OK, after two weeks of reruns we finally got a new episode.
Raft survivors are walking with the tail survivors, trying to find the main group. While walking through the jungle Ana-Lucia tries to get everyone to be quiet but Jin, Sawyer, and Michael are talking like nothing is going on. When Ana-Lucia tries to get them to be quiet Michael says that if she wants them to be quiet she has to tell them why. Ana explains that
they came and took people from their camp and that
they are very smart and dangrersous. During this we see a glimpse of Ana having a softer side. Michael, Sawyer and Jin get the hint and shut up.
As they walk Sawyer's bullet wound is getting worse due to infection and he eventualy passes out. They build a stretcher to carry Sawyer on and continue on their way. Soon after they find themselves at a two-story tall cliff and have to pass Sawyer up in levels. Doing this causes them to spread out and when they reach the top one of them, Cindy, has disappeared. We are to assume that
they took Cindy and she is as good as dead.
Not long after the group begins to hear the whispers in the woods and Ana draws the gun and screams, "run."
During all this Shannon and Sayid are getting closer and eventually sleep together.
Sayid! Not long after their bed exploits Shannon sees Walt again. She yells and when Sayid comes running he doesn't see anyone. Shannon gets frustrated with Sayid and decides to try and see if Vincent, the dog, can track Walt's scent. Walt leads Shannon to Boone's grave. Shannon stares at Boone's grave sadly and this connects us to her past where we learn that Shannon wasn't always snotty but after her father died her stepmother, Boone's mother, cuts her off financially. Boone promises to help Shannon, but then betrays her when he goes to work for his own mother.
While Shannon is moping at Boone's grave Sayid catches up with her and wants to know what she is doing. She tells him that she needs him to believe her. She is not satisfied with his half-hearted attempt at an answer and goes marching off into the jungle. Sayid follows her trying to get her to stop wandering around. Eventually it begins to rain and Sayid stops her trying to get her to turn back. While doing this Walt appears again and they both see him. Shannon goes chasing after Walt and as she goes into a bunch of trees we hear a gunshot.
Sayid runs to Shannon and finds her with a bullet wound in the center of her chest. When he looks up it cuts to the raft and tail end survivors. Ana is holding the gun, it is discharged. We see Michael looking down at in shock and a cut back to Sayid shows Sayid's expression turns to one of anger (hate?). (Note: We never actually see Sayid/Shannon and the tail/raft survivors in the same shot. Might mean something or nothing at all.)
On the side we se Charlie being very fatherly to Claire's baby, Aaron. When Locke helps show her how to calm Aaron she decides to discuss how she feels that Charlie is taking on this father role and they aren't even married or anything. She fears he may be a religious freak because he has a statue of Mary in his bag. Locke immediately recognizes this as being from the drug plane carrying heroine hidden in Mary statues, but he says nothing.
Those remembering Season 1 will remember that Locke was integral in getting Charlie away from heroine. This sets up an interesting plot line down the road.
Next week we learn about what happened to the tail-end survivors.
I'm thinking about waiting until end of the year again, then buy the Season 2. I did that with Season 1, and it was pure heaven watching all those episodes in the row........... until the sucky season finale.
I've been avoiding this thread, because I haven't been following the show. Instead, I'm planning to watch it all on DVD, when the second set comes out. Anyways, is the show still going strong? How do you feel about season two, compared to the first season? 
As long as the show is on and good and the ABC forums remain a mess full of illiterates I will spew my thoughts here.
That's funny
