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“Two for the Road”
Lost (TV series) episode
Ana Lucia discusses her problem with Michael
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 20
Written by	Elizabeth Sarnoff & Christina M. Kim
Directed by	Paul Edwards
Guest stars	John Terry (Dr. Christian Shepherd), Rachel Ticotin (Captain Teresa Cortez), Michael Emerson ("Henry Gale"/Benjamin Linus), Gabrielle Fitzpatrick (Lindsey)
Production no.	220
Original airdate	May 3, 2006
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"Two for the Road" is the 44th episode of Lost. It is the twentieth episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Paul Edwards, and written by Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim. It first aired on May 3, 2006 on ABC. The character of Ana Lucia Cortez is featured in the episode's flashbacks.

In flashbacks, Ana Lucia is shown in the morgue, viewing the body of the man she has killed. Her mother, also present, begins asking questions, and her daughter gives a half-hearted alibi, knowing full well how patently guilty she looks. Her mother then offers her help, which Ana Lucia declines; when she insists her daughter get help from somewhere, to respect her job, the younger officer quits.

Later, Ana Lucia is shown working as an airport security officer. In the bar, she meets Christian Shephard, Jack's father. The two commiserate, and the older man offers her work as his bodyguard in Sydney. The two decide to adopt false names for their relationship.Ana Lucia chooses 'Tom' (which happens to be the name of both Kate's childhood love and one of the Others), while Christian elects to call her 'Sarah' (the name of Jack's ex-wife).

In Sydney, Christian and Ana Lucia spend four days drinking, until Christian finally works up the nerve to visit a blonde woman in the suburbs, in the middle of the night. When they arrive at the home of the woman, Christian tells Ana Lucia to stay in the car. When Christian goes up and knocks on the woman's door, she opens it and a shouting match ensues: Christian tells the woman that he paid the mortgage on her house and that he has a right to see his daughter. Ana Lucia drags Christian away from the scene and they leave. Later, the two discuss what they are each running away from. Ana Lucia tries to encourage her friend to return to the States, but he refuses and heads for a bar instead, bumping into Sawyer in the process.

Later still, Ana Lucia is shown in the airport waiting in line with Jin, prior to boarding Oceanic flight 815. Jack is at the ticket counter, earnestly telling a woman about his need to get his father's dead body home as quickly as possible. Ana Lucia overhears and calls her mother to confess the reason she went to Australia was to escape her, since she knew what she'd done; her mother asks her to come home.

On the island, Ana Lucia is shown caring for Henry Gale. She asks him a question; when he whispers something, she leans in close, only to be attacked. While strangling her, he snarls, "You killed two of us." A struggle ensues and Henry explains that those two men were good people who meant the survivors no harm. As Henry is strangling Ana Lucia, Locke sneaks up from behind and knocks Henry unconscious with one of his crutches.

Jack and Kate bring Michael back to the hatch. Meanwhile, Hurley is asking Sayid about the radio: he hopes to impress Libby by imitating the protagonist of the movie Say Anything (who woos his love by holding up a boombox playing "In Your Eyes"). Sayid advises a picnic instead, and tells him about the beach where he took Shannon. Hurley and Libby set out for the picnic, but Hurley gets lost, and they wind up back where they started. Libby suggests they have a picnic right there, but Hurley forgot to bring blankets, or anything to drink. Libby says she will get the blankets if Hurley gets the wine. Hurley jokes that if he gets drunk, maybe he will remember where he knows her from. Libby looks worried and unsure about this suggestion, perhaps afraid that Hurley will realize that she too was at the mental institution.

Ana Lucia approaches Sawyer to get a gun. He laughs at her, and she attacks him. After a struggle, he overpowers her. They immediately start having sex, during which Ana Lucia quietly pulls the gun out of Sawyer's back pocket. Afterwards she quips that if Sawyer tells anyone, then she will kill him, Sawyer responds by saying, "What? Aren't you gonna give me your phone number?"

In the hatch, Locke asks a now tied-up Henry why he attacked Ana Lucia, but not him, when he was trapped under the blast door. Henry claims that his mission was to kidnap Locke, as he is one of the "good ones." But now that he has failed, either one of the survivors will kill him or one of his own people will kill him for failing. When Locke asks why they would kill him Henry responds that the man in charge is a genius but he does not tolerate failure.

Michael tells the assembled onlookers that he's found the Others. There are 22 of them, living squalid lives in canvas tents. They have a hatch of their own, with two armed guards. Michael believes Walt is being kept in the hatch and came back so he could get more people to rescue Walt. He tells them that he will lead them back there. Jack and Locke discuss this, then decide it is time to get the guns from Sawyer. Kate accompanies them; leaving Michael and Ana Lucia in the hatch. Sawyer is reading a manuscript, Bad Twin; Jack throws it into a fire, then points a gun at Sawyer, demanding to be taken to the guns. Sawyer then realizes that his gun is missing, and suspects Ana Lucia, who stole it from him after they had sex. Locke, suddenly realizing why she would do that, informs Jack about Henry attacking Ana Lucia.

Michael shoots Ana Lucia

Back in the hatch again, Ana Lucia gives Henry a knife and instructs him to free himself. He does, and she points a gun at him. Later, she is shown sitting morosely. Michael talks with her; she tells him about Henry, about how he tried to kill her, and how she couldn't bring herself to kill him. Michael offers to do the job for her, and she gives him the gun. Michael looks at the gun somberly, says, "I'm sorry," then shoots Ana Lucia, killing her. Libby walks in, holding the blankets she just retrieved; Michael, startled, shoots her twice as well, and she collapses. Michael then opens the door to Henry's cell. Henry stands and the two exchange meaningful glances; Michael then deliberately shoots himself in the shoulder.

• Although credited, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Eko Tunde), Emilie de Ravin (Claire Littleton), Yunjin Kim (Sun Kwon) and Dominic Monaghan (Charlie Pace) do not appear in this episode.

• This episode was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Drama for its writers Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim. However, they lost to Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer for writing the Pilot of Big Love.

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