Does he have what "it" takes? In the episode, "The White Rabbit", Jack's father chastises Jack for attempting to defend a friend in adolescent combat, despite the fact that the perpetrators never directly targeted Jack. Jack's father, Christian, explains to Jack that he ought not try to be a hero, for if and when he fails, Jack does not "have what it takes" to wash his hands of the situation and start anew, ready to make more critical and challenging decisions. Christian's rather humbling and degrading speech makes Jack question his ability to lead. As an adult, Jack's self-doubt still poisons him and he resents the role of leadership thrust upon him by his fellow survivors. The directors of "Lost" reveal to the audience, through a conversation between Jack and his mother, that Christian fled the country because of something Jack did to him. The two did not speak for months; a period which culminated with Jack's discovering his father dead of an alcohol-induced heart attack in......
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