[Bryden]

On a more serious note.



Skate & Dope -- Looks like they might have something in common after all.





…



Got a question for you.



Shoot.



Skate or Dope?



Which one? Which love story's got the goods?



You even need to ASK? I mean…LOOK at me.



It’s not about looks, Dude. Not this time. Hey -- did I hear the doorbell?



Freckles…?



Hi. We need to talk.



I’ll be leaving you two alone then. Locke organized a pool tournament
over at the rec center. There’s gonna be ice cream after -- so don't wait
up!



**




Sawyer: Last night…what’d you want to talk about?



Just something Claire said...it got me thinking.



Kate: She said Desmond and Penny trump us in the love story
department. That they’re special, epic...and we're not.



Sawyer: What the hell does that even mean? "Epic?"



Kate: I don’t know…because Jate’s been called "epic," too.



Well…there you go then. "Epic" doesn't mean squat.



Sawyer: So we're not "epic"...then that just means we’re somethin’
else altogether…



**




What else? You said before that we’re different than Desmond and Penny,
that we're something else. So what else ARE we then?



Sawyer: Hell, I don't know. Take this for starters, we’re here, together,
in bed, havin’ a conversation.



Sawyer: But Desmond…instead of seein' Penny, he's out at the
mall, gettin' a boat from Libby...



And Libby's hair...it's different. Bangs. Looks sorta like Michael J. Fox's
sister on "Family Ties"...



Sawyer: Then Desmond gets this boat, throw his hair back in a
ponytail…



Sawyer: …sails around the world alone, turnin' his back on Penny,
the woman he loves, but doesn't feel he's good enough to be with…



…



…



James...



Right...bad example. But there’s always…



Desmond Huuuuume! Why are you standing here in the jain, Brutha?!
You’re crazy! And you're too old to be joinin’ the military!



I HAD to do it! I had to let her go! My Pennay!







Kate: Yeah, dumb. It’s not like you’d join the military to get away
from ME. Right?



Whoa, howdy…Team Locke ain’t EXACTLY boot camp, Sweetheart…



… but it ain’t all barbecues at the boathouse, neither.



Next example.



Sawyer: Penny’s daddy – he’s a tough SOB, and she ain’t never gonna
be happy with a guy like Desmond until she shakes daddy loose, gets
the old man out of her head and out of her life.



…



(Why’d you KILL me?!)



Another example, please.



Sawyer: Penny gives Desmond something that'll change his life
forever...



Sawyer: She gives him her phone number. But it’s not just a number.



Sawyer: It's a gift. It connects them. Gives them a future. Makes him
realize his life matters, even off this damn island.



…



Kate: Her gift gives him hope...



…




…



Looks like we got somethin’ in common with Desmond and Penny after
all…



…



Kate: So I guess that makes us epic?



Guess so. Whatever that means.



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