Ep: 1.02 Pilot 2

WHAT WE LEARNED:

1. Shannon: terrible attitude, bitch, won't try.
   
2. Boone: Shannon's brother, tired of her attitude, tries to help.
   
3. Jin: controlling jerk.
4. Sun: Helpful, controlled by rat prick husband.
5. Sawyer: accuses Sayid of destroying plane; this guy has issues. Hoards passenger items. They will have trouble with him. They will have trouble with him.
   
6. Michael and Walt: Michael is controlling his son Walt. I don't like him. His son doesn't like him.
   
7. Sayid: Communications officer.
8. Claire: Pregnant.
9. Hurley: Incompetent.
10. French distress call has been operating for 16 years, likely without an answer.
    

Questions:

1. There is a strange, huge thing on the island that kills people. What is it?