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Surgery is a common theme on Lost, and has been utilized both on the Island and off. Most of the surgeries seen on the show were conducted by Jack, Juliet, or Christian, three characters who are best known as doctors. Also, most surgeries are used to significantly advance the plot (i.e. Jack holding Ben hostage to allow Kate and Sawyer to escape).
Season One
- Jack tells Kate the "counting to five" story, about how a surgery on a girl which taught him a valuable lesson about fear.("Pilot, Part 1")
- Kate stitches up Jack's wounds. ("Pilot, Part 1")
- Jack removes the shrapnel from Edward Mars, who later dies. ("Pilot, Part 2")
- Christian Shephard remarks to a young Jack that there was a girl who he did surgery on, who died. ("House of the Rising Sun")
- After Sayid stabbed Sawyer, hitting an artery, Jack successfully stitches Sawyer up. ("Confidence Man")
- Christian Shephard attempts to operate on a pregnant woman unsuccessfully, and despite Jack's best efforts, she dies. This causes Christian to be dismissed from the hospital. ("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues")
- Locke gives a kidney to Anthony Cooper. ("Deus Ex Machina")
- Jack attempted to heal Boone, even to the point of attempting a blood transfusion, and trying to amputate Boone's leg. However, Boone died. ("Do No Harm")
- Locke references the surgery game Operation when removing dynamite from the Black Rock. ("Exodus, Part 2")
Season Two
Season Three
Ben on the operating table
("I Do")
Season Four
Season Five