The second season of the American serial drama television series Lost commenced airing in the United States and Canada on September 21, 2005, and concluded on May 24, 2006. The second season continues the stories of a group of over forty people who have been stranded on a remote island in the South Pacific, after their plane crashed forty-four days prior to the beginning of the season. The producers have stated that as the first season is about introducing the survivors, the second season is about a 1970s scientific Dharma Initiative research station which the survivors discovered on the island and refer to as "The Hatch".
The second season aired Wednesdays at 9:00 pm in the United States. In addition to the regular twenty-four episodes (with a run time around 42 minutes each), three clip-shows recapped previous events on the show. "Destination Lost" aired before the premiere, "Lost: Revelation" aired before the tenth episode and "Lost: Reckoning" aired before the twentieth episode. The season was released on DVD as a seven-disc boxed set under the title of Lost: The Complete Second Season – The Extended Experience on September 5, 2006, by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Crew The season was produced by Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios), Bad Robot and Grass Skirt Productions and was aired on the ABC Network in the U.S. The executive producers were co-creator J. J. Abrams, co-creator Damon Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender and Carlton Cuse. The staff writers were Lindelof, Cuse, co-executive producer Steven Maeda, supervising producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach, supervising producers Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz, supervising producer Leonard Dick, supervising producer Jeph Loeb, supervising producer Craig Wright, producer Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim. The regular directors were Bender, producer Stephen Williams, camera operator Paul Edwards and Eric Laneuville. Lindelof and Cuse served as the showrunners.
Cast Main
The second season had sixteen roles getting star billing, with thirteen of them returning from the first season. The cast are listed in alphabetical order. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as former drug lord-turned priest, Mr. Eko Naveen Andrews as former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid Jarrah Emilie de Ravin as new mother Claire Littleton Matthew Fox as Dr. Jack Shephard, the leader of the survivors Jorge Garcia as unlucky and mentally unstable millionaire Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, who often serves as comic relief Maggie Grace as Shannon Rutherford, still recovering from the recent death of her brother Boone Josh Holloway as con man James "Sawyer" Ford Malcolm David Kelley as Walt Lloyd, Michael's son; he only receives star billing in the episodes in which he appears Daniel Dae Kim as non-English speaking Jin Kwon Yunjin Kim as Sun Kwon, Jin's English-speaking wife Evangeline Lilly as fugitive Kate Austen Dominic Monaghan as rock star and recovering drug addict Charlie Pace Terry O'Quinn as "man of faith" John Locke Harold Perrineau as Michael Dawson, whose son was kidnapped by the Others Michelle Rodriguez as the leader of the tail section survivors, police officer Ana-Lucia Cortez Cynthia Watros as tail-section survivor Libby
Special guest star Ian Somerhalder as Boone Carlyle
Recurring Michael Emerson as a man calling himself Henry Gale, who is suspected to be one of the Others, a group of mysterious island inhabitants who terrorize the survivors L. Scott Caldwell as Rose Henderson Sam Anderson as Bernard Nadler, Rose's husband Kimberley Joseph as flight attendant Cindy, having appeared in the pilot episode Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond Hume, a man who had been living in the hatch for three years Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau, the only surviving member of a team of scientists who arrived on a ship to the island sixteen years ago M. C. Gainey as the Other named Tom Tania Raymonde as the Other named Alex John Terry as Christian Shephard, Jack's father who appears in flashbacks François Chau as the scientist who appears in orientation films for the Dharma Initiative Clancy Brown as Desmond's companion in the hatch, Kelvin Inman Katey Sagal as Helen, Locke's love interest who gets caught between his pugnacious relationship with his father
Reception On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 100% with an average score of 9.2/10 based on 12 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "This sophomore season goes smoothly down the hatch, deepening both the mysteries of the island and the depth of its castaways."
The season was nominated for nine Emmy Awards, but did not win any. Nominations included Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for "The 23rd Psalm"; Jack Bender for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for "Live Together, Die Alone"; Henry Ian Cusick for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series; Michael Bonvillain for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series for "Man of Science, Man of Faith"; two nominations for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series; Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series; Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series; and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series.
The season was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards: Matthew Fox for lead actor, Naveen Andrews for supporting actor, while it won the award for best drama.
The DVD set entered the sales chart at the number one position in its first week of release, selling 500,000 copies in the first day. The season premiere hit a ratings high for the series, with 23.47 million American viewers. Overall, the season averaged 18.91 million American viewers.
Episodes
"Featured character(s)" refers to the character(s), whose back story is featured in the episode's flashbacks.
Notes
Home media release The second season was released as a widescreen seven-disc Region 1 DVD box set in the United States on September 5, 2006, and in the United Kingdom on October 2, 2006, titled Lost: The Complete Second Season – The Extended Experience. Each of these releases also contains extras, including behind-the-scenes footage, deleted scenes, audio commentaries, and a "Lost Connections" chart, which shows how all of the characters on the island are inter-connected with each other. The season was subsequently released on Blu-ray Disc on June 16, 2009.
The series was initially released in two sets in the United Kingdom: the first twelve episodes were released as a widescreen four-disc DVD box set on July 17, 2006, and the remaining episodes of the second season were released as a four-disc DVD box set on October 2, 2006. The set was released in Region 4 on October 4, 2006. Lost: The Complete Second Season – The Extended Experience Set detailsSpecial features 24 episodes 7-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio Subtitles: English Subtitles: Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese (Blu-ray only) English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) – DVD English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround) – Blu-ray Audio Commentaries Runtime: 1056 minutes Audio commentaries on: "Man of Science, Man of Faith" by Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Bryan Burk, and Jack Bender "What Kate Did" by Paul Edwards, Michael Bonvillain, and Evangeline Lilly "The 23rd Psalm" by Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, and Bryan Burk "The Whole Truth" by Elizabeth Sarnoff, Christina M. Kim, Yunjin Kim, and Daniel Dae Kim "Dave" by Jack Bender, Jorge Garcia, and Cynthia Watros Phase 1: Observation Fire + Water: Anatomy of an Episode Lost: On Location The World According to Sawyer Phase 2: Conditioning The Lost Flashbacks Abandoned Lockdown: Locke's Father Deleted scenes Lost bloopers Phase 3: Conclusion Lost Connections Mysteries, Theories, and Conspiracies Secrets from the Hatch Release dates Part 1 Part 2 Complete September 5, 2006 October 4, 2006 March 21, 2007 July 17, 2006 October 4, 2006
References
External links
List of Lost season 2 episodes at Lostpedia