Lost (season 2)

infobox tvseason
season_name = Lost Season 2


caption = Tagline: Everything Happens for a Reason
dvd_release_date = September 5, 2006
dvd_format = Widescreen boxed set
country = USA
network = ABC
first_aired = September 21, 2005
last_aired =
May 24, 2006
num_episodes = 23
prev_season = 1
next_season = 3|

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, [Fordis, Jeff, (January 22, 2007) " [http://www.abcmedianet.com/assets/pr/html/012207_15.html The Life of One of "The Others" Rests in Jack's Hands, on the Return of ABC's "Lost"] ," "ABC Medianet". Retrieved on September 7, 2007.] after their airplane crashed forty-four days prior to the beginning of the season. The season takes place from 4 to 27 November, 2004. The producers have stated that as the first season is about introducing the survivors, the second season is about a 1980's scientific Dharma Initiative research station the survivors call the "hatch." [Aurthur, Kate, (May 25, 2006) " [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/25/arts/television/25lost.html?ei=5088&en=2d1372ad803eb440&ex=1306209600&pagewanted=print Dickens, Challah and That Mysterious Island] ," "The New York Times". Retrieved on September 9, 2007.]

The second season aired Wednesdays at 9:00 pm in the United States. In addition to the regular twenty-three episodes, 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. [cite web | url= http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Complete-Second-Matthew-Fox/dp/B000FIMG68/ | title= "Lost: The Complete Second Season" | publisher= Amazon.com | accessdate= 2007-09-22]

Crew

The season was produced by Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios), Bad Robot Productions 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. [Lindelof, Damon (2006) " [http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=001648&type=producers "Lost" Producers] ," "ABC Medianet". Retrieved on September 7, 2007.] 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 show runners.

Cast

The second season had fifteen roles getting star billing, with twelve of them returning from the first season. Characters are ordered by billing and number of appearances. Matthew Fox acted as Jack Shephard, the leader of the survivors. [Bain, Emily, (October 20, 2004) " [http://media.www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2004/10/20/ArtsLiving/Tv.Review.Viewers.Get.lost.In.Popular.New.Abc.Show-1489109.shtml Viewers Get "Lost" in Popular New ABC Show] ," "The Tufts Daily". Retrieved on September 9, 2007.] Terry O'Quinn played "man of faith" John Locke. [Lindelof, Damon (writer) & Cuse, Carlton (writer) & Bender, Jack (director). "Exodus," "American Broadcasting Company". May 25, 2005. Episode 25, season 1.] Jorge Garcia portrayed Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, who often serves as comic relief. [Garcia, Jorge (March 2006) " [http://www.maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=7045 We Want Answers!] ," "Maxim". Retrieved on September 9, 2007.] Josh Holloway acted as con man James "Sawyer" Ford, while Evangeline Lilly portrayed fugitive Kate Austen. Michelle Rodriguez portrayed the leader of the tail section survivors, Ana-Lucia Cortez. [Ausiello, Michael, (May 3, 2006) " [http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Did-Lost-Kill/700001362 Why Did "Lost" Kill Ana Lucia? Lindelof/Cuse Tell All!] ," "TV Guide". Retrieved on October 19, 2007.] Daniel Dae Kim acted as non-English speaking Jin Kwon. [Yoon, Cindy, (June 23, 2005) " [http://www.asiasource.org/arts/danieldaekim.cfm Interview with Daniel Dae Kim] ," "AsiaSource". Retieved on October 19, 2007.] Naveen Andrews portrayed former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid Jarrah. [Twair, Pat McDonnell, (April, 2005) " [http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-922680/Republican-Guard ABC-TV's Hit Series, "Lost", Features Sayid, a Sensitive, Appealing Iraqi] ," "Brittanica". Retrieved on September 9, 2007.] Dominic Monaghan acted as recovering drug addict Charlie Pace. Cynthia Watros played tail-section survivor Libby. [Ausiello, Michael, (May 10, 2006) " [http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Lost-Killed-Libby/800001555&start=15 Why "Lost" Killed Libby] ," "TV Guide". Retrieved on August 30, 2007.] Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje played former drug lord-turned priest, Mr. Eko. [Green, Graeme, (August 30, 2006) " [http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=19172&in_page_id=11 60 Seconds: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje] ," "Metro". Retrieved on October 19, 2007.] Yunjin Kim played Sun Kwon, Jin's English-speaking wife. Emilie de Ravin played new mother Claire Littleton. [Disney (October, 2006) " [http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/bios?pn=character&name=Claire%20Littleton Claire Littleton] ," "ABC". Retrieved on September 9, 2007.] Harold Perrineau portrayed Michael Dawson, whose son was kidnapped by the Others. Maggie Grace played Shannon Rutherford, still recovering from the recent death of her brother Boone.

Malcolm David Kelley, who portrayed Walt Lloyd, Michael's son, only received star billing in the episodes that he appeared in. [Keck, William, (May 24, 2006) " [http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-05-23-lost_x.htm A Father and Child Reunion?] ," "USA Today". Retrieved on October 19, 2007.] Former main cast member Ian Somerhalder returned with special guest star billing as Boone Carlyle.

The second season featured numerous guest stars. Michael Emerson portrayed a man calling himself Henry Gale, who is suspected to be one of the Others, a group of island inhabitants who terrorize the survivors. L. Scott Caldwell returned to play Rose Henderson, whilst Sam Anderson joined the cast playing her husband, Bernard Nadler. Kimberley Joseph played flight attendant Cindy Chandler. [Oliver, (March 8, 2006) " [http://lost-media.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1676 "Lost"'s Tail Spin] ," "News Limited". Retrieved on October 19, 2007.] Henry Ian Cusick portrayed Desmond Hume, a man who had been living in the hatch for three years. [MacEachern, Daniel, (October 11, 2005) " [http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/portal/site/TelevisionWithoutPity/menuitem.766266d5c663f366b180b41045001d30/?vgnextoid=a63e8ceebd2a2110VgnVCM1000006dc1d240RCRD&ShowName=Lost The Petty Details of So-and-So's Life] ," "Television Without Pity". Retrieved on October 19, 2007.] M.C. Gainey played the Other named Tom and Tania Raymonde played the Other named Alex. John Terry appeared in numerous flashbacks as Jack's father, Christian Shephard. François Chau appeared in orientation films for the Dharma Initiative. [Lachonis, Jon, (April 25, 2007) " [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/lost/losts-dr-marvin-candle-francoi-6000.aspx "Lost"'s Dr. Marvin Candle, Francois Chau, Reveals All!] ," "BuddyTV". Retrieved on October 19, 2007.] Clancy Brown acted as Desmond's companion in the hatch, Kelvin Inman.

Reception

The season was nominated for nine Emmy Awards, including nominations for writing, directing and guest acting. [O'Brien, Conan, (July 6, 2006) " [http://www.emmys.org/downloads/images/2006emmys/PrimetimeNoms.php The 58th Primetime Emmy Awards and Creative Arts Emmys Nominations] ," "Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". Retrieved on October 5, 2007.] However, the season did not win any Emmys. [Mesger, Robin, (August 27, 2006) " [http://www.emmys.org/media/releases/2006/rel_pte58_winners.pdf 58th Primetime Emmy Winners] ," "Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". Retrieved on October 6, 2007.] The season was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards: drama and lead actress. However, "Lost" did not win. [Russell, Michael, (January 15, 2007) [http://www.hfpa.org/nominations/year/2006 2007 Golden Globe Awards Nominations & Winners] ," "Hollywood Foreign Press Association". Retrieved on October 6, 2007.] The DVD set entered the sales chart at the number one position in its first week of release, [Arnold, Thomas K., (September 14, 2007) " [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003121876 "Lost 2" Finds Way to Top of DVD Sales] ," "The Hollywood Reporter". Retrieved on October 7, 2007.] selling 500 000 copies in the first day. [Dahl, Oscar, (September 14, 2007) " [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/lost/lost_season_2_dvd_tops_charts.aspx "Lost" Season 2 DVD Tops Charts] ," "BuddyTV". Retrieved on October 7, 2007.] On Amazon, it was the seventh-highest selling DVD of 2006. [" [http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_3927572_4/102-6074747-7128155?ie=UTF8&docId=1000022091&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=15W42AMJTT1NN7MCRV3N&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=269536401&pf_rd_i=275030011 The Customers' Favorites: Top 100 DVD Bestsellers] ," "Amazon". Retrieved on October 7, 2007.] The DVD set received "universal acclaim" with an average score of 85/100 based on six reviews at Metacritic. [Rosell, Rich & Sciullo, Maria & Gilchrist, Todd & Chaney, Jen & Raftery, Brian & Teh, Hock Guan, (September 2006) " [http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/lostseason2dvd "Lost" (DVD Set)] ," "Metacritic". Retrieved on October 6, 2007.] The season premiere hit a ratings high for the series, with 23.47 million American viewers. [Wilkes, Neil, (September 23, 2005) " [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a24619/us-ratings-lost-premiere-draws-23-million.html US Ratings: "Lost" Premiere Draws 23 Million] ," "Digital Spy". Retrieved on October 6, 2007.] Overall, the season averaged 18.91 million American viewers. [Nielsen Media Research, (May 26, 2006) " [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002576393 2005–06 Primetime Wrap] ," "The Hollywood Reporter". Retrieved on October 6, 2007.]

Episodes

"Series #" refers to the episode's number in the overall series, whereas "Episode #" refers to the episode's number in this particular season. "Featured character(s)" refers to the character(s), whose backstory is featured in the episode's flashbacks. "American viewers in millions" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episodes live. The second season's episodes are altogether 1056 minutes in length. ["", Buena Vista Home Entertainment. September 5, 2006. [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-images/B000FIMG68/sr=1-1/qid=1190945707/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_1/102-5896377-5056168?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&index=1&qid=1190945707&sr=1-1 Back cover] .]

DVD release

The second season was released as a widescreen seven-disc Region 1 DVD box set in the USA on September 5, 2006 and in United Kingdom on October 2, 2006, retitled as "Lost: The Complete Second Series - The Extended Experience". Each of these releases also contained DVD extras, including Behind the Scenes Footage, deleted scenes and a "Lost Connections" chart, which shows how all of the characters on the island are inter-connected with each other. [cite news|lastname=Castro|firstname=Adam-Troy|url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/screen/sfw13617.html|title= Lost Season 2 DVD|publisher=Sci Fi Weekly|date=September 13, 2006]

The series was initially delivered in two sets in United Kingdom: the first twelve episodes were released as a widescreen four-disc DVD box set on July 17, 2006. 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.

Notes

*fnb|1 - In some regions, the second season has 24 episodes. This is because "Live Together, Die Alone" is split into two episodes, "Live Together, Die Alone: Part 1" and "Live Together, Die Alone: Part 2."

References

General

* [http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index?pn=recaps#t=38131 "Lost" Recaps] at ABC.com

Specific