First, the death of Charlie and “not Penny’s boat”. When it comes to Lost’s most iconic moments, few live up to the Season 3 finale, which delivers not one but two of the most quotable revelations in the whole show. Through the Looking Glass (Season 3, Episode 22) Best paired with Season 5’s The Variable.ġ3. The twisting, turning in-and-out narrative not only predicts the show’s imminent time travel shenanigans, but also serves as a neat introduction to physicist Daniel Faraday – one of the show’s most memorable characters. On the freighter with Sayid, Desmond begins to experience his own past and future simultaneously. Ben refuses, resulting in one of the show’s most shocking deaths.Īs a rule, the Desmond episodes are some of the show’s best. Taking Ben’s daughter Alex hostage, mercenary Martin Keamy (one of the show’s slimiest villains) demands that Ben surrender himself to Charles Whitmore’s forces. It all kicks off in Episode 9 as the intentions of those on the freighter are finally revealed. The Shape of Things to Come (Season 4, Episode 9 )
What will become of the castaways, both on island and off?ġ5. Jack, Kate, Sayid, Hurley, and Sun (plus Claire’s baaaybay) finally get off the island a returning Michael sacrifices himself to save his friends the freighter explodes, with Jin still on it. The Season 4 finale is one of the show’s weakest, but it’s worth it for the big cliffhanger. There’s No Place Like Home: Part III (Season 4, Episode 14) The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham does not make for easy watching, but is incredibly powerful nevertheless.ġ6. Things only got worse once he left the island attempting suicide in a dingy motel room, Locke’s life was saved by Ben… only for the little weasel to immediately murder him anyway. Screwed over repeatedly and then crippled by his conman father, Locke thought he found purpose and meaning in the island – only for that to do him dirty too, tying him in knots in a tug-of-war between Jacob, the Smoke Monster and the Others’ constant power battles. Although none of our castaways have ever had it easy, Locke’s story is by far the most tragic.
The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham (Season 5, Episode 7) An action-packed season finale, The Incident does a great job in setting the stage for the show’s final season.ġ7. Finally, the two come to blows in a satisfying yet heartbreaking fistfight, which still ends with the island exploding and Juliet dead at the bottom of a pit. Having found a life amongst the Dharma Initiative with Juliet, Sawyer is less than thrilled with the idea.
When simply ‘going back’ doesn’t fix all their problems, Jack’s next big idea is to set off the nuclear bomb buried under the island. Lost’s time travel season comes to an end with a bang. The Incident: Part II (Season 5, Episode 17) Time well spent with one of the island’s most fascinating inhabitants.ġ8. We also find out the origin of the Black Rock and the root of Richard’s immortality. Devoted to charismatic leader of the Others Richard Alpert, it explores how Richard came by his place on the island. While Lost wasted a lot of time on its mythology surrounding Jacob and the Smoke Monster, the one standalone episode which did stand out was the centuries-spanning Ab Aeterno. It may not be the ending some fans had hoped for, but it’s the one its characters deserved. Controversial and often misunderstood, there’s no denying that The End is flawed, but it’s an emotionally satisfying ending, and one which is entirely appropriate for the show’s themes and symbology. And we can’t think of a better guy to leave in charge than Hurley, the show’s heart and soul. The action on the island works too (how apt for Lost, that its big action set-piece is a fistfight in the rain). Except for Season 6’s flash-sideways revealed to be a purgatory party in which our castaways come together for one last time to mingle and say goodbye. So they were dead all along, right? Well, yes and no, but mostly no. As a great man once said, we have to go back… What better time to return to the island than now? Join us as we take a look at some of the show’s greatest hits, season-by-season. One of the most influential, iconic television shows of all time, LOST has been often imitated, but never beaten. It’s been sixteen years since LOST first premiered, and over ten years since the show left our screens.