Lost (season 4)

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Lost Season 4

Tagline: The wait is over
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Network ABC
Original run January 31, 2008 – May 29, 2008
No. of episodes 14[1]
Previous season 3
Next season 5

The fourth season of the American serial drama television series Lost commenced airing in the United States and Canada on January 31, 2008 and concluded on May 29, 2008. The fourth season continues the stories of a group of over forty people who have been stranded on a remote island in the South Pacific, after their airplane crashed more than ninety days prior to the beginning of the season.[2] In the Lost universe, the season takes place from December 23, 2004 to January 7, 2005. The central conflict of this season comes from the arrival of a freighter, Kahana, off the shore of the Island and the survivors' disagreement as to whether the people on the freighter have come to rescue them or kill them.[3]

The season, as originally planned, was to contain sixteen episodes, eight of which were filmed before the start of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. After the resolution of the strike, the network and producers of the series announced that only five of the expected eight episodes would be produced to complete the season.[4] Show runners, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse intended to "condense what were supposed to be the season's final eight episodes into what Lindelof calls a 'lean, mean' five,"[5] however, they were unable to compress the season finale into only two episodes and petitioned ABC to include one more of the three unproduced episodes in the fourth season.[6] On April 11, 2008, it was leaked that ABC approved the production of a 14th episode of season four as part of a three hour season finale, split over two nights.[7] In addition to the fourteen regular episodes, a special entitled, "Lost: Past, Present & Future" aired immediately preceding the season premiere.[8] Buena Vista Home Entertainment intends to release the season on DVD and Blu-ray under the title Lost: The Complete Fourth Season – The Expanded Experience on December 9, 2008 in Region 1.[9]

Contents

[edit] Production

[edit] Crew

The season was produced by ABC Studios, Bad Robot Productions and Grass Skirt Productions and was aired on the American Broadcasting Company Network in the U.S.[10] Co-creator/executive producer/head writer Damon Lindelof and executive producer/writer Carlton Cuse served as the season's show runners.[11] The show is primarily filmed in Hawaii with post-production in Los Angeles.[12] The executive producers were co-creator J.J. Abrams, Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender, and Cuse.[13] The staff writers were Lindelof, Cuse, co-executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz,[14] co-executive producer Drew Goddard, supervising producer Elizabeth Sarnoff, co-producer[15] Brian K. Vaughan[16] and executive story editor Christina M. Kim.[17] The regular directors were Bender and co-executive producer Stephen Williams.[18]

[edit] Broadcast history

The eight staff writers attended a "minicamp" in June 2007 to map out the storylines of the final three seasons of Lost.[19] Filming on location Oahu, Hawaii, USA began on August 17, 2007[20] and halted on November 21, due to the Writers Guild strike (see below).[21] Fourteen episodes were produced in total, with a three hour season finale being split over two nights. In response to complaints from fans about reruns, the season was due to run with one new episode per week for sixteen weeks in early 2008, but a 4 week hiatus separated the 8th episode from the 9th due to the Writers Guild Strike.[22] Executive producer/writer Carlton Cuse stated that doing a sixteen episode season, instead of a twenty-four episode season as had been previously done, would give the crew less pressure and more creative freedom to produce higher quality content.[23]

While the previous seasons aired on Wednesdays in the US,[24] the fourth season aired new episodes Thursday nights at 9:00, replacing a strike-halted fourth season of Grey's Anatomy.[25] Once Grey's Anatomy returned, however, Lost moved to the 10:00 timeslot.[7] A world premiere of the fourth season of Lost was to be held outdoors at Sunset on the Beach in Waikiki, Honolulu,[26] where movies are regularly shown on a 30-foot (9.1 m) screen free to the public.[27] It was, however, cancelled due to the continuing writers' strike.[28] Advertisements for the season played in movie theatres.[29]

[edit] Writers Guild of America strike

The Writers Guild of America went on strike on November 4, 2007,[30] which resulted in a lack of new episodes for many television series.[31] As Lost writers began work on the fourth season in late June 2007,[32] Lost was one of the few series to continue airing new episodes during the strike.[33] The script coordinator said that the eighth episode's ending was very shocking and would serve as something of a finale as it was the last to be completely written before the strike began.[34] The show runners wanted to hold the initial eight episodes until they were able to produce more of the season[35] because they thought that the eighth episode's cliffhanger, which they wrote without the strike in mind, was not enough to end a season on.[36][37] ABC decided that the eight episodes would air from February to March, regardless of whether any more episodes were produced in the 2007–2008 television season.[38] Despite picketing on most days, Cuse, a member of the WGA negotiating committee, continued to oversee post-production,[39] until negotiations between the Guild and the AMPTP broke down in December, after which he boycotted his producing duties on the show until the strike was resolved.[40] After the strike was resolved it was confirmed that Lost would have a 13-episode season which would be split into two, eight of the episodes airing before March 20, 2208 and the remaining five airing beginning April 24, 2008.[41] Lindelof said that the effect of the strike on the fourth season would be minimal and the season's story arc would be completed as originally intended.[42] Production of the season resumed on March 10.[43] The production team was in talks with ABC to add an extra episode to the current season, which would bring the total to 14 episodes.[44] Shortly after, it was confirmed to be a reality.[45]

[edit] Characters

From left to right: Hurley, Claire, Sawyer, Kate, Jack, Jin, Sun, Juliet, Locke, Sayid, Ben and Desmond
From left to right: Hurley, Claire, Sawyer, Kate, Jack, Jin, Sun, Juliet, Locke, Sayid, Ben and Desmond

The fourth season featured sixteen major roles with star billing. The following main characters are briefly summarized and ordered by number of appearances in the fourth season. Matthew Fox stars as doctor Jack Shephard, the leader of the castaways.[46] Elizabeth Mitchell portrays Juliet Burke, an Other of three years who is trying to escape the island and is romantically involved with Jack.[47] Jorge Garcia plays Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, a lottery winner, who often serves as the show's comic relief.[48] Evangeline Lilly stars as fugitive Kate Austen, who is unsure whether she loves Jack or Sawyer more.[49] Jeremy Davies plays nervous physicist Daniel Faraday, and Rebecca Mader acts as anthropologist Charlotte Lewis, both arrive on the island as recruits from the freighter, Kahana. Josh Holloway portrays the sardonic con-man James "Sawyer" Ford. Terry O'Quinn plays John Locke, an alienated survivor with a deep connection to the island.[50] Naveen Andrews acts as Sayid Jarrah, a former Iraqi Republican Guardsman.[51] Emilie de Ravin portrays single new mother Claire Littleton.[52] Michael Emerson acts as Ben Linus, a high-ranking manipulative Other. Daniel Dae Kim plays Jin Kwon, the son of a fisherman, with Yunjin Kim as Jin's pregnant wife Sun.[53] Henry Ian Cusick plays Desmond Hume, a man who can see flashes of the future.[54] Ken Leung portrays Miles Straume, an arrogant medium, also from the Kahana. Perrineau returns as single father Michael Dawson, after he and his son escaped the island after cutting a deal with the Others, which led to him killing two of his fellow castaways.[55]

The show always features numerous guest stars. Mira Furlan portrayed Danielle Rousseau, recently reunited with her daughter, Alex, played by Tania Raymonde., while Blake Bashoff plays Alex's boyfriend Karl . L. Scott Caldwell returns as Flight 815 survivor Rose Henderson[56] and Sam Anderson acts as her husband Bernard Nadler.[57] John Terry appeared in multiple episodes as Christian Shephard. Alan Dale and Sonya Walger returned in key roles as Charles Widmore and Penny Widmore, respectively. Nestor Carbonell also returned to play Richard Alpert, a high-ranking Other in the final four episodes of the season. Marsha Thomason returns as Naomi Dorrit, a woman from a freighter 80 miles (130 km) offshore of the island. The season also introduced numerous new recurring actors as characters on board the Kahana. Jeff Fahey plays the helicopter pilot, Frank Lapidus, Fisher Stevens portrays the communications officer George Minkowski, while Kevin Durand acts as the mercenaries' leader, Martin Keamy. Anthony Azizi, Zoë Bell and Grant Bowler also featured as recurring charcters on the freighter. Despite appearing in three episodes of the season, little is still known about recurring character, Matthew Abaddon, portrayed by Lance Reddick.

Lost regularly features former regular cast members returning for occasional guest spots. Malcolm David Kelley, reprised the role of Walt Lloyd, Michael's son in both flashbacks and flashforwards. Second season cast member, Cynthia Watros played Libby in hallucinations, while former cast regular, Dominic Monaghan recieved star billing in the first episode of the season, portraying the late Charlie Pace.

[edit] Plot

[edit] Episodes

"Series #" refers to the episode's number in the overall series, whereas "Episode #" refers to the episode's number in this particular season. "Featured character(s)" refers to the character(s) who is centred on in the episode's flashbacks or flashforwards. A clip-show recapping the first three seasons titled "Past, Present & Future" preceded the premiere.

Series # Episode # Title Directed by Written by Featured character(s) Original airdate
70 1 "The Beginning of the End"  Jack Bender Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse Hurley January 31, 2008
After learning Charlie's final message, part of the survivors start wondering if they should trust Naomi's associates or not and end up dividing from the other half. In flashforwards, Hurley is visited by unexpected people. 
71 2 "Confirmed Dead"  Stephen Williams Drew Goddard & Brian K. Vaughan Daniel, Charlotte, Miles, Frank & Naomi February 7, 2008
The castaways meet and become suspicious of Naomi's associates. They are named Miles, Frank, Daniel, and Charlotte. In flashbacks of all five freighter characters, mysterious parts of their lives off the island are shown. 
72 3 "The Economist"  Jack Bender Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz Sayid February 14, 2008
Sayid and Kate negotiate for Locke's hostage, who may be able to help them off the island. In flashforwards, Sayid has a dangerous job and a surprising boss. 
73 4 "Eggtown"  Stephen Williams Elizabeth Sarnoff & Greggory Nations Kate February 21, 2008
Kate's need to extract information from the hostage threatens to jeopardize her relationships with Locke and Sawyer. In flashforwards, Kate is put up for trial. 
74 5 "The Constant"  Jack Bender Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof Desmond February 28, 2008
Sayid and Desmond hit a bit of turbulence on the way to the freighter, which causes Desmond to experience some unexpected side effects. In time traveling flashes, Desmond returns to his life in the military. 
75 6 "The Other Woman"  Eric Laneuville Drew Goddard & Christina M. Kim Juliet March 6, 2008
Juliet receives an unwelcome visit from someone from her past and is given orders to track down Charlotte and Faraday in order to stop them from completing their mission — by any means necessary. Meanwhile, Ben offers Locke an enticing deal. Flashbacks show Juliet's relationships with Goodwin, Harper and Ben. 
76 7 "Ji Yeon"  Stephen Semel Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz Sun & Jin March 13, 2008
Juliet is forced to reveal some startling news to Jin when Sun threatens to move to Locke’s camp. Meanwhile, Sayid and Desmond begin to get an idea of the freighter crew’s mission when they meet the ship’s Captain. In flashes, Jin must complete a maternal mission and Sun goes into labor. 
77 8 "Meet Kevin Johnson"  Stephen Williams Elizabeth Sarnoff & Brian K. Vaughan Michael March 20, 2008
Sayid confronts Ben’s spy on the freighter, and Ben urges his daughter Alex to flee Locke’s camp in order to survive an impending attack. Flashbacks show what Michael has been doing since leaving the island and arriving at the freighter. 
78 9 "The Shape of Things to Come"  Jack Bender Brian K. Vaughan & Drew Goddard Ben April 24, 2008
Locke's camp comes under attack, and Jack tries to discover the identity of a body that has washed ashore. In flashforwards, Ben recruits Sayid as his assassin and confronts Charles Widmore. 
79 10 "Something Nice Back Home"  Stephen Williams Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz Jack May 1, 2008
When Jack's health is seriously compromised, Kate and Juliet must learn to work together in order to save him; and something goes wrong as Sawyer, Claire, Aaron and Miles continue their trek away from Locke’s camp and back to the beach. In flashforwards, Jack starts losing his sanity, receives a chilling message from Hurley, and his relationship with Kate begins to fall apart. 
80 11 "Cabin Fever"  Paul Edwards Elizabeth Sarnoff & Kyle Pennington Locke May 8, 2008
Locke becomes enlightened after learning the whereabouts of Jacob’s cabin, and life aboard the freighter becomes perilous. In flashbacks, young Locke meets Richard Alpert and after being paralyzed, he encounters Matthew Abaddon. 
81 12 "There's No Place Like Home: Part 1"  Stephen Williams Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse Kate, Sayid, Sun, Hurley & Jack May 15, 2008
The survivors desperately attempt to escape from the Island and Ben makes a plan to confront the mercenaries from the Kahana. Flashforwards show the Oceanic Six's first actions after returning home. 
82/83 13/14 "There's No Place Like Home: Parts 2 and 3"  Jack Bender Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof Kate, Sayid, Sun, Hurley & Jack May 29, 2008
Jack, Kate, Sayid, Hurley, Sun, Aaron, Desmond and Frank Lapidus escape the Island, while Ben and Locke succeed in moving the Island. In flashforwards, the Oceanic Six and Walt react to visits from a man named Jeremy Bentham, who they seem to have some connection with. 

[edit] Intended storylines

While the season's story arc was largely completed as originally intended, some smaller stories had to be dropped due to the two lost hours. Areas intended to be explored included what happened between Ben and Henry Gale, the survivor of a hot air balloon crash and how Ben was caught in Rousseau's trap (in the episode, One of Them),[58] why Ms. Hawking (Fionnula Flanagan) was in a photograph with Brother Campbell (Andrew Conolly), the four-toed statue seen by Sayid, Jin and Sun,[59] what happened to Dr. Marvin Candle's arm, how Libby wound up in a mental institution, and what happened to Ben's childhood friend Annie.[60] New characters Daniel and Miles were also planned to have centric episodes, but were delayed until the next season.[61]

[edit] Ratings

The first eight original episodes of the season and the first rerun averaged 14.086 million American viewers, ranking Lost the twelfth most watched program of the season.[62] 16.137 million Americans saw the premiere,[63] making it the most watched episode of the season and bringing in the best Nielsen Ratings for Lost in seventeen episodes.[64] The last episode before the midseason hiatus, "Meet Kevin Johnson," hit a series low with 11.461 million,[65] though this was partially explained when Nielsen DVR ratings estimated that it had a 35% increase from time-shifting.[66] The first episode after the hiatus, "The Shape of Things to Come," saw a five percent increase in total viewers and a fifteen percent increase in viewers ages 18-49 from the previous episode, "Meet Kevin Johnson",[67] to 12.075 million Americans.[68] "The Shape of Things to Come" was seen by a total of 14.067 million Americans, being watched live or recorded and watched within seven days; this number was factored into the season's average.[69] The two subsequent episodes of the season, "Something Nice Back Home" and "Cabin Fever" saw a dive in the ratings. "Something Nice Back Home" was viewed live or recorded and watched within five hours of broadcast by 10.726 million American viewers,[70] setting a new ratings low for the series.[71] "Cabin Fever" slighly rose in ratings, being viewed live or recorded and watched within five hours of broadcast by 10.78 million American viewers.[72] The first part of the season finale, "There's No Place Like Home", saw another slight rise in ratings, being watched by 11.40 million American viewers.[73] The second and third parts were shown two weeks after the first as a two hour season finale, and managed to achieve the highest rating in seven episodes. The final two parts were viewed by 12.3 million American viewers, and the episode as a whole was the most watched show of the week.[74]

In the following table, "Rating" is the estimated percentage of all televisions tuned to the show, and "Share" is the percentage of all televisions in use that are tuned in.

Episode # Title Original airing Rating [A] Share [A] Total viewers[B] Rank per week
1 "The Beginning of the End" January 31, 2008 6.7[75] 17[75] 16.137 m[75] 8[76]
2 "Confirmed Dead" February 7, 2008 6.5[77] 16[77] 15.292 m[78] 7[78]
3 "The Economist" February 14, 2008 5.8[79] 15[79] 13.757 m[80] 4[81]
4 "Eggtown" February 21, 2008 5.7[82] 13[82] 13.647 m[83] 7[83]
5 "The Constant" February 28, 2008 5.4[84] 13[84] 12.893 m[85] 8[85]
6 "The Other Woman" March 6, 2008 5.4[86] 13[86] 13.008 m[87] 7[86]
7 "Ji Yeon" March 13, 2008 4.9[88] 13[88] 12.083 m[89] 4[89]
8 "Meet Kevin Johnson" March 20, 2008 4.6[90] 12[90] 11.461 m[91] 9[91]
9 "The Shape of Things to Come" April 24, 2008 5.3[92] 14[92] 12.075 m[93] 14[94]
10 "Something Nice Back Home" May 1, 2008 4.7[95] 13[95] 10.726 m[96] 21[97]
11 "Cabin Fever" May 8, 2008 4.7[98] 13[98] 10.780 m[99] 19[100]
12 "There's No Place Like Home: Part 1" May 15, 2008 4.9[101] 13[101] 10.962 m[102] 19[101]
13 "There's No Place Like Home: Part 2" May 29, 2008 4.9[103] 13[103] 12.303 m[104] 1[103]
14 "There's No Place Like Home: Part 3"

[edit] Notes

A. ^  The rating and share are in the key adults 18–49 demographic.
B. ^  This includes those who watched shows live or recorded them and watched them within six hours of broadcast.

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