100 things I love about 'Lost', Part 2

As mentioned yesterday, I'm honoring the 100th episode of "Lost" with 100 moments that I love about the show. I'll be dropping twenty moments from each season on the way to the airing of "The Variable," a Faraday-centric episode, this Wednesday.

So make sure you check out my Season 1 list before continuing, so you're aware of the concept and the way in which I chose these moments. And if you'd like to relive any of these moments within the context of their episodes, be sure to check out the "We Have to Go Back" gallery.

Onto the Season 2 moments!

21.    A man in a hatch is way cooler than a d#ck in a box. The answer to Season 1's central mystery proved vastly satisfying, and gives us hope to this day that remaining mysteries will be solved in such a compelling manner.

22.    The first mention of the unexplained "incident" that has haunted the show ever since. See Item #1 re: remaining mysteries.

23.    Mr. Eko's Jesus Stick. 'Nuff said.

24.    The Bernard/Rose reunion. Up there with the Des/Penny reunion for me and the future Sun/Jin reunion, which will happen or Darlton will be hearing from me and my Louisville Slugger. A little too much tongue for my general taste, but I was too busy crying to care.

25.    The two titans of faith, Locke and Eko, get together for movie night as they watch the director's cut of the Swan Orientation film. And why is outside contact forbidden, exactly? I have no WAAAAAAALTing idea.

26.    Smokey "reading" Eko for the first time, a preview of a technique used to fuller effect in Season 5. The type of moment only possible in the DVR age.

27.    Sayid's brutal initial interrogation of Henry Gale. Can't help but wonder if Ben was thinking, "This guy's gonna come in handy later," in between punches.

28.    Hey, hieroglyphics appear when the counter in the Swan goes to zero. That's peculiar. Wonder if that has any relation to prior civilizations on the Island, the remnants of which still exist in some form or another? Hmmm?

29.    Kate, Claire, and Danielle go hunting for answers in "The Hunting Party""Maternity Leave." Sistahs doin' it for themselves! All the more poignant now after the revelations in "Whatever Happened, Happened."

30.    The standoff with Mr. Friendly. Our first extended scene with the Others, it imbued an already mysterious group with even more ominous power. Theatrical glue is good like that. Bonus points for Friendly confirming Alex's existence among the Others.

31.    Henry Gale's speech over cereal at the end of "The Whole Truth." More delicious that Dharma-O's, that.

32.    Three words: Blast Door Map. No Waldo to be found here; just tantalizing clues left by the man who helped construct the central setting for Season 2.

33.    Three more words: off-Island Libby. And yes, those words hurt many a "Lost" fan that fears they'll never learn her true purpose on the show.

34.    Rose's encounter with Isaac of Uluru. Snuck into a seemingly throwaway episode, this scene contains vital clues concerning the nature of the Island and its relation to the world at large.

35.    The double homicide heard round the hatch. And the designated driver policy sent round the cast soon after.

36.    "Did Walt ever appear in a place he wasn't supposed to be?" Yes, in a private school instead of Ajira 316.

37.    The long pneumatic tube to nowhere. A haunting image that called everything we thought we knew about the Dharma Initiative into further question.

38.    "I don't know what's more disquieting: the fact that the rest of the statue is missing, that it has 4 toes, or it'll take three more seasons to finally explain this?"

39.    Purple haze, all in my brain, and all around the Island. All for love, or all part of someone's master plan? Only the Shadow knows. Oh, and Eloise Hawking.

40.    Penny learns that her search party has found the Island, and life off it since the crash is confirmed. Welcome news for everyone that feared the entire show was taking place in Chad Allen's head.

OK, that's 20 things I loved in Season 2. Tomorrow: Season 3! Be sure to leave your favorite Season 2 moments in the comments below.

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