eason 2: Episode 1 – “Man of Science, Man of Faith”
09/21/2005

photoA man is roused from sleep by his alarm. He jumps out of bed, types briefly on a computer and presses the “execute” button. He puts on a record (Mama Cass) and cleans up last night’s dishes. He does his workout, takes a shower, makes a protein shake and gives himself am injection of?well, something. And then – BOOM! We hear the explosion and follow the man’s frantic reaction into a gun locker where he loads up with pistols and a rifle and then goes to a primitive type of periscope he uses to discover the cause of this emergency. There, at the top of a very deep shaft, are Locke and Jack – who’ve just blown the hatch. Welcome back to Lost everyone?

Seeing the depth of the shaft, Jack manages to get everyone to return to camp with him, leaving the exploration of the hatch for another time. After all, the reason they blew it open was to hide everyone inside and that’s not going to be possible. Upon his return, Jack even manages to calm the rest of the survivors down and convince them that, regardless of what they may have heard, they will ALL survive to see the next day, as long as they all stick together. But Locke can’t wait any longer and openly defies Jack’s orders by returning to the hatch that night. And just as Jack thinks that one person defying him was bad enough, Kate decides that she’s going out there too.

Season 2: Episode 2 – “Adrift”
09/28/2005

photoSawyer manages to pull an unconscious Michael from the water and revives him with mouth to mouth. After coming to, Michael continues to shout after Walt, while Sawyer takes stock of their situation. It’s not good: Walt has been taken; Jin has disappeared into the sea; Sawyer is bleeding from a gunshot wound to the shoulder and he and Michael are stuck in the middle of the ocean with just a few pieces of bamboo keeping them afloat.

In FLASHBACK, we see how Michael came to “lose” his son the first time. In a bitter custody battle with Walt’s mother, Susan, Michael finds himself outgunned legally and financially. And although he is desperate to keep his son, Michael is finally forced to accept that Susan is able to give Walt all the things he could only dream of giving him. So, one day in the park, Michael says goodbye to a son he barely knows?and to any chance of being in his life. And his heart breaks into a million pieces.

Season 2: Episode 3 – “Orientation”
10/05/2005

photoWe back up in time once again to see the journey into the hatch from Kate’s perspective, where she escapes the pantry that she’s been locked into and overpowers Desmond using a gun found in the hatch’s armory – damaging the computer in the process.

Jack demands answers. Desmond explains that he was in a solo sailing race around the world when his boat ran aground on the reef. A man named Kelvin brought him to the hatch and instructed him to enter a series of numbers into the computer every 108 minutes in order to “save the world.”

Locke is intrigued; Jack is skeptical. Desmond tells him to watch a film called Orientation for answers. The film details The Dharma Initiative, a countercultural research project begun in the 1970s. It also provides key instructions for the operation of the computer in Station Three, i.e., the hatch, and hints at an unfortunate “incident” that made necessary the institution of this protocol. But it does little to convince Jack, who thinks it’s all a mind game – a psychological experiment. Desmond remains committed, however, and makes every attempt to repair the computer.

Season 2: Episode 4 – “Everybody Hates Hugo”
10/12/2005

photoWe open on Hurley, in the middle of the hatch’s pantry, surrounded by his favorite thing in the world – food. Unfortunately for him, it’s only a dream and he wakes up facing the reality of his newly assigned job – to inventory it and figure out how to make it last. Until then, nobody is to get anything – no exceptions. He enlists Rose’s help and confides in her that his biggest worry is that everything is going to change – that he’ll be the most hated man on the island once this job is put into action. So he keeps the contents of the hatch a secret, even from his most trusted friend, Charlie.

Likewise, in FLASHBACK, we learn that Hurley actually kept his winning lottery news from his best friend, fearing that everything would change. He quits his job and embarks on a journey to enjoy all the little things he loves best in his life. He acts as if nothing has happened and enjoys the freedom he knows will be lost once he comes clean about his newfound wealth. He asks his best friend to promise that no matter what happens, their relationship will never change.

Season 2: Episode 5 – “…And Found”
10/19/2005

photoOn one side of the island, Sun is devastated when she notices that her wedding ring is missing from her finger. While on the other side of the island, we follow Jin’s attempt to return to his wife. Michael tells him that they will find each other again, soon.

As our survivors help Sun search for her ring, Jack shares that he lost his wedding band once. He looked everywhere – the garbage, the plumbing – and finally went to a jeweler to have a replica made. He tells Sun that it’s now rattling around in his sock drawer. And Hurley recounts a story where his Dog once ate a drawer full of change, suggesting that Vincent might be the culprit. But when the search is fruitless, Sun ends up in tears, ripping apart her garden, until we realize that it’s clearly not about the ring anymore – it’s about the fact that she’s lost Jin. Locke tells her that in order to find something, sometimes you have to stop looking.

Season 2: Episode 6 – “Abandoned”
11/09/2005

photoOur castaways may be stranded on an island, but human nature is a very powerful force. So when Sayid presents Shannon with a brand new shelter, we aren’t exactly surprised when she invites him inside to spend the night. And until Sayid leaves to get them a drink of water, we might think that things are finally finding their way back to normal. But when Walt comes strolling into the tent, still dripping wet, any thought of normalcy goes flying straight out the hole in the tarp that serves as a window.

Shannon screams at the top of her lungs but by the time Sayid gets to her, Walt has disappeared again. Half the beach is awake now and they all rush over. Sayid tells her (and everyone listening) that it was only a dream — everything is fine. But the fact that Sayid publicly refutes her story leaves Shannon feeling angry and hurt. When Claire arrives with the baby, Charlie scolds her for waking the baby up and Claire actually apologizes.

Season 2: Episode 7 – “The Other 48 Days”
11/16/2005

photoWe open on a gorgeous tropical island tableau, which feels like we’re watching one of those beer commercials – until the tail section of Oceanic Flight 815 comes hurtling out of the sky and crashes into the water. That’s when the chaos begins – flaming pieces of fuselage and injured passengers everywhere, just as in the very first episode. There are some familiar faces: Bernard, Libby and Cindy. We recognize Eko, carrying a young girl named Emma from the water as her brother looks on, terrified. And we recognize Ana Lucia, who administers mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in a desperate effort to save Emma, who coughs up water and cries for her mother. Ana Lucia promises Emma that she will see her mom again real soon – a promise that loyal viewers know will not soon be fulfilled, because this is Lost and these people have crashed on the very same island where our regulars have been stranded for 48 days.

As we watch those 48 days unfold from the viewpoint of these tail section survivors, we learn that their existence has been very different from the one we’ve seen so far. These people have been under attack and of the 23 that initially survived the crash, only four will make it.

Season 2: Episode 8 – “Collision”
11/23/2005

photoWhile Ana Lucia is trying to process what she sees in front of her, Sayid is slipping further and further towards insanity. For him, even on this island, Shannon represented hope. Hope for a chance to feel whole again — and maybe even to be happy. So as she dies in his arms we can understand his desire to punish the one who took her from him. And as he draws his own weapon and moves to it’s all Mr. Eko can do to subdue him before Ana Lucia can knock him out. Armed with Sayid’s gun now and with her adrenaline running at full speed, Ana Lucia makes it very clear that she is in charge.

In FLASHBACK we learn Ana Lucia has experience with a gun?from both sides earned during the course of her work as an officer in the LAPD. Turns out, she was born to be a cop and wearing the shield is a family business. We shed some light on the world that shaped Ana Lucia into person she is now. Like most lessons, she learned about the dark side of human nature the hard way. And it’s a lesson that nearly cost Ana Lucia her life.

Season 2: Episode 9 – “What Kate Did”
11/30/2005

photoAs dawn ushers in another day on the island we see Jin and Sun sharing an intimate moment that is long overdue. For them the sunrise represents a new beginning — a second chance at love. And we get the feeling that they’re not going to let this one slip through their fingers.

We find Kate high up in a tree picking fruit from the tall branches. As she slides back down the trunk, she slips, almost falling and spilling several mangoes to the jungle floor. As she crouches to collect them, she hears something behind her and turns to see a magnificent black horse standing in the morning mist. But that’s not possible?is it?

Season 2: Episode 10 – “The 23rd Psalm”
01/11/2006

photoWhen Eko learns about the iconoclastic Virgin Mary statues, he reacts violently and smashes one open, revealing its contents to Claire. Claire won’t speak to Charlie, reminding him that he’s an addict. But Charlie lies and says he didn’t know that there was heroin inside. Their conversation is interrupted by Eko, who demands to be taken to the place where the statues were discovered – the plane.

And in FLASHBACK, we learn that Eko knows all of this because this is the very plane that he intended to use to smuggle the drugs from his home in Nigeria.

It seems that when Eko was a young boy, the Nigerian militia came into his town, interrupted an innocent game of soccer, shoved a gun into his little brother Yemi’s hand and demanded that Yemi shoot a man or they would kill him instead. Eko steps up and spares his little brother this horror by killing the man himself. The thugs recognize his bravery and give him the name of Mr. Eko – “a born killer” – thus initiating him as one of their own. They rip a gold cross hanging from Eko’s neck and lead him away. His little brother Yemi picks up the cross and puts it around his own neck.

Season 2: Episode 11 – “Hunting Party”
01/25/2006

photo In FLASHBACK, Jack and his father Christian diagnose an elderly man with a spinal tumor and determine that he’s not a candidate for surgery. But the man and his daughter reveal that they specifically sought out Jack. They know about his accomplishments with Jack’s wife Sarah – how he enabled her to walk after her spine was crushed in a car accident – and they’re looking for a miracle. Much to his father’s dismay, Jack agrees to perform the surgery.

Jack and the man’s daughter, Gabriella, form a connection – a dangerous one, according to Christian, who warns Jack to keep his distance. But Jack is spending nights and weekends at the hospital, working overtime, while Gabriella is there at her father’s side through a myriad of tests and pre-surgical procedures. And this is causing disharmony at home – Jack and Sarah’s marriage is paying the price because Jack is considered a “miracle worker.”

February 17, 2008

Season 2: Episode 12 – “Fire + Water”
01/25/2006

photo In FLASHBACK we see a pair of slippered feet whisk a young Charlie down a flight of stairs. It’s Christmas morning and his brother Liam is already hard at work ripping open his presents. But while Liam continues to unwrap gift after gift, Charlie finds nothing at all for him. That is until his mother leads him over to a brand new piano. Charlie is thrilled, but before he can even begin to enjoy the gift, he learns it comes with a price.

Back on the island, Charlie is struggling with his forced isolation. He misses Claire and the baby desperately, but the feeling isn’t mutual. Claire’s doing just fine…with Locke.

February 17, 2008

Season 2: Episode 13 – “The Long Con”
02/08/2006

photo Locke and Jack team up to ensure that all the weapons floating around the island are kept in the armory, nice and safe. Locke suggests they do the same with the medicine and lets Jack know Sawyer has been helping himself — again. Jack goes straight to Sawyer’s tent and the two of them face off over ownership of the meds. Sawyer claims it’s a case of “Finders Keepers.” And that’s just fine with Jack. He just found them in Sawyer’s tent. And now he’s keeping them.

February 17, 2008

Season 2: Episode 14 – “One of Them”
02/15/2006

photo We open in FLASHBACK on an Iraqi bunker during the first Gulf War. As bombs continue to fall around them, a brutal Republican Guard commander urges his soldiers to destroy their documents before it’s too late. The door is kicked in and a squad of American soldiers captures the Iraqi soldiers. They want to know who is in charge and thankfully one of the new prisoners speaks English. Sayid.

Sayid is taken aside for questioning and asked where the commander, Tariq, is. But Sayid is a loyal member of the Republican Guard, so he tells the Americans that Tariq fled long before they arrived. And it looks like the Americans believe him. Until he is led into a room to find Tariq tied to a chair in front of him.

Lost Season 2 on February 17, 2008

Season 2: Episode 15 – “Maternity Leave”
03/01/2006

photo What happened to Claire when she was abducted by the Others?

When Rousseau shows up at camp and tells Claire that her baby could be ‘infected’, Claire sets out on a journey to find the answer to this question. Armed with memory “flashes” triggered first by Rousseau’s presence and then through Libby’s relaxation exercises, Claire remembers that she was in fact being held somewhere on the island and given vaccine for the baby. Convinced that the only way to cure Aaron is to find the vaccine, she enlists the help of Rousseau and Kate to find this mysterious place where she was being kept while the Others had her.