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Lost (TV series)"LOST" redirects here. For the 2001 TV series, see Lost (2001 TV series). For other uses, see Lost (disambiguation).

Lost

Genre AdventureMysteryScience fictionSupernatural

Format Serial drama

Created by Jeffrey LieberJ. J. AbramsDamon Lindelof

Written by Damon Lindelof (45 episodes)Carlton Cuse (39 episodes)Edward Kitsis (21 episodes)Adam Horowitz (21 episodes)Elizabeth Sarnoff (19 episodes)and others

Directed by J. J. Abrams (Pilot)Jack Bender (42 episodes)Stephen Williams (26 episodes)and others

Starring see below

Composer(s) Michael Giacchino

Country of origin United States

Original language(s) English

No. of seasons 6

No. of episodes 121 (List of episodes)

Production

Executive producer(s) J.J. AbramsDamon LindelofBryan BurkCarlton CuseJack BenderJeff Pinkner (season 3)Stephen Williams (seasons 4–5)Edward Kitsis (seasons 5–6)Adam Horowitz (seasons 5–6)Jean Higgins (season 6)Elizabeth Sarnoff (season 6)

Location(s) Oahu, Hawaii

Camera setup Single camera

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Running time 40–48 minutes

Production company(s) Bad Robot ProductionsABC Studios (as Touchstone Television 2004–2007)

Distributor Buena Vista Home EntertainmentDisney–ABC Domestic Television

Broadcast

Original channel ABC

Picture format 480i (SDTV)720p (HDTV) ABC HD1080i (HDTV) Sky1 HD, Premiere HD, Seven HD

Original run September 22, 2004 – May 23, 2010

External links

Website [1]

Lost is an American adventure television series that originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC)from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, over six seasons which contained a total of 121 episodes. Lost is aprimarily character development based drama series containing elements of science fiction and the supernatural thatfollows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on amysterious tropical island somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean. The story is told in a heavily serialized manner.Episodes typically feature a primary storyline on the island, as well as a secondary storyline from another point in acharacter's life.Lost was created by Jeffrey Lieber, J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof who share story-writing credits for the pilotepisode, which Abrams directed. Throughout the show's run, Lindelof and Carlton Cuse served as showrunners andhead writers, working together with a large number of other executive producers and writers. Due to its largeensemble cast and the cost of filming primarily on location in Oahu, Hawaii, the series was one of the mostexpensive on television, with the pilot alone costing over $14 million. The fictional universe and mythology of Lostis expanded upon by a number of related media, most importantly a series of short mini-episodes called MissingPieces, and a 12-minute epilogue titled "The New Man in Charge".A critically acclaimed and popular success, Lost has been consistently ranked by critics on their lists of the top tentelevision series of all time. The first season garnered an average of 15.69 million viewers per episode on ABC.During its sixth and final season, the show averaged over 11 million U.S. viewers per episode. Lost was the recipientof hundreds of award nominations throughout its run, and won numerous industry awards, including the EmmyAward for Outstanding Drama Series in 2005, Best American Import at the British Academy Television Awards in2005, the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama in 2006 and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemblein a Drama Series. "Lost" was declared the highest rated show for the first ten years of IMDb.com Pro (2002–2012).In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked Lost No. 27 in its list of the 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time.

Plot

OverviewMain article: List of Lost episodesThe first season begins with a plane crash that leaves the surviving passengers of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 on what seems to be a deserted tropical island. Their survival is threatened by a number of mysterious entities, including polar bears, an unseen creature that roams the jungle (the "Smoke Monster"), and the island's malevolent inhabitants known as "the Others". They encounter a French woman named Danielle Rousseau who was shipwrecked on the

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island 16 years before the main story and is desperate for news of a daughter named Alex. They also find amysterious metal hatch buried in the ground. While two survivors try to force the hatch open, four others attempt toleave on a raft that they have built. Meanwhile, flashbacks centered on individual survivors detail their lives prior tothe plane crash.The second season follows the growing conflict between the survivors and the Others, and continues the theme of theclash between faith and science, while resolving old mysteries and posing new ones. A power struggle between Jackand John over control of the guns and medicine located in the hatch develops, resolved in "The Long Con" bySawyer when he gains control of them. New characters are introduced, including the tail-section survivors (the"Tailies") and other island inhabitants. The hatch is revealed to be a research station built by the Dharma Initiative, ascientific research project that involved conducting experiments on the island decades earlier. A man namedDesmond Hume had been living in the hatch for three years, pushing a button every 108 minutes to prevent acatastrophic event from occurring. As the truth about the mysterious Others begins to unfold, one of the crashsurvivors betrays the others and the cause of the plane crash is revealed.In the third season, the crash survivors learn more about the Others and their long history on the mysterious island.Desmond and one of the Others join the survivors while one of their numbers, in turn, defects to the Others. A warbetween the Others and the survivors comes to a head, and the survivors make contact with a rescue team aboard thefreighter Kahana.Season four focuses on the survivors dealing with the arrival of people from the freighter, who have been sent to theisland not as part of a rescue operation, but for far more nefarious purposes. The survivors begin planning to leavethe island before the freighter crew can carry out their plan. Flashforwards reveal the identities and future actions ofthe so-called Oceanic Six, a group of survivors who have escaped the island and returned to their normal lives. In anattempt to "move the island" to safety, one of the Others uses an ancient device on the island that not only moves theisland physically but also moves it to another point in time, while simultaneously teleporting that Other to a desert inTunisia.The fifth season follows two timelines. The first takes place on the island where the survivors who were left behinderratically jump forward and backward through time until they are finally stranded with the Dharma Initiative in1974. The second continues the original timeline, which takes place on the mainland after the Oceanic Six escape,and follows their return to the island on Ajira Airways flight 316 in 2007 (three years after they escaped). Somepassengers on the Ajira flight land in 1977 and some remain in 2007. The ones who land in 1977 reunite with theother survivors who have lived for three years with the Dharma Initiative and attempt to change past events in orderto prevent the Oceanic plane from crashing in the future.In the sixth and final season, the main storyline follows the survivors, reunited in the present day. Following thedemise of Jacob, the island's protector, the survivors are up against the Man in Black, known previously as theSmoke Monster. A "flash-sideways" narrative also follows the lives of the main characters in a setting whereOceanic 815 never crashed. In the final episodes, a flashback to the distant past shows the origins of the island'spower and of the conflict between Jacob and the Man in Black, who are revealed to be twin brothers. One survivorbecomes the successor to Jacob as caretaker of the island, and kills the Man in Black in a final showdown, with theisland at stake. A small handful of survivors escape on the Ajira plane. It is implied that a few survivors return homelater, while others remain living happily on the island. The series finale reveals that the flash-sideways timeline isactually a form of limbo, where some of the survivors and other characters from the island are reunited after havingdied because their time on the island had been the most important part of their existence. In the end, the survivors areall reunited in a church where they "move on" together.

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Mythology and interpretationsMain article: Mythology of LostEpisodes of Lost include a number of mysterious elements ascribed to science fiction or supernatural phenomena.The creators of the series refer to these elements as composing the mythology of the series, and they formed the basisof fan speculation. The show's mythological elements include a "Monster" that roams the island, a mysterious groupof inhabitants the survivors called "The Others", a scientific organization called the Dharma Initiative that placedseveral research stations on the island, a sequence of numbers that frequently appears in the lives of the characters inthe past, present and future, and personal connections (synchronicity) between the characters they are often unawareof.At the heart of the series is a complex and cryptic storyline, which spawned numerous questions and discussionsamong viewers. Encouraged by Lost's writers and stars, who often interacted with fans online, viewers and TV criticsalike took to widespread theorizing in an attempt to unravel the mysteries. Theories mainly concerned the nature ofthe island, the origins of the "Monster" and the "Others", the meaning of the numbers, and the reasons for both thecrash and the survival of some passengers. Several of the more common fan theories were discussed and rejected bythe show's creators, the most common being that the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 are dead and in purgatory.Lindelof rejected speculation that spaceships or aliens influenced the events on the island, or that everything seenwas a fictional reality taking place in someone's mind. Carlton Cuse dismissed the theory that the island was a realityTV show and the castaways unwitting housemates and Lindelof many times refuted the theory that the "Monster"was a nanobot cloud similar to the one featured in Michael Crichton's novel Prey (which happened to share theprotagonist's name, Jack).

Recurring elementsThere are several recurring elements and motifs on Lost, which generally have no direct effect on the story itself, butexpand the show's literary and philosophical subtext. These elements include frequent appearances of black andwhite, which reflect the dualism within characters and situations; as well as rebellion in almost all characters,especially Kate; dysfunctional family situations (especially ones that revolve around the fathers of many characters),as portrayed in the lives of nearly all the main characters; apocalyptic references, including Desmond's pushing thebutton to forestall the end of the world; coincidence versus fate, revealed most apparently through the juxtapositionof the characters Locke and Mr. Eko; conflict between science and faith, embodied by the leadership tug-of-warbetween Jack and Locke; and references to numerous works of literature, including mentions and discussions ofparticular novels. There are also many allusions in characters' names to famous historical thinkers and writers, suchas Ben Linus (after chemist Linus Pauling), John Locke (after the philosopher) and his alias Jeremy Bentham (afterthe philosopher), Danielle Rousseau (after philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau), Desmond David Hume (afterphilosopher David Hume), Juliet's ex-husband (after philosopher Edmund Burke), Mikhail Bakunin (after theanarchist philosopher), Daniel Faraday (after physicist Michael Faraday), Eloise Hawking (after physicist StephenHawking), George Minkowski (after mathematician Hermann Minkowski), Richard Alpert (the birth name ofspiritual teacher Ram Dass), Boone Carlyle (after Daniel Boone, American pioneer), Charlotte Staples Lewis (afterauthor Clive Staples Lewis C. S. Lewis).

Cast and charactersMain article: List of Lost charactersOf the 324 people on board Oceanic Flight 815, there are 70 initial survivors (as well as one dog) spread across thethree sections of the plane crash. Although a large cast made Lost more expensive to produce, the writers benefitedfrom added flexibility in story decisions. According to series executive producer Bryan Burk, "You can have moreinteractions between characters and create more diverse characters, more back stories, more love triangles."

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Lost was planned as a multi-cultural show with an international cast. The initial season had 14 regular speaking rolesthat received star billing. Matthew Fox played the protagonist, a troubled surgeon named Jack Shephard. EvangelineLilly portrayed a fugitive Kate Austen. Jorge Garcia played Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, an unlucky lottery winner. JoshHolloway played a con man, James "Sawyer" Ford. Ian Somerhalder played Boone Carlyle, chief operating officerof his mother's wedding business. Maggie Grace played his stepsister Shannon Rutherford, a former dance teacher.Harold Perrineau portrayed construction worker and aspiring artist Michael Dawson, while Malcolm David Kelleyplayed his young son, Walt Lloyd. Terry O'Quinn played the mysterious John Locke. Naveen Andrews portrayedformer Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid Jarrah. Emilie de Ravin played a young Australian mother-to-be, ClaireLittleton. Yunjin Kim played Sun-Hwa Kwon, the daughter of a powerful Korean businessman and mobster, withDaniel Dae Kim as her husband and father's enforcer Jin-Soo Kwon. Dominic Monaghan played English ex-rock stardrug addict Charlie Pace.During the first two seasons, some characters were written out, while new characters with new stories were added.Boone Carlyle was written out near the end of season one, and Kelley became a guest star making occasionalappearances throughout season two after Walt is captured by the Others in the season one finale. Shannon's departureeight episodes into season two made way for newcomers Mr. Eko, a Nigerian fake Catholic priest and formercriminal played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje; Ana Lucia Cortez, an airport security guard and former policeofficer played by Michelle Rodriguez; and Libby Smith, a purported clinical psychologist and formerly mentally illwoman portrayed by Cynthia Watros. Ana Lucia and Libby were written out of the series toward the end of seasontwo after being shot by Michael, who then left the island along with his son.In season three, two actors were promoted from recurring to starring roles: Henry Ian Cusick as former Scottishsoldier Desmond Hume, and Michael Emerson as the manipulative leader of the Others, Ben Linus. In addition, threenew actors joined the regular cast: Elizabeth Mitchell, as fertility doctor and Other Juliet Burke, and Kiele Sanchezand Rodrigo Santoro as background survivor couple Nikki Fernandez and Paulo. Several characters died throughoutthe season; Eko was written out early on when Akinnuoye-Agbaje did not wish to continue on the show, Nikki andPaulo were buried alive mid-season after poor fan response, and Charlie was written out in the third season finale.In season four, Harold Perrineau rejoined the main cast to reprise the role of Michael, now suicidal and on adesperate redemptive journey to atone for his previous crimes. Along with Perrineau, additional new actors —Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, a nervous physicist who takes a scientific interest in the island; Ken Leung asMiles Straume, a sarcastic supposed ghost whisperer, and Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Staples Lewis, a hard-headedand determined anthropologist and successful academic — joined the cast. Michael was written out in the fourthseason finale. Claire, who mysteriously disappears with her dead biological father near the end of the season, did notreturn as a series regular for the fifth season, but returned for the sixth and final season.In season five, no new characters joined the main cast, however several characters exited the show: Charlotte waswritten out early in the season in episode five, with Daniel being written out later in the antepenultimate episode.Season six saw several cast changes; Juliet was written out in the season premiere while three previous recurringcharacters were upgraded to starring status. These included Nestor Carbonell as mysterious, age-less Other RichardAlpert, Jeff Fahey as pilot Frank Lapidus and Zuleikha Robinson as Ajira Airways Flight 316 survivor IlanaVerdansky. Additionally, former cast members Ian Somerhalder, Dominic Monaghan, Rebecca Mader, JeremyDavies, Elizabeth Mitchell, Maggie Grace, Michelle Rodriguez, Harold Perrineau and Cynthia Watros made returnappearances.Numerous supporting characters have been given expansive and recurring appearances in the progressive storyline. Danielle Rousseau (Mira Furlan), a French member of an earlier scientific expedition to the island first encountered as a voice recording in the pilot episode, appears throughout the series; she is searching for her daughter, who later turns up in the form of Alex Rousseau (Tania Raymonde). Cindy (Kimberley Joseph), an Oceanic flight attendant who first appeared in the pilot, survived the crash and subsequently became one of the Others. In the second season, married couple Rose Henderson (L. Scott Caldwell) and Bernard Nadler (Sam Anderson), separated on opposite

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sides of the island (she with the main characters, he with the tail section survivors) were featured in a flashbackepisode after being reunited. Corporate magnate Charles Widmore (Alan Dale) has connections to both Ben andDesmond. Desmond is in love with Widmore's daughter Penelope "Penny" Widmore (Sonya Walger). Theintroduction of the Others featured Tom aka Mr. Friendly (M. C. Gainey) and Ethan Rom (William Mapother) all ofwhom have been shown in both flashbacks and the ongoing story. Jack's father Christian Shephard (John Terry) hasappeared in multiple flashbacks of various characters. In the third season, Naomi Dorrit (Marsha Thomason),parachutes onto the island, the team leader of a group hired by Widmore to find Ben Linus. One member of her teamincludes the ruthless mercenary Martin Keamy (Kevin Durand). In the finale episode "The End", recurring gueststars Sam Anderson, L. Scott Caldwell, Francois Chau, Fionnula Flanagan, Sonya Walger, and John Terry werecredited under the "starring" rubric alongside the principal cast. The mysterious, black, smoke cloud-like entityknown as "the Monster" appeared in human form during season five and six as a middle-aged man dressed in blackrobes known as "The Man in Black" played by Titus Welliver, and in season six, it appears in the form of JohnLocke played by O'Quinn in a dual role. His rival, Jacob, was played by Mark Pellegrino.

ProductionSee also: List of Lost (TV series) writers

Damon Lindelof (left) co-created the series andserved as an executive producer and showrunner

alongside Carlton Cuse (right).

Lost was produced by ABC Studios, Bad Robot Productions and GrassSkirt Productions. Throughout its run, the executive producers of theseries were Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Carlton Cuse,Jack Bender, Jeff Pinkner, Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, JeanHiggins and Elizabeth Sarnoff, with Lindelof and Cuse serving asshowrunners.

Conception

The series was conceived by Lloyd Braun, head of ABC at the time, while he was on vacation in Hawaii during 2003and thought of a cross between the movie Cast Away and the popular reality show Survivor. Braun later pitched hisideas at the network's gathering of executives at the Grand Californian Hotel in Anaheim, describing the concept as"parts Cast Away, Survivor and Gilligan's Island, with a Lord of the Flies element." Many found the idea laughable,but senior vice president Thom Sherman saw potential and decided to order an initial script from SpellingTelevision. Spelling producer Ted Gold turned to writer Jeffrey Lieber, who presented a pitch to ABC in September2003 titled Nowhere, which Sherman approved. Unhappy with the eventual script by Lieber and a subsequentrewrite, in January 2004 Braun contacted J. J. Abrams, who had developed the TV series Alias for ABC, to write anew pilot script. Lieber would later receive a story credit for the Lost pilot, and subsequently shared the "created by"credit with Abrams and Lindelof, after a request for arbitration at the Writers Guild of America. The one inviolableedict Braun made to Abrams was that the show's title must be Lost, having conceived of the title and being angry atits change to Nowhere by Lieber.

Although initially hesitant, Abrams warmed to the idea on the condition that the series would have a supernatural angle to it, and if he had a writing partner. ABC executive Heather Kadin sent him Damon Lindelof, who had long intended to meet Abrams as he wished to write for Alias. Together, Abrams and Lindelof created the series' style and characters, and also wrote a series bible, that conceived and detailed the major mythological ideas and plot points for an ideal four to five season run for the show.[2] The novel idea of a story arc spanning several years was inspired by Babylon 5. Because ABC felt that Alias was too serialized, Lindelof and Abrams assured the network in the bible that the show would be self-contained: "We promise ... that [each episode] requires NO knowledge of the episode(s) that preceded it ... there is no 'Ultimate Mystery' which requires solving". While such statements contradicted their true plans, the ruse succeeded in persuading ABC to purchase the show. The game Myst, also set in a tropical island,

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was noted as an influence by Lindelof, as in its narrative "No one told you what the rules were. You just had to walkaround and explore these environments and gradually a story was told."Abrams created the sound opening of the show and its title card being inspired by The Twilight Zone. He withdrewfrom production of Lost partway through the first season to direct Mission: Impossible III, leaving Lindelof and newexecutive producer Carlton Cuse to develop much of the overall mythology of the series themselves. However,Abrams briefly returned to help co-write the third season premiere along with Lindelof. The development of theshow was constrained by tight deadlines, as it had been commissioned late in the 2004 season's development cycle.Despite the short schedule, the creative team remained flexible enough to modify or create characters to fit actorsthey wished to cast.[3]

Lost's two-part pilot episode was the most expensive in the network's history, reportedly costing between US$10 and$14 million, compared to the average cost of an hour-long pilot in 2005 of $4 million. The world premiere of thepilot episode was on July 24, 2004 at Comic-Con International in San Diego. ABC's parent company Disney firedBraun before Lost's broadcast debut, partly because of low ratings at the network and also because he hadgreenlighted such an expensive and risky project. The series debuted on September 22, 2004, becoming one of thebiggest critical and commercial successes of the 2004 television season. Along with fellow new series DesperateHousewives and Grey's Anatomy, Lost helped to reverse the flagging fortunes of ABC, and its great success likelycaused the network to ignore that the show almost immediately broke Lindelof and Abrams' promises to it regardingLost's plots.

CastingMany of the first season roles were a result of the executive producers' liking of various actors. The main characterJack was originally going to die in the pilot, and the role was planned for Michael Keaton. However, ABCexecutives were adamant that Jack live. Before it was decided that Jack would live, Kate was to emerge as the leaderof the survivors; she was originally conceived as a middle-aged businesswoman whose husband had apparently diedin the crash, a role later fulfilled by the recurring character Rose. Dominic Monaghan auditioned for the role ofSawyer, who at the time was supposed to be a slick suit-wearing city con man. The producers enjoyed Monaghan'sperformance and changed the character of Charlie, originally an over-the-hill former rock star, to fit him. JorgeGarcia also auditioned for Sawyer, and the part of Hurley was written for him. When Josh Holloway auditioned forSawyer, the producers liked the edge he brought to the character (he reportedly kicked a chair when he forgot hislines and got angry in the audition) and his southern accent, so they changed Sawyer to fit Holloway's acting. YunjinKim auditioned for Kate, but the producers wrote the character of Sun for her and the character of Jin, portrayed byDaniel Dae Kim, to be her husband. Sayid, played by Naveen Andrews, was also not in the original script. Locke andMichael were written with their actors in mind. Emilie de Ravin, who plays Claire, was originally cast in what wassupposed to be a recurring role. In the second season, Michael Emerson was contracted to play Ben ("Henry Gale")for three episodes. His role was extended to eight episodes because of his acting skills, and eventually for the wholeof season three and later seasons.

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Filming

Jack Bender directed the most episodes of the seriesand also served as an executive producer.

Lost was filmed on Panavision 35 mm cameras almost entirely onthe Hawaiian island of Oahu due to the wide range of diversefilming locations available in close range. The original islandscenes for the pilot were filmed at Mokulē'ia Beach, near thenorthwest tip of the island. Later beach scenes take place insecluded spots of the famous North Shore. Cave scenes in the firstseason were filmed on a sound stage built at a Xerox partswarehouse, which had been empty since an employee massshooting took place there in 1999.[4] In 2006, the sound-stage andproduction offices moved to the Hawaii Film Office-operatedHawaii Film Studio, where the sets depicting Season 2's "SwanStation" and Season 3's "Hydra Station" interiors were built.

Various urban areas in and around Honolulu are used as stand-insfor locations around the world, including California, New York,Iowa, Miami, South Korea, Iraq, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Paris,Thailand, Berlin, Maldives and Australia. For example, scenes setin a Sydney Airport were filmed at the Hawaii Convention Center,while a World War II-era bunker was used as both an Iraqi

Republican Guard installation and a Dharma Initiative research station. Scenes set in Germany during the winterwere filmed at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, with crushed ice scattered everywhere to create snow and Russianstoreshop and automobile signs on the street. Several scenes in the Season 3 finale, "Through the Looking Glass",were shot in Los Angeles, including a hospital set borrowed from Grey's Anatomy. Two scenes during season fourwere filmed in London because Alan Dale who portrays Widmore was at the time performing in the musicalSpamalot and was unable to travel to Hawaii. Extensive archives of filming locations are tracked at a repository atthe Lost Virtual Tour.

PromotionDuring its six years of broadcasting, Lost developed an extensive collection of promotional tools ranging from thetraditional promotions of the TV show made by the channel, to the creation of alternate reality games such as theLost Experience. Lost showed innovation in the use of new advertising strategies in the sector and the transformationof the conventional devices used previously.

MusicMain article: Lost Original Television SoundtracksLost features an orchestral score performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra and composed byMichael Giacchino, incorporating many recurring themes for subjects such as events, locations and characters.Giacchino achieved some of the sounds for the score using unusual instruments, such as striking suspended pieces ofthe plane's fuselage.[5] On March 21, 2006, the record label Varèse Sarabande released the original televisionsoundtrack for Lost's first season. The soundtrack included select full-length versions of the most popular themes ofthe season and the main title, which was composed by series creator J. J. Abrams. Varèse Sarabande released asoundtrack featuring music from season 2 of Lost on October 3, 2006. The soundtrack for season 3 was released onMay 6, 2008, the soundtrack for season 4 was released on May 11, 2009, the soundtrack for season 5 was released onMay 11, 2010 and the soundtrack for the final season was released on September 14, 2010. A final soundtrack,featuring music from series finale, was released on October 11, 2010.

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The series uses pop culture songs sparingly, and used a mainly orchestral score (consisting usually of dividedStrings, Percussion, Harp and 3 Trombones.) When it features pop songs, they often originate from a diegetic source.Examples include the various songs played on Hurley's portable CD player throughout the first season (until itsbatteries died in the episode "...In Translation", which featured Damien Rice's "Delicate), or the use of the recordplayer in the second season, which included Cass Elliot's "Make Your Own Kind of Music", and Petula Clark's"Downtown" in the second and third season premieres respectively. Two episodes show Charlie on a street cornerplaying guitar and singing the Oasis song "Wonderwall". In the third season's finale, Jack drives down the streetlistening to Nirvana's "Scentless Apprentice", right before he arrives to the Hoffs/Drawlar Funeral Parlor, and in theparallel scene in the fourth season's finale he arrives listening to "Gouge Away" by Pixies. The third season also usedThree Dog Night's "Shambala" on two occasions in the van. The only two pop songs that have ever been usedwithout an on-screen source (i.e., non-diegetic) are Ann-Margret's "Slowly", in the episode "I Do" and "I Shall NotWalk Alone", written by Ben Harper and covered by The Blind Boys of Alabama in the episode "Confidence Man".Alternate music is used in several international broadcasts. For instance, in the Japanese broadcast of Lost, the themesong used varies by season; season one uses "Here I Am" by Chemistry, season two uses "Losin'" by Yuna Ito, andseason three uses "Lonely Girl" by Crystal Kay.

Impact and reception

Ratings

Season Timeslot (ET) No. ofepisodes

Premiered Ended TVseason

Rank U.S.viewers

(millions)Date Premiere

viewers(millions)

Date Finaleviewers

(millions)

1 Wednesday 8:00 pm 25 September22, 2004

18.65 May25,

2005

20.71 2004–05 #15 15.69

2 Wednesday 9:00 pm 24 September21, 2005

23.47 May24,

2006

17.84 2005–06 #15 15.50

3 Wednesday 9:00 pm (October 4,2006 – November 8, 2006)

Wednesday 10:00 pm (February7, 2007 – May 23, 2007)

23 October 4,2006

18.82 May23,

2007

13.86 2006–07 #13 15.95

4 Thursday 9:00 pm (January 31,2008 – March 20, 2008)

Thursday 10:00 pm (April 24,2008 – May 29, 2008)

14 January 31,2008

16.07 May29,

2008

12.20 2007–08 #19 13.17

5 Wednesday 9:00 pm 17 January 21,2009

11.66 May13,

2009

9.43 2008–09 #28 10.94

6 Tuesday 9:00 pmSunday 9:00 pm (May 23, 2010)

18 February 2,2010

12.09 May23,

2010

13.57 2009–10 #31 10.08

Lost originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010. The pilot episode had 18.6 million viewers, easily winning its 9:00 pm timeslot, and giving ABC its strongest ratings since 2000 when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was initially aired—beaten only the following month by the premiere of Desperate Housewives. According to Variety, "ABC sure could use a breakout drama success, as it

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hasn't had a real hit since The Practice. Lost represents the network's best start for a drama with 18- to 49-year-oldssince Once and Again in 1999, and in total viewers since Murder One in 1995."

The chart shows U.S. television ratings (in millions) per episode for each of the sixseasons of the show on ABC.

For its first season, Lost averaged 16 millionviewers, ranking 14th in viewership amongprime-time shows, and 15th among theeighteen to forty-nine-year-olddemographic. Its second season faredequally well: again, Lost ranked 14th inviewership, with an average of 15.5 millionviewers. However, it improved its ratingwith 18- to 49-year-olds, ranking eighth.The second season premiere was even moreviewed than the first, pulling in over23 million viewers and setting a seriesrecord. The third season premiere brought in18.8 million viewers. The seventh episodeof the season, back from a three-monthhiatus, saw a drop to 14.5 million. Over thecourse of the spring season, ratings wouldplunge to as low as 11 million viewers before recovering to near 14 million for the season finale. The ratings dropwas partially explained when Nielsen released DVR ratings, showing Lost as the most recorded series on television.However, despite overall ratings losses, Lost still won its hour in the crucial 18–49 demographic and put out thehighest 18–49 numbers in the 10:00 p.m. time slot ahead of any show on any network that season. The fourth seasonpremiere saw an increase from the previous episode to 16.1 million viewers, though by the eighth episode, viewershad decreased to a series low of 11.461 million. A survey of 20 countries by Informa Telecoms and Media in 2006concluded that Lost was the second most popular TV show in those countries, after CSI: Miami. The sixth-seasonpremiere was the first to climb in the ratings year-over-year since the second season, drawing 12.1 million viewers.Lost was declared the highest rated show for the first ten years of IMDb.com Pro (2002–2012).

Awards and nominationsMain article: List of awards and nominations received by LostCapping its successful first season, Lost won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series and J. J. Abrams wasawarded an Emmy in September 2005 for his work as the director of "Pilot". Terry O'Quinn and Naveen Andrewswere nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category. Lost swept the guild awards in2005, winning the Writers Guild of America Awards 2005 for Outstanding Achievement in Writing for a DramaticTelevision Series, the 2005 Producers Guild Award for Best Production, the 2005 Director's Guild Award for BestDirection of a Dramatic Television Program, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005 for Best Ensemble Cast.

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For his portrayal of Ben Linus, Michael Emersonreceived many awards and nominations, including

winning a Primetime Emmy Award for OutstandingSupporting Actor in 2009.

It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best TelevisionDrama Series three times (2005–2007), and it won the award in2006. In 2006, Matthew Fox and Naveen Andrews receivedGolden Globe nominations for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Seriesand Best Supporting Actor respectively, and, in 2007, EvangelineLilly received a nomination for Best Actress in a TelevisionDrama Series. Lost was nominated for the 2005 British Academyof Film and Television Award for Best International. In 2006,Jorge Garcia and Michelle Rodriguez took home ALMA Awardsfor Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively, in aTelevision Series. It won the Saturn Award for Best TelevisionSeries in both 2005 and 2006. In 2005, Terry O'Quinn won aSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a television series, andin 2006, Matthew Fox won for Best Lead Actor. Lost wonconsecutive Television Critics Association Awards forOutstanding Achievement in Drama, for both its first and secondseasons. Consecutively as well, it won in 2005 and 2006 theVisual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting VisualEffects in a Broadcast Program. Malcolm David Kelley won aYoung Artist Award for his performance as Walt in 2006.

In 2005, Lost was voted Entertainment Weekly's Entertainer of theYear. The show won a 2005 Prism Award for Charlie's drug storyline in the episodes "Pilot", "House of the RisingSun", and "The Moth". In 2007, Lost was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME". Theseries was nominated for but did not win a Writers Guild Award and Producers Guild Award again in 2007. In June2007, Lost beat out over 20 nominated television shows from countries all over the globe to win the Best Dramaaward at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. In September 2007 both Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn werenominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, the award going to O'Quinn.Lost was again nominated for Outstanding Drama Series at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2008. The showalso garnered seven other Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series forMichael Emerson. In 2009, Lost was again nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, as well Outstanding SupportingActor in a Drama Series for Michael Emerson at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, of which the latter won.

In 2010, the sixth and final season was nominated for twelve Emmy Awards at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awardsincluding Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindeloffor the show's series finale, "The End", Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Matthew Fox, OutstandingSupporting Actor in a Drama Series for Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn and Outstanding Guest Actress in aDrama Series for Elizabeth Mitchell, it won only one Emmy (Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing) out of itstwelve nominations for a series total of 11 wins and 55 nominations in its six-year run.In 2014, the series was honored with the TCA Heritage Award.

Critical receptionLost has been described by numerous critics as being among the greatest television series of all time. Bill Carter, television reporter of The New York Times, defined Lost as "the show with perhaps the most compelling continuing story line in television history". Entertainment Weekly put the show on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Plane crash. Smoke monster. Polar bear. Crazy French lady. The Others. The hatch. The Dharma Initiative. Time-travel flashes. Name another network drama that can so wondrously turn a ? into a !"[6] In 2012, Entertainment

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Weekly also listed the show at #10 in the "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years", with a hot-and-colddescription:

Lost was initially celebrated as a moving character-driven drama with a broad humanistic worldviewthat also presented itself as dramatic cryptography that demanded to be solved. The appeal narrowed asseasons progressed and the mythology became more complex, culminating in a still-debated finale thatwas deeply meaningful to some and dissatisfying poppycock to others.[7]

The first season received critical acclaim. USA Today said it was a "totally original, fabulously enjoyable lost-at-seaseries, Lost had taken "an outlandish Saturday-serial setup and imbued it with real characters and honest emotions,without sacrificing any of the old-fashioned fun." The Los Angeles Times praised the production values and said it"knows the buttons it wants to push (fear of flying, fear of abandonment, fear of the unknown) and pushes them,repeatedly, like a kid playing a video game." IGN noted that the first season "succeeded first and foremost incharacter development." Lost season one was ranked number one in the "Best of 2005 TV Coverage: Critic Top TenLists" by Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe, Tom Gliatto of People Weekly, Charlie McCollum of the San JoseMercury News and Robert Bianco of USA Today.The second season received favorable reviews, but it was noted that the season "stumbled with some storylines goingnowhere and some characters underutilized". IGN also noted the addition of Desmond Hume as a standout newcharacter. The San Francisco Chronicle called Season 2 an "extended, mostly unsatisfying foray into deepermythology with very little payoff". After winning "Best Drama Series" for season one, Lost was snubbed by theEmmy Awards in Season 2. Nearing the end of the second season, USA Today listed the most popular fan theoriesduring Season 2 – the island as a psychological experiment, that the hatch had electromagnetic properties, stringtheory of time, and that everyone on the island had developed a "collective consciousness" that allowed them toappear in each other's past. One fan interview by USA Today said that "Real suspense comes from answers, notquestions. Suspense comes not from wondering what's going on but from wondering what happens next. If youwithhold answers, it becomes impossible to satisfy."The first block of episodes of the third season was criticized for raising too many mysteries and not providingenough answers. Complaints were also made about the limited screen-time for many of the main characters in thefirst block. Locke, played by Terry O'Quinn, who had tied for the highest second season episode count, appeared inonly 13 of 22 episodes in the third season—only two more than guest star M.C. Gainey, who played Tom. Reactionto two new characters, Nikki and Paulo, was generally negative, and Lindelof even acknowledged that the couplewas "universally despised" by fans. The decision to split the season and the American timeslot switch after the hiatuswere also criticized. Cuse acknowledged that, "No one was happy with the six-episode run." The second block ofepisodes was critically acclaimed however, with the crew dealing with problems from the first block. More answerswere written into the show, and Nikki and Paulo were killed off. It was also announced that the series would endthree seasons after the third season, which Cuse hoped would tell the audience that the writers knew where the storywas going.The fourth season opened to critical acclaim not seen since the first season. Metacritic gave season four a weighted average of 87 based on the impressions of a select twelve critical reviews, earning the second highest Metascore in the 2007–2008 television season after the fifth and final season of HBO's The Wire. For the first time since season one, Lost received an Emmy nomination for 'Outstanding Drama Series'. Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle said that the Season 4 episodes were "roller coasters of fast action and revelation" and that series was "back on track". In a survey conducted by TVWeek of professional critics, Lost was voted the best show on television in the first half of 2008 "by a wide margin", apparently "crack[ing] the top five on nearly every critic's submission" and receiving "nothing but praise". The New York Times said the show reveled in critiques of capitalism, using the fictional Mittelos Bioscience and the "malevolent British industrialist" character of Charles Widmore as examples. The critic also said that the show "in the dark business of exploring just how futile the modern search for peace, knowledge, recovery or profit really is". The critic did go on to say that series was not as "philosophically refined" as

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The Sopranos or The Wire but that it "has maximized the potential of narrative uncertainty and made it a beguilingconstant".The fifth season once again received mostly positive critical reception. Season 5 was given a weighted average of 78out of 100 by Metacritic. Variety said that "The ABC series remains one of primetime's most uncompromisingefforts, and this year's latest wrinkle on flashbacks, flash-forwards and island-disappearing flashes of light doesnothing to alter that perception." Alan Sepinwall of The Newark Star Ledger said that season 5 may finally be "a dayof reckoning between those viewers who embrace the show's science-fiction trappings, and those who prefer not tothink about them". Sepinwall also related that "I loved every minute. But I'm also a geek who read Ray Bradbury andIsaac Asimov growing up." Heather Havrilesky of Salon.com criticized the use of time travel saying that "when anarrator brings magic or time travel or an act of God into the picture, then uses it without restraint, the story loses itsanchor to real life." The critic also asked "Why does it matter what Locke and Richard Alpert and Daniel Faraday oranyone else does, when they all seem as clueless and unfettered from reality as we are as viewers? How can thesecharacters have any concrete agenda or strategic approach or philosophical perspective on anything when the rug ispulled out from under them by another Act of God every few seconds?" The New York Times also commented that"what has been most dispiriting about the current season is the show's willingness to abandon many of the larger andmore compelling themes that grounded the elaborate plot: the struggles between faith and reason; the indictments ofextreme capitalism, the futility of recovery. All that remains is the reductively limned battle between fate and freewill largely playing out, now, in Jack Shephard's belief that returning to the island is his Destiny." The A.V. Club saidof the fifth season finale, "Me? I found the ending frustrating, but in a good way. This finale was entertaining as allget-out to me, and despite the occasional groaner moment, I think this may be Lost's most purposeful, surprisingfinale."Season six opened to much hype and curiosity. The A.V. Club asked, "I'm guessing that one of the biggest fears ofLost fans as we ride out this sixth and final season—bumps and all—is that we're going to come to the end and find abig nothing in return for all we've invested in these characters. We don't just need answers, we need justifications.Why has whatever happened, happened? Who has called this particular meeting to order, and does it really matterwho showed up?" The episodes "Dr. Linus", "Ab Aeterno", "Happily Ever After", and "The Candidate" opened tohighly positive critical reception while the third-to-last episode "Across the Sea" was the episode with the mostnegative reception. The time spent at the Other's temple was criticized. E! Online described the show as "lightning ina bottle" and picked it as "Top TV Drama of 2010."The series finale opened to highly polarized critical and fan reception. According to the web site Metacritic, "TheEnd" received "generally favorable reviews" with a Metascore – a weighted average based on the impressions of 31critical reviews – of 74 out of 100. IGN reviewer Chris Carbot gave the finale a 10/10, tying it with the initial reviewof "Pilot, Part 1", "Through the Looking Glass", "The Constant" and "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" asthe best reviewed episode of Lost. He described it as "one of the most enthralling, entertaining and satisfyingconclusions I could have hoped for." Carbot also noted that the discussions about the episode may never end, saying"Lost may be gone, but it will hardly be forgotten." Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times also gave the finale aperfect score, stating "Sunday's show was an emotional, funny, expertly measured reminder of what Lost has reallycentered on since its first moments on the prime time TV landscape: faith, hope, romance and the power ofredemption through belief in the best of what moves mankind." Robert Bianco of USA Today rated the episodeperfect as well, deeming the finale "can stand with the best any series has produced". Hal Boedeker of OrlandoSentinel cited the finale being "a stunner".British newspapers The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph both reported that "The End" had received negative reviews and disappointed its viewers. Alan Sepinwall of Star-Ledger was less enthusiastic of the finale, stating "I'm still wrestling with my feelings about 'The End'... I thought most of it worked like gangbusters. ... But as someone who did spend at least part of the last six years dwelling on the questions that were unanswered – be they little things like the outrigger shootout or why The Others left Dharma in charge of the Swan station after the purge, or bigger

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ones like Walt – I can't say I found 'The End' wholly satisfying, either as closure for this season or the series. ...There are narrative dead ends in every season of 'Lost,' but it felt like season six had more than usual." Mike Hale ofThe New York Times gave "The End" a mixed review, as the episode showed that the series was "shaky on the bigpicture – on organizing the welter of mythic-religious-philosophical material it insisted on incorporating into its plot– but highly skilled at the small one, the moment to moment business of telling an exciting story. Renderedinsignificant ... were the particulars of what they had done on the island." David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun gavethe episode a highly negative review, writing "If this is supposed to be such a smart and wise show, unlike anythingelse on network TV (blah, blah, blah), why such a wimpy, phony, quasi-religious, white-light, huggy-bear ending. ...Once Jack stepped into the church it looked like he was walking into a Hollywood wrap party without food or music– just a bunch of actors grinning idiotically for 10 minutes and hugging one another."

Fandom and popular cultureAs a mainstream cult television show, Lost has generated a dedicated and thriving international fan community. Lostfans, sometimes dubbed Lostaways or Losties, have gathered at Comic-Con International and conventions organizedby ABC, but have also been active in developing a large number of fan websites, including Lostpedia, and forumsdedicated to the program and its related incarnations. Because of the show's elaborate mythology, its fansites havefocused on speculation and theorizing about the island's mysteries, as well as on more typical fan activities such asproducing fan fiction and videos, compiling episode transcripts, shipping characters, and collecting memorabilia.Anticipating fan interest and trying to keep its audience engrossed, ABC embarked on various cross-mediaendeavors, often using new media. Fans of Lost have been able to explore ABC-produced tie-in websites, tie-innovels, an official forum sponsored by the creative team behind Lost ("The Fuselage"), "mobisodes", podcasts by theproducers, an official magazine, and an alternate reality game (ARG) "The Lost Experience". An official fanclubwas launched in the summer of 2005 through Creation Entertainment.Due to the show's popularity, references to it and elements from its story have appeared in parody and popularculture usage. These include appearances on television, such as on the series Will & Grace, Curb Your Enthusiasm,30 Rock, Scrubs, The Office, Family Guy, American Dad!, The Simpsons and The Venture Bros.. Lost is also featuredas an Easter egg in several video games, including Dead Island, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Fallout 3, Uncharted 2:Among Thieves, World of Warcraft, Just Cause 2, Batman: Arkham City, and Singularity. Similarly, several songshave been published whose themes and titles were derived from the series, such as Moneen ("Don't Ever Tell LockeWhat He Can't Do"), Veil of Maya ("Namaste"), Cosmo Jarvis ("Lost"), Senses Fail ("Lost and Found" and "All theBest Cowboys Have Daddy Issues"), Gatsbys American Dream ("You All Everybody" and "Station 5: The Pearl"),and Punchline ("Roller Coaster Smoke"). Weezer named their eighth studio album Hurley after the character, with aphoto of actor Jorge Garcia on the cover.After the episode "Numbers" aired on March 2, 2005, numerous people used the eponymous figures (4, 8, 15, 16, 23and 42) as lottery entries. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, within three days, the numbers were triedover 500 times by local players. By October 2005, thousands had tried them for the multi-state Powerball lottery. Astudy of the Quebec Lottery showed that the sequence was the third most popular choice of numbers for lotteryplayers, behind only the arithmetic sequences 1–2–3–4–5–6 and 7–14–21–28–35–42. The issue came to attentionafter a Mega Millions drawing for a near-record US$380,000,000 jackpot on January 4, 2011 drew a series ofnumbers in which the three lowest numbers (4–8–15) and the mega ball (42) matched four of the six numbers. TheNo. 42 is also the "Mega Number" in Hurley's "Mega Lotto" ticket. The players who played the combination won$150 each (or $118 in California).

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Distribution

OnlineIn addition to traditional terrestrial and satellite broadcasting, Lost is available from various online services,including Amazon Instant Video, Hulu, and Netflix. It was one of the first series issued through Apple's iTunes Storebeginning in October 2005. On August 29, 2007, Lost became one of the first TV programs available for downloadin the UK iTunes Store.In April 2006, Disney announced that Lost would be available for free online in streaming format, with advertising,on ABC's website, as part of a two-month experiment of future distribution strategies. The trial, which ran from Mayto June 2006, caused a stir among network affiliates who were afraid of being cut out of advertising revenue. Thestreaming of Lost episodes direct from ABC's website was only available to viewers in the United States due tointernational licensing agreements. In 2009, Lost was named the most watched show on the Internet based onviewers of episodes on ABC's website. The Nielsen Company reported that 1.425 million unique viewers havewatched at least one episode on ABC's website.

Home video releasesThe first season of Lost was released under the title Lost: The Complete First Season as a widescreen seven-discRegion 1 DVD box set on September 6, 2005, two weeks before the premiere of the second season. It was distributedby Buena Vista Home Entertainment. In addition to all the episodes that had been aired, it included several DVDextras such as episode commentaries, behind-the-scenes footage and making-of features as well as deleted scenes,deleted flashback scenarios and a blooper reel. The same set was released on November 30, 2005 in Region 4, Theseason was first released split into two parts: the first twelve episodes of season 1 were available as a wide screenfour-disc Region 2 DVD box set on October 31, 2005, while the remaining thirteen episodes of season 1 werereleased on January 16, 2006. The DVD features available on the Region 1 release were likewise split over the twobox sets. The first two seasons were released separately on Blu-ray Disc on June 16, 2009.The second season was released under the title Lost: The Complete Second Season – The Extended Experience as awide screen seven-disc Region 1 DVD box set on September 5, 2006. The sets include several DVD extras,including behind the scenes footage, deleted scenes and a "Lost Connections" chart, which shows how all of thecharacters on the island are inter-connected. Again, the season was initially delivered in two sets for Region 2: thefirst twelve episodes were released as a widescreen four-disc DVD box set on July 17, 2006, while the remainingepisodes of season 2 were released as a four-disc DVD box set on October 2, 2006. The set was released in Region 4on October 4, 2006.The third season was released under the title Lost: The Complete Third Season – The Unexplored Experience onDVD and Blu-ray in Region 1 on December 11, 2007. As with seasons 1 and 2, the third season release includesaudio commentaries with the cast and crew, bonus featurettes, deleted scenes, and bloopers. The third season wasreleased in Region 2 solely on DVD on October 22, 2007, though this time only as a complete set, unlike previousseasons.The fourth season was released as Lost: The Complete Fourth Season – The Expanded Experience in Region 1 onDecember 9, 2008 on both DVD and Blu-ray Disc. It was released on DVD in Region 2 on October 20, 2008. Theset includes audio commentaries, deleted scenes, bloopers and bonus featurettes.The first three seasons of Lost have sold successfully on DVD. The Season 1 boxset entered the DVD sales chart atnumber two in September 2005, and the Season 2 boxset entered the DVD sales chart at the number one position inits first week of release in September 2006, believed to be the second TV-DVD ever to enter the chart at the top spot.The Season 3 boxset sold over 1,000,000 copies in three weeks.

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Both the Season 6 boxset and the complete series collection contained a 12 minute epilogue-like bonus feature called"The New Man in Charge". The Season 6 DVD set entered the DVD sales chart at the number one position in its firstweek of release in September 2010 boasting strong sales in the DVD and Blu-ray format for the regular season set aswell as for the series box set.

Other mediaThe characters and setting of Lost have appeared in several official tie-ins outside of the television broadcast,including in print, on the Internet, and in short videos for mobile phones. Three novelizations have been released byHyperion Books, a publisher owned by Disney, ABC's parent company. They are Endangered Species (ISBN0-7868-9090-8) and Secret Identity (ISBN 0-7868-9091-6) both by Cathy Hapka and Signs of Life (ISBN0-7868-9092-4) by Frank Thompson. Additionally, Hyperion published a metafictional book titled Bad Twin (ISBN1-4013-0276-9), written by Laurence Shames, and credited to fictitious author "Gary Troup", who ABC's marketingdepartment claimed was a passenger on Oceanic Flight 815.Several unofficial books relating to the show have also been published. Finding Lost: The Unofficial Guide (ISBN1-55022-743-2) by Nikki Stafford and published by ECW Press is a book detailing the show for fans and those newto the show. What Can Be Found in Lost? (ISBN 0-7369-2121-4) by John Ankerberg and Dillon Burrough,published by Harvest House is the first book dedicated to an investigation of the spiritual themes of the series from aChristian perspective. Living Lost: Why We're All Stuck on the Island (ISBN 1-891053-02-7) by J. Wood, publishedby the Garett County Press, is the first work of cultural criticism based on the series. The book explores the show'sstrange engagement with the contemporary experiences of war, (mis)information, and terrorism, and argues that theaudience functions as a character in the narrative. The author also writes a blog column during the second part of thethird season for Powell's Books. Each post discusses the previous episode's literary, historical, philosophical andnarrative connections.The show's networks and producers have made extensive use of the Internet in expanding the background of thestory. For example, during the first season, a fictional diary by an unseen survivor called "Janelle Granger" waspresented on the ABC web site for the series. Likewise, a tie-in website about the fictional Oceanic Airlinesappeared during the first season, which included several Easter eggs and clues about the show. Another tie-inwebsite was launched after the airing of "Orientation" about the Hanso Foundation. In the UK, the interactiveback-stories of several characters were included in "Lost Untold", a section of Channel 4's Lost website. Similarly,beginning in November 2005, ABC produced an official podcast, hosted by series writers and executive producersDamon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. The podcast typically features a discussion about the weekly episode, interviewswith cast members and questions from viewers. Sky1 also hosted a podcast presented by Iain Lee on their website,which analyzed each episode after it aired in the United Kingdom.The foray into the online realm culminated in the Lost Experience, an Internet-based alternate reality game producedby Channel 7 (Australia), ABC (America) and Channel Four (UK), which began in early May 2006. The gamepresents a five-phase parallel storyline, primarily involving the Hanso Foundation.Short mini-episodes ("mobisodes") called the Lost Video Diaries were originally scheduled for viewing by VerizonWireless subscribers via its V-Cast system, but were delayed by contract disputes. The mobisodes were renamedLost: Missing Pieces and aired from November 7, 2007 to January 28, 2008.

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Licensed merchandiseIn addition to tie-in novels, several other products based on the series, such as toys and games, have been licensedfor release. A video game, Lost: Via Domus, was released to average reviews, developed by Ubisoft, for gameconsoles and home computers, while Gameloft developed a Lost game for mobile phones and iPods. Cardinal Gamesreleased a Lost board game on August 7, 2006. TDC Games created a series of four 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles ("TheHatch", "The Numbers", "The Others", and "Before the Crash"), which, when put together, reveal embedded clues tothe overall mythology of Lost. Inkworks has published three sets of Lost trading cards, Season One, Season Two, andRevelations. In May 2006, McFarlane Toys announced recurring lines of character action figures and released thefirst series in November 2006, with the second series being released July 2007. Furthermore, ABC sold a myriad ofLost merchandise in their online store, including clothing, jewelry and other collectibles. In November 2010, morethan five months after the final episode aired, DK Publishing released a 400-page reference titled The LostEncyclopedia, written by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry. The book compiled information from the TV show producers"writers bible", listing nearly every character, chronological event, location, and plot detail of the series, filling in thegaps for die hard fans.

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