Episodes
See also: List of Lost episodesThe number in the "No. in series" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No. in season" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season. "Featured character(s)" refers to the character(s), whose back story is featured in the episode's flashbacks. "U.S. viewers (million)" refers to the number of viewers in the United States in millions who watched the episode as it was aired.
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Featured character(s) |
Original air date | U.S. viewers (million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 1 | "Man of Science, Man of Faith" | Jack Bender | Damon Lindelof | Jack | September 21, 2005 (2005-09-21) | 23.47 |
| Jack, Kate and Locke investigate the hatch and find Desmond, a man living inside. While searching for Vincent, Shannon has a frightening vision of Walt in the Jungle. In flashbacks, Jack operates on his eventual wife and meets Desmond. | |||||||
| 27 | 2 | "Adrift" | Stephen Williams | Steven Maeda & Leonard Dick | Michael | September 28, 2005 (2005-09-28) | 23.17 |
| Michael and Sawyer drift back to shore. Upon landing, they see Jin running out of the bushes, having been found by a group who they believe to be more of the Others. In the hatch, Desmond forces Locke to push a set of numbers, identical to Hurley's winning lottery numbers, into a computer. Flashbacks show Michael giving up custody of a two-year old Walt to Walt's mother. | |||||||
| 28 | 3 | "Orientation" | Jack Bender | Javier Grillo-Marxuach & Craig Wright | Locke | October 5, 2005 (2005-10-05) | 22.38 |
| Jack and Locke discover that the hatch is a 1970's station built to control an electromagnetic anomaly on the island and learn that it was built by the Dharma Initiative, a scientific research team. Michael, Sawyer, and Jin find out that they are being held captive by the passengers of Flight 815's tail section, who have apparently survived. Flashbacks show Locke struggling with father issues and his relationship with Helen, who helps him let go of the issues with his father. | |||||||
| 29 | 4 | "Everybody Hates Hugo" | Alan Taylor | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | Hurley | October 12, 2005 (2005-10-12) | 21.66 |
| The tail section survivors take Michael, Sawyer, and Jin to an abandoned Dharma station. Hurley is tasked with dividing up the food in the hatch. Claire and Shannon find the bottle with the messages from the raft. In flashbacks, Hurley quits his job and his best friend turns against him after he wins the lottery. | |||||||
| 30 | 5 | "...And Found" | Stephen Williams | Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof | Sun & Jin | October 19, 2005 (2005-10-19) | 21.38 |
| Michael goes looking for Walt, and Jin and Mr. Eko chase after him and see the Others. Fearing for her husband's life, Sun searches for and finds her lost wedding ring. Flashbacks show Sun and Jin's lives prior to their first meeting. | |||||||
| 31 | 6 | "Abandoned" | Adam Davidson | Elizabeth Sarnoff | Shannon | November 9, 2005 (2005-11-09) | 20.01 |
| Shannon believes that Walt is on the island and begins searching for him. With Sawyer near death, Ana Lucia and the tail section survivors travel to the camp of the fuselage survivors. Mistaking Shannon for one of the Others, Ana Lucia shoots and kills Shannon. In flashbacks, Shannon deals with her father's death. | |||||||
| 32 | 7 | "The Other 48 Days" | Eric Laneuville | Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse | Tail section survivors | November 16, 2005 (2005-11-16) | 21.87 |
| The first 48 days after the plane crash are shown from the tail section survivors' point of view. Over the course of many nights, the Others infiltrate their camp and kidnap many of the survivors, forcing the remaining survivors to take refuge at a Dharma station, they continue their journey across the island until their tragic encounter with Shannon. | |||||||
| 33 | 8 | "Collision" | Stephen Williams | Javier Grillo-Marxuach & Leonard Dick | Ana Lucia | November 23, 2005 (2005-11-23) | 19.29 |
| Mr. Eko brings Sawyer to the hatch for medical attention. Shannons death causes a rift between Ana Lucia & Sayid. In flashbacks, Ana Lucia is a police officer who kills a man in cold blood after he had previously shot her, killing her unborn child. | |||||||
| 34 | 9 | "What Kate Did" | Paul Edwards | Steven Maeda & Craig Wright | Kate | November 30, 2005 (2005-11-30) | 21.54 |
| Kate tends to a wounded Sawyer as Shannon's funeral takes place, which Ana Lucia refuses to attend. As Locke and Mr. Eko are warned not to use the hatch's computer for communication, Michael uses the computer to communicate with someone that he thinks is Walt. Flashbacks reveal Kate's original crime, the murder of her abusive father. Kate's "real" father is in the army, whom she meets, in flash back. | |||||||
| 35 | 10 | "The 23rd Psalm" | Matt Earl Beesley | Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof | Mr. Eko | January 11, 2006 (2006-01-11) | 20.56 |
| Charlie takes Mr. Eko to the drug smuggler's plane. Mr. Eko finds the body of his brother in the plane. Charlie takes some of the plane's statues, filled with heroin, and Claire loses trust in Charlie. In flashbacks, Mr. Eko is a drug warlord in Nigeria, and accidentally gets his brother killed and onto the plane. | |||||||
| 36 | 11 | "The Hunting Party" | Stephen Williams | Elizabeth Sarnoff & Christina M. Kim | Jack | January 18, 2006 (2006-01-18) | 19.13 |
| Michael leaves the survivors in search of Walt. Jack, Locke, and Sawyer pursue Michael but encounter the Others in the jungle. The Others took Kate hostage and released her when Jack, Locke and Sawyer gave up their weapons and agreed to go back. Thus, they are forced to retreat without Michael, who is now in the Others' 'care'. In flashbacks, Jack's wife leaves him. | |||||||
| 37 | 12 | "Fire + Water" | Jack Bender | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | Charlie | January 25, 2006 (2006-01-25) | 19.05 |
| Charlie has a dream that Aaron's life is in danger and believes the infant needs to be baptized. Claire, believing Charlie may be using drugs, is disgusted by Charlie and Locke moves the heroin statues to the hatch. In flashbacks, Charlie's one-hit wonder band unsuccessfully tries to regain some of their past fame. | |||||||
| 38 | 13 | "The Long Con" | Roxann Dawson | Steven Maeda & Leonard Dick | Sawyer | February 8, 2006 (2006-02-08) | 18.74 |
| When Sun is mysteriously attacked, tension builds between Jack, Locke, Kate, and Ana Lucia regarding the guns. It is revealed that Sawyer and Charlie had conned them all as a means for Sawyer to gain control of the guns and Charlie to get revenge on Locke. In flashbacks, Sawyer reluctantly cons a woman he develops feelings for. | |||||||
| 39 | 14 | "One of Them" | Stephen Williams | Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse | Sayid | February 15, 2006 (2006-02-15) | 18.20 |
| Rousseau leads Sayid to a captured man she believes is one of the Others. Sayid goes back to his ways as a torturer to get information from "Henry Gale", who Sayid believes to be one of the Others. In flashbacks, Sayid tortures a prisoner in Iraq for the first time. | |||||||
| 40 | 15 | "Maternity Leave" | Jack Bender | Dawn Lambertsen Kelly & Matt Ragghianti | Claire | March 1, 2006 (2006-03-01) | 16.43 |
| When Aaron becomes sick, Claire, Kate and Rousseau travel to where Claire was held captive, an abandoned Dharma medical station, in the hope of finding a cure. Jack and Locke argue over how to deal with the captive "Henry". Claire's memories of being held captive by Ethan and her escape with the help of Rousseau and her daughter, who is now one of the Others, begin to return. | |||||||
| 41 | 16 | "The Whole Truth" | Karen Gaviola | Elizabeth Sarnoff & Christina M. Kim | Sun | March 22, 2006 (2006-03-22) | 15.30 |
| Ana Lucia, Sayid and Charlie search for Henry's balloon. Sun discovers that she is pregnant. In flashbacks, Sun finds out that Jin is infertile. | |||||||
| 42 | 17 | "Lockdown" | Stephen Williams | Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof | Locke | March 29, 2006 (2006-03-29) | 16.21 |
| The hatch suddenly traps Locke, who is forced to ask Henry to enter the numbers into the computer. Ana Lucia, Sayid, and Charlie return and reveal that "Henry Gale" is lying and that he is one of the Others. In flashbacks, Locke's marriage proposal to Helen is rejected, because of his inability to let go of the pain his father caused him. | |||||||
| 43 | 18 | "Dave" | Jack Bender | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | Hurley | April 5, 2006 (2006-04-05) | 16.38 |
| Hurley chases after his old imaginary friend "Dave" in the jungle, and his relationship with Libby develops. Locke questions his commitment to the hatch, after Henry claims to have never entered the numbers. Hurley remembers his time at a mental institution. It is revealed via flashback that Libby was a patient at the mental institution as well. | |||||||
| 44 | 19 | "S.O.S." | Eric Laneuville | Steven Maeda & Leonard Dick | Rose & Bernard | April 12, 2006 (2006-04-12) | 15.68 |
| Bernard attempts to create an S.O.S. signal, but stops when Rose tells him that she wants to stay on the island because she thinks it has cured her cancer. Romantic sparks are rekindled between Jack and Kate. Locke continues to lose faith in the island. In flashbacks, Rose and Bernard have their honeymoon in Australia. Michael reappears from the jungle when Jack and Kate try to trade Henry to the Others in exchange for Walt. | |||||||
| 45 | 20 | "Two for the Road" | Paul Edwards | Elizabeth Sarnoff & Christina M. Kim | Ana Lucia | May 3, 2006 (2006-05-03) | 15.56 |
| Michael returns with news that the Others are virtually defenseless. Ana Lucia tries to get Henry to tell the truth. Hurley takes Libby on a surprise date. In the hatch, Michael shoots Ana Lucia in the stomach once and Libby twice, in order to release Henry. In flashbacks, Ana Lucia works as a bodyguard for Jack's father in Australia. | |||||||
| 46 | 21 | "?" | Deran Sarafian | Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse | Mr. Eko | May 10, 2006 (2006-05-10) | 16.35 |
| Mr. Eko and Locke find another Dharma station, which is monitoring the other stations via video surveillance. Blaming Henry for Ana Lucia's death, Michael watches worriedly as Libby struggles to live. Jack and the other survivors wrestle with saying goodbye to Libby, while attempting to help ease her passing. In flashbacks, Eko investigates a miracle as a priest in Australia. | |||||||
| 47 | 22 | "Three Minutes" | Stephen Williams | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | Michael | May 17, 2006 (2006-05-17) | 14.67 |
| Michael convinces Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley to help him rescue Walt. At the double funeral for Ana Lucia and Libby, Sayid tells Jack of his suspicion that Michael has been compromised by the Others. Flashbacks reveal Michael's time being held captive by the Others, during which he made a deal to first release Henry, and then trade Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley for Walt. Sun spots a sailboat floating towards the beach. | |||||||
| 48/49 | 23/24 | "Live Together, Die Alone" | Jack Bender | Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof | Desmond | May 24, 2006 (2006-05-24) | 17.84 |
| In flashbacks, Desmond is shipwrecked on the island and subsequently lives in the hatch with a man named Kelvin, whom he later accidentally kills. Meanwhile, Michael leads Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley to the Others, into a trap. Henry, the apparent leader of the Others, takes Jack, Kate, and Sawyer as prisoners, releases Hurley, and allows Michael and Walt to leave the island on a boat. Desmond returns and realizes that he caused the crash of Flight 815 when he entered the numbers into the computer too late. Locke stops entering the numbers and traps himself, Mr. Eko, Charlie and Desmond inside the hatch, which implodes. In the epilogue, scientists working for Penelope Widmore locate the island. |
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