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Summary

Biography

Prior to Oceanic Flight 815

Boone is the chief operating officer of his mother’s wedding business. He assumes that position shortly after the death of his stepfather. Boone harbors a fondness for his stepsister Shannon, which develops into a romantic attraction. When Boone learns of Shannon’s financial difficulties after her father’s death he offers to give her money, but she does not accept (“Abandoned”). Boone rescues Shannon several times from abusive relationships by paying the boyfriends to leave her. One such rescue attempt leads Boone to Sydney, where he learns that the relationships are actually scams concocted by Shannon to get his money and attention. Boone is hurt by the deception, but Shannon manages to seduce him into sleeping with her before they leave for the States (“Hearts and Minds”).

In “Deus Ex Machina,” Boone mentions that in his childhood he had a nanny named Theresa, upon whom he took out his frustrations at the absence of his mother. Theresa fell down a flight of stairs and broke her neck while responding to his summons.

On the island

After the crash, Boone joins the party trying send a radio distress call (“Pilot”). He attempts, unsuccessfully, to save a survivor named Joanna from drowning, and later, when bringing water to Claire, is accused of stealing from the camp water supply (“White Rabbit”). He helps with the digging when Jack is trapped in a cave-in (“The Moth”). While Boone maintains a generally helpful attitude, he criticizes Shannon for her affectedness, but remains protective of her, particularly when she develops feelings for Sayid.

Boone is drawn to the hunting and survival skills of Locke. He eventually becomes Locke’s protégé and begins to distance himself from the other survivors. Boone and Locke find a metal hatch while tracking the kidnapped Claire and Charlie (“ All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues”). The two begin excavating the hatch, keeping its existence a secret from the other survivors. Locke subjects Boone to a hallucinatory exercise that allows Boone to resolve his feelings for Shannon (“Hearts and Minds”). In “Deus Ex Machina,” Boone and Locke discover a heroin runner’s Beechcraft stuck high in a tree canopy. Boone climbs up into the aircraft and finds a working radio in the cockpit, which he uses to transmit a Mayday signal. He receives a response to his message by a man, revealed to be Bernard in “The Other 48 Days,” but the aircraft unbalances and falls nose-first to the ground. Boone sustains severe injuries and, despite Jack’s attempts to treat him, dies in “Do No Harm.” His last words are “Tell Shannon…”.

Trivia

Boone frequently wears a t-shirt with the Chinese characters 八十四, meaning 84, which are two of the numbers that frequently appear throughout the show. 八十四 is pronounced “bā shí sì” which can also be interpreted as “likely death”. This is the shirt that Boone is wearing in Locke’s vision of him, and the shirt he is wearing when he dies.

Top theories referencing Boone

Title	Author	Cmnts	Votes	Rating
Hercules	Trinity2045	24	13	+13
The Theory to combine and end all spoiler theories (spoilers)	MidnightDraven	20	11	+11
Group 1 - Greater Good - Sayid: A Man For All Seasons	Arthur	33	12	+10
Smoke Monsters?	DS_Number1_Fan	12	12	+10
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