| The end of season one of Lost left us looking into the | | | | and the group have doubts about his story, particularly |
| interior of the hatch which had been blown open with | | | | Sayid, who still grieving for Shannon, tortures him while |
| the use of some explosives which had been found | | | | he is held captive in a small room inside The Swan. |
| inside a wrecked ship on the island. It turns out that | | | | During Locke's shift at the computer he fails to enter |
| inside the hatch is a research station which has | | | | the number in time and the station goes into lockdown |
| electricity and running water. It also has plenty of food | | | | mode. Only Henry Gale is able to get to the computer |
| stocked within it and an occupant called Desmond. | | | | through the air vents and Locke instructs him to enter |
| According to Desmond the world will end if a | | | | the code. As the countdown gets down to zero a |
| sequence of numbers isn't typed into the 1970's era | | | | blast door reveals the arrangement of stations on the |
| computer every 108 minutes. The problem is that the | | | | island. Just as Locke starts to read the diagram, |
| computer has been damaged during the attempt to | | | | everything returns to normal in the station even though |
| access the station. It turns out though that Sayid also | | | | Gale says he never got to enter the code. It turns out |
| has some computer skills and fixes the computer just | | | | though that Sayid was right and Gale isn't who he |
| in time, but not before Desmond does a runner. The | | | | says he is and admits to being one of The Others. |
| number sequence incidentally is 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42 | | | | This whole event though makes Locke doubt his faith |
| There is some debate as to whether or not Desmond | | | | in the island. |
| is telling the truth about the consequences of not | | | | Eko and Locke discover a station called The Pearl |
| entering the numbers into the now fixed computer. | | | | station which seems to have been designed to monitor |
| However, the group decide to err on the side of | | | | ongoings in all the other stations. Locke hypothesises |
| caution and setup shifts so that the timetable can be | | | | that the whole thing about entering code numbers into |
| kept. | | | | the computer in The Swan station is a psychological |
| The group do a bit of research inside the station and | | | | experiment. Mr Eko though only redoubles his faith and |
| find some video instruction manuals which reveal that | | | | is even more sure that entering the numbers is the |
| a group called the Dharma Initiative have set up a | | | | right thing to do. |
| network of stations on the island. The one they are | | | | Meanwhile, Michael is on a mission to find his son, Walt. |
| currently in is called the Swan Station. | | | | He uses The Swan's computer to communicate with |
| While on a foray to try and find Vincent, Walt's dog, | | | | Walt and decides to go and find him but he is captured |
| Shannon comes across Walt but he is soaking wet | | | | by The Others. When he is brought to what looks like |
| and appears to be speaking backwards. Something | | | | The Others camp, a collection of huts, Michael is |
| else disconcerting about this encounter is that Walt | | | | allowed three minutes to spend some time with Walt. |
| appears to blink in and out of existence. Shannon | | | | Michael strikes a deal with The Others, but the price is |
| thinks that something has happened to the guys that | | | | quite high. Michael is released with instructions to go |
| left of the raft and her fears worsen when she along | | | | back to the camp and release Henry Gale. On top of |
| with Claire come across the bottle of messages that | | | | this he has to persuade Jack, Kate, Sawyer and |
| was supposed to have been delivered by Sawyer, | | | | Hurley to go back to The Others camp at which point |
| Walt, Jin and Michael to the mainland on the raft, | | | | Walt will be released. Michael thinks that he will never |
| washed up on the beach. | | | | get the group to agree to The Others' terms and so |
| After the attack on the four survivors on the raft and | | | | sets about a plan of his own. He kills Ana Lucia and |
| the subsequent abduction of Walt and the | | | | Libby and frees Henry Gale. He then shoots himself in |
| disappearance of Jin, Michael and Sawyer construct | | | | the shoulder to make it look like Gale had escaped by |
| another raft from the wreckage. The current carries | | | | himself. As the group hold a memorial for the two |
| them back to the island where they find Jin and | | | | dead women, Desmond returns in a sailboat. |
| another group of survivors. This group, led by Ana | | | | Michael puts together the next phase of his plan. |
| Lucia were in the tail section of the aircraft which | | | | Michael tells Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley that he |
| crashed on a different part of the island. Other | | | | wants to raid The Others' camp to rescue Walt and |
| survivors introduced at this point are Mr. Eko and Libby. | | | | that he needs their help. Sayid isn't convinced that |
| After initially distrusting the newcomers and wanting to | | | | Michael is being straight with them though and thinks |
| hold them captive, Ana Lucia agrees to travel to the | | | | that he is leading them into a trap. His plan consists of |
| other side of the island where the two main groups of | | | | using Desmond's sail boat to approach the camp from |
| survivors are now reunited. | | | | the seaward side. He gets Sun to translate for him and |
| Shannon and Sayid are starting to become something | | | | enlists the help of Jin as he knows how to sail. |
| of an item and Shannon confides in Sayid, asking for | | | | Although it has been revealed that Jin is infertile it has |
| his help, after revealing the visions of Walt she has | | | | also been revealed that Sun is pregnant. |
| been having. As Sayid and Shannon admit their love | | | | Even though Jack is aware of Michael's plan, The |
| for each other Walt appears again, talking backwards. | | | | Others are still successful in capturing him, Kate, |
| Shannon chases him into the jungle but startles an | | | | Sawyer and Hurley. Henry Gale reveals himself to be |
| unprepared Ana Lucia who mistakes Shannon for one | | | | the leader of The Others and keep his end of the |
| of The Others and shoots her dead. At this point we | | | | bargain, allowing Michael and Walt to leave by boat. |
| learn a little more about the experiences of the tail | | | | Hurley is told to go back to the survivors' camp and tell |
| section survivors and the fact that 12 of their number | | | | them that they are never to return there. |
| have been abducted by The Others. Ana Lucia feels | | | | Meanwhile, Sayid, Sun and Jin arrive at The Others |
| guilty about killing Shannon and although heartbroken at | | | | camp and find it abandoned. They start a signal fire |
| her loss, Sayid eventually comes to accept that it | | | | and sit and wait for Jack's party to arrive. |
| wasn't her fault. This though leads to him developing a | | | | Locke decides he wants to experiment with The |
| hatred of The Others. | | | | Swan's computer and the process of entering the |
| Claire has to come to a decision about Charlie. He has | | | | numbers. He drafts in the help of Desmond and they |
| been getting more and more paranoid about his need | | | | both relieve Mr Eko. However, Desmond suddenly |
| to protect Claire's baby, so much so that he actually | | | | realises that the last time the code wasn't entered in |
| endangers his life at one point. Charlie eventually backs | | | | time was the day of the plane crash. The two argue |
| off and takes Mr Eko to see the Beechcraft and | | | | over whether or not the threat is real but the counter |
| starts to grieve over the death of his brother who it | | | | reaches zero and a huge magnetic field is created. It |
| turns out dies on that very plane. This inspires Mr Eko | | | | seems this must have been the cause of the crash. |
| to believe in the power of the island so he begins to | | | | Desmond reveals that there is a system termination |
| build a church on the island in order to repay his debt | | | | station under the floor and leads the way to it. He |
| to Yemi. | | | | activates the station by turning a key. The island is |
| Claire is forced to explore one of the other Dharma | | | | then engulfed in a bright white light and deluged with a |
| stations call the Staff in search of medicine when her | | | | loud shrill sound. |
| baby falls ill. During her search she find out that one of | | | | Right at the end of Lost Season 2 our point of view |
| The Others known as Tom wears a false beard. Why | | | | changes to that of a polar research station. Two men |
| would they need to hide their identities? | | | | notice something on their instruments and proceed to |
| A man identifying himself as Henry Gale from | | | | phone Penelope, who turns out to be Desmond's old |
| Minnesota apparently crashes on the island after being | | | | fiance that they have found the anomaly. |
| blown there in a balloon. He is captured by Rousseau | | | | |