Lost: Desmond's Story

The Scot searching for his soulmate. Desmond has spent years searching for the one thing he already had.

BEFORE THE CRASH

• A Lance Corporal in the Royal Scots Regiment of the British Army
• Served time in a military prison for "not following orders"
• An important book to him is Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend;
  saved it as the last book he plans to read before he dies
• In love with Penelope "Penny" Widmore
• After released from prison, warned by Penny's father, Charles,
  to stay away from Penny; called Desmond a coward
• Decided to enter a sailboat race around the world sponsored by
  Charles Widmore in order to prove himself to Charles and win
  back Penny
• Given the sailboat "Elizabeth" by Libby, whom he met in Los Angeles
  while training for the race
•  Saw Penny in Los Angeles;she tried to convince him to come back
  to her; Desmond told her he entered the race to get his honor back
• Met Jack Shephard during his tour-de-stad training session
• During a bad storm at sea, crashed on the island
• Rescued by Kelvin Inman and brought inside the Swan station
• Told by Kelvin their replacements would arrive soon
• Shown the computer and told about the code that had to be entered
  every 108 minutes to "save the world"
• Told about the vaccine he had to inject to prevent getting sick
• Lived in the Swan station with Kelvin for three years
• Discovered Kelvin lied to him about the sickness, that
  no replacements were coming, and that Kelvin repaired his sailboat
  in order to leave the island without him
• Fought with Kelvin, shoved him against some sharp rocks and
  killed him
• Did not enter the code in time and unknowingly caused the crash of
  Oceanic flight 815

ON THE ISLAND

• Alone in the Swan station, and unaware of the survivors of the crash,
  became increasingly despondent
• Finally opened Our Mutual Friend to read it and afterwards kill himself;
  found a letter from Penny she had placed inside the book before he
  even entered the military prison; her letter confessed her love for him
  and told him she would wait for him
• Heard Locke pounding on the hatch entrance and is given hope
• Held Locke, Kate and Jack at gunpoint trying to figure out if they were
  allies or hostiles
• When the computer is shot and seemingly destroyed, ran to
  the sailboat and attempted to leave
•  After sailing for two and a half weeks, ended up back on the island
• After Locke destroyed the computer, Desmond realized he could save
  everyone with the failsafe key by blowing up the Swan station
• Had premunitions of Charlie’s death
• Kept trying to save Charlie unsuccessfully
• Was the last person to see Charlie at the Hydra station

POST ISLAND

• Time travelled back to 1996 after leaving the island and visited Daniel
  Faraday at Oxford university to help him.
• Was reunited with Penny after the island disappeared