Pilot: Part 1 

Forty-eight survivors of an airline flight originating from Australia, bound for the U.S., which crash-lands onto an unknown island 1000 miles off course, struggle to figure out a way to survive while trying to find a way to be rescued.

Director:

J.J. Abrams

Writers:

J.J. Abrams (teleplay by), Damon Lindelof (teleplay by)

Stars:

Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Matthew Fox	...	Dr. Jack Shephard
Evangeline Lilly	...	Kate Austen
Terry O'Quinn	...	John Locke
Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Jin-Soo Kwon
Yunjin Kim	...	Sun-Hwa Kwon
Dominic Monaghan	...	Charlie Pace
Maggie Grace	...	Shannon Rutherford
Ian Somerhalder	...	Boone Carlyle
Harold Perrineau	...	Michael Dawson
Malcolm David Kelley	...	Walt Lloyd
L. Scott Caldwell	...	Rose Nadler

Storyline

Following a horrific plane crash, 48 survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles, California, USA, find themselves on an uncharted tropical island in the South Pacific Ocean that is full of secrets, as they come to learn. The first day on the island is full of monsters, countdowns, screams, stories of the past and an unfolding love story between the quick-thinking Jack Shepherd, a doctor, and the level-headed Kate Austen, a mysterious young woman. Jack, Kate and Charlie, a former British rock music player and heroin junkie, venture into the jungle to locate the pilot cockpit to find the transciever and come up against a mysterious and unseen island "beast". Other survivors with mysterious pasts are introduced: The Iraqi with personal demons Sayid; the bumblingly awkward Hurley; the determined John Locke; the unpleasant and unfriendly self-serving swindler and sociopath Sawyer who tests everyone's patience; the very pregnant Australian teenager Claire ...

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Plot Keywords:

airplane crash | pregnancy | survivor | island | pilot | 

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Genres:

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

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

The episode won 4 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore), Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.

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Goofs

When the plane crashes and the people are panicking, we see the same people running in and out of shot repeatedly in the background behind the main characters.

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Quotes

Kate: You don't seem afraid at all. I don't understand that.

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Connections

References The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)

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Soundtracks

Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by J.J. Abrams

User Reviews

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I had seen the sixth season because I had nothing better to do. People complained it didn't come together and that the ending was awful. I, on one hand, loved it and decided to watch the whole thing and see what my opinion was after all five other seasons. So here goes.

"Pilot Part 1" I knew this show was promising from the first 3 minutes with the excellent plane wreckage effects and it all seemed so real. The rest of the episode was even better. The ending was fabulous and you could totally relate to the characters. The don't really tell you all their names, but so far, my favorite character is Sayid. It makes me sad about what he goes through in Season 6. Overall, great cast with great characters and a great plot for a mystery/sci-fi/fantasy/drama show that I hope will come together. 10/10

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Korean

Release Date:

22 September 2004 (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