Episodes 2-19: "S.O.S" and 2-20: "Two For the Road"

2-19: "S.O.S." 2006.04.12:

• There was not too much to this episode. It was more a character-building episode so there is not a lot to touch on.
  
• Now we know that Rose knows Locke's secret. And that she too, appears to have been healed by the island, like Locke and Jin.
  
• Here is a link to some discussion about the wall at Issac's (the "healer" Bernard brought Rose to). There should be some photos as well. For example, there is a picture of a hot air balloon (sound familiar to anyone?) http://o.forums.go.com/abc/thread?threadID=1008977&forumStart=0

2-20: "Two For the Road" 2006.05.03:

Show topics:

• Many people online found this episode dull up until the last 3 minutes. I personally enjoyed it.
  
• So now we have another connection to Jack's dad; Ana Lucia along with Locke and Sawyer. There was also the split section connection of Sawyer running into the car door when Ana Lucia and Jack's dad were arguing in front of the bar in Australia. Jack's dad is already in the bar when Sawyer met him in the past flashback, so it seems as though this "meeting" may have happened just before the two of them met in the bar.
• About the nicknames Jack's dad and Ana Lucia picked for each other: Sarah (jack's dad's name for A-L) = Jack's ex-wife's name. this may bring us back to the theory that she was having an affair with Jack's dad. Thomas = Claire's ex-boyfriend's name (Aaron's father, the artist) as well as Kate's ex who she got killed in the car and whose toy plane she went back for, as well as Tommy = Charlie's drug dealer in London.
• There is speculation that the daughter that Jack's dad was trying to see when he was drunk at the house in Australia was Claire. There is no proof to this other than Claire's ex-boyfriend saying she had "daddy issues".
  
• Michael: Jack, Kate and Locke should have noticed that Michael returned without his gun, and possibly in different clothes than he left in. His story didn't make sense since we know that "Zeke" and his crew faked their ruggedness. We also know that they have more than 2 guns and are not just women and kids.
  
• Speculation has it that Michael is either brainwashed and now an Other, down with the "sickness" and going mad, or being blackmailed or manipulated by the Others to get Walt back.
  
• He didn't seem really sorry to shoot Ana-Lucia, but genuinely shocked and scared about shooting Libby. Perhaps A-L was on the "bad" people list, since she killed 2 of the Others, as NotHenry (Fenry) mentions, so it was fine that Michael killed her.
  
• Some believe that when Michael went in to where NotHenry was, NotHenry did not appear surprised to see him, even though he had to hear the gunshots. There was a bit of time when Michael was missing before NotHenry got caught by Roussou, so they may have met. And/or perhaps when NotHenry supposedly typed in the numbers (or didn't, if he was telling the truth), he actually communicated with his people over the computer, since we have seen communication happen on that computer before, and requested some sort of backup. Michael was then sent since the Losties know him and that would make it easier for him to infiltrate.
  
• Speaking of NotHenry, it appears as though he is definitely connected to Goodwin, since he knew A-L killed Goodwin and the woman on the beach. He also mentioned the "LIST" and the "MAN" so it sounds like he knows "Zeke" and that crew. This implies there is actually only one group of Others, though there has been talk of there being 2 separate groups.
  
• If there are 2 groups, one can be the Others from the Tailes end of the island, who are actually barefoot and not armed, while the other group may be Dharma scientists who dress up like the barefoot Others so that the Losties and others don't know there are scientists on the island.

Other Lost things:

• The creators of Lost have created a game called The Lost Experience. I don't understand it completely, but I believe it is an online community game in which you basically search for clues in the show and online to discover what the Hanso Foundation actually is. here is a write-up on it: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=1881142
• In conjunction with this, the Hanso Foundation is running ads on TV and in papers around the country. They also re-did their website.
  
• At 52 minutes into last week's show, there was an ad shown for the Hanso Foundation, with a phone number to call. 1-877-HANSORG.
  
• The Hanso website is back up and running. www.thehansofoundation.org. Here is a link to how to access some of the Easter eggs on the site, though you can also follow the clues mentioned below. http://lostpedia.com/wiki/Thehansofoundation.org
• Here is the online community that is keeping track of the clues. To get the full affects of the Hanso website, check this out (with all the free time we all have.). it is great if you have insomnia! i was on it for hours the other night. I am only on clue #7 or #8 as of this writing.
  http://thelostexperienceclues.blogspot.com/
• The much talked about book Bad Twin, supposedly written by someone killed on the Oceanic 815 flight from Sydney to Los Angeles, has hit the stands. Sawyer and Hurley were seen reading the manuscript on the island.Information about it is here at Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401302769/sr=8-1/qid=1146928171/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-1679531-5312754?%5Fencoding=UTF8
• I now have the book in hand (thanks Steve!) and will keep you posted on any connections to the show Lost.
  
• In the note from the editors of the book, it says that the author, Gary Troup was smitten with an Oceanic flight attendant named Cindy Chandler. This must have been the flight attendant Cindy who we initially met with the other Tailies, who then disappeared right before A-L shot Shannon.
  
• The Hanso Foundation has issued a statement in ads around the country (in real newspapers) coming out about the book, as the author apparently does not speak fondly of the Hanso Foundation. http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4705/1056/1600/lostexperienceclue.0.jpg
• Widmore Industries: i've told you to be aware of this "company", which made Sun's pregnancy test and Henry Gale's balloon. They are connected to the Hanso Foundation, as mentioned when you call the Hanso toll-free number. Widmore is also mentioned in the Bad Twin.
  
• Here is an interview with the creators of Lost by a writer at TV Guide.
  http://community.tvguide.com/forum.jspa?forumID=700000049
  
• ABC.com is now streaming episodes of LOST, Alias, Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy directly through your computer the day after the episode airs for FREE!! It should work on MACs and PCs. It is for the US only, however (legal issues).Check it out! http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing

Spoilers:

• This week's episode is called ? and is a Mr. Eko flashback. Supposedly, Eko asks Locke for help on something he needs to do, and the tension between them (or their different beliefs in FAITH) rises. The ? refers to the middle circle on the map on the blast door of the hatch. According to the executive producers, there are a few things in the episode that we'll be saying, that is what the ? is for (i hope this means they will be answering some questions!)
• Episode 22 will be a Michael flashback (maybe if we are in the past, we won't have to hear him say "I have to get my boy" over and over and over as much as we do when we are in the present day.
• The final episode (I believe it is 2 hours), will be a Desmond flashback. I do not know if it will be a Desmond before the island or while on the islandflashback. Either way, we should get answers to some questions.
• things people have heard: 1) Libby meets with Desmond for coffee in a flashback 2) Libby gives Desmond her boat. Either of these things may give credit to the theory that Libby is an Other.
  
• Desmond supposedly ends up in jail and gets bailed out by Hanso or Widmore or someone like that.
• Rumor has it that we will find out why these particular people are on the island. I'm not sure if it will be Dharma/Hanso related or not.

Thanks for reading!
Namaste.

Leigh