Burying Locke
Frank and Sun walk across the sand, followed by Ilana and Ben who are carrying a make-shift stretcher with Locke inside.

"Why did you have to bring him to the statue in the first place?" Ben asks.

"Because the people there needed to see the face of what they are up against," Ilana says.

"And what's to stop what they are up against from changing his face?"

"He can't. Not anymore. He's stuck this way."

They take Locke to the old grave site on the beach and dig a hole.

They put him inside and Ilana says, "Does anybody want to say anything?" She looks around. "Didn't any of you know him?"

Ben says, "Well, alright, I knew him. John Locke was a believer, he was a man of faith, he was a much better man than I will ever be. And I'm very sorry I murdered him."

Sun and Ilana look shocked. "That's the weirdest damn funeral I've ever been to," Frank says and starts shoveling dirt on Locke.

Miracles
An alarm goes off and Locke wakes. He gets himself into his wheelchair and gets dressed. He sits in front of his mirror, looking depressed. He pulls out Jack's card and dials the number.

"Hello, Dr. Shephard's office."

Locke doesn't say anything.

"Hello? Can I help you?"

"No, no you can't." He hangs up.

Helen comes in to make the bed. "Who was that on the phone?"

"No one."

"No one? John, I just heard you talking on the phone."

"I was calling Dr. Shephard."

"Well good for you. When are you going to see him?"

"I'm not going to see him."

"I don't understand. Why wouldn't you--"

"I got fired, Helen."

The doorbell rings. She goes to the door. It's an Oceanic Courier delivering Locke's lost luggage.

Locke wheels himself into the living room.

Helen brings the luggage in. "Okay, John, talk to me. Why did you get fired?"

"I lied to Randy. I didn't go to a conference in Sydney."

"What?"

"Open the case, Helen."

She nervously goes to the case and opens it. It's full of knives. "What are these for?"

"My walkabout?"

"Your what?"

"My walkabout. An adventure in the Outback. Man against nature. But they wouldn't let me go. I sat there yelling at them, shouting at them that they couldn't tell me what I can't do. But they were right. I'm sick of imagining what my life would be outside of this chair, Helen. What it would be to walk down the aisle with you. It's not going to happen. So if you need me to see more doctors and have more consults, if you need me to get out of this chair, then I don't blame you. But I don't want you to spend your life waiting for a miracle, Helen, because there is no such thing."

She crouches down next to him. "There are miracles, John. And the only thing that I was ever waiting for was you." She rips up Jack's card and kisses Locke.

Inside Joke
Sawyer follows Man in Locke to a cliff above the ocean. There is a ladder leading down. "Nice view," Sawyer says. "Now what?"

"Now we go down."

"Down where?"

"Down there."

"No offence, but you already died. So it's great that this is not a big deal for you. But if you think I'm climbing down there first you are off your damned nut."

"It's not a problem. I'll go first." He starts to climb down.

Sawyer reluctantly follows. Man in Locke goes down a ways then transfers to a rope ladder.

Sawyer gets to the bottom of the bamboo ladder and breaks the step, almost falling. He gets over to a rope ladder, but it breaks from the top and falls. Sawyer is still holding the ladder, which catches on the cliff. Locke yells for him and grabs him. They get down to the bottom and go into a cave.

Inside, there is a scale that is balanced with one black rock and one white rock.

"What is this place?" Sawyer asks.

Man in Locke picks up the white rock and throws it into the ocean.

"What the hell is that all about?" Sawyer says.

"Inside joke."

"So this is what you wanted me to see? A hole in the cliff with some rocks on a scale? That's why I'm here?"

Man in Locke lights a torch. "No."

He goes through a cavern and Sawyer follows. "That's why you're here." He hands Sawyer the torch. "That, James, is why you're all here."

Sawyer holds the torch up to see names written on the cave walls and ceiling. Some are crossed off.

Ben Linus, European History
Locke is at a school, teaching a P.E. class. Then he's in a classroom. "Alright, everyone. Please open your textbooks to chapter four. Today we are going to talk about," he opens the book, "the human reproductive system."

Outside, he asks where the teacher's lounge is and goes inside. Ben is there and says, "Alright, I know I sound like a broken record, but how many times do we have to go over this? If you have the last cup of coffee, you remove the filter and throw it away. Fear not, I will make a fresh pot."

Locke says, "Actually I was just hoping for a little Earl Grey."

"Tea?" Ben looks at Locke. "Now there's a gentlemen's drink. I don't believe we've met." He extends his hand to Locke. "Ben Linus, European history."

"John Locke, substitute."

"Well, welcome."