On the island:
Since coming to the island, Charlie is involved in several
major trials. He deals with withdrawal from his addiction
after burning his remaining stash in "The Moth."
Then he and Claire are kidnapped by Ethan Rom, and he nearly
dies when Ethan blindfolds and hangs him from a tree. After
Claire's escape, Ethan comes to him with a threat of killing
the remaining survivors one by one until Claire is brought
to him. When Ethan makes good on his promise by killing
Scott Jackson, the core survivors plan to capture him. In
the ensuing fight with Ethan, Charlie takes matters into
his own hands and shoots Ethan in "Homecoming",
claiming that it had to be done because he would never stop
coming after them.
In "Exodus Part 2 and 3", Rousseau kidnaps Claire's
child. While pursuing her, Charlie follows Sayid to the
plane where Boone was mortally injured. Not knowing that
Charlie is a recovering addict, Sayid casually mentions
the plane's cargo of heroin hidden within religious statuettes.
Charlie has taken at least five of the Virgin Mary statues
from the plane. He was very protective of them. In "Adrift",
Claire finds the Virgin Mary Statue in Charlie's bag and
asks where it came from. He says he found it in the jungle,
but does not mention that it contains heroin.
In The 23rd Psalm Charlie tells Eko that his brother helped
him start using heroin and he tried to stop his brother
from using. Claire kicks Charlie out after suspecting that
he is using again. Charlie begins collecting the statues
in a discreet location in the jungle.
In Fire + Water Charlie has a series of dreams that lead
him to believe that Aaron is in danger. He talks to Eko,
who suggests that Aaron may need to be baptized. Later,
Locke finds Charlie at his stash with a statue in his hands.
Locke confiscates the drugs and tells Charlie that he has
lost the privilege of being trusted. That evening Charlie
starts a fire as a distraction, steals Aaron from Claire,
and runs to the ocean. Claire sees Charlie and runs after
him screaming. Charlie claims he is trying to baptize the
baby, but is soon surrounded. He hands the baby back to
Locke, who gives him to Claire. Locke then punches him in
the face repeatedly. Charlie is left laying in the surf,
reeling, while the others leave. In the morning Jack stitches
Charlie's face, and Charlie admits that he's the one who
started the fire, but says that he was not using heroin.
In The Long Con Charlie helps Sawyer with his con to get
all of the guns that were locked in the hatch by abducting
Sun. After Sawyer has taken control of the island, he offers
him one of the Virgin Mary statues. Charlie does not accept
it, and retorts that he would have stolen one if he had
wanted to. He says he only participated in Sawyer's con
in order to humiliate Locke for what Locke did to him.
Before the crash:
The former bass player for the UK band Drive Shaft from
Manchester, England, Charlie is originally very hesitant
to capitalize on the band's growing success. The tribulations
and temptations of the rock-star lifestyle weigh heavily
on him, even as his band gains notoriety. In the end, however,
he is convinced by his brother, Liam, to participate in
the band's future, Liam explaining that the band needs Charlie
because "he is the band." Nonetheless, Charlie
only agrees after eliciting a promise from Liam that, if
they ever felt it was too much, they would just walk away.
As Drive Shaft becomes a world-famous band, Charlie notices
that his brother Liam is becoming both more self-destructive
in his addictions and more controlling of the band. Just
after a live performance, the situation boils over when
Charlie tells Liam that the time has come to walk away.
When Liam storms off shouting that he is the band now, Charlie
realizes that he has probably let it all go too far. Alone
in the dressing room and blinded by the pain of the current
situation, Charlie turns to Liam's heroin stash.
Charlie was with Karen when she gave birth to his brother's
daughter Megan, named after Charlie and Liam's mother. He
had to lie to Karen about where Liam was. His drug problem
is at its worst point. One day, while visiting his daughter,
Liam drops her, causing her mother to kick Liam out. Drive
Shaft then does a diaper commercial featuring their song.
They do very badly, resulting in their firing. Charlie begins
writing music again on his piano, as he wants Drive Shaft
to make a comeback. However, he comes home one day to find
his piano missing. Liam tells Charlie that he sold it to
buy a plane ticket to Sydney, where his daughter and her
mother are, and where he intends to enroll in a rehab clinic
so he can be a good father.
With the band gone, Charlie has to resort to theft to feed
his heroin addiction. After a failed relationship with a
wealthy woman named Lucy, whom he actually wants to rob,
Charlie turns to his brother to try to reunite the band
for a new eight-week tour. He flies to Australia to get
his brother (who is now married, clean, and settled down)
on board. Unlike Charlie, however, Liam cannot be swayed
by the promise of a return to the rock-star lifestyle. Moreover,
when Liam understands that Charlie is still addicted to
heroin, he tries to get Charlie to remain in Sydney and
enter a treatment program. Angry with Liam and blaming him
for getting him hooked on heroin, Charlie storms off, saying
he has a plane to catch. |
