Top Favorite Episodes of "LOST" (2004-2010)
Below is a list of my favorite episodes from the award-winning ABC hit science-fiction series, "LOST". The series created by Jeffrey Lieber, J. J. Abrams, and Damon Lindelof:
TOP FAVORITE EPISODES OF "LOST" (2004-2010)
1. (2.07) "The Other 48 Days" - This episode depicted the first 48 days on the island for the Oceanic 815 Tail Section survivors and their travails with the island's inhabitants, the Others.
2. (4.12-4.14) "There's No Place Like Home" - In the season finale, the Oceanic 815 castaways deal with deal with mercenaries who had been pretending to rescue them. Later, five of the survivors and a baby, dubbed the Oceanic Six, find themselves closer to rescue after leaving the island.
3a. (5.06) "316" - Flashbacks reveal how the Oceanic Six survivors and former Others leader Ben Linus ended up back on the island after nearly three years. (TIE)
3b. (5.08) "LaFleur" - Now led by James "Sawyer" Ford following John Locke's departure the island, the remaining time traveling survivors find themselves in the 1970s, where they become members of the Dharma Initiative. (TIE)
4. "Exposé" (3.14) - Oceanic castaway Hugo "Hurley" Reyes begins to suspect that Sawyer may be involved in an island mystery surrounding two fellow survivors, Nikki Fernandez and Paolo.
5. (6.14) "The Candidate" - With Dr. Jack Shephard and Sayid Jarrah's help, the fake Locke aka the Man in Black rescues his brother Jacob's candidates from Charles Widmore's compound on Hydra Island. But the plans for leaving the island are forced to change. In the Flash Sideways Los Angeles, Jack tries to convince Locke to try an experimental surgery for his paralysis.
6. (1.11) "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" - Jack leads an expedition to find two castaways that had been kidnapped in the previous episode. The episode's flashbacks reveal the events that led to Jack being responsible for his father's dismissal from the hospital they worked at.
7. (4.09) "The Shape of Things to Come" - A team of mercenaries from the recently arrived freighter, the S.S. Kahana, attacks the group at the abandoned Others camp looking for the Others' former leader, Ben Linus; with his adoptive daughter Alex as a hostage. Meanwhile, the doctor from the Kahana washes ashore at the Oceanic beach camp, and Kahana passenger Dr. Daniel Faraday provides some distressing news to Jack.
8. (1.17) ". . . In Translation" - This episode featured Jin Kwon's backstory in flashbacks and the further disintegration of his marriage, when he discovers that his wife Sun Kwon had learned English behind his back.
9. (2.11) "The Hunting Party" - Michael Dawson leaves the Oceanic camp to search for his kidnapped son, Walt Lloyd. Jack, Locke and Sawyer pursue him, in order to prevent him from being taken by the Others. Flashbacks reveal the last days of Jack's marriage.
10. (3.22-3.23) "Through the Looking Glass" - Jack and the Oceanic survivors wait for fellow castaway Charlie Pace to turn off The Others' signal-jamming device, so they can contact a mysterious ship near the island. Meanwhile, other Oceanic castaways end up captured by the Others when the latter invade their camp. Flash scenes reveal a despondent Jack in the U.S.