Lost, Season 2

Lost (2004–2010) is an American drama television series, airing on ABC, created by J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof, about the survivors of a plane crash who are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island.

Pierre Chang:
[as Marvin Candle] Welcome, I'm Dr. Marvin Candle, and this is the orientation film for Station 3 of the DHARMA Initiative. In a moment you'll be given a simple set of instructions for how you and your partner will fulfill the responsibilities associated with the station. But first, a little history. The DHARMA Initiative was created in 1970, and it is the brainchild of Gerald and Karen DeGroot -- two doctoral candidates at the University of Michigan. Following in the footsteps of visionaries such as B.F. Skinner--

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Pierre Chang:
--imagined a large scale communal research compound where scientists and free thinkers from around the globe could pursue research in meteorology, psychology, parapsychology, zoology, electromagnetism, and Utopian social--

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Pierre Chang:
--Danish industrialist and munitions magnate Alvar Hanso whose financial backing made their dream of a multi-purpose social science research facility a reality. You and your partner are currently located in Station 3, or the Swan, and will be for the next 540 days. The Station 3 was originally constructed as a laboratory where scientists could work to understand the unique electromagnetic fluctuations emanating from this sector of the Island. Not long after the experiments began, however, there was an incident. And since that time the following protocol has been observed: every 108 minutes the button must be pushed. From the moment the alarm sounds you will have 4 minutes to enter the code into the microcomputer processor--

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Pierre Chang:
--induction into the program. When the alarm sounds, either you or your partner must input the code. It is highly recommended that you and your partner take alternating shifts. In this manner you will stay as fresh and alert--

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Pierre Chang:
--utmost importance that when the alarm sounds the code be entered correctly, and in a timely fashion. Do not attempt to use the computer--

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Pierre Chang:
--for anything--

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Pierre Chang:
--Congratulations, until your replacements arrive, the future of the project is in your hands. On behalf of the DeGroots, Alvar Hanso and all of us at the DHARMA Initiative, thank you. Namaste. And good luck.

[The hunting party is talking to Tom Friendly.]

Tom Friendly:
Just sit down, Jack. Nobody's going to hurt you. I come in peace.

John Locke:
How do you know our names?

[Tom smiles]

Jack Shephard:
You took Walt.

Tom Friendly:
Walt's fine. He's a very special boy.

Jack Shephard:
Look, you said you wanted to talk. Talk.

Tom Friendly:
Let me ask you something. How long you been here on the island?

Jack Shephard:
50 days.

Tom Friendly:
Oooo, 50 days. That's what, almost 2 whole months, huh? Tell me, you go over a man's house for the first time, do you take off your shoes? Do you put your feet up on his coffee table? Do you walk in the kitchen, eat food that doesn't belong to you? [to Locke] Open the door to rooms you got no business opening? [to all] You know, somebody a whole lot smarter than anybody here once said: "Since the dawn of our species man's been blessed with curiosity." You know the other one about curiosity, don't you, Jack? This is not your island. This is our island. And the only reason you're living on it...is 'cause we let you live on it.

Jack Shephard:
[smiling] I don't believe you.

Tom Friendly:
You don't believe what?

Jack Shephard:
I think you've got one guy up there with a gun. I think there's more of us than there are of you. I think if you had any real strength, you wouldn't have had to send a spy -- Ethan.

Tom Friendly:
That's an interesting theory. [raising his arms and yelling] Light 'em up!

[torches all around the survivors are lit]

Tom Friendly:
We've got a misunderstanding, Jack -- your people, my people. So listen carefully. Right here, there's a line. You cross that line, we go from misunderstanding to something else. Now, give me your weapons, turn around, go home.

Jack Shephard:
No.

John Locke:
Jack, maybe...

Jack Shephard:
No!

Tom Friendly:
I hoped it wouldn't come to this. [yelling] Bring her out, Alex!

[A figure with a bag over their head is pushed out]

Tom Friendly:
She was following you. Like I said -- curiosity.

[Tom pulls the bag off the figure's head, revealing Kate. He puts a gun to her neck. Sawyer moves toward them]

Tom Friendly:
[to Sawyer] Don't. [to Jack] Jack, the decision you gotta make right now is this -- can you live with the fact that I shot this woman right in front of you when you could have saved her life by giving up and going home? Or are you going to give me your guns, turn around and walk away. It's your call, Jack.


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