While the season 2 premiere is not a bad episode by a long shot, it loses a lot of the brownie points, the goodwill and the tension built up by the previous story though it’s incredibly slow pace and near-complete failure to build on the mysteries and cliffhangers.
For a quick refresh on the episode, I suggest you check out Lostiepdia’s excellent Wiki page.
What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?!? 