The Compass — A Visual Timeline to ABC's LOST
Updated 2010-04-10

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A visual timelime to Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse's LOST

Post-Incident timeline

Indeterminate time

Θ Unknown date - A statue with only four toes was built on the shore of the Island.
5.16 - The Incident (1)
Θ Unknown date - Sawyer, Juliet, Jin, Miles and Faraday flash to a time where the Orchid's Well doesn't even exist. The rope which Locke used to go down is stuck in the ground and when they turn to face the beach... a giant statue reminiscent of Egyptian gods is standing in the distance.
5.08 - LaFleur

1800's

Θ Unknown date - Jacob is preparing grilled fish outside of the Statue when his nemesis joins him as they both observe the Black Rock approaching the Island.
5.16 - The Incident (1)
Θ March 22 1845 - The Black Rock sets sail from Portsmouth, England.
4.05 - The Constant
Θ 1852 - The Black Rock ledger is discovered among the artifacts of pirates on Ile Sainte-Marie, an island off the coast of Madagascar.
4.05 - The Constant

1930's

Θ 1936 - MacCutcheon bottles the whiskey with which Widmore taunts Desmond.
3.08 - Flashes Before Your Eyes

1950's

Θ 1954 - While trying to speak to Richard Alpert during a hop back to 1954, Locke discovers that one of the soldiers in his tribe is actually a young Charles Widmore
5.03 - Jughead
Θ 1956 - Mrs. Locke and a nurse notice a suited Richard Alpert outside of baby John Locke's hospital room after the nurse explains John's exceptionnal health for a premature baby. He knocked out infections, pneumonia, etc.
4.11 - Cabin Fever
Θ May 30 1956 - John Locke's pregnant mother is struck by a car and brings him to life prematurely six months into the pregnancy..
4.11 - Cabin Fever

1960's

Θ 1960 - Emily Linus goes into labor prematurely while hiking 32 miles outside of Portland, Oregon with her husband, Roger Linus. She was 7 months pregnant. Emily dies after having given birth to Benjamin Linus.
3.20 - The Man Behind The Curtain
Θ 1961 - John Locke, age 5, is visited by Richard Alpert at Locke's foster home. Richard claims to be from a school for special kids, and gives Locke a test asking him to say which of four items (a compass, a knife, a comic book, a baseball mitt and a tube containing sand) "belong to him, already".
4.11 - Cabin Fever

1970's

Θ 1970 - The DHARMA Initiative is created.
2.03 - Orientation
Θ 1972 - Ben sees his mother Emily Linus for a second time and tries to run toward her. She calls to him to stop, as she does not want him to cross the sonar fence. She tells him it's not yet time for him to come.
3.20 - The Man Behind the Curtain
Θ 1974 - Sawyer, Juliet, Jin, Miles and Faraday join the Dharma Initiative while trying to find Locke after he disappeared into the Orchid station's Well.
Θ 1974 - Sawyer meets Richard Alpert at the Dharma Barracks and tells him that he knows about John Locke's visit to him in 1954 and about Jugghead, the nuclear bomb Daniel Faraday advised the Others to burry because it was leaking.
Θ 1977 - Jack, Hurley and Kate wake up on the Island.
5.06 - 316
Θ 1977 - Sawyer who has become chief of security for the Dharma Initiative meets up with Jin who has found Jack, Kate and Hurley by a waterfall.
Θ 1977 - During construction of The Orchid, workers discover an underground chamber that Pierre Chang warns them not to open. Time-hopping, Daniel Faraday clandestinely observes.
5.01 - Because You Left
Θ 1977 - Ben meets Richard Alpert in the jungle.
3.20 - The Man Behind The Curtain
Θ 1977 - Amy, Horace Goodspeed's new wife gives birth to a boy with Juliet's assistance.
Θ July 1977 - "The Incident" occurs.
5.17 - The Incident (2)

1980's

Θ October 27 1981 - Claire Littleton is born to Carole Littleton and Christian Shephard.
Θ 1988 - Danielle Rousseau and her crew arrive on the Island from Tahiti after hearing a transmission of the Numbers. She is later trapped at a location near the Black Rock by a "he/it" which "killed them all.". She "mercy kills" all of the members of her science crew in order to save them from the their sickness. Then, Rouseau, goes to the radio tower and replaces the Numbers broadcast (that she heard at sea during the science expedition) with a distress signal. Her daughter, Alexandra Rousseau is born and is kidnapped by the Others a week after her birth.

1990's

Θ 1991 - Sayid serves as Republican Guard and meets Kelvin Joe Inman, CIA.
Θ 1991 - Kelvin Joe Inman, CIA, serves as Interrogator/Torturer aka Intelligence Gatherer for the US military during the 1st Persian Gulf War.
Θ 1991 - Sayid crosses paths with Sam Austen (Kate's stepfather) at the end of Desert Storm in Kuwait
2.14 - One of Them
Θ October 5 1992 - John Locke's mother is admitted to the Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute to be treated for schizophrenia.
Θ December 19 1992 - The Purge takes place, ending of the conflict between the DHARMA Initiative and The Hostiles or natives of the Island, takes place. The Hostiles, with the help of Benjamin Linus, release a toxic gas from the Tempest station. This effectively wipes out the DHARMA Initiative's presence on the Island. The Purge occurs at 4 P.M. on December 19, 1992. Ben's birthday.
3.20 - The Man Behind The Curtain
Θ 1993 - Mikhail Bakunin claims to have arrived on the Island.
Θ 1995 - A week before his wedding to Ruth, Desmond gets drunk and is found in the street by Brother Campbell. Desmond joins the monastery.
Θ 1995 - Brother Campbell has a framed photo of Ms. Hawking on his desk in the monastery.
3.17 - Catch-22
Θ 1995 - Upon being expelled from the monastery, Desmond meets Penelope Widmore.
3.17 - Catch-22
Θ 1996 - Desmond asks Charles Widmore for his permission to marry his daughter Penny but is refused, meets Charlie busking on a London street, and finally breaks up with Penny. Desmond later goes back into 1996, and considers changing his history, proposing to Penny. When he goes to buy a ring, Ms. Hawking reminds him he "has second thoughts and walks right out that door" then confronts him about his destiny. Ultimately, Desmond breaks up with Penny again and throws the ring in the Thames.
3.08 - Flashes Before Your Eyes
Θ 1996 - While in basic training, Desmond begins to experience shifts between the current year and December 24, 2004, when his future self travels from the Island to the freighter Kahana. Under advice from Daniel Faraday, he goes to visit Faraday's past self at Queens College, Oxford University. Desmond goes to Penny's new house, asking for her phone number so that he can call her eight years later, on Christmas Eve, 2004. The concurrence of his meeting with Penny and his call in 2004 seem to end the shifts.
4.05 - The Constant
Θ May 1996 - Michael Dawson learns Susan Lloyd (Walt's mother) is seing another man, enraged he tells her he's coming to get his son back, crosses a street in NYC without looking, and gets hit by a car.
1.14 - Special
Θ December 24 1996 - Charles Widmore wins the journal of the first mate of the Black Rock at a Southfield's auction, after which he gives Desmond Penelope Widmore's new address.
4.05 - The Constant
Θ April 04 1999 - Desmond completes his prison sentence and is dishonorably discharged from the military. Charles Widmore waits in a car outside the prison on the day Desmond is released in order to to bribe Desmond to forget Penelope Widmore. Widmore shows Desmond that he has been intercepting Desmond's letters to Penelope Widmore for years, and informs him that Penelope Widmore is engaged to another man.

2000's

Θ 2000 - Locke is living in Tustin, suffering from depression, and loses his government benefits after refusing to go to therapy. He is approached by Peter Talbot who informs him Locke's father intends to marry Peter's mother. Peter is killed. Locke demands that Cooper end his con. Cooper pushes Locke through the hotel window. Locke loses the use of his legs; Cooper flees to Mexico.
3.13 - The Man from Tallahassee
Θ 2001 - Jack meets Desmond for the first time at the stadium.
2.01 - Man of Science, Man of Faith
Θ 2001 - Desmond meets Libby at a coffee shop shortly after arriving in the United States (possibly Los Angeles). She insists that Desmond take her dead husband's boat so that he can enter Charles Widmore's race.
2.23 - Live Together, Die Alone
Θ 2001 - Juliet helps her sister Rachel conceive a child.
Θ 2001 - Kate kills Wayne and begins her life on the run from the law.
2.09 - What Kate Did
Θ 2001 - Desmond begins the boat race in Libby's boat.
2.23 - Live Together, Die Alone
Θ 2001 - Desmond arrives on the Island and begins pushing the button with Kelvin Joe Inman.
2.23 - Live Together, Die Alone
Θ September 20 2001 - Juliet leaves Rachel, drinks an anesthetic offered to her by Richard Alpert and is transported on the submarine.
3.16 - One of Us
Θ September 21 2001 - Juliet arrives on the island.
3.16 - One of Us
Θ March 2002 - Thinking she failed her mission, Juliet asks Ben to let her leave so that she can witness the birth of her sister's baby. Ben shows Juliet her sister's medical file, her cancer is back and she will die before giving birth to her child. Ben promises that Jacob will cure Rachel's cancer if Juliet stays.
3.16 - One of Us
Θ 2003 - Hurley leaves the mental institution and wins the lottery playing the Numbers.
1.18 - Numbers
Θ 2004 - Claire learns that she is pregnant.
1.10 - Raised by Another
Θ 2004 - Kelvin begins repairing boat, leaving Desmond alone in the Hatch.
2.23 - Live Together, Die Alone
Θ July 2004 - After operating on a patient under the influence and inadvertently causing her death Christian Shephard loses his medical license. Jack revised his testimony after learning that the patient had an unborn child and explained his father was responsible.
1.11 - All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
Θ September 2004 - Ana Lucia is hired by Christian Shephard to be his bodyguard.
2.20 - Two for the Road
Θ September 2004 - The booking agent for Locke's Walkabout in the Australian Outback refuses to let him on the bus because of his condition, John has been in a wheelchair for 4 years.
1.04 - Walkabout
Θ September 2004 - Jack's mother tells him to go to Australia in order to bring his estranged father home.
1.05 - White Rabbit
Θ September 2004 - Hurley goes to Calguli, Australia to visit Sam Toomey a friend of Leonard from Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute who we heard reciting the Numbers. He discovers that Toomey committed suicide after a long streak of bad luck when he first heard the Numbers in a long range transmission from the Pacific.
1.18 - Numbers
Θ September 15 2004 - Sawyer meets Christian in a Cocktail Bar in Australia. Sawyer bumps into Christian and Ana Lucia's car outside a Cocktail Bar. Ana Lucia and Christian part ways.
2.20 - Two for the Road & 1.16 - Outlaws
Θ September 15 2004 - Christian dies of an alcohol-abuse-related heart attack.
Θ September 16 2004 - Sawyer kills Frank Duckett, believing him to be the man who conned his mother and cause his dad to kill her and himself. But someone was manipulating him, the man is a stranger who simply owed money to a gangster.
1.16 - Outlaws
Θ September 21 2004 - Jack goes to find his father at the hotel. He ends up finding him in the morgue.
1.05 - White Rabbit
Θ September 22 2004 - Jack and Ana Lucia have an encounter at the airport bar.
1.23 - Exodus (1)
Θ September 22 2004 - After leaving the Swan, Desmond secretly follows Kelvin all the way to the cove. He finds his boat docked there, still in one piece. A fight ensues between the two men and Desmond accidentally kills (assumed, status unknown) Kelvin. Desmond rips the fail-safe key off of Kelvin's neck and rushes back to the Swan but before he can make it back, the timer reaches zero, resulting in a brief system failure.
2.23 - Live Together, Die Alone
Θ September 22 2004 - The system error at the Swan station causes a strong earthshake at the Barracks. The Others, panicked, come out of their houses to witness...
3.01 - A Tale of Two Cities
Θ September 22 2004 - Flight Oceanic 815 disintegrates in mid-air while passing over the Island. The planes snaps into three parts, the middle section, the tail section and the front of the plane which land in different parts of the Island.
3.01 - A Tale of Two Cities
Θ September 22 2004 - Jack awakens in a bamboo thicket, and sees a dog (Vincent) run past. He makes his way to the beach, where the survivors of flight 815 are panicking and calling out for their loved ones. Gary Troup is killed when he is sucked into one of the engines. With Boone's help, Jack manages to resuscitate Rose and looks after Claire.
1.01 - Pilot
Θ September 22 2004 - John Locke discovers that he can use his legs again.
1.04 - Walkabout
Θ September 22 2004 - Mikhail is gathering data about every person on board of flight 815, as well as live news feeds about the disappearance of the plane.
3.16 - One of Us
Θ September 22 2004 - "Two players. Two sides. One is light, one is dark." says Locke, as he explains the rules of Backgammon to Walt.
1.02 - Pilot (2)
Θ September 26 2004 - Jack repeatedly sees his dad on the beach in the distance, wearing his burrial clothes.
1.04 - Walkabout
Θ September 26 2004 - While hunting for Boar, Locke comes face to face with the Smoke Monster, who doesn't hurt him.
1.04 - Walkabout
Θ September 27 2004 - Jack pursues an apparition of his father (Christian Shephard) into the jungle. He finds the caves and fresh water.
1.05 - White Rabbit
Θ September 28 2004 - Jack and Kate find two old corpses (Adam & Eve) in the cave.
1.06 - House of the Rising Sun
Θ September 28 2004 - Jack finds a small bag containing a black stone and a white stone on one of the corpses (Adam & Eve) found in the Caverns
4.06 - House of the Rising Sun
Θ October 03 2004 - Sayid finds a cable partly covered by sand on the shore. It seems to go from the ocean to the inland. He follows it and is captured by Danielle Rousseau.
1.09 - Solitary
Θ October 03 2004 - Sayid is captured by a trap set up in the jungle. When he wakes up, he finds out Rousseau - the Frenchwoman from the distress signal - tied him to a metallic bed.
1.09 - Solitary
Θ October 03 2004 - In a nightmare, Claire sees Locke sitting at a table with Tarot cards he tells her that she had a responsibility, gave it away and that everyone has to pay the price now. When Locke finally looks up to her, his right eye is black and his left eye white. Like Backgamon pawns. Later in that same dream, Claire finds a crib full of blood. She wakes up, hysterical, with blood on her hands, she has driven her fingernails into her palm. Her baby is still here, unharmed.
1.10 - Raised by Another
Θ October 04 2004 - Sayid escapes from Rousseau's shack and hears whispers in the jungle.
1.09 - Solitary
Θ October 07 2004 - Hurley decides it's best to get information about all the survivors. He starts a census, and gets the flight manifest from Sawyer. He eventually finds out that Evan wasn't on the plane. Claire and Charlie are kidnapped by Ethan.
1.10 - Raised by Another
Θ October 07 2004 - Charlie is hanged and left for dead by Ethan, but revived by Jack.
1.11 - All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
Θ October 07 2004 - Ethan starts "taking care of" Claire in the Staff station, using drugs to convince her he is acting in the best interest of her and her unborn baby.
Θ October 07 2004 - Boone and Locke accidentaly discover a metal plate in the jungle.
1.11 - All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
Θ October 18 2004 - Michael begins construction of the first raft. Walt runs away with Vincent. Locke helps Michael find him. They find Walt and rescue him but not before a close encounter with a polar bear.
1.14 - Special
Θ October 18 2004 - The Others prepare to perform surgery on Claire. Alex frees Claire from the Staff. Rousseau takes Claire to Locke and Boone.
Θ October 18 2004 - The tail section survivors discover the Arrow bunker. Inside they find a radio, a Bible and a glass eye.
2.07 - The Other 48 Days
Θ October 18 2004 - Ana Lucia confronts Goodwin. He claims the kidnapped children are better off and admits to killing Nathan. He states that the (kidnapped) people on the list are good people, the rest are bad people. They fight and Goodwin is killed (impaled).
2.07 - The Other 48 Days
Θ October 19 2004 - After knocking Jin unconscious, Ethan tells Charlie that he wants Claire back. He threatens to kill one survivor everyday until he gets his wish.
1.15 - Homecoming
Θ October 20 2004 - Ethan is lured into an ambush and captured. Charlie shoots him four times, killing him.
1.15 - Homecoming
Θ October 22 2004 - Sawyer returns the gun to Jack, and realizes that he met Jack's father in a Sydney bar.
Θ October 23 2004 - Walt sets fire to the raft as he does not wish to leave the Island.
Θ October 26 2004 - Hurley discovers the Numbers on Rousseau's notes. At night, he steals these notes from Sayid.
1.18 - Numbers
Θ October 30 2004 - Locke and Boone try to break the Hatch window with a crude trebuchet. Locke starts to lose the feelings in his legs.
Θ October 31 2004 - Locke dreams about a Beechcraft and a seriously injured Boone.
1.19 - Deus Ex Machina
Θ November 01 2004 - Locke and Boone find the Beechcraft that Locke saw in his dream.
1.19 - Deus Ex Machina
Θ November 01 2004 - Boone hears a voice on the radio inside the Nigerian Beachcraft. He says that he's a survivor of Flight 815, and the voice replies "We're the survivors of flight 815!" just before the plane crashes to the ground.
1.19 - Deus Ex Machina
Θ November 01 2004 - Bernard hears Boone's distress call on the tailie's radio but Ana Lucia believes Boone is one of the Others and shuts it off.
2.07 - The Other 48 Days
Θ November 01 2004 - Locke carries Boone back to the caves, tells Jack that Boone fell off a cliff, then goes to bang on the Hatch in despair.
1.19 - Deus Ex Machina
Θ November 01 2004 - Desmond contemplates suicide and discovers Penelope's letter inside his copy of Our Mutual Friend. He hears Locke banging on the Hatch and he shines a light up the shaft to investigate. The light inspires Locke, and Desmond realises the outside world hasn't been destroyed (by the system failure).
Θ November 01 2004 - Kate returns to the beach to fetch supplies, and finds Claire going into labor on her way back. With Jack occupied, she, Charlie, and Jin stay with her as she delivers Aaron Littleton.
1.20 - Do No Harm
Θ November 01 2004 - Fifth time flash, the future Locke and his party see the shaft of light from the Hatch from afar and continue on, making sure to avoid it.
Θ November 04 2004 - The raft is launched.
1.23 - Exodus (1)
Θ November 04 2004 - Locke is nearly pulled underground by the Monster, he tells his rescuers that he would have been fine should they have let him go. He tells Jack that he believes they were all brought to the Island for a reason, and that Boone's death was a sacrifice the Island demanded.
1.24 - Exodus, (2)
Θ November 04 2004 - Hurley discovers the Numbers inscribed on the the Hatch. He tries to put out the dynamite fuse, but Locke blows up the Hatch.
1.24 - Exodus (2)
Θ November 04 2004 - The Others shoot Sawyer, kidnap Walt, and destroy the raft.
1.24 - Exodus (2)
Θ November 04 2004 - Jack & Locke open the Hatch and stare down in the darkness.
1.24 - Exodus (2)
Θ November 04 2004 - Shannon pursues Vincent into the jungle. She sees Walt, soaking wet. He whispers something then disappears.
2.01 - Man of Science, Man of Faith
Θ November 04 2004 - Kate and Locke enter the Hatch. Desmond takes them captive.
Θ November 04 2004 - Jack enters the Hatch and recognizes Desmond (who is holding Locke at gunpoint).
Θ November 04 2004 - Desmond makes Locke enter numbers into the Swan computer.
Θ November 04 2004 - Michael and Sawyer float on wreckage from the raft; Jin disappears. Sawyer pulls the bullet out of his shoulder.
Θ November 05 2004 - The Swan computer is shot. Desmond is unable to repair it and runs away. Sayid fixes the Swan computer.
2.03 - Orientation
Θ November 05 2004 - Sayid fixes the Swan computer. Locke and the Jack take over entering the Numbers.
2.03 - Orientation
Θ November 05 2004 - The tail-section survivors find Jin and tie him up, but he manages to run away.
Θ November 05 2004 - Sawyer and Michael wash ashore and see Jin running from the tail-section survivors which he believes are The Others. All three are captured and put in the Tiger Pit.
Θ November 05 2004 - Eko hits Ana Lucia and dumps her into the Tiger Pit to find out who Sawyer, Michael and Jin are.
Θ November 06 2004 - Michael, Sawyer and Jin are let out by the tail survivors and are taken to the Arrow bunker.
Θ November 07 2004 - Jin and Eko hide from group of people (presumably the Others, one of them a young child carrying a teddy bear) passing by.
Θ November 07 2004 - Shannon has another vision of Walt, this time in her tent.
Θ November 07 2004 - The tail-section survivors set off to join mid-section survivors.
Θ November 27 2004 - Sayid, Jin and Sun pass the four-toed statue and reach the decoy village, where Sayid opens the door.
2.23 - Live Together, Die Alone
Θ December 11 2004 - While it is still pitch-black outside, Locke is captured by the Others and the submarine blows up before Jack and Juliet can board it to leave the island.
3.13 - The Man from Tallahassee
Θ December 19 2004 - Locke visits Jacob's cabin with Ben.
3.20 - The Man Behind The Curtain
Θ December 20 2004 - Ben takes Locke to an open grave containing the corpses of former DHARMA Initiative members. Ben shoots Locke and leaves him for dead in the grave.
3.20 - The Man Behind The Curtain
Θ December 21 2004 - Charlie disables the Looking Glass jamming equipment and receives a video-call from Penny. Mikhail detonates a grenade outside the station window. Charlie warns Desmond, "Not Penny's Boat", then drowns.
3.22 - Through The Looking Glass (1)
Θ December 24 2004 - Faraday opens up his notebook on the beach searching for a page and finally ends up on one with this text in red ink : "If anything goes wrong, Desmond Hume will be my constant"
4.05 - The Constant
Θ 2005 - Penny and Desmond have a son named Charlie.
5.03 - Jughead
Θ October 24 2005 - Ben appears in the Tunisian Sahara, having time travelled from when he moved the Island on December 30, 2004 (he is wearing the same parka and the arm wound is fresh). He is confronted by two Bedouins on horseback and plays innocent until attacking them both, killing one of them. He steals one of the horses and heads for Tozeur, Tunisia.
4.09 - The Shape of Things to Come
Θ October 25 2005 - In Tikrit, Iraq, Sayid buries Nadia and spots Ben photographing him.
4.09 - The Shape of Things to Come
Θ 2007 - Desmond meets Theresa while looking for Daniel Faraday's mother. Theresa is apparently dislodged in time, perhaps due to experiments conducted by Faraday, but she's still alive after having remained in that state a few years.
5.03 - Jughead
Θ 2007 - Jack, Kate, Sayid, Hurley, and Ben all head back to the Island on Ajira Airways flight 316 wose captain is none other than Frank J. Lapidus.
5.06 - 316
Θ 2007 - The passenger of Ajira Airways flight 316 who didn't flash off the plane like Kate, Jack and Hurley land on the smaller island where the Hydra station is located.
5.07 - The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham
Θ 2007 - Locke was dead on board flight 316, he is now alive on Island.
5.07 - The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham
Θ December 2007 - At the airport, Jack and Kate meet. Jack tries to convince her that it was a mistake for them to have ever left the Island and that they need to go back. He also comments that he has been using his golden pass from Oceanic to fly over the Pacific every weekend hoping it crashes. As Kate attempts to leave, Jack yells that they have to go back to the island.
3.22 - Through The Looking Glass
Θ December 2007 - In Los Angeles, Locke is injured in a car accident after Benjamin Linus shoots Matthew Abaddon (his driver). He is taken to Jack's hospital where he tries to get Jack to come back to the Island with him, in vain. Desperate, Locke tells Jack that his father - Christian - says Hi, from the Island.
Θ December 2007 - Jack learns in a newspaper that John Locke (under the name Jeremy Bentham) has died.
3.22 - Through The Looking Glass
Θ 2008 - After having talked to Locke, Jack books a flight to Sydney in the hopes of going back to the Island.
Θ 2008 - Ben takes Jack and Sun to church in Los Angeles, where they unexpectedly meet Desmond, and go on to discover the first Dharma station located outside of the Island, The Lamp Post. Eloise Hawking, Daniel Faraday's mother, gives them a tour of the facility, explaining that it is used to predict where the Island is going to be in Space.
5.06 - 316
Θ 2008 - Jacob's nemesis under Locke's appearance explains to Ben that all he wants is to go home.
6.01 - LA X
Θ 2008 - A dying Sayid is put underwater in the Springs for 108 seconds and drowns. Jack attempts to revive him using CPR as Kate tells him that Sayid is gone. A few minutes later, Sayid rises.
6.01 - LA X
Θ 2008 - The Smoke Monster under the appearance of Locke sees a boy in the jungle and is surprised Sawyer can also see him. He chases after him, trips. When he looks up the boy looks at him and says "You know the rules. You can't kill him.".
6.04 - The Substitute
Θ 2008 - Locke is laid to rest by Ilana, Sun, Ben and Frank at the 815 cemetary on the Island. Ben pronounces his eulogy and regrets murdering him.
6.04 - The Substitute
Θ 2008 - Desmond is thrown inside a giant electro magnetic field generator by Charles Widmore and his team after a first accidental test resulted in a worker's death.
6.11 - Happily Ever After

2000's (post-Incident)

Θ September 22 2004 - The Island is underwater in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
6.01 - LA X
Θ September 22 2004 - Desmond Hume is aboard Oceanic 815. His neighbor snores so he uses the empty seat next to Jack to read his book (Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie).
6.01 - LA X
Θ September 22 2004 - Charlie Pace nearly suffocates trying to swallow his heroin stash in the toilets. He his revived by Jack Sheppard, handcuffed and sent back to his seat to be arrested upon arrival in Los Angeles.
6.01 - LA X
Θ September 22 2004 - Flight 815 lands in LAX.
6.01 - LA X
Θ September 22 2004 - Desmond bails Charlie out of jail and while Desmond is driving him back, Charlie grabs the wheel and drives the car into the ocean. While rescuing Charlie from the sinking car, Desmond remembers when Charlie died at The Looking Glass station.
6.11 - Happily Ever After
Θ September 23 2004 - After being fired by Randy Nations for lying about his trip to Australia, John finds the wheelchair door of his van blocked by a Hummer. Annoyed he starts banging on it until its owner comes along. It's none other than Hugo Reyes, the owner of the box company.
6.04 - The Substitute

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