Desmond David Hume

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