<P> Later, Charlie joins Desmond, Hurley and Jin on a hike into the jungle where they find a parachutist named Naomi Dorrit, who crashed on the island . When Jack announces his plan to foil the Others and contact the outside world, Charlie volunteers to swim down to the Looking Glass station and switch off a device blocking transmissions to and from the island . Desmond accompanies him . He confronts three people, two women who maintain the station and Mikhail . During a confrontation, Mikhail is shot in the chest with a spear gun . Just as Charlie is able to make contact with Penelope Widmore (Sonya Walger) in an adjacent communication room, a mysteriously resurrected Mikhail uses a grenade to destroy the room's porthole, flooding the communication room . To spare Desmond, Charlie locks the door from the inside, and warns him of Naomi's deception by writing on his hand' Not Penny's Boat' . Charlie then drowns . </P> <P> After leaving the island, Hurley has visions of Charlie first at a convenience store, and then later at the asylum Hurley has been committed to . Charlie tells Hurley the people remaining on the island need him, and that he has to return, but disappears when Hurley closes his eyes . In "Something Nice Back Home", Hurley conveys to Jack a message from Charlie: "You're not supposed to raise him" (referring to Aaron, whom Kate and Jack have adopted). Hurley also tells Jack that, according to Charlie, Jack will also be visited . </P> <P> In the episode "LA X", Charlie is seen on board Oceanic 815, in the restroom with heroin, as seen in the "Pilot" episode . However; during this "flash - sideways", flight 815 does not crash, and Charlie gets a small bag of heroin lodged in his throat, rendering him unconscious . He is revived by Jack and later arrested for possession of illegal drugs . He later claims, while he was unconscious, he had a vision of a "beautiful, rapturous" woman who is implied to be Claire . Glaring at Jack as he is restrained, he snarls "I was meant to die ." In the episode "Recon", Charlie's brother, Liam, was at a police station, the same one Sawyer and Miles work at, asking about Charlie . In the episode "Happily Ever After" Charlie is released from jail and greeted by Desmond Hume . Desmond has been tasked by his boss, Charles Widmore (Alan Dale), with bringing Charlie and his band Drive Shaft to play with Charles' son, Daniel Faraday (Jeremy Davies), at a charity concert . Desmond does not succeed since Charlie runs Desmond's car into the water, which triggers Desmond's memory of Charlie's death in the original timeline . Desmond escapes and rescues Charlie from the submerged vehicle . In the episode "The End", Charlie is tranquilized by Hurley in order to carry him to the concert which he was scheduled to perform . While on stage, he sees Claire sitting in the crowd and realizes she's the one he saw when he almost died . She seems to be flattered by his attention, but then has contractions and goes backstage with Kate . Charlie follows them and while he gets water and blankets, Claire gives birth and remembers her life on the island . Charlie returns and she recognizes him . She takes his hand and he then remembers everything too, and they have an emotional reunion . They are seen in the church along with the other main characters at the series' conclusion . </P> <P> After appearing in The Lord of the Rings, Dominic Monaghan was offered many fantasy - based roles . He was keen to portray a different role, so he wanted a contemporary part which had layers and an edge . Originally Charlie was an older rocker who had been a big hit in the 1980s but now had a heroin addiction . After the producers enjoyed Monaghan's audition where he read Sawyer's lines, they rewrote the part to make him a young has - been . </P>

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