Lost was a landmark series for network television, a one-of-a-kind show that producers and executives are still trying, and failing, to recreate. It’s been ten years since it premiered, on September 22, 2004 (which, coincidentally, was the date of the crash of Oceanic 815). Rather than try to make a simple Top 10 Episodes list, which would induce nightmares of trying to rank drastically different installments, here are the best episodes from each of Lost’s six seasons, along with six runners up.
Season 1: “Walkabout”
Written by David Fury
Directed by Jack Bender
“Walkabout” is the episode that transforms John Locke from simple ensemble member to one of the focal points of the series, a character who up to this point has just been a mysterious hunter who smiles with orange peels in his mouth. He becomes so much more than that as the series goes on, as a member of two...
Season 1: “Walkabout”
Written by David Fury
Directed by Jack Bender
“Walkabout” is the episode that transforms John Locke from simple ensemble member to one of the focal points of the series, a character who up to this point has just been a mysterious hunter who smiles with orange peels in his mouth. He becomes so much more than that as the series goes on, as a member of two...
- 9/25/2014
- by George Morvis
- SoundOnSight
Welcome to this week's second look at Lost, which only has four and a half hours left before it fades to black. (Or white.) Once again this week, I'll be taking a second look at this week's episode of Lost ("The Candidate") by answering reader questions submitted via comments, Twitter, and email. While I discussed "The Candidate" in full over here (along with theories about the Man in Black, Sayid, Claire, Widmore, and more) and dropped by this week's episode of Instant Dharma, it's time to dive deeper and get to some further theories, doubts, and questions that we're all thinking about. So, without further ado, let's prepare to board the submarine and head down to Davy Jones' locker. I don't know about you but I'm still getting choked up just thinking about "The Candidate" and the number of major deaths that the episode contained. While I'm somewhat sad to...
- 5/7/2010
- by Jace
- Televisionary
"We're not strangers; we're family." - Jack Last night's episode of Lost ("The Candidate"), written by Elizabeth Sarnoff and Jim Galasso and directed by Jack Bender, may have started off a little wobbly with yet another switch-up among the alliances and another about-face with their destination but, by George, the last twenty minutes of that episode still has me in tears the morning after. We can cross a few more names off the cave wall now, thanks to an episode that definitely brought the emotional painfulness back to Lost as well as brought things full circle to the notion of family and the bonds between these characters. When Lost first began, it was essentially a story of survival as a group of strangers--united by tragedy--had to discover a way to stay alive, deciding whether to live together or die alone. Over the course of six seasons and countless threats to their survival,...
- 5/5/2010
- by Jace
- Televisionary
"I can help you, John. I wish you believed me."
Episode: “The Candidate” (Season 6 Episode 14)
Written By: Elizabeth Sarnoff and Jim Galasso
The Story: In 2004 in the flash-sideways timeline, Jack tries to find out how Locke was originally paralyzed leading him to play detective on Locke’s life while they both come to grips with having to let go of someone. In 2007 on the Island-timeline Jack and his group betray the Man in Black “Smocke” but not without falling into his plans.
"I'm Going to Finish What I Started!"
Would the Real Smoke Monster Please Stand-Up? Well if true colors were ever to be seen by anyone on this show its definitely Smocke. This guy is one evil dude and that much more chilling making it scary what this guy’s real motives are. “I can kill you and and anyone else on this island at any moment,” he said creepily to Shepherd.
Episode: “The Candidate” (Season 6 Episode 14)
Written By: Elizabeth Sarnoff and Jim Galasso
The Story: In 2004 in the flash-sideways timeline, Jack tries to find out how Locke was originally paralyzed leading him to play detective on Locke’s life while they both come to grips with having to let go of someone. In 2007 on the Island-timeline Jack and his group betray the Man in Black “Smocke” but not without falling into his plans.
"I'm Going to Finish What I Started!"
Would the Real Smoke Monster Please Stand-Up? Well if true colors were ever to be seen by anyone on this show its definitely Smocke. This guy is one evil dude and that much more chilling making it scary what this guy’s real motives are. “I can kill you and and anyone else on this island at any moment,” he said creepily to Shepherd.
- 5/5/2010
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
Say this for "Lost": They really know how to bring the heat as the season -- or in this case, entire series -- winds down. Part of this is because the show's final three seasons feel much better plotted than the first three (well, mainly the second), a result of the show having a set end date that allowed it to begin to fold back on itself halfway through its run, like a ball tossed into the air that reaches a peak, pauses, and begins a rapid descent. This week's "The Candidate" was a quickly paced episode with tons of action and, as often happens on "Lost" at this point in the season, a high body count. Four main characters died -- well, three, plus a very likely death, I guess -- which is a pretty big deal even for the inhabitants of Craphole Island. The story really worked,...
- 5/5/2010
- by Daniel Carlson
Episode Title: "The Candidate"
Written By: Elizabeth Sarnoff & Jim Galasso
Story: Charles Widmore has locked Sawyer, Kate, Hurley, Jin, Sun and Frank in the polar bear cages on Hydra Island, forcing Smocke, Jack and Sayid to mount a rescue effort. Once it's clear that leaving the Island via the fallen Ajira Airways plane would be a mistake, Smocke devises a plan to use another means of travel — one that has terrible consequences for some of our heroes.
In the Sideways reality, Jack believes that Locke is a candidate... for spinal surgery, that is. Locke is oddly resistant to Jack's proposal, leading the curious surgeon to investigate the cause of the paraplegic's spinal injury.
And The Black Smoke Monster's True Colors Are...: Black, unsurprisingly. The Monster lived up to his name this episode with a single manipulative move that tragically killed three of our beloved "Lost" heroes. Well, four I guess,...
Written By: Elizabeth Sarnoff & Jim Galasso
Story: Charles Widmore has locked Sawyer, Kate, Hurley, Jin, Sun and Frank in the polar bear cages on Hydra Island, forcing Smocke, Jack and Sayid to mount a rescue effort. Once it's clear that leaving the Island via the fallen Ajira Airways plane would be a mistake, Smocke devises a plan to use another means of travel — one that has terrible consequences for some of our heroes.
In the Sideways reality, Jack believes that Locke is a candidate... for spinal surgery, that is. Locke is oddly resistant to Jack's proposal, leading the curious surgeon to investigate the cause of the paraplegic's spinal injury.
And The Black Smoke Monster's True Colors Are...: Black, unsurprisingly. The Monster lived up to his name this episode with a single manipulative move that tragically killed three of our beloved "Lost" heroes. Well, four I guess,...
- 5/5/2010
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
Episode Title: "Recon"
Written By: Elizabeth Sarnoff & Jim Galasso
Story: When James Ford (Josh Holloway) rejoins the man posing as John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) and his most recent recruits from the Temple, he's asked to travel to Hydra Island in order to do reconnaissance on the remaining survivors of Ajira Flight 316 — but what Sawyer stumbles upon there is something far more resourceful and dangerous than a group of agitated plane crash survivors.
Meanwhile, Kate (Evangeline Lilly) learns that Claire (Emilie de Ravin) is anything but grateful for the former fugitive's three year stint as Aaron's mother. In the sideways universe, Sawyer walks along a different side of the law but his sights remain firmly set on finding the man responsible for his parents' deaths.
Cop Out: Everybody is walking down a somewhat different road in the sideways universe, and James Ford is no exception. But even as a police officer,...
Written By: Elizabeth Sarnoff & Jim Galasso
Story: When James Ford (Josh Holloway) rejoins the man posing as John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) and his most recent recruits from the Temple, he's asked to travel to Hydra Island in order to do reconnaissance on the remaining survivors of Ajira Flight 316 — but what Sawyer stumbles upon there is something far more resourceful and dangerous than a group of agitated plane crash survivors.
Meanwhile, Kate (Evangeline Lilly) learns that Claire (Emilie de Ravin) is anything but grateful for the former fugitive's three year stint as Aaron's mother. In the sideways universe, Sawyer walks along a different side of the law but his sights remain firmly set on finding the man responsible for his parents' deaths.
Cop Out: Everybody is walking down a somewhat different road in the sideways universe, and James Ford is no exception. But even as a police officer,...
- 3/17/2010
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
"If you live your life based on what's going to happen, before you know it your life is over." - Charles Ingalls This week's episode of Lost ("Recon"), written by Elizabeth Sarnoff and Jim Galasso and directed by Jack Bender, placed its focus squarely on James "Sawyer" Ford as the one-time con man embarked on what might just be his most ambitious and dangerous double-cross ever as he attempts to play two very different men against each other. Will his gambit pay off? Will he be able to escape the island? Should anyone ever take Sawyer at his word? We'll have to wait to find out. But before his latest stratagem kicks into place, Sawyer was sent on a mission of great importance, one that forced him to retrace his steps and return to a place he hoped he would never have to see again, a place that awakened feelings long thought dead,...
- 3/17/2010
- by Jace
- Televisionary
As an important part of the overall mythology in this final season of "Lost," episode 6.08 was well-constructed by writers Jim Galasso & Elizabeth Sarnoff, and it certainly laid out certain information in a way that sets a number of things into motion for the next few episodes. But there's still something about it as a stand-alone epsiode that seems disappointing. Slight, even, and when there are only eight episodes after this before the finale, then it's no time for "slight." The featured player in this week's flash-sideways Timeline A segments is Sawyer, although he's not Sawyer in this version of reality. Instead, he's...
- 3/17/2010
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
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