Time Travel
A man walks out of a research library. Desmond runs up and says, "Donovan!"The man looks down at Desmond over a railing. "Case in point, who would have known that a drenched Scotsman would appear in this rotunda? You've looked better, Des, not much, but--"
"I need to ask you something," Desmond says. "What do you know about time travel?"
Later, in a bar, Donovan says, "Are you bloody insane?"
"Just tell me if it's possible."
"Which part? The island full of mysterious hatches or the computer which keeps the world from ending?"
"Forget you're my best mate. As a physicist, is it possible that I've somehow managed to go back in time and I'm now living my life over again?"
Donovan laughs.
"It's not funny, Donovan."
"Penny's father berates you for not being a great man and voila you've dreamed a future where you push a button to save the world."
"These things are not in my head, brother. I remember things."
"All right, then. What happens next?"
"It doesn't work like that. I don't remember everything, just bits and pieces."
"How wonderfully convenient."
The Mama Cass song that Desmond played in the hatch (Ep: 2x1, Man of Science, Man of Faith) comes over the jukebox. "I remember this. I remember this song." He gets up and points to the jukebox. "The jukebox." He looks around. "I remember this night." He points to the TV and talks about who is going to win the game. "And right after they win, Jimmy Lennon is going to come right through that door and hit the bartender in the head with a cricket bat because he owes him money."
Donovan tries to stop Desmond, but Desmond says, "Please, just watch. They'll score their first goal right now." They watch, but the goal is blocked.
"No, no," Desmond says, "they come back, they won."
He points to the door, "Jimmy Lennon, cricket bat." Two girls walk through the door.
"There's no such thing as time travel, Des."
Desmond sits.
"From what I understand," Donovan says, "true love can be just as unlikely. So, if you love Penny, stop messing about and marry her."
Why Do You Love Me?
Desmond walks into his flat and puts his keys down. Penny is asleep, sitting up on the bed. She wakes and he kisses her."You smell like a pub," she says.
"That's because I was at a pub."
"You didn't get the job."
"No."
"What did my father say?"
"Your father was lovely. We just both agreed that I wasn't exactly qualified."
"Well I say we celebrate that fate has spared you a miserable existence under the employ of Widmore Industries. Let me take you out. Let's go to lobsters on the peer. My treat."
"I don't think my failure to impress your father is any reason to celebrate."
"Well the occasion is, I love you."
"Why? Why do you love me?"
"Because you're a good man. In my experience they're pretty hard to come by." He looks away and she gets up and touches his face. "Hey, Des, where are you?"
"I'm right here." He kisses her.
The Ring
Desmond goes into a pawn shop and looks at wedding rings. A woman walks out and says, "Never done this before, have you?""Is it that obvious?" Desmond says.
"I can always tell the first timers. Now then, may I ask your price range?"
"I'm not a man of means. I hope to, one day--"
She stops him and says, "I have just the thing." She pulls out a diamond shaped diamond ring. "This won't blind any queens, for sure, but it has the sparkle of life."
He picks it up and says, "I'll take it."
"I'm sorry?" she says.
"It's perfect, I'll take it."
"No you won't," she says. She puts out her hand. "Give me the ring, give it here."
"I don't understand."
"This is wrong, you don't buy the ring. You have second thoughts, you walk right out that door."
He looks at the door.
