Jack Shephard

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Matthew Fox
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Jack Shephard Quotes

	Season 5 / Episode 11: - Whatever Happened, Happened Jack Shephard: No, I'm not coming with you. James 'Sawyer' Ford: If you don't come with me, Jack, that kid's gonna die. Jack Shephard: Then he dies.
	Season 5 / Episode 11: - Whatever Happened, Happened Juliet Burke: It's up to Sawyer and Kate now. They actually care. Jack Shephard: I came back here because I care Juliet. Juliet Burke: You came back here for you. Jack Shephard: I came back because I was supposed to.
	Season 5 / Episode 6: - 316 Jack Shephard: How can you read? Ben Linus: My mother taught me. I can read, Jack, because it beats what you're doing. Jack Shephard: What's that? Ben Linus: Waiting for something to happen. Jack Shephard: And what is gonna happen? Ben Linus: You tell me, Jack. You're the one that got to stay after school with Ms. Hawking.
	Season 5 / Episode 6: - 316 Jack Shephard: This is ridiculous. Eloise Hawking: Oh, stop thinking how ridiculous it is, and start asking yourself, whether or not, you believe it's going to work. That's why it is called "leap of faith", Jack.
	Season 5 / Episode 6: - 316 Ben Linus: Thomas the Apostle. When Jesus wanted to return to Judea, knowing that he would probably be murdered there, Thomas said to the others, "Let us also go there and we might die with him." But Thomas was not remembered for this bravery. His claim to fame came later when he refuses to acknowledge the resurrection. He just couldn't wrap his mind around it. The story goes that he needed to touch Jesus wounds to be convinced. Jack Shephard: So was he? Ben Linus: Of course he was. We are all convinced sooner or later, Jack.
	Season 5 / Episode 6: - 316 Jack Shephard: It's pretty crazy, huh? Kate Austen: Which part? Jack Shephard: Hurley, Sayid, Ben... on the same plane. How did they end up here? Kate Austen: They bought a ticket. Jack Shephard: You don't think it means something that somehow we're all packed together? Kate Austen: We are on the same plane, Jack, doesn't make us together.
	Season 5 / Episode 6: - 316 Jack Shephard: And the other people on this plane, what's gonna happen to them? Ben Linus: Who cares?
	Season 5 / Episode 6: - 316 Jack Shephard: [to Eloise about Ben] Is he telling the truth? Eloise Hawking: [Chuckling] Probably not.
	Season 5 / Episode 4: - The Little Prince Jack Shephard: Hey. Kate Austen: Oh, you don't have to whisper. When he's out, he's out.
	Season 5 / Episode 4: - The Little Prince Jack Shephard: [on the phone] Hurley, where are you? Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes: [on the phone] Dude, I'm totally cool. I'm in L.A. County Lock Up. Oh, and tell Sayid I did exactly what he said. I'm totally safe. Ben's never gonna get me now.
	Season 5 / Episode 4: - The Little Prince Jack Shephard: Kate, if we're going to be safe, if we're going to protect the people that we left behind, tomorrow morning I'm going to have to convince everyone to lie. If it's just me they're never going to go for it. So I'm going to turn to you first. Are you with me? Kate Austen: I have always been with you.
	Season 5 / Episode 2: - The Lie Ben Linus: Are you looking for your pills Jack? I flushed them down the toilet. Jack Shephard: Thank you. I was just going to do that myself. Ben Linus: Yeah, I figured you were. Jack Shephard: Going somewhere? Ben Linus: I'm checking out. Jack Shephard: Where are we going? Ben Linus: You're going home. Go find yourself a suitcase, if there's anything in this life you want, pack it in there. Because you're never coming back. Jack Shephard: Good. Ben Linus: Good. I'll pick you up in six hours. Jack Shephard: And where will you be going? Ben Linus: John's casket is outside in a carpet van. I need to move it somewhere safe. Jack Shephard: Safe? He's dead, isn't he? Ben Linus: I'll see you in six hours, Jack.
	Season 4 / Episode 13: - There's No Place Like Home (2) Jack Shephard: He told me... that after I left the island, some very bad things happened. And he told me that it was my fault for leaving. And he said that I had to come back. Ben Linus: Yes, I heard that you've been flying on passenger planes. Hoping that you'd crash. It's dark, Jack, very dark. Jack Shephard: Why are you here? Ben Linus: I'm here to tell you that the island won't let you come alone. All of you have to go back.
	Season 4 / Episode 13: - There's No Place Like Home (2) Jack Shephard: We're gonna have to lie. Sayid Jarrah: Lie about what? Jack Shephard: Everything. All of it. Every moment since we crashed on the island.
	Season 4 / Episode 13: - There's No Place Like Home (2) Frank Lapidus: Where's the island? Where's the island? Where the hell's the island? Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes: It's gone. Frank Lapidus: Where the hell am I gonna land this thing? Jack Shephard: There's another smaller island close by they took us to. Frank Lapidus: I got news for you, doc. There's nothing but water in every direction.
	Season 4 / Episode 6: - The Other Woman Jack Shephard: You people had a therapist? Juliet Burke: It's very stressful being an Other, Jack.
	Season 4 / Episode 3: - The Economist Kate Austen: Kind of stinks, huh? Jack Shephard: What that? Kate Austen: Being told not to come along. Now you know what it’s like to be me. Jack Shephard: Does that mean I should wait 20 minutes and go anyway? Kate Austen: Touche.
	Season 4 / Episode 3: - The Economist Frank Lapidus: This guy Sayid, where’s he from? Jack Shephard: Iraq. Frank Lapidus: Iraq? So he is just going to go and work everything out. What was he, a diplomat? Jack Shephard: No. He was a torturer.
	Season 4 / Episode 3: - The Economist Jack Shephard: You should go with them, Kate. Kate Austen: Are you serious? Jack Shephard: Yeah. Kate Austen: What, don't you trust Sayid? Jack Shephard: I don't trust Locke. Kate Austen: So what's preventing him from doing to me what he did to Naomi? Jack Shephard: Sawyer won't let him.
	Season 4 / Episode 3: - The Economist Sayid Jarrah: You're not the best candidate for this kind of mission. Jack Shephard: What kind of mission is that? Sayid Jarrah: I'm going to make Locke give me Charlotte. And I'm going to do it without any bloodshed. Jack Shephard: As opposed to the way I'd do it. Sayid Jarrah: Last time you encountered him, you put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. That's not good diplomacy.
	Season 4 / Episode 3: - The Economist Jack Shephard: Did the Red Socks really win the series. Frank Lapidus: Hey. Don't get me started on that. Alright. My dad was from the Bronx. I bleed Yankee blue.
	Season 4 / Episode 2: - Confirmed Dead Miles: How stupid do you think I am? Jack Shephard: I don't know, Miles. How stupid are you?
	Season 4 / Episode 2: - Confirmed Dead Daniel Faraday: Rescuing you and your people... I can't really say is our primary objective. Jack Shephard: Then what is?
	Season 4 / Episode 2: - Confirmed Dead Jack Shephard: Why don't you put the guns down? Miles Straume: And why would I do that? Jack Shephard: Because our friends are out in the jungle with a gun pointed at your head, and his head! Miles Straume: How stupid do you think I am? [shots ring out and Juliet and Sayid emerge from the jungle with guns drawn] Jack Shephard: I don't know Miles, how stupid are you?
	Season 4 / Episode 1: - The Beginning of the End Jack Shephard: Where is it? Benjamin Linus: Okay, I probably should have told you that I saw her take the phone, but you beat me up, Jack. I owed you one. Jack Shephard: What are you talking about? Benjamin Linus: Kate took it when she hugged you... She found the right trail too, but you wouldn't listen to her, so I guess she's taken matters into her own hands. But look on the bright side - at least somebody around here knows what the hell they're doing.
	Season 4 / Episode 1: - The Beginning of the End Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes: I don't think we did the right thing, Jack. I think it wants us to come back! Jack Shephard: Hurley. Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes: And it's going to do everything it can... Jack Shephard: We're never going back! Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes: Never say never, dude...
	Season 3 / Episode 22: - Through The Looking Glass (1) Jack Shephard: Every Friday night I, I fly from LA to Tokyo or, Singapore, Sydney. And then I, I get off and I, have a drink, and then I fly home. Kate Austen: Why? Jack Shephard: Because I wanted to crash, Kate. I don't care about anybody else on board. Every little bump we hit or turbulence, I mean I, I actually close my eyes and I pray that I can get back. Kate Austen: This is not gonna change. Jack Shephard: No, I'm sick of lying. We made a mistake. Kate Austen: I have to go. He's gonna be wondering where I am... Jack Shephard: We were not supposed to leave. Kate Austen: Yes, we were. [pause] Goodbye Jack. Jack Shephard: We have to go back, Kate. Jack Shephard: We have to go back!
	Season 3 / Episode 22: - Through The Looking Glass (1) Kate Austen: What happened? Jack Shephard: He killed them. Bernard, Jin, Sayid, all three of them. He radioed the beach and I let it happen - I had to let it happen. We can't tell Rose or Sun, not yet. We've got to keep moving. I promised Sayid we'd keep moving. Kate Austen: Why did you bring him back? Why didn't you just kill him? Jack Shephard: Because I want him to see it. I want him to experience the moment we get off this island and I want him to know that he failed. And then I'll kill him.
	Season 3 / Episode 22: - Through The Looking Glass (1) Kate Austen: It's gonna work! It's happening, we're gonna get off of this island! Jack Shephard: We'll celebrate when we're home.
	Season 3 / Episode 22: - Through The Looking Glass (1) Ben Linus: Jack! I know you think you're saving your people. But you need to stop this. It's a mistake. Jack Shephard: The mistake was listening to you. Ben Linus: This'll be your last chance, Jack. I'm telling you, making that call is the beginning of the end. Naomi Dorrit: I've got it, I've got a signal! Ben Linus: Jack please, you don't know what you're doing! Jack Shephard: I know exactly what I'm doing.

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