Lost (season 1)

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Lost Season 1
Poster
Country	USA
Network	ABC
Original runs	September 22, 2004 – May 25, 2005
No. of episodes	24
DVD Release Date	September 6, 2005
DVD Format	Widescreen, Boxset

For more details on this topic, see List of Lost episodes.

This article contains a summary of the first season of the American fictional drama/adventure television series Lost.

The season first aired on September 22, 2004 and concluded on May 25, 2005. In addition to the twenty-four regular episodes in season one, a special, "Lost: The Journey", was aired on April 27, 2005.

1 Cast
- 1.1 Starring
- 1.2 Recurring Characters
2 Island plot summary

[edit] Cast

[edit] Starring

In Order of Episode Count

Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard (24/24)
Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen (24/24)
Naveen Andrews as Sayid Jarrah (24/24)
Harold Perrineau as Michael Dawson (24/24)
Jorge Garcia as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (24/24)
Dominic Monaghan as Charlie Pace (23/24)
Terry O'Quinn as John Locke (23/24)
Yoon-jin Kim as Sun-Hwa Kwon (23/24)
Josh Holloway as James "Sawyer" Ford (23/24)
Maggie Grace as Shannon Rutherford (22/24)
Ian Somerhalder as Boone Carlyle (21/24)
Malcolm David Kelley as Walt Lloyd (21/24)
Daniel Dae Kim as Jin-Soo Kwon (20/24)
Emilie de Ravin as Claire Littleton (18/24)

[edit] Recurring Characters

[edit] Island plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

On September 22, 2004, a plane breaks apart in mid-air, scattering survivors on a remote island somewhere in the South Pacific. A few dozen of these survivors, after the initial shock passes, attempt to set up a camp, and figure out where they are, but are disturbed by loud roaring noises and crashing trees emanating from the nearby jungle.

Three of the survivors set out to find the cockpit. An injured pilot, shortly before he dies, tells them that the plane had lost radio contact six hours after take off, turned back for Fiji and hit turbulence. The plane was a thousand miles off course when it crashed.

After the plane crash.

One of the survivors, an Iraqi Republican Guard communications officer named Sayid Jarrah, attempts to repair a transceiver. They take it to a higher point on the island in an attempt to get a signal, and are attacked by a polar bear along the way. When they finally do turn on the transceiver, they learn that its signal is being blocked by a transmission of a woman's voice speaking in French, which Shannon translates as, "I'm alone now, on the island alone. Please someone come. The others are dead. It killed them. It killed them all." Through a quick mathematical calculation, the survivors deduce that the transmission has been repeating for over sixteen years.

Sayid finds a cable running out of the ocean and into the jungle. He follows it, but it results in him being trapped by a mysterious woman who takes him to a bunker and tortures him, asking where "Alex" is. She eventually identifies herself as Danielle Rousseau, the person who sent out the distress signal. Sayid eventually escapes, and over the course of the season, Rousseau has other intermittent contacts with the survivors, telling them more of her own story, such as that she was pregnant when she came to the island, but after she gave birth, "The Others" came and kidnapped her baby, with their arrival heralded by a column of black smoke.

Hurley conducts a census of the survivors, and discovers that one of their castaways, Ethan Rom, is not on the passenger manifest. Ethan kidnaps Charlie and Claire, but then discards Charlie, since Claire was the one that "The Others" wanted. Locke eventually finds her. She doesn't initially remember her experience, but her memory slowly returns to her.

Locke looks at the mysterious hatch.

Locke discovers a mysterious hatch in the jungle with no handle, and becomes obsessed about what may be inside. He and Boone spend many days digging it out of the ground, thinking of how to open it. While exploring the island, Locke and Boone also discover a Beechcraft lodged on the side of a cliff. Boone climbs up the cliff and into the plane. Inside, he finds a radio and sends a distress call. A male voice answers, "Is someone out there?" to which Boone responds, "We are the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815." The voice replies, "We're the survivors of 815." The Beechcraft then falls from the cliff and badly injures Boone. Locke takes Boone back to the camp, but Jack is unable to save his life.

Michael decides to build a raft, and enlists the help of the other survivors. They launch it with Michael, his son Walt, Sawyer, and Jin as crew. That night, they are surprised and initially delighted to meet up with another boat, but it turns out to be a group of the Others who demand that Walt be handed over to them. In the ensuing chaos, their raft is destroyed, Sawyer is shot, and Walt is kidnapped.

Rousseau takes the survivors to the "Black Rock", a wooden ship in the middle of the island which has dynamite which the survivors may be able to use to open the hatch. Along the way, one of them is chased by a black cloud, the "monster", which Rousseau calls the island's "security system." Jack and Locke bring the dynamite back to the hatch, and use it to force open the hatch door to look inside. The season ends with them looking down into the darkness of the shaft below.

By the end of the season, the group of survivors comprises over 40 people who have been on the island for 44 days.

Lost
Production:	DVD releases • Episode list • Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Soundtrack
Main characters:	Ana Lucia • Ben • Boone • Charlie • Claire • Desmond • Hurley • Jack • Jin • Juliet • Kate Libby • Locke • Michael • Mr. Eko • Nikki • Paulo • Sawyer • Sayid • Shannon • Sun • Walt
Supporting characters:	Alex • Bernard • Christian • Cindy • Ethan • The Others • Pickett • Rose • Rousseau • Tom
Organizations:	DHARMA Initiative • Hanso Foundation • Oceanic Airlines
Elements:	Crossover list • DHARMA Initiative stations • Flight 815 • Mythology • Thematic motifs
Miscellaneous:	Gary Troup • In popular culture • Lost Experience • Rachel Blake • Video game