Season 2, Episode 20: Two for the Road

Death again visits the survivors and we also learn how Ana Lucia wound up arriving in Australia.

MAJOR PLOT POINTS

Jack and Kate bring a still-unconscious Michael back to the hatch, where Ben Linus remains on a hunger strike. When Ana Lucia goes to drop off food, he tries to strangle her for killing two of The Others — "They were good people who were leaving you alone." — before Locke conks Ben with a crutch and saves her. Curious why Ben didn't similarly attack him when he was pinned by the blast door, Locke questions the captive, who insists that Locke is one of the good ones. In fact, before he was caught in Rousseau's net, Ben says he coming to get Locke.

Ana Lucia, meanwhile, has decided she will now shoot Ben despite the fact she had earlier stopped Sayid from doing it. She goes to Sawyer for a gun, but he refuses. She then stalks him and gives him the old in-out before stealing a gun as the two redress. When Jack gets back, Locke lies to him about Ben attacking Ana Lucia.

Michael finally comes to and says he knows where The Others are, that they live in a tent city with their own hatch, are small in number and could be overrun by the survivors. Jack, who admits the Locke's and Sayid's instinct to torture "Henry Gale" was right, patches things up with Locke and the two unite to approach Sawyer about getting the guns back and going after The Others. Ana Lucia is left behind at the hatch to watch over Michael, but her real ambition is to kill Ben Linus.

Hurley, meanwhile, is trying to set up a romantic date with Libby, but botches it. He can't find Sayid's romantic beach, but Libby wants to try and make the best of it. Of course, Hurley forgot blankets for the little getaway, so she goes to the hatch to grab one and sends Hurley off to find some wine.

When push comes to shove, Ana Lucia can't murder Ben. Michael, however, says he'll have no trouble doing it. She hands over the gun, which he then uses to blast Ana Lucia in the chest, murder Libby (who just happens to be at the hatch looking for a blanket) and then shoots himself in the arm while setting Ben Linus free.

In flashbacks, Ana Lucia's mother knows she gunned down Jason McCormick — the man who shot her, causing her to miscarry and inadvertently broke up her marriage. She quits the LAPD as a result and goes to work as an airline security wanding specialist, which is where she meets Christian in a airport bar. Having recently had his license yanked for operating drunk, he's heading for Sydney on a mission he considers dangerous. Christian, who goes by Tom, convinces Ana Lucia, who he calls Sarah, to be his security in Australia and flies her Down Under with him.

After four days of drinking and little else, Christian rouses Ana Lucia in the middle of the night and tells her its time for her to protect him. He then has her drive to the Sydney suburbs where he wakes a woman up and yells at her something about his daughter. (We'll later find out it was Claire's mother he was harassing, because Claire is his kid.) Ana Lucia makes him leave the lady alone and tries to convince him to leave Australia. Instead, he heads to the bar where he'll later meet Sawyer. Headed home, Ana Lucia calls her mother and is forgiven before boarding Oceanic 815.