A nice piece of dialogue with the two on the boat, and very decent of old Desmond to offer his life rather than Charlie's, but there was no indication that Desmond would not have acquiesced if Charlie was determined to go himself. Why hit poor Desmond?
It was, to me, reminiscent of Desmond's bar scene in his flashback/realback. He gets bonked and returns from London back onto the island nude. My question is whether Desmond experienced another flashback/realback with this bonk?