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''Fire+Water'' is the 37th episode of '' Lost ''. The episode was directed by Jack Bender , and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowit . It first aired on January 25 , 2006 on ABC . The character of Charlie Pace is featured in the episode's flashbacks. PLOT In flashback, a print of Verocchio's '' The Baptism Of Christ '' hangs on the wall, as a pair of slippered feet whisk young Charlie down a flight of stairs on Christmas morning. His brother Liam is already hard at work ripping open his presents. But while Liam opens a Voltron toy, Charlie finds nothing for him. That is until his mother leads him to a brand new piano, calling Charlie "special" and declaring that someday he will "get us out of here." The flashback mutates into a surreal dream, as Charlie sees both Liam and then himself change into their adult selves. His family members admonish him to play, but before he can begin, an image of his father as a butcher appears, announcing, "He ain't savin' no one, he is." After cleaving pieces of meat, his partially unseen father cuts off the head of a doll. Charlie is again told to "save us" by his brother and mother. After striking a few notes, the scene changes to him playing the piano on the island's beach. Charlie hears the cries of infant Aaron coming from within the piano. As he tries to open the top, his left hand shows gauze tape with the word "fate" written on his fingers. The piano washes out to sea, with Charlie waking from his nightmare. He runs to Claire's tent and finds it and Aaron's cradle empty, frantically questioning Sun where the two are. He sees them on the beach, playing with Locke. In flashback, Charlie is in the maternity ward, where Liam's girlfriend Karen has given birth to a daughter, whom she names Megan, after Charlie and Liam's mother. Charlie makes an excuse for his brother not appearing, but later finds him drugged up in his flat. The band Drive Shaft is struggling, taking on a commercial gig for diapers, which Liam's drug habit causes them to lose. Liam arrives at Charlie's home announcing he'd been kicked out for dropping his daughter. Charlie consoles him with a new song about two brothers. Sometime later, he arrives home to find his piano missing. Liam admits selling it to buy a plane ticket to Australia, where Karen's uncle will get him a job. He intends to enroll in a rehab clinic and tells Charlie he has to go "for his family." Back on the beach, Sawyer teases Hurley about his attraction to Libby, and comments to Kate on Jack's increasing time spent with Ana-Lucia. Charlie is playing his guitar by the sea, when he hears the faint cries of an infant. He sees Aaron's cradle being tossed between the waves, and swims out, bringing Aaron back to shore. His mother and Claire appear on the beach, as the angels from the Verocchio painting. They repeatedly tell Charlie he must "save the baby." Hurley then appears, dressed as John The Baptist . Charlie is having another vivid dream and was apparently sleepwalking. He holds Aaron in his arms, but has no recollection of taking the baby. A frantic Claire finds them and slaps Charlie's face before storming off. Hurley and Libby do laundry in the hatch. As she tries on a dress, Hurley asks if he remembers her from somewhere. She tells him that he stepped on her foot at the airport when he was rushing to get on the plane. Charlie finds Eko marking trees, which he says are the ones he likes. He tells Eko about his dreams, and Eko says that they might mean that Charlie does need to save the baby. Charlie runs to Claire's tent and tells her that he thinks Aaron is in danger. He believes that they must baptise Aaron. As they argue with Kate trying to drag Charlie away, Locke looks on from the beach, as the incidental music plays up menacingly. Jack helps Ana-Lucia build a tent, as she questions him about the incident with the Others. When he mentions that the hunting party came back after Mr. Friendly held a gun to Kate's head, Ana-Lucia asks, "You hitting that?" to which Jack demurs. Locke follows Charlie to his stash of Virgin Mary statues. He confiscates the heroin-filled statues, over Charlie's claims he was going to destroy them himself. He later places the statues in the hatch's gun cache after having changed the combination to the door's lock. That evening, Charlie walks out of the forest moments before a fire erupts. While everyone is distracted by the fire, Charlie steals Aaron from Claire and runs to the ocean. Claire runs after him screaming. After Locke persuades Charlie to give the baby back to Claire, he punches Charlie in the face repeatedly. Charlie is left lying in the surf, as the rest of the castaways turn and walk away. The next morning, as Jack stitches his face, Charlie admits starting the fire. He adds that, despite wanting to, he never actually used any of the heroin. Claire finds Mr. Eko and asks him to baptise her and Aaron, and Eko does so. TRIVIA
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