All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues

"All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues"
Lost episode
Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan) hanging from a tree by his neck. Monaghan had to be harnessed to a cable for up to five hours during the shoot. Jack's later attempts to revive Charlie was commended by critics.
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 11
Directed by	Stephen Williams
Written by	Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Production code	109
Original air date	December 8, 2004
Guest appearance(s)
William Mapother as Ethan Rom John Terry as Christian Shephard Michael Adamshick as Anesthesiologist Jackie Maraya as Andrea Matt Moore as Husband Mark Stitham as Head doctor
Episode chronology
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William Mapother as Ethan Rom
John Terry as Christian Shephard
Michael Adamshick as Anesthesiologist
Jackie Maraya as Andrea
Matt Moore as Husband
Mark Stitham as Head doctor

"All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" is the eleventh episode of the American drama series first season of Lost. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams and written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach. It first aired on December 8, 2004, on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). In the episode, flashbacks reveal Jack Shephard being responsible for his father's dismissal from a hospital after performing surgery while drunk. In the present, Jack and a team go searching for two fellow plane crash survivors after they are kidnapped by somebody who was not listed in the passenger manifest.

The flashbacks were inspired by Grillo-Marxuach's background as the son of a doctor, and the episode in general went through several changes in the writing stage, one of them being the creation of two new characters who help look for the missing survivors, who were then scrapped in favor of including regular character Boone Carlyle. "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" was watched by 18.88 million Americans and was met with positive reviews from critics, with several reviewers commending the scene in which Jack saves Charlie Pace.

Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) operates on a woman who flatlines, and despite his attempts to revive her, his father Christian Shephard (John Terry) forces him to stop and call the time of death. It is later revealed that it was actually Christian's operation; Jack was called in by a nurse after it becomes apparent that his father was performing the surgery under the influence of alcohol. Christian attempts to cover this up by making Jack sign a form detailing the surgery, albeit with his inebriation omitted from the report, stating that the hospital will revoke his medical license if alcohol is mentioned.