"The 23rd Psalm" is the tenth episode of the second season of Lost and the thirty-fifth episode overall. It was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for writers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof. The episode was directed by Matt Earl Beesley. It first aired on January 11, 2006 on ABC. The character of Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) is featured in the episode's flashbacks.
Nigerian guerrillas are seen in a small...
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"The 23rd Psalm" is the tenth episode of the second season of Lost and the thirty-fifth episode overall. It was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for writers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof. The episode was directed by Matt Earl Beesley. It first aired on January 11, 2006 on ABC. The character of Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) is featured in the episode's flashbacks.
Nigerian guerrillas are seen in a small village, where they grab a young boy from the crowd and try to force him to shoot an old man. The boy hesitates and his older brother, Eko, quickly takes the gun and shoots the man himself, thus saving his brother from the act. The guerrillas are pleased with this, and force him to join their group. Eko's Christian cross is torn from his neck by the leader, who says, "You won't need that anymore." Eko's younger brother picks up the cross as Eko rides away into the distance. Many years later, Eko has become a powerful warlord in Nigeria. He...
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