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LOST Characters: caught in the dreamcatcher

Above, you can see what the web of connections looks like. Here's a list of who's connected to whom.
Character Connections Flashed Back in...
Boone Carlyle Seat 9E
  • Shannon: His stepsister (1-2)
  • Sawyer: A ranting Sawyer, alleged barfighter, is being processed as Boone complains to the police about Shannon's abusive boyfriend. (1-13)
  • Eko: Eko's drug-smuggling plane was the one in which Boone incurred fatal injuries.
Reason for travel: Rescuing Shannon from abusive boyfriend.
Charlie Pace Seat 29C
  • Hurley: Charlie is squeezed in the full elevator while Hurley struggles to get to the airport. (1-24)
Reason for travel: Unsuccessfully recruiting brother and former bandmate for reunion tour. (1-7)
Claire Littleton Reason for travel: Pregnant, traveling to adoptive family waiting in L.A. (1-10)
Hugo "Hurley" Reyes Seat 20G
  • Locke: Hurley owns the Tustin, Calif., box company that employed Locke (1-18)
  • Charlie: Charlie is squeezed into the hotel elevator while Hurley struggles to get to the airport on time (1-24)
  • Locke: Randy, Locke's boss at the Tustin box company had also been Hurley's boss at Mr. Cluck (2-4)
  • Libby: Hurley and Libby were in the same psych ward at Santa Rosa. (2-18)
Reason for travel: Seeking more information on lifting the curse of the numbers.
Jack Shepard, MD Seat 23A
  • Sawyer: Sawyer shared whiskey with Jack's father in Sydney, Australia. (1-16)
  • Sun and Jin: At the airport, Sun and Jin were behind Jack in line while Jack ranted at the Oceanic desk staff. (1-5)
  • Ana Lucia: Jack and Ana Lucia flirt over drinks in the airport bar before the flight (1-23)
  • Shannon: Jack instructed another doctor to call the time of death on Shannon's father, Adam Rutherford. (2-1)
  • Ana Lucia: Ana Lucia meets Jack's father in the airport and agrees to accompany him to Australia. (2-20)
Reason for travel: Fetching father from his Australian bender, spurred by Jack outing him as an alcoholic.
Jin
  • Sun: His wife
  • Hurley: While performing a shakedown for Mr. Paik, Hurley appears on Korean TV. (1-17)
Reason for travel: Delivering watches for domineering father-in-law, attempting to flee and thus save his failing marriage.
Kate Ryan Seat 27H
  • Sayid: Sayid is on the television when she confronts her "real dad" during her life on the run. (2-9)
  • Sawyer: Kate's mother is Sawyer's waitress when he meets with partner-in-crime Gordy. (2-13)
  • Sayid: Kate's "real dad" was with Sayid in the troop transport, circa Desert Storm. (2-14)
  • Ana Lucia: Patsy Cline song on the radio while Kate drives the farmer's pickup (1-3) matches the one on the radio while Ana drives Jack's father to his presumed baby-mama's house. (2-20)
Reason for travel: A fugitive apprehended in Australia by a US federal marshall.
John Locke Seat 24D
  • Hurley: Hurley owns the Tustin, Calif., box company that employed Locke (1-18)
  • Michael: Locke is wheeled through the airport in the background while Michael tries to deal with Walt. (1-24)
  • Hurley: Randy, Locke's boss at the Tustin box company had also been Hurley's boss at Mr. Cluck (2-4)
  • Sayid: Home inspector Locke inspected home for house-buyer Nadia, who Sayid helped escape from prison...and the reason for his flight to LA (2-17)
Reason for travel: Seeking enlightenment through outback trek.
Michael Dawson
  • Walt: His son
  • Locke: Locke is wheeled through the airport in the background while Michael tries to deal with Walt. (1-24)
Reason for travel: Collecting Walt after Susan's (Walt's mother) death.
Sawyer (James Ford)
  • Jack: Sawyer shared whiskey with Jack's father in Sydney, Australia. (1-16)
  • Boone and Shannon: A ranting Sawyer, alleged barfighter, is being processed as Boone complains to the police about Shannon's abusive boyfriend. (1-13)
  • Kate: Kate's mother is Sawyer's waitress when he meets with partner-in-crime Gordy. (2-13)
  • Ana Lucia: Sawyer, on his way into the bar where he meets Jack's father, walks into the door of the car Ana's driving. (a la "I'm walkin here!") (2-20)
Reason for travel: Seeking vengeance for his parents' deaths.
Sayid Jarrah
  • Shannon: In the airport, Shannon turns airport security on Sayid after Sayid asks Shannon to watch his bag.
  • Kate: Sayid is on the television when she confronts her "real dad" during her life on the run. (2-9)
  • Kate: Kate's "real dad" was with Sayid in the troop transport, circa Desert Storm. (2-14)
  • Locke: As a home inspector, Locke inspected a house for prospective house buyer Nadia.
Reason for travel: seeking Nadia, childhood friend and dissident that he helped escape from Iraqi custody.
Shannon Rutherford Seat 9F
  • Boone: Her stepbrother
  • Sayid: In the airport, Shannon turns airport security on Sayid after Sayid asks Shannon to watch his bag.
  • Jack: Jack instructed another doctor to call the time of death on Shannon's father, Adam Rutherford. (2-1)
Reason for travel: After working with a boyfriend to swindle Boone, the boyfriend absconds with the money, leaving her bereft.
Sun
  • Jin: Her husband
  • Jack: At the airport, Sun and Jin were behind Jack in line while Jack ranted at the Oceanic desk staff. (1-5)
Reason for travel: Escape from domineering father and dying marriage.
Walt Lloyd Reason for travel: Returning to New York City with father Michael after his mother Susan's death.
Eko
  • Boone: Eko's drug-smuggling plane was the one in which Boone incurred fatal injuries.
Ana Lucia Cortez Seat 42F
  • Jack: Ana Lucia and Jack flirt over drinks in the airport bar before the flight (1-23)
  • Jack: Ana Lucia meets Jack's father in the airport and agrees to accompany him to Australia. (2-20)
  • Kate: Patsy Cline song on the radio while Kate drives the farmer's pickup (1-3) matches the one on the radio while Ana drives Jack's father to his presumed baby-mama's house. (2-20)
  • Sawyer: Sawyer, on his way into the bar where he meets Jack's father, walks into the door of the car Ana's driving. (a la "I'm walkin here!") (2-20)
Reason for travel: Acting as bodyguard for Jack's father on his trip to Australia.
Libby
  • Hurley: Hurley thinks she seems awfully familiar...
  • Hurley: Libby was in the same psych ward as Hurley (2-18)
 
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