Meanwhile, in the hatch, Jack scuffles with Desmond and the computer gets shot. Desmond tries frantically to fix it while Locke and Jack watch an Orientation film about the Dharma Initiative and how important it is to press the button every 108 minutes. Kate goes to get Sayid to fix the computer. The power goes out and Desmond says they are dead. He packs food and medication and leaves. Sayid fixes the computer and Jack and Locke argue over whether to push the button, finally pressing it at the last second.
In flashbacks, Locke is in an anger management therapy meeting where he meets Helen. She wonders why he never spends the night at her house, and follows him one night to see that he is spending his nights sitting in front of his fathers house. The next night at dinner, she gives him a key and tells him that when he comes to stay over, he must stay over.
He agrees, but then he can't do it and goes back to his father's house. Helen finds him there and throws his keys. He agrees not to go back to his father's house again.