"Whatever Happened, Happened"
Lost episode
An injured Ben is brought to Richard Alpert.
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 11
Written by	Damon Lindelof Carlton Cuse
Directed by	Bobby Roth
Production no.	511
Original airdate	April 1, 2009
Guest stars
Nestor Carbonell Kim Dickens Doug Hutchison Susan Duerden Sterling Beaumon Patrick Fischler Jon Gries William Blanchett Sebastian Siegel Candace Scholz Susan King Miko Franconi Scott Moura Olivia Vickery
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"Whatever Happened, Happened" is the eleventh television episode of the fifth season of ABC's Lost.^[1] The ninety-seventh episode of the show overall, "Whatever Happened, Happened" aired April 1, 2009, on ABC in the United States. The episode was written by executive producers/show runners Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse and directed by Bobby Roth.^[1]

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[edit] Flashbacks

Kate develops a friendship with Sawyer's ex-girlfriend Cassidy (Kim Dickens) and Sawyer's daughter Clementine (Olivia Vickery). Kate tells Cassidy the truth about everything that happened on the island, including that baby Aaron (William Blanchett) is not her son. Cassidy eventually leads Kate to realize that the reason she took Aaron as her own, is because Kate needed him in order to get over her emotional attachment to Sawyer. After this realization, she decides to return to the island with the others who left. She leaves Aaron in the care of Carole Littleton (Susan Duerden), Aaron's biological grandmother. Kate also tells Carole that she is returning to the island to find Carole's daughter, Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin), and bring her home.

[edit] 1977

Following the events of the previous episode, "He's Our You", Jin-Soo Kwon (Daniel Dae Kim) wakes up and notices that Ben Linus (Sterling Beaumon) has been shot by Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews). He brings Ben to the barracks so that his injuries can be treated by Juliet Burke (Elizabeth Mitchell). Juliet, an obstetrician, is unable to perform the necessary surgery on Ben and sends James "Sawyer" Ford (Josh Holloway) to retrieve Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox), a neurosurgeon. Jack, knowing what Ben does in the future, refuses to help. This drives Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) to do everything she can to help Ben. Meanwhile, Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia) and Miles Straume (Ken Leung) debate the nature of time travel, a particular point being why older Ben after meeting Sayid again in 2004 (as seen in "One of Them"), did not seem to remember being shot as a boy, by Sayid.

Kate goes to the sick bay where Ben is being treated and donates her blood because she is a universal donor. She strikes up a conversation with Ben's father, Roger (Jon Gries), who is upset that Ben stole his keys and freed Sayid from the jail. Once it becomes clear that Ben will succumb to his injuries without further intervention, Kate decides to take Ben to the Others, the island's native population. Sawyer comes to Kate's aid and they bring Ben to Richard Alpert (Nestor Carbonell), who warns them that if he treats Ben, he will not remember what has happened and will never be the same again. They agree anyway. Richard carries Ben into the temple seen in "This Place is Death". Another Other urges Richard to inform Ellie (Alexandra Krosney) of his intentions and implies that Charles Widmore (Alan Dale) will not be pleased if he finds out, but Richard says he doesn't answer to either of them.

[edit] 2007

Ben (Michael Emerson) awakens from being knocked unconscious in "Namaste" and is greeted by John Locke (Terry O'Quinn).

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