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Lost
Season 4
DVD cover
Starring
No. of episodes14
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseJanuary 31 (2008-01-31) –
May 29, 2008 (2008-05-29)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The fourth season of the American serial drama television series Lost commenced airing on the ABC network in the United States,[1] and on CTV in Canada on January 31, 2008, and concluded on May 29, 2008. The season continues the stories of a group of over 40 people who have been stranded on a remote island in the South Pacific, after their airplane crashed there more than 90 days prior to the beginning of the season. According to Lost's executive producers/writers/showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, there are two main themes in the fourth season: "the castaways' relationship to the freighter folk"[2] and "who gets off the island and the fact that they need to get back".[3] The fourth season was acclaimed for its flash-forwards, pace and new characters.[4]

The season was originally planned to contain 16 episodes; eight were written before the start of the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.[5] Following the strike's resolution, it was announced that only five more episodes would be produced to complete the season;[6] however, the season finale's script was so long that network executives approved the production of a 14th episode as part of a three-hour season finale split over two nights.[7] The fourth season aired Thursdays at 9:00 pm from January 31 to March 20, 2008, and at 10:00 pm from April 24 to May 15, 2008. The two-hour finale aired at 9:00 pm on May 29, 2008. Buena Vista Home Entertainment released the season on DVD and Blu-ray Disc under the title Lost: The Complete Fourth Season – The Expanded Experience on December 9, 2008, in Region 1;[8] however, it was released earlier—on October 20, 2008—in Region 2.[9]

Crew

The fourth season was produced by ABC Studios, Bad Robot Productions and Grass Skirt Productions. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse served as the season's show runners.[10] The show was primarily filmed in Hawaii with post-production in Los Angeles.[11] Lindelof and Cuse's fellow executive producers were co-creator J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk and Jack Bender. The staff writers were Lindelof, Cuse, co-executive producers Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, and Drew Goddard, supervising producer Elizabeth Sarnoff, co-producer Brian K. Vaughan and executive story editor Christina M. Kim. The regular directors were Bender and co-executive producer Stephen Williams.[12]

Cast

The fourth season featured 16 major roles with star billing. The show continues to chronicle the lives of the survivors of the crash of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815, including their interactions with the island's original inhabitants, whom they refer to as "the Others", and an inauspicious team from a nearby freighter. Characters are briefly summarized and credited in alphabetical order.

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

The show regularly features guest stars. Jeff Fahey plays the freighter's helicopter pilot Frank Lapidus, while Kevin Durand acts as Martin Keamy, the sinister leader of a group of mercenaries from the freighter that included Anthony Azizi's character Omar. L. Scott Caldwell and Sam Anderson return as 815 married couple Rose Henderson and Bernard Nadler. John Terry appears as Jack and Claire's deceased father Christian Shephard. Marsha Thomason returns as Naomi Dorrit, the first person from the freighter to appear on the island and Marc Vann plays Ray, the ship's doctor. Alan Dale acts as Charles Widmore, the man responsible for sending the freighter to the island. Mira Furlan portrays Danielle Rousseau, a marooned island inhabitant of sixteen years, who is reunited with her sixteen-year-old daughter, Alex, played by Tania Raymonde; Blake Bashoff plays Alex's boyfriend Karl. Nestor Carbonell is Richard Alpert, the ranking Other while Ben is held in captivity. Grant Bowler acts as Gault, the captain of the freighter, Kahana. Fisher Stevens and Zoë Bell play George Minkowski and Regina, two crew members involved with communications. Lance Reddick's character Matthew Abaddon is introduced as a mysterious man with connections to Naomi, Hurley and Locke.

Former regular cast members return for guest spots. Malcolm David Kelley reprises the role of Walt Lloyd, Michael's son, in both flashbacks and flashforwards. Cynthia Watros appear in a hallucination as deceased survivor Libby.

Reception

Critical reception

"With … a clear finish line in 2010, the creative team could now focus on telling their story without having to worry about how many episodes they had left to work with. Season four is the first to benefit and delivers a faster paced and leaner story that expands the Lost universe in some unexpected ways and delves into the mystery that was introduced at the end of last season."

— Reviews website IGN[13]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 88% with an average score of 8.6 out of 10 based on 25 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Lost regains its mojo in a fourth season that reaffirms the show's place as one of TV's most unique undertakings."[14]

Time named Lost the seventh best television series of 2008 and praised the fourth season for "complicat[ing] [Lost's] time-and-space-travel story deliciously".[15] Don Williams of BuddyTV dubbed "The Beginning of the End" "the most anticipated season premiere of the year"[16] and Michael Ausiello later called the final hour of Lost's fourth season "the most anticipated 60 minutes of television all year."[17] American critics were sent screener DVDs of "The Beginning of the End" and "Confirmed Dead" on January 28, 2008.[18] Metacritic gave the season a Metascore—a weighted average based on the impressions of a select twelve critical reviews—of 87,[19] earning the second highest Metascore in the 2007–2008 television season after the fifth and final season of HBO's The Wire.[20] In a survey conducted by TVWeek of professional critics, Lost was voted the best show on television in the first half of 2008 "by a wide margin", apparently "crack[ing] the top five on nearly every critic's submission" and receiving "nothing but praise".[21] The May 7, 2007 announcement of a 2010 series end date and the introduction of flashforwards were received favorably by critics,[22] as were the season's new characters.[23]

Awards and nominations

See also: List of awards and nominations for Lost

The fourth season was nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards, with one win, for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour). The series was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, its second nomination in that category since the first season, while Michael Emerson received his second consecutive nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. It also received nominations for Outstanding Cinematography for a One-Hour Series, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score), Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series, and Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series.[24]

The season earned Lost two Television Critics Association Award nominations for "Program of the Year" and "Outstanding Achievement in Drama".[25] The season also was nominated for a 2008 Writers Guild of America Award in the category of Dramatic Series.[26]

Ratings

Throughout the fourth season, Lost continued to slip in the ratings. The season premiered with 16 million American viewers, giving Lost its highest ratings in 17 episodes; however, the size of the audience steadily decreased throughout the season. The eighth episode, which served as the mid-season finale as a result of the writers' strike, brought in 11 million,[27] setting a new series low.[28] The next episode and midseason premiere climbed slightly to 12 million,[29] but the episode after that set the current record for lowest-rated episode in the United States with 11 million people watching.[30] The finale was seen by 12 million, reaching the most viewers since the midseason premiere and making it Lost's lowest-rated finale yet.[31] Despite the decline in viewers, Lost consistently ranked within the top 20 programs of the week with one exception. The finale topped the chart, due to its broadcast being over a week after the official end of the television season. Entertainment president Stephen McPherson commented that while he would "love to see the show grow … the reality is that the numbers are pretty good."[27]

Episodes

See also: List of Lost episodes

The number in the "No. overall" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No. in season" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season. "Featured character(s)" refers to the character(s) who is centered on in the episode's flashbacks or flashforwards. "U.S. viewers (million)" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episode as it was aired. A clip-show recapping the first three seasons titled "Lost: Past, Present & Future" preceded the season premiere episode.[32]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byFeatured character(s)Original air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
731"The Beginning of the End"Jack BenderDamon Lindelof & Carlton CuseHurleyJanuary 31, 2008 (2008-01-31)16.07[33]
742"Confirmed Dead"Stephen WilliamsDrew Goddard & Brian K. VaughanFaraday, Charlotte,
Miles, Frank		February 7, 2008 (2008-02-07)15.06[34]
753"The Economist"Jack BenderEdward Kitsis & Adam HorowitzSayidFebruary 14, 2008 (2008-02-14)13.62[35]
764"Eggtown"Stephen WilliamsElizabeth Sarnoff & Greggory NationsKateFebruary 21, 2008 (2008-02-21)13.53[36]
775"The Constant"Jack BenderCarlton Cuse & Damon LindelofDesmondFebruary 28, 2008 (2008-02-28)12.85[37]
786"The Other Woman"Eric LaneuvilleDrew Goddard & Christina M. KimJulietMarch 6, 2008 (2008-03-06)12.90[38]
797"Ji Yeon"Stephen SemelEdward Kitsis & Adam HorowitzSun & JinMarch 13, 2008 (2008-03-13)11.87[39]
808"Meet Kevin Johnson"Stephen WilliamsElizabeth Sarnoff & Brian K. VaughanMichaelMarch 20, 2008 (2008-03-20)11.28[40]
819"The Shape of Things to Come"Jack BenderBrian K. Vaughan & Drew GoddardBenApril 24, 2008 (2008-04-24)12.33[29]
8210"Something Nice Back Home"Stephen WilliamsEdward Kitsis & Adam HorowitzJackMay 1, 2008 (2008-05-01)11.14[30]
8311"Cabin Fever"Paul EdwardsElizabeth Sarnoff & Kyle PenningtonLockeMay 8, 2008 (2008-05-08)11.28[41]
8412"There's No Place Like Home (Part 1)"Stephen WilliamsDamon Lindelof & Carlton CuseJack, Hurley, Sayid,
Sun, Kate		May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)11.40[42]
85
86		13
14		"There's No Place Like Home (Parts 2 & 3)"Jack BenderCarlton Cuse & Damon LindelofJack, Hurley, Sayid,
Sun, Kate		May 29, 2008 (2008-05-29)12.20[43]

Home media

Lost: The Complete Fourth Season – The Expanded Experience
Set details Special features
  • 14 episodes
  • 6-disc set/5 Blu-ray Discs
  • 1.78:1 aspect ratio
  • Subtitles: English
  • English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) – DVD
  • English (PCM 5.1 Surround) – Blu-ray
  • Audio commentaries
    • "The Beginning of the End" by Evangeline Lilly and Jorge Garcia
    • "The Constant" by Mark Goldman, Damon Lindelof, and Carlton Cuse
    • "Ji Yeon" by Stephen Semel, Yunjin Kim, Daniel Dae Kim
    • "There's No Place Like Home (Part 2)" by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
  • "The Right to Bear Arms"
  • "The Freighter Folk"
  • "The Island Backlot: Lost in Hawaii"
  • "The Oceanic Six: A Conspiracy of Lies"
  • "Offshore Shoot"
  • "Soundtrack of Survival: Composing for Character, Conflict & Crash"
  • "Lost on Location"
  • "Course of the Future: The Definitive Flash-Forwards"
  • "Lost: Missing Pieces"
  • Deleted scenes
  • Bloopers
  • Easter Eggs
Release dates
 Brazil  United States
 Canada 		 Australia  Japan  United Kingdom
September 24, 2008 December 9, 2008 October 29, 2008 January 21, 2009 October 20, 2008

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