Do No Harm (Lost)

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“Do No Harm”

Lost episode

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 20

Written by

Janet Tamaro

Directed by

Stephen Williams

Guest stars

John Terry
Zack Ward
Julie Bowen
Clarence Logan
John Tilton

Production no.

118

Original airdate

April 6, 2005

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"Do No Harm" is the 20th episode of Lost. It is the twentieth episode of the show's first season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams and written by Janet Tamaro. It first aired on April 6, 2005 on ABC. The character of Jack Shephard is featured in the episode's flashbacks.

[edit] Plot

The injured Boone is in bad shape after his fall from the cliff in the airplane. He has lost a lot of blood, one of his lungs has collapsed, and his right leg is crushed. Jack sends Kate off to get some alcohol from Sawyer. On her way back, she discovers that Claire has gone into unexpected labour.

Sayid surprises Shannon with a "torchlit dinner", at which Shannon tells Sayid that Boone is only her step-brother, and that he is "kind of" in love with her.

Boone needs a transfusion of type A-negative. Jack sends Charlie to find one of the other survivors with a matching blood type. When he unsuccessfully returns (only four people knew their blood type), Jack decides to give Boone some of his O-negative blood. Jack tries to use bamboo as a needle but can't pierce his skin. Sun comes up with a solution and retrieves a sea urchin. Using the urchin's spines, Jack begins to give Boone his blood.

Jin, working on the new raft, hears Kate's call for help and rushes to her and Claire. Despite the language barrier, Kate is able to tell Jin to go and find Jack. Jin rushes to the caves only to find Jack occupied with the blood transfusion. Jack tells Jin (with the aid of Sun translating) to take Charlie to Kate and Claire. Jack then tells Charlie to give Kate instructions on how to deliver the baby.

As Jack begins looking pale, Sun stops the transfusion. Jack then tries to heal Boone's leg but finds it beyond repair and fatal unless it is amputated. Jack seeks the help of Michael to find a way to cut off Boone's leg. Boone suddenly regains consciousness and tells Jack to just let him go, saying "I know you made me a promise. I'm letting you off the hook." (This was said to Jack by Rose early in the series.)

Boone dies, but beforehand reveals to Jack that he and Locke had discovered a mysterious hatch, and Locke had told him not to tell anybody else. Claire gives birth to a healthy baby boy. Jack goes looking for Locke, claiming that Boone was murdered.

Flashbacks show both the build-up to, and the event of Jack's wedding to Sarah, a former patient whom he "fixed" (her words) after she was injured in a car accident. Jack agonizes over his vows, and his father surprises him by showing up, giving Jack advice about writing the vows by the pool. His father says that Jack is "just not good at letting go" and that his problem is commitment. Jack thinks over his dad's words, and eventually writes his vows just in time for the ceremony, finally settling on extolling how Sarah has "fixed" him.

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