This article contains episode summaries for the second season of Lost.
The new episodes began airing September 21, 2005. The original airdates in the U.S. are listed here for each episode. For airdates on other networks and in other countries, see Airdates of Lost.
Season Two Episodes
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-- "Destination Lost" |
07 "The Other 48 Days" |
13 "The Long Con" |
* denotes info based on unconfirmed spoilers. May be subject to change.
See Also: Lost Season 1
Man of Science, Man of Faith
- See main article at Man of Science, Man of Faith.
- Original air date: September 21st, 2005
- Flashback: Jack Shephard
- Written by Damon Lindelof
- Directed by Jack Bender
Adrift
- See main article at Adrift.
- Original air date: September 28th, 2005
- Flashback: Michael Dawson
- Written by Steven Maeda and Leonard Dick
Orientation
- See main article at Orientation.
- Original air date: October 5th, 2005
- Flashback: John Locke
- Directed by Jack Bender
- Written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Craig Wright
Everybody Hates Hugo
- See main article at Everybody Hates Hugo.
- Original air date: October 12th, 2005
- Flashback: Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
- Written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz
- Directed by Alan Taylor
...And Found
- See main article at ...And Found.
- Original air date: October 19th, 2005
- Flashback: Jin-Soo Kwon and Sun-Soo Kwon
- Directed by Stephen Williams
- Written by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
Abandoned
- See main article at Abandoned.
- Original air date: November 9th, 2005
- Flashback: Shannon Rutherford
Abandoned Air Date: 11/09/2005
Our 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.
In FLASHBACK, we see a younger Shannon and we're surprised to find her genuinely sweet and caring. She works as a ballet instructor, dreams of landing an internship with a prestigious dance company in New York and lives her life with the ease of someone who knows they have their bet covered. But when her father is killed in a car accident things go from bad to worse. In her father, she lost her best friend. And her relationship with her stepmother Sabrina isn't exactly what you might call loving. Boone does what he can to be there for her, but this type of grief takes time to process. Still, she soldiers on the best she can and even gets word about the internship in New York -- it's hers! There's just one problem -- the internship is unpaid and she doesn't seem to have any money. Her father always took care of that, so Shannon goes to see Sabrina to ask when she is getting the money left to her by her father in his will. And it's here that Shannon's world is turned completely upside down. Her father had no will. And through a living trust, all his assets go to his wife…Sabrina. Sabrina tells Shannon it's time to start taking care of herself -- that everyone has to work for what they have and that the free ride is over. And as Shannon is literally kicked out of the only home she has ever known we see the pain on her face and know she is being pushed down a path that will change her forever.
On the island, Claire finds herself more and more upset about having her parenting skills questioned by Charlie. As Locke helps her get the baby to sleep she rails against Charlie, admitting that she knows very little about him -- he could be a religious freak for all she knows. Why else would he carry a statue of the Virgin Mary around with him? And as this lands on Locke, we realize Charlie is walking a very dangerous line.
Halfway across the island, Ana Lucia and Mr. Eko are leading what remains of their party on a trek to join our castaways and unite the clans. They race against the clock of Sawyer's infection and the ever-present danger of the Others until silently and without warning, another of their clan simply disappears. Mistrust and paranoia reign as they fight their way through the jungle and into the driving rain -- never knowing they are on a collision course with tragedy just moments away.
And elsewhere, Sayid tries desperately to connect with Shannon, who has resorted to using Vincent to try and track Walt. When he finally catches up to her in the jungle, it's all he can do to prevent her from falling into hysterics. She tells him she knows he thinks she is crazy and that they found the message bottle from the raft. She knows he will leave her as soon as they are rescued. She knows this because everyone leaves her. So he should just go now. But Sayid tells her he believes her; promises her that he will never leave her no matter what happens. And then he says something neither of them thought they would ever hear or say again…He loves her. And as they fall into an embrace, Sayid sees something that couldn't be there. He sees Walt -- and Shannon doesn't know whether to be frightened or relieved. She takes off after him into the jungle and it takes a moment for Sayid to jar himself into action. But that second is all it takes for life on this island to take yet another tragic turn.
The Other 48 Days
- See main article at The Other 48 Days.
- Original airdate: November 16, 2005
- Flashback: None; the narrative breaks chronology to tell the story of the tail-section survivors from the day of the crash.
- Written by: Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
- Directed by: Eric Laneuville
After the tail section of the plane crashes into the water off the beach, the survivors swim ashore. A young boy with a teddy bear points out his sister floating in the water. A black man in a suit (Mr. Eko) pulls her out, and a Latina woman (Ana-Lucia Cortez) performs CPR on her, saving her life. A man runs out of the woods asking for help, saying there's someone alive in the jungle. The man, who later calls himself "Goodwin," brings Ana to Bernard, who is still belted into his airplane seat, stuck up in a tree. Ana coaxes him to grab the tree branch, just before the seat crashes to the ground. Back on the beach, Goodwin, who claims to be in the Peace Corps, builds a signal fire. Bernard asks Eko if he found an "African-American" among the bodies, referring to his wife Rose whom he can't find; Eko tells him no, but he will pray for her and for their rescue. That night, three of the adults are taken and Eko kills two of the Others with a rock when they try to take him. From that night on, he refuses to speak.
A survivor who identifies himself as Nathan suggests staying on the beach, and the group does so. On the fifth day, a man dies from a leg injury and is buried. On the twelfth day, the Others take nine more, including the two children. Ana manages to kill another one, who is discovered to be carrying an antique US Army Knife and a list of the nine to be taken, along with their descriptions.
The survivors opt to head into the jungle. They make a camp near a source of fresh water and fruit trees. Ana digs a pit, which she turns into a cage. As soon as it is done, she knocks Nathan unconscious and throws him into the pit. She interrogates him, believing he is one of those who took the children, due to his unexplained absences and how nobody remembered seeing him on the plane. When asked where he came from, he replies, "Canada." She begins starving him, demanding to know the location of the children, but another member of the group feeds him when she is not looking. Ana tells Goodwin she intends to start torturing Nathan the next day. That night, Goodwin frees Nathan, warning him of Ana's plan; when Nathan turns to leave, Goodwin garrotes his neck, killing him.
The survivors move again and find the bunker marked by a Dharma Initiative logo, with an arrow in the center. Inside a box they find a glass eye, a Bible and a radio. Goodwin and Ana go to higher ground to try to pick up a signal. While there, Ana reveals that she knows Goodwin is one of the Others, because on the first day, he ran out of the jungle with his clothes completely dry, ten minutes after the plane crashed into the water. Goodwin admits he killed Nathan, and confirms that the children are still alive, saying that they are "better off." He also says that those taken were "good people" and that Nathan was not on the list because he was a "bad person." The two fight for the army knife; when they roll down a hill, Ana impales him on a sharpened stick.
Ana returns to the survivors and tells them, "We're safe here now", but does not reveal on-screen that she killed Goodwin. On the forty-first day, Bernard picks up Boone on the radio, and responds to Boone's "We're the survivors of the crash of Oceanic Flight 815" with "We're the survivors of flight 815." Before any further conversation can take place, Ana turns off the radio, dismissing the transmission as another trick by the Others. "They know we were on Flight 815 because Goodwin knew we were on Flight 815," she argues. "This is our life now," she tells them. She goes off by herself to cry, and Eko, speaking for the first time since the night he was nearly abducted, tells her everything will be all right. She asks him why it took him forty days to speak; he asks her why it took her forty days to cry.
Soon after, Cindy and Libby find Jin washed up on the shore. After pulling him from the water, they tie him up and blindfold him while they try to find out who he is. As Eko and Ana-Lucia argue, Jin breaks free and runs to the beach, at which point the events shown in previous episodes are replayed.
The remainder of the 48 days are shown as a montage of the events already seen, including the tail section's acceptance of Jin, Sawyer and Michael, the trek to the midsection's camp, Sawyer falling ill, Cindy listening to the forest's whispers just before she is "taken", and the shooting of Shannon by Ana-Lucia.
Collision
- See Main Article on: Collision
- Original airdate: November 23, 2005
- Flashback: Ana-Lucia Cortez
- Written by: Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Leonard Dick
- Directed by: Stephen Williams
Realizing it was Ana-Lucia who shot Shannon, Sayid quickly pulls his gun on her. Eko stops him and, after a quick and muddy fight, Sayid is knocked unconscious. Ana-Lucia orders Eko to tie Sayid up using vines from Sawyer's stretcher. Libby and Michael object, saying "Sawyer needs a doctor or he'll die", and Eko refuses. Ana-Lucia then forces Libby at gun point to do so, claiming that she knows what she's doing.
Once Sayid is tied up, Eko carries Sawyer away to find the other survivors. Michael decides to give Sayid water, daring Ana-Lucia to shoot him. Sayid asks Michael about Ana-Lucia and Walt. Michael replies that Ana-Lucia is a survivor from the tail section of the plane and that the "others" took Walt. Sayid reacts strongly and angrily to the news about Walt, remembering that he would not believe Shannon when she said she saw Walt, believing him to be in the middle of the ocean. The rest of the group confronts Ana-Lucia, asking her about "her plan." Making a deal with Michael for the release of Sayid, Ana-Lucia demands supplies from the hatch (at least half of the camp's ammo, a big pack with blankets and clothes - "jeans and socks") so that she can live "alone" in the jungle, guilt-ridden and convinced that Sayid and the other survivors will not stop until they have avenged Shannon's death.
It is revealed, through flashbacks, that Ana-Lucia was a police officer in the LAPD who was shot by a burglar suspect with four hollow point bullets. After recovering, she is assigned an office job, but demands to get back into a patrol car. Her captain (played by Rachel Ticotin), who turns out to also be her mother, reluctantly allows it. On patrol, Ana-Lucia responds to a domestic disturbance call, which proves to be too stressful, as the domestic shouting match causes Ana-Lucia to lose her calm and draw her gun. Her partner orders her to holster her weapon, calling her by first name when she does not respond to "Officer Cortez." Returning back to headquarters, Ana-Lucia and her partner begin a discussion about her gun incident; however, it is cut short when Ana-Lucia finds out the suspect who shot her has been caught. The suspect's name is Jason McCormick and, along with evidence from the crime scene and his confession, the only thing left is for Ana-Lucia to identify him. She takes a look at the suspect and says, "It's not him." Despite objections by her mother, Ana-Lucia stands by her claim and Jason is released.
While playing golf, Jack and Kate encounter Eko carrying Sawyer. They enter into the Hatch to treat Sawyer, interrupting Locke in the middle of a crossword puzzle. Locke stops to ask what happened, but Jack reminds him that the timer is going off. Jack tries to give Sawyer a pill for the infection, but he won't swallow it. When Jack instructs Kate to hold Sawyer's head up, she holds him and gently and affectionately whispers into his ear until he takes the pill. Jack reacts by saying that he "never learned the whole whisper in the ear thing in med-school." Eko, walking around the interior of the Hatch, notices the Dharma logo, likely recognizing the similarities between the 'Swan' logo and the one that the tail end survivors found on their side of the island. He also finds the closet full of guns and displays a disapproving facial expression. Eko runs into Locke and the two stare at each other very strangely for several seconds. Eko tells Locke "a girl was shot and killed", describing her as "tall with blonde hair" whom Locke quickly identifies as Shannon, showing a sense of grief in his face. When asked if he could take Locke to the scene, Eko takes a quick look at the gun-rack and replies: "No."
After being informed that Shannon has been killed and Sayid is held prisoner at gunpoint, Jack is furious. He demands Eko take him there, but Eko just sits in silence, telling Jack, "anything I say will only make you angrier". Michael suddenly bursts into the Hatch and tells Jack what happened. Jack grabs a rifle and a shotgun, gives the shotgun to Michael, and starts to make his way out of the hatch. Suddenly Eko screams "Stop!" and asks Jack what he's looking for. "Peace? Revenge? Justice?" Jack replies that he wants all his people back safely. Then Eko says, "Ana-Lucia made a mistake." It's obvious from Jack's surprise reaction that he knows her. Jack was shown meeting Ana-Lucia at the airport lounge just prior to Flight 815 in Exodus: Part 1. Eko agrees to take Jack out to where Sayid and Ana-Lucia are in the jungle, but only Jack, and without any guns.
Ana-Lucia now begins to interrogate Sayid, first asking him the apparently odd question as to whether he has children. He answers no and poses the same question to Ana-Lucia, and she awkwardly replies no. He asks her if she is going to kill him, and she retorts "should I?". Sayid now relates how almost 40 days ago on the island he tied a man (Sawyer) to a tree and tortured him, as he had done to many others in his lifetime, others whose voices: "I still hear at night." Clearly facing a lot of mental anguish, he says perhaps she should kill him, "perhaps you were meant to." Ana in response, relates her story, saying that during her shooting, all she heard was a pop and that by the time she hit the ground she thought she was dead. She continues saying she feels dead.
Sayid now asks what happened to her shooter and in the final flashback of the episode, Ana-Lucia is seen apparently having followed Jason to a bar and waiting for him until the end of the night, at which point she follows him to the parking lot where they are alone. She draws his attention by shouting his name, and upon being asked "I know you?" she draws her gun and makes the simple statement, "I was pregnant." She then shoots him, three times at far range, dropping him, and fires three more times into him at point-blank. After a long pause, she tells Sayid that nothing happened to him and that they never found the guy.
Ana picks up Eko's machete-like blade, frees Sayid, drops both the machete and gun she was holding, and dares him to take his revenge saying, "go ahead, pick it up, I deserve it." Sayid refuses, saying, "What good would it be to kill you, if we're both already dead?" and walks away.
Eventually, the rest of the tail-section survivors and Jin make it back to the camp, where Bernard and Rose as well as Jin and Sun are finally reunited.
The episode ends with Sayid carrying Shannon's body back to camp, and Ana-Lucia and Jack staring at each other.
What Kate Did
See Main Article on: What Kate Did
- Original air date: November 30, 2005
- Flashback: Kate Austen
- Written by: Steven Maeda and Craig Wright
- Directed by: Paul Edwards
The episode begins with a person on the beach in the morning light, then pans to Jin exiting his tent with no shirt on, followed by a smiling Sun. As she hugs him, Hurley gives Jin a thumbs up from the next shelter. Sun turns to look down the beach, and sees Sayid digging a grave for Shannon.
In the Hatch, Jack watches over a semi-conscious Sawyer, who mutters, "Where is she?" which Jack assumes refers to Kate. Sawyer then whispers, "I love her" twice, stunning Jack into silence.
While collecting fruit in the jungle, Kate is shocked to see a black horse standing in the undergrowth. She returns to the Hatch to attend to Sawyer and the computer, so that Jack can attend Shannon's funeral. On the beach, Eko comforts Ana Lucia, telling her that most of the survivors realise that Shannon's death was accidental, but she decides to avoid the funeral. At the funeral Sayid tries to say a few words, but overcome by emotion, can only declare that he loved her before walking away. Jack, Locke and the others continue the improvised ceremony by each pouring a handful of sand into the grave.
At the Hatch, Kate plays a record of "After Midnight" by Patsy Cline and tells the sleeping Sawyer that she thinks she saw a horse outside. Sawyer begins to mumble, and as she leans in to hear better, he grabs her by the neck and says, "You killed me. Why did you kill me?"
Jack and Locke return to the hatch to find the alarm blaring, Sawyer on the floor, and Kate nowhere to be seen. With only 23 seconds to go, Locke hastily enters the numbers.
Outside, Kate bumps into Charlie in the woods and asks if he thinks there are horses on the island. He replies that he has seen polar bears and heard monsters but never horses, and they part ways. Back at the beach, Charlie meets Jack, and tells him where to find Kate. Jack tracks her down and accosts her for leaving the Hatch. In the ensuing confrontation, Kate shouts, "I'm sorry I'm not as perfect as you. I'm sorry that I'm not as good." She makes to run away, but Jack grabs her forearm and pulls her back. With their emotions reaching a fever pitch, Jack pulls Kate close and holds her. Without warning, Kate kisses Jack passionately and then, seemingly shocked by her actions, runs off into the jungle. Jack calls after her, but does not follow.
Sayid, going to Shannon’s grave to place his necklace on her cross, discovers Kate sitting there. She apologizes for missing the funeral and confesses that she thinks she's going crazy. When asked if he believes in ghosts, Sayid says that he saw Walt in the jungle just before Shannon was shot and asks if that makes him crazy too. Kate returns to the Hatch and relieves Sun, who has been tending to Sawyer.
A series of flashbacks elucidate Kate's crime. A 24-year-old Kate is sitting on a porch playing with a cigarette lighter when her stepfather, Wayne Jansen, arrives inebriated. As Kate helps him to bed, he complains and makes advances towards her. As Kate rides away from the house on a motorcycle, the house explodes.
She rides to a diner where her mother, Diane Jansen, works. Kate confronts Diane about an injury caused by Wayne and then presents her with a homeowners' insurance policy, telling Diane that she'll be taken care of. Despite worried pleas from her mother to explain what has transpired, Kate leaves, fighting back tears.
Later, we see Kate trying to buy a bus or train ticket to Tallahassee, when she is arrested by US Marshal, Edward Mars. He says that Kate's mother had turned her in. It's not clear how much time has passed since the murder or where Kate is buying the ticket.
On a country highway during a rainy night, Mars is driving a handcuffed Kate to her arraignment in Iowa. He questions why, with no previous criminal record or history of violence, she would choose to kill Wayne now. Suddenly, a black horse passes in front of the car. Kate shouts "Look out!", and after swerving to avoid hitting the animal, the car bumps into a tree or pole. With Mars momentarily stunned by the opening of the driver's airbag, Kate grabs the handcuff keys and tries to unlock the handcuffs but the marshall revives. After a short fight, Kate kicks Mars out of the car. She reverses the lightly damaged car and turns on the headlights to drive away. To her surprise the lights show the black horse standing next to the road quietly looking at her for a few seconds before leaving into the darkness.
Kate next visits a U.S. Army recruiting station and meets Sergeant Major Sam Austen, the man she believed to be her biological father. She tells Austen that she recently discovered that he was her stepfather and that Wayne was her biological father. Sam reveals that he had known this all along but hid the truth because he feared Kate would kill Wayne if she ever found out. He informs Kate that he must call the authorities, but agrees to give her a one-hour head start. In the background of the recruiting station a TV set is playing and a shot of Sayid can clearly be seen for two seconds.
Back in the present, Kate asks Sawyer if he can hear her, first saying "Sawyer?" then "Wayne?", at which point Sawyer stirs and mumbles inaudibly. Kate, believing that Wayne's ghost has possessed Sawyer's body, confesses aloud that she killed him after finding out that he was her biological father. It was too much to bear for her to know that the man who she hated would always be a 'part of her'. Furthermore, whenever she had feelings for Sawyer she couldn't help remembering Wayne. Following Kate's confession, Sawyer awakes as his normal self, and his comments reveal he has heard the whole conversation. Kate is embarrassed but relieved. She shows Sawyer around the Hatch, before taking him outside to prove that they have not been rescued. As the two talk, the black horse reappears. Kate approaches and pets it, and after a moment the horse walks back into the jungle.
As Kate and Sawyer share this moment, back at the beach Jack approaches Ana Lucia, who is sitting carving a stake with her hunting knife. Jack offers her one of three miniature bottles of Tequila - recalling their first meeting at the airport. They commiserate, smile, and share a moment of peace.
In the Hatch, Locke uses bolt cutters to finally remove the handcuff that Jin has worn on his right hand since attacking Michael in House of the Rising Sun. After Jin leaves, Michael asks Locke about the blast door in the ceiling, which Locke admits he had not noticed. Locke shows the Dharma Orientation film to Michael and Eko and then explains that he has set up two-person shifts every six hours to enter the code. He demonstrates to Michael that the keyboard only works when the alarm sounds - Michael asks to inspect the equipment and Locke hesitantly agrees.
Later, Eko calls Locke aside and, after leading in with a story about Josiah and the book found during Josiah's rule, reveals a hollowed-out Bible which contains a small reel of 16mm film. The book was found by the tail-section survivors in the Dharma building they inhabited during The Other 48 Days. Locke unrolls part of the reel and recognizes Dr. Marvin Candle, the narrator from the original film. As it seems that the new part was cut from the original film, Eko and Locke splice the film from the book back into the main film reel. Locke marvels at the odds of them finding the missing piece, but Eko advises him not to "mistake coincidence for fate." They watch the missing section of the film, in which Dr. Candle expands on his warning that the computer is to be used only to enter the code. He explains that while the isolation of Station 3 may tempt one to use the computer to communicate with the outside world, such action would compromise the integrity of the project and may lead to another "incident".
Meanwhile, as Michael examines the computer equipment, he hears a strange beeping from the terminal and goes to inspect. He notices there are still 51 minutes remaining on the timer and that the text "Hello?" is shown on the screen. Unlike Locke in his earlier attempt, Michael is able to enter text and replies with "Hello?" A moment later "Who is this?" appears and Michael responds "This is Michael. Who is this?" After a few seconds, the word "Dad?" appears on the screen.
A stunned Michael is seen mouthing "Walt?" as the episode ends.
The 23rd Psalm
See Main Article on: The 23rd Psalm
- Original air date: January 11, 2006
- Flashback: Mr. Eko
- Written by: Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof
- Directed by: Matt Earl Beesley
Claire introduces herself to Eko, and sees that he is whittling scripture into the head of his club. Upon seeing this, she mentions to him that he should talk to Charlie about religion, given the Virgin Mary statue that he has been carrying. Eko becomes panicked, and immediately demands to see the statue. Though Claire tells Eko that it's "just a statue", he breaks open the statue and shows Claire the heroin inside. Believing Charlie to still be an addict, Claire begins to lose faith in him. Eko demands that Charlie take him to the place where he found the statue. Charlie takes him to a tree and claims that he found the statue under the tree, though Eko becomes upset and demands that Charlie take him "to the plane." Charlie also notices the scriptures on the stick Eko carries.
The image fades into a flashback, and we see Nigerian guerillas in a small villlage. They grab Eko's younger brother and try to force him to shoot an old man. The younger brother hesitates, so Eko takes the gun from his brother and shoots the man himself. The guerillas are pleased with this and ask him his name to which he replies, "Eko." The leader says that Mr Eko is a "born killer," and takes Eko, leaving his brother and the other children behind. Eko's cross is torn from his neck by the leader, who says, "you won't need this anymore." Eko's younger brother picks up the cross as Eko rides away into the distance.
A few years later, we see that Eko has become a powerful warlord of Nigeria. He meets with another drug dealer who is trying to get his heroin out of the country. Eko offers to do him a "favor" - buy the drugs at a ridiculously low price and spirit them out of the country. The drug runner reluctantly agrees. Before he leaves, however, he tells Eko, "It's true what they say about you. You have no soul." Eko proceeds to slit the throat of the man and his assistant, but lets the man's son live, saying, "Tell all your friends that I let you live, that Mr. Eko let you live".
Meanwhile, throughout the episode, Locke teaches Michael how to use a gun. Michael then asks Kate if he can have her shift at the computer, to which she agrees. Michael tries to get the computer to turn on. The computer then comes on by itself. Someone at the other end says "Dad?", then asks if Michael is alone, and finally claims Michael has to come for him. The person then says that "they are coming back," but, as the person is typing "You must come to..." , Jack appears. Jack talks to Michael, saying that everyone cares about Walt, and that as soon as they can, they will go out to "bring him back." When Jack walks behind Michael on his way out, the conversation has disappeared from the monitor.
Eko visits the church in the town that he was taken from. His brother has become a priest, and is trying to sell statues of the Virgin Mary to raise money for polio vaccines for the village. Eko asks him for a plane, because only foreign and missionary aircraft are allowed to fly out of Nigeria. He claims that he will fly the drugs out of Nigeria (and away from their people) and give his brother the money for the polio vaccine. His brother tells Eko that he loves him still, but refuses to help.
In the next flashback, Eko approaches his brother again, asking simply for his brother to sign papers that make Mr. Eko and two other men priests so that they can fly a plane themselves. His brother refuses at first, but Eko tells his brother that if he does not obey, Eko whispers that his two friends will burn the church to the ground. His brother reluctantly signs.
Charlie takes Eko further into the jungle, complaining that Eko ruined his relationship with Claire and that Mr. Eko shouldn't judge him because it was his brother that got him addicted to heroin. Charlie loses his way, and Mr. Eko tells him to climb a tree. Charlie reluctantly obliges. While he is in the tree, there are explosions, and we see the black smoke that formerly appeared in Exodus, Part 2. Mr. Eko faces the black smoke as John Locke did, despite Charlie telling him to run. The black smoke approaches Eko, who stands his ground. Eko stares fearlessly at the cloud for a few moments, and as the camera passes through the cloud, we hear what sounds like computer chatter. There are dark images flashing inside the cloud, images presumably from Eko's past: the man he shot, his mother, his brother, a church, and a crucifix. Suddenly, the cloud pulls back and disappears. Eko and Charlie find a parachute in a tree, which leads to the corpse of the Nigerian man dressed as a priest that Boone and Locke found in Deus Ex Machina. He opens the man's shirt. The dead man wears no cross but instead has one gold tooth which Eko touches. When he realizes it's not his brother, he says a prayer, telling Charlie that the man "saved his life."
In the final flashback, we see Eko and his two friends dressed as priests boarding the plane. Eko's brother drives up to the plane and tells him not to leave. He is soon followed by the Nigerian military. Eko's two friends open fire onto the military, and one dies when the military fires back. Eko's brother tells them to stop, but they shoot him. Eko carries his brother into the plane and tells his friend to get in. His friend does, but kicks Eko away from the plane before he can get in. As Eko watches the plane carrying his wounded brother fly away, the military approaches and, given his clothing, mistake him for his brother.
Eko and Charlie find the plane. Eko finds another corpse inside, opens the shirt, and finds the cross around the body's neck. Eko tells Charlie that the man inside is his brother. He gives Charlie a Virgin Mary statue "for the one he broke" and burns the plane, reciting Psalm 23 from the Old Testament. Charlie asks Eko if he is, in fact, a priest himself. Eko pauses, then smiles softly and puts the cross around his neck. "Yes," he replies, "I am."
In a pre-closing scene, several survivors are shown progressing with island life. Kate gives Sawyer a haircut, Jin introduces Sun to Ana-Lucia and presents her with a fish, and Hurley helps Libby set up shelter, both glancing flirtatiously at each other. Finally, Charlie apologizes to Claire, but Claire tells him to leave her and Aaron alone. The episode ends with Charlie in the jungle, opening a hiding place to reveal that he has five additional Virgin Mary statues. He places the one that Mr. Eko gave him with the other five.
The Hunting Party
See Main Article on: The Hunting Party
- Original air date: January 18, 2006
- Flashback: Jack Shephard
- Written by: Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim
- Directed by: Stephen Williams
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."
After seven and a half hours of surgery, Jack loses his patient on the operating table. Christian blames the man's age and weakened heart, but Jack blames himself, frustrated at his inability to save him. Jack leaves the hospital and finds a distraught Gabriella in tears, waiting in the parking lot. And in a moment of grief and weakness, they share a kiss. But Jack pulls away and tells Gabriella that he can't. He returns home to Sarah and comes clean about the encounter. He vows that things will be different; that he's going to put more effort into their marriage; that he's going to fix it. But Sarah feels that Jack will always need something to fix and reveals some news of her own that leaves Jack reeling: she is leaving him for "someone else."
Now on the island, Jack finds himself alongside Locke on a mission to try and save a fellow survivor: Michael, armed with a gun from the armory, who's out in search of Walt. Sawyer tags along, seeking revenge on the people who shot him. Kate argues her case to go with them and help them track. But Jack shoots her idea down and tells her to stay behind to man the hatch and the button.
Out on the trek, they hear gunshots and discover casings from Michael's gun. But it's getting dark and Locke wants to return to camp. Jack, however, wants to push forward, find Michael and convince him to come back with them - arguing that it's their responsibility. Locke argues that Michael won't return without Walt and wonders who they are to tell anyone what they can or can't do…a callback for our loyal viewers who know what this statement means to John Locke.
Their disagreement is interrupted by a familiar face out in the middle of the jungle - the same man who shot Sawyer and took Walt. And he knows their names. He takes Locke's side in the argument, telling our team to turn around and go back to where they came from. And when Sawyer makes a move forward, the man shows them just how serious he is, grazing Sawyer's ear with a bullet.
Jack demands to know where Michael is and what happened to Walt. The man tells him that Walt is fine and that Michael will never find them. He goes on to tell them that their curiosity is going to get them killed and orders Jack, Locke and Sawyer to give up their weapons and turn around - this is Their island and the only reason our survivors are living on it is because They allow it.
When Jack calls his bluff, twenty-odd torches light up in he woods around them, revealing that this guy has serious back-up. When Jack continues to refuse to lay down his weapon, the guy pulls his final card and has Kate brought out of the jungle, a gun to her head. After a brief stand-off, Jack finally relents. The guy releases Kate, the torches go out and he melts back into the jungle, bringing this encounter with the Others to an end.
Back home in the hatch, Hurley and Charlie listen to some records and talk about women. Charlie asks Hurley if he thinks Claire misses him; Hurley replies "it's only been a day." Hurley then admits to being attracted to newcomer Libby, saying that this is the perfect "deser island" scenario, and if he's ever going to get a girl like her, this may be his only chance.
It is also interesting to note that the leader of the others asks 'Alex' to bring the captured Kate out. Alex is the name of Danielle's missing child, kidnapped by the Others 16 years ago.
On the trek home, Jack isn't happy that Kate took it upon herself to follow them out there and put herself in harm's way. Though she tries to apologize, he shuts her down and gives her the cold shoulder. Instead, he turns to another woman on the island - Ana Lucia - and asks her how long it would take to build an army. It seems that Jack doesn't intend to give up that easily this time…
Fire + Water
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- Original air date: January 25, 2006
- Flashback: Charlie Pace
- Written by: Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis
- Directed by: Jack Bender
When Charlie's vividly surreal dreams lead him to believe Claire's baby, Aaron, is in danger, Locke suspects Charlie may be using again. Meanwhile, Sawyer encourages Hurley to act on his attraction to Libby.
The Long Con
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- Original air date: February 8, 2006
- Flashback: Sawyer
- Written by: Steve Maeda, Leonard Dick
- Directed by: Roxann Dawson
Survivors fear that "The Others" may have returned when Sun is injured during a failed kidnapping attempt.
One of Them
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- Original air date: February 15, 2006
- Flashback: Sayid Jarrah
- Written by: Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
- Directed by: Stephen Williams
When Rousseau leads Sayid to a mysterious captive in the jungle, he becomes determined to find out if he is one of the "Others." Meanwhile, Sawyer discovers Hurley's potentially devastating breech of the survivors' trust and blackmails him into helping track an elusive island creature that won't leave Sawyer alone.
Maternity Leave
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- Original air date: March 1, 2006
- Flashback: Claire Littleton
- Written by: Dawn Lambertsen Kelly, Matt Ragghianti
- Directed by: Jack Bender
A desperate Claire, along with Kate and Rousseau, attempts a return to the scene of her kidnapping where she believes she might find the cure for Baby Aaron's mysterious illness. Meanwhile, Jack and Locke must keep their prisoner a secret from the rest of the survivors. This episode is unique in that all of Claire's flashbacks were her experiences on the island while she was abducted by Ethan, not of her life before the crash.
The Whole Truth
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Sun wrestles with the thought of telling Jin a newfound secret that threatens to upset the entire balance of the survivors' community. Meanwhile, Locke enlists Ana Lucia to interrogate the prisoner in order to extract more information than he, Jack or Sayid could.
- According to the promos, Sun thinks she is pregnant
- This episode will include a "love triangle"
Lockdown
- Anticipated Air Date: March 29, 2006
- Flashback: Locke
- This episode will feature a kindly latino priest named Father Chuck.
- A surprising connection between Locke and Sawyer will be revealed.
- This episode will reportedly be directed by Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Pi, The Fountain).
Jorge Garcia have said that he "thinks" this is a Locke episode. Also, he has confirmed that it's not his character's flashback episode source
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- Flashback: Hurley (unconfirmed)
[Jorge] Garcia says Lost fans eager to learn more about Hurley’s backstory will be treated to another Hurley flashback episode this season that depicts his time in a mental institution. "The episode is really interesting," he says. "[What happened to him while he was in the institution] was even a question I had." Source
S.O.S
- Flashback: Locke (unconfirmed)
Eps 219 is called " S.O.S." , featuring Isaac, a well regarded physical therapist who lives in Australia. I'm getting a Locke-centric vibe about this one. Source