Season 2, Episode 19: S.O.S.

Overbearing Bernard is eager to gt his wife, Rose, rescued. He devises a plan to make it possible, while the backstory focuses on how the couple met and found their way onto the fateful flight, Oceanic 815.

MAJOR PLOT POINTS

Convinced the non-tailies have had life easy and are no longer actively seeking rescue, Bernard wants to build a massive SOS on an adjacent beach. Rose pooh-poohs his plan in front of everyone, believing its a silly and fantastic (as in fantasy-based) plan that will only breed false hope.

Jack has a plan of his own. He wants to go find The Others and try to swap "Henry," who still hasn't been revealed quite yet as Ben Linus, for Walt. Jack invites Kate to go along with him; he got the gun from Ana Lucia. As Kate apologizes for kissing Jack, and Jack says he's not sorry she did it, Michael appears from the jungle and passes out at Jack's feet.

Meanwhile, Locke tries to recreate the map from memory but becomes frustrated. He's less and less worried about entering the code, because of Ben Linus' contention he didn't enter the code when Locke was trapped under the blast door. It's eating away at Locke, who declares to Rose that he's done with the hatch. Rose, who remembers Locke in a wheelchair from the airport, suspects Locke is aware that the island is special though. After some time away from the hatch, Locke returns and, a bit refreshed, has better luck remembering the black-light map.

Bernard met and instantly fell in love with Rose after helping her get unstuck in the snow. A lifelong bachelor, Bernard proposes to Rose during a visit to Niagara Falls at age 56. She accepts, but only after telling him she has cancer and has only a year to live. Bernard decides, without cluing her in first, to take her a faith healer in Australia for the honeymoon. He drags her into the middle of the outback near Ayers Rock, to see Isaac of Uluru.

The faith healer tells Rose about special pockets of geological or magnetic energy that he can tap into, which allows him to heal people. But he also says he can't help her. It's not the right place for her to be healed, Isaac of Uluru said. Still, Rose decides to tell Bernard it worked, so they can simply enjoy their time together and not continue running around searching for a miracle with her remaining time. She eventually tells him the truth on the island and reveals that the island, much as it allowed Locke to walk again, has cured her cancer. That's why she doesn't want to leave, so Bernard stops building his sign.

Mr. Eko and Charlie are building a church.

QUOTABLE

Eko: "People are saved in different ways, Bernard."
Bernard: "I think I liked you better when you just hit people with your stick." — an exchange when Bernard asks Eko and Charlie for help making his SOS sign but they elect to continue building the church instead