Ben, keeping Jack in a study tank in the Hydra facility, tells him about the outside world.
BEN: Yes, Jack, why would we be here?
JACK: You're lying. You're stuck here just like we are. You don't have any...
BEN: Your flight crashed on September 22nd, 2004. Today is November 29th. That means you've been on our island for 69 days. Yes, we do have contact with the outside world, Jack. That's how we know that during those 69 days your fellow Americans re-elected George W. Bush; Christopher Reeve has passed away; the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. [Jack starts laughing] What?
JACK: If you wanted me to believe this, you probably should have picked somebody else besides the Red Sox.
BEN: No, they were down 3 games to none against the Yankees in the league championship, and then they won 8 straight.
JACK [laughing]: Sure. Sure, of course they did.
[Ben turns toward the cart that was rolled in the turns on a TV. It shows the Red Sox winning the World Series. Jack moves toward the TV in disbelief and watches the end of the game. Ben turns the TV off.]