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The Sound of the Shell
A plane carrying British boys is shot down during a wartime evacuation, and the survivors find themselves alone on a tropical island with no adults.
Fire on the Mountain
Excited by the idea of rescue, the boys rush to build a signal fire on the mountain using Piggy's glasses as a lens. The fire quickly spirals out of control and burns a section of…
Huts on the Beach
Jack is obsessed with hunting and spends his time tracking pigs in the jungle while Ralph struggles to get the boys to help build shelters.
Painted Faces and Long Hair
The boys are settling into island routines, but the littluns live in fear and the older boys are losing their civilized habits.
Beast from Water
Ralph calls a serious assembly at night to address the boys' failures: the fire, the shelters, the sanitation, and above all the growing fear of a beast.
Beast from Air
A dead parachutist drifts down onto the island at night, and the twins Sam and Eric, tending the signal fire, mistake the body for a living beast.
Shadows and Tall Trees
On the way to the mountain to search for the beast, Ralph has a moment of self-awareness and longs for his old civilized life.
Gift for the Darkness
After Ralph admits the beast is real and seems unbeatable, Jack calls an assembly and tries to have Ralph voted out as chief.
A View to a Death
Simon wakes from his fainting spell, discovers the truth about the parachutist, and heads down to tell the others. He stumbles into the middle of Jack's tribe's frenzied ritual da…
The Shell and the Glasses
The morning after Simon's death, Ralph and Piggy try to process what happened while Samneric downplay their involvement.
Castle Rock
Ralph's group, now nearly powerless, marches to Castle Rock to confront Jack and demand Piggy's glasses back. The confrontation turns deadly: Roger levers a boulder that kills Pig…
Cry of the Hunters
Jack's tribe hunts Ralph across the island with the intent to kill him. Samneric, now part of the tribe under duress, secretly warn Ralph that the boys plan to smoke him out by se…
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