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This article is about the exterior of the Swan station. For other uses, see hatch.

The Hatch

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First seen

"All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues"

Last seen

"Live Together, Die Alone"

Constructed by

DHARMA Initiative

Controlled by

Formerly by Radzinsky, Kelvin, Desmond, and Locke

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Status

Destroyed in the discharge

Discovered by

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DHARMA Initiative Stations
The Arrow • The Staff • The Swan
The Flame • The Pearl • The Orchid
The Hydra • The Tempest
The Looking Glass

The Hatch was a large steel entrance to DHARMA Initiative station 3, the Swan. Discovered by John Locke and Boone Carlyle, ("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues") Locke was unsuccessful at his attempts to gain access to it until it was blasted open by dynamite taken from the Black Rock. ("Exodus, Part 2") It was destroyed in the discharge. ("Live Together, Die Alone")

Discovery

The Hatch discovered

After the hunt for Ethan Rom, Boone decided to return to camp. Locke tossed a flashlight to him, and before Boone could catch it, the flashlight fell with a clunk, revealing something made of steel embedded in the ground. ("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues") Several days of excavation revealed a large round steel tunnel leading down into the earth, topped by a steel door with a small rectangular glass window.

Trebuchet

Locke and Boone ready the trebuchet

Locke and Boone built a trebuchet to break open the glass on the door of the Hatch. The trebuchet failed to damage the glass, but split apart on impact, wounding Locke's leg. ("Deus Ex Machina")

Appearance of lights

Locke sees the light turn on in the Hatch.

Locke broke down after all the work he put into excavating and trying to open the Hatch and questioned the Island's demands of him. He banged on the Hatch door, and suddently the window illuminated with a light from inside. "Deus Ex Machina" Though Locke did not know it at the time, Desmond Hume, the Hatch's occupant, turned on the light after hearing someone thumping on the door. ("Live Together, Die Alone")

Opening the Hatch

Jack determined to open the Hatch to use as a safe hiding place for the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 on a warning from Danielle Rousseau that the Others would come to kidnap them. The steel hatch was blown off using several sticks of dynamite recovered from the shipwreck of the Black Rock by Rousseau, Jack, Locke, Dr. Arzt, Kate and Hurley, against the last-second protestations of Hurley, who noted that the Numbers, which he considered unlucky, had been engraved into the side of the Hatch. In the final shot of Season 1, Locke and Jack gazed down into the long, dark, narrow vertical shaft revealed to be within. ("Exodus, Part 2")

Exploration

Locke sees a beam of light escaping from the Hatch.

Locke lowered Kate into the Hatch. Soon after, she was pulled down as a large beam of light came out of the shaft entrance. Desmond had used the beam to blind Kate while he captured her and brought her into the Hatch. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")

Mutual salvation

In telling Locke about his history in the Hatch, Desmond reported that he had been in a period of deep depression and was contemplating suicide when he heard Locke pounding on the Hatch. In searching for the source of the sound, Desmond turned on a powerful light. Locke's despair at his failure to open the Hatch caused him to pound on the Hatch exterior, which brought Desmond out of his despression. Desmond's switching on the light raised Locke's hope that the answers he sought were indeed inside the Hatch. ("Live Together, Die Alone")

John and Jack prepare to blow open the Hatch	The Numbers engraved on the outside of the Hatch	The Hatch exploding 1	The Hatch exploding 2
Locke and Jack peer down the Hatch's shaft	Jack and John decide what to do	View down the Hatch	Quarantine on the Hatch Door

Airlock entrance

The Swan's door

After gaining access to the Hatch (the actual name for which was learned to be the Swan station), the Oceanic Flight 815 survivors' frequent trips into and out of the station were made possible by a ground-level airlock entrance. It was first used when Kate ran off to get Sayid after the computer terminal shorted out. ("Orientation") This door was first seen in "Everybody Hates Hugo".

Destruction

The imploded Hatch

The Hatch completely destroyed in the events of the discharge when Desmond turned the fail-safe key. ("Further Instructions") A huge gaping crater full of debris was all that remained of the imploded Swan station.

Visitors

Picture	Name	Status	Reason for Visit
	Locke	Alive	Discovered this station with Boone on Day 11; tried many techniques to open it until he blasted it open on Day 44
	Boone	Dead	Discovered this station with Locke on Day 11
	Elliott	Alive	(Non-Canon) - Stumbled upon it after Locke had discovered it first
	Sayid	Alive	Was taken there by Locke when Sayid demanded the truth concerning Boone's last words before his death
	Jack	Alive	Was taken there by Locke and Sayid when they decided to get Jack's opinion on what to do next
	Hurley	Alive	Was taken there by Locke, Sayid and Jack when they needed to get dynamite from the Black Rock
	Kate	Alive	Was taken there by Locke, Sayid and Jack when they needed to get dynamite from the Black Rock
	Danielle	Dead	Was taken there by Locke, Sayid and Jack when they needed to get dynamite from the Black Rock
	Eko	Dead	Tried to enter the Swan when he was locked out by Locke and Desmond
	Desmond	Alive	Grieved after his time-travelling experience dropped him back to the Island