♪ 2000Ībaddon shares with Locke his past experience in a walkabout. He says that John simply can't be a super-hero, to which he responds, " Don't tell me what I can't do!" He hands him back the pamphlet and walks out. ♪ The teacher kindly tells him that even if he wants to be more like the popular boys at school, it is just not who he is. John gets upset and tells the teacher that he is not a scientist, but the type of person who likes boxing and fishing and cars and sports. When Locke asks how they knew about him, the teacher suggests that they sent a representative to a science fair where John had presented a "display at Costa Mesa". The teacher tells him that Mittelos is looking for bright young minds, and they want John to go to their summer camp. The teacher tells John that he got a call from Portland on behalf of Mittelos Laboratories who work with chemistry and new technologies. Soon after, the two sit in an office where John says that he does not want to talk about what just happened. The teacher suggests that he come to the nurse's office with him because his lip is bleeding. A teacher opens the door and John finds everyone laughing at him when he gets out. Sixteen-year-old Locke, now a high school student, bangs on the door from the inside of a locker. ♪ 1972Ī teenage Locke is offered a chance to be a scientist. Florence scolds John, asking what he did wrong, as he looks down dejectedly. Richard responds sternly that John is not quite ready for his school and walks out of the house. Florence enters the room and asks how John did. He puts these back into his bag and stands up quickly. He asks John if he is sure, and after he nods, Richard snatches the knife from his hand and takes the other items away. John starts towards the "Book of Laws", at which point Richard looks hopeful. ♪ John immediately claims the container of the granules and inspects and then claims the compass. The boy thinks Richard means "to keep" but Alpert clarifies, "Which of these things belong to you already?" He lays out on the table a baseball glove, a book entitled "Book of Laws", a small container of island beach sand, a compass, a comic book entitled Mystery Tales, and a knife. Richard tells John that he wants him to look at a few objects, think about them, and tell him which of them are his. John insists that the knife belongs to him. Richard asks John if he drew the picture, and John nods his head. Richard notices a drawing on the wall of the room of a man lying on the ground while a mass of smoke hangs over him. Richard asks if John minds if he shows him a couple of neat things. He introduces himself as Richard and tells John that he runs a school for special children and has reason to believe that John is one of them. Richard Alpert walks in the house and sits at the table across from him. His foster mother Florence scolds her before telling John that there is a man there to see him and that he should be on his best behavior. Richard introduces himself to a young John.įive-year-old John is playing backgammon in a living room when his foster sister Melissa rudely knocks the pieces off the board, taunting him. The nurse asks if he is the father of the baby but Mrs. ♪ Before getting an answer, she sees a man at the viewing window. Locke then casually asks who she should speak to about adoption. She runs out of the room crying, saying that she can't do it. At the prospect of holding him for the first time, Emily becomes upset. Locke, seems less than thrilled at this information. The nurse comes in and tells them that John is the youngest premature baby to survive at the hospital. Later, Emily and her mother are standing over John, who is in an incubator. Richard stands at the window, watching baby Locke. Before being wheeled out, Emily asks the nurse to name him John. The nurse tells her that it is a boy and rushes him away saying that he is too young to be held, despite Emily's pleas. She tells a nurse and doctor that she is almost six months pregnant. She wakes up in the hospital as she is being rushed on a gurney through a hall. Emily runs out to meet "him," but is hit by a car. The young woman, Emily, says that she is in love with him. Her mother asks if she is going out with " him" and says that she does not approve. They argue about her going out for the night. ♪ She is applying lipstick in front of the mirror when her mother walks in angrily. Emily Locke begs the nurse to name the baby John.Ī young woman plays a record and jives in her room.
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