Charlie has a dream that Aaron's cradle was drifting into the ocean. He swims out to save the baby and when he gets back to the beach he sees a vision of his mother and Claire dressed as angels and they tell him that he has to save the baby. Hurley also appears, dressed as John the Baptist. Charlie wakes up holding Aaron on the beach, but with no memory of how it happened. Claire runs up and takes her baby back from Charlie and slaps him on the face.
When Charlie tells Eko about his dreams, Eko says that the dreams might mean that Charlie needs to save the baby. Charlie goes to Claire and tells her that Aaron is in danger and that they have to baptize him, but Claire doesn't trust Charlie anymore and brushes of his warnings.
Later that night, Charlie starts a fire as a diversion and steals Aaron from his crib. He runs to the ocean to try to baptize him, but Claire notices Aaron is missing and screams at charlie to give him back, drawing in a crowd. Charlie refuses to give Aaron back and tries to convince everyone that he was trying to "save the baby."
Locke ends up getting Charlie to give Aaron back, and hands him back to Claire. Locke punches Charlie repeatedly, leaving him lying in the water. At the end of the episode, Claire seeks out Eko and at her request, he baptizes both her and Aaron.
Flashbacks:
A young Charlie just got a piano for Christmas because his family wants him to use his musical talent to "save" them and get them out of poverty, but his father appears and says that he isn't going to save anyone and cuts the head off of a doll with a knife. As an adult, Charlie is seen in a hospital where his brother's girlfriend has just given birth to a daughter. Liam didn't show up at the hospital because he was high. When his girlfriend throws him out, Liam turns to Charlie but secretly sells his piano. He claimed that he needed the money to travel to Australia to get a job and enter rehab so he could get clean for his family.
What is the significance of Aaron's name and him needing to be baptized? Is their any other reason he needed to be baptized?
OK: I think Aaron is biblical and relates to the religious aspect of the island. I think he needed to be baptized because if he dies without it, he would go to hell.
SH: I honestly thought she just liked the name Aaron, so that one went over my head. I think Charlie thinks Aaron needs to be baptized because he is afraid that something is going to happen to Aaron and he won't be able to go to heaven because he wasn't baptized.
Do you think Charlie acted foolishly in stealing Aaron in the middle of the night?
OK: I do. I think he is way to attached to Claire and the baby. I know he cares for them a lot, but he acts like he is Aaron's dad sometimes which would stress me out as well.
SH: I do think so. I understand that he cares about Aaron, but he should really talk to Claire before trying to take control over her baby.
Why do you think Claire ended up deciding to baptize Arron and herself?
OK: I think deep down she trusts Charlie and wants to do what is best for Aaron. I think she wanted to be baptized if she was getting Aaron baptized because she wants to end up in heaven with him.
SH: I think she did it as a precautionary measure, just in case Charlie is right. I don't know if she actually believes him or not.
What is your opinion of Liam?
OK: I'm glad that Liam sobered up, bu he kind of was a jerk in doing so. He just sold Charlie's piano and left him with nothing. Charlie was there for him the whole time and he just walked out.
SH: As much as I want to blame Liam for Charlie's addiction, in the end, it was Charlie's fault. For this reason, I can't hate Liam. But I don't like his selfish ways and the way he talks down to Charlie after he got clean.
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