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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Matthew Fox
Jack Shephard
Evangeline Lilly
Kate Austen
Terry O'Quinn
John Locke
Josh Holloway
James Sawyer
Michael Emerson
Benjamin Linus
Jorge Garcia
Hurley Reyes
Naveen Andrews
Sayid Jarrah
Jeff Fahey
Frank Lapidus
Henry Ian Cusick
Desmond Hume
Nestor Carbonell
Richard Alpert
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24 episodes • 2004Avg: 8.5
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot (1) | Sep 22, 2004 | 9.1 |
| 2 | Pilot (2) | Sep 29, 2004 | 9.1 |
| 3 | Tabula Rasa | Oct 6, 2004 | 8.3 |
| 4 | Walkabout | Oct 13, 2004 | 9.0 |
| 5 | White Rabbit | Oct 20, 2004 | 8.3 |
| 6 | House of the Rising Sun | Oct 27, 2004 | 8.0 |
| 7 | The Moth | Nov 3, 2004 | 8.3 |
| 8 | Confidence Man | Nov 10, 2004 | 8.6 |
| 9 | Solitary | Nov 17, 2004 | 8.4 |
| 10 | Raised by Another | Dec 1, 2004 | 8.5 |
| 11 | All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues | Dec 8, 2004 | 8.8 |
| 12 | Whatever the Case May Be | Jan 5, 2005 | 7.8 |
| 13 | Hearts and Minds | Jan 12, 2005 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Special | Jan 19, 2005 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Homecoming | Feb 9, 2005 | 8.2 |
| 16 | Outlaws | Feb 16, 2005 | 8.5 |
| 17 | ...In Translation | Feb 23, 2005 | 8.3 |
| 18 | Numbers | Mar 2, 2005 | 9.0 |
| 19 | Deus Ex Machina | Mar 30, 2005 | 9.1 |
| 20 | Do No Harm | Apr 6, 2005 | 8.9 |
| 21 | The Greater Good | May 4, 2005 | 8.1 |
| 22 | Born to Run | May 11, 2005 | 7.9 |
| 23 | Exodus (1) | May 18, 2005 | 9.0 |
| 24 | Exodus (2) | May 25, 2005 | 9.1 |
24 episodes • 2005Avg: 8.4
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man of Science, Man of Faith | Sep 21, 2005 | 9.1 |
| 2 | Adrift | Sep 28, 2005 | 8.3 |
| 3 | Orientation | Oct 5, 2005 | 8.7 |
| 4 | Everybody Hates Hugo | Oct 12, 2005 | 8.2 |
| 5 | ...And Found | Oct 19, 2005 | 7.7 |
| 6 | Abandoned | Nov 9, 2005 | 8.2 |
| 7 | The Other 48 Days | Nov 16, 2005 | 8.7 |
| 8 | Collision | Nov 23, 2005 | 8.6 |
| 9 | What Kate Did | Nov 30, 2005 | 8.1 |
| 10 | The 23rd Psalm | Jan 11, 2006 | 8.6 |
| 11 | The Hunting Party | Jan 18, 2006 | 8.3 |
| 12 | Fire + Water | Jan 25, 2006 | 7.1 |
| 13 | The Long Con | Feb 8, 2006 | 8.6 |
| 14 | One of Them | Feb 15, 2006 | 8.5 |
| 15 | Maternity Leave | Mar 1, 2006 | 8.2 |
| 16 | The Whole Truth | Mar 22, 2006 | 8.1 |
| 17 | Lockdown | Mar 29, 2006 | 9.0 |
| 18 | Dave | Apr 5, 2006 | 8.2 |
| 19 | S.O.S. | Apr 12, 2006 | 7.7 |
| 20 | Two for the Road | May 3, 2006 | 8.9 |
| 21 | ? | May 10, 2006 | 8.7 |
| 22 | Three Minutes | May 17, 2006 | 8.4 |
| 23 | Live Together, Die Alone (1) | May 24, 2006 | 9.3 |
| 24 | Live Together, Die Alone (2) | May 24, 2006 | 9.4 |
23 episodes • 2006Avg: 8.5
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Tale of Two Cities | Oct 4, 2006 | 8.5 |
| 2 | The Glass Ballerina | Oct 11, 2006 | 7.9 |
| 3 | Further Instructions | Oct 18, 2006 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Every Man for Himself | Oct 25, 2006 | 8.2 |
| 5 | The Cost of Living | Nov 1, 2006 | 8.0 |
| 6 | I Do | Nov 8, 2006 | 8.5 |
| 7 | Not in Portland | Feb 7, 2007 | 8.6 |
| 8 | Flashes Before Your Eyes | Feb 14, 2007 | 9.1 |
| 9 | Stranger in a Strange Land | Feb 21, 2007 | 7.1 |
| 10 | Tricia Tanaka Is Dead | Feb 28, 2007 | 8.2 |
| 11 | Enter 77 | Mar 7, 2007 | 8.5 |
| 12 | Par Avion | Mar 14, 2007 | 8.1 |
| 13 | The Man from Tallahassee | Mar 21, 2007 | 9.1 |
| 14 | Exposé | Mar 28, 2007 | 7.9 |
| 15 | Left Behind | Apr 4, 2007 | 8.0 |
| 16 | One of Us | Apr 11, 2007 | 8.6 |
| 17 | Catch-22 | Apr 18, 2007 | 8.3 |
| 18 | D.O.C. | Apr 25, 2007 | 8.1 |
| 19 | The Brig | May 2, 2007 | 9.1 |
| 20 | The Man Behind the Curtain | May 9, 2007 | 9.2 |
| 21 | Greatest Hits | May 16, 2007 | 9.1 |
| 22 | Through the Looking Glass (1) | May 23, 2007 | 9.6 |
| 23 | Through the Looking Glass (2) | May 23, 2007 | 9.7 |
13 episodes • 2008Avg: 8.5Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beginning of the End | Jan 31, 2008 | 8.7 |
| 2 | Confirmed Dead | Feb 7, 2008 | 8.6 |
| 3 | The Economist | Feb 14, 2008 | 8.3 |
| 4 | Eggtown | Feb 21, 2008 | 7.9 |
| 5 | The Constant | Feb 28, 2008 | 9.7 |
| 6 | The Other Woman | Mar 6, 2008 | 7.7 |
| 7 | Ji Yeon | Mar 13, 2008 | 8.2 |
| 8 | Meet Kevin Johnson | Mar 20, 2008 | 8.3 |
| 9 | The Shape of Things to Come | Apr 24, 2008 | 9.0 |
| 10 | Something Nice Back Home | May 1, 2008 | 7.8 |
| 11 | Cabin Fever | May 8, 2008 | 8.5 |
| 12 | There's No Place Like Home (1) | May 15, 2008 | 8.9 |
| 13 | There's No Place Like Home (2) | May 29, 2008 | 9.2 |
17 episodes • 2009Avg: 8.5Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because You Left | Jan 21, 2009 | 8.7 |
| 2 | The Lie | Jan 21, 2009 | 8.1 |
| 3 | Jughead | Jan 28, 2009 | 8.4 |
| 4 | The Little Prince | Feb 4, 2009 | 8.1 |
| 5 | This Place Is Death | Feb 11, 2009 | 8.6 |
| 6 | 316 | Feb 18, 2009 | 8.4 |
| 7 | The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham | Feb 25, 2009 | 8.8 |
| 8 | LaFleur | Mar 4, 2009 | 8.9 |
| 9 | Namaste | Mar 18, 2009 | 8.4 |
| 10 | He's Our You | Mar 25, 2009 | 8.3 |
| 11 | Whatever Happened, Happened | Apr 1, 2009 | 8.1 |
| 12 | Dead Is Dead | Apr 8, 2009 | 8.7 |
| 13 | Some Like It Hoth | Apr 15, 2009 | 8.1 |
| 14 | The Variable | Apr 29, 2009 | 8.7 |
| 15 | Follow the Leader | May 6, 2009 | 8.5 |
| 16 | The Incident (1) | May 13, 2009 | 9.1 |
| 17 | The Incident (2) | May 13, 2009 | 9.2 |
17 episodes • 2010Avg: 8.3
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LA X (1) | Feb 2, 2010 | 8.6 |
| 2 | LA X (2) | Feb 2, 2010 | 8.3 |
| 3 | What Kate Does | Feb 9, 2010 | 7.5 |
| 4 | The Substitute | Feb 16, 2010 | 8.2 |
| 5 | Lighthouse | Feb 23, 2010 | 7.9 |
| 6 | Sundown | Mar 2, 2010 | 7.9 |
| 7 | Dr. Linus | Mar 9, 2010 | 8.4 |
| 8 | Recon | Mar 16, 2010 | 7.7 |
| 9 | Ab Aeterno | Mar 23, 2010 | 9.2 |
| 10 | The Package | Mar 30, 2010 | 7.7 |
| 11 | Happily Ever After | Apr 6, 2010 | 8.8 |
| 12 | Everybody Loves Hugo | Apr 13, 2010 | 8.3 |
| 13 | The Last Recruit | Apr 20, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 14 | The Candidate | May 4, 2010 | 8.9 |
| 15 | Across the Sea | May 11, 2010 | 8.2 |
| 16 | What They Died For | May 18, 2010 | 8.5 |
| 17 | The End | May 23, 2010 | 8.4 |
