Lost
Through the Looking Glass (2)
TV Flash files “Through the Looking Glass (2)” as a desk essential hour — Lost (2004–2010) on ABC, season 3, episode 23, aired 2007-05-23, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E23: listed hour 72 of 121 in the Lost guide, last listed hour of season 3. It aired 2007-05-23 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Through the Looking Glass (1)” (S03E22). Next is “The Beginning of the End” (S04E01).
Essential hour: “Through the Looking Glass (2)”. Looking Glass night, part two: the structure bomb that made Monday a security issue.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ben confronts Jack, claiming that Naomi is not who she seems. Meanwhile, Sawyer and Juliet try to come up with a plan to rescue the hostages at the beach. Inside the Looking Glass, Charlie and Desmond struggle to finish the mission at the underwater station.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Through the Looking Glass (2) sit in the Lost guide?
S03E23 is listed hour 72 of 121 — last listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 23.
When did Lost S03E23 air?
Through the Looking Glass (2) aired 2007-05-23 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start Lost?
The two-part Pilot, in order. Season one is the conversion machine. Do not wiki ahead; the show is people first, puzzle second.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Come for the crash, stay for the forum culture it invented. Lost is the last network show that could make a weeknight a national group chat — flashbacks as character, mystery as weather. The ending still starts fights; season one still converts skeptics who swear they “don’t do mythology.”
So about last night’s thread: someone said the island “made sense if you paid attention,” someone else posted a hatch diagram from 2006, and a third person is still mad about the church. Welcome to Lost, the last network show that could turn Wednesday into a national group chat. I said spoiler-free. I meant no nuclear dumps without a fence. The crash is public. The rest is a treaty.
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