ACT FIVE

               EXT. THE VALLEY - DAY

               Same as before, except Jack re-enters the valley carrying the
               WATERLOGGED PURSE to see --

               Boone, Sayid, Shannon, and Locke enter from the jungle path. 
               Sayid can barely walk.

               Jack DROPS THE PURSE, rushes over to Sayid.

                                   JACK
                         Set him down.

               The other three put Sayid into a seated position.

               Jack inspects the wounds.

                                   JACK (CONT'D)
                         Lacerations, abrasions --

               Jack pulls open Sayid's left eye, then the right --

                                   JACK (CONT'D)
                         -- got yourself hurt pretty bad.

               A moment's thought.  Then Jack takes off Sayid's shoes.

               Shannon looks askance at this.

                                   JACK (CONT'D)
                         Wiggle your toes.

               Wiggle, wiggle.

               This has Locke's attention.

                                   JACK (CONT'D)
                         What happened?

                                   SHANNON
                         It was the monster.

                                   BOONE
                         You said it was an accident!

                                   SHANNON
                         Well, it was!

               Okay, now this has Locke's undivided attention.

                                   LOCKE
                         Remember anything?

               Sayid dispiritedly shakes his head 'no'.

                                   JACK
                         I'll be back.  Don't move.
                             (to Boone and Locke)
                         You two -- with me.

               They all head to Jack's cave, leaving Sayid and Shannon
               alone.  Sayid looks thoughtful.

                                   SAYID
                         You moved me into the cave.  When
                         the monster attacked.

                                   SHANNON
                         Yeah.

                                   SAYID
                         You saved my life.

               Shannon plays it 'aw shucks' --

                                   SHANNON
                         I couldn't just let you die.

               She smiles, starts to walk away -- 

                                   SAYID
                         Who is 'Verona'?

               Sayid watches her reaction closely.

                                   SHANNON
                         It's not a 'who', it's a beach --

               Then she gets it.

               Sayid heard everything.

                                   SAYID
                         I could hear.
                             (haunted)
                         I couldn't move.

               Shannon is pissed.  Off.  Angry that Sayid was lying to her. 
               Ashamed that she was so mean to him.  The best she can manage
               to say is --

                                   SHANNON
                         I was just really scared!

               -- and STORMS OFF.

               Sayid watches her go, not quite sure what to make of this
               girl --

                                   SAYID
                             (quietly)
                         But you didn't run.

                                   SHANNON (O.S., FILTERED)
                         Boone.  Listen.

               INTERCUT EXT. FRENCH STREET - NIGHT/INT. RUTHERFORD
               HOUSE/ATTIC - DAY - FLASHBACK

               Shannon stands outside the little house on the French street,
               her cell phone to her ear.  At night it looks peaceful.  The
               lights shine through the windows of Nicole's house.

               Boone paces in the attic we saw in act one, holding his cell
               phone. 

               The attic is BARE.  The boxes and boxes and boxes are GONE. 
               Emptied out, the attic looks eerie and full of shadows.  

                                   BOONE
                         Where are you?

                                   SHANNON
                         There's a will.  A will where dad
                         left a bunch of stuff to mom.

                                   BOONE
                         So?

                                   SHANNON
                         My mom.

                                   BOONE
                         Shannon --

                                   SHANNON
                         Look, we --

                                   BOONE
                         Shannon, I know about the will.

                                   SHANNON
                         You do?

                                   BOONE
                         I burned it.

                                   SHANNON
                         What?!  WHY?!

                                   BOONE
                         You don't want to know.

                                   SHANNON
                         What the hell do you --

                                   BOONE
                         You really don't want to know.

                                   SHANNON 
                         If you don't tell me --

                                   BOONE
                         She was a junkie, all right?!

               Boone regrets saying that.

                                   SHANNON
                         You knew?!

                                   BOONE
                         You knew?!

               Boone sighs.

                                   BOONE (CONT'D)
                         And mom cleared out the attic.

                                   SHANNON
                         Oh, god.

                                   BOONE
                         Shannon.  Where are you?  You have
                         to come home.

               Shannon looks into the window, where Nicole is happily
               serving dinner to her daughter.  It's like her own past,
               somehow made right.

                                   SHANNON
                         No, Boone.

               She turns off the cell phone.

                                   SHANNON (CONT'D)
                         No, I don't.

               INT. RUTHERFORD HOUSE/ATTIC - NIGHT - FLASHBACK

               Boone throws the cell phone off into the darkness.

                                   BOONE
                         Dammit!

               Boone sighs, walks over to the alcove, sits.

               Notices the Walkman.

               INT. RUTHERFORD HOUSE/ATTIC ALCOVE - NIGHT - A FEW MINUTES
               LATER - FLASHBACK

               Puts on the headphones, hits play, and now we hear it:

               NICOLE SINGS GENTLY --

                                   NICOLE (V.O., FILTERED)
                         Catch a falling star and put it in
                         your pocket, 
                         Never let it fade away! 
                         Catch a falling star and put it in
                         your pocket, 
                         Save it for a rainy day! 

               Boone listens, but has no idea what he's listening to.

               THE MUSIC CROSSFADES TO AN INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF THE SAME
               SONG (WHICH IS THE SOLE AUDIO FOR THE REST OF THE EPISODE),
               and we --

                                                                CUT TO:

               EXT. VALLEY - DAY - PRESENT DAY

               Shannon sits by herself, drinking a bottle of water and
               hugging her knees.  

               Boone COMES BY, apologetic; Shannon GLARES DAGGERS at him and
               he WALKS AWAY.  

               From a distance, Sayid WATCHES ALL OF THIS contemplatively.

               OUTSIDE CLAIRE'S CAVE

               Charlie plays a song for Claire.  He really gets into it;
               Claire laughs.  

               Nearby, HURLEY SLEEPS SOUNDLY.

               EXT. BEACH - DAY

               Rose WATCHES THE OCEAN.  

               Jack EMERGES FROM THE JUNGLE and HANDS ROSE HER WATERLOGGED
               PURSE:  a peace offering.  

               He SITS BESIDE HER.  

               They WATCH THE WAVES.  

               From a distance, KATE EYES JACK SUSPICIOUSLY.

               EXT. ISOLATED BEACH - DAY

               An UNSEEN FIGURE casts the walkie-talkies into the sea.



                                   END OF EPISODE