"
Happily Ever After" is the eleventh television episode of the
American Broadcasting Company's
sixth season of the serial drama television series
Lost and 114th episode overall. The episode aired on April 6, 2010 on ABC in the United States.
Plot
2007
Desmond Hume (
Henry Ian Cusick) undergoes
Charles Widmore's experiment and interacts with his "flash-sideways" counterpart where Desmond,
Charlie Pace (
Dominic Monaghan), and
Daniel Widmore (
Jeremy Davies) experience visions of their actual-universe counterparts.
2004
Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick) arrives in Los Angeles at the behest of his employer, Charles Widmore (Alan Dale). Charles informs Desmond that his son Daniel Widmore (Jeremy Davies), a classical musician, has invited the rock band Driveshaft to perform alongside him that evening. The band's bass guitarist, Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan), has been arrested for possessing drugs, and Charles requires Desmond to collect and deliver him to Daniel's event. Upon their meeting, Charlie tells Desmond that he recently almost died after swallowing a bag of heroin (As seen in "LA X"), and in his near-death state experienced an intense, blissful vision in which he was with a blonde woman. He causes Desmond to crash his car into a nearby marina, and while Desmond attempts to rescue Charlie from the water, he too experiences a vision, seeing Charlie drowning with the words "Not Penny's Boat" written on his palm. The two are taken to a hospital, where Desmond has a short series of visions of Penny (Sonya Walger), a stranger to him.
After discharging himself from the hospital, Desmond apologizes to Charles' wife Eloise Widmore (Fionnula Flanagan) for being unable to ensure the attendance of Driveshaft. Nearby employees are discussing the guest-list for Daniel's concert, and Desmond hears the name Penny mentioned. Eloise refuses to let him see the list, and warns him off of pursuing his inquiries. As Desmond prepares to leave, he is stopped by Daniel, who tells him that he recently saw a red-haired woman in a local museum that he strongly felt he already knew and loved. Daniel states that after the encounter, he made a series of notes in his journal which a mathematician friend has identified as quantum physics, a topic he knows nothing about. He hypothesises that the world as he and Desmond are experiencing it is the aftermath of a nuclear explosion which has altered their realities. Daniel informs Desmond that Penny is his half-sister, and tells him where he can find her. Desmond locates Penny running the steps of an athletics stadium, and introduces himself. He briefly falls unconscious, and during this point he awakens back on the Island; afterward he recovers and asks Penny out for coffee, an invitation which she accepts. As his driver George Minkowski (Fisher Stevens) takes him to their meeting point, Desmond asks him to acquire the flight manifest for Oceanic 815, the flight which brought him to Los Angeles.
2007
After being shot by Ben Linus (Michael Emerson) in the episode "Dead Is Dead", Desmond awakens to discover that Charles has brought him back to the Island. Desmond attacks Charles, who tells him the Island is not done with him, and that unless Desmond helps him, everyone he loves will be gone forever. He has his team prepare an electro-magnetic test, which kills a team member in the path of the toroids as they set up. Desmond is bound to a chair and locked in with the toroids as the test is run. He falls unconscious for a few seconds and awakens calm, agreeing to help Charles. As Charles' team lead Desmond away, they are ambushed by Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews), who takes a willing Desmond away with him.
