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Something Nice Back Home

Episode Number: 81    Season Num: 4    First Aired: Thursday May 1, 2008    Prod Code: 410
Kate and Juliet must learn to work together when Jack's health is seriously compromised. Something goes wrong as Sawyer, Claire, Aaron and Miles continue their trek away from Locke's camp and back to the beach.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz
Director: Stephen Williams
Star: Ken Leung (Miles Straume),  Jeremy Davies (Daniel Faraday),  Rebecca Mader (Charlotte Lewis),  Evangeline Lilly (Kate Austen),  Jorge Garcia (Hugo "Hurley" Reyes),  Yunjin Kim (Sun Kwon),  Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet Burke),  Daniel Dae Kim (Jin Kwon),  Matthew Fox (Jack Shephard),  Josh Holloway (James "Sawyer" Ford),  Emilie de Ravin (Claire Littleton)
Recurring Role: Kevin Durand (Keamy),  L. Scott Caldwell (Rose Henderson),  Jeff Fahey (Frank Lapidus),  Sam Anderson (Bernard Nadler),  John Terry (Christian Shephard)
Guest Star: April D. Parker (Dr. Erica Stevens),  Bill Fiddler (Dr. Stillman),  William Blanchette (Aaron),  Traci Toguchi (Receptionist),  Carla Von (Miss Berenberg)

Notes

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International Air Dates:
Ireland: May 5, 2008 on RTE Two
Norway: May 7, 2008 on TVNorge
Australia: May 8, 2008 on Seven
Denmark: May 9, 2008 on Kanal 5
Sweden: May 14, 2008 on TV4
The Netherlands: May 18, 2008 on Net 5
Latin America: June 9, 2008 on AXN
Spain: July 3, 2008 on FOX (edit)
The title refers to a line Bernard has, in which he asks Jack whether or not he would rather be "dreaming about something nice back home" (in reference to the chloroform he is trying to get Jack to use). (edit)
John Terry, as Christian Shephard appears on this episode, but it was not listed in the ABC Press release. (edit)
Although credited, Harold Perrineau (Michael), Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond), Michael Emerson (Ben), Naveen Andrews (Sayid) and Terry O'Quinn (Locke) don't appear. (edit)
This flash forward takes place after Kate's trial in "Eggtown", but before Jack attempts to commit suicide in the season 3 finale, "Through the Looking Glass." (edit)

Quotes

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Hurley: (delivering a message from Charlie to Jack) You're not supposed to raise him, Jack. (edit)
Kate: Jack. You can't-you can't do this. If you have problems, you need to figure them out. Alright? 'Cause I can't have you like this around my son.
Jack: Your son? You're not even related to him! (edit)
Bernard: Honey, I am sure Jack is gonna be ok. An appendectomy is just about the most common kind of surgery there is.
Rose: That's not what I was thinking about. I was thinking, ''why did he get sick?''
Bernard: Why? It's just-it's just bad luck.
Rose: The day before we're all supposed to be rescued, the person that we count on the most suddenly comes down with a life-threatening condition, and you're chalking it up to bad luck?
Bernard: Well, what are you saying, that-that Jack did something to offend the gods? People get sick, Rose.
Rose: Not here. Here, they get better. (edit)
Jack: But he's not here, is he? No. No, he made his choice. He chose to stay. I'm the one who came back. I'm the one who's here. I'm the one who saved you. (edit)
Miles: Morning.
Sawyer: It's way too early for Chinese. Where's Claire? Ladies' room?
Miles: Nope. She just walked off into the jungle.
Sawyer: What? When?
Miles: In the middle of the night. Just got up and left.
Sawyer: You let her go alone?
Miles: She wasn't alone.
Sawyer: Well, who was she with?
Miles: She called him Dad. I'd have followed them, but I have a restraining order. (edit)

Trivia

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Island events take place on December 26 and 27, 2004. These are the 96th and 97th days for the survivors. (edit)
When Miles dug to see Danielle and Karl's bodies they were both facing up but on the episode "Meet Kevin Johnson" Danielle died facing the ground.

So, they were obviously buried to avoid them being found. Miles' special ability to speak with the dead allowed him to find them though they were buried. (edit)
Jack's labcoat spells his last name as "SHEPARD". However, the door to his office and his name in the lobby of the St. Sebastian Medical Center where he works spells it "SHEPHARD". (edit)
When Jack sees his dad in the seating area late at night, it can be seen that he is wearing white sneakers instead of shoes. (edit)
Goof: When Kate walked over to Aaron to pick him after he overheard she and Jack arguing, he was holding a killer whale plush doll with the head pointing upwards. After she had grabbed him and lifted him up, the whale was pointing head down. (edit)

Allusions

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Star Wars: Jack steps on a Millennium Falcon toy. Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars series in which the Millenium Falcon appears in, was raised by his uncle, as Aaron is being raised by his uncle as revealed in this episode. (edit)
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vicky24c
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7.8
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Something Nice Back Home
"Revealing"
We see Jack in the future with Kate & Claire goers missing......
Continue » Posted Jul 5, 2008 2:33 pm PST

VGFreak8
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9.5
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Something Nice Back Home
"Well written"
So strange!
Continue » Posted Jun 2, 2008 9:23 pm PST
9.2
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Something Nice Back Home
"Character development"
I really love this show, I really don't understand this show, jajajaja Many things happened, the character change all the time and we don't know what is going to happened to our favorites characters, see their future not is the solution.
Continue » Posted Jun 1, 2008 3:12 am PST
9.5
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Something Nice Back Home
"Fine example"
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Continue » Posted May 28, 2008 8:02 am PST
10.0
Perfect
Something Nice Back Home
"A very special episode"
Just Amazing!
Continue » Posted May 18, 2008 11:39 am PST
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