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 #237 | Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 106 wins & 377 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

The past, present, and future lives of surviving Oceanic Flight 815 passengers are dramatically intertwined as a fight for survival ensues in a quest for answers after crashlanding on a mysterious island. Each discovery prompts yet more secrets, as the hastily-formed colony search for a way off the island, or is this their home?

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Plot Keywords:

plane crash | survival | destiny | flashback | south pacific | 

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Taglines:

Everything happens for a reason.

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Genres:

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

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Disney [United States] Official Facebook

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

The series used rotating directors to allow multiple episodes to be in production at the same time. An extra on the series 3 DVD called "Lost in a Day" showed how seven episodes were in production on the same day.

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Goofs

Danielle Rousseau is French but speaks with a heavy Croatian accent.

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Quotes

Mr. Eko: I did not ask for the life that I was given, but it was given nonetheless, and with it I did my best.

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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 NSFW Show: Blitz Quiz (2010)

User Reviews

Chilling, atmospheric and addictive – if the writers can weave all the clues and ideas together in the end, this will probably be stapled as the best show ever in television

While originally reluctant to jump on the bandwagon of watching "Lost", I accidentally caught one episode at the beginning of season 1—the one with the polar-bear—and it has had my undivided attention ever since. The show, that is. Not the polar bear. So bear (heh) with me while I throw out as much rambling, semi-coherent praise as I can muster.

"Lost" takes a simple idea of a passenger flight full of people crashing onto a desert island, and gradually adds extraordinary depth to its premise by exploring each character deeply and unflinchingly—what drives them, who are they? Where did they come from? It soon becomes clear that the island upon which they are stranded acts as a common denominator for many things in their lives, whether they're running away from something (Sawyer and Kate among others) or getting in touch with spirituality (Locke, Claire). But "Lost" also zooms in on the island itself and the mysterious horrors that it houses... and they all seem to be strangely connected.

While television actors are not exactly known for their subtlety or dazzling acting abilities, most of the cast of "Lost" are, in truth, spectacular actors for their respective parts, projecting heart and humour in their performances. There's also a multitude of eyecandy, but not generally of the plastic Hollywood kind as most TV shows. The characters all feel very real and they are extremely compelling to watch. Their interactions rarely fall prey to predictable sappiness, petty arguments or cheesy melodrama (although they are annoyingly secretive) – these people are first and foremost trying to survive and whatever relationship appears is treated secondary to action. The realism of these characters facilitate an already well-sculptured plot.

About this plot... Imagine a tree as the template plot, then the branches as subplots (in this case, one branch for every character) – well, Lost adds twigs to each branch and then tiny twigs to those twigs as other story lines. If you're a brother/sister to one of the main characters in the flashbacks, you will get your own storyline. If you're a DOG you will have your own storyline. Unless the writers manage to weave them all together into some glorious culmination in the end, they are setting themselves up. I am more than a little worried there will be some disappointing cop-out to this show, as I'm sure most people are.

But assuming the writers do pull this off, "Lost" is possibly the best show ever to hit television.

9/10