The Best Lost, Season 4, Episode 11 Quotes

- Hey, boss.
- Just getting him down to the engine room.

Matthew: Do you believe in miracles?
John: No. I don't believe in miracles.
Matthew: You should. I had one happen to me.

- Are you Jacob?
- But I can speak on his behalf.
- Well, who are you?
- I'm Christian.

- 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 superhero.
- Don't tell me what I can't do.

- Do you know why I'm here?
- Yeah, sure.
- Do you?
- I'm here...
- Because I was chosen to be.
- That's absolutely right.

- I'm not going in there with you.
- What? the island wanted me to get sick.
- They wanted you to get well.
- My time is over, John.
- It's yours now.
- Yeah, I'm cool with you going in alone, too.

- What'll it be, frank?
- We're flying.
[Keamy] Come on, let's go, boys. Come on.
- Get the rest of the weapons on board and let's go!
- Thanks, captain.
- Come on, come on! Let's go!

Hugo: Well, if the Others didn't wipe out the Dharma Initiative...
Ben: They did wipe them out, Hugo... but it wasn't my decision.
Hugo: Then whose was it?
Ben: Their leader's.
Hugo: But I thought you were their leader.
Ben: Not always.

Richard: [to John Locke, Age 5] Did you draw that, John?

- Ok, now, tell me, John, which of these things belong to you?
- To keep? no, no, John.
- Which of these things belong to you already?

[last lines]
Ben: Did he tell you what we're supposed to do?
John: He did. He wants us to move the island.

- It's probably best that you don't tell anyone that you saw her. why?
- Why...? we don't have time for this.
- The people from the boat are already on their way back.
- Once they get here all of these questions won't matter one bit.
- So why don't you ask the one question that does matter.

- Sorry, doc.
- That change anything, frank? Huh?
- Another 30 seconds goes by, someone else's turn.
- I fixed your gun.
- Now stand down, Martin, or I will fire.

John: I'm sorry those things happened to you, Ben.
Ben: Those things had to happen to me. That was my destiny. But you'll understand soon enough that there are consequences to being chosen. Because destiny, John... is a fickle bitch.

- Mr. Keamy,
- I was hired to fly scientists.
- Get your ass in the cockpit and fire up the chopper, frank.
- I'm not taking you.
- I'll kill you, frank.
- Yeah, well, you do that, you'll never get back to the island.
- I'm the only pilot you got.

- There must have been at least a hundred of 'em living on this island.
- Manning the stations, building those homes, making all that ranch dressing that you like.
- And then one day they're all gone, they just disappeared.
- You want to know where we're going?
- We're going to see them.

- If the others didn't wipe out the Dharma initiative...
- They did wipe them out, Hugo...
- But it wasn't my decision.
- Then whose was it? their leader's.
- I thought you were their leader.
- Not always.

- So who do I talk to about adoption?
- You can't smoke in here, Mrs. Locke.
- Oh. Of course.
- I'm sorry.
- I... I don't know who that is.

- I don't think you want to do that, captain.
- What's that on his arm?
- What's that on his arm?

- When you're ready, Mr. Locke, you'll listen to what I'm saying.
- And then, when you and me run into each other again...
- You'll owe me one.

- I... I can't do this.
[Crying] I just know that I can't!

Horace: I'm not making any sense, am I?
John: No.
Horace: That's probably because I've been dead for 12 years.

Ben: My time is over, John. It's yours now.

- You told me not to leave my tent.
- I was hungry.
- Jack, you have to rest.
- You can't run around.
- I know it's hard for you to ask for help, but if you tear your stitches... relax, ok? I got it.
- Doctors make the worst patients.

- Hugo. mallomars.
- Wake up, Hugo.
- Time to get up. We're gonna get going.
- I thought we didn't know where.
- We do now.
- I used to have dreams.

- You seem to have a pretty 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 that you might be one of them.
- Mind if I show you a couple of really neat things?

- I'm afraid John isn't quite ready for our school.
- I'm sorry I've wasted your time.
- What did you do?

- Every time he knocked them out.
- He is a fighter, your little John.
- That's wonderful.
- The other girls say he's a miracle baby.
- And today, we're gonna take him out of the Incubator so you can hold him for the very first time.

Juliet: Doctors make the worst patients.

John: What?
Ben: He actually thinks staying was his idea. Not bad, John. Not bad at all.
John: I'm not you.
Ben: You're certainly not.

- And why would I do that?
- Keamy! What the hell do you think you're doing, mate?
- You gave me up.
- What?
- Linus knew who I was, my name.
- He knew everything about me.
- No. I'm not the one who gave you up.

- I'm sorry those things happened to you, Ben.
- Those things had to happen to me.
- That was my destiny.
- But you'll understand soon enough there are consequences to being chosen.
- Because destiny, John...
[Hurley] Guys?

- You gotta find me, John.
- You gotta find me.
- And when you do, you'll find him.
- Who?
- Jacob.
- He's been waiting for you a real long time, man.
- I'm Horace.

- We're making camp.
- With the monster and... him?
- A little rest will do us good.
- What's gonna happen when those freighter guys come back?
- I don't know...
- Yet.

- Desmond.
- The helicopter's here.

Hugo: Why am I here, man?
John: You're here because you can see the cabin, and that makes you special.

- How would Mr. Widmore know that? he's a very smart man.
- And if Linus knows we're gonna torch the island, there's only one place he can go.
- What do you mean "torch the island"?
- That was not the agreement.
- I agreed to ferry you here for an extraction mission.
- Fix my gun.

- Did you draw that, John?
- I want you to look at these things...
- And think about them.

- Why not?
- I've been on that island three years.
- I'm never setting foot on it again.
- Not when penny's coming for me.
- I'll be back with the first group as soon as I can.
- Stay on that bearing, yeah?
- I will. you need to go now.

- Are you sure the knife belongs to you,
- John? You sure about that?
- Well, it doesn't.

- I went on my walkabout convinced I was one thing.
- When I came back, another.
- I found out what I was made of, who I was.
- And here you are.
- An orderly.
- Oh, I'm a lot more than just an orderly, John.

- I don't know.
- But when they go back they'll be certain it doesn't happen again.
- Omar!
- Keamy wants you in the armory.
- I wasn't supposed to let those two fall out of my sight.
- I'll watch them. Go.

- Man, I thought I was Mr. Conspiracy.
- You got me beat there.
- Listen to me, listen to me.
- You can't fly that guy back.
- Keamy. you let me worry about keamy...
- You can't fly him back. He's gonna kill everyone on that island.
- Everyone.
- You don't want that on your conscience, man. Trust me.

- What are you doing out here?
- Building a place. A little getaway for me and the missus.
- I mean, sometimes you need a break from the di, you know?
- The Dharma initiative?
- I'm not making any sense, am I?
- That's probably because
- I've been dead for 12 years.

- Did you give it to him? who?
- Benjamin Linus.
- Did you give him my name?
- Hey! Wait!
- Martin, no!
- Martin, we need him. He's the only one who can fix the engines.
- What makes you so sure about that? because he's the one who broke them.