Baby John
Episode 4x11, Cabin Fever - Flashback 1A young girl listens to a record, dances around her room, and puts on lipstick. Her mother comes in and says, "Where do you think you're going?"
"Out," she says.
"With who? Him?"
"Yes," the girl says, "and you can't stop me. I'm in love."
"He's twice your age, Emily."
"So what, Mom, are you jealous?" She takes her purse and sweater and walks out.
"Emily, wait a minute."
Emily goes out of the house into the rain and her mother yells after her. "Emily, get back here, young lady!"
"You can't stop me! I love him!" She goes across the street and is hit by a car.
She wakes in the hospital as she is being wheeled down the hallway. She tells the nurse that she is almost 6 months pregnant.
They deliver the baby and put him in an incubator. Emily says, "My baby."
The nurse says, "It's a boy, honey. He's okay for now, he's just really early."
"Can I hold him?"
"I'm sorry, sweetheart, he's just too little. We have to take him away now."
"Name him, John. Please, his name is John!"
Richard
Episode 4x11, Cabin Fever - Flashback 2Emily looks at her baby in the incubator. She seems terrified and sad. Her mother stands next to her, arms crossed.
The nurse walks in and says, "Hi, Emily. Mrs. Locke, it's good to see you."
"How is he?" Emily's mom asks.
"He's amazing. He's the youngest preemie to ever survive in this hospital. He's had infections, pneumonia, you name it. But every time he knocked them out. He is a fighter, your little John."
"That's wonderful," Emily's mom says, checking her watch.
"The other girls say he's a miracle baby. And today we're going to take him out of the incubator so you can hold him for the very first time."
"I can't do it," Emily says. "I'm sorry, I can't!" She runs out.
Her mother shakes her head and pulls out a cigarette. "So who do I talk to about adoption?"
"You can't smoke in here, Mrs. Locke."
"Oh, of course. I'm sorry." She looks over and sees a man looking in the room.
"Is that the father?" the nurse asks.
"I don't know who that is," she says.
Richard Alpert gives her a little nod.
What Belongs to You?
Episode 4x11, Cabin Fever - Flashback 3A girl looks outside at the rain. Locke is about five years old, playing backgammon. The girl says, "That game's stupid." She walks over and pushes the game board, moving the pieces out of sync.
A woman walks in carrying toddler. "Melissa, stop that," she says to the girl. She puts the toddler down and says, "Take your brother into the kitchen. There's someone that wants to see John."
Richard Alpert walks in. "It is coming down like cats and dogs out there."
"This nice gentleman wants to talk to you, John, so I want you on your best behavior. Understand?"
Locke nods.
"He's all yours," she says and walks out of the room.
Richard puts his coat down and sits opposite Locke. "You like backgammon?"
Locke nods.
"You seem to have a good sense of the game. I'm Richard, John. I run a school for kids who are extremely special and I have reason to believe you might be one of them."
Locke looks interested in what Richard says.
"You mind if I show you a couple of really neat things?"
Locke shakes his head and Richard gets up. He sees a drawing of a person being attacked by a pillar of smoke. "Did you draw that, John?"
Locke nods.
Richard begins to pull items from his bag. "I want you to look at these things and think about them." He pulls out a baseball glove, a book, a small bottle of sand, a compass, a comic book, and a knife. "Now, tell me, John, which of these things belong to you?"
"To keep?"
"No, John. Tell me which of these things belong to you already?"
Locke looks at the items. He brings the bottle of sand close to him. He opens the compass. He looks at the book. He picks up the knife and then looks at Richard.
"You sure the knife belongs to you, John? You sure about that?"
Locke nods and Richard looks disappointed and annoyed. "Well it doesn't." He grabs the knife away. Richard puts the things back in his bag and gets up to leave.
The woman comes back in. "How did he do?"
"I'm afraid John isn't ready for our school. Sorry I wasted your time." He leaves the house.
The woman looks at Locke. "What did you do?"
Stuffed in Locker
Episode 4x11, Cabin Fever - Flashback 4Banging. "Let me out, somebody! Please somebody let me out."
A teacher opens a locker and Locke, now a teenager, falls out.
"John, you okay?" the teacher asks.
A group of cheerleaders laugh. The teacher says, "Get to class, ladies, tardy bell just rang. John, you're bleeding. Come on, let's go to the nurse's office."
In the nurse's office the teacher says, "You want to talk about it?"
"No."
"I know you're probably upset right now, but I do have some exciting news for you. I got a call from Portland this morning. There's a company up there doing some very exciting things in chemistry and new technologies. They're called Mittelos Laboratories. I spoke with a Dr. Alpert. He's very interested in finding young bright minds to enter into these new fields of science." He hands Locke a brochure. "They want you to go to their summer camp."
"Science camp?"
"Yes."
"Don't you understand that things like science camp are the reasons why I get stuffed into lockers?"
"John, this is a great opportunity."
"How do they even know about me?"
"They must have sent a rep to the science fair. Your display at Costa Mesa."
"I'm not a scientist! I like boxing and fishing and cars. I like sports!"
"I'm going to tell you something, something I wish someone had told me at your age. You might not want to be that guy in the lab, surrounded by test tubes and beakers, but that's who you are, John. You can't be the prom king. You can't be the quarterback. You can't be a super hero."
Locke leans in close to the teacher and says, "Don't tell me what I can't do."
