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While Charlie plays his guitar
by the sea, he hears the faint cries of a baby and follows the sound to the
sea, where he sees Aaron's cradle being tossed between the waves. Somehow he
manages to swim out and bring little Aaron back to shore -- only to learn that
his mind has betrayed him and the entire thing was just a cruel dream. And
while he holds the baby and tries to explain to Claire (and everyone else)
that he was only trying to save him, the only thing Charlie succeeds in doing
is digging his hole that much deeper.
In FLASHBACK we see Charlie
trying hard to save something else -- his band. But in order to do that, he
needs his brother to do some long overdue growing-up. Sadly, as the diaper he
is (literally) wearing will attest, Liam isn't up to the task.
On the island, after
unsuccessfully trying to again enlist Locke as an ally, Charlie goes to Eko.
And it's here he finds the one thing he's been missing: a reason for being.
Eko speaks not a doctor, but Charlie grabs onto this diagnosis with both
hands, willing to follow it to a resolution -- one way or another -- to save
the ones he loves.
Back in FLASHBACK Charlie
consoles Liam after a "falling out" with his wife. And through his
music he is able to reach inside Liam and shake him back to life. If they take
a stand -- if they fight with everything they've got, they just might be able
to get through this -- together. But Liam only has one question: "Got
any...?"
Turns out Charlie does.
Plenty. And while paying a visit to a stash he has so far been able to resist,
Charlie is surprised by Locke who tells him what he already knows. What little
goodwill Charlie had left, whatever hope of being redeemed is all gone now.
But maybe there is one more
thing he can do -- one last, desperate leap towards salvation. It just might
cost Charlie everything. But then isn't that what being a martyr is all about?
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