Later, Locke stops by Jack's office. He remarks that he and Jack were on the same flight from Sydney, how of "all the doctors in Los Angeles", Jack happened to be the one to treat his injuries from being hit by a car. John goes on to tell Jack that, earlier that day, the same man who had run him down attacked one of Locke's co-workers, asserting that he wasn't there to hurt Locke, but to help him "let go". He suggests that maybe this was all happening for a reason, and Jack was "supposed" to fix him. Jack implies that John was "mistaking coincidence with fate," and Locke replies that whatever it was called, he was ready to get out of his wheelchair. Before the surgery, he says to Jack that, regarding the findings of his father's coffin, he hopes it brings him peace. Jack replies that if he can fix Locke it will be all the peace he needs.