Exposé (28 Mar. 2007)

Nikki and Paulo are two more of the castaways with a past just like any of the others. What have they been doing since the plane crash?

Director:

Stephen Williams

Writers:

Jeffrey Lieber (creator), J.J. Abrams (creator),

Stars:

Naveen Andrews, Henry Ian Cusick, Emilie de Ravin

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah (credit only)
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Desmond Hume
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton
Michael Emerson	...	Ben Linus
Matthew Fox	...	Jack Shephard (credit only)
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Jin Kwon
Yunjin Kim	...	Sun Kwon
Evangeline Lilly	...	Kate Austen
Elizabeth Mitchell	...	Juliet Burke
Dominic Monaghan	...	Charlie Pace
Terry O'Quinn	...	John Locke
Kiele Sanchez	...	Nikki Fernandez
Rodrigo Santoro	...	Paulo

Storyline

Nikki comes to the beach where Sawyer and Hurley are playing ping-pong, stumbles, whispers some unintelligible words and apparently dies. Hurley doesn't understand Nikki's words: "Paulo lies..." and the group searches Paulo in the woods. They find him like Nikki and they believe the couple have been poisoned. Meanwhile, the past of the actress Nikki and the Brazilian chef Paulo in Sydney is disclosed, when they poisoned Nikki's lover and stole a fortune in diamonds, and detailing how they landed on the island and about them trying to retrieve the stolen diamonds with both attempting to betray each other showing their interactions with all the other characters, which were only glimpsed in previous episodes.

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Genres:

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

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 March 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During a flashback, Nikki is seen exiting a movie/TV soundstage (where her guest appearance on the fictional show "Exposé" is being shot) directly opposite the Sydney Opera House. In reality, this is the site of Admiralty House and Kirribilli House, the Sydney residences of the Governor General and Prime Minister of Australia.

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Goofs

While Nikki & Paulo are drinking champagne in the airport lounge, Shannon & Boone arrive, arguing. Paulo's full glass suddenly becomes less than half full. As Boone and his sister leave to find somewhere to sit, the glass is almost full again.

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Quotes

Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes: Dude, what are you doing?
James 'Sawyer' Ford: Two people are dead. You ever think they mighta been poisoned?
Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes: That's evidence, you're messin up the crime scene!
James 'Sawyer' Ford: Crime scene? Is there a forensics hatch I don't know about?

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Crazy Credits

The producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of the people of Hawaii and their Aloha spirit.

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Connections

References Baywatch (1989)

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Soundtracks

"Main Title"
Written by J.J. Abrams

User Reviews

Waste of an hour

This latest episode does nothing more than re-tell a centuries old story we've all been told before, the only originality lying in its setting, certainly not in its telling. A dull execution, and an utterly predictable finalé, make this episode barely watchable in and of itself, and, combined with its failure to reveal anything at all of the ongoing plot, made it a complete waste of time to watch.

A victim of its own success, and the conceit of its creators, Lost has become nothing more than a platform for pretension and self-indulgence. We have been subjected to episode after episode that does nothing, goes nowhere, and it's fast becoming a bore.