by Richard Alpert to come join Mittelos. Like Juliet, John does not understand why Mittelos is interested in him. ("Not in Portland")
• One of the items Richard shows Locke is a knife, much like the one Ben gave to Locke. ("The Brig").
• Alpert has the same bag in the flashbacks he does on the Island in the present. ("The Brig")
• Emily Locke giving birth to John 3 months premature mirrors Ben's birth story from ("The Man Behind the Curtain").
• The mass grave is revisited. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
• The title of the episode refers back to the "heightened case of cabin fever" some members of the Kahana crew have been getting, as well as to Jacob's cabin and the hunt for it. ("Ji Yeon")
• Keamy's gun jams when he tries to shoot Michael. ("Meet Kevin Johnson")
• The DHARMA logo on the handbook Keamy takes from the safe is the same one on the chest of the jacket Ben was wearing in Tunisia. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
• Omar tells Ray about the Morse Code transmission that Daniel sent regarding Ray's apparent death. ("The Shape of Things to Come")

Unanswered questions

For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Cabin Fever/Theories

Flashback

• How does Richard get to the mainland?
• How does Richard know about Locke's existence and his whereabouts?
• Why does Richard think Locke was special?
  • What is the purpose and meaning of each of the six items?
  • Which items belong to John already?
  • Why is he disappointed in Locke's choice?
  • Why do they want to recruit Locke for Mittelos Bioscience Science Camp?
• Why is Abaddon interested in Locke?
  • What happened during Abaddon's walkabout?

On the Island

• Where is Jacob, and why are Christian and Claire in his cabin?
  • Why is Claire so calm and nonchalant?
  • Why does Christian ask Locke not to tell anyone that he saw Claire in the cabin with him?
• Who was the Others' leader before Ben?
• Why is Horace cutting down the same tree over and over again?
• How does the helicopter get to the Island so quickly when Ray's body arrived before he had been killed?
• Where did Jacob stay before Horace built the cabin?

On the Kahana

• What causes the time fluctuations that allowed for Ray's body to wash ashore before he was killed on the freighter?
• What is the secondary protocol?

External links

• ABC Medianet Press Release (04/21/08): Press Release