Lost, Season Two

Locke:
What did one snowman say to the other snowman?

Desmond:
"Smells like carrots."

Locke:
Hello, Desmond.

Desmond:
"Hello" yourself, box man.

Locke:
[reaching for the bottle] Do you mind?

Desmond:
Oh, I insist. So you managed to fix the computer, then, did you?

Locke:
World's still here, ain't it?

Desmond:
I'm not so sure about that, brother.

Locke:
Refresh my memory, Desmond. How long did you say that you were down there in the Hatch?

Desmond:
3 years.

Locke:
Desmond, what if I told you that for all that-all those years that you and all the men before you were down there pushing that button-what if I told you that it was all for nothing?

Desmond:
I'd ask you how the hell did you know something like that?

Locke:
I found another hatch-another station on the Island. They called it the Pearl, and I saw a film there-an orientation film. And it said that everything that was happening in our hatch wasn't real-that it was a test-a psychological experiment.

Desmond:
You're lying.

[Locke reaches in his pack and pulls out the Pearl video.]

Locke:
You want to take a walk? I'll make the popcorn.

Desmond:
You're so sure it's not real, then just stop pushing the button!

Locke:
Well, I have. Except, unfortunately, someone else decided to start. So you're going to sober up. We're going to get a good night's sleep. Tomorrow we're going to find out what happens if that button doesn't get pushed.