# Lost (2004)

> Survivors of a mid-air plane crash struggle to stay alive on a mysterious island whose secrets multiply with every episode.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/4385

## Facts

- Seasons: 6
- Episodes: 118
- Episode runtime: 44 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, mystery, science fiction, adventure
- Created by: J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Jeffrey Lieber
- Network: ABC
- Cast: Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Josh Holloway, Jorge Garcia, Malcolm David Kelley, Naveen Andrews, Elizabeth Mitchell
- TMDB rating: 8.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411008/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: labyrinthine
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: suspenseful, melancholic, propulsive, wistful, mysterious

## What critics say

Critics broadly regard Lost as a positive, ambitious landmark whose characters and mysteries carry it, though its later mythology and ending divide opinion.

## Synopsis

Lost (2004-2010) is an American network serialized mystery drama created by J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber for ABC. Stripped of everything after a horrific plane crash, a diverse group of strangers must cooperate to survive on a tropical island that seems to hold many secrets. Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox), a spinal surgeon, leads the rescue effort, while the enigmatic John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) and the sardonic conman James Sawyer (Josh Holloway) pull the group in opposing directions. Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly), Hurley Reyes (Jorge Garcia), Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) and Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan) each carry pasts that surface in flashbacks woven through the episodes. Across six seasons and 118 episodes, the engine is a restless push to understand the island, its strange monsters, its hatch and its numbers, with every answer spawning new questions. The tone blends propulsive adventure with melancholic character drama, wistful and suspenseful at once. Fans of Twin Peaks, The X-Files and The Leftovers will find resonance in its serialized mystery, its layered mythology and its aching study of guilt and redemption, and its sprawling ensemble keeps the emotional stakes personal even as the mythology grows vast and strange.

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