White Rabbit
- Episode aired Oct 20, 2004
- TV-14
- 42m
Jack begins to experience visions of his dead father Christian. He runs into the jungle trying to find him, but things go wrong when he falls down a hill and off a cliff.Jack begins to experience visions of his dead father Christian. He runs into the jungle trying to find him, but things go wrong when he falls down a hill and off a cliff.Jack begins to experience visions of his dead father Christian. He runs into the jungle trying to find him, but things go wrong when he falls down a hill and off a cliff.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMost of the indoor scenes were filmed inside an abandoned Xerox building. Five years previously, the building was the site of the worst mass shooting in Hawaiian history.
- GoofsWhen Boone is drowning in the water, Charlie claims he can't swim and calls to Jack for help. Later, in the season 3 finale, Charlie recounts that he was a school swimming champion and makes a rather lengthy swim into the underwater DHARMA station, The Looking Glass. However, this just means that Charlie lied about his inability to swim in the pilot.
- Quotes
Dr. Jack Shephard: It's been six days... and we're all still waiting. Waiting for someone to come. Well, what if they don't? We have to stop waiting. We need to start figuring things out. A woman died this morning just going for a swim, and he tried to save her, and now you're about to crucify him? We can't do this. Every man for himself is not gonna work. It's time to start organizing. We need to figure out how we're gonna survive here. Now, I found water... fresh water up in the valley. I'll take a group in at first light. If you don't wanna come, then find another way to contribute! Last week most of us were strangers. But we're all here now, and God knows how long we're gonna be here. But if we can't live together... we're gonna die alone.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Community: Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas (2010)
"White Rabbit" revolves around the 815'ers dealing with a water shortage, Jack chasing visions (in the light of season four, and for that matter the scene with the coffin in this episode, this is up in the air) of Christian, his father, and some brilliant early dialogue between Jack and Locke- the man of science and the man of faith. A catalyst to the later events in the episode is the opening scene of the episode in which Jack saves Boone but not a woman drowning further out in sea.
Of note in terms of Jack's character and his relationship with his father is the flashback scene where Jack goes home after a fight and is confronted by his father who appears in this scene to be the very antithesis of Jack's character in regard to the value of human life and caring for others. This is why I hate it when so-called fans call Jack selfish, because he is really the most selfless character on the island by some distance- even his irrational later acts were motivated by a desire to help others. Indeed, even his search for the metaphorical white rabbit in this episode can be seen on more levels than simply him chasing his dad through the jungle- it's a search for resolve in his character and once he finds the caves and returns and gives his famous 'live together, die alone' speech, the speech of a confident leader.
All in all, I find "White Rabbit" to be an incredibly intelligent, literate, and well-written episode of "Lost" that is also the cinematography debut for Michael Bonivillain on the show. This one is truly under-appreciated.
9/10
- ametaphysicalshark
- Jun 15, 2008