Lost
Format	Drama
Run time	approx. 42 minutes (per episode)
Creator(s)	J.J. Abrams Damon Lindelof Jeffrey Lieber
Starring	See Cast and characters below
Country	USA
Network	ABC
Original run	September 22, 2004 – present
No. of episodes	34 (plus two specials) (as of November 30, 2005)

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Overview

The series was developed exclusively by ABC: former studio executive, Lloyd Braun, pitched an idea about a plane crashing on a remote island to series creator J.J. Abrams in January 2004 -- after most new series for the 2004 fall season had already been selected and begun production. Working under significant deadline from the start, Abrams collaborated with Damon Lindelof to create the show’s unique style and characters, occasionally even creating characters to fit an actor they wished to cast. From this difficult beginning, which included the filming of the most expensive pilot in television history, came one of the biggest critical and commercial successes of the 2004 television season. Lost, along with fellow freshman series Desperate Housewives, helped reverse the fortunes of the underperforming ABC. In September 2005, Lost won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series; Abrams was awarded an additional Emmy, for his work as director of the pilot. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... Lloyd Braun was a recurring fictional character on the show Seinfeld. ... Jeffrey J. Abrams (usually credited as Jeffrey Abrams or J.J. Abrams) (born June 27, 1966) is an American film and television producer, writer, actor, composer and director. ... Damon L. Lindelof is a television writer and executive, most recently noted as a producer and writer for the hit television series Lost. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2004. ... Desperate Housewives is an American Television series, created by Marc Cherry, that began airing on ABC in 2004, in HDTV. Set on Wisteria Lane in the fictional town of Fairview, the series tracks the lives of six housewives, following their domestic struggles while several mysteries unfold in the background. ... The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 18, 2005, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. ... A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ...

The series uniquely tracks two major, interconnected themes: first, the struggles of the forty-eight survivors of the crash as they cope with living together on the strange island, and second, the lives of the fourteen main characters before the crash, retold through flashbacks, thereby greatly expanding the more prosaic role of the typical television "backstory"[1]. In most episodes, the primary focus of the action is on a specific character and includes flashbacks from that character's point of view, thus providing insight to the viewer about the character's secrets and motivations. In the first season, the flashbacks also showed why each character was on the doomed plane. The exceptions to this character-based structure are the pilot and season one finale episodes, in which flashbacks from several characters are featured and depiction of action on the island takes a much more general approach. "The Other 48 Days" featured flashbacks after the crash, rather than before the crash. The show is produced by Bad Robot Production and Touchstone Television; the music is composed by Michael Giacchino. As in film, a flashback in literature is a technique which takes the narrative back in time from the point the story has reached, to recount events that happened before and give the back-story. ... A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... Bad Robot Production is a production company owned by JJ Abrams. ... Touchstone Television is an American television show production company. ... Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program or some other form not primarily musical. ... Michael Giacchino is an American soundtrack composer who has written the scores for many popular movies, television series and video games. ...

Season synopses

Season one: 2004-2005

Main article: Episodes of Lost (Season 1)

A plane crash strands the surviving passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 on a seemingly deserted tropical island, forcing the group of strangers to work together to stay alive. However, their survival may also ultimately depend on unraveling the mysteries of the island, including the contents of a hatch buried in the ground, the origins of an enormous creature that roams the jungle, and the motives of the unknown "Others" who may also inhabit the island. This article contains episode summaries for the first season of the American drama/adventure television series Lost. ... An aviation accident is an incident on board an aircraft causing injury or death to one or more persons. ... The article on Mount Desert Island, an island off the coast of Maine, redirects here. ... The Others are the mysterious inhabitants of the fictional island in the drama/adventure television series Lost. ...

Season two: 2005-2006

Main article: Episodes of Lost (Season 2)

Season two began airing September 21, 2005. Several new characters appear in the new season, including Ana-Lucia Cortez, Libby, and the mysterious Mr. Eko. This season begins 44 days after the crash and also introduces The Dharma Initiative and its benefactor, The Hanso Foundation, which may be responsible for some or all of the strange occurrences on the island. This article contains episode summaries for the second season of the American drama/adventure television series Lost ; the new episodes began airing September 21, 2005. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michelle Rodriguez as Ana-Lucia Cortez Ana-Lucia Cortez is a fictional character on the television series Lost played by Michelle Rodriguez. ... Cynthia Watros as Libby Libby the lizard hoe is a character on the television series Lost (TV series), played by Cynthia Watros. ... Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. ... The Dharma Initiative is a fictional research project featured in the American television series Lost. ... In the fictional world of the television series Lost, The Hanso Foundation was formed by leading arms purveyor Alvar Hanso who turned his attention away from keeping the world safe through the development of sophisticated weapons systems and focused instead on the development of new technologies to create a brighter...

Story elements

There are several recurring story elements on Lost, which drive central plot points and the development of the survivors as they try to live on the island.

Black and white

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• In "Pilot", Locke shows Walt a black and a white backgammon piece and says, "Two players, two sides — one is light, one is dark."
• In "House of the Rising Sun", Jack finds a pouch on a pair of mummified corpses, nicknamed "Adam and Eve" by the survivors, containing one white stone and one black stone, which he then hides from Locke.
• In the opening sequence of "Raised by Another", Claire has a nightmare in which Locke has one black eyeball and one white eyeball, and the cards he uses for playing are black-and-white.
• The black-and-white logo of The Dharma Initiative appears on various surfaces in the hatch compound; the same symbol appears on the labels of all the food in a storage room, and on the tail of a shark that circles Michael and Sawyer.
• The frames of Sawyer's glasses are fused from two separate pairs: one white, the other black.
• In the final scene of "Collision," Jack and Ana Lucia are facing each other, with Jack wearing a white shirt and Ana Lucia wearing a black shirt.
• Rose, a survivor from the mid-section of the plane, is black, while her husband, Bernard, who survived in the tail section, is white.
• On the island, Kate sees a black horse similar to one she encountered while on the run.
• The show's most spiritual characters, Locke and Eko, are white and black respectively, and will develop a "seminal mystical relationship."

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Parents

Most of the major characters have fathers who are or were either absent, reluctant, or destructive. Thus far, the father issues of Locke, Jack, Sawyer, Walt, and Kate have been the most well explored, with Locke in particular being the victim of a wretched betrayal in "Deus Ex Machina". These characters are not alone, however: Aaron was abandoned by his father (Claire's boyfriend Thomas), Claire's past with her father has been alluded to, Shannon's father is dead, Hurley's father is absent (although he does talk about "Fishing with his old man" in "Walkabout"), and Sun's father is a particularly destructive force. In contrast to this prevalence of father issues, the only main character whose father seems to have been a positive force is Jin's: It was Jin's shame at his father's poverty that led him to tell Sun and others that his father was dead. Additionally, though previously absent, Michael is working diligently at being a good father to Walt. Up until now, there has been little to no mention of the fathers of Boone, Sayid, or Charlie. This article contains episode summaries for the first season of the American drama/adventure television series Lost. ...

In season two, it is revealed that Shannon was at odds with her stepmother over the money left behind by her father. Ana Lucia, the first new cast member of the season, is portrayed as being in conflict with her mother, who works in the LAPD and whose professional seniority provides a situation comparable to Jack and his father. In the flashbacks, Ana Lucia was pregnant when shot; and losing her future child influences her actions on the island. Kate's initial crime is shown to be the murder of her stepfather upon learning that he was her biological father. As well, it is Kate's mother who subsequently informs the police that Kate was the one who killed Wayne, her father.

Numbers

The number sequence 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 is a recurring and significant story element. This string of numbers was broadcast from the Island's radio transmitter, and it was this message that drew Rousseau's expedition to the island. Although she later changed the message after the deaths of her team, the numbers had also been heard by others, eventually making their way to Hurley, who used them to win the lottery. However, after his win, a series of misfortunes began to happen to those around Hurley, leading him to believe the numbers are cursed. His search for answers led him to Australia and, through the crash, to the island itself, where he ultimately discovers the numbers engraved on the hatch. Inside the bunker, the same numbers appear on the occupant's medicine bottles, and make up a code that must be entered into the computer. The sum of these six numbers, 108, has also become significant in connection to the Dharma Initiative. This number appears on a mural inside the Initiative's Station Three, and the full sequence of numbers must be entered into the computer every 108 minutes. These numbers also frequently appear individually throughout the lives of the survivors, both before and after the crash. 4 (four) is a number, numeral, and glyph. ... 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. ... 15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 and preceding 16. ... 16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. ... 23 (twenty-three) is the natural number following 22 and preceding 24. ... 42 is the natural number following 41 and followed by 43. ... 108 is the natural number following 107 and preceding 109. ... Title card from a Dharma Initiative orientation film featured in the Lost episode Orientation The Dharma Initiative is a fictional research project featured in the American television series Lost. ...

Redemption

Many of the characters are in one way or another finding redemption and second chances as a result of being on the island. Locke is the first character to do so, when he discovers that he has mysteriously regained use of his legs and brings back food to the survivors; after this, Locke begins to lead many of the other characters towards their own personal redemption: he gathers water for the other survivors, a move which helps encourage Jack to become the de facto leader of the group; he helps Charlie kick his heroin habit; he encourages Sawyer to face his past misdeeds involving an incident that transpired before Sawyer left Australia; he helps Boone let go of his relationship with Shannon; he finds Walt's lost dog and allows Michael to take credit, and then later helps Michael bond with/save Walt when Walt is attacked by a polar bear; and his philosophizing to Shannon encourages her to pursue a relationship with Sayid. In the season 1 finale, Sawyer is heard uncharacteristically singing Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" as he sets sail to find help. Heroin or diacetylmorphine (INN) is a semi-synthetic opioid. ... Robert Nesta Marley, OM, (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) better known as Bob Marley, was a Jamaican singer, guitarist, songwriter and activist. ... Redemption Song was the last track on Bob Marleys final album, Uprising. ...

This can also refer to the title, giving it a double meaning of people being 'lost' or 'adrift' in life, but finding themselves and getting a chance to make things right on the island.

Philosophical and metaphysical elements

Character names

The nature of the show is often personified through the names of characters on the show, in particular through the resemblence between the names of characters and famous philosophers or scientists. While the characters themselves often hold similar ideals to their eponyms, on the whole, the theories of the philosphers bear a distinct relationship to the themes and motifs of the show.

• John Locke and Danielle Rousseau are both named for famous social contract philosophers who dealt with the relationship between nature and civilization. Locke shares his name with English philosopher John Locke, who believed that in a natural state, all men had equal rights to punish transgressors; to ensure fair judgment for all, governments were formed to better administrate the laws. He believed all men were born with a tabula rasa or blank slate (also the name of an episode in Season 1). The tabula rasa theory claims humans are born without any innate knowledge or experience, and their identity is a product of their decisions and choices in life.
• Danielle Rousseau is named for Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who argued that man is born weak and ignorant, but virtuous nonetheless. Only after man develops society does he become wicked. His theory of the Noble Savage hypothesized that a child raised in the wilderness independent of human society and culture would be an objectively superior person with regards to a universal set of ethics.
• Shannon has a surname in common with the Nobel-winning nuclear scientist/philosopher Ernest Rutherford, whose first researches were concerned with the magnetic properties of iron exposed to high-frequency oscillations and the orbital molecule theory.
• Locke's father, Anthony Cooper, was named for Lord Anthony Ashley-Cooper, the real-world John Locke's political mentor and patron.
• Boone Carlyle shares his name with Thomas Carlyle, a philospher who spoke of the organization and structure of society and their leaders, who he proclaimed were inevitably flawed.

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Dichotomy of faiths

The Dichotomy of faiths is one philosophical motif within Lost that is experiencing notable and clear development as of late, and also reflects the theoretical cause of the plane's crash. The conflict between John Locke and Jack Shephard was defined in season 1, and encapsulated in the season 2 episode "Man of Science, Man of Faith." Both Jack and Locke exhibit different views on life itself, in deviations of existentialism. As a doctor, Jack believes everything, including what happens on the island, can be logically and scientifically explained. Locke holds an unbound faith in fate and destiny, believing that they are being tested by impalpable forces that require no tangible explanation. From this original dichotomy, there has developed a second contrast, this time between Locke and Mr. Eko who, as opposed to possessing a general faith in fate, holds a religious faith in God. Both Locke and Eko believe that things happen for a reason. However, they believe the source and reasons for these occurrences to be quite different. A dichotomy is a division into two non-overlapping or mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive parts. ... ... Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. ... God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being believed by monotheistic religions to exist and to be the creator and ruler of the whole Universe. ...

The Dharma Initiative logos

The The Dharma Initiative logos resemble the Taoist symbol known as the Bagua, and also the borders have associations with the trigrams of the Chinese philosophy I-Ching. This logo has been seen in two bunkers, presumably both Dharma Initiative stations, as well as on the back of a shark. The Dharma Initiative is a fictional research project featured in the American television series Lost. ... For other uses of the words tao and dao, see Dao (disambiguation). ... The bagua (Chinese: 八卦; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: pa kua; literally eight trigrams, Korean 한국어: 팔괘) is a fundamental philosophical concept in ancient China. ... The I Ching is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ...

Fan speculation

Lost's mythology is as complex as that of other shows of a similar nature, such as The X-Files, Twin Peaks, and Babylon 5. This complexity, and the unresolved questions it spawns, have led to rampant speculation and theorizing among fans, mainly concerning the nature of the island, the origins of the "security system" and the Others, the meaning of the numbers and the reasons for both the crash and the survival of some passengers. Several of the more common fan theories have been discussed and dismissed by the producers, including: ... The X-Files was a popular American television series created by Chris Carter. ... Twin Peaks was an American dramatic television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. ... Babylon 5 is an epic science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ...

Discredited

• The survivors are dead and/or in Purgatory. — discounted by J. J. Abrams, Zap2It.com
• The survivors are in a time warp. —SciFiWire
• Spaceships or aliens influence the events on the island. —SciFiWire
• Everything seen is a fictional reality taking place in one or more of the survivors' minds.— discounted by Damon Lindelof, LostTV-Forum.com
• The "security system" is a dinosaur. — discounted by Damon Lindelof, Lost-TV.com

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Cast and characters

Main article: Characters of Lost

• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. Eko (Season 2-)
• Naveen Andrews as Sayid Jarrah
• Emilie de Ravin as Claire Littleton
• Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard
• Jorge Garcia as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
• Maggie Grace as Shannon Rutherford (Season 1-2)
• Josh Holloway as James "Sawyer" Ford
• Malcolm David Kelley as Walt Lloyd
• Daniel Dae Kim as Jin-Soo Kwon
• Yunjin Kim as Sun Kwon
• Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen
• Dominic Monaghan as Charlie Pace
• Terry O'Quinn as John Locke
• Harold Perrineau Jr. as Michael Dawson
• Michelle Rodriguez as Ana-Lucia Cortez (Season 2-)
• Ian Somerhalder as Boone Carlyle (Season 1)
• Cynthia Watros as Libby (Season 2-)

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Lost in other media

In addition to the television series, the characters and setting of Lost have appeared in the following official tie-ins:

• A diary by a survivor was incorporated into the official ABC web site for the show.
• The interactive back-stories of several characters are included in Lost Untold, a section on the Channel 4 Lost website.
• The book, Lost: Endangered Species by Cathy Hapka was released in 2005. Another novelization, Lost: Secret Identity, also by Hapka, is scheduled for release in early 2006.
• In early 2006, Verizon Wireless will distribute the Lost Video Diaries to its subscribers. Each video diary will run several minutes and cover events not seen in the television episodes.
• Hyperion Books will be publishing a metafictional book entitled Bad Twin, written by fictional author Gary Troup who was a passenger of Oceanic Flight 815.

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Awards

Note: Awards won are not mentioned under nominations.

Wins

Emmys: An Emmy Award. ...

• Best Television Series - Drama (2005)
• Best Director of a Television Series - Drama, Pilot Part 1 & 2 J.J. Abrams (2005)
• Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series - April Webster, Mandy Sherman, Alyssa Weisberg, Veronica Collins (2005)
• Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series - Mary Jo Markey (2005)
• Outstanding Music Composition for a Series - Michael Giacchino (2005)
• Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series - Pilot: Kevin Blank, Mitch Suskin, et al. (2005)

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Nominations

Emmys: An Emmy Award. ...

• Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series - Drama Naveen Andrews (2005)
• Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series - Drama Terry O'Quinn (2005)
• Outstanding Writing for a Television Series - Drama, Pilot Part 1 & 2 J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Jeffrey Lieber (2005)
• Outstanding Writing for a Television Series - Drama, Walkabout David Fury (2005)

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• Best Television Series - Drama (2005)
• Best Television Series - Drama (2006)
• Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama Matthew Fox (2006)
• Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series - Drama Naveen Andrews (2006)

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• Outstanding Acheivement in Writing - Dramatic Series (2005)

See also

• Airdates of Lost
• DVD Releases
• Characters of Lost
• Episodes of Lost (Season 1)
• Episodes of Lost (Season 2)
• Oceanic Airlines
• The Dharma Initiative
• The Hanso Foundation
• Drive Shaft
• Others

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External links

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:

Lost (TV series)

• Lost (2004-present) at the Internet Movie Database

Official tie-in sites

• Oceanic Airlines; contains many hidden easter eggs about characters on the show
• The Hanso Foundation, founder of the Dharma Initiative

Production related sites

• Oceanic Flight 815 - Official LOST Website
• The Fuselage, forum sponsored by J.J. Abrams and the show's creative team.
• I Am Lost, Flash game based on the show.

Network sites

• ABC: Lost (US)
• ABC: Lost episode guide (Season One) (US)
• ABC: Lost episode guide (Season Two) (US)
• CTV: Lost (Canada)
• Channel 7 (AU): Lost (Australia)
• Channel 4 (UK): Lost (United Kingdom)
• Star Movies (India): Lost (India)
• Azteca7: Perdidos (Lost) (Mexico)(in Spanish)
• ProSieben: Lost (Germany)
• TVNorge: Lost (Norway)
• TV4: Lost (Sweden)
• TVP1: Zagubieni (Poland)