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Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.

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episode image Through the Looking Glass (2)
9.7/10 (3008 votes)

#1 Through the Looking Glass (2)

S3:E23

The season 3 finale finds the castaways preparing for an invasion by the slightly less mysterious Others, while Charlie and Desmond find more than they were looking for in the underwater "Looking Glass Hatch".

episode image The Constant
9.7/10 (17369 votes)

#2 The Constant

S4:E5

Sayid and Desmond hit a bit of turbulence on the way to the freighter, which causes Desmond to experience some unexpected side effects.

episode image Through the Looking Glass (1)
9.6/10 (14608 votes)

#3 Through the Looking Glass (1)

S3:E22

The season 3 finale finds the castaways preparing for an invasion by the slightly less mysterious Others, while Charlie and Desmond find more than they were looking for in the underwater "Looking Glass Hatch".

episode image Live Together, Die Alone (2)
9.4/10 (2317 votes)

#4 Live Together, Die Alone (2)

S2:E24

After discovering something odd just offshore, Jack and Sayid come up with a plan to confront "The Others" and hopefully get Walt back. Meanwhile, Eko and Locke come to blows as Locke makes a potentially cataclysmic decision regarding the "button" and the hatch.

episode image Live Together, Die Alone (1)
9.3/10 (9429 votes)

#5 Live Together, Die Alone (1)

S2:E23

After discovering something odd just offshore, Jack and Sayid come up with a plan to confront "The Others" and hopefully get Walt back. At the same time there will be an answer to the question of where Michael has been and resolution of him and Walt. Meanwhile, Eko and Locke come to blows as Locke makes a potentially cataclysmic decision regarding the "button" and the hatch. Lastly, Desmond returns and he sheds some more light on his experience on the island in the three years prior to when Locke came down into that hatch.

episode image Exodus (2)
9.2/10 (8854 votes)

#6 Exodus (2)

S1:E24

The castaways on the raft are surprised at sea by something unexpected. Meanwhile, remaining islanders attempt to blow open the hatch, and a visitor to the encampment might be a threat to Claire's infant son.

episode image The Man Behind the Curtain
9.2/10 (8013 votes)

#7 The Man Behind the Curtain

S3:E20

Ben unwillingly divulges information to Locke about the island, taking him on a journey to various locations including strange monuments and the mysterious Jacob. Back at the beach, Juliet's secret is revealed. Flashbacks will show us the origins of DHARMA and the history of the island, including 'the purge.'

episode image There's No Place Like Home (2)
9.2/10 (7800 votes)

#8 There's No Place Like Home (2)

S4:E13

The face-off between the survivors and the freighter people continues, and the Oceanic Six find themselves closer to rescue.

episode image The Incident (2)
9.2/10 (5821 votes)

#9 The Incident (2)

S5:E17

Jack's decision to put a plan in action in order to set things right on the island is met with some strong resistance by those close to him, and Locke assigns Ben a difficult task.

episode image Ab Aeterno
9.2/10 (8749 votes)

#10 Ab Aeterno

S6:E9

Richard Alpert's back story is shown: In 1867, he is brought to the island on the Black Rock as a slave. He makes a deal with Jacob to be his representative in exchange for immortality. In the present day, Hurley convinces him to help the candidates replace Jacob and stop the Man in Black from leaving the Island.

episode image Pilot (1)
9.1/10 (14762 votes)

#11 Pilot (1)

S1:E1

Stripped of everything, the 48 survivors scavenge what they can from the plane for their survival. Some panic. Some pin their hopes on rescue. A few find inner strength they never knew they had-like Kate who, with no medical training, suddenly finds herself suturing the doctor's wounds. The band of friends, family, enemies and strangers must work together against the cruel weather and harsh terrain. But the intense howls of mysterious creatures stalking the jungle fill them all with fear. Fortunately, thanks to the calm leadership of quick-thinking Jack and level-headed Kate, they have hope. But even heroes have secrets, as the survivors will come to learn.

episode image Pilot (2)
9.1/10 (11442 votes)

#12 Pilot (2)

S1:E2

Having escaped the "creature" and retrieved the plane transceiver, a group of the survivors travel to higher ground so they can transmit a signal. En route, they receive a mysterious transmission and encounter another of the island's inhabitants. Meanwhile, back at camp, Jack tends to a wounded man who reveals a secret about Kate.

episode image Man of Science, Man of Faith
9.1/10 (8619 votes)

#13 Man of Science, Man of Faith

S2:E1

Jack, Locke and Kate explore the mysterious hatch but Jack decides to wait before going down into the hatch. Kate and Locke aren't so patient. When Shannon chases after Vincent the dog, she encounters a familiar face in the jungle.

episode image Flashes Before Your Eyes
9.1/10 (8382 votes)

#14 Flashes Before Your Eyes

S3:E8

After Desmond rescues Claire from drowning, Charlie gets Hurley to help him find out why Desmond has seemed able to predict the future. Desmond recalls exactly what took place in the moments after he turns the key, where he experienced a strange vision of his life prior to his Army days.

episode image The Man from Tallahassee
9.1/10 (7434 votes)

#15 The Man from Tallahassee

S3:E13

When Kate and Locke arrive at the Others' camp, Ben promises to tell Locke the island's secrets as long as he stops his destructive plan, and Kate's reunion with Jack doesn't go very well when she learns that the Others have offered him a deal. More of Locke's troubled past is revealed.

episode image Greatest Hits
9.1/10 (7964 votes)

#16 Greatest Hits

S3:E21

While Jack devises a plan to do away with "The Others" once and for all, Sayid uncovers a flaw in "The Others'" system that could lead to everyone's rescue. But it requires Charlie to take on a dangerous task that may make Desmond's premonition come true. A Charlie-centric episode.

episode image The Incident (1)
9.1/10 (7707 votes)

#17 The Incident (1)

S5:E16

Jack's decision to put a plan in action in order to set things right on the island is met with some strong resistance by those close to him, and Locke assigns Ben a difficult task.

episode image Walkabout
9.0/10 (10303 votes)

#18 Walkabout

S1:E4

The survivors are jolted awake in the middle of the night when wild island beasts (which are wild boars) invade the beach encampment. Kate and Michael join the mysterious Locke on a hunt for food -- and a shocking secret about Locke is revealed. On the hunt for food someone is injured. Meanwhile, some survivors are horrified by Jack's plan for the dead bodies still scattered among the wreckage -- he wants to burn them. Jack sees someone that's not there, and we find out that one of the survivors was not able to walk but now he can.

episode image Numbers
9.0/10 (8340 votes)

#19 Numbers

S1:E18

When Hurley becomes obsessed with the French woman and heads into the jungle to find her, Jack, Sayid and Charlie have no choice but to follow. Hurley flashes back to the hugely life-altering experience he had before boarding the plane.

episode image Deus Ex Machina
9.0/10 (8206 votes)

#20 Deus Ex Machina

S1:E19

Locke thinks he's being sent a sign on how to get the hatch open, and he and Boone venture inland. Jack is reluctant to offer assistance when Sawyer begins to experience excruciating headaches and needs glasses.

episode image Exodus (1)
9.0/10 (8176 votes)

#21 Exodus (1)

S1:E23

The French woman-Danielle Rousseau-shocks the survivors by showing up to the camp with a dire warning about "the Others" who are on the island, and the black smoke that precedes them. Meanwhile, Michael and Jin ready the raft for sailing. In flashbacks, we see the survivors final moments before they boarded their fateful flight.

episode image Lockdown
9.0/10 (7181 votes)

#22 Lockdown

S2:E17

When the hatch suddenly takes on a life of its own, Locke is forced to enlist the help of an unlikely ally to control the matter. Meanwhile, Ana Lucia, Sayid and Charlie go off into the jungle to find out the truth about Henry Gale and see if there really is balloon craft out there in the jungle that carried him and his wife to the island.

episode image The Brig
9.0/10 (7272 votes)

#23 The Brig

S3:E19

After abandoning the Others, Locke takes Sawyer on a trek through the jungle to help him eliminate a common enemy. Meanwhile, back at the beach, the parachutist Naomi has crucial information about flight 815.

episode image The Shape of Things to Come
9.0/10 (7204 votes)

#24 The Shape of Things to Come

S4:E9

Jack tries to discover the identity of a body that has washed ashore. Meanwhile, Locke's camp is attacked by Ben's adversaries.

episode image Do No Harm
8.9/10 (7978 votes)

#25 Do No Harm

S1:E20

Jack tends to a severely wounded Boone after Locke returns him to the caves. In the confusion, Locke slips away to deal with his guilt over the crisis. Meanwhile, Claire unexpectedly goes into labor while deep in the forest.

episode image Two for the Road
8.9/10 (7242 votes)

#26 Two for the Road

S2:E20

After finding an exhausted Michael in the forest, Jack and Kate bring him back to the main camp. When he finally wakes up, Michael has some new details about "The Others." Also, a lovestruck Hurley plans a date for Libby.

episode image There's No Place Like Home (1)
8.9/10 (6631 votes)

#27 There's No Place Like Home (1)

S4:E12

Sayid goes back to the island to bring the rest of the people to the freighter. Ben, Locke, and Hurley go to another Dharma station in order to "move the island".

episode image LaFleur
8.9/10 (6760 votes)

#28 LaFleur

S5:E8

Sawyer perpetuates a lie with some of the other island survivors in order to protect themselves from mistakes of the past.

episode image The Candidate
8.9/10 (6903 votes)

#29 The Candidate

S6:E14

After the remaining survivors are reunited, Sawyer and Jack hatch a plan to divert the Man in Black's attention and leave the island without him on Widmore's submarine, but disastrous consequences await them. In the flash sideways, Jack investigates the cause of Locke's paralysis and offers treatment.

episode image All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
8.8/10 (7987 votes)

#30 All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues

S1:E11

Survivors wonder why Charlie and Claire have been abducted - and by whom - and a search party ventures into the treacherous jungle to look for the pair. Suspicions focus on Ethan Rom (guest-star William Mapother), who, it was recently discovered, was not a passenger on the doomed flight. Jack battles inner demons relating to his father, while Boone and Locke discover another island mystery.

episode image The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham
8.8/10 (6544 votes)

#31 The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham

S5:E7

Locke's mission off the island as Jeremy is revealed.

episode image Happily Ever After
8.8/10 (6541 votes)

#32 Happily Ever After

S6:E11

On the island, Widmore subjects Desmond to a large amount of electromagnetic energy as an experiment. In the flash sideways, Desmond, with the aid of Charlie, starts to have visions of his life in the original timeline.

episode image Orientation
8.7/10 (7077 votes)

#33 Orientation

S2:E3

Jack, Locke and Kate learn more secrets about the hatch. Meanwhile, after being beaten and taken captive, Sawyer, Michael and Jin wonder if their captors are fellow survivors or the dreaded "Others." Flashbacks reveals more of Locke's past in this episode as well as the introduction of Helen (guest star Katey Segal) who shakes things up even more with her revealing personality and past.

episode image The Other 48 Days
8.7/10 (7583 votes)

#34 The Other 48 Days

S2:E7

The harrowing first 48 days in the lives of the tail section survivors are revealed. Flashbacks reveal the point of view of Ana-Lucia, Mr. Eko, Bernard and Libby and other survivors as they landed on the other side of the island on the beach. As the days progress danger hits their camp as well when "The Others" start taking people against their will. As the survivors race inland, trying to stay a step ahead of The Others, they realize that someone among them wasn't on Flight 815.

episode image ?
8.7/10 (6732 votes)

#35 ?

S2:E21

Mr. Eko has dreams about his brother leading him somewhere. He seeks Locke's help in finding a secret location, the "question mark." Meanwhile, Jack and the other survivors grapple with the horrific situation in the hatch with the death of Ana-Lucia and Libby clinging to life.

episode image The Beginning of the End
8.7/10 (7729 votes)

#36 The Beginning of the End

S4:E1

They thought they had met the enemy. They thought they had seen evil. They thought wrong. As the new season begins, the survivors feel that rescue is close at hand, but they don't know whether or not to believe Charlie's final message that the people claiming to liberate them are not who they seem to be. As unlikely alliances are formed, those they thought could be trusted may turn against them, as the enemy of their enemy becomes their friend. But who can be trusted? Is rescue really as close as it seems?

episode image Because You Left
8.7/10 (6832 votes)

#37 Because You Left

S5:E1

The remaining island survivors start to feel the effects of the aftermath of moving the island, and Jack and Ben begin their quest to reunite the Oceanic 6 in order to return to the island with Locke's body in an attempt to save their former fellow castaways.

episode image Dead Is Dead
8.7/10 (5902 votes)

#38 Dead Is Dead

S5:E12

To atone for sins of the past, Ben must attempt to summon the smoke monster in order to be judged.

episode image The Variable
8.7/10 (6191 votes)

#39 The Variable

S5:E14

On the 100th episode milestone for the series, the time of reckoning has begun when Daniel Faraday comes clean regarding what he knows about the island.

episode image Confidence Man
8.6/10 (8244 votes)

#40 Confidence Man

S1:E8

Shannon's inhaler runs out and Boone believes Sawyer has the remaining three in his stash. When Sawyer refuses to give them up, Jack and Sayid resort to torturing Sawyer until he agrees to reveal the location of the inhalers. In flashback we hear Sawyer's story and find he is not who he says he is.

Cast & Chracters

character image Jack Shephard

Jack Shephard

Actor: Matthew Fox
character image Kate Austen

Kate Austen

Actor: Evangeline Lilly
character image John Locke

John Locke

Actor: Terry O'Quinn
character image James Sawyer

James Sawyer

Actor: Josh Holloway
character image Benjamin Linus

Benjamin Linus

Actor: Michael Emerson
character image Hurley Reyes

Hurley Reyes

Actor: Jorge Garcia
character image Sayid Jarrah

Sayid Jarrah

Actor: Naveen Andrews
character image Frank Lapidus

Frank Lapidus

Actor: Jeff Fahey
character image Desmond Hume

Desmond Hume

Actor: Henry Ian Cusick
character image Richard Alpert

Richard Alpert

Actor: Nestor Carbonell
character image Sun-Hwa Kwon

Sun-Hwa Kwon

Actor: Yunjin Kim
character image Jin-Soo Kwon

Jin-Soo Kwon

Actor: Daniel Dae Kim
character image Claire Littleton

Claire Littleton

Actor: Emilie de Ravin
character image Miles Straume

Miles Straume

Actor: Ken Leung
character image Ilana Verdansky

Ilana Verdansky

Actor: Zuleikha Robinson

The highest rated episode of Lost is "Through the Looking Glass (2)" (S3E23) with a rating of 9.70.

This episode received 3,008 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Fire + Water" (S2E12) with a rating of 7.10.

This episode received 6,575 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Exodus (2)" (S1E24) with a rating of 9.20.

This episode received 8,854 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Whatever the Case May Be" (S1E12) with a rating of 7.80.

This episode received 7,510 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Live Together, Die Alone (2)" (S2E24) with a rating of 9.40.

This episode received 2,317 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Fire + Water" (S2E12) with a rating of 7.10.

This episode received 6,575 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Through the Looking Glass (2)" (S3E23) with a rating of 9.70.

This episode received 3,008 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Stranger in a Strange Land" (S3E9) with a rating of 7.10.

This episode received 6,556 votes.

The highest rated episode is "The Constant" (S4E5) with a rating of 9.70.

This episode received 17,369 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "The Other Woman" (S4E6) with a rating of 7.70.

This episode received 6,011 votes.

The highest rated episode is "The Incident (2)" (S5E17) with a rating of 9.20.

This episode received 5,821 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "The Lie" (S5E2) with a rating of 8.10.

This episode received 5,898 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Ab Aeterno" (S6E9) with a rating of 9.20.

This episode received 8,749 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "What Kate Does" (S6E3) with a rating of 7.50.

This episode received 5,798 votes.

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