...the trigger-happy harpy aka Ana-Lucia aka my former hope for a strong woman on this show?

Should the Lostaways accept her explanation that it was just a big misunderstanding ("The blonde girl looked EXACTLY like a polar bear!") with a casual "bygones" and welcome her into the camp?

Should they put Ana on trial?

Should they let Sayid put a bullet in her brain?

Should they stake her out for the security system?

Should they banish her into the jungle of doom?

Give her permanent button-pushing and laundry duty in the hatch?

What?

I feel sorry for her. It's really a tragic development. She's clearly so desperate to protect her group, and it was just a terrible accident. That doesn't make it forgivable or anything: I'm just saying I'd hate to be in her position. Good twist; I'm sad now. :(

I know it was a misunderstanding...but why did she have to do that?!?!?!?!?!

Ditto to Hallie.

Put her on trial for what? Trying to protect the others? Shooting what she thought was approaching danger as the voices of the Others surrounded them and the environment was barely visible? Please....if anything happens to her then Locke should be held responsible for Boone dying and Charlie should be responsible for Claire having been kidnapped....Ana reacted in a shot or be killed way....and just think....had that actually been an Other and she hadn't shot....they would ALL be dead.

If one of my group had just disappeared and someone was coming out of the jungle at me ,I would have shot them. I can give whoever shot Shannon a bit of understanding in that regard.

She should have been completely 100% sure who she was shooting. No excuse. I don't care what she's been through. Oh yeah, Locke IS responsible for Boone's death.

I say all of the above. :-D

I actually agree with all of the above that it was a tragic accident (in the classic sense of the word tragic, caused by Ana's hubris). However, I don't know that self-defense would be an adequate excuse in a court of law; shooting first and asking questions afterward, especially when you've got exactly one bullet to protect eight people, are not really a good idea.

But I'm more concerned at how the lostaways as a group are going to react. Whether Ana is legally/morally culpable or not, I know that if I was stranded on Mystery Frickin' Island (RIP Shannon--now all the nicknaming is Sawyer's job), and my first introduction to a new person was that she had shot dead one of OUR group, I'd be very very wary about welcoming her to the campfire...

Okay... just to throw a monkey-wrench in here...

Why take what you saw last night at face value? Have you ever known the writers of this show to NOT mess with our heads? Don't be so sure that what you THINK you saw is what really happened. :)

Amen, rvarzea!

I don't think they SHOULD do anything except make sure she doesn't get her hands on any of THEIR guns. The one she took from Sawyer only had one bullet left.

rvarzea good point, the promo said one of them would be lost forever, well the stewardess certainly seems "lost forever"

rvarzea good point, the promo said one of them would be lost forever, well the stewardess certainly seems "lost forever"

Very true.

I bet at the end of next episode, after seeing the struggles of the Tail people, we get treated (as an extended bonus) to the Shannon shooting scene, viewed from the Tailaway group--proving that Ana didn't fire a shot!

Hmm... Ana not firing a shot... We saw her holding the discharged pistol and pointing it toward Shannon. That gun HAD been shot. They don't sit open like her's was unless all the rounds have been discharged. So, if she didn't shoot Shannon, she must have shot someone (an Other) that was behind her and to the right or left that neither Shannon nor Sayid nor us saw... But then who shot Shannon? I'm pretty sure it was AL...

What I think the should ALL do, is get those weapons from the hatch and go hunt down those "unstoppable" others that drag people into the forest without leaving tracks. Damn whisperers and clouds of smoke... not leaving trails. A little more dynamite oughta do some good, too.

Still don't think for sure that it was Ana... I think she shot at SOMETHING... but not Shannon. Seems to "cut and dry" for a Lost episode like this to just have Ana have shot Shannon.

Hmm.. Ana not firing a shot... That gun she was holding HAD been shot. They don't sit open like that until the last round is discharged. Maybe she didn't shoot Shannon... maybe she shot an Other that was behind her to the left or right... But then who shot Shannon? Either way, the gun she was holding had been shot. She will not get a warm welcome at the Lostaway's camp - if she makes it there. I bet the next part of that scene that we see is Sayid jumping up and bum-rushing her since he knows the gun is empty.

Either way - I think that once they get back to camp, and whether they give Ana one or not, they should grab the guns and go hunt down those "unstoppable" Others. Damn whisperers and clouds of smoke... A little more dynamite oughta do cut that crap out...


ETA: Psssha - It said my other post didn't go through and I sat here for an extra 5 minutes trying to remember what I typed just to see that it had posted...

I vote for button pushing duty! We sure haven't seen anyone doing it for a while.

I don't think they SHOULD do anything except make sure she doesn't get her hands on any of THEIR guns. The one she took from Sawyer only had one bullet left.

Exactly. If she did indeed shoot Shannon. (And I kind of hope it WAS her, I'd like THAT part of the show to be able to be taken at face value, would be nice to have 1% of the show be what it is.) She knows there are other survivors on the island.

For AL, a strong woman who has cast herself as a leader to have to deal with the shame of shooting someone inoocent, and having people look down on her for doing it... that would be a VERY interesting story, at least for me.

I agree with JenC - it would make an interesting story. I think that is where the writers are taking us.

So who is going to stop Sayid from offing Ana before they even get to camp? Michael by persuation? Mr Eko by force? Sayid by force of his superior morality & desire to see Ana stand trail?

Will they punish her the same way Charlie was punished for shooting another person - pair her off with a hottie? Er wait maybe they forgave Charlie for shooting an outsider and Sawyer for shooting a death bed patient and Locke for helping Boone take a nose dive. Gonna be fun to watch and see who casts stones at Ana-Lucia.

it wasn't Ana. Take a good look at the scene. Gunshot...Sayid catches falling Shannon...cut to Ana and gun....cut back to Sayid looking at whodunit with YES, a "person" standing there with something in left hand, NOT a gun (more like an axe or spear.

I have a feeling that the upcoming episode about the tail end passengers is going to change a lot of people's perspectives on AL. It is pretty obvious that she is the "leader" for a reason's. I can't help but think that if we didn't know of the events that had taken place that lead to Jack being put in a "leader" role we wouldn't be such a fan of him either. I also can't blame AL if it does turn out that she shot Shannon.. AL was told the other survivors were camped out on a Beach, Shannon was running around the jungle like a crazy person

I wonder if she shot at ghost walt.

it wasn't Ana. Take a good look at the scene. Gunshot...Sayid catches falling Shannon...cut to Ana and gun....cut back to Sayid looking at whodunit with YES, a "person" standing there with something in left hand, NOT a gun (more like an axe or spear.Gunshot...Sayid catches Shannon .. Cut to Ana holding just fired gun .. Back to Sayid holding Shannon with partial view of Ana as she has lowered her gun note her staff on left side & lack of sleeve to confirm it is her .. view of shocked looks on those behind Ana as they see what she has done to Shannon.:biggrin:
I also can't blame AL if it does turn out that she shot Shannon.. AL was told the other survivors were camped out on a Beach, Shannon was running around the jungle like a crazy person Ana and her entire group as well as Shannon & Sayid were running through the jungle like crazy people.

It will all depend on who gets to make the decision on Ana's fate, and that bodes well for her. Eko, Michael and Jin should be able to hold back Sayid in the heat of the moment, and then he'll be deemed too emotionally involved to judge Ana. Kate will certainly be sympathetic to Ana's crime (she may have done the same thing herself for all we know). Jack will be more interested in getting information out of Ana he can use to help the group survive than punishing her. And Locke will chide anyone bent on vengeance that they're being distracted from the big picture and could stand much to gain by joining forces with the tailies.

In a New York Time article that ran the day of the season 2 premiere, the author accompanied the exec. producers to the writers room as they mapped out the script for episode 8 using a working theme of "forgiveness."

About the killer

On the official lost podcast on abc.com they do confirm ana lucia was the killer and shannon did die. It sets up a tension between the two groups. Think that shold clear things up. I'm certainly relieved it wasn't a soap opera ending to it like some on here suggested