The Constant 

During the helicopter ride to the ship, Desmond's consciousness begins jumping back and forth between present day 2004 and 1996. He is forced to find Daniel Faraday in 1996 in order to get answers and stop the jumps.

Director:

Jack Bender

Writers:

Jeffrey Lieber (created by), J.J. Abrams (created by)

Stars:

Matthew Fox, Henry Ian Cusick, Sonya Walger

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Matthew Fox	...	Dr. Jack Shephard
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Desmond Hume
Sonya Walger	...	Penelope 'Penny' Widmore
Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton (credit only)
Michael Emerson	...	Ben Linus (credit only)
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes (credit only)
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford (credit only)
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Jin-Soo Kwon (credit only)
Elizabeth Mitchell	...	Dr. Juliet Burke
Yunjin Kim	...	Sun-Hwa Kwon (credit only)
Rebecca Mader	...	Dr. Charlotte Lewis
Jeremy Davies	...	Dr. Daniel Faraday
Evangeline Lilly	...	Kate Austen (credit only)
Terry O'Quinn	...	John Locke (credit only)

Storyline

During the helicopter ride to the ship, Desmond's consciousness begins jumping back and forth between present day 2004 and 1996. He is forced to find Daniel Faraday in 1996 in order to get answers and stop the jumps.

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Plot Keywords:

telephone call | unstuck in time | helicopter | friends who live together | water left running | 

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Genres:

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

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

Highest rated episode of Lost, along with Through the Looking Glass (season 3)

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Goofs

The army trucks shown are not standard British Army trucks.

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Quotes

Desmond Hume: Set your device to... 2.342 and make sure it oscillates at 11.
Daniel Faraday: OK, now, you... You're gonna tell me who told you those numbers.
Desmond Hume: You did.
Daniel Faraday: Wait a second. This is ridiculous.
Desmond Hume: I know about Eloise.

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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 Star Trek: The Next Generation: All Good Things... (1994)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

A modern TV Masterpiece ?

Lost is really a great way of calling our attention on modern entertainment. Despite the fans who goes too deep into symbols, signs and theories I feel touched by the story itself. The way it's narrated, changing focuses and voices. Sometimes it's related to books i've read, sometimes goes to science topics, but underneath there are a beautiful humanism. But this episode...God!. It deserves to be taught in TV schools. Desmond character is simply fantastic. Equal parts of sadness and faith. Marvelous interaction with Faraday and Sayid. The script is awesome, the acting, everything.

And only in 42 minutes !!! I can't describe my feelings after watching this episode.

It has to be nominated to Emmys, Globes, etc. No doubts.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 February 2008 (USA)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, ABC Signature

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1