Season 2: Episode 2

After the raft was destroyed, Sawyer hears Michael and Jin yelling for help and he decides to save Michael first. Sawyer pulls the unconscious Michael onto some of the raft's debris and when he comes to, Michael blames Sawyer for making him fire the flare. Suddenly they notice a shark circling them, attracted by the blood from Sawyer's bullet wound.

Back at camp, John follows behind Kate into the hatch and finds her unconscious in a computer room. An armed Desmond asks Locke if it is "him". Locke claims to be this person, but Desmond knows he is lying and proceeds to tell Locke to tie up Kate. While he does, Locke slips a knife in her jeans before locking her in a dark room. When Kate cuts herself free, she finds herself in a pantry full of non- perishable food. Kate then climbs through a vent to try and escape.

Meanwhile, an alarm begins to sound and Desmond walks Locke at gunpoint to a computer terminal where he forces him to enter the "numbers" that reset a 108 minute timer. After that, Desmond notices Jack entering with a gun.

Back at the raft, Michael and Sawyer see one of the raft's pontoons and decide to board it. In the morning, Michael is crying because he realizes he shouldn't have brought Walt on the raft. Later, they wash up on the island and find Jin running towards them with his hands tied yelling "others". Behind him follow about six people with weapons.

Flashbacks:

Michael struggles with Susan who has asked him to sign away his parental rights. Michael initially resists, suing in order to keep custody, but Susan persuades him to change his mind in order to do what is best for his son.


Why do you think Sawyer chose to save Michael instead of Jin? Are you glad he did this?

OK: Honestly I think he saved Michael first because A. he has known him longer, and B. he can actually understand him. I like Jin better, but now I'm not really mad because Jin lived anyway.

SH: I think Sawyer chose to save Michael because Michael has Walt to take care of. I'm glad that he saved Michael, but not because that kept him from saving Jin, just because at least he tried to help someone. He is progressing!

Who do you think Desmond is referencing when he ask Locke if it is "him"?

OK: I think he is referencing somebody from the Dharma initiative. Maybe somebody who is supposed to relieve him of his duties of pressing the button?

SH: I think the same thing as Olivia. Desmond has nothing else to look forward to besides being excused from the years he has been entering the stupid code into the computer.

What do you think will happen if the timer ever runs out?

OK: I think the security system will take over and destroy everything on the island. I actually have no idea, probably something much more thought provoking and philosophical than that.

SH: I don't think anything will happen at all to be honest.

How do you feel about Michael's decision to give up his parental rights?

OK: I understand that it was the right thing to do for Walt, but I still hate that Susan is such a jerk about it.

SH: I was so upset that Michael gave in because life for Walt would be so much different if Michael was a part of his life, but at the same time, there wasn't much he could do about the situation he was put in by Susan.