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Lost (TV series)

January 07, 2023

For other uses, see Lost (game show) and Lost (South Korean TV series).

Lost is an American science fiction drama television series created by Jeffrey Lieber, J. J. Abrams, and Damon Lindelof that aired on ABC from September 22, 2004, to May 23, 2010, over six seasons, comprising a total of 121 episodes. The show contains elements of supernatural fiction, and follows the survivors of a commercial jet airliner flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, after the plane crashes on a mysterious island somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean. Episodes typically feature a primary storyline set on the island, augmented by flashback or flashforward sequences which provide additional insight into the involved characters.

Lost
Genre
Created by
Starring
ComposerMichael Giacchino
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes121 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Production locationsOahu, Hawaii
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time40–50 minutes
Production companies
Distributor
Release
Original networkABC
Audio formatDolby Digital 5.1
Original releaseSeptember 22, 2004 (2004-09-22) –
May 23, 2010 (2010-05-23)

Lindelof and Carlton Cuse serve as showrunners and are executive producers along with Abrams and Bryan Burk. Inspired by the 2000 Tom Hanks film Cast Away,[1] the show is told in a heavily serialized manner. Due to its large ensemble cast and the cost of filming primarily on location in Oahu, Hawaii, the series was one of the most expensive on television, with the pilot alone costing over $14 million.[2] The fictional universe and mythology of Lost were expanded upon by a number of related media, most importantly, a series of short mini-episodes called Missing Pieces, and a 12-minute epilogue titled "The New Man in Charge".

Lost has regularly been ranked by critics as one of the greatest television series of all time.[3][4][5] The first season had an estimated average of 16 million viewers per episode on ABC.[6] During its sixth and final season, the show averaged over 11 million U.S. viewers per episode. Lost was the recipient of hundreds of industry award nominations throughout its run and won numerous of these awards, including the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2005,[7] Best American Import at the British Academy Television Awards in 2005, the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama in 2006, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Episodes

Overview

Main article: List of Lost episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedAvg. viewers
(millions)		Rank
First airedLast aired
125September 22, 2004 (2004-09-22)May 25, 2005 (2005-05-25)15.6915[8]
224September 21, 2005 (2005-09-21)May 24, 2006 (2006-05-24)15.5015[9]
323October 4, 2006 (2006-10-04)May 23, 2007 (2007-05-23)17.8410[10]
414January 31, 2008 (2008-01-31)May 29, 2008 (2008-05-29)13.4017[11]
517January 21, 2009 (2009-01-21)May 13, 2009 (2009-05-13)10.9428[12]
618February 2, 2010 (2010-02-02)May 23, 2010 (2010-05-23)10.0831[13]

Season 1

Main article: Lost (season 1)

Season 1 begins with the aftermath of a plane crash, which leaves the surviving passengers of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 on what seems to be an uninhabited tropical island. Jack Shephard, a spinal surgeon, becomes their leader. Their survival is threatened by a number of mysterious entities, including polar bears, an unseen creature that roams the jungle (the "Smoke Monster"), and the island's malevolent inhabitants known as "The Others". They encounter a French woman named Danielle Rousseau, who was shipwrecked on the island 16 years before the main story and is desperate for news of her daughter, Alex. They also find a mysterious metal hatch buried in the ground. While two survivors, Locke and Boone, try to force the hatch open, four others, Michael, Jin, Walt, and Sawyer attempt to leave on a raft that they have built. Meanwhile, flashbacks center on details of the individual survivors' lives prior to the plane crash.

Season 2

Main article: Lost (season 2)

Season 2 follows the growing conflict between the survivors and the Others and continues the theme of the clash between faith and science, while resolving old mysteries and posing new ones. The four survivors in the raft are ambushed by the Others, and they take Walt, Michael's son. The survivors are forced to return to the island, where they find the tail-section survivors (the "Tailies"). A power struggle between Jack and John Locke over control of the guns and medicine located in the hatch develops, resolved in "The Long Con" by Sawyer when he gains control of them. The hatch is revealed to be a research station built some thirty years earlier by the Dharma Initiative, a scientific research project that involved conducting experiments on the island. A man named Desmond Hume had been living in the hatch for three years, activating a computer program every 108 minutes to prevent an unknown catastrophic event from occurring. To recover his son, Michael betrays the survivors, and Jack, Sawyer, and Kate are captured. Michael is given a boat and leaves the island with his son, while John destroys the computer in the hatch, whereupon an electromagnetic event shakes the island. This causes the island to be detected by scientists working for Penelope Widmore, and it is revealed that a similar event caused the breakup of the plane.

Season 3

Main article: Lost (season 3)

In Season 3, the crash survivors learn more about the Others and their long history on the mysterious island, along with the fate of the Dharma Initiative. The leader of the Others, Benjamin Linus, is introduced as well and defections from both sides pave the way for conflict between the two. Time travel elements also begin to appear in the series, as Desmond is forced to turn the fail-safe key in the hatch to stop the electromagnetic event, and this sends his mind eight years to the past. When he returns to the present, he is able to see the future. Kate and Sawyer escape the Others, while Jack stays after Ben promises that Jack will be able to leave the island in a submarine if he operates on Ben, who has cancer. Jack does, but the submarine is destroyed by John. Jack is left behind with Juliet, an Other, who also seeks to leave the island, while John joins the Others. A helicopter carrying Naomi crashes near the island. Naomi says her freighter, Kahana, is near and was sent by Penelope Widmore, Desmond's ex-girlfriend. Desmond has a vision in which Charlie will drown after shutting down a signal that prevents communication with the exterior world. His vision comes true, but Charlie speaks with Penelope, who says she does not know any Naomi. Before drowning, Charlie writes on his hand "Not Penny's Boat" so Desmond can read it. Meanwhile, the survivors make contact with a rescue team aboard the freighter. In the season's finale, apparent flashbacks show a depressed Jack going to an unknown person's funeral. In the final scene, these are revealed to be "flash forwards", and Kate and Jack are revealed to have escaped the island. Jack, however, is desperate to go back.

Season 4

Main article: Lost (season 4)

Season 4 focuses on the survivors dealing with the arrival of people from the freighter, who have been sent to the island to reclaim it from Benjamin. "Flash forwards" continue, in which it is seen how six survivors, dubbed the "Oceanic Six", live their lives after escaping the island. The "Oceanic Six" are Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid, Sun, and Aaron. In the present, four members of the freighter arrive and team up with the survivors to escape the island, since the crew of the freighter have orders to kill everyone who stays.

Meanwhile, Ben travels with John to see Jacob, the island's leader. John enters his house but finds Jack's dead father, Christian, who says he can speak on Jacob's behalf, and orders John to "move" the island. Ben takes John to an underground station in which time travel was researched. John becomes the new leader of the Others, while Ben moves the island by turning a giant frozen wheel, after which he is transported to the Sahara. The six survivors escape in a helicopter as they watch the island disappear and are subsequently rescued by Penelope. It is then, that Desmond and Penelope reunite for the first time in a long while.

In the season finale, it is revealed that the funeral Jack went to in the "flash forwards" was that of John Locke, who had been seeking out the Oceanic Six in his efforts to convince them to return to the island.

Season 5

Main article: Lost (season 5)

Season 5 follows two timelines. The first timeline takes place on the island where the survivors who were left behind erratically jump forward and backward through time. In one of these time periods, John speaks with Richard Alpert, one of the Others, who says that to save the island, he must bring everyone back. John goes to the same underground station Ben went to. After moving the wheel himself, John is transported to the Sahara in 2007, as the time shifts on the island stop and the survivors are stranded with the Dharma Initiative in 1974. In 2007, John contacts the Oceanic Six, but no one wants to return. The last one of the Oceanic Six he finds is a depressed Jack. John tells Jack his father is alive on the island. This seriously affects Jack, and he begins taking flights, hoping to crash on the island again. Ben finds John and kills him. After John's death, the Oceanic Six are told to board the Ajira Airways Flight 316 to return to the island and in order to go back, they have to take John Locke's body in the plane. They take the flight, but some land in 1977, where they meet with the other survivors who are now part of the Dharma Initiative, and others land in 2007. The survivors in 1977 are told by Daniel Faraday that if they detonate a nuclear bomb at the hatch's construction site, the electromagnetic energy below it will be negated; as a result, the hatch would never be built and their future could be changed. In 2007, John Locke apparently comes back to life. He instructs Richard Alpert to speak with a time-traveling John and tell him that he must bring everyone back to the island. After this, he goes to speak with Jacob. The season finale reveals that John Locke is still dead and another entity has taken over his form to manipulate Ben into killing Jacob. In 1977, Juliet detonates the fission core taken from the hydrogen bomb.

Season 6

Main article: Lost (season 6)

Season 6, the final season, follows two timelines. In the first timeline, the survivors are sent to the present day, as the death of Jacob allows his brother, the Man in Black, the human alter-ego of the Smoke Monster, to take over the island. Having assumed the form of John Locke, the Smoke Monster seeks to escape the island and forces a final war between the forces of good and evil.

The second timeline, called the "flash-sideways" narrative, follows the lives of the main characters in a setting where Oceanic 815 never crashed, though additional changes are revealed as other characters are shown living completely different lives than they did. In the final episodes, a flashback to the distant past shows the origins of the island's power and of the conflict between Jacob and the Man in Black, who are revealed to be twin brothers, with Jacob desperate to keep his brother from leaving the island after he is transmogrified by the power of the island and becomes the Smoke Monster.

In this season, Jacob's machinations are revealed: everyone was pushed by fate and his manipulation to be on the Oceanic flight as many of the members of the flight were deemed "candidates" by Jacob to be the new protector of the island after his passing. The Man in Black's mission since the beginning of the series: kill all of the candidates, thereby allowing him to leave the island once and for all. The ghost of Jacob appears to the last-of-the-surviving candidates, and Jack is appointed as the new protector. Jack catches up with The Man In Black, who says that he wants to go to the "heart of the island" to turn it off and, therefore, finally leave the island. They reach the place, but after doing this, The Man In Black becomes mortal. The Man In Black is killed by Kate, but Jack is seriously injured. Hurley, one of the survivors, becomes the new caretaker of the island. Several of the survivors die in the conflict or stay on the island, and the remaining escape in the Ajira Plane once and for all. Jack returns to the "heart of the island" and turns it on again, saving it. Hurley, as the new protector, asks Ben to help him in his new job, which he agrees to do. Having saved the island, Jack dies peacefully in the same place in which he woke up when he arrived on the island.

The series finale reveals that the flash-sideways timeline is actually a form of limbo in the afterlife, where some of the survivors and other characters from the island are reunited after death. In the last scene, the survivors are all reunited in a church where they "move on" together.

Mythology and interpretations

Main article: Mythology of Lost

Episodes of Lost include a number of mysterious elements ascribed to science fiction or supernatural phenomena. The creators of the series refer to these elements as composing the mythology of the series, and they formed the basis of fan speculation.[14] The show's mythological elements include a "Smoke Monster" that roams the island, a mysterious group of inhabitants whom the survivors called "The Others", a scientific organization called the Dharma Initiative that placed several research stations on the island, a sequence of numbers that frequently appears in the lives of the characters in the past, present, and future, and personal connections (synchronicity) between the characters of which they are often unaware.

At the heart of the series is a complex and cryptic storyline, which spawned numerous questions and discussions among viewers.[15] Encouraged by Lost's writers and stars, who often interacted with fans online, viewers and TV critics alike took to widespread theorizing in an attempt to unravel the mysteries. Theories mainly concerned the nature of the island, the origins of the "Monster" and the "Others", the meaning of the numbers, and the reasons for both the crash and the survival of some passengers.[15] Several of the more common fan theories were discussed and rejected by the show's creators, the most common being that the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 are dead and in purgatory. Lindelof rejected speculation that spaceships or aliens influenced the events on the island or that everything seen was a fictional reality taking place in someone's mind. Carlton Cuse dismissed the theory that the island was a reality TV show and the castaways unwitting housemates,[16] and Lindelof many times denied the theory that the "Monster" was a nanobot cloud similar to the one featured in Michael Crichton's novel Prey (which happened to share the protagonist's name, Jack).[17]

Recurring elements

There are several recurring elements and motifs on Lost, which generally have no direct effect on the story itself but expand the show's literary and philosophical subtext. These elements include frequent appearances of black and white, which reflect the dualism within characters and situations; as well as rebellion in almost all characters, especially Kate;[18] dysfunctional family situations (especially ones that revolve around the fathers of many characters), as portrayed in the lives of nearly all the main characters;[19] apocalyptic references, including Desmond's pushing the button to forestall the end of the world; coincidence versus fate, revealed most apparently through the juxtaposition of the characters Locke and Mr. Eko; conflict between science and faith, embodied by the leadership tug-of-war between Jack and Locke and their stark disagreements on subjects such as the hatch, the button, and leaving the island;[20] the struggle between good and evil, shown by the relationship between Jacob and the Man in Black, several times by Locke using symbols such as his backgammon set, also the white and black rocks that the Man in Black referred to as an "inside joke"; and references to numerous works of literature, including mentions and discussions of particular novels.[21] One notable reference to a novel is John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, usually when Sawyer is seen reading it or referencing it. There are also many allusions in characters' names to famous historical thinkers and writers, such as Ben Linus (after chemist Linus Pauling), John Locke (after the philosopher) and his alias Jeremy Bentham (after the philosopher), Danielle Rousseau (after philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau), Desmond David Hume (after philosopher David Hume), Juliet's ex-husband (after philosopher Edmund Burke), Mikhail Bakunin (after the anarchist philosopher), Daniel Faraday (after physicist Michael Faraday), Eloise Hawking (after physicist Stephen Hawking), George Minkowski (after mathematician Hermann Minkowski), Richard Alpert (the birth name of spiritual teacher Ram Dass), Boone Carlyle (after pioneer Daniel Boone and philosopher Thomas Carlyle), and Charlotte Staples Lewis (after author Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis).[22]

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Lost characters

Of the 324 people on board Oceanic Flight 815,[23] there are 70 initial survivors (as well as one dog) spread across the three sections of the plane crash.[24][25][26] Although a large cast made Lost more expensive to produce, the writers benefited from added flexibility in story decisions.[27] According to series executive producer Bryan Burk, "You can have more interactions between characters and create more diverse characters, more back stories, more love triangles."[27]

Lost was planned as a multicultural show with an international cast. The initial season had 14 regular speaking roles that received star billing. Matthew Fox played the protagonist, a troubled surgeon named Jack Shephard. Evangeline Lilly portrayed fugitive Kate Austen. Jorge Garcia played Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, an unlucky lottery winner. Josh Holloway played a con man, James "Sawyer" Ford. Ian Somerhalder played Boone Carlyle, chief operating officer of his mother's wedding business. Maggie Grace played his stepsister Shannon Rutherford, a former dance teacher. Harold Perrineau portrayed construction worker and aspiring artist Michael Dawson, while Malcolm David Kelley played his young son, Walt Lloyd. Terry O'Quinn played the mysterious John Locke. Naveen Andrews portrayed former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid Jarrah. Emilie de Ravin played a young Australian mother-to-be, Claire Littleton. Yunjin Kim played Sun-Hwa Kwon, the daughter of a powerful and incredibly wealthy Korean businessman and mobster, with Daniel Dae Kim as her husband and father's enforcer Jin-Soo Kwon. Dominic Monaghan played English ex-rock star drug addict Charlie Pace.

Seasons 1 and 2

During the first two seasons, some characters were written out, while new characters with new stories were added.[28][29] Boone Carlyle was written out near the end of season one,[30] and Walt became an intermittent character, making occasional appearances throughout season two after he is captured by The Others in the season one finale. Shannon's departure eight episodes into season two made way for newcomers Mr. Eko, a former Nigerian militia leader and fake Catholic priest played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje; Ana Lucia Cortez, an airport TSA guard and former LAPD police officer played by Michelle Rodriguez; and Libby Smith, a purported clinical psychologist and formerly mentally ill woman portrayed by Cynthia Watros. Ana Lucia and Libby were written out of the series toward the end of season two after being shot by Michael, who then left the island along with his son.[31]

Seasons 3 and 4

In season three, two actors were promoted from recurring to starring roles: Henry Ian Cusick as former Scottish soldier Desmond Hume; and Michael Emerson as the manipulative leader of the Others, Ben Linus. In addition, three new actors joined the regular cast: Elizabeth Mitchell, as fertility doctor and Other Juliet Burke; and Kiele Sanchez and Rodrigo Santoro as background survivor couple Nikki Fernandez and Paulo. Several characters died in the season: Eko was killed off when Akinnuoye-Agbaje did not wish to continue on the show,[32][33] Nikki and Paulo were buried alive mid-season after poor fan response,[34] and in the third-season finale, Charlie dies a hero.

In season four, Harold Perrineau rejoined the main cast to reprise the role of Michael, now suicidal and on a desperate redemptive journey to atone for his previous crimes.[35] Along with Perrineau, additional new actors—Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, a nervous physicist who takes a scientific interest in the island; Ken Leung as Miles Straume, a sarcastic supposed ghost whisperer; and Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Staples Lewis, a hard-headed and determined anthropologist and successful academic—joined the cast.[36] Michael was written out in the fourth-season finale.[37] Claire, who mysteriously disappears with her dead father near the end of the season, did not return as a series regular for the fifth season but returned for the sixth and final season.[38]

Seasons 5 and 6

In season five, no new characters joined the main cast; however, several characters exited the show: Charlotte was written out early in the season in episode five, with Daniel being written out later in the antepenultimate episode. Season six saw several cast changes: Juliet was written out in the season premiere while three previous recurring characters were upgraded to starring status.[39] These included Néstor Carbonell as mysterious, age-less Other Richard Alpert; Jeff Fahey as pilot Frank Lapidus;[40] and Zuleikha Robinson as Ajira Airways Flight 316 survivor Ilana Verdansky. Additionally, former cast members Ian Somerhalder, Dominic Monaghan, Rebecca Mader, Jeremy Davies, Elizabeth Mitchell, Maggie Grace,[41] Michelle Rodriguez,[42] Harold Perrineau, and Cynthia Watros[43] made return appearances.

Supporting characters

Numerous supporting characters have been given expansive and recurring appearances in the progressive storyline. Danielle Rousseau (Mira Furlan)—a French member of an earlier scientific expedition to the island, first encountered as a voice recording in the pilot episode—appears throughout the series. She is searching for her daughter, who later turns up in the form of Alex Rousseau (Tania Raymonde). Alex has been kidnapped by Ben Linus and brought to the Others where she was raised. Cindy (Kimberley Joseph), an Oceanic flight attendant who first appeared in the pilot, survived the crash and, subsequently, became one of the Others.

In the second season, married couple Rose Nadler (L. Scott Caldwell) and Bernard Nadler (Sam Anderson), separated on opposite sides of the island (she with the main characters, he with the tail section survivors), were featured in a flashback episode after being reunited. The second season also introduces Dr. Pierre Chang (Francois Chau), a member of the mysterious Dharma Initiative who appears in the orientation films for its numerous stations located throughout the island. Corporate magnate Charles Widmore (Alan Dale) has connections to both Ben and Desmond. Desmond is in love with Widmore's daughter Penelope "Penny" Widmore (Sonya Walger).

Eloise Hawking (Fionnula Flanagan), introduced in the third season, is Daniel Faraday's mother and also has connections with Desmond. The introduction of the Others featured Tom Friendly (M. C. Gainey), and Ethan Rom (William Mapother), all of whom have been shown in both flashbacks and the ongoing story. Jack's father Christian Shephard (John Terry) has appeared in multiple flashbacks of various characters. In the third season, Naomi Dorrit (Marsha Thomason), the team leader of a group hired by Widmore to find Ben Linus, parachutes onto the island. One member of her team includes the ruthless mercenary Martin Keamy (Kevin Durand).

In the finale episode "The End", recurring guest stars Sam Anderson; L. Scott Caldwell; Francois Chau; Fionnula Flanagan; Sonya Walger; and John Terry were credited under the "starring" rubric alongside the principal cast. The mysterious black smoke cloud-like entity, known as "the Monster", appeared in human form during season five and six as a middle-aged man dressed in black robes, who was played by Titus Welliver, and in season six, it appears in the form of John Locke played by O'Quinn in a dual role. His rival, Jacob, was played by Mark Pellegrino.

Production

 
Damon Lindelof (left) co-created the series and served as an executive producer and showrunner alongside Carlton Cuse (right).

Lost was produced by ABC Studios, Bad Robot Productions, and Grass Skirt Productions. Throughout its run, the executive producers of the series were Damon Lindelof, J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Carlton Cuse, Jack Bender, Jeff Pinkner, Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Jean Higgins, and Elizabeth Sarnoff, with Lindelof and Cuse serving as showrunners.[39]

Conception

The series was conceived by Lloyd Braun, head of ABC at the time, while he was on vacation in Hawaii during 2003 as a television adaptation of the 2000 Tom Hanks film Cast Away, crossed with elements of the popular reality show Survivor.[44] Braun later pitched his ideas for Cast Away – The Series at the network's gathering of executives at the Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa in Anaheim, California, describing the concept as "parts Cast Away, Survivor, and Gilligan's Island, with a Lord of the Flies element."[45] Many found the idea laughable, but senior vice president Thom Sherman saw potential and decided to order an initial script from Spelling Television. Spelling producer Ted Gold turned to writer Jeffrey Lieber, who presented a pitch to ABC in September 2003 titled Nowhere, which Sherman approved. Unhappy with the eventual script by Lieber and a subsequent rewrite, in January 2004, Braun contacted J. J. Abrams, who had developed the TV series Alias for ABC, to write a new pilot script. Lieber would later receive a story credit for the Lost pilot and, subsequently, shared the "created by" credit with Abrams and Lindelof, after a request for arbitration at the Writers Guild of America.[1] The one inviolable edict Braun made to Abrams was that the show's title must be Lost, having conceived of the title and being angry at its change to Nowhere by Lieber.[46]

Although initially hesitant, Abrams warmed to the idea on the condition that the series would have a supernatural angle to it and if he had a writing partner.[44][47] ABC executive Heather Kadin sent him Damon Lindelof, who had long intended to meet Abrams as he wished to write for Alias.[48] Together, Abrams and Lindelof created the series' style and characters and also wrote a series bible that conceived and detailed the major mythological ideas and plot points for an ideal four-to-five-season run for the show.[49][50] The novel idea of a story arc spanning several years was inspired by Babylon 5.[51] Because ABC felt that Alias was too serialized, Lindelof and Abrams assured the network in the bible that the show would be self-contained: "We promise ... that [each episode] requires NO knowledge of the episode(s) that preceded it ... there is no 'Ultimate Mystery' which requires solving." While such statements contradicted their true plans, the ruse succeeded in persuading ABC to purchase the show.[52] The game Myst, also set in a tropical island, was noted as an influence by Lindelof, as in its narrative, "No one told you what the rules were. You just had to walk around and explore these environments and gradually a story was told."[53]

Abrams created the sound opening of the show and its title card being inspired by The Twilight Zone.[54][55] He withdrew from production of Lost partway through the first season to direct Mission: Impossible III,[56] leaving Lindelof and new executive producer Carlton Cuse to develop much of the overall mythology of the series themselves.[57] However, Abrams briefly returned to help co-write the third-season premiere along with Lindelof. The development of the show was constrained by tight deadlines, as it had been commissioned late in the 2004 season's development cycle. Despite the short schedule, the creative team remained flexible enough to modify or create characters to fit actors they wished to cast.[58]

Lost's two-part pilot episode was the most expensive in the network's history, reportedly costing between US$10 and $14 million,[59] compared to the average cost of an hour-long pilot in 2005 of $4 million.[60] The world premiere of the pilot episode was on July 24, 2004, at San Diego Comic-Con.[61] ABC's parent company Disney fired Braun before Lost's broadcast debut, partly because of low ratings at the network and also because he had greenlighted such an expensive and risky project.[47] The series debuted on September 22, 2004, becoming one of the biggest critical and commercial successes of the 2004 television season. Along with fellow new series Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy, Lost helped to reverse the flagging fortunes of ABC,[62] and its great success likely caused the network to ignore that the show almost immediately broke Lindelof and Abrams' promises to it regarding Lost's plots.[52]

Casting

Many of the first season roles were a result of the executive producers' liking of various actors. The main character Jack was going to die in the pilot, and the role was planned for Michael Keaton. However, ABC executives were adamant that Jack live.[63] Before it was decided that Jack would live, Kate was to emerge as the leader of the survivors; she was conceived as a middle-aged businesswoman whose husband had apparently died in the crash, a role later fulfilled by the recurring character Rose. Dominic Monaghan auditioned for the role of Sawyer, who at the time was supposed to be a slick suit-wearing city con man. The producers enjoyed Monaghan's performance and changed the character of Charlie, an over-the-hill former rock star, to fit him. Jorge Garcia also auditioned for Sawyer, and the part of Hurley was written for him. When Josh Holloway auditioned for Sawyer, the producers liked the edge he brought to the character (he reportedly kicked a chair when he forgot his lines and got angry in the audition) and his southern accent, so they changed Sawyer to fit Holloway's acting. Yunjin Kim auditioned for Kate, but the producers wrote the character of Sun for her and the character of Jin, portrayed by Daniel Dae Kim, to be her husband. Sayid, played by Naveen Andrews, was also not in the original script. Locke and Michael were written with their actors in mind. Emilie de Ravin, who played Claire, was cast in what was supposed to be a recurring role.[63] In the second season, Michael Emerson was contracted to play Ben ("Henry Gale") for three episodes. His role was extended to eight episodes because of his acting skills and eventually, for the whole of season three and later seasons.[64]

Filming

 
Jack Bender directed the most episodes of the series and also served as an executive producer.

Lost was filmed on Panavision 35 mm cameras almost entirely on the Hawaiian island of Oahu given the easily accessible, wide diversity of filming locations. The original island scenes for the pilot were filmed at Mokulē'ia Beach, near the northwest tip of the island. Later beach scenes take place in secluded spots of the famous North Shore. Cave scenes in the first season were filmed on a sound stage built at a Xerox parts warehouse, which had been empty since an employee mass shooting took place there in 1999.[65] In 2006, the sound-stage and production offices moved to the Hawaii Film Office-operated Hawaii Film Studio,[66] where the sets depicting Season 2's "Swan Station" and Season 3's "Hydra Station" interiors were built.[67]

Various urban areas in and around Honolulu are used as stand-ins for locations around the world, including California, New York, Iowa, Miami, South Korea, Iraq, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Paris, Thailand, Berlin, Maldives, and Australia. For example, scenes set in a Sydney Airport were filmed at the Hawaii Convention Center, while a World War II-era bunker was used as both an Iraqi Republican Guard installation and a Dharma Initiative research station. Scenes set in Germany during the winter were filmed on Merchant St., with crushed ice scattered everywhere to create snow and Russian store and automobile signs on the street. Several scenes in the Season 3 finale, "Through the Looking Glass", were shot in Los Angeles, including a hospital set borrowed from Grey's Anatomy. Two scenes during season four were filmed in London because Alan Dale, who portrays Widmore, was at the time performing in the musical Spamalot and was unable to travel to Hawaii.[68] Extensive archives of filming locations are tracked at a repository at the Lost Virtual Tour.[69]

Promotion

During its six years of broadcasting, Lost developed an extensive collection of promotional tools ranging from the traditional promotions of the TV show made by the channel, to the creation of alternate reality games, such as the Lost Experience.[70] Lost showed innovation in the use of new advertising strategies in the sector and the transformation of the conventional devices used previously.

Music

Main article: Lost Original Television Soundtracks

Lost features an orchestral score performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra and composed by Michael Giacchino, incorporating many recurring themes for subjects, such as events, locations, and characters. Giacchino achieved some of the sounds for the score using unusual instruments, such as striking suspended pieces of the plane's fuselage.[71] On March 21, 2006, the record label Varèse Sarabande released the original television soundtrack for Lost's first season.[72] The soundtrack included select full-length versions of the most popular themes of the season and the main title, which was composed by series creator J. J. Abrams.[72] Varèse Sarabande released a soundtrack featuring music from season 2 of Lost on October 3, 2006.[73] The soundtrack for season 3 was released on May 6, 2008; the soundtrack for season 4 was released on May 11, 2009; the soundtrack for season 5 was released on May 11, 2010; and the soundtrack for the final season was released on September 14, 2010. A final soundtrack, featuring music from series finale, was released on October 11, 2010.

The series uses pop culture songs sparingly, and has a mainly orchestral score (consisting usually of divided strings, percussion, harp, and three trombones). When it features pop songs, they often originate from a diegetic source. Examples include the various songs played on Hurley's portable CD player throughout the first season (until its batteries died in the episode "...In Translation", which featured Damien Rice's "Delicate") or the use of the record player in the second season, which included Cass Elliot's "Make Your Own Kind of Music" and Petula Clark's "Downtown" in the second and third-season premieres respectively. Two episodes show Charlie on a street corner playing guitar and singing the Oasis song "Wonderwall". In the third season's finale, Jack drives down the street listening to Nirvana's "Scentless Apprentice", right before he arrives to the Hoffs/Drawlar Funeral Parlor, and in the parallel scene in the fourth season's finale, he arrives listening to "Gouge Away" by Pixies. The third season also used Three Dog Night's "Shambala" on two occasions in the van. The only two pop songs that have ever been used without an on-screen source (i.e., non-diegetic) are Ann-Margret's "Slowly", in the episode "I Do" and "I Shall Not Walk Alone", written by Ben Harper and covered by The Blind Boys of Alabama in the episode "Confidence Man." Alternate music is used in several international broadcasts. For example, in the Japanese broadcast of Lost, the theme song used varies by season: season one uses "Here I Am" by Chemistry, season two uses "Losin'" by Yuna Ito, and season three uses "Lonely Girl" by Crystal Kay.

Reception and impact

Critical reception

Rotten Tomatoes ratings per season[74]
Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6
Rating 94% 100% 71% 88% 90% 68%

Lost has been described by numerous critics as being among the greatest television series of all time.[75][76][77] Bill Carter, television reporter of The New York Times, defined Lost as "the show with perhaps the most compelling continuing story line in television history."[78] Entertainment Weekly put the show on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Name another network drama that can so wondrously turn a ? into a !"[79] In 2012, Entertainment Weekly also listed the show at #10 in the "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years", with a hot-and-cold description: "Lost was initially celebrated as a moving character-driven drama with a broad humanistic worldview that also presented itself as dramatic cryptography that demanded to be solved. The appeal narrowed as seasons progressed and the mythology became more complex, culminating in a still-debated finale that was deeply meaningful to some and dissatisfying poppycock to others."[80] In 2007, TV Guide ranked Lost as the #5 cult show.[81] In 2013, TV Guide ranked it as the #5 sci-fi show[82] and the #36 best series of all time.[83] In September 2019, The Guardian ranked the show 71st on its list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century.[84]

Season 1

The first season received critical acclaim. USA Today said a "totally original, fabulously enjoyable lost-at-sea series, Lost had taken "an outlandish Saturday-serial setup and imbued it with real characters and honest emotions, without sacrificing any of the old-fashioned fun."[85] The Los Angeles Times praised the production values and said "it knows the buttons it wants to push (fear of flying, fear of abandonment, fear of the unknown) and pushes them, repeatedly, like a kid playing a video game."[86] IGN noted that the first season "succeeded first and foremost in character development."[87] Lost season one was ranked number one in the "Best of 2005 TV Coverage: Critic Top Ten Lists" by Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe, Tom Gliatto of People Weekly, Charlie McCollum of the San Jose Mercury News, and Robert Bianco of USA Today.[88]

Season 2

The second season received favorable reviews, but it was noted that the season "stumbled with some storylines going nowhere and some characters underutilized." IGN also noted the addition of Desmond Hume as a standout new character.[89] The San Francisco Chronicle called Season 2 an "extended, mostly unsatisfying foray into deeper mythology with very little payoff."[90] After winning "Best Drama Series" for season one, Lost was snubbed by the Emmy Awards in Season 2. Nearing the end of the second season, USA Today listed the most popular fan theories during Season 2—the island as a psychological experiment, that the hatch had electromagnetic properties, string theory of time, and that everyone on the island had developed a "collective consciousness" that allowed them to appear in each other's past. One fan interview by USA Today said that "Real suspense comes from answers, not questions. Suspense comes not from wondering what's going on but from wondering what happens next. If you withhold answers, it becomes impossible to satisfy."[91]

Season 3

The first block of episodes of the third season was criticized for raising too many mysteries[92] and not providing enough answers.[93] Complaints were also made about the limited screen time for many of the main characters in the first block.[94] Locke, played by Terry O'Quinn, who had tied for the highest second-season episode count, appeared in only 13 of 23 episodes in the third season—only two more than guest star M.C. Gainey, who played Tom. Reaction to two new characters, Nikki and Paulo, was generally negative, and Lindelof even acknowledged that the couple was "universally despised" by fans.[95] The decision to split the season and the American time-slot switch after the hiatus were also criticized.[96][97] Cuse acknowledged that, "No one was happy with the six-episode run."[98] The second block of episodes was critically acclaimed, however,[99] with the crew dealing with problems from the first block.[100] More answers were written into the show,[101] and Nikki and Paulo were killed off.[102] It was also announced that the series would end three seasons after the third season,[103] which Cuse hoped would tell the audience that the writers knew where the story was going.[104]

Season 4

The fourth season opened to praise not seen since the first season. Metacritic gave season four a weighted average of 87 based on the impressions of a select twelve critical reviews,[105] earning the second highest Metascore in the 2007–2008 television season after the fifth and final season of HBO's The Wire.[106] For the first time since season one, Lost received an Emmy nomination for 'Outstanding Drama Series'. Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle said that the Season 4 episodes were "roller coasters of fast action and revelation" and that series was "back on track."[90] In a survey conducted by TVWeek of professional critics, Lost was voted the best show on television in the first half of 2008 "by a wide margin", apparently "crack[ing] the top five on nearly every critic's submission" and receiving "nothing but praise."[107] The New York Times said the show reveled in critiques of capitalism, using the fictional Mittelos Bioscience and the "malevolent British industrialist" character of Charles Widmore as examples. The critic also said that the show was "in the dark business of exploring just how futile the modern search for peace, knowledge, recovery or profit really is." The critic did go on to say that the series was not as "philosophically refined" as The Sopranos or The Wire but that it "has maximized the potential of narrative uncertainty and made it a beguiling constant."[108]

 
Michael Emerson and Damon Lindelof at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards for Lost

Season 5

The fifth season once again received mostly positive critical reception. Season 5 was given a weighted average of 78 out of 100 by Metacritic. Variety said that "The ABC series remains one of primetime's most uncompromising efforts, and this year's latest wrinkle on flashbacks, flash-forwards and island-disappearing flashes of light does nothing to alter that perception."[109] Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger said that season 5 may finally be "a day of reckoning between those viewers who embrace the show's science-fiction trappings, and those who prefer not to think about them." Sepinwall also related that "I loved every minute. But I'm also a geek who read Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov growing up."[110]

Heather Havrilesky of Salon.com criticized the use of time travel, saying that "when a narrator brings magic or time travel or an act of God into the picture, then uses it without restraint, the story loses its anchor to real life." The critic also asked "Why does it matter what Locke and Richard Alpert and Daniel Faraday or anyone else does, when they all seem as clueless and unfettered from reality as we are as viewers? How can these characters have any concrete agenda or strategic approach or philosophical perspective on anything when the rug is pulled out from under them by another Act of God every few seconds?"[111]

The New York Times also commented that "what has been most dispiriting about the current season is the show's willingness to abandon many of the larger and more compelling themes that grounded the elaborate plot: the struggles between faith and reason; the indictments of extreme capitalism, the futility of recovery. All that remains is the reductively limned battle between fate and free will largely playing out, now, in Jack Shephard's belief that returning to the island is his Destiny."[112] The A.V. Club said of the fifth-season finale, "Me? I found the ending frustrating, but in a good way. This finale was entertaining as all get-out to me, and despite the occasional groaner moment, I think this may be Lost's most purposeful, surprising finale."[113]

Season 6

Season six opened to much hype and curiosity. The A.V. Club asked, "I'm guessing that one of the biggest fears of Lost fans as we ride out this sixth and final season—bumps and all—is that we're going to come to the end and find a big nothing in return for all we've invested in these characters. We don't just need answers, we need justifications. Why has whatever happened, happened? Who has called this particular meeting to order, and does it really matter who showed up?"[114] The episodes "Dr. Linus", "Ab Aeterno", "Happily Ever After", and "The Candidate" opened to highly positive critical reception while the third-to-last episode "Across the Sea" was the episode with the most negative reception.[115] The time spent at the Others' temple was criticized.[116] E! Online described the show as "lightning in a bottle" and picked it as "Top TV Drama of 2010."[117]

Series finale

The series finale opened to highly polarized critical and fan reception. According to the web site Metacritic, "The End" received "generally favorable reviews" with a Metascore—a weighted average based on the impressions of 31 critical reviews—of 74 out of 100.[115] IGN reviewer Chris Carbot gave the finale a 10/10, tying it with the initial review of "Pilot, Part 1", "Through the Looking Glass", "The Constant", and "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" as the best-reviewed episode of Lost. He described it as "one of the most enthralling, entertaining and satisfying conclusions I could have hoped for." Carbot also noted that the discussions about the episode may never end, saying "Lost may be gone, but it will hardly be forgotten."[118] Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times also gave the finale a perfect score, stating "Sunday's show was an emotional, funny, expertly measured reminder of what Lost has really centered on since its first moments on the prime time TV landscape: faith, hope, romance and the power of redemption through belief in the best of what moves mankind."[119] Robert Bianco of USA Today rated the episode perfect as well, deeming the finale "can stand with the best any series has produced."[120] Hal Boedeker of Orlando Sentinel cited the finale being "a stunner."[121]

The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph both reported that "The End" had received negative reviews and disappointed its viewers. Alan Sepinwall of Star-Ledger was less enthusiastic of the finale, stating "I'm still wrestling with my feelings about 'The End'... I thought most of it worked like gangbusters. ... But as someone who did spend at least part of the last six years dwelling on the questions that were unanswered—be they little things like the outrigger shootout or why The Others left Dharma in charge of the Swan station after the purge, or bigger ones like Walt—I can't say I found 'The End' wholly satisfying, either as closure for this season or the series. ... There are narrative dead ends in every season of 'Lost,' but it felt like season six had more than usual."[122] Mike Hale of The New York Times gave "The End" a mixed review, as the episode showed that the series was "shaky on the big picture—on organizing the welter of mythic-religious-philosophical material it insisted on incorporating into its plot—but highly skilled at the small one, the moment to moment business of telling an exciting story. Rendered insignificant ... were the particulars of what they had done on the island."[123] David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun gave the episode a highly negative review, writing "If this is supposed to be such a smart and wise show, unlike anything else on network TV (blah, blah, blah), why such a wimpy, phony, quasi-religious, white-light, huggy-bear ending. ... Once Jack stepped into the church it looked like he was walking into a Hollywood wrap party without food or music—just a bunch of actors grinning idiotically for 10 minutes and hugging one another."[124]

Ratings

Lost aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from September 22, 2004, to May 23, 2010. The pilot episode had 18.6 million viewers, easily winning its 9:00 pm timeslot, and giving ABC its strongest ratings since 2000 when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was initially aired—beaten only the following month by the premiere of Desperate Housewives. According to Variety, "ABC sure could use a breakout drama success, as it hasn't had a real hit since The Practice. Lost represents the network's best start for a drama with 18- to 49-year-olds since Once and Again in 1999, and in total viewers since Murder One in 1995."[125]

For its first season, Lost averaged 16 million viewers, ranking 14th in viewership among prime-time shows and 15th among the eighteen to forty-nine-year-old demographic.[126] Its second season fared equally well: again, Lost ranked 14th in viewership, with an average of 15.5 million viewers. However, it improved its rating with 18- to 49-year-olds, ranking eighth.[127] The second-season premiere was even more viewed than the first, pulling in over 23 million viewers and setting a series record.[128] The third-season premiere brought in 18.8 million viewers. The seventh episode of the season, back from a three-month hiatus, saw a drop to 14.5 million. Over the course of the spring season, ratings would plunge to as low as 11 million viewers before recovering to near 14 million for the season finale. The ratings drop was partially explained when Nielsen released DVR ratings, showing Lost as the most recorded series on television. However, despite overall ratings losses, Lost still won its hour in the crucial 18–49 demographic and put out the highest 18–49 numbers in the 10:00 p.m. time slot ahead of any show on any network that season. The fourth-season premiere saw an increase from the previous episode to 16.1 million viewers,[129] though by the eighth episode, viewers had decreased to a series low of 11.461 million.[129] A survey of 20 countries by Informa Telecoms and Media in 2006 concluded that Lost was the second most popular TV show in those countries, after CSI: Miami.[130] The sixth-season premiere was the first to climb in the ratings year-over-year since the second season, drawing 12.1 million viewers.[131]

Lost : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
118.6517.0016.5418.1616.8216.8318.7318.4417.6417.1518.8821.5920.8119.6919.4817.8719.4918.8517.7517.1217.2017.1018.6220.7120.7118.39
223.4723.1722.3821.6621.3820.0121.8719.2921.5420.5619.1319.0518.7418.2016.4315.3016.2116.3815.6815.5616.3514.6717.8417.84N/A18.91
318.8216.8916.3117.0916.0717.1514.4912.8412.9512.7812.4512.4812.2211.5211.6612.0912.0811.8612.3312.1112.3213.8613.86N/A13.75
416.0715.0613.6213.5312.8512.9011.8711.2812.3311.1411.2811.4012.2012.20N/A12.73
511.6611.0811.0710.989.7711.279.8210.619.088.829.358.299.239.048.709.439.43N/A9.97
612.0912.0911.059.829.959.299.498.879.3110.139.559.489.539.5910.3210.4713.5713.57N/A10.85
Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research[citation needed]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Lost

Capping its successful first season, Lost won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series[132] and J. J. Abrams was awarded an Emmy in September 2005 for his work as the director of "Pilot." Terry O'Quinn and Naveen Andrews were nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category.[7] Lost swept the guild awards in 2005, winning the Writers Guild of America Awards 2005 for Outstanding Achievement in Writing for a Dramatic Television Series,[133] the 2005 Producers Guild Award for Best Production,[134] the 2005 Director's Guild Award for Best Direction of a Dramatic Television Program,[135] and the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005 for Best Ensemble Cast.

 
For his portrayal of Ben Linus, Michael Emerson received many awards and nominations, including winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2009.

It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Drama Series three times (2005–2007), and it won the award in 2006.[136] In 2006, Matthew Fox and Naveen Andrews received Golden Globe nominations for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series[136] and Best Supporting Actor[136] respectively, and in 2007, Evangeline Lilly received a nomination for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series.[136] Lost was nominated for the 2005 British Academy of Film and Television Award for Best International.[137] In 2006, Jorge Garcia and Michelle Rodriguez took home ALMA Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively, in a Television Series.[138] It won the Saturn Award for Best Television Series in both 2005 and 2006.[139] In 2005, Terry O'Quinn won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a television series, and in 2006,[139] Matthew Fox won for Best Lead Actor.[139] Lost won consecutive Television Critics Association Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Drama, for both its first and second seasons.[140] Consecutively as well, it won in 2005 and 2006 the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program.[141][142] Malcolm David Kelley won a Young Artist Award for his performance as Walt in 2006.[143]

In 2005, Lost was voted Entertainment Weekly's Entertainer of the Year. The show won a 2005 Prism Award for Charlie's drug storyline in the episodes "Pilot", "House of the Rising Sun", and "The Moth."[144] In 2007, Lost was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME."[75] The series was nominated for but did not win a Writers Guild Award and Producers Guild Award again in 2007.[145] In June 2007, Lost beat out over 20 nominated television shows from countries all over the globe to win the Best Drama award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. In September 2007, both Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn were nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, the award going to O'Quinn.[146] Lost was again nominated for Outstanding Drama Series at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2008. The show also garnered seven other Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Michael Emerson.[7] It won a Peabody Award in 2008.[147] In 2009, Lost was again nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, as well Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Michael Emerson at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, of which the latter won.[7]

In 2010, the sixth and final season was nominated for twelve Emmy Awards at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series; Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, for Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof for the show's series finale, "The End"; Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, for Matthew Fox; Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, for Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn; and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, for Elizabeth Mitchell. It won only one Emmy (Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing) out of its twelve nominations for a series total of 11 wins and 55 nominations in its six-year run.[148]

In 2010, Kristin dos Santos of E! Online ranked Lost the best TV series of the past 20 years.[149] In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked Lost No. 27 in its list of the 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time.[150] In 2014, the series was nominated for the TCA Heritage Award.[151] In 2016, Rolling Stone ranked it the fourteenth best science fiction television show ever.[152]

Fandom and popular culture

As a mainstream cult television show, Lost has generated a dedicated and thriving international fan community. Lost fans, sometimes dubbed Lostaways[153] or Losties,[154] have gathered at Comic-Con International and conventions organized by ABC[154][155] but have also been active in developing many fan websites, including Lostpedia and forums dedicated to the program and its related incarnations. Because of the show's elaborate mythology, its fansites have focused on speculation and theorizing about the island's mysteries, as well as on more typical fan activities, such as producing fan fiction and videos, compiling episode transcripts, shipping characters, and collecting memorabilia.[156][157][158]

Anticipating fan interest and trying to keep its audience engrossed, ABC embarked on various cross-media endeavors, often using new media. Fans of Lost have been able to explore ABC-produced tie-in websites, tie-in novels, an official forum sponsored by the creative team behind Lost ("The Fuselage"), "mobisodes", podcasts by the producers, an official magazine, and an alternate reality game (ARG) "The Lost Experience."[159] An official fanclub was launched in the summer of 2005 through Creation Entertainment.[154]

Due to the show's popularity, references to it and elements from its story have appeared in parody and popular culture usage. These include appearances on television, such as on the series Fringe, Will & Grace, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock,[160] Scrubs, Modern Family, Orange Is the New Black, Community, The Office, Family Guy, American Dad!, The Simpsons, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (under the sketch parody title "Late"), and The Venture Bros..[161] Lost is also featured as an Easter egg in several video games, including Dead Island, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Fallout 3, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, World of Warcraft, Just Cause 2, Batman: Arkham City, Grand Theft Auto V, and Singularity.[162] Similarly, several songs have been published whose themes and titles were derived from the series, such as Moneen ("Don't Ever Tell Locke What He Can't Do"), Veil of Maya ("Namaste"), Cosmo Jarvis ("Lost"), Senses Fail ("Lost and Found" and "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues"), Gatsbys American Dream ("You All Everybody" and "Station 5: The Pearl"), and Punchline ("Roller Coaster Smoke"). Weezer named their eighth studio album Hurley after the character, with a photo of actor Jorge Garcia on the cover.[163]

After the episode "Numbers" aired on March 2, 2005, numerous people used the eponymous figures (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42) as lottery entries. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, within three days, the numbers were tried over 500 times by local players.[164] By October 2005, thousands had tried them for the multi-state Powerball lottery.[165] A study of the Quebec Lottery showed that the sequence was the third most popular choice of numbers for lottery players, behind only the arithmetic sequences 1–2–3–4–5–6 and 7–14–21–28–35–42.[166] The issue came to attention after a Mega Millions drawing for a near-record US$380,000,000 jackpot on January 4, 2011, drew a series of numbers in which the three lowest numbers (4–8–15) and the mega ball (42) matched four of the six numbers. The No. 42 is also the "Mega Number" in Hurley's "Mega Lotto" ticket. The players who played the combination won $150 each (or $118 in California).[167]

Influence

Lost has been cited as a key influence on several of its contemporaries.[168][169] The ABC series FlashForward was heavily compared to Lost, because of its similar use of nonlinear narrative and mysteries.[170][171] The NBC series Heroes drew comparisons to Lost during its run, because of some similarities such as its ensemble cast. Damon Lindelof was involved in the early stages of the creative process of Heroes, as he was friends with Heroes creator Tim Kring.[172] Ever since its premiere, The 100 has been compared to Lost because of its similar setting and the importance of survival in its story.[173] The TBS comedy Wrecked has been defined as a parody of Lost, because of its very similar premise and multiple references to the drama.[174][175]

Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, former writers of Lost, created the fantasy series Once Upon a Time, which has also been compared to Lost. Even though their series started after Lost ended, they conceived it in 2004.[176] Damon Lindelof was involved in the development of their series.[177] Despite the comparisons and similarities to Lost, the writers intend the shows to be very different from each other. To them, Lost concerned itself with redemption, while Once Upon a Time is about hope.[178] As a nod to the ties between the production teams of Once Upon a Time and Lost, the former show contains allusions to Lost. For example, many items found in the Lost universe, such as Apollo candy bars, Oceanic Airlines, Ajira Airways, the TV series Exposé and MacCutcheon Whisky can be seen in Once Upon a Time.[179]

Both during and after Lost's run on ABC, its success led to dozens of new shows attempting to enter the same "mystery-driven sci-fi" genre as networks sought to cater to viewers' evolved affinity and demonstrated loyalty to this specific subset of drama.[180] In 2018, NBC introduced Manifest, a show about the mysterious disappearance of a commercial passenger jet. While the show's preview and pilot alone sparked media coverage highlighting the show's central mystery to be seemingly the same as that of Lost, subsequent seasons have furthered controversy around the extent of key similarities. Noted parallels include the passengers' collective experience of displacement in spacetime, the acquisition of supernatural abilities and medical phenomenons post-disappearance, the use of flashback/flashforward sequences to expose dark secrets harbored by passengers, the revelation of unusually high levels of interconnectedness between the lives of passengers, the polarized beliefs held by passengers regarding science versus faith as a means to explain their shared experience in different ways.[181] Season 4 of Manifest reveals a plot twist suggesting the passengers were in some way chosen, prompting critics to point out this same key plot twist introducing predestination was featured in Lost.[182]

Distribution

Online

In addition to traditional terrestrial and satellite television, Lost is available from various online subscription services, including Amazon Prime Video,[183] Hulu,[184] and on Disney+ outside of the US via Star.[185] It was one of the first series issued through Apple's iTunes Store beginning in October 2005.[186] On August 29, 2007, Lost became one of the first TV programs available for download in the UK iTunes Store.[187]

In April 2006, Disney announced that Lost would be available for free online in streaming format, with advertising, on ABC's website, as part of a two-month experiment of future distribution strategies. The trial, which ran from May to June 2006, caused a stir among network affiliates who were afraid of being cut out of advertising revenue. The streaming of Lost episodes direct from ABC's website was only available to viewers in the United States due to international licensing agreements.[188][189] In 2009, Lost was named the most-watched show on the Internet based on viewers of episodes on ABC's website. The Nielsen Company reported that 1.425 million unique viewers have watched at least one episode on ABC's website.[190]

Home media

The first season of Lost was released under the title Lost: The Complete First Season as a widescreen seven-disc Region 1 DVD box set on September 6, 2005, two weeks before the premiere of the second season. It was distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. In addition to all the episodes that had been aired, it included several DVD extras, such as episode commentaries, behind-the-scenes footage and making-of features as well as deleted scenes, deleted flashback scenarios, and a blooper reel. The same set was released on November 30, 2005, in Region 4.[191] The season was first released split into two parts: the first twelve episodes of season 1 were available as a widescreen four-disc Region 2 DVD box set on October 31, 2005, while the remaining thirteen episodes of season 1 were released on January 16, 2006.[192] The DVD features available on the Region 1 release were likewise split over the two box sets. The first two seasons were released separately on Blu-ray Disc on June 16, 2009.[193]

The second season was released under the title Lost: The Complete Second Season – The Extended Experience as a widescreen seven-disc Region 1 DVD box set on September 5, 2006. The sets include several DVD extras, including behind the scenes footage, deleted scenes, and a "Lost Connections" chart, which shows how all of the characters on the island are inter-connected.[194] Again, the season was initially delivered in two sets for Region 2: the first twelve episodes were released as a widescreen four-disc DVD box set on July 17, 2006, while the remaining episodes of season 2 were released as a four-disc DVD box set on October 2, 2006.[195] The set was released in Region 4 on October 4, 2006.

The third season was released under the title Lost: The Complete Third Season – The Unexplored Experience on DVD and Blu-ray in Region 1 on December 11, 2007.[196] As with seasons 1 and 2, the third season release includes audio commentaries with the cast and crew, bonus featurettes, deleted scenes, and bloopers. The third season was released in Region 2 solely on DVD on October 22, 2007, though this time, only as a complete set, unlike previous seasons.[197]

The fourth season was released as Lost: The Complete Fourth Season – The Expanded Experience in Region 1 on December 9, 2008, on both DVD and Blu-ray Disc.[198] It was released on DVD in Region 2 on October 20, 2008.[199] The set includes audio commentaries, deleted scenes, bloopers, and bonus featurettes.

The first three seasons of Lost have sold successfully on DVD. The season 1 box set entered the DVD sales chart at number two in September 2005,[200] and the season 2 box set entered the DVD sales chart at the number one position in its first week of release in September 2006, believed to be the second TV-DVD ever to enter the chart at the top spot.[201] The season 3 box set sold over 1,000,000 copies in three weeks.[202]

Both the season 6 box set and the complete series collection contained a 12-minute epilogue-like bonus feature called "The New Man in Charge".[203][204] The season 6 DVD set entered the DVD sales chart at the number one position in its first week of release in September 2010 boasting strong sales in the DVD and Blu-ray format for the regular season set as well as for the series box set.[205]

Other media

The characters and setting of Lost have appeared in several official tie-ins outside of the television broadcast, including in print, on the Internet, and in short videos for mobile phones. Three novelizations have been released by Hyperion Books, a publisher owned by Disney, ABC's parent company. They are Endangered Species (ISBN 0-7868-9090-8) and Secret Identity (ISBN 0-7868-9091-6) both by Cathy Hapka and Signs of Life (ISBN 0-7868-9092-4) by Frank Thompson. Additionally, Hyperion published a metafictional book titled Bad Twin (ISBN 1-4013-0276-9), written by Laurence Shames,[206] and credited to fictitious author "Gary Troup", who ABC's marketing department claimed was a passenger on Oceanic Flight 815.

Several unofficial books relating to the show have also been published. Finding Lost: The Unofficial Guide (ISBN 1-55022-743-2) by Nikki Stafford and published by ECW Press is a book detailing the show for fans and those new to the show. What Can Be Found in Lost? (ISBN 0-7369-2121-4) by John Ankerberg and Dillon Burrough, published by Harvest House is the first book dedicated to an investigation of the spiritual themes of the series from a Christian perspective. Living Lost: Why We're All Stuck on the Island (ISBN 1-891053-02-7) by J. Wood,[207] published by the Garett County Press, is the first work of cultural criticism based on the series. The book explores the show's strange engagement with the contemporary experiences of war, (mis)information, and terrorism and argues that the audience functions as a character in the narrative. The author also writes a blog column[208] during the second part of the third season for Powell's Books. Each post discusses the previous episode's literary, historical, philosophical, and narrative connections.

The show's networks and producers have made extensive use of the Internet in expanding the background of the story. For example, during the first season, a fictional diary by an unseen survivor called "Janelle Granger" was presented on the ABC web site for the series. Likewise, a tie-in website about the fictional Oceanic Airlines appeared during the first season, which included several Easter eggs and clues about the show. Another tie-in website was launched after the airing of "Orientation" about the Hanso Foundation. In the UK, the interactive back-stories of several characters were included in "Lost Untold", a section of Channel 4's Lost website. Similarly, beginning in November 2005, ABC produced an official podcast, hosted by series writers and executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. The podcast typically features a discussion about the weekly episode, interviews with cast members, and questions from viewers.[209] Sky1 also hosted a podcast presented by Iain Lee on their website, which analyzed each episode after it aired in the United Kingdom.[210]

The foray into the online realm culminated in the Lost Experience, an Internet-based alternate reality game produced by Channel 7 (Australia), ABC (America), and Channel Four (UK), which began in early May 2006. The game presents a five-phase parallel storyline, primarily involving the Hanso Foundation.[211]

Short mini-episodes ("mobisodes") called the Lost Video Diaries were scheduled for viewing by Verizon Wireless subscribers via its V-Cast system but were delayed by contract disputes.[212][213] The mobisodes were renamed Lost: Missing Pieces and aired from November 7, 2007, to January 28, 2008.

Licensed merchandise

In addition to tie-in novels, several other products based on the series, such as toys and games, have been licensed for release. A video game, Lost: Via Domus, was released to average reviews, developed by Ubisoft, for game consoles and home computers,[214] while Gameloft developed a Lost game for mobile phones and iPods.[215] Cardinal Games released a Lost board game on August 7, 2006.[216] TDC Games created a series of four 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles ("The Hatch", "The Numbers", "The Others", and "Before the Crash"), which, when put together, reveal embedded clues to the overall mythology of Lost. Inkworks has published three sets of Lost trading cards, Season One, Season Two, and Revelations.[217] In May 2006, McFarlane Toys announced recurring lines of character action figures[218] and released the first series in November 2006, with the second series being released July 2007. Furthermore, ABC sold a myriad of Lost merchandise in their online store, including clothing, jewelry, and other collectibles.[219] In October 2010, DK Publishing released a 400-page reference titled The Lost Encyclopedia, written by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry. The book compiled information from the TV show producers "writers bible", listing nearly every character, chronological event, location, and plot detail of the series, filling in the gaps for die-hard fans.[220]

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For other uses see Lost game show and Lost South Korean TV series Lost is an American science fiction drama television series created by Jeffrey Lieber J J Abrams and Damon Lindelof that aired on ABC from September 22 2004 to May 23 2010 over six seasons comprising a total of 121 episodes The show contains elements of supernatural fiction and follows the survivors of a commercial jet airliner flying between Sydney and Los Angeles after the plane crashes on a mysterious island somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean Episodes typically feature a primary storyline set on the island augmented by flashback or flashforward sequences which provide additional insight into the involved characters LostGenreAdventure Mystery Serial drama Science fiction Supernatural fictionCreated byJeffrey Lieber J J Abrams Damon LindelofStarringNaveen Andrews Emilie de Ravin Matthew Fox Jorge Garcia Maggie Grace Josh Holloway Malcolm David Kelley Daniel Dae Kim Yunjin Kim Evangeline Lilly Dominic Monaghan Terry O Quinn Harold Perrineau Ian Somerhalder Michelle Rodriguez Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje Cynthia Watros Henry Ian Cusick Michael Emerson Elizabeth Mitchell Kiele Sanchez Rodrigo Santoro Jeremy Davies Ken Leung Rebecca Mader Nestor Carbonell Jeff Fahey Zuleikha Robinson Sam Anderson L Scott Caldwell Francois Chau Fionnula Flanagan John Terry Sonya WalgerComposerMichael GiacchinoCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons6No of episodes121 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersJ J Abrams Damon Lindelof Bryan Burk Carlton Cuse Jack Bender Jeff Pinkner Stephen Williams Edward Kitsis Adam Horowitz Jean Higgins Elizabeth SarnoffProduction locationsOahu HawaiiCamera setupSingle cameraRunning time40 50 minutesProduction companiesBad Robot Productions Touchstone Television season 1 3 ABC Studios season 4 6 DistributorBuena Vista Television season 1 3 Disney ABC Domestic Television season 4 6 ReleaseOriginal networkABCAudio formatDolby Digital 5 1Original releaseSeptember 22 2004 2004 09 22 May 23 2010 2010 05 23 Lindelof and Carlton Cuse serve as showrunners and are executive producers along with Abrams and Bryan Burk Inspired by the 2000 Tom Hanks film Cast Away 1 the show is told in a heavily serialized manner Due to its large ensemble cast and the cost of filming primarily on location in Oahu Hawaii the series was one of the most expensive on television with the pilot alone costing over 14 million 2 The fictional universe and mythology of Lost were expanded upon by a number of related media most importantly a series of short mini episodes called Missing Pieces and a 12 minute epilogue titled The New Man in Charge Lost has regularly been ranked by critics as one of the greatest television series of all time 3 4 5 The first season had an estimated average of 16 million viewers per episode on ABC 6 During its sixth and final season the show averaged over 11 million U S viewers per episode Lost was the recipient of hundreds of industry award nominations throughout its run and won numerous of these awards including the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2005 7 Best American Import at the British Academy Television Awards in 2005 the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama in 2006 and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Contents 1 Episodes 1 1 Overview 1 2 Season 1 1 3 Season 2 1 4 Season 3 1 5 Season 4 1 6 Season 5 1 7 Season 6 1 8 Mythology and interpretations 1 8 1 Recurring elements 2 Cast and characters 2 1 Seasons 1 and 2 2 2 Seasons 3 and 4 2 3 Seasons 5 and 6 2 4 Supporting characters 3 Production 3 1 Conception 3 2 Casting 3 3 Filming 3 4 Promotion 3 5 Music 4 Reception and impact 4 1 Critical reception 4 1 1 Season 1 4 1 2 Season 2 4 1 3 Season 3 4 1 4 Season 4 4 1 5 Season 5 4 1 6 Season 6 4 1 7 Series finale 4 2 Ratings 4 3 Awards and nominations 4 4 Fandom and popular culture 4 5 Influence 5 Distribution 5 1 Online 5 2 Home media 6 Other media 6 1 Licensed merchandise 7 References 8 External linksEpisodes EditOverview Edit Main article List of Lost episodes SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedAvg viewers millions RankFirst airedLast aired125September 22 2004 2004 09 22 May 25 2005 2005 05 25 15 6915 8 224September 21 2005 2005 09 21 May 24 2006 2006 05 24 15 5015 9 323October 4 2006 2006 10 04 May 23 2007 2007 05 23 17 8410 10 414January 31 2008 2008 01 31 May 29 2008 2008 05 29 13 4017 11 517January 21 2009 2009 01 21 May 13 2009 2009 05 13 10 9428 12 618February 2 2010 2010 02 02 May 23 2010 2010 05 23 10 0831 13 Season 1 Edit Main article Lost season 1 Season 1 begins with the aftermath of a plane crash which leaves the surviving passengers of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 on what seems to be an uninhabited tropical island Jack Shephard a spinal surgeon becomes their leader Their survival is threatened by a number of mysterious entities including polar bears an unseen creature that roams the jungle the Smoke Monster and the island s malevolent inhabitants known as The Others They encounter a French woman named Danielle Rousseau who was shipwrecked on the island 16 years before the main story and is desperate for news of her daughter Alex They also find a mysterious metal hatch buried in the ground While two survivors Locke and Boone try to force the hatch open four others Michael Jin Walt and Sawyer attempt to leave on a raft that they have built Meanwhile flashbacks center on details of the individual survivors lives prior to the plane crash Season 2 Edit Main article Lost season 2 Season 2 follows the growing conflict between the survivors and the Others and continues the theme of the clash between faith and science while resolving old mysteries and posing new ones The four survivors in the raft are ambushed by the Others and they take Walt Michael s son The survivors are forced to return to the island where they find the tail section survivors the Tailies A power struggle between Jack and John Locke over control of the guns and medicine located in the hatch develops resolved in The Long Con by Sawyer when he gains control of them The hatch is revealed to be a research station built some thirty years earlier by the Dharma Initiative a scientific research project that involved conducting experiments on the island A man named Desmond Hume had been living in the hatch for three years activating a computer program every 108 minutes to prevent an unknown catastrophic event from occurring To recover his son Michael betrays the survivors and Jack Sawyer and Kate are captured Michael is given a boat and leaves the island with his son while John destroys the computer in the hatch whereupon an electromagnetic event shakes the island This causes the island to be detected by scientists working for Penelope Widmore and it is revealed that a similar event caused the breakup of the plane Season 3 Edit Main article Lost season 3 In Season 3 the crash survivors learn more about the Others and their long history on the mysterious island along with the fate of the Dharma Initiative The leader of the Others Benjamin Linus is introduced as well and defections from both sides pave the way for conflict between the two Time travel elements also begin to appear in the series as Desmond is forced to turn the fail safe key in the hatch to stop the electromagnetic event and this sends his mind eight years to the past When he returns to the present he is able to see the future Kate and Sawyer escape the Others while Jack stays after Ben promises that Jack will be able to leave the island in a submarine if he operates on Ben who has cancer Jack does but the submarine is destroyed by John Jack is left behind with Juliet an Other who also seeks to leave the island while John joins the Others A helicopter carrying Naomi crashes near the island Naomi says her freighter Kahana is near and was sent by Penelope Widmore Desmond s ex girlfriend Desmond has a vision in which Charlie will drown after shutting down a signal that prevents communication with the exterior world His vision comes true but Charlie speaks with Penelope who says she does not know any Naomi Before drowning Charlie writes on his hand Not Penny s Boat so Desmond can read it Meanwhile the survivors make contact with a rescue team aboard the freighter In the season s finale apparent flashbacks show a depressed Jack going to an unknown person s funeral In the final scene these are revealed to be flash forwards and Kate and Jack are revealed to have escaped the island Jack however is desperate to go back Season 4 Edit Main article Lost season 4 Season 4 focuses on the survivors dealing with the arrival of people from the freighter who have been sent to the island to reclaim it from Benjamin Flash forwards continue in which it is seen how six survivors dubbed the Oceanic Six live their lives after escaping the island The Oceanic Six are Jack Kate Hurley Sayid Sun and Aaron In the present four members of the freighter arrive and team up with the survivors to escape the island since the crew of the freighter have orders to kill everyone who stays Meanwhile Ben travels with John to see Jacob the island s leader John enters his house but finds Jack s dead father Christian who says he can speak on Jacob s behalf and orders John to move the island Ben takes John to an underground station in which time travel was researched John becomes the new leader of the Others while Ben moves the island by turning a giant frozen wheel after which he is transported to the Sahara The six survivors escape in a helicopter as they watch the island disappear and are subsequently rescued by Penelope It is then that Desmond and Penelope reunite for the first time in a long while In the season finale it is revealed that the funeral Jack went to in the flash forwards was that of John Locke who had been seeking out the Oceanic Six in his efforts to convince them to return to the island Season 5 Edit Main article Lost season 5 Season 5 follows two timelines The first timeline takes place on the island where the survivors who were left behind erratically jump forward and backward through time In one of these time periods John speaks with Richard Alpert one of the Others who says that to save the island he must bring everyone back John goes to the same underground station Ben went to After moving the wheel himself John is transported to the Sahara in 2007 as the time shifts on the island stop and the survivors are stranded with the Dharma Initiative in 1974 In 2007 John contacts the Oceanic Six but no one wants to return The last one of the Oceanic Six he finds is a depressed Jack John tells Jack his father is alive on the island This seriously affects Jack and he begins taking flights hoping to crash on the island again Ben finds John and kills him After John s death the Oceanic Six are told to board the Ajira Airways Flight 316 to return to the island and in order to go back they have to take John Locke s body in the plane They take the flight but some land in 1977 where they meet with the other survivors who are now part of the Dharma Initiative and others land in 2007 The survivors in 1977 are told by Daniel Faraday that if they detonate a nuclear bomb at the hatch s construction site the electromagnetic energy below it will be negated as a result the hatch would never be built and their future could be changed In 2007 John Locke apparently comes back to life He instructs Richard Alpert to speak with a time traveling John and tell him that he must bring everyone back to the island After this he goes to speak with Jacob The season finale reveals that John Locke is still dead and another entity has taken over his form to manipulate Ben into killing Jacob In 1977 Juliet detonates the fission core taken from the hydrogen bomb Season 6 Edit Main article Lost season 6 Season 6 the final season follows two timelines In the first timeline the survivors are sent to the present day as the death of Jacob allows his brother the Man in Black the human alter ego of the Smoke Monster to take over the island Having assumed the form of John Locke the Smoke Monster seeks to escape the island and forces a final war between the forces of good and evil The second timeline called the flash sideways narrative follows the lives of the main characters in a setting where Oceanic 815 never crashed though additional changes are revealed as other characters are shown living completely different lives than they did In the final episodes a flashback to the distant past shows the origins of the island s power and of the conflict between Jacob and the Man in Black who are revealed to be twin brothers with Jacob desperate to keep his brother from leaving the island after he is transmogrified by the power of the island and becomes the Smoke Monster In this season Jacob s machinations are revealed everyone was pushed by fate and his manipulation to be on the Oceanic flight as many of the members of the flight were deemed candidates by Jacob to be the new protector of the island after his passing The Man in Black s mission since the beginning of the series kill all of the candidates thereby allowing him to leave the island once and for all The ghost of Jacob appears to the last of the surviving candidates and Jack is appointed as the new protector Jack catches up with The Man In Black who says that he wants to go to the heart of the island to turn it off and therefore finally leave the island They reach the place but after doing this The Man In Black becomes mortal The Man In Black is killed by Kate but Jack is seriously injured Hurley one of the survivors becomes the new caretaker of the island Several of the survivors die in the conflict or stay on the island and the remaining escape in the Ajira Plane once and for all Jack returns to the heart of the island and turns it on again saving it Hurley as the new protector asks Ben to help him in his new job which he agrees to do Having saved the island Jack dies peacefully in the same place in which he woke up when he arrived on the island The series finale reveals that the flash sideways timeline is actually a form of limbo in the afterlife where some of the survivors and other characters from the island are reunited after death In the last scene the survivors are all reunited in a church where they move on together Mythology and interpretations Edit Main article Mythology of Lost Episodes of Lost include a number of mysterious elements ascribed to science fiction or supernatural phenomena The creators of the series refer to these elements as composing the mythology of the series and they formed the basis of fan speculation 14 The show s mythological elements include a Smoke Monster that roams the island a mysterious group of inhabitants whom the survivors called The Others a scientific organization called the Dharma Initiative that placed several research stations on the island a sequence of numbers that frequently appears in the lives of the characters in the past present and future and personal connections synchronicity between the characters of which they are often unaware At the heart of the series is a complex and cryptic storyline which spawned numerous questions and discussions among viewers 15 Encouraged by Lost s writers and stars who often interacted with fans online viewers and TV critics alike took to widespread theorizing in an attempt to unravel the mysteries Theories mainly concerned the nature of the island the origins of the Monster and the Others the meaning of the numbers and the reasons for both the crash and the survival of some passengers 15 Several of the more common fan theories were discussed and rejected by the show s creators the most common being that the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 are dead and in purgatory Lindelof rejected speculation that spaceships or aliens influenced the events on the island or that everything seen was a fictional reality taking place in someone s mind Carlton Cuse dismissed the theory that the island was a reality TV show and the castaways unwitting housemates 16 and Lindelof many times denied the theory that the Monster was a nanobot cloud similar to the one featured in Michael Crichton s novel Prey which happened to share the protagonist s name Jack 17 Recurring elements Edit There are several recurring elements and motifs on Lost which generally have no direct effect on the story itself but expand the show s literary and philosophical subtext These elements include frequent appearances of black and white which reflect the dualism within characters and situations as well as rebellion in almost all characters especially Kate 18 dysfunctional family situations especially ones that revolve around the fathers of many characters as portrayed in the lives of nearly all the main characters 19 apocalyptic references including Desmond s pushing the button to forestall the end of the world coincidence versus fate revealed most apparently through the juxtaposition of the characters Locke and Mr Eko conflict between science and faith embodied by the leadership tug of war between Jack and Locke and their stark disagreements on subjects such as the hatch the button and leaving the island 20 the struggle between good and evil shown by the relationship between Jacob and the Man in Black several times by Locke using symbols such as his backgammon set also the white and black rocks that the Man in Black referred to as an inside joke and references to numerous works of literature including mentions and discussions of particular novels 21 One notable reference to a novel is John Steinbeck s Of Mice and Men usually when Sawyer is seen reading it or referencing it There are also many allusions in characters names to famous historical thinkers and writers such as Ben Linus after chemist Linus Pauling John Locke after the philosopher and his alias Jeremy Bentham after the philosopher Danielle Rousseau after philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau Desmond David Hume after philosopher David Hume Juliet s ex husband after philosopher Edmund Burke Mikhail Bakunin after the anarchist philosopher Daniel Faraday after physicist Michael Faraday Eloise Hawking after physicist Stephen Hawking George Minkowski after mathematician Hermann Minkowski Richard Alpert the birth name of spiritual teacher Ram Dass Boone Carlyle after pioneer Daniel Boone and philosopher Thomas Carlyle and Charlotte Staples Lewis after author Clive Staples C S Lewis 22 Cast and characters EditMain article List of Lost characters From left to right Faraday Boone Miles Michael Ana Lucia Charlotte Frank Shannon Desmond Eko Kate Jack Sawyer Locke Ben Sayid Libby Sun Jin Claire Hurley Juliet Charlie Richard Bernard Rose and Vincent Of the 324 people on board Oceanic Flight 815 23 there are 70 initial survivors as well as one dog spread across the three sections of the plane crash 24 25 26 Although a large cast made Lost more expensive to produce the writers benefited from added flexibility in story decisions 27 According to series executive producer Bryan Burk You can have more interactions between characters and create more diverse characters more back stories more love triangles 27 Lost was planned as a multicultural show with an international cast The initial season had 14 regular speaking roles that received star billing Matthew Fox played the protagonist a troubled surgeon named Jack Shephard Evangeline Lilly portrayed fugitive Kate Austen Jorge Garcia played Hugo Hurley Reyes an unlucky lottery winner Josh Holloway played a con man James Sawyer Ford Ian Somerhalder played Boone Carlyle chief operating officer of his mother s wedding business Maggie Grace played his stepsister Shannon Rutherford a former dance teacher Harold Perrineau portrayed construction worker and aspiring artist Michael Dawson while Malcolm David Kelley played his young son Walt Lloyd Terry O Quinn played the mysterious John Locke Naveen Andrews portrayed former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid Jarrah Emilie de Ravin played a young Australian mother to be Claire Littleton Yunjin Kim played Sun Hwa Kwon the daughter of a powerful and incredibly wealthy Korean businessman and mobster with Daniel Dae Kim as her husband and father s enforcer Jin Soo Kwon Dominic Monaghan played English ex rock star drug addict Charlie Pace Seasons 1 and 2 Edit During the first two seasons some characters were written out while new characters with new stories were added 28 29 Boone Carlyle was written out near the end of season one 30 and Walt became an intermittent character making occasional appearances throughout season two after he is captured by The Others in the season one finale Shannon s departure eight episodes into season two made way for newcomers Mr Eko a former Nigerian militia leader and fake Catholic priest played by Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje Ana Lucia Cortez an airport TSA guard and former LAPD police officer played by Michelle Rodriguez and Libby Smith a purported clinical psychologist and formerly mentally ill woman portrayed by Cynthia Watros Ana Lucia and Libby were written out of the series toward the end of season two after being shot by Michael who then left the island along with his son 31 Seasons 3 and 4 Edit In season three two actors were promoted from recurring to starring roles Henry Ian Cusick as former Scottish soldier Desmond Hume and Michael Emerson as the manipulative leader of the Others Ben Linus In addition three new actors joined the regular cast Elizabeth Mitchell as fertility doctor and Other Juliet Burke and Kiele Sanchez and Rodrigo Santoro as background survivor couple Nikki Fernandez and Paulo Several characters died in the season Eko was killed off when Akinnuoye Agbaje did not wish to continue on the show 32 33 Nikki and Paulo were buried alive mid season after poor fan response 34 and in the third season finale Charlie dies a hero In season four Harold Perrineau rejoined the main cast to reprise the role of Michael now suicidal and on a desperate redemptive journey to atone for his previous crimes 35 Along with Perrineau additional new actors Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday a nervous physicist who takes a scientific interest in the island Ken Leung as Miles Straume a sarcastic supposed ghost whisperer and Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Staples Lewis a hard headed and determined anthropologist and successful academic joined the cast 36 Michael was written out in the fourth season finale 37 Claire who mysteriously disappears with her dead father near the end of the season did not return as a series regular for the fifth season but returned for the sixth and final season 38 Seasons 5 and 6 Edit In season five no new characters joined the main cast however several characters exited the show Charlotte was written out early in the season in episode five with Daniel being written out later in the antepenultimate episode Season six saw several cast changes Juliet was written out in the season premiere while three previous recurring characters were upgraded to starring status 39 These included Nestor Carbonell as mysterious age less Other Richard Alpert Jeff Fahey as pilot Frank Lapidus 40 and Zuleikha Robinson as Ajira Airways Flight 316 survivor Ilana Verdansky Additionally former cast members Ian Somerhalder Dominic Monaghan Rebecca Mader Jeremy Davies Elizabeth Mitchell Maggie Grace 41 Michelle Rodriguez 42 Harold Perrineau and Cynthia Watros 43 made return appearances Supporting characters Edit Numerous supporting characters have been given expansive and recurring appearances in the progressive storyline Danielle Rousseau Mira Furlan a French member of an earlier scientific expedition to the island first encountered as a voice recording in the pilot episode appears throughout the series She is searching for her daughter who later turns up in the form of Alex Rousseau Tania Raymonde Alex has been kidnapped by Ben Linus and brought to the Others where she was raised Cindy Kimberley Joseph an Oceanic flight attendant who first appeared in the pilot survived the crash and subsequently became one of the Others In the second season married couple Rose Nadler L Scott Caldwell and Bernard Nadler Sam Anderson separated on opposite sides of the island she with the main characters he with the tail section survivors were featured in a flashback episode after being reunited The second season also introduces Dr Pierre Chang Francois Chau a member of the mysterious Dharma Initiative who appears in the orientation films for its numerous stations located throughout the island Corporate magnate Charles Widmore Alan Dale has connections to both Ben and Desmond Desmond is in love with Widmore s daughter Penelope Penny Widmore Sonya Walger Eloise Hawking Fionnula Flanagan introduced in the third season is Daniel Faraday s mother and also has connections with Desmond The introduction of the Others featured Tom Friendly M C Gainey and Ethan Rom William Mapother all of whom have been shown in both flashbacks and the ongoing story Jack s father Christian Shephard John Terry has appeared in multiple flashbacks of various characters In the third season Naomi Dorrit Marsha Thomason the team leader of a group hired by Widmore to find Ben Linus parachutes onto the island One member of her team includes the ruthless mercenary Martin Keamy Kevin Durand In the finale episode The End recurring guest stars Sam Anderson L Scott Caldwell Francois Chau Fionnula Flanagan Sonya Walger and John Terry were credited under the starring rubric alongside the principal cast The mysterious black smoke cloud like entity known as the Monster appeared in human form during season five and six as a middle aged man dressed in black robes who was played by Titus Welliver and in season six it appears in the form of John Locke played by O Quinn in a dual role His rival Jacob was played by Mark Pellegrino Production Edit Damon Lindelof left co created the series and served as an executive producer and showrunner alongside Carlton Cuse right Lost was produced by ABC Studios Bad Robot Productions and Grass Skirt Productions Throughout its run the executive producers of the series were Damon Lindelof J J Abrams Bryan Burk Carlton Cuse Jack Bender Jeff Pinkner Edward Kitsis Adam Horowitz Jean Higgins and Elizabeth Sarnoff with Lindelof and Cuse serving as showrunners 39 Conception Edit The series was conceived by Lloyd Braun head of ABC at the time while he was on vacation in Hawaii during 2003 as a television adaptation of the 2000 Tom Hanks film Cast Away crossed with elements of the popular reality show Survivor 44 Braun later pitched his ideas for Cast Away The Series at the network s gathering of executives at the Disney s Grand Californian Hotel amp Spa in Anaheim California describing the concept as parts Cast Away Survivor and Gilligan s Island with a Lord of the Flies element 45 Many found the idea laughable but senior vice president Thom Sherman saw potential and decided to order an initial script from Spelling Television Spelling producer Ted Gold turned to writer Jeffrey Lieber who presented a pitch to ABC in September 2003 titled Nowhere which Sherman approved Unhappy with the eventual script by Lieber and a subsequent rewrite in January 2004 Braun contacted J J Abrams who had developed the TV series Alias for ABC to write a new pilot script Lieber would later receive a story credit for the Lost pilot and subsequently shared the created by credit with Abrams and Lindelof after a request for arbitration at the Writers Guild of America 1 The one inviolable edict Braun made to Abrams was that the show s title must be Lost having conceived of the title and being angry at its change to Nowhere by Lieber 46 Although initially hesitant Abrams warmed to the idea on the condition that the series would have a supernatural angle to it and if he had a writing partner 44 47 ABC executive Heather Kadin sent him Damon Lindelof who had long intended to meet Abrams as he wished to write for Alias 48 Together Abrams and Lindelof created the series style and characters and also wrote a series bible that conceived and detailed the major mythological ideas and plot points for an ideal four to five season run for the show 49 50 The novel idea of a story arc spanning several years was inspired by Babylon 5 51 Because ABC felt that Alias was too serialized Lindelof and Abrams assured the network in the bible that the show would be self contained We promise that each episode requires NO knowledge of the episode s that preceded it there is no Ultimate Mystery which requires solving While such statements contradicted their true plans the ruse succeeded in persuading ABC to purchase the show 52 The game Myst also set in a tropical island was noted as an influence by Lindelof as in its narrative No one told you what the rules were You just had to walk around and explore these environments and gradually a story was told 53 Abrams created the sound opening of the show and its title card being inspired by The Twilight Zone 54 55 He withdrew from production of Lost partway through the first season to direct Mission Impossible III 56 leaving Lindelof and new executive producer Carlton Cuse to develop much of the overall mythology of the series themselves 57 However Abrams briefly returned to help co write the third season premiere along with Lindelof The development of the show was constrained by tight deadlines as it had been commissioned late in the 2004 season s development cycle Despite the short schedule the creative team remained flexible enough to modify or create characters to fit actors they wished to cast 58 Lost s two part pilot episode was the most expensive in the network s history reportedly costing between US 10 and 14 million 59 compared to the average cost of an hour long pilot in 2005 of 4 million 60 The world premiere of the pilot episode was on July 24 2004 at San Diego Comic Con 61 ABC s parent company Disney fired Braun before Lost s broadcast debut partly because of low ratings at the network and also because he had greenlighted such an expensive and risky project 47 The series debuted on September 22 2004 becoming one of the biggest critical and commercial successes of the 2004 television season Along with fellow new series Desperate Housewives and Grey s Anatomy Lost helped to reverse the flagging fortunes of ABC 62 and its great success likely caused the network to ignore that the show almost immediately broke Lindelof and Abrams promises to it regarding Lost s plots 52 Casting Edit Many of the first season roles were a result of the executive producers liking of various actors The main character Jack was going to die in the pilot and the role was planned for Michael Keaton However ABC executives were adamant that Jack live 63 Before it was decided that Jack would live Kate was to emerge as the leader of the survivors she was conceived as a middle aged businesswoman whose husband had apparently died in the crash a role later fulfilled by the recurring character Rose Dominic Monaghan auditioned for the role of Sawyer who at the time was supposed to be a slick suit wearing city con man The producers enjoyed Monaghan s performance and changed the character of Charlie an over the hill former rock star to fit him Jorge Garcia also auditioned for Sawyer and the part of Hurley was written for him When Josh Holloway auditioned for Sawyer the producers liked the edge he brought to the character he reportedly kicked a chair when he forgot his lines and got angry in the audition and his southern accent so they changed Sawyer to fit Holloway s acting Yunjin Kim auditioned for Kate but the producers wrote the character of Sun for her and the character of Jin portrayed by Daniel Dae Kim to be her husband Sayid played by Naveen Andrews was also not in the original script Locke and Michael were written with their actors in mind Emilie de Ravin who played Claire was cast in what was supposed to be a recurring role 63 In the second season Michael Emerson was contracted to play Ben Henry Gale for three episodes His role was extended to eight episodes because of his acting skills and eventually for the whole of season three and later seasons 64 Filming Edit Jack Bender directed the most episodes of the series and also served as an executive producer Lost was filmed on Panavision 35 mm cameras almost entirely on the Hawaiian island of Oahu given the easily accessible wide diversity of filming locations The original island scenes for the pilot were filmed at Mokule ia Beach near the northwest tip of the island Later beach scenes take place in secluded spots of the famous North Shore Cave scenes in the first season were filmed on a sound stage built at a Xerox parts warehouse which had been empty since an employee mass shooting took place there in 1999 65 In 2006 the sound stage and production offices moved to the Hawaii Film Office operated Hawaii Film Studio 66 where the sets depicting Season 2 s Swan Station and Season 3 s Hydra Station interiors were built 67 Various urban areas in and around Honolulu are used as stand ins for locations around the world including California New York Iowa Miami South Korea Iraq Nigeria United Kingdom Paris Thailand Berlin Maldives and Australia For example scenes set in a Sydney Airport were filmed at the Hawaii Convention Center while a World War II era bunker was used as both an Iraqi Republican Guard installation and a Dharma Initiative research station Scenes set in Germany during the winter were filmed on Merchant St with crushed ice scattered everywhere to create snow and Russian store and automobile signs on the street Several scenes in the Season 3 finale Through the Looking Glass were shot in Los Angeles including a hospital set borrowed from Grey s Anatomy Two scenes during season four were filmed in London because Alan Dale who portrays Widmore was at the time performing in the musical Spamalot and was unable to travel to Hawaii 68 Extensive archives of filming locations are tracked at a repository at the Lost Virtual Tour 69 Promotion Edit During its six years of broadcasting Lost developed an extensive collection of promotional tools ranging from the traditional promotions of the TV show made by the channel to the creation of alternate reality games such as the Lost Experience 70 Lost showed innovation in the use of new advertising strategies in the sector and the transformation of the conventional devices used previously Music Edit Main article Lost Original Television Soundtracks Lost features an orchestral score performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra and composed by Michael Giacchino incorporating many recurring themes for subjects such as events locations and characters Giacchino achieved some of the sounds for the score using unusual instruments such as striking suspended pieces of the plane s fuselage 71 On March 21 2006 the record label Varese Sarabande released the original television soundtrack for Lost s first season 72 The soundtrack included select full length versions of the most popular themes of the season and the main title which was composed by series creator J J Abrams 72 Varese Sarabande released a soundtrack featuring music from season 2 of Lost on October 3 2006 73 The soundtrack for season 3 was released on May 6 2008 the soundtrack for season 4 was released on May 11 2009 the soundtrack for season 5 was released on May 11 2010 and the soundtrack for the final season was released on September 14 2010 A final soundtrack featuring music from series finale was released on October 11 2010 The series uses pop culture songs sparingly and has a mainly orchestral score consisting usually of divided strings percussion harp and three trombones When it features pop songs they often originate from a diegetic source Examples include the various songs played on Hurley s portable CD player throughout the first season until its batteries died in the episode In Translation which featured Damien Rice s Delicate or the use of the record player in the second season which included Cass Elliot s Make Your Own Kind of Music and Petula Clark s Downtown in the second and third season premieres respectively Two episodes show Charlie on a street corner playing guitar and singing the Oasis song Wonderwall In the third season s finale Jack drives down the street listening to Nirvana s Scentless Apprentice right before he arrives to the Hoffs Drawlar Funeral Parlor and in the parallel scene in the fourth season s finale he arrives listening to Gouge Away by Pixies The third season also used Three Dog Night s Shambala on two occasions in the van The only two pop songs that have ever been used without an on screen source i e non diegetic are Ann Margret s Slowly in the episode I Do and I Shall Not Walk Alone written by Ben Harper and covered by The Blind Boys of Alabama in the episode Confidence Man Alternate music is used in several international broadcasts For example in the Japanese broadcast of Lost the theme song used varies by season season one uses Here I Am by Chemistry season two uses Losin by Yuna Ito and season three uses Lonely Girl by Crystal Kay Reception and impact EditCritical reception Edit Rotten Tomatoes ratings per season 74 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6Rating 94 100 71 88 90 68 Lost has been described by numerous critics as being among the greatest television series of all time 75 76 77 Bill Carter television reporter of The New York Times defined Lost as the show with perhaps the most compelling continuing story line in television history 78 Entertainment Weekly put the show on its end of the decade best of list saying Name another network drama that can so wondrously turn a into a 79 In 2012 Entertainment Weekly also listed the show at 10 in the 25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years with a hot and cold description Lost was initially celebrated as a moving character driven drama with a broad humanistic worldview that also presented itself as dramatic cryptography that demanded to be solved The appeal narrowed as seasons progressed and the mythology became more complex culminating in a still debated finale that was deeply meaningful to some and dissatisfying poppycock to others 80 In 2007 TV Guide ranked Lost as the 5 cult show 81 In 2013 TV Guide ranked it as the 5 sci fi show 82 and the 36 best series of all time 83 In September 2019 The Guardian ranked the show 71st on its list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 84 Season 1 Edit The first season received critical acclaim USA Today said a totally original fabulously enjoyable lost at sea series Lost had taken an outlandish Saturday serial setup and imbued it with real characters and honest emotions without sacrificing any of the old fashioned fun 85 The Los Angeles Times praised the production values and said it knows the buttons it wants to push fear of flying fear of abandonment fear of the unknown and pushes them repeatedly like a kid playing a video game 86 IGN noted that the first season succeeded first and foremost in character development 87 Lost season one was ranked number one in the Best of 2005 TV Coverage Critic Top Ten Lists by Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe Tom Gliatto of People Weekly Charlie McCollum of the San Jose Mercury News and Robert Bianco of USA Today 88 Season 2 Edit The second season received favorable reviews but it was noted that the season stumbled with some storylines going nowhere and some characters underutilized IGN also noted the addition of Desmond Hume as a standout new character 89 The San Francisco Chronicle called Season 2 an extended mostly unsatisfying foray into deeper mythology with very little payoff 90 After winning Best Drama Series for season one Lost was snubbed by the Emmy Awards in Season 2 Nearing the end of the second season USA Today listed the most popular fan theories during Season 2 the island as a psychological experiment that the hatch had electromagnetic properties string theory of time and that everyone on the island had developed a collective consciousness that allowed them to appear in each other s past One fan interview by USA Today said that Real suspense comes from answers not questions Suspense comes not from wondering what s going on but from wondering what happens next If you withhold answers it becomes impossible to satisfy 91 Season 3 Edit The first block of episodes of the third season was criticized for raising too many mysteries 92 and not providing enough answers 93 Complaints were also made about the limited screen time for many of the main characters in the first block 94 Locke played by Terry O Quinn who had tied for the highest second season episode count appeared in only 13 of 23 episodes in the third season only two more than guest star M C Gainey who played Tom Reaction to two new characters Nikki and Paulo was generally negative and Lindelof even acknowledged that the couple was universally despised by fans 95 The decision to split the season and the American time slot switch after the hiatus were also criticized 96 97 Cuse acknowledged that No one was happy with the six episode run 98 The second block of episodes was critically acclaimed however 99 with the crew dealing with problems from the first block 100 More answers were written into the show 101 and Nikki and Paulo were killed off 102 It was also announced that the series would end three seasons after the third season 103 which Cuse hoped would tell the audience that the writers knew where the story was going 104 Season 4 Edit The fourth season opened to praise not seen since the first season Metacritic gave season four a weighted average of 87 based on the impressions of a select twelve critical reviews 105 earning the second highest Metascore in the 2007 2008 television season after the fifth and final season of HBO s The Wire 106 For the first time since season one Lost received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle said that the Season 4 episodes were roller coasters of fast action and revelation and that series was back on track 90 In a survey conducted by TVWeek of professional critics Lost was voted the best show on television in the first half of 2008 by a wide margin apparently crack ing the top five on nearly every critic s submission and receiving nothing but praise 107 The New York Times said the show reveled in critiques of capitalism using the fictional Mittelos Bioscience and the malevolent British industrialist character of Charles Widmore as examples The critic also said that the show was in the dark business of exploring just how futile the modern search for peace knowledge recovery or profit really is The critic did go on to say that the series was not as philosophically refined as The Sopranos or The Wire but that it has maximized the potential of narrative uncertainty and made it a beguiling constant 108 Michael Emerson and Damon Lindelof at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards for Lost Season 5 Edit The fifth season once again received mostly positive critical reception Season 5 was given a weighted average of 78 out of 100 by Metacritic Variety said that The ABC series remains one of primetime s most uncompromising efforts and this year s latest wrinkle on flashbacks flash forwards and island disappearing flashes of light does nothing to alter that perception 109 Alan Sepinwall of The Star Ledger said that season 5 may finally be a day of reckoning between those viewers who embrace the show s science fiction trappings and those who prefer not to think about them Sepinwall also related that I loved every minute But I m also a geek who read Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov growing up 110 Heather Havrilesky of Salon com criticized the use of time travel saying that when a narrator brings magic or time travel or an act of God into the picture then uses it without restraint the story loses its anchor to real life The critic also asked Why does it matter what Locke and Richard Alpert and Daniel Faraday or anyone else does when they all seem as clueless and unfettered from reality as we are as viewers How can these characters have any concrete agenda or strategic approach or philosophical perspective on anything when the rug is pulled out from under them by another Act of God every few seconds 111 The New York Times also commented that what has been most dispiriting about the current season is the show s willingness to abandon many of the larger and more compelling themes that grounded the elaborate plot the struggles between faith and reason the indictments of extreme capitalism the futility of recovery All that remains is the reductively limned battle between fate and free will largely playing out now in Jack Shephard s belief that returning to the island is his Destiny 112 The A V Club said of the fifth season finale Me I found the ending frustrating but in a good way This finale was entertaining as all get out to me and despite the occasional groaner moment I think this may be Lost s most purposeful surprising finale 113 Season 6 Edit Season six opened to much hype and curiosity The A V Club asked I m guessing that one of the biggest fears of Lost fans as we ride out this sixth and final season bumps and all is that we re going to come to the end and find a big nothing in return for all we ve invested in these characters We don t just need answers we need justifications Why has whatever happened happened Who has called this particular meeting to order and does it really matter who showed up 114 The episodes Dr Linus Ab Aeterno Happily Ever After and The Candidate opened to highly positive critical reception while the third to last episode Across the Sea was the episode with the most negative reception 115 The time spent at the Others temple was criticized 116 E Online described the show as lightning in a bottle and picked it as Top TV Drama of 2010 117 Series finale Edit The series finale opened to highly polarized critical and fan reception According to the web site Metacritic The End received generally favorable reviews with a Metascore a weighted average based on the impressions of 31 critical reviews of 74 out of 100 115 IGN reviewer Chris Carbot gave the finale a 10 10 tying it with the initial review of Pilot Part 1 Through the Looking Glass The Constant and There s No Place Like Home Parts 2 amp 3 as the best reviewed episode of Lost He described it as one of the most enthralling entertaining and satisfying conclusions I could have hoped for Carbot also noted that the discussions about the episode may never end saying Lost may be gone but it will hardly be forgotten 118 Eric Deggans of the St Petersburg Times also gave the finale a perfect score stating Sunday s show was an emotional funny expertly measured reminder of what Lost has really centered on since its first moments on the prime time TV landscape faith hope romance and the power of redemption through belief in the best of what moves mankind 119 Robert Bianco of USA Today rated the episode perfect as well deeming the finale can stand with the best any series has produced 120 Hal Boedeker of Orlando Sentinel cited the finale being a stunner 121 The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph both reported that The End had received negative reviews and disappointed its viewers Alan Sepinwall of Star Ledger was less enthusiastic of the finale stating I m still wrestling with my feelings about The End I thought most of it worked like gangbusters But as someone who did spend at least part of the last six years dwelling on the questions that were unanswered be they little things like the outrigger shootout or why The Others left Dharma in charge of the Swan station after the purge or bigger ones like Walt I can t say I found The End wholly satisfying either as closure for this season or the series There are narrative dead ends in every season of Lost but it felt like season six had more than usual 122 Mike Hale of The New York Times gave The End a mixed review as the episode showed that the series was shaky on the big picture on organizing the welter of mythic religious philosophical material it insisted on incorporating into its plot but highly skilled at the small one the moment to moment business of telling an exciting story Rendered insignificant were the particulars of what they had done on the island 123 David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun gave the episode a highly negative review writing If this is supposed to be such a smart and wise show unlike anything else on network TV blah blah blah why such a wimpy phony quasi religious white light huggy bear ending Once Jack stepped into the church it looked like he was walking into a Hollywood wrap party without food or music just a bunch of actors grinning idiotically for 10 minutes and hugging one another 124 Ratings Edit Lost aired on the American Broadcasting Company ABC from September 22 2004 to May 23 2010 The pilot episode had 18 6 million viewers easily winning its 9 00 pm timeslot and giving ABC its strongest ratings since 2000 when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was initially aired beaten only the following month by the premiere of Desperate Housewives According to Variety ABC sure could use a breakout drama success as it hasn t had a real hit since The Practice Lost represents the network s best start for a drama with 18 to 49 year olds since Once and Again in 1999 and in total viewers since Murder One in 1995 125 For its first season Lost averaged 16 million viewers ranking 14th in viewership among prime time shows and 15th among the eighteen to forty nine year old demographic 126 Its second season fared equally well again Lost ranked 14th in viewership with an average of 15 5 million viewers However it improved its rating with 18 to 49 year olds ranking eighth 127 The second season premiere was even more viewed than the first pulling in over 23 million viewers and setting a series record 128 The third season premiere brought in 18 8 million viewers The seventh episode of the season back from a three month hiatus saw a drop to 14 5 million Over the course of the spring season ratings would plunge to as low as 11 million viewers before recovering to near 14 million for the season finale The ratings drop was partially explained when Nielsen released DVR ratings showing Lost as the most recorded series on television However despite overall ratings losses Lost still won its hour in the crucial 18 49 demographic and put out the highest 18 49 numbers in the 10 00 p m time slot ahead of any show on any network that season The fourth season premiere saw an increase from the previous episode to 16 1 million viewers 129 though by the eighth episode viewers had decreased to a series low of 11 461 million 129 A survey of 20 countries by Informa Telecoms and Media in 2006 concluded that Lost was the second most popular TV show in those countries after CSI Miami 130 The sixth season premiere was the first to climb in the ratings year over year since the second season drawing 12 1 million viewers 131 Lost U S viewers per episode millions SeasonEpisode numberAverage12345678910111213141516171819202122232425118 6517 0016 5418 1616 8216 8318 7318 4417 6417 1518 8821 5920 8119 6919 4817 8719 4918 8517 7517 1217 2017 1018 6220 7120 7118 39223 4723 1722 3821 6621 3820 0121 8719 2921 5420 5619 1319 0518 7418 2016 4315 3016 2116 3815 6815 5616 3514 6717 8417 84N A18 91318 8216 8916 3117 0916 0717 1514 4912 8412 9512 7812 4512 4812 2211 5211 6612 0912 0811 8612 3312 1112 3213 8613 86N A13 75416 0715 0613 6213 5312 8512 9011 8711 2812 3311 1411 2811 4012 2012 20N A12 73511 6611 0811 0710 989 7711 279 8210 619 088 829 358 299 239 048 709 439 43N A9 97612 0912 0911 059 829 959 299 498 879 3110 139 559 489 539 5910 3210 4713 5713 57N A10 85Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research citation needed Awards and nominations Edit Main article List of awards and nominations received by Lost Capping its successful first season Lost won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series 132 and J J Abrams was awarded an Emmy in September 2005 for his work as the director of Pilot Terry O Quinn and Naveen Andrews were nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category 7 Lost swept the guild awards in 2005 winning the Writers Guild of America Awards 2005 for Outstanding Achievement in Writing for a Dramatic Television Series 133 the 2005 Producers Guild Award for Best Production 134 the 2005 Director s Guild Award for Best Direction of a Dramatic Television Program 135 and the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005 for Best Ensemble Cast For his portrayal of Ben Linus Michael Emerson received many awards and nominations including winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2009 It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Drama Series three times 2005 2007 and it won the award in 2006 136 In 2006 Matthew Fox and Naveen Andrews received Golden Globe nominations for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series 136 and Best Supporting Actor 136 respectively and in 2007 Evangeline Lilly received a nomination for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series 136 Lost was nominated for the 2005 British Academy of Film and Television Award for Best International 137 In 2006 Jorge Garcia and Michelle Rodriguez took home ALMA Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress respectively in a Television Series 138 It won the Saturn Award for Best Television Series in both 2005 and 2006 139 In 2005 Terry O Quinn won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a television series and in 2006 139 Matthew Fox won for Best Lead Actor 139 Lost won consecutive Television Critics Association Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Drama for both its first and second seasons 140 Consecutively as well it won in 2005 and 2006 the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program 141 142 Malcolm David Kelley won a Young Artist Award for his performance as Walt in 2006 143 In 2005 Lost was voted Entertainment Weekly s Entertainer of the Year The show won a 2005 Prism Award for Charlie s drug storyline in the episodes Pilot House of the Rising Sun and The Moth 144 In 2007 Lost was listed as one of Time magazine s 100 Best TV Shows of All TIME 75 The series was nominated for but did not win a Writers Guild Award and Producers Guild Award again in 2007 145 In June 2007 Lost beat out over 20 nominated television shows from countries all over the globe to win the Best Drama award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival In September 2007 both Michael Emerson and Terry O Quinn were nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series the award going to O Quinn 146 Lost was again nominated for Outstanding Drama Series at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2008 The show also garnered seven other Emmy nominations including Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Michael Emerson 7 It won a Peabody Award in 2008 147 In 2009 Lost was again nominated for Outstanding Drama Series as well Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Michael Emerson at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards of which the latter won 7 In 2010 the sixth and final season was nominated for twelve Emmy Awards at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Drama Series Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof for the show s series finale The End Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Matthew Fox Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Michael Emerson and Terry O Quinn and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Elizabeth Mitchell It won only one Emmy Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing out of its twelve nominations for a series total of 11 wins and 55 nominations in its six year run 148 In 2010 Kristin dos Santos of E Online ranked Lost the best TV series of the past 20 years 149 In 2013 the Writers Guild of America ranked Lost No 27 in its list of the 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time 150 In 2014 the series was nominated for the TCA Heritage Award 151 In 2016 Rolling Stone ranked it the fourteenth best science fiction television show ever 152 Fandom and popular culture Edit As a mainstream cult television show Lost has generated a dedicated and thriving international fan community Lost fans sometimes dubbed Lostaways 153 or Losties 154 have gathered at Comic Con International and conventions organized by ABC 154 155 but have also been active in developing many fan websites including Lostpedia and forums dedicated to the program and its related incarnations Because of the show s elaborate mythology its fansites have focused on speculation and theorizing about the island s mysteries as well as on more typical fan activities such as producing fan fiction and videos compiling episode transcripts shipping characters and collecting memorabilia 156 157 158 Anticipating fan interest and trying to keep its audience engrossed ABC embarked on various cross media endeavors often using new media Fans of Lost have been able to explore ABC produced tie in websites tie in novels an official forum sponsored by the creative team behind Lost The Fuselage mobisodes podcasts by the producers an official magazine and an alternate reality game ARG The Lost Experience 159 An official fanclub was launched in the summer of 2005 through Creation Entertainment 154 Due to the show s popularity references to it and elements from its story have appeared in parody and popular culture usage These include appearances on television such as on the series Fringe Will amp Grace Curb Your Enthusiasm 30 Rock 160 Scrubs Modern Family Orange Is the New Black Community The Office Family Guy American Dad The Simpsons Late Night with Jimmy Fallon under the sketch parody title Late and The Venture Bros 161 Lost is also featured as an Easter egg in several video games including Dead Island Half Life 2 Episode Two Fallout 3 Uncharted 2 Among Thieves World of Warcraft Just Cause 2 Batman Arkham City Grand Theft Auto V and Singularity 162 Similarly several songs have been published whose themes and titles were derived from the series such as Moneen Don t Ever Tell Locke What He Can t Do Veil of Maya Namaste Cosmo Jarvis Lost Senses Fail Lost and Found and All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues Gatsbys American Dream You All Everybody and Station 5 The Pearl and Punchline Roller Coaster Smoke Weezer named their eighth studio album Hurley after the character with a photo of actor Jorge Garcia on the cover 163 After the episode Numbers aired on March 2 2005 numerous people used the eponymous figures 4 8 15 16 23 and 42 as lottery entries According to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review within three days the numbers were tried over 500 times by local players 164 By October 2005 thousands had tried them for the multi state Powerball lottery 165 A study of the Quebec Lottery showed that the sequence was the third most popular choice of numbers for lottery players behind only the arithmetic sequences 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 14 21 28 35 42 166 The issue came to attention after a Mega Millions drawing for a near record US 380 000 000 jackpot on January 4 2011 drew a series of numbers in which the three lowest numbers 4 8 15 and the mega ball 42 matched four of the six numbers The No 42 is also the Mega Number in Hurley s Mega Lotto ticket The players who played the combination won 150 each or 118 in California 167 Influence Edit Lost has been cited as a key influence on several of its contemporaries 168 169 The ABC series FlashForward was heavily compared to Lost because of its similar use of nonlinear narrative and mysteries 170 171 The NBC series Heroes drew comparisons to Lost during its run because of some similarities such as its ensemble cast Damon Lindelof was involved in the early stages of the creative process of Heroes as he was friends with Heroes creator Tim Kring 172 Ever since its premiere The 100 has been compared to Lost because of its similar setting and the importance of survival in its story 173 The TBS comedy Wrecked has been defined as a parody of Lost because of its very similar premise and multiple references to the drama 174 175 Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis former writers of Lost created the fantasy series Once Upon a Time which has also been compared to Lost Even though their series started after Lost ended they conceived it in 2004 176 Damon Lindelof was involved in the development of their series 177 Despite the comparisons and similarities to Lost the writers intend the shows to be very different from each other To them Lost concerned itself with redemption while Once Upon a Time is about hope 178 As a nod to the ties between the production teams of Once Upon a Time and Lost the former show contains allusions to Lost For example many items found in the Lost universe such as Apollo candy bars Oceanic Airlines Ajira Airways the TV series Expose and MacCutcheon Whisky can be seen in Once Upon a Time 179 Both during and after Lost s run on ABC its success led to dozens of new shows attempting to enter the same mystery driven sci fi genre as networks sought to cater to viewers evolved affinity and demonstrated loyalty to this specific subset of drama 180 In 2018 NBC introduced Manifest a show about the mysterious disappearance of a commercial passenger jet While the show s preview and pilot alone sparked media coverage highlighting the show s central mystery to be seemingly the same as that of Lost subsequent seasons have furthered controversy around the extent of key similarities Noted parallels include the passengers collective experience of displacement in spacetime the acquisition of supernatural abilities and medical phenomenons post disappearance the use of flashback flashforward sequences to expose dark secrets harbored by passengers the revelation of unusually high levels of interconnectedness between the lives of passengers the polarized beliefs held by passengers regarding science versus faith as a means to explain their shared experience in different ways 181 Season 4 of Manifest reveals a plot twist suggesting the passengers were in some way chosen prompting critics to point out this same key plot twist introducing predestination was featured in Lost 182 Distribution EditOnline Edit In addition to traditional terrestrial and satellite television Lost is available from various online subscription services including Amazon Prime Video 183 Hulu 184 and on Disney outside of the US via Star 185 It was one of the first series issued through Apple s iTunes Store beginning in October 2005 186 On August 29 2007 Lost became one of the first TV programs available for download in the UK iTunes Store 187 In April 2006 Disney announced that Lost would be available for free online in streaming format with advertising on ABC s website as part of a two month experiment of future distribution strategies The trial which ran from May to June 2006 caused a stir among network affiliates who were afraid of being cut out of advertising revenue The streaming of Lost episodes direct from ABC s website was only available to viewers in the United States due to international licensing agreements 188 189 In 2009 Lost was named the most watched show on the Internet based on viewers of episodes on ABC s website The Nielsen Company reported that 1 425 million unique viewers have watched at least one episode on ABC s website 190 Home media Edit The first season of Lost was released under the title Lost The Complete First Season as a widescreen seven disc Region 1 DVD box set on September 6 2005 two weeks before the premiere of the second season It was distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment In addition to all the episodes that had been aired it included several DVD extras such as episode commentaries behind the scenes footage and making of features as well as deleted scenes deleted flashback scenarios and a blooper reel The same set was released on November 30 2005 in Region 4 191 The season was first released split into two parts the first twelve episodes of season 1 were available as a widescreen four disc Region 2 DVD box set on October 31 2005 while the remaining thirteen episodes of season 1 were released on January 16 2006 192 The DVD features available on the Region 1 release were likewise split over the two box sets The first two seasons were released separately on Blu ray Disc on June 16 2009 193 The second season was released under the title Lost The Complete Second Season The Extended Experience as a widescreen seven disc Region 1 DVD box set on September 5 2006 The sets include several DVD extras including behind the scenes footage deleted scenes and a Lost Connections chart which shows how all of the characters on the island are inter connected 194 Again the season was initially delivered in two sets for Region 2 the first twelve episodes were released as a widescreen four disc DVD box set on July 17 2006 while the remaining episodes of season 2 were released as a four disc DVD box set on October 2 2006 195 The set was released in Region 4 on October 4 2006 The third season was released under the title Lost The Complete Third Season The Unexplored Experience on DVD and Blu ray in Region 1 on December 11 2007 196 As with seasons 1 and 2 the third season release includes audio commentaries with the cast and crew bonus featurettes deleted scenes and bloopers The third season was released in Region 2 solely on DVD on October 22 2007 though this time only as a complete set unlike previous seasons 197 The fourth season was released as Lost The Complete Fourth Season The Expanded Experience in Region 1 on December 9 2008 on both DVD and Blu ray Disc 198 It was released on DVD in Region 2 on October 20 2008 199 The set includes audio commentaries deleted scenes bloopers and bonus featurettes The first three seasons of Lost have sold successfully on DVD The season 1 box set entered the DVD sales chart at number two in September 2005 200 and the season 2 box set entered the DVD sales chart at the number one position in its first week of release in September 2006 believed to be the second TV DVD ever to enter the chart at the top spot 201 The season 3 box set sold over 1 000 000 copies in three weeks 202 Both the season 6 box set and the complete series collection contained a 12 minute epilogue like bonus feature called The New Man in Charge 203 204 The season 6 DVD set entered the DVD sales chart at the number one position in its first week of release in September 2010 boasting strong sales in the DVD and Blu ray format for the regular season set as well as for the series box set 205 Other media EditThe characters and setting of Lost have appeared in several official tie ins outside of the television broadcast including in print on the Internet and in short videos for mobile phones Three novelizations have been released by Hyperion Books a publisher owned by Disney ABC s parent company They are Endangered Species ISBN 0 7868 9090 8 and Secret Identity ISBN 0 7868 9091 6 both by Cathy Hapka and Signs of Life ISBN 0 7868 9092 4 by Frank Thompson Additionally Hyperion published a metafictional book titled Bad Twin ISBN 1 4013 0276 9 written by Laurence Shames 206 and credited to fictitious author Gary Troup who ABC s marketing department claimed was a passenger on Oceanic Flight 815 Several unofficial books relating to the show have also been published Finding Lost The Unofficial Guide ISBN 1 55022 743 2 by Nikki Stafford and published by ECW Press is a book detailing the show for fans and those new to the show What Can Be Found in Lost ISBN 0 7369 2121 4 by John Ankerberg and Dillon Burrough published by Harvest House is the first book dedicated to an investigation of the spiritual themes of the series from a Christian perspective Living Lost Why We re All Stuck on the Island ISBN 1 891053 02 7 by J Wood 207 published by the Garett County Press is the first work of cultural criticism based on the series The book explores the show s strange engagement with the contemporary experiences of war mis information and terrorism and argues that the audience functions as a character in the narrative The author also writes a blog column 208 during the second part of the third season for Powell s Books Each post discusses the previous episode s literary historical philosophical and narrative connections The show s networks and producers have made extensive use of the Internet in expanding the background of the story For example during the first season a fictional diary by an unseen survivor called Janelle Granger was presented on the ABC web site for the series Likewise a tie in website about the fictional Oceanic Airlines appeared during the first season which included 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