# Lost 2.1: "Man of Science, Man of Faith" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631 "2005-09-21T00:46:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/1 "2005-09-21T00:46:30Z")
Only 1 day left! Season 2 of Lost at 9PM P/EST Wednesday. Note the time change from last season. Sorry, but I couldn’t wait one more day to start this thread. For anyone who wants to “catch up” there is a 1 hour summary program immediately before (8PN P/EST) the “Man of Science, Man of Faith” episode. Here are the thread rules: > [@](#): > > [ul] > Information about all episodes aired to this point – including the current week – will be unboxed. > Information about this week’s episode’s “next week” teasers will be unboxed. > Information about future episodes taken from spoiler sites/inside sources will be boxed. This includes links to promo photos and screencaps from future episodes. > Speculation based on events in episodes aired up to this point (including teasers) will be unboxed. > Speculation based on spoilers for upcoming episodes will be boxed. > > Please remember, links inside spoiler boxes are readable even to those who don’t highlight.[/ul] Let the party begin! My “Lost” group is starting out the evening by watching the finale from Season 1 on DVD (Exodus: Parts 1 & 2), then we’ll be ready to see what lies inside the hatch! From what I’ve read, this will be a great episode. I think we all know who the “Man of Science” and who the “Man of Faith” is. I’ve got thread links to all the episodes from last season for which I started a thread, and next week I’ll add links to the threads I didn’t start, plus keep a standing list of Season 2 thread links as well. I have a feeling we’ll want to do a lot of cross referencing… Thread index for Season 1 Episodes: [11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=290718), [12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=295430), [14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=297760), [16](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=302710), [17](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=303909), [18](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=304986), [20](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=310613), [21](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=315048), [22](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=316088), [23a](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317139), [23b](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=318051) ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/2 "2005-09-21T01:18:53Z")
My husband has already turned the telephone ringer off. He doesn’t normally do that for any program that doesn’t feature Bill Cowher or the “SportsCenter” logo. I believe I might have married him in anticipation of this very moment. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/3 "2005-09-21T13:50:54Z")
Anyone else wake up today like a kid at Christmas? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/4 "2005-09-21T14:00:13Z")
I can’t wait for this. It a great show. What will happen to Walt? What’s below the hatch? Who are the others? Ohhhhh, I’m all aquiver. US TV is really flying high at the moment. Lost, Deadwood, Rome and others are really doing you guys and gals proud. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/5 "2005-09-21T14:02:29Z")
I am in desperate need of a massage for a crick in my neck that I got when I sneezed. I’m totally locked up. Can barely move my head. My wife was booking a massage for me and I specifically told her that if the masseuse couldn’t see me tonight in time to get me home by 8:00 pm, I’d put it off until tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/6 "2005-09-21T14:14:29Z")
I went and traded in my cable box for a DVR just to make sure that I never miss an episode this season. And, I might add, the line of people who had the exact same thought extended out the door at the cable customer service center yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/7 "2005-09-21T14:45:58Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > Anyone else wake up today like a kid at Christmas? 🙂 You have no idea. I get a nice warm up with the first Red Wings preseason game versus the delapidated husk of the Colorado Avalanche, then I get to switch over at 9 for the Lost season premiere. 😃😃😃 I’m starting to think that Christmas will be a bit of a let down after today. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/8 "2005-09-21T15:01:32Z")
Since I don’t watch TV, I had to wait until season one was on DVD to see it. It arrived September 12. We finished the entire season on September 18. And that included my mother-in-law visiting from Friday-Sunday, so we could only catch a couple of episodes on Friday and Saturday, after they went to bed. This is going to be a _very_ long twelve months waiting on the season two DVD and trying like hell to avoid any spoilers. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/9 "2005-09-21T15:19:05Z")
> [@DeadlyAccurate](#): > > This is going to be a _very_ long twelve months waiting on the season two DVD and trying like hell to avoid any spoilers. Must…not…suggest…illegal…things…on…board… ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/10 "2005-09-21T15:22:56Z")
Oh, I could get a cheap receiver and hook it to my projector if I really didn’t want to wait. But I abhor commercials. And waiting a week between episodes. But especially commercials. I do the same with _24_, watching 2+ episodes a night until the DVDs are done (though never at quite this speed). ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/11 "2005-09-21T15:26:06Z")
> [@DeadlyAccurate](#): > > But I abhor commercials. Another reason I got a DVR. On an slightly related sidenote, the projected path of Hurricane Rita runs right over my house. They had damn well get the power back on after the storm before next Wed or there is going to be hell to pay. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/12 "2005-09-21T15:42:30Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Another reason I got a DVR. > > On an slightly related sidenote, the projected path of Hurricane Rita runs right over my house. They had damn well get the power back on after the storm before next Wed or there is going to be hell to pay. I’ve got one word for you: **Generator**. It only has to be powerful enough to run the TV. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/13 "2005-09-21T16:04:56Z")
I’ve been looking forward to this for weeks now. I went out and bought the first season on DvD (only $39.00…pretty good price IMO) and have watched them all again. Sort of the same thing I do with books when the next in a series is coming out. 🙂 I can’t wait for you guys to start speculating on the various mysteries that are sure to happen this season. I’m an avid lurker in these threads. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/14 "2005-09-21T16:32:21Z")
I’m embarassed to say I forgot that it started today :smack: Bad Ronin, no cookie. However now that I am reminded, I’m going to make sure the meeting I have with group members at 3:30 moves quickly and hopefully very productively. Otherwise I’ll be calling roommates to double check the tivo is set to record. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/15 "2005-09-21T16:37:27Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > I’ve got one word for you: **Generator**. > > It only has to be powerful enough to run the TV. And the cable station if their power goes out. Or, if you subscribe to satellite, your generator will need to be able to power a frikkin’ laser beam to cut through the cloud cover. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/16 "2005-09-21T16:37:57Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > My husband has already turned the telephone ringer off. He doesn’t normally do that for any program that doesn’t feature Bill Cowher or the “SportsCenter” logo. I believe I might have married him in anticipation of this very moment. I hate quoting myself, but … my husband just called me at work to tell me that he invited some friends from work over tonight to have a viewing party, and can I call to order some pizzas as soon as I get home from work? “Because we’re locking the door and turning out the lights at 8:55 and if Ed McMahon shows up with the Publisher’s Clearing House check he’s just going to have to _wait_.” My god, I love that man. (My husband, not Ed McMahon.) ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/17 "2005-09-21T16:42:07Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > My “Lost” group is starting out the evening by watching the finale from Season 1 on DVD (Exodus: Parts 1 & 2), then we’ll be ready to see what lies inside the hatch! That’s exactly what my group is doing tonight. We may even have a newcomer with no idea what’s going on, but we’ll sit him down in front of the recap episode, and he already understands that Thou Shalt Not Talk During Lost. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/18 "2005-09-21T16:55:38Z")
Not to derail this thread, but I’m kinda looking forward to watching “Invasion” right afterwards. The reviews have been very good, and it looks like one of the better of the new shows. “Over There” will have to wait for a later viewing (thank god for DVRs with multiple tuners). ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/19 "2005-09-21T17:14:09Z")
I am so excited about tonight that my trembling vibrations of anticipation are causing me to give off waves of blinding light. My officemates are wearing sunglasses. And that’s even knowing what happens: I made the mistake of browsing a short but extremely dense spoiler post on another site, learning way too much about tonight before I really understood what I was looking at. D’oh! Oh well. It’s gonna be cool. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631/20 "2005-09-21T17:20:43Z")
I just hope that some of the questions from last season are put to rest…I’m dieing to find out any number of burning questions. > [@John Mace](#): > > Not to derail this thread, but I’m kinda looking forward to watching “Invasion” right afterwards. The reviews have been very good, and it looks like one of the better of the new shows. “Over There” will have to wait for a later viewing (thank god for DVRs with multiple tuners). I haven’t heard about that one. I started watching another new show on Sunday called Threshold that looks pretty good…I’ll probably be following that one as long as it stays good. -XT [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-1-man-of-science-man-of-faith/322631.md?page=2)