Lost Episode Guide: 2.02 - “Adrift”
Adrift
Directed by Stephen Williams
Written by Steven Maeda and Leonard Dick
Michael-Centric
Synopsis:
Ocean
Sawyer, Michael, and Jin are swimming for their lives near the flaming remains of the raft. In the background Walt is screaming for help as he is being taken by the Others. Jin has been separated from the rest of the group and can only be heard. Sawyer finds Michael drowning and pulls him onto a piece of the wreckage. He discovers that Michael is unconscious and pounds on his chest in an attempt to resuscitate him.
Outside the Hatch
Locke is looking down into the Hatch, it is just after Kate was pulled in. The bright light shuts off and leaves Locke alone in the darkness, wondering if he should go after Kate. He decides to go after her and begins his descent into the Hatch.
Ocean
Sawyer continues to pound on Michael’s chest in a desperate effort to revive him. Sawyer gives up on pounding and gives Michael mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. It works and Michael chokes into consciousness. Michael immediately starts screaming and tries to go after Walt. Sawyer has to hold Michael down to stop him from swimming after the boat that took his son.
Flashback-Lawyer’s Office
Michael is talking to his lawyer. The lawyer tells him that Susan wants Michael to relinquish his rights as Walt’s father so that her boyfriend, Brian can adopt Walt. Susan also wants to move to Rome and take Walt with her. Michael wants to fight it, but the lawyer tells him that the legal battle would be like David and Goliath, and would be very expensive. Michael refuses to let Susan take his son and decides to fight it anyway.
Ocean
Michael continues to scream for Walt, though the boat that took him is no where to be seen. Sawyer tries to tell him that yelling won’t to any good and to save his energy, but Michael won’t give up.
Inside the Hatch
Locke enters the Hatch and searches for Kate. On his way in he notices a circuit box with a strange logo on it. The logo reads, "DHARMA" and has a picture of a swan. He enters the living area of the Hatch and cautiously investigates the room. He finds Kate, on the floor, just waking up from unconsciousness. Not a minute after he finds her, Desmond comes from behind and points a gun to his head. Apprehensively, Desmond asks Locke, "Are you him?"
Ocean
Michael has stopped yelling for Walt, but Sawyer has started yelling for Jin. Michael becomes angry and blames Sawyer for what happened to Walt. As they argue the wreckage they’re standing on begins to split. The bamboo stays together, but their brief feeling of relief stops, when they see that a shark is swimming around them. Michael once again blames Sawyer because of his bleeding shoulder. Sawyer becomes angry at Michael’s lack of gratitude, that Sawyer feels he’s owed for trying to save Walt, and swims off Michael’s wreckage raft to board his own.
Flashback-Conference Room
Michael and his lawyer are having a meeting with Susan and her lawyers to decide who gets custody of Walt. Susan’s clearly superior lawyers attack Michael’s history as a father, pointing out that he’s never been there for Walt in the past. Michael stands firm that he is Walt’s father.
Ocean
Despite Michael’s warnings against it, Sawyer removes the bullet in his shoulder with bare hands.
Inside the Hatch
Desmond repeats his question the Locke several times. Locke says that he is "him" but Desmond does not believe him, and decides to test him. He asks, "What did one snowman say to the other snowman?" Locke doesn’t know the answer and Desmond know that he’s not "him." He tells Kate to tie up Locke, but Locke convinces him that she’s the dangerous one not him. As Locke ties her, he slips a knife into her pocket, and Desmond tells Locke to lock her in the pantry.
The Caves
As Jack departs for the Hatch, Claire wonders aloud where he’s going. Charlie avoids the subject by making jokes, when Claire finds the virgin Mary statue in Charlie’s bag. Charlie says that it’s "a nice thing to have around," though secretly he keeps it because it is full of heroin.
Ocean
After thinking it over for several hours, Sawyer concludes that the Others destroyed the raft because they were looking for Walt, and that the whole incident is, in fact, Michael’s fault. At this Michael splashes Sawyer’s raft which destroyed it, force them once again to share the same piece of wreckage.
Flashback-Conference Room
Michael and Susan are meeting to discuss Walt again, this time with no lawyers. Susan admits that she thinks Michael will win the case and stop Susan from leaving the country. Susan asks Michael to think about what’s best for Walt, and give up the case.
Inside the Hatch
Kate struggles for a bit, but eventually succeeds in untying herself. She turns on the lights and discovers the wide array of food in the pantry. After hoarding a few Apollo Bars, she makes her way up a ventilation shaft. In the dining area, Locke is telling Desmond how he got to the Island, and the details of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. He tries to ask Desmond about the Hatch, but Desmond responds to all of Locke’s questions with questions of his own. Suddenly, the supermarket-esque beeping begins again. Desmond orders Locke to enter the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42 into the computer and press Execute. Hesitantly, Locke obeys, the beeping stops, and a timer resets to 108 minutes. Before Locke can ask about the strange procedure he has just done, Jack arrives in the Hatch. Desmond looks through his mirrors to see Jack, and when he sees that Jack has a gun he attempts to disorient him by playing "Make Your Own Kind of Music" extremely loud and shining the bright light at him. Kate can see Jack through her shaft and tries to yell to him, but it’s useless; he can’t hear over the music. The music stops and Desmond uses Locke as a hostage to try and get Jack to drop his gun. Desmond fires a warning shot to scare Jack, and it almost hits Kate. Jack once again makes the revelation that he has met the man holding a gun to Locke’s head, years before.
Ocean
Sawyer sees a piece of wreckage, that Michael identifies as one of the pontoons. Sawyer thinks that it will make a better raft than their current one, and tries to propel theirs towards it. The vines cannot handle the strain, however, and Sawyer’s half of the raft breaks off sending him into the ocean. Sawyer knows that if he tries to climb back onto the raft it will break. He decides to swim for the pontoon and hands Michael the gun telling him, "If you see that toothy son of bitch, you aim and squeeze, got it?" Sawyers attempt is slow and labored due to his injured shoulder. Michael sees the shark and tries to fire, but the gun doesn’t work. After a quick adjustment the gun works and he fires upon the shark several times. Michael can’t tell if Sawyer made it to the pontoon, and paddles after him. He did make it and Michael joins him on the pontoon.
Flashback-Park
Michael is sitting on a bench, with a gift. Susan walks up to him with a young Walt, it is clear that Michael agreed with Susan and relinquished his rights as Walt’s father. Michael gives the gift, a stuffed polar bear, to Walt. He doesn’t tell Walt that he is his father, but says, "Your daddy loves you very much, and I always will" He then says goodbye to Walt for what he thought was the last time.
Ocean
Michael claims that it was his fault that Walt got taken, and pledges to get him back. Sawyer’s sees that the current has brought them back to the Island and announces, "We’re home."
Beach
Michael and Sawyer stagger onto the beach as Jin comes running out of the jungle with his hands tied behind his back. He’s very panicky and keeps shouting, "Others!" When turn to see what he’s running from the see five shadowy figures approaching carrying make-shift weapons.
