# Lost 2.20: "Two for the Road"
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 3, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270 "2006-05-03T18:34:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/1 "2006-05-03T18:34:48Z")
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Sorry, **John Mace** , but I couldn’t wait any longer for my precious Lost thread (plus, it’s fun knowing that I can start a thread that’s pretty much guaraunteed to hit four pages).
So, after a few weeks of hiatus, we’re back. Michael FINALLY reappeared, though there is still no sign of our growth-spurting, sickness-inducing, clairvoyant boy whose name is best heard screamed from the top of one’s lungs in the middle of a jungle.
Where has Michael been this whole time? What’s Henry Gale’s next move? Is Ana Lucia going to go all Jack Bauer on him? Will Locke remember the map on the blast door?
I’m excited about this one, though I have a feeling that Michael’s insights might, in typical Lost fashion, raise more questions than they answer.
From the ABC “Lost” website:
“Two for the Road” Jack and Kate bring an exhausted Michael back to the camp, and with him, news about “The Others.” Meanwhile, Ana Lucia attempts to get the prisoner to confess, and Hurley plans a surprise date for Libby.
Some useful Café Society 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) [11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354691) [12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=355716) [13](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=357834) [14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=359015) [15](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361048) [16](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363982) [17](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365010) [18](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=366081) [19](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367064)
[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)
Here are some interesting external links:
[The Lost Report](http://hometown.aol.com/qcotms/myhomepage/index.html): A very well written summary of the most current episode often containing interesting insights. I don’t think you’ll find spoilers.
[The Tail Section](http://www.thetailsection.com/): Excellent site for still frame photos of key scenes, along with some good analysis. But… beware of spoilers!
[Sledgeweb’s Lost… Stuff](http://lost.cubit.net/): Pretty good site, but again beware of spoilers. I use it mainly for the Timeline section, which is an incredibly detailed breakdown of “how long since…?” for almost anything you can think of (pre- and post-plane crash).
[Door Map from Episode 2.17](http://www.thetailsection.com/uploaded_images/cleanwall-707484.jpg). A nicely cleaned up version of the diagram Locke saw while pinned under the lockdown doors. No spoilers.
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### Author:  [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/2 "2006-05-03T18:37:40Z")
So why did Michael wander off anyways?
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### Author:  [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/3 "2006-05-03T18:39:38Z")
Woah, has any buddy checked-out the re-vamped [Hanso Foundation](http://www.thehansofoundation.org/) website?
Pretty crazy.
I’ve snooped around and didn’t find anything spoilerish, but worth checking out!
MtM
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### Author:  [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/4 "2006-05-03T18:41:48Z")
Michael ran off in search of Walt a while ago after having an AIM chat with him on the hatch computer. I thought he took a gun with him, but I’m not sure.
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### Author:  [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/5 "2006-05-03T18:48:57Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#):
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> So why did Michael wander off anyways?
He went looking for **WAAAALT**!
Yay! _Lost_ is back. Finally - seems like ages since it’s been on.
And it’s an _Amazing Race_ night!
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### Author:  [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/6 "2006-05-03T18:49:06Z")
> [@Team of Scientists](#):
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> Michael ran off in search of Walt a while ago after having an AIM chat with him on the hatch computer. I thought he took a gun with him, but I’m not sure.
Psst. I think **Harborwolf** was making a funny. 😃
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### Author:  [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/7 "2006-05-03T18:59:51Z")
> [@Team of Scientists](#):
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> Michael ran off in search of Walt a while ago after having an AIM chat with him on the hatch computer. I thought he took a gun with him, but I’m not sure.
You aren’t very good at this. His name is spelled WA … Awww, nevermind.
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### Author:  [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/8 "2006-05-03T18:59:57Z")
Here’s a link to a pretty cool spoiler. It shows a set built for the finale.
Possibly the Others camp and a new hatch
[Linky](http://lost-forum.com/showthread.php?t=37607)
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### Author:  [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/9 "2006-05-03T19:28:38Z")
> [@Honey](#):
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> Psst. I think **Harborwolf** was making a funny. 😃
Bah, you _try_ to be helpful, and all you get is whoosh. :o
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/10 "2006-05-03T19:43:57Z")
> [@Team of Scientists](#):
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> Sorry, **John Mace** , but I couldn’t wait any longer for my precious Lost thread (plus, it’s fun knowing that I can start a thread that’s pretty much guaraunteed to hit four pages).
I guess that’s what I get for getting too drunk last night to remember to do this! 🙂
BTW, we’re home free as far ar repeats go-- it’s 4 straight weeks of new episodes with the 4th being a 2-hour season finale. I’m excited. I think the producers are going to do things differently next year-- either split the season like _Prison Break_ did, or start it in January like _24_.
I know I’ve been predicting this every episode for quite ahile, but I still think Henry Gale is going to escape (probably thru some secret tunnel in The Hatch) and that Locke will help him do it.
If Michael says: I. HAVE. TO FIND. MY. SON. tonight, I’m going to puke.
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### Author:  [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/11 "2006-05-03T20:06:19Z")
Spoiler for tonight’s episode.
I’m reading in a lot of different places that Michael is going to shoot Ana and Libby. Perhaps he made some deal with the Others to get Waaaaaalt back.
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### Author:  [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/12 "2006-05-03T20:13:30Z")
> [@John Mace](#):
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> I think the producers are going to do things differently next year-- either split the season like _Prison Break_ did, or start it in January like _24_.
I sure as hell hope not. Prison Break’s…er, break was really annoying, and I don’t wanna wait until January for yet another show on top of Scrubs and 24.
Anyway, I was thinking the other day how Lost hasn’t really set us up for any big season ending cliffhanger yet. Last year they had us wondering about the hatch starting at episode 12 or so. I have no idea how they’re gonna end this one.
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### Author:  [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/13 "2006-05-03T20:16:09Z")
> [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](#):
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> Woah, has any buddy checked-out the re-vamped [Hanso Foundation](http://www.thehansofoundation.org/) website?
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> Pretty crazy.
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> I’ve snooped around and didn’t find anything spoilerish, but worth checking out!
>
> MtM
Actually, if you sign up for the newsletter you get a message from Persephone telling you to call the number on the TV ad page. I can’t find a number though. And there’s the little maps of where they have active projects, with one of them being somewhere in the middle of the ocean and no info except gobbledygook.
And somehow you can get letters from the Global Welfare Consortium to Hanso, I don’t know how, but someone took screencaps and I put them together so you can actually read the letters (more or less). [Letter 1](http://www3.telus.net/ShadesOfCrimson/Lost/Lost-Letter1.png), [letter 2](http://www3.telus.net/ShadesOfCrimson/Lost/Lost-Letter2.png). Nothing spoilerish in them that I’ve noticed, except for they mention a disease which could explain why the qurantine of the island…
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### Author:  [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/14 "2006-05-03T20:16:15Z")
> [@John Mace](#):
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> BTW, we’re home free as far ar repeats go-- it’s 4 straight weeks of new episodes with the 4th being a 2-hour season finale. I’m excited. I think the producers are going to do things differently next year-- either split the season like _Prison Break_ did, or start it in January like _24_.
I read recently that what they want to do next year is break the season up into three parts to cover all the sweeps months. Basically, you’d get one batch of seven episodes straight through at a time for a 7/7/8 pattern. Not perfect, but a reasonable compromise IMHO. It remains to be seen if ABC wants to be reasonable.
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### Author:  [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/15 "2006-05-03T20:19:40Z")
> [@Flutterby](#):
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> Actually, if you sign up for the newsletter you get a message from Persephone telling you to call the number on the TV ad page. I can’t find a number though.
Just in case…
Apparently one of the commercials during tonight’s show will be a commercial for the Hanso Foundation, which will include a link to the web site and a phone number. We’re just early… :smack:
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### Author:  [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/16 "2006-05-03T20:24:06Z")
> [@tanstaafl](#):
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> Just in case…
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> Apparently one of the commercials during tonight’s show will be a commercial for the Hanso Foundation, which will include a link to the web site and a phone number. We’re just early… :smack:
Ahh. Then that’s probably why I can’t find the number.
I’m going out tonight, but I’m taping it so I’ll watch carefully. 🙂
[sub]Chippendales or Lost? It’s so hard to choose between them![/sub]
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### Author:  [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/17 "2006-05-03T21:00:51Z")
> [@Team of Scientists](#):
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> Bah, you _try_ to be helpful, and all you get is whoosh. :o
I wondered if I’d catch someone. 😛
IIRC from last episodes preview, Michael says something about them not having a lot of security. Sort of implying that the losties can take the seabillies. We probably won’t get I. HAVE. TO FIND. MY. SON. . Instead we’ll get WE. HAVE. TO. GET. MY. SON. .
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### Author:  [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/18 "2006-05-03T23:57:53Z")
Just finished airing in Canada.
What a bloodbath.
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### Author:  [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/19 "2006-05-04T01:04:12Z")
Must… avoid… spoiler boxes!
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### Author:  [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-20-two-for-the-road/355270/20 "2006-05-04T01:10:35Z")
Whoa. Ana Lucia “wanded” Jack’s dad. Kinky.
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