Sarah's spine was severely crushed, and Jack told her she would never walk again. He briefly touched Jack's hand and said, "Maybe all it needed was a little push." (" The Incident, Part 2")Īt some point, Jack began flying lessons, but chose not to continue because "it wasn't for me." (" Pilot, Part 1")Īt 8: 15 AM on an unknown date in 2001, two victims of a head-on collision came to Jack's hospital, and Jack operated on the woman, Sarah, at the older man's expense. As he started to walk away, a man approached him and offered a trapped Apollo Candy Bar Jack had tried to order. Later, Jack told Christian that he resented being "put in a time-out" in front of his team. Jack reluctantly listened, and he was able to fix his mistake and complete the surgery. Christian told him to count to five and let the fear in, or else he would operate himself. Another time, Jack accidentally nicked a patient's dural sac and panicked. (" A Tale of Two Cities") (" All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues") During his residency, he once met a crash victim who couldn't speak but who could write ( "The Package"). Jack attended Columbia University and graduated a year early from UCLA medical school then began working with his father at St. (" White Rabbit") Medical career Ī man hands Jack the candy bar which was stuck in the machine. Hearing what happened, his father told him over a glass of whiskey to avoid being a hero, because he didn't have what it took to cope with failing. Even as a child, Jack had a strong sense of right and wrong he once got beaten by a teenage bully after trying to defend his friend Marc Silverman. He was also, through his father, the half-brother of fellow Oceanic Flight 815 survivor Claire Littleton, thus making him the half-uncle of Claire's son Aaron. Jack Shephard was born on December 3rd, 1969 to Dr. Eventually, though, he remembered everything and after seeing his father again, he was able to "let go", reuniting with Kate and his friends, to finally move on in the church. His stubbornness returned, and unlike his friends, he resisted remembering his life, even after experiencing flashes. His personality mixed science and faith, but he again felt the compulsion to fix others. Post-death, he imagined a son and an ex-wife to come to terms with his bad relationships. He then sacrificed himself to relight the Heart, saving the Island from destruction. He chose to become the Island's new protector and was almost killed by the Man in Black, but with Kate's help, he killed him before he could leave the Island. He also ceded decision-making to Sawyer, overcoming his control issues. But after discovering he was a candidate to replace Jacob as Protector of the island, he gained confidence and decided to stay on the island. The attempt failed, sending Jack to a new low. He then found himself in the past, where he tried to reset his own life and the lives of the others and prevent the crash of Oceanic 815. Yet he gained new faith, and he led the survivors back to the island, believing it was his destiny. Off-island, he laid his father to rest and proposed to Kate, but visits from John Locke and the ghost of his father sent him towards depression and substance abuse. Though he tried to repress his guilt, at times he would resort to physical or emotional outbursts.Īfter suffering a kidnapping and almost negotiating his own rescue, Jack escaped the Island with five other survivors. Problems arose that Jack could not fix despite his obsession and self-sacrifice. His rationality, so useful when solving problems, prevented him from accepting the Island's mystic properties and caused friction with "man of faith" John Locke. Jack and Sawyer's shared romantic interest in Kate sparked a jealous rivalry between them for her affections. Jack developed romantic relationships with Kate and later Juliet. On the Island, though, the survivors sought his guidance during many crises and missions, and he united them until they cooperated and formed a society. Before the crash, his obsessive personality wrecked his marriage and his relationship with his father. Jack Shephard, M.D., was an American spinal surgeon and the plane crash survivors' de facto leader. For other uses of "Jack", see Jack (disambiguation).ĭr. David Shephard - Son (Flash sideways) "Jack" redirects here.
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