The Other 48 Days

Season 2, Episode 7, Aired
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The harrowing first 48 days in the lives of the tail section survivors are revealed. Flashbacks reveal the point of view of Ana Lucia, Mr. Eko, Bernard and Libby and other survivors as they landed on the other side of the island on the beach. As the days progress danger hits their camp as well when "The Others" start taking people against their will. As the survivors race inland, trying to stay a step ahead of The Others, they realize that someone among them wasn't on Flight 815.moreless
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  • An episode done without new scenes by the cast we've come to know turns in one of the best hours of this fantastic show.

    9.6
    "Superb"
    By jekyll, Nov 26, 2011 Report Abuse
    Doing something that's virtually unheard of, the writers left all of last season's main cast, save Daniel Dae Kim, seen in some very brief new footage, at home, instead focusing on what the tail section survivors endured during the first 48 days following the crash of Oceanic 815. The result: one of the show's best episodes.
    Revealing that those in the tail section have been through much more horror than we people we came to know last year, we really come to see how large the presence of the "Others" on the island is, while also getting to see that even without the aid of guns, they are defeatable. And left to survive without the benefit of having a doctor, a trained soldier, or supplies from a wreckage, we get a sense of appreciation for the struggle and the will to live of the "tailies". From the paranoia of correctly suspecting that they have an Other in their midst, to believing Boone's fateful transmission to be a trick, we see just how emotionally wounded they are and how distrustful they've become as a result. Most of all, we really understand why Ana Lucia shot as hastily as she did.
    Both Sam Anderson, usually seen in minor authority-figure type roles, and Cynthia Watros, who's spent the past several years on "Titus" and "The Drew Carey Show", show themselves to have true dramatic acting in them and left me impressed.
    In the end we're left with both a great set-up and understanding of the 4 remaining tail section survivors heading towards their likely integration into the rest of the survivors, and something to look forward to seeing again on the season 2 DVDs.moreless

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  • The shocking story of the 'Tailes"(the people of the flight 815 plane in the tail section)

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    By Nightrider09, Aug 25, 2011 Report Abuse
    We get to see the crash from another point of view, a poit of view from people who already wern't like their plane trip and we all know who those kinds of people are because we are sometimes those people, I'm talking of course about the people who sit at the tail secon of the plane, the worst setting area ever!
    Now their section of the plane doesn't landon the beach or in taked, it lands in the water close to shore but its deep enpught to sink it. Our Tailes friends must swim up from their sinking broken plane fragment and then swim afew long yards to reach the beach. It is not surprising that most of the surviors end up drowning before they can reach the beach, due to the lack of engery that they used up trying to get out of their fasen seat belt seats, swim upwards to escape reaching the bottom the the sea all of this while getting over the shock of being ripped apart from the rest of the plane and falling i don't know how feet while also dealing with jetlag and effects from turbulance.
    the surviors don't know what to do. half of them want to explore the jungle and look for food and suplies but that might take awhile es speaically since their are so few of them. The other half think it wise to light a signal fire and have someone standing at it at all time. The debate is setteled when a flightattended (the only surviving flight attended) informs them that the pilot lost contact so he doibled back over Fiji to get their headings right, so that means that rescue will be looking for them in the wrong location, all the more reason for a signal fire.
    As the day goes by the Others constintly attack them and kidnap almost half of them, forceing them to venture into the jungle abanding the singnal fire (their only means of rescue) and into a DARMHA outpost station which we saw as their camp a few episodes back.Ana Lucia and Mr. Echo show the most charecter develompent as the leaders of the tail surivors, while struggling with personal issues and past mistakes (like the other main charecters of Lost). Mr. Echo who is priest, which shocked me because i have never known a man ofGod to have the streghth tobeat up anyone on earth (If he was thepriest at my church I listen to his surmans and remeber them word for word like my life depended on it). Mr. Echo says a prayer to puthis fellow passangers who didn't make it to rest, then when the Others show up he kills one without breacking a sweet although he is clearly schock up about it and takes an oath of silence for the rest of the 48 days. I'm really interested in his back story.Ana Lucia, blames her self for everything and try's to make it right by helping everyone survie. She did a great job tricking the Other who suck into their camp and prtended to be one of them (Like Ethan Rom) I was so glad she killed him es speially when he was giving her that bull that those who were taken were the good onesand the rest of them were animal who kill mindlesssly (oh really, well mr hippocrit what do you call killing that Tailes guy just to cover your own tracks!).
    The last scenes are them finding Sawyer, Michael and Jin and makeing the treck to their camp and ending with the scen were Shannon is accidently shot.
    Now I was starting to like Shannon I don't like how the writters killed her off. but i do not blame the Tailes. I mean given that the Others like to move really fast in the dark jungle without making a sound, and given that they are capabe ofkidnaping someone or killing them in a blink of the eye, and given what happened in the last episode where their was definatly something following them and also given the fact that the Others are humans and when Ana Lucia saw Shannon (who shes never meet) appear out of no where, she assumed she was anOther and shoot her. Wouldn't you do the same in her position and if you've been throu what shes been thru these past 48 days, i would.
    This was a great episodes one of Lost best, and one where Flashbacks are acually needed.One thing i need to point out which has really been eatting at me. The front secionof the plane(First Class) crashes in the jungle completly in taked but everyone inside is dead. the middle section of the plane (middle class) crashes on the beach nearly destroyed with some surviors. the tail section of the plane (Lower class) crashes in the ocean and sinks and only a few survie. Now both survior camps deal with harsh survialissues, the Tail people really got the shart end of the stick here! The other surviors had airplane food to began withafter the crash, they also found a water hole convently close to camp, They also have a hunter who has the skill to hunt the wild boarin jungle plus he's got his own suitcase full of knives!And resectly they also found a DARMH station just like the Taile people did, only differece here is that theres is an underground hatch filled with all the food they need for mouths and their own water supple plus medical equitment!(and a button you have to press every 108 min or world dies or something)Not to metion their their Other imposter (Ethan Rom)didn't do anything to them except kidnap the pregnate girl, Claire, only to lose to the psyco french women, Daneil, then he threted them to give Claire back to him and kills one random red shirt to make his point, all which ment nothing because the survior's camp had five loaded guns and they corrnered him into a trap. (of which he is killed)Now Ikinda get thatthe reason Ethan and his people didn't attack them eariler was because their were too many of them in the camp, but still I just had metion this because it has really been bugging me that the Tail people went thru a much worse hell then our surviors (and i like those surviors) and no one in first class survied. Are writers trying to tell us that its ok being middle class, or that you should never book a flight seat in first class or Middle class?
    Just thought i point that out. great episode.moreless

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  • Awesome.

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    By Sarah_LOST, Oct 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    The first 48 days after the plane crash are shown from the tail section survivors' point of view. Over the course of many nights, the Others infiltrate their camp and kidnap many of the survivors, forcing the remaining survivors to take refuge at a Dharma station. Wow - best episode so far this season I loved every minute of it, I love the tail end storyline. I love it when the others come and take the people at night so scary the way they don't make a sound. Mr Eko is my favourite tail end character he is too awesome. I like the way Goodwin was a 'other' but made out to be a survivor, I also love the scene when Ana Lucia kills him, she is also awesome. I love the part where Boone is on the radio and Bernard is trying to talk back to him - awesome the way they linked that up.moreless

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  • Full Flashback Episode!!!!!

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    By Dante_Edy, May 18, 2010 Report Abuse
    Since we dont saw exactly what happened with the TailPlane characters, the producers decided to show us in this episode, since everyone want to see Sayid reaction, that was a smart move by the writers, to delay this situation.

    For the first time in Lost, the episode is a flashback episode, the entire episode cover what happened to them.

    The weak point of this episode is that you already know who is the villain or the "Others" and you know what happened.

    So, with no element of surprise and shocking value, the producers had to focus on details and emotional moments only. This was well done and since this episode is better than the previous episode and the fillers, a 8 is suitable.

    Overall, good details, dialogues and some emotional moments make this episode be worth watching.moreless

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  • Amazing

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    By prkp12, May 06, 2010 Report Abuse
    I've always loved this episode i don't know why mabye because we see a different story.This episode is very informative. It's like watching lost from season 1 but from the tail section of the plane. I loved the plot of this episode. Sorry im not the best with words lol. The acting was great and my favourite part was when 12 were taken from the beach, being dragged along the sand, the screaming. I just found this episode so outstanding and impressive. I love the special effects like the plane crash i got a fright the first time i saw this episode when the part of the plane flew at the screen.

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    • Before Shannon is shot whispers can be heard. They decode as: "Relax dude, I think she likes the guy" "You're life" "Ich weiß nicht" (German for 'I don't know') "Look out" "Ana's the trigger" "You're gonna kill her" "Move on" (Gun shot) "See ya" (Like a chorus singing just after the gunshot) "Shannon" "She likes the guy, she likes the guy" "Shannon" "Your life and time is up" "Help me" "Shannon, meet me on the other side" "Her song" ('Ana Lucia' when reversed) (Gun shot) "Relax dude, she likes the guy, she likes the guy" "Shannon" "I know it all I know it all..." "Dying sucks" "Shannon" "I don't think you should tell her when she comes" "Obviously she likes you" "Who's the guy?" "I want to see Shannon" "Eye to eye" "Who's the guy?" "Fire Lucia" "The brothers that help us" "Are you done with it?" "Her song" ('Ana Lucia' when reversed) (Gun shot) "Fire" Edit
    • On the inside of the door to the Arrow station can be seen the word "Quarantine", just like on the inside cover of the hatch of the Swan station. Edit
    • It turns out that an Other was killed by a Survivor, before the other way around, like we all thought (Mr. Eko killed 2 of them on the first night). Edit

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    • The first episode in which Jack and Hurley do not appear. Consequently, as of this episode, there is no character who has appeared in every episode of the series. Edit
    • This was Maggie Grace's last main cast credit as Shannon. She was credited as a special guest star in the next episode. Edit
    • Kimberley Joseph (Cindy) passed from receiving the "Co-Starring" credited, to the "Guest Starring" credit. Edit

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    • Boone (via radio): Hello. Hello, anybody out there? Mayday. Mayday. Bernard: Is there someone there? Boone (via radio): Hello! Hello! Cindy: Who is that!? Oh my God! Boone (via radio): Can you hear me? Bernard: Repeat your transmission, please. Boone (via radio): Hello. We're survivors of the crash of Oceanic flight 815. Please copy Bernard: We're the survivors of flight 815! Edit
    • Ana Lucia: They have satellites... the black box... we don't need a fire for them to find us. Cindy: Yes, we do. Before the crash, the pilot said we'd lost communication, we were turning back. We were flying for 2 hours in the wrong direction. They don't know where to look. Edit
    • Ana~Lucia: They're out here in the jungle with no shoes, nothing in their pockets, no labels on their clothes. These people were here before us. We need to get off the beach. We need to find a safer place. Edit

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    • Religion: 40 Days On the 40th day anniversary since the crash, Ana Lucia breaks down, and Mr. Eko begins to talk again. Mr. Eko said he would pray for many things and perhaps this is when he will stop as 40 days has a very significant religious meaning, and he now gives up hope. The same goes for Ana Lucia, implying that she also has/had religious faith. Edit

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