"Orientation" Guide

Orientation Episode Info

Original Airdate: 10/05/05
Written by: Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Craig Wright
Directed by: Jack Bender

Orientation Highlights

Locke is in a therapy meeting and begins dating Helen, the facilitator. She wonders why…Read highlights from Orientation

Orientation Full Recap

Sawyer starts to rise, but a big man with a club hits him and then Michael. There is a small group of people, who drag Sawyer, Michael, and Jin to a large hole dug in the ground covered with brush. They dump the three men inside and close the brush-covered lid. All the while, Michael is asking, "Where's my boy?"

Orientation Audio Recap

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Orientation Flashback Character

John Locke

Main Characters Introduced in Orientation

• The Big Guy with the Stick

Secondary Characters Introduced in Orientation

• Helen
• Dr. Marvin Candle
• Karen and Gerald DeGroot
• Alvar Hanso

Terms Introduced in Orientation

• Timer
• Button
• Orientation
• Swan Station
• The Hanso Foundation

Orientation Quotable Quotes

Look for these quotes in quote boxes in the Orientation Full Recap to see where and when they happened.

• Locke" "Great news, right? Well, he pretended to love me just long enough to steal my kidney because he had to have a transplant. And then he dropped me back in the world like a piece of trash, just like he did on the day that I was born. You want your damned 30 dollars back? I want my kidney back!
• Desmond: "We're all going to die. We're all going to die!"
• Locke: "We're going to need to watch that again."
• Sawyer: "Next time Shaft opens the cage he's going to get a surprising little howdy-doody."
• Hurley opens the door to the pantry and sees all the food. "Whoa."
• Desmond: "In about 15 minutes you're either going to be very right, or very wrong, brother."