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Summary

• Appears in: “Walkabout” (no dialogue), “White Rabbit,” “All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues,” “Outlaws,” “Do No Harm,” “Man of Science, Man of Faith,” “The Hunting Party,” “Two for the Road”
  • Profession: Former chief of surgery at St. Sebastian Hospital
  • Character relations: Jack (father), Ana Lucia (companion), Sawyer (bar acquaintance)

Christian Shephard is the father of Jack Shephard and the chief of surgery at St. Sebastian Hospital. According to Jack, Christian was the reason for Jack becoming a doctor, however he was often hard on his son, encouraging Jack to avoid trying to save everyone and instead focus on letting go when the time calls for it so that he could “have what it takes”. Jack says that Christian was hated by many people throughout his life, but instead of taking responsibility he blamed it on fate. Although Christian’s relationship with his son was unstable at times, he occasionally provided Jack with inspirational advice, particularly the night before Jack’s wedding. However, the major (and ultimately final) chasm in their relationship came as a result of Christian’s drinking problem. While operating on a patient while intoxicated, Christian severed an artery, resulting in the patient’s death. Christian managed to convince Jack not to report that Christian, operating under the influence, had caused the patient’s death, but Jack changed his mind when he discovered that the patient was pregnant, ending Christian’s medical career. Christian and Jack never spoke to each other after this incident.

Christian later met Ana-Lucia at a bar in LAX. After a brief conversation, he convinces her to accompany him to Australia to serve as a bodyguard, saying that it is fate. After several days of drinking, Christian has Ana-Lucia take him to a house where he confronts a blonde-haired woman. Christian then demands to see his daughter, but is beaten away by the woman. The next day, Ana-Lucia leaves Christian, calling him pathetic. Christian goes into a nearby bar and meets Sawyer, where he tells him that he is made to suffer by fate. “That’s why the Red Sox will never win the damn series,” Christian says to him. Christian then tells Sawyer about Jack, and how, despite what Jack thinks, he loves his son and is proud of him for doing the right thing, calling him a great man. (Later, on the Island, after hearing Jack repeat Christian’s expression about the Red Sox, Sawyer realizes that Jack is the son Christian was talking about.) Christian dies not long after his meeting with Sawyer, due to a heart attack caused by a high blood-alcohol content. Jack, in Australia looking for him, identifies his body at the morgue and has his body put on Flight 815 with him, so that he can have the funeral as soon as the flight lands in order to be “done with it”. Jack finds Christian’s casket on the island, but the body is not inside. In “Walkabout” and “White Rabbit”, Jack has visions of Christian on the island.

Although he doesn’t tell Jack Christian’s words at first, before boarding the raft, Sawyer said to Jack what Christian wanted to, finally allowing Jack to relieve himself of the guilt brought on by the death of his father.

Top theories referencing Dr. Christian

Title	Author	Cmnts	Votes	Rating
The Identity of Jacob, the clue in the pilot episode and more…	Andrelus	57	62	+44
Theta consciousness and quantum physics	seedy	29	29	+21
Eye of Horace?	benmonster	30	23	+19
About Claire….and how she’s dead	Marius	29	29	+19
The Perfect Montauk Sci-Fi	HoofSC	24	22	+16

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