Lost: Season 1

2004 · 24 episodes · ★ 8.2

What Season 1 of Lost

An Oceanic Airlines flight traveling between Sydney and Los Angeles crashes on an apparently deserted island in the South Pacific. The survivors set up camp on the beach and organize to find food and water and to send out a distress signal. Jack Shephard, a surgeon played by Matthew Fox, becomes the leader of the group, though tensions and hierarchies begin to emerge among the passengers. Soon mysteries appear in the jungle, and unknown forces put everyone in danger. Each episode alternates between the present on the island and flashbacks that explain why each character boarded that flight.

24episodes

Sep 22, 2004premiered

May 25, 2005latest episode

18.1 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Pilot (1)
Sep 22, 2004 · 42 min · ★ 8.6
Stripped of everything, the 48 survivors scavenge what they can from the plane for their survival. Some panic. Some pin their hopes on rescue. A few find inner strength they never knew they had-like Kate who, with no medical training, suddenly finds herself suturing the doctor's wounds. The band of friends, family, enemies and strangers must work together against the cruel weather and harsh terrain. But the intense howls of mysterious creatures stalking the jungle fill them all with fear. Fortunately, thanks to the calm leadership of quick-thinking Jack and level-headed Kate, they have hope. But even heroes have secrets, as the survivors will come to learn.
Directing: J.J. Abrams · Writing: J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof · Starring: Fredric Lehne, Geoff Heise, Barbara Vidinha-Tyler, Dale Radomski
1x02 Pilot (2)
Sep 29, 2004 · 41 min · ★ 8.7
Having escaped the "creature" and retrieved the plane transceiver, a group of the survivors travel to higher ground so they can transmit a signal. En route, they receive a mysterious transmission and encounter another of the island's inhabitants. Meanwhile, back at camp, Jack tends to a wounded man who reveals a secret about Kate.
Directing: J.J. Abrams · Writing: J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof · Starring: Fredric Lehne, George Alan, L. Scott Caldwell, Christian Bowman
1x03 Tabula Rasa
Oct 6, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 8.1
Jack and Hurley discover an alarming secret about Kate, as the marshal's life hangs in the balance and he suffers a lot of pain. Meanwhile Kate, Charlie, Sawyer, Sayid, Boone and Shannon ponder the mysteries they have begun to uncover and worry that telling the other survivors will cause panic. They decide to lie for the time being. Also, Locke's befriending of Walt disturbs Michael, but Walt is more concerned in finding his dog. Lastly, Kate flashes back to when she was arrested by the marshal in Australia.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: Damon Lindelof · Starring: Nick Tate, Fredric Lehne, Dustin Watchman
1x04 Walkabout
Oct 13, 2004 · 43 min · ★ 8.5
The survivors are jolted awake in the middle of the night when wild island beasts (which are wild boars) invade the beach encampment. Kate and Michael join the mysterious Locke on a hunt for food -- and a shocking secret about Locke is revealed. On the hunt for food someone is injured. Meanwhile, some survivors are horrified by Jack's plan for the dead bodies still scattered among the wreckage -- he wants to burn them. Jack sees someone that's not there, and we find out that one of the survivors was not able to walk but now he can.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: David Fury · Starring: John Simon Jones, Stephen J. Rafferty, L. Scott Caldwell, Billy Ray Gallion
1x05 White Rabbit
Oct 20, 2004 · 43 min · ★ 8.0
Jack is nearly delirious from lack of sleep and struggles to overcome the haunting events that brought him to Australia and, subsequently, to the island. Meanwhile, Boone gets caught in a treacherous riptide trying to save a woman who went out swimming. A pregnant Claire's health takes a bad turn from lack of fluids, and a thief may have stolen the last bottles of water. Veronica Hamel guest-stars as Jack's mother, Margo.Also, Jack flashes back at 12 years old, to find himself on the playground in an altercation with a bully, who ultimately beats him up, and later learns a life lesson from his father.
Directing: Kevin Hooks · Writing: Christian Taylor · Starring: Meilinda Soerjoko, Veronica Hamel, Geoff Heise, John O'Hara
1x06 House of the Rising Sun
Oct 27, 2004 · 43 min · ★ 7.9
Walt and the others are shocked when Michael is brutally beaten, but only the non-English-speaking Jin and Sun know the truth behind the attack. Meanwhile Kate, Jack, Sawyer and Sayid argue about where the survivors should camp -- on the beach, where they're more likely to be seen, or in a remote inland valley where fresh water abounds; and Locke discovers Charlie's secret.
Directing: Michael Zinberg · Writing: Javier Grillo-Marxuach · Starring: Kim Seo-ra, Meilinda Soerjoko, Dustin Watchman
1x07 The Moth
Nov 3, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
Charlie begins a painful journey of withdrawal from drugs, surprisingly aided by Locke, whose true motive for helping Charlie is a mystery. Meanwhile, survivors struggle to find and free Jack when he's buried alive in a cave collapse, and someone might be secretly thwarting Sayid, Kate, and Boone when they enact a plan to find the source of the French transmission.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: Jennifer M. Johnson, Paul Dini · Starring: Neil Hopkins, Glenn Cannon, Christian Bowman, Dustin Watchman
1x08 Confidence Man
Nov 10, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
Shannon's inhaler runs out and Boone believes Sawyer has the remaining three in his stash. When Sawyer refuses to give them up, Jack and Sayid resort to torturing Sawyer until he agrees to reveal the location of the inhalers. In flashback we hear Sawyer's story and find he is not who he says he is.
Directing: Tucker Gates · Writing: Damon Lindelof · Starring: Kristin Richardson, Michael DeLuise, Billy Mayo
1x09 Solitary
Nov 17, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 8.2
Sayid's life is placed in grave danger after he stumbles upon the source of the mysterious French transmission, the woman Danielle Rousseau (guest-star Mira Furlan). She was on the distress call and is found alive. Meanwhile, Hurley has a ridiculous plan to make life on the island a little more civilized. The plan involves golf clubs he finds in the debris, and it looks like it just might work. Lastly, we flash back to Sayid's childhood friend Nadia as well as his participation in hostage situations in Iraq.
Directing: Greg Yaitanes · Writing: David Fury · Starring: William Mapother, Scott Paulin, Andrea Gabriel, Mira Furlan
1x10 Raised by Another
Dec 1, 2004 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
Claire has a horribly realistic nightmare about her new baby being harmed or kidnapped. Flashbacks reveal Claire's backstory: the former boyfriend who got her pregnant, then abandoned her, and the psychic who convinced her to take the ill-fated flight that landed her on the island. Hurley is shocked and confused when he discovers that Ethan Rom (guest-star William Mapother), another plane crash survivor, does not appear on the flight manifest.
Directing: Marita Grabiak · Writing: Lynne E. Litt · Starring: William Mapother, Nick Jameson, Keir O'Donnell, Jenny Chang
1x11 All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues Mid-Season Finale
Dec 8, 2004 · 43 min · ★ 8.5
Survivors wonder why Charlie and Claire have been abducted - and by whom - and a search party ventures into the treacherous jungle to look for the pair. Suspicions focus on Ethan Rom (guest-star William Mapother), who, it was recently discovered, was not a passenger on the doomed flight. Jack battles inner demons relating to his father, while Boone and Locke discover another island mystery.
Directing: Stephen Williams · Writing: Javier Grillo-Marxuach · Starring: William Mapother, Jackie Maraya, Matt Moore, Kimberly Stahl
1x12 Whatever the Case May Be
Jan 5, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 7.7
Jack, Kate and Sawyer fight over possession of a newly discovered locked metal briefcase which might contain insights into Kate's mysterious past. Meanwhile, Sayid asks a reluctant Shannon to translate notes he took from the French woman. A rising tide threatens to engulf the fuselage and the entire beach encampment, and Rose and a grieving Charlie tentatively bond over Claire's baffling kidnapping.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: Jennifer M. Johnson, Damon Lindelof · Starring: L. Scott Caldwell, Tim Halligan, Victor Browne, Christian Bowman
1x13 Hearts and Minds
Jan 12, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
When Locke learns that Boone wants to share their "secret" with Shannon, Locke decides to teach him a lesson. This leads to Shannon's life being placed in what seems like peril. Boone and Shannon's dark past is revealed in a shocking backstory that recalls their relationship right before the plane crash and presages the return of the beast. Kate, who has become a confidante to the soft-spoken Sun, is puzzled by Sun's mysterious behavior and the revelation that she can speak English. A hungry Hurley must convince Jin to share his fish by making up for offending Jin by rejecting his offer of raw fish early on, or he'll continue to suffer digestive problems from the limited island diet.
Directing: Rod Holcomb · Writing: Carlton Cuse, Javier Grillo-Marxuach · Starring: Charles Mesure, Adam Leadbeater, Kelly Rice
1x14 Special
Jan 19, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 7.7
Violence ensues and a mysterious island beast makes a re-appearance when Michael and Locke clash over Walt's upbringing. Meanwhile, Charlie is tempted to read the missing Claire's diary, and Sayid enlists Shannon to help decipher the French woman's map.
Directing: Greg Yaitanes · Writing: David Fury · Starring: Tamara Taylor, Christian Bowman, David Starzyk, Natasha Goss
1x15 Homecoming
Feb 9, 2005 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
After the missing Claire returns with no recollection of what has happened since before she boarded the doomed Oceanic flight 815, Jack and Locke formulate a plan of defense against her kidnapper, the mysterious Ethan (guest-star William Mapother), who threatens to kill off the other survivors one by one unless Claire is returned to him. Meanwhile, the disappointment Charlie feels when Claire does not remember him triggers recollections of a woman he had let down in the past.
Directing: Kevin Hooks · Writing: Damon Lindelof · Starring: William Mapother, Jim Piddock, Christian Bowman, Sally Strecker
1x16 Outlaws
Feb 16, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 8.3
Kate and Sawyer divulge dark secrets to each other while tracking a renegade boar that Sawyer swears is purposely harassing him. Hurley and Sayid worry that Charlie is losing it after facing a brush with death and killing Ethan with 6 bullets to the chest. A shocking prior connection between Sawyer and Jack is revealed in a flashback which shows Sawyer meeting Jack's father in a bar. Robert Patrick ("Terminator 2: Judgment Day," "The X-File") guest stars.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: Drew Goddard · Starring: Jeff Perry, Brittany Perrineau, Stewart Finlay-McLennan, Robert Patrick
1x17 ...In Translation
Feb 23, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 8.1
When the raft the survivors have been building mysteriously burns down, Michael is convinced that Jin is responsible for the sabotage, which only serves to escalate their rivalry. Meanwhile, Sun stuns her fellow survivors with a surprising revelation, and Boone gives Sayid a warning about his step-sister Shannon. Lastly, more details of Jin and Sun's troubled marriage are revealed through flashbacks.
Directing: Tucker Gates · Writing: Leonard Dick, Javier Grillo-Marxuach · Starring: Byron Chung, John Shin, Joey Yu, Kiya Lee
1x18 Numbers
Mar 2, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 8.5
When Hurley becomes obsessed with the French woman and heads into the jungle to find her, Jack, Sayid and Charlie have no choice but to follow. Hurley flashes back to the hugely life-altering experience he had before boarding the plane.
Directing: Dan Attias · Writing: Brent Fletcher, David Fury · Starring: Brittany Perrineau, Ron Bottitta, Mira Furlan, Jayne Taini
1x19 Deus Ex Machina
Mar 30, 2005 · 43 min · ★ 8.8
Locke thinks he's being sent a sign on how to get the hatch open, and he and Boone venture inland. Jack is reluctant to offer assistance when Sawyer begins to experience excruciating headaches and needs glasses.
Directing: Robert Mandel · Writing: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · Starring: Kevin Tighe, Julie Ow, Swoosie Kurtz, Lawrence Mandley
1x20 Do No Harm
Apr 6, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 8.5
Jack tends to a severely wounded Boone after Locke returns him to the caves. In the confusion, Locke slips away to deal with his guilt over the crisis. Meanwhile, Claire unexpectedly goes into labor while deep in the forest.
Directing: Stephen Williams · Writing: Janet Tamaro · Starring: Julie Bowen, Zack Ward, Clarence Logan, John Terry
1x21 The Greater Good
May 4, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
After another funeral, tempers rise as the survivors' suspicions of each other grow, and an unlikely survivor vows revenge. The events that landed Sayid on Flight 815 play out as he engages Locke in a psychological game of cat and mouse to uncover the truth about the mishap that claimed Boone's life.
Directing: David Grossman · Writing: Leonard Dick · Starring: Dariush Kashani, Donnie Keshawarz, Jenny Gago, David Ross Paterson
1x22 Born to Run
May 11, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
Jack suspects foul play when Michael becomes violently ill while building the raft. The suspects include Sawyer and Kate, who compete for the last seat on the raft and do anything possible to prevent each other from getting it. Meanwhile, a secret from Kate's past is revealed to the other survivors on the island.
Directing: Tucker Gates · Writing: Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Javier Grillo-Marxuach · Starring: Skye McCole Bartusiak, Beth Broderick, Carter Jenkins, Mackenzie Astin
1x23 Exodus (1)
May 18, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 8.5
The French woman-Danielle Rousseau-shocks the survivors by showing up to the camp with a dire warning about "the Others" who are on the island, and the black smoke that precedes them. Meanwhile, Michael and Jin ready the raft for sailing. In flashbacks, we see the survivors final moments before they boarded their fateful flight.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · Starring: Michelle Rodríguez, Robert Frederick, Fredric Lehne, Chard Hayward
1x24 Exodus (2) Season Finale
May 25, 2005 · 87 min · ★ 8.8
The castaways on the raft are surprised at sea by something unexpected. Meanwhile, remaining islanders attempt to blow open the hatch, and a visitor to the encampment might be a threat to Claire's infant son.
Directing: Jack Bender · Writing: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · Starring: Robert Frederick, Fredric Lehne, M.C. Gainey, Mira Furlan