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Lost (2004–2010) is a Emmy winning show currently airing on ABC. Lost takes place on a seemingly deserted island where a passenger plane, Oceanic Airlines Flight 815, crashes en route to Los Angeles from Sydney. 48 of the passengers on the plane survive for inexplicable reasons, as the story revolves around unveiling the past and revealing the future of these fated survivors.

The episodes follow a unique storytelling format in that each episode is devoted to one character whose life is further fleshed out via a flashback of his or her life before the plane crash. This often brings the viewer to make interesting conclusions about the characters as each survivor usually has a hidden past that often intertwines with several other people inhabiting the island. Meanwhile, as the story on the island itself progresses, the audience is also left with many questions about the mysterious island, and answers are revealed slowly, if at all; this slow-paced and anticlimactic revealing of the island's mysteries has been the brunt of the criticism pointed at the show.

Regardless of any criticism that the show draws, the show remains extremely successful and has been a big hit for ABC, a network that struggled to find relevance amongst its network counterparts after putting too much stock in Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? and seeing its ratings collapse as a result.

On May 6, 2007, ABC announced that it has set May 2010 as the end date for Lost, bringing it to a total of six seasons. It was also announced that the final three seasons will continue uninterrupted from February to May and will each feature 16 episodes. The 2007 WGA Strike alterted these plans slightly in that season 4 will now have two less episodes and those two hours will be made up during the later seasons.

Due to the way the show presents mysteries early on, and reveals the answers many episodes down the line, many Lost articles contain spoilers through the end of season four that may be sensitive to viewers who have not seen the latest episodes. Please read at your own risk. The episode counts for many characters may be inaccurate.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 Mobisodes 4 In-Depth 5 DVD Releases 6 Soundtrack Releases 7 External Sites 7.1 Official Sites 7.2 Official Tie-in Sites 7.3 Other Information

[edit] Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Billed Cast
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	Eko		2	3
Naveen Andrews	Sayid Jarrah	1	2	3	4
Henry Ian Cusick	Desmond Hume		2	3	4
Jeremy Davies	Daniel Faraday				4
Emilie de Ravin	Claire Littleton	1	2	3	4
Michael Emerson	Benjamin Linus ("Henry Gale")		2	3	4
Matthew Fox	Jack Shephard	1	2	3	4
Jorge Garcia	Hugo "Hurley" Reyes	1	2	3	4
Maggie Grace	Shannon Rutherford	1	2	3
Josh Holloway	James "Sawyer" Ford	1	2	3	4
Malcolm David Kelley	Walt Lloyd	1	2	3	4
Daniel Dae Kim	Jin-Soo Kwon	1	2	3	4
Yunjin Kim	Sun-Hwa Kwon	1	2	3	4
Ken Leung	Miles Straume				4
Evangeline Lilly	Kate Austen	1	2	3	4
Rebecca Mader	Charlotte Lewis				4
Elizabeth Mitchell	Juliet Burke			3	4
Dominic Monaghan	Charlie Pace	1	2	3	4
Terry O'Quinn	John Locke	1	2	3	4
Harold Perrineau, Jr.	Michael Dawson	1	2		4
Michelle Rodriguez	Ana-Lucia Cortez	1	2
Kiele Sanchez	Nikki Fernandez			3
Rodrigo Santoro	Paulo			3
Ian Somerhalder	Boone Carlyle	1	2	3
Cynthia Watros	Elizabeth aka "Libby"		2		4
Season numbers in red indicate a recurring or guest role in that season.
Supporting/Recurring Cast
Sam Anderson	Bernard		2	3	4
Blake Bashoff	Karl			3	4
Michael Bowen	Danny Pickett		2	3
L. Scott Caldwell	Rose	1	2	3	4
Nestor Carbonell	Richard Alpert			3	4
François Chau	"Dr. Marvin Candle"		2	3	4
Alan Dale	Charles Widmore		2	3	4
Andrew Divoff	Mikhail Bakunin			3
Kevin Durand	Martin Keamy				4
Jeff Fahey	Frank Lapidus				4
Mira Furlan	Danielle Rousseau	1	2	3	4
M.C. Gainey	Tom ("Mr. Friendly")	1	2	3	4
Kimberly Joseph	Cindy	1	2	3
Fredric Lehne	Edward Mars	1	2	3
William Mapother	Ethan Rom	1	2	3
Tania Raymonde	Alex Rousseau		2	3	4
John Terry	Christian Shephard	1	2	3	4
Marsha Thomason	Naomi Dorrit			3	4
Kevin Tighe	Anthony Cooper	1	2	3
Sonya Walger	Penelope Widmore		2	3	4

[edit] Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
ABC
Season One	September 22, 2004	May 25, 2005	24 + 1
Season Two	September 21, 2005	May 24, 2006	23 + 3
Season Three	October 4, 2006	May 23, 2007	22 + 3
Season Four	January 31, 2008	May 29, 2008	13 + 1
Season Five	February 2009	—	17
Season Six	February 2010	—	17

[edit] Mobisodes

Title	Premiere	Finale	#
Lost: Missing Pieces	November 11, 2007	January 28, 2008	13

[edit] In-Depth

Many of these pages contain spoilers up to and including the latest episode aired in the United States.

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series
• Timeline: A timeline of events before and after the crash.
• Character Dossiers: A listing of all the flight survivors, the deceased, flashback/flashforward characters, and other mysterious inhabitants of the island.
  • Character Connections: A listing of all the mysterious apparently coincidental relationships between all the characters in the show, both present-day, in the past and in the future.
  • The Islanders: Contains a summary of the information on the various inhabitants of the seemingly deserted island.
• The Cursed Numbers: A listing of all the instances of the mysterious six numbers.

[edit] DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Season Sets
The Complete First Season	September 6, 2005	7	purchase
The Complete Second Season	September 5, 2006	7	purchase
The Complete Third Season	December 11, 2007	7	purchase
The Complete Fourth Season	December 9, 2008	5	purchase
Blu-ray Season Sets
The Complete Third Season (Blu-ray)	December 11, 2007	7	purchase
The Complete Fourth Season (Blu-ray)	December 9, 2008	5	purchase

[edit] Soundtrack Releases

Title	Release Date	Music By	Tracks
Original Television Soundtrack	March 21, 2006	Michael Giacchino	27
Original Television Soundtrack Season Two	October 3, 2006	Michael Giacchino	26
Original Television Soundtrack Season Three	May 6, 2008	Michael Giacchino	67

[edit] External Sites

[edit] Official Sites

• Official ABC website for Lost
• Official Lost Podcasts - Official podcast by executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.
• OceanicFlight815.com - Multimedia content, information and forums. Run by Touchstone Television.
• The Fuselage.com - The official site of the creative team behind Lost, sponsored by J.J. Abrams.
• Lost @ ABC Medianet - ABC's official outlet for press releases, promotional images and other media relations information.

[edit] Official Tie-in Sites

• The Hanso Foundation - Fake website for The Hanso Foundation.
• Oceanic Airlines - Fake website for Oceanic Airlines.
• Fly Oceanic Airlines - Fake website for Oceanic Airlines for season four.
• Find 815 - Interactive game leading up to the premiere of season four.

[edit] Other Information

• Lost TV Listings, Episode Guide, Photos, Message Board, Cast and More at TVGuide.com
• Lost Music Index at TuneFind.com

• Lost at BuddyTV

• Platial map of LOST Places
• Lost at Television Without Pity
• Lost-Media
• Lost on AOL Television
• Lostpedia
• The Lost Virtual Tour