The Substitute 

On the island, the being now occupying Locke's body turns to Sawyer and promises to tell him why he's on the island. Back in Los Angeles, Locke loses his job and encounters a number of familiar faces.

Director:

Tucker Gates

Writers:

Jeffrey Lieber (created by), J.J. Abrams (created by)

Stars:

Naveen Andrews, Nestor Carbonell, Henry Ian Cusick

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah (archive footage)
Nestor Carbonell	...	Richard Alpert
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Desmond Hume (credit only)
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton (credit only)
Michael Emerson	...	Ben Linus
Jeff Fahey	...	Frank Lapidus
Matthew Fox	...	Dr. Jack Shephard (archive footage)
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Jin-Soo Kwon (archive footage)
Yunjin Kim	...	Sun-Hwa Kwon
Ken Leung	...	Miles Straume (credit only)
Evangeline Lilly	...	Kate Austen (credit only)
Terry O'Quinn	...	John Locke / Man in Black
Zuleikha Robinson	...	Ilana Verdansky

Storyline

On the island, John Locke tries to convince Richard to follow him. Meanwhile Ilana asks Ben what happened to Jacob and to her friends and Ben tells that Locke turned into the smoke monster and killed all of them and burnt Jacob; Ilana takes his ashes. Locke meets Sawyer and he asks who he is since John was a frightened guy. Sawyer follows Locke and they see a boy in the woods. When Locke chases the kid, Richard warns Sawyer about Locke. But Sawyer follows him to a cave in a cliff by the sea and Locke shows the reason why they are in the island. Ilana summons Sun, Frank and Ben to go with her to the temple and they bury John Locke first. In the parallel reality, John Locke lies about a conference in Sidney that he missed and is fired by his chief, Randy. When he is leaving the company, he meets Hugo, who owns the company and offers him to call an employment agency that also belongs to him to find a new position. John has an interview with the supervisor of the agency, Rose, and asks ...

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Plot Keywords:

man in a wheelchair | substitute teacher | smoke monster | monster | friends who live together | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

Hugo claims to now be the 'luckiest man on earth' when speaking to Sawyer on the plane during LAX Pt 1. When John Locke gets fired from the box company owned by Hugo Reyes, he is unable to access the wheelchair ramp of his van. In anger, he tries to lower the ramp and dent/scratch the huge Hummer parked next to him, but the ramp stops an inch short of inflicting damage, much to the chagrin of a furious Locke. The Hummer belongs to the 'lucky' Hugo Reyes.

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Goofs

(33:00) After the ladder breaks free and Sawyer reaches for Locke, he grabs the next ladder twice.

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Quotes

[Locke and Sawyer are on a very tall cliffside]
James 'Sawyer' Ford: No offense, but you already died. So this is great that this isn't a big deal for you. But if you think I'm climbing down there first, your off your damn mind.

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Connections

Referenced in Lost: Untangled: The Substitute (2010)

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Soundtracks

End Title
(uncredited)
Written by Michael Giacchino
Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony

User Reviews

best episode yet

John locke is the most interesting and develop character in this series. Without him the show will be lost.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 February 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, ABC Signature

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min 50 min 60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1