# Lost 2.11: "The Hunting Party" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518 "2006-01-18T16:25:56Z")\ **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:** [January 18, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/1 "2006-01-18T16:25:56Z")
First, the thread rules: > [@](#): > > 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. I have high hopes for this episode. I love the previews: This is our island… it’s not your island! I hope that isn’t the end of the episode. I want to see who is holding those torches… From the ABC “Lost” site: “The Hunting Party”: Jack, Locke and Sawyer pursue 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.” Some useful links are given below: Thread index for Season 1 Episodes: [1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=277083) [2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=278382) [3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=279542) [4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=280792) [5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=281998) [6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=283328) [7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284665) [8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=285925) [9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=287237) [10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289514) [11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=290718) [12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=295320) [13](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296591) [14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=297760) [15](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301602) [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) [19](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309511) [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) [23](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317139) [24](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=318051) Thread index for Season 2 Episodes: [1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335991) [2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=337167) [3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=338307) [4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339366) [5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=340432) [6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343878) [7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=345144) [8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=346239) [9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347177) [10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=353542) [The Official Lost Jargon Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=286221) [Official “Lost” Questions Thread, Season 1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284542) [Official “Lost” Questions Thread, Season 2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=336040) ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/2 "2006-01-18T16:30:26Z")
Does anyone here think the computer message gave Michael a clue about where to look or is he just going crazy “Waaaaaallllllt!” style again? ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/3 "2006-01-18T16:35:56Z")
I was wondering where this thread was. Hi John. Hi middleman. Woo-hoo! New “Lost”. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/4 "2006-01-18T16:40:27Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > I was wondering where this thread was. I usually give it till noon. 🙂 I don’t know if the computer told Michael where to look. I figure there are three possibilities here–Michael _is_ talking to Walt, Michael is being screwed with by Dharma/the Others, or Michael is hallucinating the whole thing. Because I’m sick like that, I sincerely hope it’s number three. ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Broken\_Wind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Wind)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/5 "2006-01-18T16:48:35Z")
I think Michael is just going screwy and/or mind controlled. I don’t think the images on the computer screen are really there at all. IIRC, the screen was blank the last time he sat down and started just bashing away at the keys, then the ‘communication’ started from whoever was on the other end, not the other way around. And when Jack looked at the screen it was completely black. Granted, Michael could have slyly turned it off, but I don’t think there was anything there to begin with. Have we ever seen the screen lit up when the timer wasn’t counting down? Maybe it doesn’t actually fire up until the countdown begins to prevent unauthorized ‘communication’? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/6 "2006-01-18T17:16:17Z")
It’s so gross out here, you guys, and I am so excited to know that I have reason to keep on living! Whoo hoo - new “Lost” tonight! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/7 "2006-01-18T17:24:45Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > Does anyone here think the computer message gave Michael a clue about where to look or is he just going crazy “Waaaaaallllllt!” style again? Of course not. Everyone knows the most effective way to find him is to walk around aimless in the jungle screaming WAAAAAALT!!! at the top of your lungs, when you know there is a TCM out there as well as The Others-- all of whom want to kill people. Just like Michael did the last time… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/8 "2006-01-18T17:31:10Z")
A reminder…last weeks episode will be rerun prior to this weeks new episode. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/9 "2006-01-18T17:37:46Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > Woo-hoo! New “Lost”. Worth repeating. Woo-hoo! New _Lost_!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/10 "2006-01-18T17:54:40Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > Of course not. Everyone knows the most effective way to find him is to walk around aimless in the jungle screaming WAAAAAALT!!! at the top of your lungs, when you know there is a TCM out there as well as The Others-- all of whom want to kill people. Just like Michael did the last time… 🙂 Well, technically, it’s more like: “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT! _WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!_ WALT! _WALT!_ WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!” But, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/11 "2006-01-18T18:02:45Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Well, technically, it’s more like: “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT! _WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!_ WALT! _WALT!_ WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!” But, yeah. I wonder what it would spell if we translated the \*WALT!\*s and \*WAAAAAAAALT!\*s into Morse Code. String everything together from the moment of the boat attack, and just go nuts. It would probably say “Get a life, you tool.” But I still like the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/12 "2006-01-18T18:38:02Z")
You guys should stop picking on Michael. As a father myself, I know that if my child were taken by the Others, I too would be wandering the jungle calling “WAAAAAAAALLLLT”. Which is weird. My kid’s not named Walt. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/13 "2006-01-18T18:43:58Z")
I am starting to doubt Walt can ever really return as a full-time character, since the actor has grown so much in a short time. The only way they could explain it is with some Hanso time-travel project, which would be just lame. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/14 "2006-01-18T18:45:12Z")
Oh, and by the way, is anyone else a bit let down that tonight’s flashbacks are Jack again, his second this season? I want more Locke! Or Claire! Or Charlie! Or Libby! Or Sawyer! ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/15 "2006-01-18T18:50:23Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > A reminder…last weeks episode will be rerun prior to this weeks new episode. Zap2it shows a Billy Graham special before the new ep. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/16 "2006-01-18T18:52:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I am starting to doubt Walt can ever really return as a full-time character, since the actor has grown so much in a short time. > > The only way they could explain it is with some Hanso time-travel project, which would be just lame. Not necessarily. Rapid growth could be explained as a result of life-extension experiments, even if the actor grows 12" this season. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/17 "2006-01-18T18:57:17Z")
I’ll put it in a box because the preview was in one in the OP: It’s about time someone went after the Others. The group that snatched all the tailies seemed to be unarmed. The group on the boat had were lightly armed. The bunker is full of automatic weapons. I would have gone hunting for the abductees as soon as I found out about the weapons. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/18 "2006-01-18T18:57:46Z")
> [@Oslo Ostragoth](#): > > Zap2it shows a Billy Graham special before the new ep. Not for me. It’s probably just your cable system that’s airing the special. It should be pointed out for people taping the episode that it’s scheduled to RUN LONG BY ONE MINUTE!!! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/19 "2006-01-18T19:00:11Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I am starting to doubt Walt can ever really return as a full-time character, since the actor has grown so much in a short time. > > The only way they could explain it is with some Hanso time-travel project, which would be just lame. Yeah, much lamer than black smoke that drags someone by his ankles and shows images of what he’s thinking. It doesn’t need to be time travel… it could be growth acceleration. I think they could fit it into the story nicely, and I’m sure they will! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518/20 "2006-01-18T19:27:49Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I want more Locke! Or Claire! Or Charlie! Or Libby! Or Sawyer! As far as I know, next week is another Charlie episode, and I believe there’s another Locke one coming soon. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-11-the-hunting-party/340518.md?page=2)