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- Episode aired May 10, 2006
- TV-14
- 46m
Mr. Eko enlists Locke's help to find a secret location he believes houses answers to the island's mysteries. Jack has a difficult, but unavoidable decision to make about Libby.Mr. Eko enlists Locke's help to find a secret location he believes houses answers to the island's mysteries. Jack has a difficult, but unavoidable decision to make about Libby.Mr. Eko enlists Locke's help to find a secret location he believes houses answers to the island's mysteries. Jack has a difficult, but unavoidable decision to make about Libby.
- Sayid Jarrah
- (credit only)
- Claire Littleton
- (credit only)
- Jin-Soo Kwon
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- Sun-Hwa Kwon
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAfter the scene where Locke and Eko watch the orientation video for the "Pearl" station of the Dharma Initiative, a gag commercial is included in the next actual commercial break. This commercial sings the praises of the Hanso Foundation, which sharp-eyed viewers would recognize as being the copyright holders from the Dharma Initiative tape. This commercial included a website and a toll-free telephone number at the end (www.sublymonal.com and 1-877-HANSORG, respectively). Viewers who called the phone number were treated to an interactive presentation wherein they could listen to the voice mail messages of senior executives of the Hanso Foundation, and, when the phone call was "hacked" by a mysterious woman called Persephone, they could obtain a password. When visiting the website, viewers could play an interactive game which eventually unlocked access to the Hanso Foundation's homepage. If they tried to sign up for the Hanso newsletter on this site, the site would be "hacked" by Persephone, who would ask for the password from the telephone number. Those with the password were signed up to access "secret" anti-Hanso news and messages from Persephone.
- GoofsLocke and Eko access a central station and create a print out using an Apple ImageWriter II, which was seen on the orientation film dated 1980. However, the ImageWriter II wasn't introduced until 1985.
- Quotes
Dr. Jack Shephard: What were you thinking, John?
Kate Austen: Jack, leave him alone.
James 'Sawyer' Ford: No, Jack, don't leave him alone.
Dr. Jack Shephard: Shut it, Sawyer. If Ana hadn't lifted your gun, we wouldn't...
James 'Sawyer' Ford: Well, ain't that swell, Gimpy McCrutch over here covers up that the Artist Formally Known as Henry Gale tried to strangle your little amiga, and suddenly it's on me when she goes vigilante.
- ConnectionsReferences Daniel Boone (1964)
Season 2 of 'Lost' to me was very solid with many good to outstanding episodes (with a notable exception being "Fire + Water", which took strangeness too literally). "?" is one of the season's best. Other previous Season 2 favourites are "Man of Science, Man of Faith", "Orientation", "The Other 48 Days", "The 23rd Psalm", "One of Them", "Lockdown" and "Two for the Road".
Following on from the devastating events of "Two for the Road", "?" has everything that makes 'Lost' so good and what a good episode of anything should do. It advances the island events and makes them even more intriguing.
In addition, it has many unexpected twists and turns, tension, suspense, emotional impact, intelligent philosophical elements, great character interaction (especially with the coming to terms with the devastating events of the previous episode) and flashbacks that fit within the story well and make an already fascinating character even more so.
Can't fault any of the acting, with Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje giving an especially powerful performance.
Visually, 'Lost' continues to be stylish, atmospheric and beautiful in "?", as always making the most of the island setting. The music is as always chilling and understated, the writing is taut and smart and the episode is one of the best directed ones of Season 2.
Overall, fabulous and a Season 2 high. 10/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Mar 12, 2018