"Lost" Greatest Hits (2007)

Director:

Stephen Williams

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Lost" (2004)

Original Air Date:

16 May 2007 (Season 3, Episode 21)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

Desmond has another vision of Charlie's death, but this time his death ultimately will result in Claire's rescue. Meanwhile, the survivors discover that an attack by the others is even more imminent than originally expected.

Plot Keywords:

Dynamite | Attack | Underwater | Explosion | Warning

Cast

Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Desmond Hume
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton
Michael Emerson	...	Benjamin Linus
Matthew Fox	...	Jack Shephard
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 (credit only)
Sam Anderson	...	Bernard Nadler
Blake Bashoff	...	Karl Martin

Runtime:

43 min | Germany:42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Venezuela:PG-13 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Bad Robot

Trivia:

The woman whom Charlie saves from a mugger is Nadia, the woman Sayid tortured (and freed) in Iraq, and whose house was inspected by Locke.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Charlie decides he will swim down to the Looking Glass Station in order to remove the jam which prevents radio signals from leaving the island. In Season 1, Charlie said he could not swim during an incident where someone was drowning. But Charlie knows his swimming ability is limited as evidenced by his flashbacks and his reluctance to tell Desmond how long he can hold his breath for. Thus, it is logical for Charlie to swim down to the station because he knows it to be a one-way trip.

Quotes:

Desmond Hume: You don't have to do this, Charlie.
Charlie Pace: What?
Desmond Hume: I'll go.
Charlie Pace: No, your flashes...
Desmond Hume: Maybe I keep seeing you die because I'm supposed to take your place.
Charlie Pace: What about your girl, Penny?
Desmond Hume: What about your girl? Besides, I might be luckier than you.
[gives him back his "Greatest Hits" list]
Desmond Hume: Keep your memories to yourself. I'll take it from here.
Charlie Pace: I don't know what to say.
[...]

One of the show's greatest hits

"Greatest Hits" is the greatest example of a 'set-up' episode I can think of. Rarely has any episode in any television series which was basically leading directly into and setting up the season/series finale been so absolutely riveting and involving. The on-island stuff, outside Charlie's 'greatest hits' list, is essentially a prelude to the action-packed "Through the Looking Glass", while the flashbacks, when coupled with Charlie's actions on the island, particularly late in the episode during and after his conversation with Desmond, are among the show's most unabashedly sentimental and yet beautiful scenes. Dominic Monaghan gives his best performance in the role, and the episode is the finest achievement for Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz as writers and for Stephen Williams as director. A thrilling and exciting episode, sure, but also one of the most emotional on the series, even for someone who is generally ambivalent about Charlie as a character.