Lost is an American drama television series that follows the present and past lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, somewhere in the South Pacific. The show was created by Jeffrey Lieber, J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof, and is filmed primarily on location in Hawaii. The pilot episode first aired on September 22, 2004. Since then, two seasons have aired and a third will begin on October 4, 2006. The show is produced by Touchstone Television, Bad Robot Productions and Grass Skirt Productions and airs on the ABC Network in the US. Its incidental music is composed by Michael Giacchino. The current executive producers are J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Jack Bender, Jeff Pinkner and Bryan Burk. Due to its large ensemble cast and cost of filming in Hawaii, the series is one of the most expensive on television.
A critical and ratings success, Lost garnered an average of 15.5 million viewers per episode on ABC, winning industry awards including Emmys, Golden Globes, a Writers Guild of America 2005 Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Reflecting its devoted fan base, the series has become a staple of popular culture with references to the story and its elements appearing in other television shows, commercials, comic books, humor magazines and even song lyrics. The show's fictional universe has also been explored through tie-in novels, board and video games, and an alternate reality game, The Lost Experience.
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Season 1
Season 1 began airing in the United States on September 22, 2004 and featured 24 episodes. A plane crash strands the surviving passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 on a seemingly deserted tropical island, forcing the group of strangers to work together to stay alive. However, their survival is threatened by mysterious entities including polar bears, an unseen creature that roams the jungle, and the island's malevolent inhabitants known as the "Others." The survivors discover that one of the members in their group is not what he seems. They encounter a Frenchwoman who was shipwrecked on the island over sixteen years earlier and find a mysterious metal hatch buried in the ground. An attempt is made to leave the island with a raft.
Season 2
Season 2 began airing in the United States and Canada on September 21, 2005 and featured 23 episodes. Most of the story, which continues 44 days after the crash, focuses on the growing conflict between the survivors and the Others, with the continued clash between faith and science being thematic in certain episodes. While some mysteries are resolved, more questions are raised. New characters are introduced, including the tail-section survivors and other island inhabitants. More island mythologies and insights into the survivors' pasts are divulged. The hatch is explored and the existence of The DHARMA Initiative and its benefactor, The Hanso Foundation, is established. As the truth about the mysterious Others begins to unfold, one of the survivors betrays his fellow castaways and the cause of the plane crash is revealed.
Season 3
Season 3 will begin airing in the United States and Canada on October 4, 2006, and will feature 23 episodes that will be delivered in two blocks: an initial autumn arc of six episodes and a second run of seventeen consecutive episodes beginning in February 2007. The story will continue 65 days after the crash, and will focus on the Others (as led by "Henry Gale") and their history, ranks, and goals. The audience will meet more survivors of the plane crash as new characters in the third season, and their flashbacks will be featured as a unique and central component of the series. (Those of existing cast members will accordingly be fewer than in previous seasons.) Production on Season 3 started on August 4, 2006.
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