Greatest Hits (16 May 2007)

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.

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
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Desmond Hume
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton
Michael Emerson	...	Ben 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

Storyline

Jack brings the survivors to the woods, calls the jungle woman Danielle and explodes a tree. He discloses that Juliet will mark three tents, as agreed with Ben, to lure The Others, but inside there will be dynamite instead of pregnant women, ready to blow The Others to hell, in which Sawyer, Jin and Bernard volunteer to stay behind to detonate the explosives. At the Others camp, Ben anticipates the raid to the survivors' camp and Alex asks Carl to set out to warn them. Juliet tells the castaways there is a submersible station called Looking Glass, a former Dharma research station offshore, that jams any radio signal from the island. Desmond has a premonition where Charlie flips a button in the Looking Glass and drowns, and then a helicopter arrives and rescues Claire and her baby Aaron. Charlie decides to sacrifice his life to save Claire and her son by traveling to the Looking Glass. Charlie recalls his best moments of his life by writing it on in a piece of paper: when he swam for ...

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Plot Keywords:

dynamite | jungle woman | attack | warning | explosion | 

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Genres:

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

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Korean

Release Date:

16 May 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Charlie's flashback of him saving a woman from a robbery occurs on the same day as Desmond's time flash in Lost: Flashes Before Your Eyes, as indicated by the circumstances: Charlie playing and singing "Wonderwall" on the street, when it suddenly starts to rain. The main difference is that Desmond does not interfere in Charlie's recollection (since Desmond's flashback was probably an elaborate 'vision', and not an actual experience).

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Goofs

Near the end of the episode, you see a shot of Charlie's right hand without the weight belt wrapped around it, then a moment later it's back on.

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Quotes

Charlie Pace: I want you to give this to Claire for me...
Desmond Hume: What is it?
Charlie Pace: It's the five best moments of my... sorry excuse for a life..."My greatest hits"... You know... memories... they're all I've got...

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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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Soundtracks

"End Title"
Written by Michael Giacchino
Performed by Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra

User Reviews

Lost's Greatest Hit

I've been watching Lost since day one, and I have to say this episode is easily one of the best yet. Even as good (if not better) the moment in season one when the raft sets off. I'm not an emotional person, but this episode really made my eyes swell, as Charlie is easily one of the most likable and funny character on the island (he is also from my hometown, and lived very near me, which is also pretty cool :P). I loved how the flash backs were arranged as well, it felt very final, and the way it matched what Charlie was writing was genius! I found myself through out the whole episode gripping the edge of my seat, you could have cut the tension with a knife. The appearance of Rose and Bernard was a nice surprise as well, in fact I could go on and on about how awesome I thought this episode was, but you can watch for yourself, although if you have never watched Lost before it might not have the emotional impact, and if you have never watched Lost before, what are you doing?! Go out and buy the DVD! You may have to wait till season 3 to get some answers, but it just makes the revelations all the more satisfying.

Being only one more episode left of season 3, the final episode will really have to be amazing to top this one. Somehow I can see an explosive ending ahead...