Desmond flashes before your eyes series#

Then, Desmond sees Claire and Aaron being lifted onto a helicopter that lifts off the island, suggesting that Charlie's actions make their rescue possible.

Charlie flips a switch next to a yellow light, then drowns in the room. The Looking Glass/Rescue: Desmond sees Charlie in an underwater station. Then a fast still image of Penny on the Island. Then the two legs of the parachutist hanging in the air and the helmeted upper body of the parachutist. After, it shows Jin, Charlie and Hurley holding a parachute on the ground. It next shifts to someone looking at the photo of Desmond and Penny. Then we see the helicopter in the distance at night over the ocean. The flash then shifts to the beach and a reverse of the cable being lifted out of the sand by Hurley appears. As he dies, Desmond tells him he is sorry. Desmond warns Jin not to try and remove it, and Charlie dies on the spot. After stepping on a Rousseau-style booby trap, Charlie is shot in the throat with an arrow. The flash begins showing Desmond, Jin, Charlie and Hurley trekking through the jungle in the rain. (' Par Avion')įinding the Parachutist/Arrow to the Throat: For the first time, we actually see one of Desmond's future flashes. (' Flashes Before Your Eyes')Ĭharlie slammed against the rocks: Desmond tells Claire that if Charlie had gone to catch a gull with her, he would have fallen into the water and been slammed into the rocks by the ocean current. This flash marked Desmond's second successful attempt to change the future as he saw it. Desmond instead ran for the ocean, and saved Claire himself.

(' Every Man for Himself')Ĭharlie drowns: Desmond again predicted Charlie's death when he saw Claire drowning in the ocean, and Charlie running to save her, only for Charlie to drown soon after. This flash marked Desmond's first successful attempt to change the future as he saw it. In an attempt to save his life, Desmond built a lightning rod that saved his life. Lightning strike on Charlie: Desmond saw a lightning bolt would strike and kill Charlie. Locke's speech: After the Swan's implosion, Desmond encountered Hurley in the jungle and told him about a speech that Locke made, in which he said he was going to get Jack, Kate and Sawyer back to camp. (' Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1'), (' Flashes Before Your Eyes') Hawking, a lady who seemed to know that Desmond is reliving this day and his future on the Island. Afterward, he relived one day from his past.

Desmond flashes before your eyes series#

Desmond states he began having flashes after turning the fail safe key.Ī day from his past: After turning the fail safe key, Desmond saw a series of images. These flashes show the future, although the event that was shown can be postponed to a later time. Desmond's flashes are events that flash before Desmond's eyes.