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When Bernard attempts to
recruit people to build an SOS sign on the beach, Rose
uncharacteristically defies him, telling him that he shouldn't give
everyone false hope.
FLASHBACKS reveal the
source of her hesitation, as we highlight Rose and Bernard's love
story from the day they met to the day he proposed. When Bernard takes
a knee, Rose confesses that she is sick and has less than a year to
live. But it doesn't deter Bernard -- he loves this woman and wants to
marry her, regardless.
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We follow their hopeful love
affair through to their honeymoon in Australia to learn that it was, in
actuality, a ploy by Bernard to get Rose to see a faith healer in an effort to
cure her terminal cancer. Rose clearly isn't a believer, but goes along with
it to satisfy Bernard. And though the healer tells her that he cannot help
her, Rose decides to let Bernard think that he did. Her hope may be gone, but
she is going to preserve his.
On the island, Rose finally
comes clean and admits to Bernard that she was lying to him. She confides that
after the crash, she began to feel better and that she suspects it was the
island that fixed her. Bernard has a difficult time believing this and
maintains that it was Isaac who did the healing. But Rose is insistent. And in
the final flashback we find out that her conviction lies in the fact that she
saw John Locke, on his feet on the island, in a wheelchair at the airport.
Bernard realizes that Rose
doesn't want to be rescued because she thinks she might get sick again. And in
an act of faith and love, Bernard vows to stop work on the SOS and tells her
that they will never leave the island.
Back in the hatch, Locke
attempts to draw the map he saw on the blast door from memory. But his
commitment is clearly waning and he leaves the hatch in frustration. It's not
until Rose convinces him to maintain faith, that Locke returns with a sense of
renewed purpose and continues drawing.
Meanwhile, Jack and Kate go
out on a mission to attempt to trade Henry for Walt. While they wait for Mr.
Friendly to make an appearance, Michael stumbles out of the jungle and
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