LOST

Season 6
Episode #4
’Ancient of Days’

Sayid becomes unsure if it’s time to end his life or accept

the opportunity a resurrected man has given him.
Back to the 1800’s, Desmond ’magically’ appears in the Black
Rock’s deck and we see the aftermath of his encounter with
Richard.
EXT. BLACK ROCK DECK - DAY
EXTREME CLOSEUP. An eye open wide. It’s DESMOND’s. REVERSE
ANGLE: The blue sky, there’s nothing wrong with it.
Desmond quickly sits up when something is pushed against the
back of his head. A gun.
POSODA (O/S)
Don’t move.
Desmond turns around, still sitting, to reveal the gun
holder to be ABRAHAM POSODA. His clothes? Red bandana,
checkered trousers, torso discovered and wearing a sword
belt ... with a sword on it. Desmond is in shock, he knows
this guy. But as a PIRATE? wtf?
DESMOND
(muttering)
Mr. Posoda ...
Posoda has no idea of who this guy is ... or how does he
know his name.
POSODA
Do I know you?
HANSO (O/S)
Posoda! Who’d ye have here?
CAPTAIN MAGNUS HANSO enters the scene, glancing at Posoda
and the stranger.
POSODA
I don’t know, sir. Just found him
...
DESMOND
(muttering, still in shock)
Mr. Posoda ...
Hanso and Posoda share confused looks.
HANSO
How does he know yer name?
(to Desmond)
How’d ye know my gunner’s name?
DESMOND
I ...

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 2.

POSODA
(interrupting)
Sir, I believe he just heard you
calling for me.
HANSO
(beat, smirk, exchanging
looks)
Good.
(to Desmond)
But he’s just "Posoda". No need for
a "Mister".
POSODA
What should we do with him, sir?
HANSO
(threateningly)
We’re going to give him the chance
to tell us how he got here.
(pulls out gun)
And he better be convincing.
(to Desmond)
So boy, how’d ye get here?
DESMOND
I ... I don’t know, sir.
HANSO
(annoyed)
Does that make ye a native!?
DESMOND
(scared)
No, no, sir, I just ... was on my
boat and I ...
HANSO
(interrupting)
What kind of boat?
DESMOND
(beat)
I don’t know sir, a sailboat.
HANSO
(sighing, to Posoda)
Kill ’im.
Posoda sighs, draws his gun and aims at Desmond. Desmond
covers his eyes, scared for his life and knowing nothing can
stop it.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 3.

CORNELIUS (O/S)
Sir!
HANSO
(fiercely)
What’d ye want?
Hanso, Posoda and Desmond all react by quickly turning to
the first mate, CORNELIUS. He stands next to TWO THUGS, each
holding a figure with their faces covered by a bag. One of
the figures is BLACK and the other is CAUCASIAN.
CORNELIUS (CONT’D)
We have intruders.
Cornelius looks at the thugs and nod, their signal to reveal
the intruders’ faces. Desmond smiles in relief but his smile
quickly fades away when he realizes someone is not there.
The figures are WALT LLOYD and CHARLES WIDMORE.
HANSO
(fiercely to Desmond)
Did they come with ye!?
DESMOND
Aye sir, they did.
HANSO
(to Cornelius and the thugs)
Just kill ’em! I don’t care how,
just get rid of ’em!
WIDMORE
(interrupting)
Captain Hanso.
Walt, Desmond and the pirates quickly shift their attention
to Widmore.
HANSO
(holding his gun to Widmore’s
chest)
I hope whatever ye got to say is
worth it. Ye’re telling me how’d ye
know my name RIGHT NOW!
WIDMORE
(cooly nodding)
I’d like to discuss it privately.
CORNELIUS
Whatever you got to say say it now!

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 4.

HANSO
(interrupting)
Cornelius, wait.
(drawing back his gun, to
Widmore)
If ye’re not convincing, I’ll find
the worst possible death for ye.
WALT
Charles ...
HANSO
(knocking Walt out with the
butt of his gun)
Ye shut it!
(beat)
Don’t ye know boy, that things of
yer colour’s opinions won’t be
heard? NOT ON MY BOAT!
Tides make the Black Rock shake violently for a few seconds.
WIDMORE
So?
HANSO
(to Cornelius)
Take the other two to the brig, if
they cause any trouble just kill
’em.
(to Widmore)
We’ll discuss da matter in my
quarters.
Cornelius silently nods as Widmore raises his head. The
thugs go ahead and take Desmond and the unconscious Walt
away. Posoda follows them away from the scene. He too wants
to find out about these people but he’s sure the Captain
won’t tell.
CUT TO:

INT. TEMPLE ROOM - NIGHT

SAYID LIES IN A COMFORTABLE LOOKING WHITE-DRESSED BED,
WEARING HIS TRADEMARK BLACK TANK TOP. THE ROOM SEEMS
WHITE-THEMED, WITH WHITE WALLS AND CURTAINS. SAYID’S EYES
SHOOT OPEN AS HE OBSERVES HIS SURROUNDINGS. EVERYTHING LOOKS
BLURRY TO HIM.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 5.

A FIGURE nerviously walks around the room, we see him from

SAYID’s blurry perspective and can’t recognize him. Before
Sayid can speak up for the figure, Sayid hears a door open
up and the figure heading outside.
’LOCKE’ (O/S)
Any luck?
(beat)
Jacob knew this was going to
happen! He must’ve hidden them.
Keep looking for them. We have to
find them!
(beat)
I need to keep my word! If I lose
Sayid I lose Shephard and if I lose
Shephard I lose the others! If we
don’t find anything we’ll only have
two options, to make him like me
... like us, or to let him die and
take his place.
(beat)
Guess it’ll have to be the first. I
can’t be Sayid and Locke at the
same time, they’re not that stupid.
The figure enters the room again, now it’s clear to Sayid
that it is LOCKE. Wait, what? Wasn’t Locke like dead!?!? He
approaches Sayid, noticing he is now awake.
’LOCKE’ (CONT’D)
Hello, Sayid.
(beat)
If you want to live, you’ll come
with me.
SAYID
(muttering)
Locke ...
CUT TO:
L O S T

EXT. JUNGLE - NIGHT

Nothing. The camera doesn’t see anything except for the
jungle, there’s no one in there. Something is moving from
the bushes towards the camera ... it’s RICHARD, with his
1800’s clothes. Behind him appears DESMOND, carrying an
unconscious WALT. Both Richard and Desmond appear bruised.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 6.

RICHARD
(cooly)
Is he okay?
DESMOND
He’s been unconscious for far too
long.
RICHARD
Your friend, the older one, should
we go back for him?
Desmond shakes his head.
DESMOND
I’d say yes, but it’s too
dangerous. There might still be ...
pirates in there.
RICHARD
Then let’s move.
DESMOND
Are you taking me to Jacob?
Richard nods. THE CAMERA PANS TO REVEALS NEXT TO THEM, THE
BLACK ROCK’S SHIP WRECK. AS FAR INLAND AS WE’VE SEEN IT
DURING "EXODUS" AND "THE BRIG". The camera then pans to
Richard and Desmond, both of them walking out of the scene.
Following them sneakily, appears CORNELIUS.

INT. CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS - NIGHT

WIDMORE wakes up, bruises all over his face. He’s inside the
Captain’s Quarters, where he was talking to the Captain ...
CAPTAIN MAGNUS HANSO, he’s right next to him, unconscious.
Widmore quickly grabs the Captain’s gun when the door slams
open, EDWARD. Widmore shoots at the crewman but misses,
Edward draws his gun and shoots as Widmore hids behind the
Captain’s desk, aiming his gun at Captain Hanso.
WIDMORE
Drop the gun or I kill your
captain!
EDWARD (O/S)
Easy! Easy! I’m dropping it right
now ...
BANG. We see this from Widmore’s perspective so we don’t
know what just happened.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 7.

POSODA (O/S)
You can reveal yourself.
WIDMORE
How do I know you killed him?!
Widmore observes in horror as Edward’s dead body slides in
the floor next to him.
POSODA
(revealing himself)
Come with me.
CUT TO:

INT. TEMPLE ROOM - NIGHT

SAYID abruptly wakes up and gasps for air. He looks around,
he’s still in the same room ... and he’s naked. There’s no
one around, he makes sure that is the case. He appears to be
looking for something or someone in the room. so he gets up
to inspect the drawers, finding clothes in one of them and a
gun in another one.

INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT

Sayid wears a WHITE TANK TOP and BLACK TROUSERS. He’s
holding the gun he found and walking around a hallway. He
opens each door with his gun ready in case he needs it, but
the 8 rooms are empty.
VOICE (O/S)
Sayid.
Sayid turns around to find a figure behind him. LOCKE.
LOCKE
You need to find her.
SAYID
Find who?
LOCKE
You know who I’m talking about.
Scared, Sayid quickly runs out of the scene. Locke calmly
follows him walking.
CUT TO:
 8.

EXT. STATUE OF TAWERET - NIGHT

A crowd of around 40 people is gathered in a circle, leaving
only NEHEMIAH and a bruised up JACOB inside. They appear to
be in the middle of an argument. The statue is no more, it
has been brought down and only its foot stands still.
NEHEMIAH
You know very well it’s your fault!
Everyone does!
JACOB
Are you implying I caused a
tsunami? You know I can’t do that!
NEHEMIAH
I have no idea of what you can or
can’t do, Jacob. I just know that
you got my people killed!
JACOB
Your people? Since when are they
your people?
NEHEMIAH
(drawing a knife)
From now on they will be.
JACOB
We both know you’re not going to
kill me, brother. You can’t.
NEHEMIAH
(annoyed)
Choose your sides, people! You can
go with Jacob and get yourselves
killed or you can come with me!
LORIA
Is that a threat?
NEHEMIAH
No, I’m not threatening anyone. I’m
just pointing out that Jacob
himself is a threat! Choose your
sides, NOW!
The argument is interrupted when the BLACKSHIRTS hear noises
in the jungle. One of them, SAUL, aims his gun at the
noises. Out of the jungle pop RICHARD and DESMOND carrying
WALT. The blackshirts are relieved and Saul lowers his gun,
Richard expects to be greeted by CARYA, but he’s not.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 9.

NEHEMIAH (CONT’D)
Richard, I’m glad you’re back ...
(beat, noticing Desmond)
I see you have company, he wouldn’t
happen to be one of those nasty
pirates, would he?
RICHARD
He’s not.
(beat)
Where’s Carya?
JACOB
(ignoring Richard)
Is the boy okay?
NEHEMIAH
(muttering)
Like if you cared.
DESMOND
(to Jacob)
Jacob, do you remember me?
Jacob and Nehemiah share looks.
NEHEMIAH
You brought him here, didn’t you?
JACOB
I’ve never seen this man before!
RICHARD
I asked, where is Carya!?
NEHEMIAH
You lie!
(to the crowd)
Would you follow the liar who got
most of our people killed?
DESMOND
Jacob, I’m here to save you.
RICHARD
Nehemiah! Where is Carya!?
NEHEMIAH
Dead! Carya is dead, you can thank
Jacob for that!
(to Desmond)
Jacob doesn’t need saving, we do.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 10.

Richard in horror regarding Carya’s death covers his eyes

and sheds a few tears.
NEHEMIAH
As a sign of good faith, Jacob, I’m
not going to kill you. However, you
are to leave my people alone! So
who’s with me?
Saul is the first to walk next to Nehemiah, followed by a
couple of blackshirts. Jacob is joined by Desmond, and
therefore by Walt too. Loria joins Nehemiah and the
blackshirts are evenly split between Jacob and Nehemiah,
Nehemiah with perhaps a few more than Jacob. Richard stands
in the middle.
NEHEMIAH (CONT’D)
Come here, Richard. If you come
with us I can make you like me,
like Jacob.
JACOB
Don’t listen to him, Richard, he’s
trying to tempt you. If you want to
join Nehemiah, so be it, I won’t
offer anything.
RICHARD
YOU KILLED CARYA!
JACOB
Don’t take Nehemiah’s word for
gospel, Richard. The tsunami killed
Carya, I can only offer my
condolences. Nehemiah left you and
Silas for dead in the ship.
NEHEMIAH
I did not.
RICHARD
(muttering)
Yes, you did.
Richard finally sides with Jacob.
JACOB
Now Nehemiah, I’d appreciate it if
you left me alone with my people.
NEHEMIAH
Wish granted.
(whispering to Jacob’s ear)
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 11.

NEHEMIAH (cont’d)
You better watch your back, I swear
one day I’m going to find a
loophole.
JACOB
Good luck with that.
SMASH TO:

EXT. JUNGLE - NIGHT

SAYID holds his gun as he cautiously moves through the
jungle. He’s followed by LOCKE, who remains cool despite
Sayid’s paranoia.
LOCKE
So, Sayid ... how has life been
treating you the past three years?
SAYID
My wife was killed and I started
killing for Ben, how does that
sound?
LOCKE
If your wife is dead, who are we
looking for?
SAYID
You told me to follow you, next
thing I know Nadia is standing in
front of me.
(beat)
Then you told me to find her.
LOCKE
How do you know I meant your wife?
SAYID
Maybe I’m just trying to have some
hope.
(beat)
Last time I heard, John, you were
dead too.
LOCKE
(smirking)
Yet here I am, but I don’t see
Nadia around.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 12.

SAYID
Then who did you want me to find,
John?
Sayid and Locke hear a woman screaming for help, both of
them hurry and run through the jungle, Sayid with his gun
ready in case he needs to use it.
FEMALE VOICE (O/S)
(in arabic)
I swear! I swear I have nothing to
do! Stop it!
Sayid and Locke finally arrive to find AMIRA. Remember her?
She’s from episode 3x11 "ENTER 77". In that episode Sayid
was captured and tortured by her husband, forcing Sayid to
confess having tortured his wife. She’s dead.
LOCKE
You remember her, don’t you?
(beat)
The innocent woman you tortured
SAYID
What happened to her?
LOCKE
She’s not real, Sayid. This is not
happening.
(beat)
Come on, there’s someone else you
need to see.
SAYID
Who would that be?
LOCKE
She was a passenger of Ajira Flight
316. I believe you’ve already met
her.
SAYID
(beat)
Ilana.
LOCKE
That’s right, she’s up to no good,
Sayid. Some of your friends believe
following her is the right thing,
they’re wrong.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 13.

SAYID
So what do I do?
LOCKE
What I need you to do, Sayid, is to
find her, retrieve the gun she’ll
try to use on you, convince your
friends ...
(beat)
Then you kill her.
SAYID
You aren’t going to manipulate me,
I’ve spent the last three years
being Ben’s puppet, I will not kill
anyone for you, especially
considering you’re dead!
LOCKE
Sayid, you know this is more than a
simple dream. When you wake up you
can ask me how much of this do I
remember, I’ll tell you every
single detail.
SAYID
When I wake up you’ll be dead.
LOCKE
(smiling)
I won’t, Sayid.
(beat)
I’m way past that.
CUT TO:

INT. STATUE OF TAWERET - NIGHT

The inside of JACOB’s home in the statue, we last saw it in
last season finale, ’THE INCIDENT’. Now the circumstances
are different, RICHARD and DESMOND stand next to the fire.
WALT lies in the floor.
JACOB
What happened to him?
DESMOND
The ship’s captain knocked him
down.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 14.

JACOB
(examining Walt)
What happened after that?
DESMOND
That was just a few minutes before
the tsunami, obviously the impact
didn’t help.
RICHARD
Yet he survived.
JACOB
Were there any other survivors?
RICHARD
We only got to see the slaves, most
of them survived.
JACOB
We’ll have to keep them safe from
Nehemiah.
Jacob puts his hands over Walt’s pale face. We get the same
effect as when he did that to Locke in ’THE INCIDENT’.
JACOB (CONT’D)
He’ll be fine, he’s a very special
boy.
(beat, to Desmond)
So you said you were here to save
me. Save me from what? Nehemiah?
DESMOND
I’m from the future.
JACOB
I know that.
DESMOND
In the future, you asked me to come
back. Asked me to save you ...
JACOB
Do you have any idea of what was
that about?
DESMOND
No, I don’t.
(beat)
But Eloise, I’m not sure if you
know her.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 15.

JACOB
Eloise what?
DESMOND
Hawking. Eloise Hawking.
JACOB
Never heard that name before.
DESMOND
Well, she had some ideas.
(beat)
I’m supposed to take you to the
present, my time.
JACOB
And how are we going to do that?
DESMOND
We will have to turn the wheel.
Something about setting it off its
axis, I’m not sure ...
JACOB
That would require more people.
DESMOND
Your people, all of them are
outside waiting for you ...
JACOB
I won’t sacrifice them to you, or
to me if you’re telling the truth.
DESMOND
What do you mean?
JACOB
The one who turns the wheel will be
transported to the exit, then the
rest will be moving through time.
It’s too dangerous.
DESMOND
It’s the only way to save you!
JACOB
I won’t force my people to do
something they don’t want to.
DESMOND
You can ask for volunteers.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 16.

JACOB
They might feel pressured and just
do it for my sake.
RICHARD
(breaking into the
conversation)
We could always use the pirates.
(beat)
They were slavists, who cares about
what they want?
Suddenly there’s a KNOCK KNOCK. Someone’s knocking on the
entrance of the statue.
JACOB
Come in!
It’s a random blackshirt, his name is GILBERT.
GILBERT
We have visitors.
JACOB
Nehemiah?
Gilbert shakes his head as we ...
CUT TO:

EXT. STATUE OF TAWERET - NIGHT

Jacob exits the statue, followed by Richard and Desmond.
Outside they find the blackshirts holding WIDMORE at
gunpoint, presumably with his own gun.
WIDMORE
Are you Jacob?
Jacob nods.
JACOB
And you are ...?
WIDMORE
My name is Charles Widmore, I came
with Mr. Hume there, Desmond.
JACOB
It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr.
Widmore.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 17.

WIDMORE
The pleasure is mine.
(beat)
We found someone on our way here,
by the way.
DESMOND
We?
POSODA walks out of the jungle pointing a gun to CORNELIUS’
head.
WIDMORE
He was following you, Desmond. I
would’ve killed him, but we both
heard what Eloise said about the
wheel.
(to Cornelius)
And I can assure you, that if you
do as we tell you, you will live a
lengthy and happy life in
Madagascar.
CORNELIUS
Right, because ye’re from the
future.
WIDMORE
(nodding)
That’s right.
DESMOND
What about Posoda? Did he remember
you?
WIDMORE
No, he was smart enough to help me
out by his own will.
POSODA
You’re taking me to your time.
WIDMORE
(smirking)
That too.

EXT. JUNGLE - NIGHT

We know this scene, but there’s something different now.
SAYID is chasing after SHANNON, this time, however, he’s
wearing a white tank top rather than the black one.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 18.

SAYID
Shannon! Shannon!
BANG. Sayid is almost paralyzed, he barely manages to catch
Shannon’s body. He looks up to the killer. Ana Lucía? NO.
It’s ILANA. Instead of Eko, Bernard and Libby it’s BRAM,
HURLEY, MILES, JIN and the three other dudes from Ilana’s
group.
SHANNON
(agonizing)
She’s the cause of your suffering,
Sayid.
SAYID
No, no ...
SHANNON
She is the cause of our suffering.
SAYID
Shannon, stay with me, no! This is
not what happened! Ilana did not
kill you! DON’T MESS WITH MY MIND!

INT. TEMPLE ROOM - NIGHT

SAYID
DON’T MESS WITH MY MIND!
Sayid finds himself back in the same bed, this being the
third time he wakes up there. In front of him stands BEN.
BEN
Sayid.
(beat)
Nice to have you back.

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