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I'll see you in another life, brother.
— Lost • 2004
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It began as a casual goodbye and turned into the show's refrain for a promise that fate will bring two people back together. Desmond says it when he expects to die, and Jack hands it back to him later, so the phrase carries the series' recurring idea of second chances and reunion across lives. Fans still use it as a farewell.
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In context
Spoilers for LostShow the scene
The exact wording "I'll see you in another life, brother" is Desmond's goodbye to John Locke in the second-season finale, "Live Together, Die Alone" (2006). Deep in the Swan hatch, Desmond has decided to turn the fail-safe key, and Locke begs him to wait. Desmond says he is sorry that Locke lost his faith, but that he has to go and make it all go away. As the timer locks into hieroglyphs, he says his farewell. He had used an earlier version of the phrase on Jack in the season 2 premiere.
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- Lostpedia: Live Together, Die Alone transcriptHatch scene between Desmond and LockeReference checked
- Wikiquote: Lost (season 2)Man of Science, Man of Faith [2.1]Reference checked
- Lostpedia: Regularly spoken phrases (O-U)'See you in another life' entriesReference checked
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