Hearts and Minds (Lost)

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“Hearts and Minds”
Lost (TV series) episode
Boone holding a dying Shannon
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 13
Guest stars	Charles Mesure (Bryan), Kelly Rice (Nicole), Adam Leadbeater (Malcolm)
Written by	Carlton Cuse & Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Directed by	Rod Holcomb
Production no.	111
Original airdate	January 12, 2005
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"Hearts and Minds" is the 13th episode of Lost. It is the thirteenth episode of the show's first season. The episode was directed by Rod Holcomb and written by Carlton Cuse and Javier Grillo-Marxuach. It first aired on January 12, 2005 on ABC. The character of Boone Carlyle is featured in the episode's flashback, with Shannon Rutherford also playing a prominent role.

[edit] Plot

Boone tells Sayid to stay away from Shannon, but he is ignored. Hurley scolds Boone for not bringing back any boar. Locke says that what he and Boone are doing is far more important than hunting. Kate shows Jack to a garden that Sun has started. At the hatch, Locke makes a paste and tells Boone it is for later. Locke suggests that staring at the hatch will tell them how to open it.

In a flashback, Shannon calls Boone and asks him to come to Sydney. When he gets there he sees that her boyfriend, Brian, has been beating her. Boone reports this to the police, and reveals that Shannon is his stepsister. While Boone is speaking to the officer, a man (Sawyer) is brought to the station handcuffed. The detective ignores Boone. He offers Brian $25,000 to break up with Shannon but Brian asks for $50,000.

Boone explains to Locke that he is tired of lying, and wants to tell Shannon about the hatch. Locke responds by knocking him unconscious with the butt of his knife. Boone awakes to find himself tied up. Locke applies a strange paste on his head and leaves a knife embedded in the ground several feet in front of Boone so he'll be able to free himself. Locke explains that he will be able to reach it once he is properly motivated. After several unsuccessful attempts to do so, Boone hears Shannon's screams and the sounds of the 'monster' approaching. This is the impetus he needs, and after a short struggle, and in excruciating pain, he is finally able to reach the weapon. He then releases himself and searches for his sister.

Kate discovers that Sun speaks English when the two are working in the garden, and Sun asks her not to tell anyone. Sun took English lessons in Korea, but doesn't want Jin to know. Locke finds Sayid trying to make sense of Rousseau's maps, and gives him a compass. Boone runs through the jungle, and locates Shannon tied to a tree. She screams for Boone, telling him to untie her. This he does, and they run through the jungle together, away from the monster.

Sayid tells Jack that according to Locke's compass, north is not where it should be, causing him to believe that the instrument is defective. Note that this is the first sighting of unusual Electromagnetic activity on the Island. Jack finds Locke and asks him about Boone. Locke says he hasn't seen his acolyte all day, and the boars are migrating outside of their valley. Hurley and Jin spend the day fishing, and when Hurley fails to catch anything, and is injured in the attempt, Jin gives him a fish out of sympathy.

In a flashback, Shannon refuses to leave with Boone. He realizes that Shannon lied to him to get the money, and she has done this before. Brian says that Boone's mother stole money away from her, and she is getting what is rightfully hers. That night, a drunk Shannon comes to Boone's hotel room and tells him that Brian stole the money. She tells Boone that she knows he loves her, and they sleep together.

Boone tells Shannon about the hatch right before the monster attacks them again, this time while they are hiding in a clump of trees. It takes Shannon, and Boone later finds her mutilated body by a creek. That night Boone tries to kill Locke, screaming that he had killed his sister, but Locke reveals that Shannon is alive. The paste caused Boone to have a vision that was crucial to his survival. Boone says seeing Shannon dead made him feel relieved. Locke says to come with him. The two disappear into the jungle.

[edit] Trivia

In this episode, Boone is seen wearing a t-shirt containing two kanji characters on the front. These characters are both numbers, hachi (八) and jū (十), meaning 8 and 10 respectively, which when revered is 108.