Lost 

The survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island.

Creators:

J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof

Stars:

Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim

Top Rated TV #222 | Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 105 wins & 372 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes (118 episodes, 2004-2010)
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford (118 episodes, 2004-2010)
Yunjin Kim	...	Sun-Hwa Kwon (118 episodes, 2004-2010)
Evangeline Lilly	...	Katherine 'Kate' Austen (118 episodes, 2004-2010)
Terry O'Quinn	...	John Locke / ... (118 episodes, 2004-2010)
Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah (118 episodes, 2004-2010)
Matthew Fox	...	Dr. Jack Shephard (118 episodes, 2004-2010)
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Jin-Soo Kwon (118 episodes, 2004-2010)
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton (97 episodes, 2004-2010)
Michael Emerson	...	Benjamin 'Ben' Linus / ... (78 episodes, 2006-2010)
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Desmond Hume (74 episodes, 2005-2010)
Dominic Monaghan	...	Charlie Pace (74 episodes, 2004-2010)
Harold Perrineau	...	Michael Dawson / ... (64 episodes, 2004-2010)
Elizabeth Mitchell	...	Dr. Juliet Burke / ... (55 episodes, 2006-2010)
Ken Leung	...	Miles Straume (48 episodes, 2008-2010)

Storyline

Life is laid bare as a group of plane crash survivors find themselves stranded on a remote Pacific island. The trauma of the crash soon becomes overshadowed by the island itself, where unseen creatures stalk the jungle, paranormal happenings abound and astonishing coincidences reveal themselves. In this unique environment emotions swell as the survivors battle their inner and outer demons, and strive to live together - so that they won't die alone.

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Plot Keywords:

plane crash | survival | flashback | destiny | doctor | 

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Taglines:

Destiny Calls (Season 5)

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Channel One [Russia] Disney [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Portuguese Spanish Arabic French Korean German Latin Russian Japanese

Release Date:

22 September 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lost

Filming Locations:

Hawaii Film Studio - 18th Avenue & Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Touchstone Television, ABC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min 5,445 min (Entire show)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In one early version of the script, Boone was going to be Boone Carlyle V and would be referred to as "Five". When they decided against this idea they did a "find and replace" function to change all the referenced to "Five" into ones for "Boone". This accidentally changed the dialogue when Jack and Kate first meet to him counting "One, two, three, four, Boone."

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Goofs

In a flashback it is shown that the character Sun Kwon had no English ability, but learned English over a period of several months. Regardless of the amount of effort it is absolutely impossible to reach her native-level ability in such a short amount of time.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes: Dude!

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Crazy Credits

The strange opening credits were designed by J.J. Abrams on his laptop in black and white as an homage to The Twilight Zone.

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Connections

Referenced in Arrow: Pilot (2012)

User Reviews

Restored what little faith I have in TV

With so many high-quality shows ending or getting cancelled recently (Friends, Frasier, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel), and with the decline in quality of many others (The West Wing, Smallville), not to mention the egregious rise of turgid and tasteless "reality" programming, I'd just about written off TV as an entertainment medium. I was seriously considering ditching my TV and cable subscription in favour of my computer screen and broadband Internet connection.

Then along comes "Lost". I missed the first few episodes, but was able to catch up thanks to BitTorrent. Now I'm hooked. There are several things to like about this show, but here's a quick list:

1) Outstanding, intelligent, layered writing. There are multiple mysteries here, and for every answer we get, more questions emerge.

2) Rich, complex characters. Just when you think you've got a character pegged, you find out something new about them that's often surprising or even shocking. I'm enjoying watching the various relationships emerge and develop.

3) Strong performances. This is a remarkable cast of mostly journeymen actors with a couple of newcomers, and they're all turning in star-making work. Even some of the cameos have featured recognizeable, talented actors (e.g. Mira Furlan, Victoria Hamel).

4) A mysterious and fascinating setting. Of the four main story elements you learned in school, plot, character, theme, and setting, the latter is often the poor, neglected cousin. Not here. The island is dangerous, beautiful, creepy, and undeniably intriguing. It's like a character unto itself. Part of the fun of this show will be unravelling the Island's secrets.

5) Thematic depth. This isn't just a soap opera on a desert island. There are rich metaphors and themes to be mined here, such as on the challenges of morality; on the nature of communities and civilization; on our relationship with nature/the environment; and on spirituality, even mysticism, as well.

I'm grateful to see this show is a hit. Too often lately I've committed to a quality show early on ("Wonderfalls" being the most recent and much-lamented example) only to have a jittery network cancel it prematurely. I'm hoping "Lost" will have a long, successful run--if its creators, cast, and crew keep up the level of quality they've shown so far, I'm sure it will.