Josh Holloway credited as playing...
James 'Sawyer' Ford
- [on the raft; Walt is asleep]
- Sawyer: Know what I like about you, Mike? You got the patience of a saint.
- Michael: Yeah? Why you say that?
- Sawyer: I've seen the way he talks to you. The way he runs around, does whatever the hell he wants. I'd have shown him the back of my hand a long time ago.
- Michael: You would, huh?
- Sawyer: Hell of a lot cheaper than a shrink.
- Michael: Is that what your father did to you? Show you the back of his hand?
- Sawyer: My daddy never got a chance to beat me. He shot himself when I was eight.
- Michael: [after a pause] That why you want to die, man?
- Sawyer: What?
- Michael: Since the day you told me you wanted on this raft, I couldn't figure it out. Why does a guy who only cares about himself want to risk his life to save everyone else? Yeah... way I see it, there's only two choices. You're either a hero, or you want to die.
- Sawyer: [gruffly] Well... I ain't no hero, Mike.