Follow the Leader

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Follow the Leader
Season	5
Episode number	15
Airdate(s)	May 6, 2009
Centric	Richard
Writer	Paul Zbyszewski & Elizabeth Sarnoff
Director	Stephen Williams
Guests	Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert Kevin Chapman as Mitch Alice Evans as Eloise Hawking Patrick Fischler as Phil Doug Hutchison as Horace Goodspeed Eric Lange as Stuart Radzinsky David S. Lee as Charles Widmore
Co-stars	Elisabeth Blake as Vanessa Victoria Goring as Charlotte's Mom Maya Henssens as Young Charlotte Leslie Ishii as Lara William Makozak as Captain Bird Sebastian Siegel as Erik
Uncredited	Francois Chau as Pierre Chang
Transcript	Follow the Leader transcript

"Follow the Leader" is the fifteenth episode of Season 5 of Lost and the 101st produced hour of the series as a whole. After the death of Daniel in 1977, Jack and Kate work with Eloise and Richard to follow through with Daniel's plan to detonate the hydrogen bomb. In present time, Locke finally takes his place as leader of the Others and begins his new mission, with Richard's help. It was originally broadcast on May 6, 2009.

Trivia

Production notes

• Desmond does not appear in this episode.
• For the second episode in a row, a scene from the season premiere is shown in a different context.

Recurring themes

• Sawyer calls a crewman of the Galaga "Nemo".(Nicknames)
• Kate tells Richard that she and Jack are not bad people. (Good and bad)
• Sayid kills Erik to keep him from killing Kate. (Life and Death)
• Locke states that his reason for wanting to visit Jacob is in order to kill him. (Life and Death)
• Jack tells Kate that it is their destiny to prevent the Swan Incident. (Fate versus Free Will)
• Richard tells Sun that he remembers seeing Jin, Kate and the others in 1977, because he watched them die. (Life and Death)

• There were neither flashbacks nor flashforwards in this episode. (Flashbacks) (Flashforwards)

Cultural references

• 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea: Sawyer calls one of the Galaga crewmen Nemo. Nemo is the Captain of the submarine Nautilus in this book by Jules Verne. (books)

Episode references

• Pierre asks Hurley the questions Hurley asked Sawyer while trying to deduce what time Hurley was from. ("Namaste")
• Kate and Juliet are handcuffed together again. ("Left Behind")
• We see the events at the Beechcraft from a different perspective. ("Because You Left")
• Jack tells Sayid that Eloise Hawking will help them to find the Island in the future. ("316")
• Ben's murder of Locke is spoken of and alluded to in this episode. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
• Sun shows Richard the photo given to her by Christian Shephard. ("Namaste")
• Dr. Chang asks Hurley the name of the president in 1977. ("Namaste")
• Sayid believes that he has killed Benjamin Linus. ("He's Our You")
• Dr. Chang and Miles acknowledge their relationship as father and son. ("Some Like It Hoth")
• The aftermath of Daniel's shooting is shown. ("The Variable")
• Pierre Chang asks Miles, Hurley, and Jin whether or not Faraday was right about being from the future. ("The Variable")
• Eloise Hawking says, "All right, let's get started" just like she tells Ben, Jack, Sun and Desmond above The Lamp Post. ("This Place Is Death") ("316")

Unanswered questions

Unanswered questions
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Follow the Leader/Theories

• Why does Locke want to kill Jacob?
  • How does he intend to do so?
• Why is Richard hesitant to bring Locke to Jacob? What does he want to tell him about Jacob?
• How did the island tell Locke exactly when to find himself at the Beechcraft?
• Where did the compass come from?

External links

• Press Release