Deus Ex Machina (Lost)
| "Deus Ex Machina" | |
|---|---|
| Lost episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 19 |
| Directed by | Robert Mandel |
| Written by |
Carlton Cuse Damon Lindelof |
| Production code | 117 |
| Original air date | March 30, 2005 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
|
Swoosie Kurtz as Emily Locke |
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Swoosie Kurtz as Emily Locke
Kevin Tighe as Anthony Cooper
Lawrence A. Mandley as Frainey
Julie Ow as Nurse
Tyler Burns Laudowicz as Kid
"Deus Ex Machina" (from Latin, meaning "god from the machine") is the 19th episode of the first season of Lost. The episode was directed by Robert Mandel and written by Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof. It first aired on March 30, 2005, on ABC. The character of John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) is featured in the episode's flashbacks.
In flashbacks, a younger Locke meets a mysterious woman (Swoosie Kurtz) in the discount superstore in which he works. After an initial meeting, Locke later notices the same woman watching him in the store's parking lot. He chases after her to confront her and she explains that she is his birth mother, Emily Locke. Locke asks about his father and Emily claims that Locke doesn’t have a father because he was immaculately conceived. Undeterred, Locke hires a private investigator who finds Locke's father, Anthony Cooper (Kevin Tighe). When Locke visits his father's affluent home he is welcomed with open arms. Locke forms a strong relationship with his father, who now frequently takes him hunting. One day Locke arrives at the home early and discovers his father receiving dialysis treatment. Eventually Locke offers one of his kidneys to save his father. After the surgery, Locke wakes up in the hospital to find that his father has discharged himself home for private care and abandoned him. Emily arrives to explain that when Anthony realized he needed a kidney, he tracked down their son and paid her to make contact with him, presumably for the sole purpose of getting the transplant. Devastated, Locke pulls himself out of the hospital bed and drives to his father's home, but is regretfully turned away by the gate guard, with whom he has become friendly. As he drives away, Locke breaks down over the betrayal.
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