Lost (season 1)

infobox tvseason
season_name = Lost Season 1


caption = Poster
dvd_release_date = September 6, 2005
dvd_format = Widescreen, Boxset
country = USA
network = ABC
first_aired = September 22, 2004
last_aired =
May 25, 2005
num_episodes = 24
prev_season =
next_season = 2|

The first season of the television series "Lost" commenced airing in the United States and Canada on September 22, 2004, concluded on May 25, 2005, and contained 24 episodes. It introduces the 48 survivors of a plane that broke apart in mid-air, scattering them on a remote island somewhere in the South Pacific. Forced to work together to survive, they come to realize it is no ordinary island.cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=001648&type=lead|title=Show description|accessdate=2007-09-07|publisher=ABC Medianet]

The first season aired Wednesdays at 8:00 pm in the United States. In addition to the 24 regular episodes, a special, "", was aired on April 27, 2005. The season was released on DVD as a seven disc boxed set under the title of "Lost: The Complete First Season" on September 6, 2005 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. [cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4701|title=Lost - The Complete 1st Season|accessdate=2007-09-09|publisher=TV Shows on DVD.com]

Crew

The season was produced by Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios), Bad Robot Productions and Grass Skirt Productions and was aired on the ABC Network in the U.S. The executive producers were co-creator J.J. Abrams, co-creator Damon Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender and Carlton Cuse with Jesse Alexander and Jeff Pinkner serving as executive consultants.cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=001648&type=producers|title=Producers|accessdate=2007-09-07|publisher=ABC Medianet] The staff writers were Abrams, Lindelof, Cuse, Alexander, Pinkner, co-executive producer David Fury, supervising producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach, producer Leonard Dick, producers Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz, co-producer Jennifer Johnson and story editor Paul Dini. Some of the first season's episodes were written or co-written by writers on a freelance basis. The regular directors throughout the season were J.J. Abrams, Jack Bender, Stephen Williams, Tucker Gates, Greg Yaitanes and Kevin Hooks. Its incidental music was composed by Michael Giacchino. Abrams, Lindelof and Cuse served as the season's show runners.

Cast

The initial season had fourteen major roles getting star billing, making it American television's largest cast at the time of the series' debut. Naveen Andrews portrayed former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid Jarrah. [Twair, Pat McDonnell, (April, 2005) " [http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-922680/Republican-Guard ABC-TV's Hit Series, "Lost", Features Sayid, a Sensitive, Appealing Iraqi] ," "Brittanica". Retrieved on September 9, 2007.] Emilie de Ravin played the pregnant Australian Claire Littleton. [Disney (October, 2006) " [http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/bios?pn=character&name=Claire%20Littleton Claire Littleton] ," "ABC". Retrieved on September 9, 2007.] Until later in the season, de Ravin is only credited in the episodes that she appears in. Matthew Fox acted as the troubled surgeon, leader of the group and protagonist Jack Shephard. [Bain, Emily, (October 20, 2004) " [http://media.www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2004/10/20/ArtsLiving/Tv.Review.Viewers.Get.lost.In.Popular.New.Abc.Show-1489109.shtml Viewers Get "Lost" in Popular New ABC Show] ," "The Tufts Daily". Retrieved on September 9, 2007.] Jorge Garcia portrayed Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, an unlucky lottery winner. [Garcia, Jorge (March 2006) " [http://www.maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=7045 We Want Answers!] ," "Maxim". Retrieved on September 9, 2007.] Maggie Grace played Shannon Rutherford, a former dance teacher. Josh Holloway acted as con man James "Sawyer" Ford. Yunjin Kim played Sun-Hwa Kwon, the daughter of a powerful Korean businessman and mobster, with Daniel Dae Kim as her husband Jin-Soo Kwon. [Juba, Scott, (June 28, 2006) " [http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=4469 Yunjin Kim: Across Continents] ," "The Trades". Retrieved on September 9, 2007.] Evangeline Lilly portrayed fugitive Kate Austen. Dominic Monaghan acted as an ex-rock star drug addict Charlie Pace. Harold Perrineau portrayed construction worker Michael Dawson, while child actor Malcolm David Kelley acted as his young son, Walt Lloyd. Ian Somerhalder played Boone Carlyle, chief operating officer of his mother's wedding business and step brother of Shannon. Terry O'Quinn played the mysterious John Locke. [Lindelof, Damon & Cuse, Carlton, (May 11, 2007) " [http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/podcast?dt=20070511 Official "Lost" Podcast] ," "American Broadcasting Company". Retrieved on August 31, 2007.]

Numerous supporting characters have been given expansive and recurring appearances in the progressive storyline, including: L. Scott Caldwell as Rose Henderson, Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau, Fredric Lane as Edward Mars, William Mapother as Ethan Rom, Daniel Roebuck as Leslie Arzt and John Terry as Christian Shephard. Ana Lucia Cortez, played by Michelle Rodriguez, made her first appearance this season, and she became a major character during the second season.

Reception

The pilot episode garnered 18.6 million viewers, easily winning its 9pm Eastern/8pm Central timeslot, and giving ABC its strongest ratings since 2000 when "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" initially aired—beaten only the following month by the premiere of "Desperate Housewives". [cite news|first=Rick|last=Kissell|title=ABC, Eye have quite some night|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117910869?categoryid=14&cs=1|publisher=Variety|date=September 25, 2004] Based on its strong opening, Reuters dubbed it a "hit drama" noting that "the show appeared to have benefited from an all-out marketing blitz that included radio spots, special screenings and ABC's first billboard advertising campaign in five years." [cite news|url=http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=10|title=ABC May Have Found a Hit in 'Lost'|date=October 1, 2004|last=Gorman |first=Steve|publisher=Reuters] After four episodes aired, ABC announced "Lost" had been picked up for a full season order. Lost's first season averaged about 18.38 million American viewers. [cite news|url=http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/Pf/0,1527,15183,00.html|title=ABC stays "Lost" and "Desperate"|first=Josh|last=Grossberg|date=October 20, 2004|publisher=E! Online]

The first season was nominated for twelve Primetime Emmy Awards. They won six: "Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series", "Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series", "Outstanding Drama Series" (J.J. Abrams), "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)" (Michael Giacchino), "Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series" and "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series". Terry O'Quinn and Naveen Andrews received nominations in the "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" category. [http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php Emmy Awards official site] "Lost" "2004 - 2005" "emmys.org". Retrieved on September 6, 2007]

Episodes

"Series #" refers to the episode's number in the overall series, whereas "Season #" refers to the episode's number in this particular season. "Featured character(s)" refers to the character(s) whose backstory is featured in the episode's flashbacks. "American viewers in millions" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episode live. The first season's episodes are altogether 1068 minutes in length. ["", Buena Vista Home Entertainment. September 6, 2005. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/customer-images/B00005JNOG Back cover] .]

DVD release

"Lost: The Complete First Season" was released as a widescreen seven-disc Region 1 DVD box set in the USA on September 6, 2005, two weeks before the premiere of the second season. It was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. In addition to all the episodes that had aired, it included several DVD extras such as episode commentaries, behind-the-scenes footage and making-of features as well as deleted scenes, deleted flashback scenarios and a blooper reel.

The same set was released on November 30, 2005 in Region 4, and on January 16, 2006 in the United Kingdom. The latter was titled "Lost: The Complete First Series". The first and second seasons were first released split into two parts: the first twelve episodes of series 1 were available as a widescreen four-disc Region 2 DVD box set on October 31, 2005, while the remaining thirteen episodes of series 1 were released on January 16, 2006. The DVD features available on Region 1 release were likewise split over the two box sets.

Notes

*fnb|1 - In some regions, the first season has 25 episodes. This is because "" is split into two episodes "Exodus: Part 2" and "Exodus: Part 3."

References

;General
* [http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index?pn=recaps#t=38115 "Lost" Recaps] at ABC.com
* [http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/display/display_main.aspx?global_id=001648&leftcol=links&typecode=pr&css=default_display_gray.css "Lost" Episodic Press Releases] at ABC Medianet
* [http://www.tv.com/lost/show/24313/episode.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabssh&tag=tabs;episodes "Lost" Season 1 episode guide] at TV.com;Specific