Episode 19 of "Lost"
s01e19 Deus Ex Machina
Title: Deus Ex Machina
Original Air Date: 03/30/2005 on ABC
Director: Robert Mandel
Writer: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof
Guest Stars: Julie Ow (Nurse), Lawrence Mandley (Frainey), Kevin Tighe (Cooper), George O'Hanlon Jr. (Eddie), Tyler Burns Laudowicz (Kid)
Plot Outline:
Locke begins to suffer physical difficulties when it comes to walking as he and Boone try to find a way into the hatch. They go further into the island as Locke thinks he's being sent a sign on how to get the hatch open. Jack is reluctant to offer assistance when Sawyer begins to experience excruciating headaches and needs glasses. In this episode we learn more about Lockes' paralyzing past due to his biological parents scheming him, interrelating with the events around the hatch. Lastly, at the end of Locke confronting his troubled past and struggle to open the hatch Boone is seriously injured after an accident involving a plane that they found in the forest.