Boone has just finished a quaint game of tennis with who appears to be a lady friend of his when he receives a call from a hysterical Shannon pleading for help and telling him that she is in Sydney, Australia. Obviously Boone hops on a plane to help Shannon out since he cares so deeply for her. When he arrives Shannon appears to have forgotten the phone call they shared, until that is, she brushes her hair from head while her boyfriend isn't looking and a large bruise becomes visible.
Boone tries to report the incident, but the police are of no use, so he tries to take matters into his own hands but attempting to pay off Shannon's boyfriend into leaving her alone. Her boyfriend is a total jerk about it and claims that his love for her is worth "at least 50,000". He is disgusting. Boone goes to see Shannon and tell her that he is taking her away from her abusive boyfriend, but before he can, the plan is unveiled. Shannon and her boyfriend were setting this whole thing up. In fact, Shannon had done this before. She has been tricking Boone out of his money. Naturally, he is irate. He finds a hotel to stay at before he can find a flight so he can get away from Shannon, but that doesn't work so well. She comes running back to him, sobbing about how her boyfriend ran off with the money. (The player got played.) She brings the conversation to a different topic. She claims to know of Boone's love for her, and they end up having sex. I suppose it is important to remember that they are step siblings.
So now that we have a little more information about their relationship, we can get into the part where Locke ties Boone up and tells him that he will be able to break free when he has the proper motivation. The motivation ends up being a distressed scream from Shannon in the distance, followed by what can only be described as the stomping of a large animal of sorts. He rushes out to find her but he isn't able to save her in the end. He finds her bleeding out near a river and cries as she dies in her arms. He immediately goes to Locke and begins to scream at him, telling Locke that it's his fault that Shannon is dead. Locke informs him that the whole thing was a hallucination and Boone realizes he felt relieved when Shannon "died".
In some other, minor news, Sun's secret English is revealed to Kate. Kate doesn't understand why Sun keeps it from her husband, but Sun responds with, "Haven't you ever lied to the man you love?" Sayid realizes that something else is strange about the island. The compasses are showing North as several degrees away from what is should actually be. Hurley and Gin bond of some fishing even though they are hindered in the form of verbal communication.
What do you think of Boone and Shannon's relationship now that you know more about it?
OK: I don't like it. I don't really like Shannon because she uses Boone to get out of every bad situation.
SH: It makes me so angry that Shannon thinks she can get Boone to do whatever she wants, although it makes sense because it has been that way up until now. I think Boone should stop treating her like his responsibility so much, like Locke says.
Do you think that Boone's reaction to Shannon actually dying will be that of an absolutist (he will be upset no matter what because she is his sister) or do you think it will be more of a relativist reaction (his situation will determine his reaction)?
OK: I think it will be closer to relativist. I think he will still be sad because she is his sister, but also relieved because he doesn't have her to look out for all the time.
SH: I think it will be more of an relativist's reaction. Now knowing a little more about what their past is like and how he responded to her death in his hallucination, I don't think he will be too upset. He seems to be done with Shannon's behavior at this point. Although I do think he will be slightly upset because after all, she is his sister.
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