The LOST episode Tournament!

[Jacob_lost]

Hey there,

I'm gonna start up a tournament to see which episode of LOST is the greatest... I shall include all episodes aired from Seaon One - 'Pilot - Part 1', to Season Three's finale - 'Through the Looking Glass - Part 2'.

I drew matches from a hat at random, so it is fair, and to equal it out, I split the Season One finale into 3 episodes - 'Exoudus, Part 1', 'Exodus, Part 2', and 'Exodus, Part 3' - as it was done in England.

ROUND 1

1) Pilot - Part 1 Vs. Fire + Water
2) Not In Portland Vs. Born to Run
3) Flashes Before Your Eyes Vs. Every Man For Himself
4) The Glass Ballerina Vs. Orientation
5) Deus Ex Machina Vs. The Hunting Party
6) ...and Found Vs. The Man From Tallahassee
7) The Greater Good Vs. Solitary
8) Tabula Rasa Vs. Left Behind
9) Special Vs. Expose
10) House of the Rising Sun Vs. All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
11) Adrift Vs. Man of Science, Man of Faith
12) Confidence Man Vs. Outlaws
13) Live Together, Die Alone - Part 1 Vs. A Tale of Two Cities
14) Numbers Vs. ...in Translation
15) The Moth Vs. Exodus, Part 1
16) Greatest Hits Vs. Maternity Leave
17) The 23rd Psalm Vs. The Long Con
18) Exodus, Part 2 Vs. Hearts and Minds
19) Catch-22 Vs. Two for the Road
20) One of Them Vs. Everybody Hates Hugo
21) Par Avion Vs. Collision
22) Through the Looking Glass - Part 1 Vs. What Kate Did
23) S.O.S Vs. The Other 48 Days
24) Further Instructions Vs. Three Minutes
25) D.O.C Vs. Dave
26) ? Vs. Abandoned
27) Lockdown Vs. White Rabbit
28) Pilot - Part 2 Vs. The Whole Truth
29) Homecoming Vs. Stranger in a Strange Land
30) Do No Harm Vs. The Man Behind the Curtain
31) I Do Vs. Live Together, Die Alone - Part 2
32) Enter-77 Vs. Tricia Tanaka Is Dead
33) Walkabout Vs. The Cost of Living
34) Raised by Another Vs. Exodus, Part 3
35) Whatever the Case May Be Vs. One of Us
36) The Brig Vs. Through the Looking Glass - Part 2

Would anybody take part in this tournament? Also, onn the deaths section of the episode description, I am not meaning deaths in flashbacks, but on island deaths - unless the person is a main, pivotal character. Also, if they die on island - but do not have a name, they will not be put down.

Jacob

WINNERS:

Pilot - Part 1 (S1E01)
Not In Portland (S3E07)
Flashes Before Your Eyes (S3E08)
Orientation (S2E03)
Deus Ex Machina (S1E19)
The Man From Tallahassee (S3E13)
Solitary (S1E09)
Tabula Rasa (S1E03)
Expose (S3E14)
All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues (S1E11)
Man of Science, Man of Faith (S2E01)
Outlaws (S1316)
A Tale of Two Cities (S3E01)
Numbers (S1E18)
Exodus, Part 1 (S1E23)
Greatest Hits (S3E21)
The 23rd Psalm (S2E10)
Exodus, Part 2 (S1E24)

[ilovemovies]

I would, but you'd have to give some kind of plot description because I'm not familiar with all the titles of the episodes and may need to jog my memory especially for the first two seasons. Season 3 is still fairly fresh in my mind. Season 1 and 2 not as much.

[Jacob_lost]

ROUND 1 - MATCH 1

Pilot - Part 1 (Season 1, Episode 1)

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/media/L/lost/episode_1.jpg


Flashbacks: Jack Shephard
Deaths: Pilot, a lot of plane passengers
Events: Oceanic Flight 815 crashes onto a mysterious island; Jack sets out to save everybody; Jack, Kate and Charlie hike to the cockpit, where they Pilot tells them they are 1,000 miles off course; they encounter the Island Monster

Vs.

Fire + Water (Season 2, Episode 12)

http://z.about.com/d/lost/1/0/4/4/-/-/15-Charlies-Dreams.jpg

Flashbacks: Charlie Pace
Deaths: None
Events: Charlie becomes jealous of Locke and Claire's growing relationship; Charlie suffers visions of Aaron in danger, so attempts to baptize him - causing Locke to beat him up; Mr. Eko baptizes Claire and Aaron.

My vote goes to Pilot - Part 1

[NuclearMisfit]

Pilot Part 1 and 2 > Fire and Water

Things really went down with Charlie as a character, he became a loveable addict to a crazy addict.

Pilot had better performances and everyone seemed very fresh.

[ilovemovies]

The Pilot which is one of the best damn pilots I have ever seen.

JJ Abrams sure knows how to make terrific pilots. The Alias pilot was also amazing.

[dannywalker17]

Pilot, Pt. 1

[JackassFan]

Pilot 1

[starcat]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
The Pilot which is one of the best damn pilots I have ever seen.

JJ Abrams sure knows how to make terrific pilots. The Alias pilot was also amazing.

[Jacob_lost]

Pilot - Part 1 - 6
Fire + Water - 0

ROUND 1 - MATCH 2

Not In Portland (Season 3, Episode 7)


http://www.22dakika.org/imaj/cemshid/lost-not-in-portland-02.jpg

Flashbacks: Juliet Burke
Deaths: Edmund Burke, Danny Pickett
Events: Immediately after Jack tells Kate and Sawyer to escape, they make a run for it; Ben tells Juliet that if she lets them go, and gets Jack to finish his spinal surgery, he'd let her go home; Pickett is about to kill Sawyer, when Juliet shoots him dead; Alex assists Kate and Sawyer in their escape, and they rescue Karl from Room 23 - a Brainwashing room

Vs.

Born to Run (Season 1, Episode 22)


http://www.thetailsection.com/blogpics/javis_greatest_hits_lost-btr-javi.gif

Flashbacks: Kate Austen
Deaths: Daniel
Events: Dr. Arzt tells the rafters they have to leave immediately; Michael is poisoned; Kate wants Sawyer's spot on the raft; Sawyer exposes Kate of her criminal past; Walt begs Locke not to open the hatch; Walt confesses it was him who burnt the first raft, to his father; Jack works out that Sun poisoned Michael - meaning for it to be Jin - so he wouldn't have to gon the raft - what he doesn't know is Kte told her to do it.

My vote goes to 'Not In Portland'

[ilovemovies]

Not In Portland

[JackassFan]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
Not In Portland
Yep.

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
Not In Portland

By far

[syxxpac]

Not In Portland

[Scarfather]

Not in Portland

[JCPhoenix]

Not in Portland

[Jacob_lost]

Not In Portland - 7
Born to Run - 0

ROUND 1 - MATCH 3

Flashes Before Your Eyes (Season 3, Episode 8)

http://folk.ntnu.no/jonkjeti/Lost/Pr_Desmond.jpg

Flashbacks: Desmond David Hume
Deaths: None
Events: Desmond saves Claire from drowning, when he had no cluie she was in the ocean; Charlie and Hurley attempt to get Desmond to reveal what happened to him when he turned the failsafe key in the hatch; Desmond reveals to Charlie that he keeps forseeing his death

Vs.

Every Man For Himself (Season 3, Episode 4)

http://z.about.com/d/lost/1/0/0/6/-/-/Kate-Loves-Sawyer.jpg

Flashbacks: James "Sawyer" Ford
Deaths: Colleen Pickett
Events: Sawyer uses Colleen's injury as a chance to escape from The Others - but they sre one step ahead of him; Ben gets The Others to place 'doubt' in Sawyers' heart - before revealing to him they are ona completely different island to the one they crashed on; Colleen dies, and Pickett takes his anger out on Sawyer - which causes Kate to admit her love for him.

My vote goes to 'Flashes Before Your Eyes'.

[ilovemovies]

Flashes Before Your Eyes


If that's not the greatest episode of all time for Lost, then it's DEFINITELY in the top 3!

[Scarfather]

I did really enjoy Every Man for Himself, but

Flashes Before Your Eyes

[syxxpac]

Flashes Before Your Eyes... ... brotha.

[Lazy Boy]

Flashes Before Your Eyes

[JackassFan]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Flashes Before Your Eyes

[JCPhoenix]

Flashes

[dannywalker17]

Flashes Before Your Eyes is a bit overrated, but it gets my vote.

[Jacob_lost]

Flashes Before Your Eyes - 8
Every Man For Himself - 0

ROUND 1 - MATCH 4

The Glass Ballerina (Season 3, Episode 2)

http://www.thetailsection.com/lost_ben.jpg

Flashbacks: Sun Soo-Kwon (Sun Hwa-Kwon)/Jin Soo-Kwon
Deaths: None
Events: The Others plan to get Desmond's boat, whilst Sayid devises a plan to save Jack, Kate and Sawyer - putting Jin and a pregnant Sun, in danger; Sun shoots Colleen in her protection; Ben tells Jack that if he does what he tells him to, when the time comes to it - he will take him home.

Vs.

Orientation (Season 2, Episode 3)

http://www.lostvirtualtour.com/lost/screens/2x03Orientation/orientation24_thumb.jpg

Flashbacks: John Locke
Deaths: None
Events: Desmond runs away when hope of fixing the computer wears thin; Locke convinces Jack to push the button

My vote goes to 'Orientation'

[ilovemovies]

Orientation

[Lazy Boy]

Orientation

[JackassFan]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
Orientation

[syxxpac]

Orientation

[Scarfather]

Orientation

(Haha, this round is going to be pretty one sided)

[JCPhoenix]

Orientation

I would be very surprised if someone likes the other episode more...

[Jacob_lost]

Orientation - 7
The Glass Ballerina - 0

ROUND 1 - MATCH 5

Deus Ex Machina (Season 1, Episode 19)

http://z.about.com/d/lost/1/0/X/2/-/-/33-Bloody-Boone.jpg

Flashbacks: John Locke
Deaths: None
Events: Locke takes Boone into the jungle, when he sees a Bechcraft crash onto the island, in his dream - hoping it'll show him how to open the hatch; Boone climbs into it, finding Virgin Mary statues, filled with Heroin, a map of Nigeria and a transceiver; Boone falls from the cliff inside the plane, crushing his leg - and Locke carries him back to the camp; Locke cries over the hatch, when a light comes on from inside.

Vs.

The Hunting Party (Season 2, Episode 11)

http://www.gitsiegirl.com/uploaded_images/Lost-755293.jpg

Flashbacks: Jack Shephard
Deaths: None
Events: Michael heads into the jungle in search of The Others and Walt; Jack, Sawyer and Locke take after him, to get him back, but encounter The Others, who hold Kate as a prisoner; They are sent home, and Jack asks Ana-Lucia how long it'll take to train an Army

My vote goes to 'Deua Ex Machina'

[Lazy Boy]

Deus Ex Machina

[syxxpac]

Deus Ex Machina

[JackassFan]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Deus Ex Machina

[Scarfather]

Deus Ex Machina is my #1 episode of the series so far, the last scene with Locke is the most emotionally powerful piece of the series, and arguably the most powerful scene in the past decade of dramatic television. (From what I've seen.)

[Scarfather]

I love William Shatner, and Boston Legal was a comeback for him, but not in one episode of Boston Legal that season did he do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWspHh6NeBc

And Terry O'Quinn was robbed at the 05 Emmys.

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by Scarfather
Deus Ex Machina is my #1 episode of the series so far, the last scene with Locke is the most emotionally powerful piece of the series, and arguably the most powerful scene in the past decade of dramatic television. (From what I've seen.)

I agree with you so much that the word agreement doesn't even count. What a great final scene -- "Why did you do this...to ME?!"

[JCPhoenix]

The Hunting Party was a pretty good episode but like everyone else has said, DEUS EX MACHINA is way better. That ending is so great...

[ilovemovies]

Deus Ex Machina

[Jacob_lost]

Deus Ex Machina - 9
The Hunting Party - 0

Have to completely agree - the best episode EVER! The ending has everything needed for quality tv; emotion, drama, great acting and an ending to top it off, that will leave you shouting WTF!

ROUND 1 - MATCH 6

...And Found (Season 2, Episode 5)

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/media/L/lost/Season2/episode5_main.jpg

Flashabcks: Sun Soo-Kwon (Sun Hwa-Kwon)/Jin Soo-Kwon
Deaths: None
Events: Sun loses her wedding ring, losing hold of any hope that her husband is still alive; Meanwhile, on the other side of the island, Jin heads into the jungle to stop Michael from trying to find The Others and Walt; Kate encourages Sun to dig up he message-in-a-bottle she had buried - and she finds her wedding ring, restoring the hope of her husbands survival.

Vs.

The Man From Tallahassee (Season 3, Episode 13)

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Flashabcks: John Locke
Deaths: None
Events: After realising Jack has made a deal with The Others, Kate and Sayid are captured, whilst Locke forces Ben to give him access to the submarine - where he blows it up, cutting off all communications with the outside world; Rousseau sees her daughter for the first time in 16 years; Locke is shown the 'Box', and the contents - his father tied to a chair!

My vote goes to 'The Man From Tallahassee'

[syxxpac]

The Man From Tallahassee

[JCPhoenix]

Again, an easy choice...The Man From Tallahassee and the third season finale duke it out for the best episode of Season 3 for me.

[Lazy Boy]

The Man from Tallahassee, although I didn't find it as great as everybody else did.

[JackassFan]

Originally posted by syxxpac
The Man From Tallahassee

[Scarfather]

The Man From Tallahassee

I would have handled it differently, but it was still a great episode.

[ilovemovies]

The Man From Tallahassee

[dannywalker17]

The Man From Talahassee


All these matches have been landslides.

[Jacob_lost]

The Man From Tallahassee - 8
...And Found - 0

ROUND 1 - MATCH 7

The Greater Good (Season 1, Episode 21)

http://z.about.com/d/lost/1/0/_/2/-/-/37-Kate-Gives-Jack-Sleeping.jpg

Flashbacks: Sayid Jarrah
Deaths: None
Events: Locke shows up at Boone's funeral, explaining himself - but Jack attacks him; Shannon attempts to kill Locke, but fails; Locke takes Sayid to the Beechcraft - but ayid orders Locke to take him to the hatch.

Vs.

Solitary (Season 1, Episode 9)

http://www.losthatch.com/images%5Cscreen_captures%5CS1E09_Sayid_Cable.jpg

Flashbacks: Sayid Jarrah
Deaths: None
Events: Sayid is taken prisoner by Rousseau - the French woman behind the 16-year-old transmission - and she talks of Others on the island, who whisper; Sayid thinks she is crazy; Hurley organises the First, but hopefully last, Island Open; Sayid escapes from Rousseau, but hears the whispers

My vote goes to Solitary!

[Lazy Boy]

Solitary

[JackassFan]

Solitary

[ilovemovies]

The Greater Good

[syxxpac]

The Greater Good

The interplay between Sayid and Locke in this one is among my favorite two-person rapports of the entire series.

[Jacob_lost]

Solitary - 3
The Greater Good - 2

ROUND 1 - MATCH 8

Tabula Rasa (Season 1, Episode 3)

http://tepasmas.com/lost/imgvarias/103-kate.jpg

Flashbacks: Kate Austen
What happens? Kate awakes in a barn, a gun pointed at her. The person is Ray, and he needs somebody to help him run his farm - so 'Annie' seems like the best person to do this; After spending a long time together, Kate has to leave, but Ray tells her he'll take her to the airport - but on their way, she realises that they are being follwed - by the Marshal who is trying to put Kate back in prison; Ray apologises sayig he is a hell of a debt, but Kate crashes the car, knocking him unconcious; Kate pulls his body out of the car, and to safety - but the Marshal catches her, and she is brought back to Sydney airport as a prisoner.
Deaths: Marshal Edward Mars
Events: Hurley discover Kate is a fugitive, and don't know whether to trut her or not; the wounded man Jack is seeing to, turns out to be the Marshal - whom eventually dies; Jack tells Kate everybody deserves a fresh start.

Vs.

Left Behind (Season 3, Episode 15)

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Flashbacks: Kate Austen
Deaths: None
Events: Locke tells Kate he is going with The Others; Kate awakes in the jungle, handcuffed to Juliet - whoc claims to have been left behind by her people; Juliet and Kate encounter the smoke monster, which is shielded by the sonic fence surrounding the Barracks; Jack, Sayid and Kate set back to camp - Juliet with them.

My vote goes to 'Tabula Rasa'.

[syxxpac]

Left Behind

[Lazy Boy]

Tabula Rasa

[dannywalker17]

Left Behind


Hey Jacob, could you include the flashback in your summaries? They can really make or break an episode. Thanks. :D

[Scarfather]

Tabula Rasa

[JackassFan]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Tabula Rasa

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by dannywalker17
Left Behind


Hey Jacob, could you include the flashback in your summaries? They can really make or break an episode. Thanks. :D


Yeah, I had to go to IMDB and look up the last two episodes in the last match before I voted because I do sometimes forget the flashbacks.

And I agree I vote for Left Behind too. Even though Tabula Rasa was the better flashback. It was before Kate's flashbacks had become redundant and tiresome since it was the first one.

[Jacob_lost]

Yep :) I shall definitely include the flashbacks synopsis :)

Tabula Rasa - 4
Left Behind - 3

ROUND 1 - MATCH 9

Special (Season 1, Episode 14)

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/media/L/lost/episode_14.jpg

Flashbacks: Michael Dawson/Walt Lloyd
What happens? Michael's wife, Susan, is heavily pregnant - and soon gives birth to baby Walt; Michael loves his son, and is distraught when Susan tells Michael she is moving to Australia for a better job, wants a divorce - and full custody of Walt; She leaves, and one day, Michael calls - and realises Susan is now going out with Brian, her boss; Michael slams the phone down, runs into the road - and is knocked down by a car; Susan comes to tell Michael that she'll pay for all his medical care - and tells him that Brian wants to adopt Walt; Michael doesn't know what to do; One day, Susan grows ill, and Walt - who is reading a book on birds - calls for Brian, who ignores him - and Walt grows angry, and next thing, a bird slams into the window - the same type of bird, Walt is reading about!; Brian gets in touch with Michael, telling him that Susan is dead, and that he wants Michael to have his son back, and to take Vincent, his dog; Michael is reunited with his son, who doesn't even know who he is...
Deaths: None
Events: Michael catches Locke teaching Walt how to throw a knife, and tells Locke that if he goes near his son again, he'll kill him; Walt and Michael argue, ad Walr runs into the jungle with Vincent - but soon encounters a Polar Bear; Michael expresses his idea of building a raft; Michael and Locke help each other in saving Walt fro the Polar Bear; Michael and Walt bond, their father-and-son relationship beginning to shine through; Whilst out looking for Vincent, Boone and Locke stumble across Claire in the jungle.

Vs.

Expose (Season 3, Episode 14)

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Flashbacks: Nikki Fernandez/Paulo
What happens? After finishing her guest starring role in the show 'Expose', Nikki and Paulo poison the head producer, Zuckerman, and steal his diamonds worth millions of dollars; They head back from Sydney to L.A, their plane crashing on the way; They are desperate to find the diamonds, but Paulo finds them - but doesn't tell Nikki; He hides them in the toilet of the Pearl Sattion, where he hears Ben and Juliet's plan of getting Michael to lead Jack, Sawyer and Kate to them; Nikki soon discovers that Paulo has found the diamonds, and trows a spider at him, which bites him - once bitten, your heart beat slows down to a minimum, and you are paralysed for 8 hours - and you appear dead; Nikki gets bitten by one too, and then she quickly buries the diamonds, and collapses in front of Hurley and Sawyer.
Deaths: Nikki Fernandez/Paulo
Events: Nikki runs out of the jungle, says something and then collapses - and supposedly dies; Paulo is found in the jungle, supposedly dead too; Sawyer leads the group on, by making them think they worked for The Others; Sawyer finds the buried diamonds, and gives them to Sun; Charlie confesses to Sun it was him who pulled her into the jungle, witha hood around her head - and tells her it was Sawyer's plan; Sawyer is slapped by Sun; Graves are dig, Paulo and Nikki's bodies are placed inside, and as the sand is thrown over the bodies, Nikki's eyes open, and Paulo and Nikki are buried alive.

My vote goes to the fantastic 'Expose'

[ilovemovies]

I'll have to vote for Special by default. I never got around to seeing Expose. It's one of only two or three episodes of Lost that I probably haven't gotten around to seeing yet.

[Lazy Boy]

Special, definitely.

Expose was a mea culpa for two poorly introduced characters, and I don't care how tongue in cheek the humor was. Reset.

[Scarfather]

Expose

Because of the sheer jubilation of seeing Nikki and Paulo get buried alive.

I was jumping up and down on the sofa giggling, yelling "Bury dem bitches, pakow!"

[JackassFan]

Expose

[Jacob_lost]

Expose - 3
Special - 2

ROUND 1 - MATCH 10

House of the Rising Sun (Season 1, Episode 6)

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/media/L/lost/episode_6.jpg

Flashbacks: Sun Soo-Kwon (Sun Hwa-Kwon)
What Happens? Sun and Jin fall in love, and Jin asks Sun's father - Mr. Paik - for his daughters hand in marriage; In order for this to occur, Jin must work for Mr. Paik, tending to people... so one night, when Jin comes home with blood on his hands, she realises Jin's change since they got married; Sun plans to be 'kidnapped', so she can dissapear from her family forever, and at the airport in Sydney, Jin shows her a White Orchid - and she changes her mind, deciding to stay with her husband
Deaths: None
Events: Jin launches a seemingly-unprovoked attack on Michael, and ends up handcuffed to some wreckage; nobody knows why Jin done this; Locke, Charlie, Jack and Kate hed to the newly-found caves, where Locke encourages Charlie to give up his stash of drugs; Sun - speaking in English for the first time - explains to Michael that her husband attacked him, for the watch he's wearing was Sun's fathers; The group - including Jack and Kate - are split up, when half move to the caves, whilst the remaining stay on the beach.

Vs.

Al the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues (Season 1, Episode 11)

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/media/L/lost/episode_11.jpg

Flashbacks: Jack Shephard
What Happens? When a patient under the care of Dr. Christian Shephard - Jack's father - dies, Jack realises this was the due to the fact that he was drunk whilst operating on her; Christian persuades Jack to let him off the hook by signing forms saying it wasn't his fault - and Jack accepts this, until in the hearing; Jack discovers that the patient was pregnant and reveals that his father was drunk whilst operating, cauing him to lose his job
Deaths: None
Events: Jack and Locke discover that Ethan has kidnapped Claire and Charlie, and Jack sets off in one direction with Kate, whilst Locke and Boone go in another; Jack and Kate find Charlie hung to a tree, and he gets very close to dying; Locke and Boone find something buried deep underground.

My vote goes to 'All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues,' purely due to that amazing scene involving Jack, Kate and Charlie; I defy anybody not to cry...

[JackassFan]

All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues

[Lazy Boy]

House of the Rising Sun

[syxxpac]

All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues

Ethan!

[ilovemovies]

Al the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues

[Jacob_lost]

All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues - 4
House of the Rising Sun - 1

ROUND 1 - MATCH 11

Adrift (Season 2, Episode 2)

http://z.about.com/d/lost/1/0/v/3/-/-/3-The-Others.jpg

Flashbacks Michael Dawson
What Happens? Michael wants custody of his son, and takes Susan to court for it; Susan's lawyer tells Michael that he doesn't know a lot about his son, and it is soon clear to Michael that he doesn't have a chance; Susan takes Walt to see his father for the last time in a Park, and Michael gives his son a Teddy Polar Bear, telling him he will always love him.
Deaths: None
Events Locke enters the hatch, and is met by Desmond who makes him type a set of numbers into a computer - 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 (Hurley's Cursed Numbers), and hit 'Execute' before a timer counting down flips back to 108; Kate is tied up, and locked in the pantry; Michael and Sawyer float on wreckage of the raft, after encountering a shark, and eventually reach the island; Once there, Jin - who has been tied up - runs ou, apparently being captured by The Others, and a group of angry-looking weapon weilded people walk towards them.

Vs.

Man of Science, Man of Faith (Season 2, Episode 2)

http://www.unificationfrance.com/IMG/jpg/Lost_Man_Of_Science_Man_Of_Faith_2.jpg

Flashbacks: Jack Shephard
What Happens? A woman - Sarah - crashes and is treated by Jack; Her chance of walking again is extremely low, but Jack promises her she'll be able 'to dance at her wedding.'; He knows that the chance of this is low, and he goes to a stadium where he runs, and meets Desmond; Desmond tells him that there are such things as miracles, and that he's on a race around the world, and that he'll 'see him in another life, Brother.'; Sure enough, Sarah is healed.
Deaths: None
Events: We see Desmond wake up, and set to his daily chores, listening to 'Make Your own kind of Music', by Mama Cass, until he hears an explosion - and we realise that he lives in the hatch; Jack and Locke argue whether to go down the haatch, but Locke - accompanied by Kate - decide to go down; Kate is pulled down, as she is being lowered in by Locke; Jack goes after them, and enters the hatch himself; EWhilst out looking for Vincent, Shannon sees Walt in the jungle; Jack sees Locke, with a person holding a gun to his head - and he realises it's Desmond, the man he met before the crash.

My vote goes to the greastest Season opener so far, 'Man of Science, Man of Faith.'

[syxxpac]

Man Of Science, Man Of Faith

[Lazy Boy]

Man of Science, Man of Faith

[JackassFan]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Man of Science, Man of Faith
Yarr.

[dannywalker17]

Man of Science, Man of Faith

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by syxxpac
Man Of Science, Man Of Faith

by far!

[JCPhoenix]

I'm not gonna disagree - MAN OF SCIENCE, MAN OF FAITH

I am surprised by Tabula Rasa winning over Left Behind...personally I thought that was an easy vote for Left Behind especially since I feel Tabula Rasa is one of the weakest episodes of the first season...

[Jacob_lost]

Man of Science, Man of Faith - 7
Adirft - 0

ROUND 1 - MATCH 12

Confidence Man (Season 1, Episdoe 8)

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/media/L/lost/episode_8.jpg

Flashbacks: James "Sawyer" Ford
What Happens? Sawyer, after sleeping with a married woman, goes to leave - and his suitcase opens revealing a hell of a lotta money; He explains how he is investing in an oil company - but the girl says that they can get $160,000 from her husband; he meets her husband, and he accepts a deal; but, when the deal is coming to a close, Sawyer - remembering his own childhood - calls it off, suddenly, when he realises that the woman and husband have a little son
Deaths: None
Events Sawyer beats Boone up, when he is caught going through his stuff; Boone was looking for Shannon's asthma inhaler, for she is having an attack; Jack and Sun save her life; Sayid and Jack believe Sawyer to have it, and so knock him out, tie him to a tree, and torture him; He asks for a minute wiht Kate, whom he kisses - and then admits he doesn't have it; Kate slaps him; Later, Kate reas Sawyer's letter, where she learsn that as a child, his parents got conned and then his dad killed his mum, before killing himself; Sayid leaves the camp in shame of what he did to Sawyer

Vs.

Outlaws (Season 1, Episode 16)

http://z.about.com/d/lost/1/0/U/2/-/-/29-Sawyer-With-Christian-Sh.jpg

Flashbacks: James "Sawyer" Ford
What Happens? A man comes forward to Sawyer, telling him he knows Frank Sawyer's - the man who conned his parents, leading to their deaths - whereabouts - he's in Sydney, Australia; Sawyer goes, and buys a gun, before heading to the Shrimp stall the real Sawyer owns; He leaves, goes to a bar, and meets Dr. Christian Shephard - whom goes on about his son, who ratted him out of his job - but he still loves him; Sawyer leaves, and goes back to the shrimp stall, and shoots Frank Sawyer - who reveals that the man who toldhim of his whereabouts conned him - he isn't even Sawyer... he got him to do his dirty work for him; Before he dies, the man says 'It'll come back around.'
Deaths: None
Events: Sawyer believes a boar is tormenting him, and when he chases it into the jungle, he hears the whispers... of 'It'll come back around.'; Sawyer and Kate team up to find this boar - but when Sawyer finally gets it, he lets it live; Charlie suffers after killing Ethan, and he is buried; When Sawyer decides to give the gun back to Jack, he realises that the man he spoke to in the bar the night he killed the wrong man in Syndney, was Jack's father

My vote goes to 'Outlaws.'

[ilovemovies]

Outlaws

[Lazy Boy]

Outlaws

[syxxpac]

Confidence Man

[JackassFan]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
Outlaws

[Jacob_lost]

Outlaws - 4
Confidence Man - 1

ROUND 1 - MATCH 13

Live Together, Die Alone - Part 1 (Season 2, Episode 23)

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Flasbacks: Desmond David Hume
What Happens? Desmond is thrown out of prison, after he was in the Army, and is met by Charles Widmore - who shows him every single letter he ever wrote to the woman he loves: Penelope Widmore; Charles tells Desmond never to contact her again; Desmond meetsLibby in a coffee shop, who gives him her boat; Desmond practices for his race around the world, and Penny finds him at a stadium, practicing; He says he'll be back in a couple of years, and leaves - but his boat crashes, and he is knocked out, during a storm; He wakes up in an underground hacth on an island, where he meets Kelvin Inman, who describes about the hatch computer; Desmond rewatches the Swan Orientation film many times, and Kelvin tells him to inject himself with vaccine every 9 days.
Deaths:None
Events: Jack, Sawyer and Sayid swim out to he boat and find Desmond inside; Locke tries to persuade Mr. Eko that the computer is nothing, but to no avail; Locke and Desmond team up, and lock Mr. Eko out, using the Blast Doors; Mr. Eko climbs out of the hatch, and gets the help of Charlie; Sun, Jin and Sayid use Desmond's boat to sail to The Others village, where Sayid believes Michael to be leading Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley; They all leave, but are followed by 2 Others - but It's at that point where Michael confesses to letting 'Henry' go, and killing Ana-Lucia and Libby.

Vs.

A Tale of Two Cities (Season 3, Episode 1)

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Flashbacks: Jack Shephard
What Happens? Jack is having problems leaving his wife, Sarah, and contest the divorce; He then is determined to find out who her new man is, and becomes obsessed with the fact it is his father, Dr. Christian Shephard; He follows his father to his AA meeting, where he beats him up - putting his father back on the drinks, and himself in jail; Sarah bails him out, and tells Jack about his father, and says at least he now has something else to fix - and Jack sees that her new man is somebody he has never even seen before.
Deaths: None
Events We see the Oceanic 815 crash through the eyes of The Others, who live in Barracks on the island; Jack is kept in a cell, where Juliet takes care of him; Kate is given a shower, a dress to wear, and breakfast on the beach with 'Henry'; Sawyer is put in some bear cages, and is involved in an escape plot with a boy named Karl; Jack hears his fathers voice over a speaker in his cell, and uses Juliet in an escape plot; He opens a door, which relases ocean water into the place he is in - which turns out to be 'The Hydra', an underwater Dharma Initiative station; Juliet reveals that she has a book of Jack's life, and as she leaves the room, she speaks to 'Henry Gale' - where we learn his real name is 'Ben.'

My vote goes to 'A Tale of Two Cities', purely for the amazing opening!.

[Scarfather]

I'm actually going to have to go with A Tale of Two Cities as well.

Part two of LT, DA is what made the episode truly special.

[syxxpac]

Live Together: Die Alone

In my Top 5 overall.

[Lazy Boy]

Live Together, Die Alone - Part 1

[ilovemovies]

Live Together, Die Alone - Part 1


both are great though.

[JackassFan]

A Tale of Two Cities

[dannywalker17]

A Tale of Two Cities

[Jacob_lost]

A Tale of Two Cities - 4
Live Together, Die Alone - Part 1 - 3

ROUND 1 - MATCH 14

Numbers (Season 1, Episode 18)

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Flashbacks: Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
What Happens? Hurley wins the Lottery with the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42, but has bad luck all the time afterwards; his Grandpa dies; his mum breaks her foot, and her new house is set on fire; the place where he works is hit by a meteorite; So, he goes to his old mental home to speakto Leonard, where he got the numbers from... and when Hurley reveals he won the lottery with them, Leonard goes crazy, telling Hurley to go to Australia; So, he does, and meets a lady who tells him that the numbers are cursed, and the only way for it to stop, is if he kills himself.
Deaths: None
Events: Hurley goes in search of Rousseau, when he notices that her notes contain the cursed numbers 4, 8,15, 16, 23, 42, and Jack, Charlie and Sayid set off after him; He finally finds her, and she agress with him that they are cursed - for those numbers brought her to the island too; Hurley, Charlie, Sayid and Jack go back to camp; We see the cursed numbers imprinted on the side of the hatch.

Vs.

...in Translation (Season 1, Episode 17)

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Flashbacks: Jin Soo-Kwon
What Happens? Jin asks Mr. Paik for his daughter, Sun's, hand in marriage - but has to work for him for this to happen; Jin is told to deliver a client a message - and realises he is expected to kill him; Jin beats the man up, saving his life in doing this
Deaths: None
Events: Michael intervens in an argument with Sun and Jin - and Sun slaps him, for Michael doesn't know what her husband is capable of; The raft is burnt down, and everybody suspects Jin - and he is caught and tortured; Sun screams 'Leave him alon!' to the group, revealing she can speak English - but the person who is most upset and angry by this, is Jin; Jin refuses to speak to Sun; Locke tells the group that they are not the only people on the island - and they all know it; Locke knows that Walt burnt the raft down, and he syas it was because he likes it on the island; Jin protests his innocence by helping build the new raft.

My vote goes to 'Numbers', even though '...in Translation' is a good episode!

[Lazy Boy]

Numbers

[syxxpac]

Numbers

[JackassFan]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Numbers

[dannywalker17]

4 8 15 16 23 42

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Numbers

[Scarfather]

Numbers

[Jacob_lost]

Numbers - 6
...in Translation - 0

ROUND 1 - MATCH 15

The Moth (Season 1, Episode 7)

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Flashbacks: Charlie Pace
What Happens? Charlie vows to end his rock and roll lifestyle, but when 'Driveshaft' are on the up again, his brother Liam, convinces him to join up; After a gig, Charlie realises Liam is high, and when he confronts him, he puts him down - causing Charlie to become addicted to drugs; In the future, Charlie visits his brother, who is now clean, living in Sydney, and declines his offer of coming back to 'Driveshaft.'
Deaths: None
Events: Charlier orders Locke to give him his stash of drugs back, but Locke tells him that he will when he has asked him a third time; Jack is trapped in a cave-in, and Charlie crawls through a clearing, and saves him; Sawyer, Kate and Shannon assist Sayid in his signal triangulation, but as Sayid acquires a signal, he is knocked unconcious; Charlie asks Locke for his drug stash for a third time, and when he receives it, he burns them in a fire.

Vs.

Exodus, Part 1 (Season 1, Episode 23)

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Flashbacks: Various
What Happens? We see each character in the airport, before boarding the plane
Deaths: None
Events: Rousseau enters the camp, and reveals that The Others are coming for all of them; Jack plans to hide everybody in the hatch that Locke and Boone found, but need dynamite to blow it open; Rousseau leads Jack, Locke, Hurley, Kate and Dr. Arzt to The Black Rock; Sawyer reveals to Jack that he was speaking to his now-deceased father before the crash; The Island Monster makes a return; Sun and Jin reconcile; Walt gives Vincent to Shannon; Michael, Walt, Sawyer and Jin say their goodbyes, vefore the raft sets sail

My vote goes to 'Exodus, Part 1'; compelling, emotional, amazing!

[Lazy Boy]

Exodus Part 1

[JCPhoenix]

Exodus, Part 1 - very emotional stuff. I dug The Moth quite a bit too I remember but it can't compare to the first part of the finale.

[syxxpac]

Exodus: Part 1

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Exodus Part 1

[Scarfather]

Exodus: Part 1

[JackassFan]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Exodus Part 1

[Jacob_lost]

Exodus, Part 1 - 7
The Moth - 0

ROUND 1 - MATCH 16

Greatest Hits (Season 3, Episode 21)

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Flashbacks: Charlie Pace
What Happens? Each flashback is one of Charlie's 'Greatest Hits' - his greates moments in his life; these are hearing 'Driveshaft' on the radio for the first time; learning to swim in Butlins; his brother giving him the second tour of Finland 'Driveshaft' ring; being told he is a hero, by Sayid's love, Nadia; and meeting Claire.
Deaths: None
Events: Desmond tells Charlie he had a vision of him drowning, and then leading to Claire's rescue; Charlie vouches to go down to the Looking Glass station to press a button which will stop the jamming of any signal trying to get contact the island; Jack reveals his plan to blow the Others to hell, teaming up with Rousseau, who has regularly been collecting dynamite from 'The Black Rock.'; Karl is sent by Alex to warn the castaways that The Others are on their way; Jin, Bernard and Sayid are the ones who will be staying behind the kill The Others, whilst Jack leads everyone to Rousseau's radio tower; Charlie says his goodbyes to Claire, Aaron and Hurley, and swims down to the Looking Glass station - where he is met by 2 angry looking women with guns.

Vs.

Maternity Leave (Season 2, Episode 15)

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Flashbacks: Claire Littleton
What Happens? Claire remembers her time being kidnapped by The Others - how she was drugged, and persuaded by Ethan that they could take herbaby; she also remembers Alex Rousseau knocking her out, and taking her into the jungle - where Danielle helped her escape.
Deaths: None
Events: When Aaron gets sick, Rousseau tells Claire that he is infected; Claire gets the help of Libby to help her remember about her time when The Others took her - and she remembers bits of it; Her, Kate and Rousseau head into the jungle to find where she was taken to, and Claire eventually finds The Staff medical station - which is deserted; Kate finds a hat and a fake beard; Rousseau just wants to find her daughter, Alex, and Claire soon realises that unkowingly, Rousseau and her daughter saved Claire's life; Ben asks Locke why he lets Jack call the shots - and succumbing to his mind games, trashes the kitchen in the hatch.

My vote goes to 'Greatest Hits.'

[Lazy Boy]

Maternity Leave

[syxxpac]

Greatest Hits

The Charlie/Desmond scene at the end gets me every time.

[JackassFan]

Greatest Hits

[dannywalker17]

Greatest Hits

I teared up.

[ilovemovies]

Greatest Hits

I still need to see Maternity Leave

[Scarfather]

Greatest Hits

[Jacob_lost]

Greatest Hits - 6
Maternity Leave - 1

ROUND 1 - MATCH 17

The 23rd Psalm (Season 2, Episode 10)

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Flashbacks: Mr. Eko
What Happens? As a little boy, Mr. Eko is forced to kill a man, saving his brother Yemi's life, and becomes a mob boss; He needs to get drugs out of Nigeria, and uses Yemi's church as a cover-up, hiding the heroin in Virgin Mary Statues, and leaving the country disguised as priests; When the local army come to kill them, Yemi begs them to stop, and they shoot Yemi - and Mr. Eo's me take him in the Beechcraft, and kick Mr. Eko out of the plane.
Deaths: None
Events: When Mr. Eko realises Charlie has a Virging Mary Statue, he shows Claire the Heroin inside, and orders Charlie to take him to the Beechcraft; As they are going through the jungle, Mr. Eko goes face-to-face with the Island monster, before it turns back into the jungle, letting him live; They eventually find the plane, and Mr. Eko finds his brothers body inside; Claire tells Charlie she doesn't want him around her or Aaron, and he goes to a secret place that night, where he is storing dozens of the Virgin Mary staues filled with Heroin.

Vs.

The Long Con (Season 2, Episode 13)

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Flashbacks: James "Sawyer" Ford
What Happens? Sawyer attempts to pull a long con on a woman named Cassidy, but she tells Sawyer she knows he is trying to con him, and she wants to help him; They do small cons together, but then she wants to do a long con; Sawyer pulls a long con on Cassidy herself, taking her for all the money she has.
Deaths: None
Events: The tension between Sawyer and Jack is restored when Jack takes medicine from Sawyer's tent without asking; Locke and Jack make a pact that they consult each other if they need a gun; Sun is in the middle of an attemmpted kindapping plot, and everyone thinks The Others done it; Ana-Lucia uses this as an excuse to get people to join her and Jack's army; Sawyer tells Kate that he thinks it was Ana-Lucia so that people would join up for the army; Kate runs to Jack, expressing her fears, but he doesn't listen - and begins to think about getting guns from the Armoury; Sawyer goes to the hathc to warn Locke, and when Jack comes down with Jin, Locke has moved them all; Jack confronts Locke, but Sawyer reveals that he now has the guns - and that if anyone wants one, they consult him; It is revealed that it was Charlie who stage Sun's kidnapping, and followed Locke when he hid the guns - all because he wanted to make Locke look like a fool.

My vote goes to the raw gem that is 'The Long Con.'

[Lazy Boy]

The 23rd Psalm

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
The 23rd Psalm

[Scarfather]

The 23rd Psalm

[syxxpac]

23rd Psalm is the better episode, but I have a fond appreciation for...

The Long Con

[JackassFan]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
The 23rd Psalm

[dannywalker17]

The 23rd Psalm

[Jacob_lost]

The 23rd Psalm - 5
The Long Con - 2

ROUND 1 - MATCH 18

Exodus, Part 2 (Season 1, Episode 24)

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Flashbacks: Various
What Happens? We see each castaways journey leading up to the bording of Oceanic flight 815
Deaths: Dr.Leslie Arzt
Events: Jack, Kate, Locke, Hurley, Rousseau and Dr. Arzt reach 'The Black Rock' - and Dr. Arzt is blown up by the dynamite; Jack, Kate and Locke draw straws for who holds the dynamite; Rousseau kidnaps Aaron, and Charlie and Sayid set off to find her, running into the Bechcraft holding the Heroin filled Virgin Mary statues along the way - tempting Charlie once again; The rafters bond, whilst Hurley, Jack, Kate and Locke reach 'The Dark Territory.'

Vs.

Hearts and Minds Season 1, Episode 13)[/B]

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Flashbacks: Boone Carlyle
What Happens? [I]Shannon makes Boone come to Syndey, Australia to pay off her abusing boyfriend - but when he does, she runs away with the boyfriend and Boone's money; That night, she turns up at Boone's hotel room at the airport, and wins him back over by having sex with her step-brother
Deaths: None
Events: Boone grows jealous of Shannon and Sayid's growing relationship; When Boone tells Locke he is going to tell Shannon about the hatch, Locke knocks him out, ties him up, and puts paste onto his wound - which makes him hallucinate that the Island Monster kills Shannon; After this test, Locke and Boone head back into the jungle to attempt to open the hatch, yet again.

My vote goes to, 'Exodus, Part 2.'

[NuclearMisfit]

Exodus Part 2 for the eerie plane boarding ending.

[syxxpac]

This is unfortunate, because I really like Hearts And Minds, but...

Exodus: Part 2

[ilovemovies]

What everyone else is saying.

[JackassFan]

Exodus: Part 2

[Lazy Boy]

Exodus, Part 2

[Scarfather]

Exodus, Part Dos

[JCPhoenix]

Exodus Part 2

[dannywalker17]

Exodus Part II

[ilovemovies]

Bump.

I hope this tourney doesn't die. What happened to Jacob_lost anyway?

[Scarfather]

He posted a list of matches at the beginning, if he isn't back in a week or two, I'll take it over, this tourney is too good to die.

[Jacob_lost]

Exodus, Part 2 - 8
Hearts and Minds - 0

ROUND 1 - MATCH 19

Catch-22 (Season 3, Episode 17)

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Flashbacks: Desmond David Hume
What Happens? Desmond becomes a monk, but one day is punched by a visitor to a monastary; It turns out to be the brother of Ruth, the woman Desmond was supposed to be marrying - but ran away, due to waking up with a Monk looking over him - he thought he was supposed to follow him and become one; Desmond gets drunk in the monastary, and Brother Campbell fires him, and the next day - he meets Penelope, who offers to give him a lift.
Deaths: None
Events: Desmond has a vision of a helicopter crashing on the island, and Charlie dying - and he gets, Charlie, Jin and Hurley to come with him on a hike; They see the helicopter crash, and Desmond is convinced he will find Penelope, especially when he finds the parachutists bag with his and Penny's picture inside; Desmond saves Charlie from his impending doom, and when they eventually find the parachutist, Desmond does not know who she is - but she knows who he is; Jack and Juliet bond, which causes Kate to have sex again with Sawyer.

Vs.

Two for the Road (Season 2, Episode 20)

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Flashbacks: Ana-Lucia Cortez
What Happens? After quitting her job as a police officer, due to her mother - and her boss - finding out about her killing Jason - she goes to Sydney with Christian Shephard, under false identities with each other; There, Christian causes chaos when he stops at a house late at night - demanding to see his daughter; Ana-Lucia decides enough is enough, and heads home, calling her mum beforehand, to tell her the flight number - Oceanic Fligh #815
Deaths: Ana-Lucia Cortez
Events: 'Henry Gale' attacks Ana-Lucia, attempting to kill her, but Locke knocks him out withhis crutch; Later on, 'Henry' tells Locke that the reason why he was coming to the camp was because he was coming for Locke - but at that point, Jack and Kate arrive back at the hatch with Michael, who tells them that he saw The Others, and he is buliding up a troop and going back to take them and get Walt back; Ana-Lucia has sex with Sawyer, stealing his gun, so she can wreak her revenge on 'Henry.'; Hurley and Libby go on a date, but he forgets the blankets, so she goes to the hatch to get some; When everyone is visiting Sawyer to try and get the guns for their trip to The Others, Ana-Lucia points the gun at 'Henry', but is unable to pull the trigger; She tells Michael this, who says he'll do it - but he shoots and kills Ana-Lucia; At that moment, Libby walks in with the blankets, and he shoots her twice, before opening the Armoury where 'Henry' is kept, and shoots himself in the arm.

My vote goes to 'Two for the Road.'

[ilovemovies]

Tough one. They are both great. But I gotta go with Two for the Road for the stunning ending. Totally shocked me.

[NuclearMisfit]

Anyone start to really like the people that you originally hated? Then they take them from ya. I started to really like Ana Lucia. The whole revelation that she knew Christian Shepard would have been so massive.

So I vote for Two for the road

[JackassFan]

Two for the Road

[dannywalker17]

Two For the Road

[syxxpac]

Pity vote for Catch-22.

Desmond rules.

[Jacob_lost]

Two for the Road - 5
Catch-22 - 1

ROUND 1 - MATCH 20

One of Them (Season 2, Episode 14)

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Flashbacks: Sayid Jarrah
What Happens? Sayid is forced to interroagate one of his fellow Iraquis, to find out where and American pilot is - and he tortures him to get the information out of him; When he does, he is released by Kelvin Joseph Inman.
Deaths: None
Events: Rousseau finds a man named 'Henry Gale' in the jungle, and calls on the help of Sayid - who takes him back to the hatch to interrogate him; Sayid believes him to be an Other, and believes the only way to get the truth out of him is to torture him, so Locke locks him inside so Jack cannot intervene; When Sayid begins this, the timer almost reaches zero, and Jack won't let Locke push the button unless he opens the door - whic he eventually does, but the timer reaches zero, and the slots flick into hieroglyphics - before resuming their normal numbers; Hurley and Sawyer search after a tree-frog.

Vs.

Everybody Hates Hugo (Season 2, Episode 4)

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Flashbacks: Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
What Happens? When Hurley wins the lottery, he doesn't tell anybody - but decides to have a day of rebellion; Together, with his best friend Johnny, he quits his job, makes a move on a girl he has fancied for ages and writes 'Cluck You' on his bosses law using gnomes; But, when he goes to a gas station, he is noticed as the winner of the lottery, and his best friend begins to hate him for no telling him first.
Deaths: None
Events: Jin, Sawyer and Michael learn that their captors are tail-section survivors of the same plane they were on, and are brought back to meet the little group they have formed; Hurley is put in charge of looking after the food in the storeroom of the hatch, but is worried everybody will end up hating him, for he isn't allowed to give it to anybody - so he sets out to detonate the room; Rose stops him, and eventually Hurley hands it all out; Bernard - Roses' husband - learns that his wife is still alive; Sun buries the message-in-a-bottle which was on the raft, when it washes up on shore.

My vote goes to 'One of Them.'

[syxxpac]

One Of Them

[dannywalker17]

one of them

[JackassFan]

One Of Them

Awesome episode.

[Jacob_lost]

One of Them - 4
Everbody Hates Hugo - 0

ROUND 1 - MATCH 21

Par Avion (Season 3, Episode 12)

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Flashbacks: Claire Littleton
What Happens? After an argument with her mother, Claire crashes the car and puts her mum in a coma; Claire goes through a rough patch, and is met by Christian Shephard, who reveals he is Claire's father and wants to help; Claire doesn't want to see him again, and when she gets pregnant and visits a psychic who tells her to go on Oceanic #815, she says her goodbyes to her mum.
Deaths: Well, apparently not Mikhail Bakunin :)
Events: Desmond has another vision of Charlie's death, and tries to turn him against Claire's idea involving carrier-pigeons to help get them all rescued; We learn Claire and Jack are half-brother and half-sister; Locke, Rousseau, Kate, Sayid and Mikhail come to a sonic fence - which Locke pushes Mikhail into, and he apparanetly dies; Locke, Sayid, Rousseau and Kate enter the Barracks, and hide in the bushes, where they see Jack enjoying a game of American Football with The Others.

Vs.

Collision (Season 2, Episode 8)

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Flashbacks: Ana-Lucia Cortez
What Happens? Ana-Lucia goes back to work as a police officer after being shot by a man named Jason, and losing her baby; After going a bit too hard on a man whilst out with her work partner, she is told by her mother they have found the man who shot her - and all they need is for her to confirm it is him; Ana-Lucia doesn't, and that night kills him[/I]
Deaths: Shannon Rutherford
Events: Ana-Lucia turns nasty on everybody when she struggles with knowing what to do after accidentally murdering Shannon; Sayid is tied up, and Mr. Eko fins Jack and Kate in the jungle, whilst he is carrying Sawyer's body; Michael meets up with Sun, who takes him back to the hatch and he explains everything to Jack; Sun and Jin are reunited, whilst Rose and Bernard are also reunited; Jack and Mr. Eko head back to Ana-Lucia, where he is shocked how he has meeten up with her again after the crash.

My vote goes to 'Par Avion.'

[Jacob_lost]

What would everyone think of a LOST Moments tournament, which would either be...

the best moment of a certain episode...
or the ending just before LOST has appeared on the screen :)

I also have a character one done :)

Jacob

[ilovemovies]

Collision

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by Jacob_lost
What would everyone think of a LOST Moments tournament, which would either be...

the best moment of a certain episode...
or the ending just before LOST has appeared on the screen :)

I also have a character one done :)

Jacob

The more Lost the better, as far as I'm concerned :D

Par Avion

[JackassFan]

Originally posted by Jacob_lost
What would everyone think of a LOST Moments tournament, which would either be...

the best moment of a certain episode...
or the ending just before LOST has appeared on the screen :)

I also have a character one done :)

Jacob
Sounds great.

Go for it.


Par Avion

[NuclearMisfit]

Par Avion

More secrets are revealed in this episode than in Collision. I give props to Naveen in Collision though. If they would have let Sayid lead then they would most likely have been off the island before season 2. Sayids the man!!

[Cronos]

Par Avion

[dannywalker17]

I'm all for anything LOST-related. ;)


Collision

[Lazy Boy]

Collision

[Jacob_lost]

Par Avion - 5
Collision - 3

ROUND 1 - MATCH 22

Through the Looking Glass - Part 1 (Season 3, Episode 22)

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Flashforwards: Jack Shephard
What Happens? Jack is on an Oceanic flight, drunk - when he spots a newspaper article; This article tips him over the edge, and he is about to kill himself, when there is a pile-up, so he sets about to save everybody involve in the crash; Jack becomes obssessed with the newspaper article, and demands he has some drugs prescribed to him, and demands that he takes care of a certain patient - he is refused; A pregnant Sarah comes to him to say goodbye, and Jack is worse for wear.
Deaths: Isabel, Aldo
Events: Charlie is questioned and tortured by the 2 Others in the Looking Glass station, whilst the castaways - apart from Said, Jin and Bernard - set off to the radio tower to jam out Rousseau's 16-year-old distress signal; The Others come that night, and Sayid and Bernard shoot their dynamite fine - but Jin fails, and that leads up to the 3 of them getting caught; Ben and Alex set off to meet the castaways on their way to the radio tower, after Ben orders Mikhail to go to the Looking Glass station, where he forces Desmond to swim down to it; Locke is about to kill himself lying in the grave, but Walt comes to him, telling him he has work to do.

Vs.

What Kate Did (Season 2, Episode 9)

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Flashbacks: Kate blows up her step-father's house, whilst he is in it, and goes to her mum to say goodbye; She goes on the run, but her mum calls the police and the Marshal arrests her and drives her to the police station; On their way, a horse drives in front of the car, and Kate scapes and she visits her Sergeant Major father - whom reveals to her that he is in fact her step-father, and Wayne - the man she killed - is her father.
Deaths: None
Events: Kate offers to look after Sawyer, during Shannon's funeral, but when she believes her father, whom she killed, to be talking through him, she runs away; Jack goes looking for her; Kate sees a horse reminiscent of her past in the jungle, and when Jack finds her, she kisses him; Sawyer regains conciousness; Michael asks Locke if he can look at some of teh hatch machinery, just before Mr. Eko presents Locke with the missing 'Orientation' film reel; They wathc it, and Marvin Candle stresses that the computer must not be used fr anything other than typing in the numbers - and definitely not communicating with the outside world; Michael speaks to Walt on the hatch computer.

My vote goes to 'Through the Looking Glass - Part 1.'

[ilovemovies]

Through the Looking Glass Part 1

[dannywalker17]

Through the Looking Glass, Pt. 1

[JackassFan]

Through the Looking Glass - Part 1

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by JackassFan
Through the Looking Glass - Part 1

[syxxpac]

Through The Looking Glass: Part 1

[JCPhoenix]

Through the Looking Glass, Part 1

[Cronos]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
Through the Looking Glass Part 1

[Jacob_lost]

Through the Looking Glass - Part 1 - 8
What Kate Did - 0

ROUND 1 - MATCH 23

S.O.S (Season 2, Episode 19)

http://www.chicadelatele.com/myfiles/chicadelatele/lost-sos.jpg

Flashbacks: Rose Henderson (Nadler)/Bernard Nadler
What Happens? Rose and Bernard meet - and when Bernard finally proposes, Rose reveals that she is dying from cancer; Bernard still wants to marry her, and on thie rhoneymoon to Sydney, he takes her to Isaac of Uluru - a faith healer - and she grows angry; Inside, he tells her he can't save her, for there are certain places that can save you - and she tells Bernard that he did save her; At the airport, she sees Locke in his wheelchair.
Deaths: None
Events: Jack tells 'Henry' that he is going to the line The Others told them not to cross, and making a trade for Walt - but 'Henry' chillingly tells Jack that they would never give Walt back; Bernard comes up with a plan to make a giant S.O.S sign on the beach, but Rose is opposed to it - and it is revealed it is because before the crash, she was terminally ill with cancer, and now - on the island - she is cured; Libby and Hurley grow even more closer; Jack tells Kate he is glad she kissed him - but are stopped short when Michael falls out of the jungle.

Vs.

The Other 48 Days (Season 2, Episode 7)

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Flashbacks: The tailies
what Happens?/Events: Charting the previous 48 days of the tail-section survivors, we see how one of The Others infiltrated their camp too, reuslting in Ana-Lucia killing him; Bernard receiving Boone's distress signal, before he fell from the Beechcraft and fatally injured himself; How they found a hatch, and how Mr. Eko was silent for 40 days - all up until Ana-Lucia accidentally murdered Shannon, just after Cindy was taken by The Others.

Deaths: Nathan, Goodwin

My vote goes to 'The Other 48 Days.'

[syxxpac]

The Other 48 Days

[JackassFan]

The Other 48 Days

[dannywalker17]

The Other 48 Days

[manowar]

Originally posted by JackassFan
The Other 48 Days

[ilovemovies]

S.O.S

[syxxpac]

Bumpity bump bump BANG, baby.

[Jacob_lost]

Sorry, I'm posting the next match up as we speak :)

[dannywalker17]

it's taking a long time...

;)

[Jacob_lost]

The Other 48 Days - 5
S.O.S - 1

ROUND 1 - MATCH 24

Further Instructions (Season 3, Episode 3)

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Flashbacks: John Locke
What happens? Locke picks up a hitchiker named Eddie, and introduces him to his community, and they welcome him; Eddie increasingly grows aware of the greenhouse which is guarded, but Locke refuses to show him what's inside - for it's drugs; Locke realises Eddie is an undercover cop, and whilst out hunting, hold him at gunpoint - but doesn't have the guts to shoot him.
Deaths: None
Events: Locke wakes up after the implosion of the hatch, and gets across to Charlie that he needs to speak to the island; He builds a Sweat Lodge, and inside, realises he has to save Mr. Eko; Locke and Charlie head into the jungle, where they fiond Hurley, who tells them about The Others kidnapping Jack, Kate and Sawyer; Locke saves Mr. Eko when he finds him inside a Polar Bear cave; Hurley finds a naked Desmond in the jungle, and when he tells him about Jack, Kate and Sawyer, Desmond tells him not to worry, for Locke said in his speech he'd go and get them back - Hurley points out that Locke has made no speech; When Locke and Charlie are back at the beach with Mr. Eko, Locke makes a speech about him getting Jack, Kate and Saweyr back - and Hurley realises Desmond saw into the future.

Vs.

Three Minutes (Season 2, Episode 22)

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Flashbacks: Michael Dawson
What Happens? We see what happened to Michael when he headed into the jungle to find Walt and The Others; Michael is captured by The Others, and asked questions on Walt; He is told that he must go back to his camp, release an Other his fellow castaways have caught; He is also given a list of 4 names - and is told to bring back only those 4 people to The Others; Michael sees Walt, and is told The Others are not who they say they are; Michael demands he has a boat.
Deaths: None
Events: Michael convinces Jack that the only people going with him on the trek to get Walt back from The Others is them two, and Hurley, Kate and Sawyer; Sayid plans to come, but Michael soon tell shim otehrwise - which leads Sayid to believe that michael has been compromised by the Others; Michael returns to the beach for the first time since he got back from The Others' camp, and is reunited with everybody; Mr. Eko retires from building the church with Charlie, to pushing the button in the hatch; Locke is healedagain, and he spots Charlie overcoming his drug addicition once and for all, when he throws the Virgin Mary statues filled with Heroin out into the ocean; Ana-Lucia and Libby are buried - but a boat approaching the island interrupts the funeral.

My vote goes to 'Three Minutes.'

[Cronos]

Further Instructions

[Lazy Boy]

Three Minutes

[syxxpac]

Further Instructions

[ilovemovies]

Further Instructions

I don't remember three minutes. I'll have to rewatch it.

[dannywalker17]

Three Minutes

[JackassFan]

Further Instructions

[notchreturns]

further instructions

and besides the finales, the best episode of Lost is still walkabout.

maybe the man behind the curtain.

but walkabout was just so brillant

[syxxpac]

further instructions

and besides the finales, the best episode of Lost is still walkabout.

maybe the man behind the curtain.

but walkabout was just so brillant

Brilliant indeed, but I'm still firmly behind Desmond's Flashes Before Your Eyes. I also think Confidence Man is still one of the very best. Again, aside from the finales, as you said, in which case they'd swamp the competition.

[tbone]

Brilliant indeed, but I'm still firmly behind Desmond's Flashes Before Your Eyes. I also think Confidence Man is still one of the very best. Again, aside from the finales, as you said, in which case they'd swamp the competition.

Flashes, Walkabout and The Man Behind the Curtain are excellent choices for best non finale but for this tournament I have to go with Further Instructions for Locke's trippy dream though Three Minutes was Michael's best centric episode.

[Jacob_lost]

Further Instructions - 6
Three Minutes - 3

Round 1 - Match 25

D.O.C (Season 3, Episode 18)

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Flashbacks: Sun Hwa-Kwon/Jin Soo-Kwon
What Happens? Sun and Jin are just adaptingin nicely into married life, when one day, a woman tells Sun that unlesss she brings her $100,000, she will let it slip that 'Mr. Paik's daughter married the son a fisherman and a prostitute.' Sun is shocked, and doesn't know what to do - so she asks her father for the money. He tells her that if he gives her the money with no explanation, Jin will have to pay the consequence for 'working' for him - Sun agrees. She goes to meet Mr. Kwon, Jin's father, and when she gives the money to the woman, she reveals she knows that she is Jin's mother. "You know how powerful my family is. My husband believes that you are dead. Do not force me to make that a reality," Sun chillingly tells her.
Deaths: None
Events: Desmond tells Hurley, Charlie and Jin he has to go find Jack, to save the parachutist. Charlie tells him not to, saying that The Others are out there - with a vengeance, and at the moment, their presence is not known; suddenly, Hurley accidentally fires the flare. Mikhail eventually finds them, before turning the other way, however Jin chases him and attacks him. The parachutist is speaking in a foreign language, and Mikhail tells Desmond that she is dying - and if he saves her, they have to let him go. He does, but he tries to leave with the satellite phone - Charlie dislikes him a lot. After a tip-off from Kate, Sun confronts Juliet about what happens to pregnant women on the island, and Juliet tells her eventually that they all die. In the middle of the night, Juliet takes Sun to 'The Staff', and they enter a secret room, where there is an ultrasound. Sun opens up about her affair with Jae Lee, and Juliet tells her that if the baby is Jae Lee's, she will live; if not, then they will '...cross that bridge when they come to it.' The baby is Jin's. After they leave, Juliet heads back inside, leaving a recorded message for Ben, explaining about Sun's pregnancy, and about how she will test Kate soon. After the tape is switched off, she says she hates Ben. Hurley sits alone with the parachutist, when she suddenly wakes up. He tells her he is a survivor of Oceanic Fligh 815, but she tells Hurley that they found that plane, the wreckage... there were no survivors - they were all dead...

Vs.

Dave (Season 2, Episode 18)

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Flashbacks: Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
What Happens? Hurley is in a mental institute, after a deck crashes, killing 8 people - and he blames it on his weight. He has a friend, called Dave, who seems to be a bad influence. He tells him that all the doctor's are trying to keep him in there, and influences him not to take his tablets. Doctor Brooks takes a picture of Hurley, with Dave, and then in Hurley's next appointment, Hurley tells Dr. Brooks that Dave is the only one trying to help him. Dr. Brooks shows Hurley the picture of him and Dave - which shows only Hurley... Dave is Hurley's imaginary friend. The next night, Hurley tells Dave that he isn't real, and they set out to escape the mental institute - but when Dave jumps out the window, he tells Dave that he is the one stopping him from becoming well again, and he locks Dave out.
Deaths: None
Events: Sayid almost kills 'Henry', when he refuses to tell them information on The Others - Ana-Lucia prevents him from doing it. 'Henry' promises he did not kill the real Henry Gale; Hurley tells Libby he is sick, and shows her his food stash; she helps him throw all the food away - but then the survivors find the food that dropped onto the island. Hurley is terrified when he sees Dave, and he follows him into the jungle, and finds his slipper; he touches it - it's real. He asks Sawyer for some medication, and when he taunts him, Hurley beats him up - and leaves to live in the caves alone. On his way, he sees Dave again, who tells him he is real - but the island isn't. He makes a joke about the hatch, the food supplies, and the fact that Libby likes him. He tells him that he's just in a coma, and needs to wake up and it'll all be finished - so he tells Hurley to jump off a cliff. Dave jumps off, and Hurley is about to, when Libby finds him. Hurley is scared, and tells her she isnt real - it's all a dream. She consoles him, and tells him it's ok... It is real - and she convinces him. They kiss,and she tells him they should go back to the beach - she hesitantly tells him everything is going to be ok, when she flashbacks to being in the mental institution, staring at Hurley.

My vote goes to...
It's a tough one...
I would have said 'Dave', 'cos the edning freaked me out...
...But, I love the revelatory, 'wtf!?', ending to 'D.O.C'...
so, my vote goes to 'D.O.C'

[tbone]

a very close call but I'm voting Dave

[Cronos]

Dave

[JackassFan]

Dave.

[Lazy Boy]

Dave

[syxxpac]

D.O.C.

....

...

I'm the only one with a love for Badass Sun? :p

[dannywalker17]

Dave

[tbone]

is this tournament going to be kept alive?

[Jacob_lost]

D.O.C - 2
Dave - 5

Round 1 - Match 25

? (Season 2, Episode 21)

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Flashbacks: Eko "Mr. Eko" Tunde
Events: Michael pretends that 'Henry' shot Ana-Lucia, Libby and himself, and escaped. When he realises Libby isn't dead, he panics. Mr. Eko and Locke offer to find 'Henry', but Mr. Eko continuously asks Locke where the 'Question Mark' is - Locke shows him the diagram of the lockdown. They get to the cliff by the Beechcraft, and Mr. Eko climbs up it, because a dream tells Locke Mr. Eko has to - and he sees a 'Question Mark' shape in the crops below. They find a hatch - The Pearl - under the Beechcraft, and inside television scrteens, and a video telling them that The Swan station is all an experiment; Locke believes it all to be fake, whilst Mr. EKo believes it is important. Hurley is distraight when he hears about Libby, who eventually dies. As Locke and Mr. Eko trek across the island back to the hatch with new knowledge, Michael sits in the hatch, his plan unfolding ahead of him.

Vs.

Abandoned (Season 2, Episode 6)

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Flashbacks: Shannon Rutherford
Events: Shannon and Sayid get closer, and when Sayid leaves the tent they are in, Walt appears to her; Nobody - not even Sayid - believes her, when she tells her fellow castaways, so she decides to take Vincent and chase after the vision; She ends up at boone's grave, and Sayid believes her to still be mourning her brother's death; Meanwhile, the Tail-section survivors are being led by Sawyer, Michael and Jin back to their camp - and Sawyer collapses because of his bullet wound. They make a strecther, and as they are about to climb up a steep hill - Cindy is taken by The Others; Shannon is convinced she has seen Walt, so follows the vision deeper into the jungle - where Sayid tells her he loves her, and will always be there for her. At that moment, he too sees Walt - Shannon runs after it, and Sayid hears a gfun shot; he sees Ana-Lucia with a gun pointed, and Shannon's body with gunshots in it.

My vote goes to '?'

[ilovemovies]

Abandoned particularly for that killer ending. Plus, that episode really made me sympathize and feel sorry for Shannon. And then bang!

[syxxpac]

?

[Cronos]

?

[tbone]

?

[JackassFan]

Abandoned.

[Lazy Boy]

Abandoned

[dannywalker17]

?

[Crimson_Regret]

Abandoned

[NuclearMisfit]

?

[Natty]

?

[tbone]

so is this tourney dead?

[Natty]

I guess so...but someone should probably pick up where he/she left off.

[tbone]

I guess so...but someone should probably pick up where he/she left off.

i think that could work

[Natty]

I'm happy to take over after I finish watchin series 3 (which will be about a week), but if someone else would like to then that's cool.

[Natty]

Here comes the takeover:

ROUND 1

1) Pilot - Part 1 Vs. Fire + Water
2) Not In Portland Vs. Born to Run
3) Flashes Before Your Eyes Vs. Every Man For Himself
4) The Glass Ballerina Vs. Orientation
5) Deus Ex Machina Vs. The Hunting Party
6) ...and Found Vs. The Man From Tallahassee
7) The Greater Good Vs. Solitary
8) Tabula Rasa Vs. Left Behind
9) Special Vs. Expose
10) House of the Rising Sun Vs. All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
11) Adrift Vs. Man of Science, Man of Faith
12) Confidence Man Vs. Outlaws
13) Live Together, Die Alone - Part 1 Vs. A Tale of Two Cities
14) Numbers Vs. ...in Translation
15) The Moth Vs. Exodus, Part 1
16) Greatest Hits Vs. Maternity Leave
17) The 23rd Psalm Vs. The Long Con
18) Exodus, Part 2 Vs. Hearts and Minds
19) Catch-22 Vs. Two for the Road
20) One of Them Vs. Everybody Hates Hugo
21) Par Avion Vs. Collision
22) Through the Looking Glass - Part 1 Vs. What Kate Did
23) S.O.S Vs. The Other 48 Days
24) Further Instructions Vs. Three Minutes
25) D.O.C Vs. Dave
26) ? Vs. Abandoned
27) Lockdown Vs. White Rabbit
28) Pilot - Part 2 Vs. The Whole Truth
29) Homecoming Vs. Stranger in a Strange Land
30) Do No Harm Vs. The Man Behind the Curtain
31) I Do Vs. Live Together, Die Alone - Part 2
32) Enter-77 Vs. Tricia Tanaka Is Dead
33) Walkabout Vs. The Cost of Living
34) Raised by Another Vs. Exodus, Part 3
35) Whatever the Case May Be Vs. One of Us
36) The Brig Vs. Through the Looking Glass - Part 2

[Natty]

? - 7
Abandoned - 4

ROUND 1 - MATCH 27

Lockdown (Season 2, Episode 17)

http://www.lostvirtualtour.com/lost/screens/2x17Lockdown/lockdown54.jpg

Flashbacks: John Locke
What Happens? Locke notices two mysterious men; he finds out that they are looking for his father; Locke's father contacts him and tells him of the con, asking him to get the money; Locke lies to Helen and gives his father the money, Helen notices and chooses to leave him, Locke watches his father leave him as well.
Deaths: None
Events: In the hatch, the blast doors suddenly close, Locke tries to keep one open, injuring himself in the process; he asks Henry to enter the numbers for him; the timer runs out and the lights go out, revealing a strange diagram; the lights come back on and Henry returns, telling Locke that he did as he was told; Kate and Jack find an enormous package of food in the jungle; Afterwards, Sayid and his team return to the hatch with Jack, Sayid reveals that he dug up the grave of the real Henry Gale.

Vs.

White Rabbit (Season 1, Episode 5)

http://z.about.com/d/lost/1/0/7/2/-/-/05-Locke-Helps-Jack.jpg

Flashbacks: Jack Shephard
What Happens? We see Jack as a child being challenged by a bully, later his father tells him he 'doesn't have what it takes'; Jack's mother tells him to get his father from Australia, he finds him in a morgue; Jack later fights to get his father's body put on the plane
Deaths: Joanna
Events: Jack rescues Boone from the ocean, but is distraught he couldn't do the same for Joanna; Jack goes after a man in a suit, who turns out to be his father; The islanders discover the water has been stolen and Locke goes out to find some, he later saves Jack from falling off a precipice; After talking Jack and Locke split-up, Locke telling him that he must follow the hallucination; Jack finds caves with an abundance of fresh water and his father's coffin, he destroys it; it is revealed that Boone stole the water, Jack interupts an arguement to tell the camp about the caves - 'live together, die alone'.

Both great episodes but I'll go for Lockedown for the killer ending.

Hope no-one minds that I've taken over, I did it exactly as Jacob_Lost did though.

[syxxpac]

White Rabbit

[JackassFan]

Lockdown.

[Cronos]

Lockdown

[tbone]

Lockdown

[Crimson_Regret]

Lockdown

[ilovemovies]

White Rabbit

[Lazy Boy]

White Rabbit

[dannywalker17]

Lockdown

[Natty]

Lockedown - 6
White Rabbit - 3

ROUND 1, MATCH 28

Pilot - Part 2 (Season 1, Episode 2)

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Flashbacks: Charlie, Kate
What Happens? We discover that Charlie is a drug addict and Kate a fugitive.
Deaths: None
Events: After Walt finds a pair of handcuffs, Sawyer attacks Sayid, believing him to be responsible for the crash; Sayid fixes the transceiver and leads a team to reach higher ground in order to transmit a message; the marshall awakens and asks Jack where Kate is; Sayid and the gang discover the french woman's transmission leading Charlie to ask - 'Where are we?'

Vs.

The Whole Truth (Season 2, Episode 16)

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Flashbacks: Sun and Jin
What Happens? It is revealed that Jin is sterile, leading to tension between the couple
Deaths: None
Events: Sun asks Sawyer for a pregnancy test, which reveals that she is indeed pregnant; Ana-Lucia gets Henry to draw a map of his parachute, taking Sayid and Charlie to the site; Sun tells Jin she is pregnant; Henry reveals to Jack and Locke that he drew a map for Ana-Lucia, he then goes on to say that if he were one of them, he probably would have left a trap.

[Lazy Boy]

Pilot - Part 2

[chasingbanky]

The whole truth! It has my favorite last line in the entire series, and Jin says "Daddy-o." What more could you ask for?


"You guys got any milk?" [Lost]

[syxxpac]

Pilot: Part 2

Better than the first part, IMO.

[JackassFan]

Pilot Part 2.

[dannywalker17]

Pilot Pt. 2

[Natty]

Pilot part 2

[chasingbanky]

Come on guys... Does this really not tickle you enough for a vote?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xBuuT6x4IL4

[tbone]

Pilot 2

[Cronos]

Pilot Part 2

[Crimson_Regret]

Pilot Part 2

[Natty]

Pilot Part 2 - 8
The Whole Truth - 1

ROUND 1, MATCH 29

Homecoming (Season 1, Episode 15)

http://www.lostvirtualtour.com/lost/screens/1x15Homecoming/homecoming20_thumb.jpg

Flashbacks: Charlie Pace
What Happens? Charlie and Tommy are looking for money to feed their addiction, when in a bar, Tommy points out a rich girl named Lucy, who Charlie starts a conversation with; later on Lucy shows Charlie a valuable antique and they start a relationship; Charlie is offered a job by Lucy's father; Charlie steals the antique and suffers from withdrawal symptoms at a demostration for his job, after passing out the antique is found; Charlie tries to apologise to Lucy but she refuses to listen, telling Charlie he will never take care of anyone.
Deaths: Scott, Ethan Rom
Events: Charlie awakens to see Claire being carried to Jack, Jack explains to her the events of the crash and its aftermath; Jin is knocked out in the jungle, after which Ethan appears and confronts Charlie, telling him that he will kill one of the survivors every day until Claire is returned to him; After hearing about Ethan, Jack and Locke decide to set up security measures; Boone trips the alarm, and they find that Scott has been murdered by Ethan; Jack, Kate, Locke, Sayid and Sawyer set a trap for Ethan, using Claire as bait; After Ethan is captured, Charlie appears and kills him with one of the guns; the episode ends with Claire telling Charlie that she 'wants to trust him'.

Vs.

Stranger in a Strange Land (Season 3, Episode 9)

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Flashbacks: Jack Shephard
What Happens? In Thailand, Jack meets a local woman named Achara whom he starts a relationship with; Jack becomes curious over what Achara does for a living; Jack finds Achara in a tatoo parlour and she tells him that she has the gift of seeing people's true personalities; Jack demands a tatoo and Achara tells him that he is a leader, but that this makes him lonely, frightened, and angry.The next morning, he is beaten up by locals and told to leave.
Deaths: None
Events: Sawyer and Kate return to the island on a canoe with Karl; Tom takes Jack from his room and tells him that Juliet is in trouble; Karl reveals to Kate and Sawyer that the island they are on is the home of The Others, after a discussion with Sawyer, Karl decides to go back to the other island for Alex; Jack is taken to the cage where Juliet asks him to help Ben, he refuses; After Juliet leaves, Isabel arrives and talks to Jack about his tatoo; Jack is taken to a room where he is asked if Juliet told him to kill Ben, Jack denies the accusation; Jack is later paid a visit by more of The Others, including Cindy; Alex releases Jack and takes him to Ben, in exchange for caring for Ben, Juliet's life is spared; Juliet later visits Jack's cage and shows Jack that she has been marked, Jack treats the mark with aloe vera, when asked why he helped her, Jack says that Ben said they would be let off the island and he wants to ensure that this happens; Isabel translates the tatoo as 'he walks among us but he is not one of us', Jack says that that is what it says but not what it means, him and The Others begin to travel back to their home.

[Cronos]

Homecoming

[Natty]

Although I appreciated the focus on Jack in 'Stranger...', Homecoming was one of those classic Lost episodes that provided an extremely tense atmosphere all the way through.

[JackassFan]

Homecoming.

[Katsumoto]

Homecoming.

[Lazy Boy]

Homecoming

[syxxpac]

Homecoming

[Magenta71]

Homecoming because I was always happy to see Charlie take out that nasty Ethan.

Although, an interesting fact that I recently read about Jack's tatoo is that it is in fact the actor's real tatoo and the writers just decided to incorporate it into the show.

[Natty]

Homecoming - 7
Stranger in a Strange Land - 0

ROUND 1, MATCH 30

Do No Harm (Season 1, Episode 20)

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Flashbacks: Jack Shephard
What Happens? Jack is worried about writing his wedding vows; his dad visits him and tells him that he is 'just not good at letting go' and that his problem is commitment; At the wedding ceremony he manages, telling Sarah that it was her who fixed him
Deaths: Boone Carlyle
Events: Jack starts to try and repair Boone, whilst Claire goes into labour; Jack begins to use his own blood for a transfusion; Jack gives Charlie instructions on how to deliver the baby; Sun makes Jack stop the transfusion and Jack decides to amputate Boone's leg; Boone regains consciousness and tells Jack to let him die, saying "I know you made me a promise. I'm letting you off the hook." Boone tells Jack about the hatch before he dies; Claire gives birth to a boy; Jack goes off in search of Locke.

Vs.

The Man Behind the Curtain (Season 3, Episode 20)

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Flashbacks: Ben Linus
What Happens? A woman named Emily gives birth to a baby, before dying she tells her husband Roger to name him Ben; A young Ben and his father arrive on the island for work as part of the DHARMA Initiative; Ben and Roger are unhappy with the lifestyle and Ben sees a vision of his mother; Ben goes in search of his mother and meets Richard, one of the 'hostiles', Ben tells Richard that he does not like the DHARMA Initiative and wants to go with him, Richard says that if he truly wants this, he must be patient and wait for the time to come; We then see Ben as a man, disappointed that his father has forgotten his birthday yet again, Roger says after the work they will do 'father and son things' together; They drive up to a hill to relax, Ben asks Roger if he really blames him for Emily's death, Roger refuses to answer; After this Ben explains that he has had to put up with Roger for pretty much all of his life and fills the van with gas, killing him; Ben returns to his barracks where we learn that all members of the DHARMA Initiative have been killed by the same gas, the hostiles have now taken over.
Deaths: Roger, Original members of DHARMA Initiative
Events: Locke discovers that the true leader of the Others is named Jacob and asks to meet him, beating up Mikhail to show how serious he is; The survivors discover Juliet's tape, upon confronting her and Jack they discover that she already told Jack but he doesn't know what to do about it yet; Ben takes Locke to a small house where he begins to talk to a seemingly imaginary man in a chair, Locke tells him he is crazy and pathetic and goes to leave but upon opening the door he hears the words 'Help me' in a deep voice, he turns around and flashes the light, at this point the house begins to shake violently and a strange man is seen in the chair very briefly; Ben and Locke run out of the house and begin to head back to camp; The next morning Locke discovers that Ben was not born on the island, Ben takes him to a pit of skeletons in DHARMA Initiative uniforms; Ben shoots Locke who falls into the pit then demands to know what Jacob said, when Locke tells him, Ben leaves Locke for dead.

[Natty]

The Man behind the Curtain, one of the best flashback episodes in the show.

[tbone]

The Man behind the Curtain, one of the best flashback episodes in the show.

I second that

[Cronos]

The Man Behind the Curtain

[syxxpac]

The Man Behind The Curtain

[JackassFan]

Man Behind the Curtain

[ilovemovies]

Oh shit! This is without a doubt, the single toughest round. Both episodes are AMAZING.

Do I go for the one that's really shocking and has great moments with two of it's compelling characters or do I go for the emotionally amazing one especially with that powerful ending of Boone's death while Claire gives birth at the same time. It was just an amazing ending. And it's that ending why I'm choosing Do No Harm (although Ben shooting Locke is one of the most shocking moments in Lost history).

[Natty]

The Man Behind the Curtain - 5
Do No Harm - 1

ROUND 1, MATCH 31

I Do (Season 3, Episode 6)

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Flashbacks: Kate Austen
What Happens? We find out that Kate is to be married within 12 hours after seeing her meet up with a man in a hotel; Kate has her doubts about the marriage but her fiance Kevin assures her; Before the wedding Kevin's mother Suzanne gives Kate a locket that has been passed down through generations; After the wedding Kate calls Marshall Mars asking him to stop chasing her, he says he will if she truly settles down and that they both know that won't happen; Later Kate takes a pregnacy test that turns out to be negative, she then tells Kevin about her past, drugs him and leaves.
Deaths: None
Events: Locke discusses Eko's death with Sayid; while working, Kate and Sawyer are disturbed as Alex runs in demanding to know where her boyfriend is, she is taken off; Juliet manages to persuade Kate to tell Jack to do the operation, Jack refuses; While burying Eko, Locke sees a message on his staff saying "Lift up your eyes and look north, John 3:05"; After escaping his room, Jack sees Kate and Sawyer on a moniter, Ben appears and Jack agrees to do the surgery in exchange for going home; As Jack begins to operate on Ben, Pickett goes out to kill Sawyer; Later he gets a message from Tom, Jack has sabotaged the operation and Ben will die unless Sawyer and Kate can leave; Jack tells Kate to run, not aware of the fact that they are on a separate island.

Vs.

Live Together, Die Alone part 2 (Season 2, Episode 24)

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Flashbacks: Desmond Hume
What Happens? Desmond is in the hatch with Inman toying with the blast doors, Inman draws a diagram (the one we see in 'Lockedown') while telling Desmond of his former partner, who killed himself; After waking up and discovering that the timer has only 45 seconds left, Desmond enters the code and discovers a crawlspace where a drunken Inman holds a key above an interface marked 'system termination', Inman explains the electromagnetic workings of the hatch; Days later, Desmond discovers Inman heading out of the hatch with a slit in his uniform, he decides to follow him and discovers that he has been repairing Desmond's boat and intends to abondon the island; After a fight, Desmond accidentally kills Inman; Desmond rushes back to the hatch but he is late, causing the system to fail temporarily; Desmond breaks down on the day that he has decided to kill himself, but he hears Locke banging on the roof of the hatch.
Deaths: Kelvin Inman
Events: Eko uses the dynamite on the hatch door, it fails and knocks him and Charlie unconscious; Sayid enters the Others' camp, finding it deserted; Sawyer kills one of the Others, who are following them, Michael reveals he is working with the Others; Jack and the gang later discover the pneumatic tubes and they spot Sayid's signal smoke, showing that Michael is not leading them to the beach; Later, the gang encounter the Others, who incapacitate them with darts; They wake up to find that they are being held captive by the Others (who seem to be led by Henry Gale) on a dock, where Michael is allowed to leave the island with Walt; While discussingn the stations, Locke shows Desmond the printout from The Pearl, Desmond explains how he thinks he caused the plancrash, this leads to him changing his mind about their plans he tells Locke that he will save his life, just as he did for him; The timer runs to zero and Desmond travels down to the system termination switch, as he turns the key, everything fades to white; A violet-white light envelopes the entire island, everyone on the island cringes in apparent pain and Bernard pulls Claire out of the way of a flying peice of metal - the roof on the hatch; Hurley is released and sent back to the survivors, asked to tell them what happened; Jack, Kate and Sawyer are taken prisoner; Charlie returns from the hatch, the whereabouts of Eko, Desmond and Locke unknown, he kisses Claire; The scene shifts to a research centre, where a game of chess is interrupted by a beeping moniter, one of the men makes a phonecall to Desmond's girlfriend Penelope, saying 'I think we've found it'.

[Natty]

Live Together, Die Alone part 2

[Crimson_Regret]

Live Together, Die Alone part 2

:)

[Cronos]

Live Together, Die Alone part 2

[ilovemovies]

Live Together, Die Alone part 2, although I Do' ending is awesome.

[JackassFan]

Live Together, Die Alone Part 2

[tbone]

Though I Do is one of the better Kate episode Desmond and Penny's story is just about my favorite thing on the show so Live Together Die Alone

[Magenta71]

Live Together, Die Alone part 2

I also would have picked The Man Behind The Curtain in the previous round.

[Natty]

Live Together Die Alone - 7
I Do - 0

ROUND 1, MATCH 32

Enter 77 (Season 3, Episode 11)

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Flashbacks: Sayid Jarrah
What Happens? Sayid is offered a job by Sami, but is soon betrayed and held captive; A woman approaches with scars on her arm and identifies Sayid to be her torturer; Sayid is repeatedly beaten by Sami but refuses to confess to the torture of his wife; The followind day, Sayid is visited by Sami's wife, who explains that because of him, she will never know what itis like to be safe; Sayid breaks down in tears and confesses to her torture.; Sami's wife says that she forgives him and that she will tell Sami she made a mistake
Deaths: Ms Klugh
Events: Sawyer challenges Hurley to a game of ping-pong; Locke, Sayid, Kate and Rousseau stuble across a farmhouse, as Sayid approaches the house, he is shot by Mikhail (the one-eyed man) who seems to think that they are the Others; While treating Sayid's wound, Mikhail explains how he was the last surviving member of the DHARMA Initiative while Locke finds a computer game of chess and loses; Sayid discovers that Mikhail is one of the Others and a fight ensues; Sawyer loses the ping-pong game to Hurley, he can no longer use his nicknames on people; Mikhail is tied up and Sayid discovers a hatch in the floor which he and Kate enter to explore; Locke finally manages to beat the chess game, seeming to earn communication to the outside world; Mikhail breaks free and begins to hold Locke hostage; Ms Klugh reveals herself underneath and Kate overpowers her with the help of Sayid; After going back outside, Ms Klugh is shot by Mikhail, who is knocked to the ground by Sayid, releasing Locke; Locke watches the video of the chess win, telling him to enter '7-7'; Sayid refuses to kill Mikhail, Locke approaches and says that he knows why Mikhail didn't want him to win the chess game, at this point the farmhouse explodes.

Vs.

Tricia Tanaka is Dead (Season 3, Episode 10)

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Flashbacks: Hugo Reyes
What Happens? A young Hurley's father leaves him, telling him that he will be back soon; Hurley is on the news with Tricia Tanaka, after entering his workplace, Tricia Tanaka is hit by a meteorite; Hurley goes home to discover that his father has returned; Hurley's father takes Hurley to a card-reader, but Hurley soon discovers that the whole thing is a set-up; Hurley packs for a trip to Australia, his father telling him he will be here when he returns.
Deaths: None
Events: After talking to Libby's grave, Hurley is led to a Volkswagen camper van by Vincent; Hurley decides he wants to drive it, coaxing Jin into helping him with this mission; Hurley convinces Jin and Sawyer to push the van off the slope to get it started; Kate meets up with Locke and Sayid on her way to find Rousseau, Kate's recruiting of Rousseau (for a trip to the Others barracks) seems to fail until she mentions her suspicions about Alex, who helped Kate escape, being Rousseau's daughter; Hurley goes through with the plan with Charlie, it looks as though they may crash, but the van starts and they begin to drive around the jungle.

[Natty]

I think I'll go for Tricia Tanaka is Dead, a very uplifting episode in a series in which there weren't many.

[tbone]

Two episodes I like -- Tricia Tanaka is dead but Enter 77 really helps set in motion the rest of season 3 so my vote goes for Patchy, the Flame and one huge ass explosion in Enter 77

[JackassFan]

Enter 77

[syxxpac]

Enter 77

[chasingbanky]

Sawyer teaches Jin english... Gotta go with TT is Dead.

It even had super guest star D.J. Qualls (of Scrubs fame). They even go fucking Vanning.

[Crimson_Regret]

Both great episodes but im going to have to go with Enter 77

[Cronos]

Enter 77

[tbone]

Sawyer teaches Jin english... Gotta go with TT is Dead.

It even had super guest star D.J. Qualls (of Scrubs fame). They even go fucking Vanning.

hate to tell ya but DJ Qualls was in Everybody Hates Hugo, Cheech Marin was the super guest star of TT is Dead

[Natty]

Enter 77 - 5
Tricia Tanaka is Dead - 2

ROUND 1, MATCH 33

Walkabout (Season 1, Episode 4)

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Flashbacks: John Locke
What Happens? John Locke is playing a game of Risk during his lunch break, his manager Randy taunts him about the walkabout he plans to go on telling him that he cant do such a thing in his condition, Locke replies 'dont tell me what I can't do.'; Locke is talking to a woman named Helen on the phone, inviting her on the walkabout, Helen tells Locke she can't see customers and Locke angrily hangs up the phone; Locke is later talking to one of the leaders of the walkabout who refuses to let him do it because of his condition, as the man gets up to leave, we discover that Locke is in a wheelchair; Ten minutes after the crash, Locke wiggles his toes, stands up and goes off to help one of the survivors.
Deaths: None
Events: Locke shows the group his hunting knives and suggests they go looking for boar, Michael leaves Walt with Sun and Sayid asks Kate to find a signal with the transceiver; Michael is injured and Kate escorts him back to the beach breaking the transceiver in the process; Locke encounters the monster, but stands his ground; Back at the beach, the fuselage is emptied and Claire decides to lead a memorial service, Boone suggests Jack talk to Rose, who insists that her husband is still alive; Michael and Kate return, Sayid angered at the broken transceiver; Jack sees a man in a suit walk into the jungle, he chases him and finds a bloody Locke carrying a dead boar; At night, the memorial service is held, Charlie taking a hit before it begins and Jack not around to see it; Locke watches his old wheelchair go up in flames.

Vs.

The Cost of Living (Season 3, Episode 5)

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Flashbacks: Mr Eko
What Happens? A young Eko steals food with his brother Yemi, they are caught by a sister of the church who tells them to confess their sins; Eko returns to Yemi's church after the incident at the plane, a woman with her son and asks where Yemi is, Eko says that he will be taking his place; Eko is confronted by militiamen who demand payment for protection, when Eko refuses, their leader Emeka kills one of the villiagers and then drives away; Later on, Emaka and two of his men arrive at the church to punish Eko with a machete, Eko reverses the attack and butchers all three of them; Eko leaves the church which is being boarded up as it has been desacrated, the woman tells Eko that she is not grateful for what he did and that he must repent.
Deaths: Mr Eko
Events: Eko's brother Yemi appears to him, telling him that he must confess his sins, the hut that he is in catches on fire, Sayid and Charlie pull him out of the hut and later discover that he has disappeared; Ben asks Jack if he wishes to go to Colleen's memorial, Jack lets Ben know that he knows about the tumor; Sayid, Locke, Nikki and Paulo travel to the pearl station to try and communicate with the Others, as well as finding Eko; Eko stumbles through the jungle having several hallucinations, after trying to confront one, the hallucinations vanish; Ben visits Jack to talk about the tumor, Jack asks him if he believes in God, and Ben explains that he found out about his tumor two days before a "spinal surgeon fell out of the sky"; Locke and the gang meet up with Eko who discovers that his brother's body is not in the plane; In the Pearl Station, Sayid and the others find live video feed of a mysterious man with an eyepatch; Juliet visits Jack's cell, asking him (through video) to kill Ben during surgery; Yemi appears to Eko again and leads him into the jungle asking him to confess his sins, Eko tells Yemi he is proud of them and did the best with the life he was given; Yemi says 'you speak to me as if I am your brother', to which Eko replies 'Who are you?', chasing him into the jungle; The black smoke monster appears then grabs and kills Eko during a violent struggle; Locke finds the dying Eko and leans in to hear his final breath, Locke tells the rest that Eko said that 'we're next'.