Lost: Season 2
2005 · 24 episodes · ★ 8.3
What Season 2 of Lost
Season two opens with the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 trying to get organized on the island under Jack's leadership. They soon discover a hatch and a man living inside it, convinced that they are other people. The big twist comes with the Others, the island's inhabitants who show themselves for the first time and capture some of the passengers. Michael, determined to get his son Walt back, breaks away from the group, while Jin, Sun and Shannon pursue their own quests. Each episode alternates between the present on the island and the past of the main characters, which explains why they boarded that plane.
Season 2 Episodes
2x01 Man of Science, Man of Faith
Jack, Locke and Kate explore the mysterious hatch but Jack decides to wait before going down into the hatch. Kate and Locke aren't so patient. When Shannon chases after Vincent the dog, she encounters a familiar face in the jungle.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: Damon Lindelof · Starring: Malcolm David Kelley, Henry Ian Cusick, Maggie Grace, Julie Bowen
2x02 Adrift
With the abduction of Walt fresh on their minds, their raft destroyed, and Jin missing, Michael and Sawyer fight for their lives in the middle of nowhere in the ocean and discover a new predator in the roiling sea. Meanwhile on land, Locke must descend into the hatch when Kate goes missing inside. Also, Jack isn't too far behind Locke as he decides to go into the hatch as well later on. Lastly, flashbacks reveal more of Michael's troubled relationship with ex-lover Susan and their baby son Walt as they fight over custody for Walt and Michael must let go.
Directing: Stephen Williams · Writing: Leonard Dick, Steven Maeda · Starring: Henry Ian Cusick, Saul Rubinek, Tamara Taylor, Jeannetta Arnette
2x03 Orientation
Michael, Sawyer, and Jin find themselves prisoners after they encounter what they believe to be a group of Others. At the Hatch, the group learns more about their new surroundings but are confused at Desmond's reaction when the strange computer equipment is broken.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Craig Wright · Starring: Henry Ian Cusick, Kevin Tighe, Katey Sagal, François Chau
2x04 Everybody Hates Hugo
Hurley struggles with an assigned task inside the hatch as he flashbacks to disturbing memories in his life before the crash. Meanwhile, Sawyer, Michael and Jin learn the identities of their captors on the island. Claire uncovers a startling piece of information about the fate of the raft.
Directing: Alan Taylor · Writing: Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz · Starring: Maggie Grace, Brittany Perrineau, Marguerite Moreau, DJ Qualls
2x05 ...And Found
The tail-section survivors trek back to the southern beaches of the Island, but encounter trouble as Michael sets off by himself to find Walt. Meanwhile, at the main camp, Sun is heartbroken as she realizes that she has lost her wedding ring.
Directing: Stephen Williams · Writing: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · Starring: Tony Lee, June Kyoto Lu, Sam Anderson, Josiah D. Lee
2x06 Abandoned
Sawyer's wound becomes life-threatening as he, Michael and Jin make their way through the interior of the island with the tail section survivors. Meanwhile, Shannon is once again haunted by visions of Walt.
Directing: Adam Davidson · Writing: Elizabeth Sarnoff · Starring: Malcolm David Kelley, Ian Somerhalder, Maggie Grace, Lindsay Frost
2x07 The Other 48 Days
The harrowing first 48 days in the lives of the tail section survivors are revealed. Flashbacks reveal the point of view of Ana-Lucia, Mr. Eko, Bernard and Libby and other survivors as they landed on the other side of the island on the beach. As the days progress danger hits their camp as well when "The Others" start taking people against their will. As the survivors race inland, trying to stay a step ahead of The Others, they realize that someone among them wasn't on Flight 815.
Directing: Eric Laneuville · Writing: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · Starring: Maggie Grace, Brett Cullen, Josh Randall, Sam Anderson
2x08 Collision
Violence erupts when Ana Lucia and her group stumble upon Sayid and the other castaways on the island. Ana Lucia holds Sayid captive. Kate and Jack care for Sawyer when Mr. Eko brings him back to the camp himself. Flashbacks reveal Ana Lucia's troubled life as a cop.
Directing: Stephen Williams · Writing: Leonard Dick, Javier Grillo-Marxuach · Starring: Maggie Grace, Rachel Ticotin, Rick Overton, Jeanna Garcia
2x09 What Kate Did Mid-Season Finale
As Kate’s backstory continues, her original crime is revealed. She thinks something is haunting her through Sawyer. Locke and Eko make an interesting discovery about the film, and Michael has a mysterious encounter with the computer.
Directing: Paul A. Edwards · Writing: Craig Wright, Steven Maeda · Starring: James Horan, Beth Broderick, Fredric Lehne, Sam Anderson
2x10 The 23rd Psalm
When Eko finds Charlie's Virgin Mary statue, he demands that he take him to where he found it at once. Michael continues to communicate on the Swan computer without the other survivors knowing.
Directing: Matt Earl Beesley · Writing: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · Starring: Adetokumboh M'Cormack, Lawrence Terrill, Moumen ElHajji, Ellis Rose
2x11 The Hunting Party
Jack, Locke and Sawyer follow after a determined Michael after he heads into the jungle toward the dreaded "Others" in search of Walt. Meanwhile, Sun has a surprising reaction to Jin's desire to join the search party, and Hurley and Charlie commiserate over the age-old conundrum of "what women want."
Directing: Stephen Williams · Writing: Christina M. Kim, Elizabeth Sarnoff · Starring: Julie Bowen, Monica Bîrlădeanu, Ronald Guttman, M.C. Gainey
2x12 Fire + Water
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.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz · Starring: Zack Shada, Sammi Davis, Neil Hopkins, Craig Robert Young
2x13 The Long Con
Some of the island survivors fear that "The Others" may have returned when Sun is greatly injured during a failed kidnapping attempt at her plant garden. Also, the trust barrier becomes very thin between Locke and Jack in terms of locking up the guns and being kept safe. Meanwhile, Sawyer is an amused but highly interested bystander when tension escalates between Jack, Locke, Kate and Ana Lucia. When Jack purposely takes Sawyer's medication from him he pushes more in favor of helping Locke. Lastly, flashbacks reveal more of Sawyer's con artist past.
Directing: Roxann Dawson · Writing: Leonard Dick, Steven Maeda · Starring: Kim Dickens, Beth Broderick, Kevin Dunn
2x14 One of Them
After Sun is attacked, some of the survivors begin to think that one of the "other survivors" might be one of "The Others." When French woman Danielle 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 breach of the survivors’ trust and blackmails him into helping track an elusive island creature that won’t leave Sawyer alone.
Directing: Stephen Williams · Writing: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · Starring: Clancy Brown, Marc Casabani, Theo Rossi, Mira Furlan
2x15 Maternity Leave
A mysterious illness that baby Aaron suddenly contracts sends a desperate Claire, Kate and French woman Danielle to return to the same area where Claire was initially kidnapped. It is there where she believes she can find a cure for Aaron's illness. In the meantime, Jack and Locke are doing their best to keep their prisoner a secret from the rest of the survivors on the island.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: Matt Ragghianti, Dawn Lambertsen Kelly · Starring: William Mapother, M.C. Gainey, Tania Raymonde, Mira Furlan
2x16 The Whole Truth
Sun comes to the realization that she might be pregnant. She struggles on whether to tell Jin about the situation. Meanwhile, with no success from Jack or Sayid, Ana-Lucia is called in by Locke to interrogate the new prisoner Henry Gale to get more information out of him about the balloon that he and his wife supposedly landed on the island with.
Directing: Karen Gaviola · Writing: Christina M. Kim, Elizabeth Sarnoff · Starring: Tony Lee, Sam Anderson, L. Scott Caldwell, Michael Emerson
2x17 Lockdown
When the hatch suddenly takes on a life of its own, Locke is forced to enlist the help of an unlikely ally to control the matter. Meanwhile, Ana Lucia, Sayid and Charlie go off into the jungle to find out the truth about Henry Gale and see if there really is balloon craft out there in the jungle that carried him and his wife to the island.
Directing: Stephen Williams · Writing: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · Starring: Kevin Tighe, Katey Sagal, Andrea Gabriel, Michael Emerson
2x18 Dave
Libby lends a helping hand to Hurley to support him when he begins to think the island is having a strange effect on him. Hurley begins to see Dave (guest-star Evan Handler, Sex and the City) on the island, who was his friend in the mental institution Hurley was in. Also, Locke's sense of purpose is shaken when the prisoner gives him new information about the hatch.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz · Starring: Evan Handler, Ron Bottitta, Bruce Davison, Michael Emerson
2x19 S.O.S.
Rose is surprisingly and vehemently opposed to Bernard's plan to create an S.O.S. signal; romantic sparks are rekindled between Jack and Kate when they trek into the jungle to propose a "trade" with "The Others"; and Locke begins to question his faith in the island.
Directing: Eric Laneuville · Writing: Leonard Dick, Steven Maeda · Starring: Wayne Pygram, Sam Anderson, L. Scott Caldwell, Michael Emerson
2x20 Two for the Road
After finding an exhausted Michael in the forest, Jack and Kate bring him back to the main camp. When he finally wakes up, Michael has some new details about "The Others." Also, a lovestruck Hurley plans a date for Libby.
Directing: Paul A. Edwards · Writing: Christina M. Kim, Elizabeth Sarnoff · Starring: Rachel Ticotin, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, John Terry, Michael Emerson
2x21 ?
Mr. Eko has dreams about his brother leading him somewhere. He seeks Locke's help in finding a secret location, the "question mark." Meanwhile, Jack and the other survivors grapple with the horrific situation in the hatch with the death of Ana-Lucia and Libby clinging to life.
Directing: Deran Sarafian · Writing: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · Starring: Adetokumboh M'Cormack, Nick Jameson, Oliver Muirhead, Brooke Anderson
2x22 Three Minutes
A determined Michael convinces Jack and several castaways to help him rescue Walt from "The Others." With Jack away, Locke is left in charge of the hatch and must decide if he should believe Henry and not push the button, risking everyone's safety. Meanwhile, the events that happened to Michael after he left are finally revealed. Meanwhile, Charlie struggles with Eko's decision to discontinue building the church.
Directing: Stephen Williams · Writing: Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz · Starring: Malcolm David Kelley, April Grace, Michael Bowen, M.C. Gainey
2x23 Live Together, Die Alone (1)
After discovering something odd just offshore, Jack and Sayid come up with a plan to confront "The Others" and hopefully get Walt back. At the same time there will be an answer to the question of where Michael has been and resolution of him and Walt. Meanwhile, Eko and Locke come to blows as Locke makes a potentially cataclysmic decision regarding the "button" and the hatch. Lastly, Desmond returns and he sheds some more light on his experience on the island in the three years prior to when Locke came down into that hatch.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · Starring: Malcolm David Kelley, Henry Ian Cusick, Alan Dale, Clancy Brown
2x24 Live Together, Die Alone (2) Season Finale
After discovering something odd just offshore, Jack and Sayid come up with a plan to confront "The Others" and hopefully get Walt back. Meanwhile, Eko and Locke come to blows as Locke makes a potentially cataclysmic decision regarding the "button" and the hatch.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · Starring: Malcolm David Kelley, Henry Ian Cusick, Clancy Brown, April Grace
Season 2 Cast
Cynthia WatrosLibby Smith24 episodes
Harold PerrineauMichael Dawson24 episodes
Yunjin KimSun-Hwa Kwon24 episodes
Sam AndersonBernard Nadler11 episodes
L. Scott CaldwellRose Nadler6 episodes
Malcolm David KelleyWalt Lloyd5 episodes
M.C. GaineyTom Friendly5 episodes
Kimberley JosephCindy Chandler5 episodes
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Lost season 2 have?
Season 2 of Lost has 24 episodes.
When Did Season 2 of Lost Premiere?
Premiered on September 21, 2005.
Where to watch Lost season 2
In Spain, on Disney Plus.
What is the best episode of Season 2?
According to the audience rating on TMDB, episode 2x17, "Lockdown," with a 9.0.