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"What They Died For" is the 16th and penultimate episode of the American Broadcasting Company's final season of the serial drama television series Lost and 119th and penultimate episode overall. The episode aired on May 18, 2010, on ABC in the United States. [2]
LOST Soundtrack Analysis: 6x16 "What They Died For" - Michael Giacchino emotionally prepares us for the end of the show by returning to its main theme. Meanwhile, the Man In Black arrives at the Barracks... along with a couple of references to Giacchino's earlier work.
"What They Died For" picks up in the flash-sideways with Jack (Matthew Fox) receiving a call that his father's coffin will be arriving in Los Angeles that day. It turns out the call was from Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick).
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Previously on Lost
1. Jack and Sawyer examine the bomb on the submarine. ("The Candidate") 2. Sawyer says he doesn't trust Jack and pulls the two wires attached to the bomb, unintentionally speeding up the countdown. ("The Candidate") 3. Sayid grabs the bomb and runs, attempting to protect his friends, and dies when it explodes. ("The Candidate") 4. Sun is trapped in the sinking sub while Jin vows to stay with her, and they die together. ("The Candidate") 5. Jack, Sawyer, Kate, and Hurley come ashore on the Isl...
Flash sideways
Jack wakes in his apartment. Looking in the bathroom mirror he finds that the injury to the left side of his neck that he first noticed on the flight back from Sydney is bleeding. As he cleans it David tells him that he has made breakfast. David checks that Jack is coming to the concert that evening and tells Jack that his mom is coming as well. David tells Jack not to get all weird because of his mom being there. Claire joins them for breakfast as Jack receives a call telling him that the ai...
This episode was first shown at Lost Live: The Final Celebrationfive days prior to its official U.S. air date.This is the first time Charles Widmore has visited the main Island since he was exiled from it around 15 years ago. ("Dead Is Dead")This is the only episode in the series that begins with "What" and its variations that is not Kate-centric. "Whatever the Case May Be", "What Kate Did", "Whatever Happened, Happened" and "What Kate...In the flash-sideways timeline, as John Locke visits Jack in his office and comments on the picture on Jack's desk, next to the picture is an award trophy for Jack, enscribed; "Los Angeles Communit...Naveen Andrews (Sayid), Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond) and Emilie de Ravin (Claire) only appear in the flash-sideways timeline.Mira Furlan (Danielle Rousseau) appears in this episode, her first appearance since "Meet Kevin Johnson", an absence of 38 episodes. Earlier reports had indicated she would not be available to make...Michelle Rodriguez (Ana Lucia) appears in this episode, her first appearance since "The Lie", an absence of 31 episodes.This episode marks the final appearance of Ana Lucia, Jacob, Charles Widmore, Alex and Daniellein the series.Recurring themes
1. Zoe is killed with a knife by the Man in Black, while Ben shoots and kills Widmore. (Death) (Revenge) (Rivalries) 2. The opening shot begins with a closeup of Jack's eye. (Eyes) 3. Claire Littleton mentions to Jack that her baby "kicks like crazy". (Pregnancies) 4. Claire has accepted her brother Jack's offer to come live at his apartment. (Relationships) 5. The Man in Black offers Ben the job of leader of the Island, yet he later reveals to Ben that he intends to destroy the Island. (Dece...
Cultural references
1. Napoleon: Alex compares Ben to Napoleon Bonaparte because he holds his arm near his stomach as a result of the sling he wears, as Napoleon was reputed to do. Napoleon I was born on the island of Corsica. Then, in the year 1815, he was imprisoned by exile to the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, 2,000 km from any major landmass, where he spent the rest of his life. (History)
Literary techniques
1. Three different groups including Jack, David, David's mother, Sawyer, Miles, Pierre Chang, Charlotte, Desmond, Kate, and possibly Hurley, Sayid and Claire, are all converging on a concert unaware of each others attendance. (Foreshadowing) 2. This episode, once again, mentions: "letting go" and discusses moving on, leading to the realization at the end of 'The End'. (Foreshadowing) 3. The Man in Black finally reveals he wants to destroy the Island. (Cliffhanger) (Plot twist) 4. In 2004, Des...
Episode references
1. Jacob tells Jack the Source is located behind the bamboo grove that Jack woke up in immediately after the crash. ("Pilot, Part 1") 2. Jacob crossed Kate's name off the wall when she started taking care of Aaron. ("Eggtown") ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 3") ("The Lie") 3. Kate tells Jack that Sun and Jin had a daughter named Ji Yeon. ("Ji Yeon") ("The Lie") 4. Ben, Richard and Miles pass over Alex's grave. ("The Shape of Things to Come") 5. The Man in Black threatens to kill Widmore's...
Episode allusions
1. Jack stitches up Kate with black thread. ("Pilot, Part 1") 2. Locke suggests that all of the strange coincidences happening in the flash sideways are happening "for a reason." ("Exodus, Part 2") 3. The shot of Ben and the Man in Black holding torches and looking down the well, mirrors the shot of Locke and Jack looking down the hatch at the end of Season 1/beginning of Season 2. Both are places that Desmond was confined against his will. ("Exodus, Part 2") ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")...
For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: What They Died For/TheoriesWhat is the equipment Widmore told Zoe to get out of the Outriggers?May 18, 2010 · “What They Died For” announced that a (metaphorical) war between heaven and hell awaits us in the series finale on Pentecost Sunday. Will paradise be lost or will paradise be saved?
The one hundred nineteenth episode is What They Died For. Here's the Lostpedia intro: " "What They Died For" is the sixteenth episode in Season 6 of Lost and the 119th produced hour of the series as a whole. It was originally broadcast in the United States on May 18, 2010.
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