The fourth season of the American drama television series Lost began on ABC in the US [1] , and on CTV in Canada on January 31, 2008 and ended May 29 of that year . The season continued the story of a group of more than forty people who ended up on a remote island in the South Pacific after a plane crash more than ninety days before the start of the season [2] . Screenwriters Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse stated that the two main themes of the fourth season are “the attitude of the wrecked people to the people from the ship” [3] and “who gets out of the island and why they need to go back” [4] . The survivors came under serious criticism for the third season , but the fourth season was praised for his flash forwards, pace, and new heroes [5] .
| Lost (season 4) | |||||
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 Tagline : The wait is over ( Russian. The wait is over ) | |||||
| A country |  USA | ||||
| TV channel | ABC ( USA ) Channel One ( Russia ) | ||||
| First impression | January 31, 2008 - May 29, 2008 | ||||
| Number of episodes | 14 | ||||
| DVD release date | Region 1: December 9, 2008 Region 2: October 20, 2008 | ||||
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Sixteen episodes of the season were originally planned, and eight of them were shot before the start of the screenwriters' strike [6] . After the strike ended, it was announced that only five episodes would be filmed in addition to the existing ones [7] , but the final episode was too long, and the production of the fourteenth episode was approved as part of the three-hour season finale [8] . Buena Vista released the season on DVD and Blu-ray under the title Lost: The Complete Fourth Season - The Expanded Experience on December 9, 2008 in the first region [9] , but in the second region it was released on October 20 [10] .
Content
Team
The fourth season was filmed by ABC Studios , Bad Robot Productions and Grass Skirt Productions. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse were the main screenwriters of the season [11] . Most of the episodes were filmed in Hawaii with post-production in Los Angeles [12] . Lindelof and Cuse were producers with JJ Abrams , Brian Burke and Jack Bender . The main authors, apart from Lindelof and Cuse, were Edward Kitsis , Adam Horowitz [13] , Drew Goddard , Elizabeth Sarnoff , Brian K. Won and Christina M. Kim . The main directors were Bender and Stephen Williams. [14]
Cast
In the fourth season, sixteen main characters. The plot continued the story of people from the crashed Oceanic 815 flight, their relationship with the inhabitants of the island, the so-called Others , and with a group of people who arrived by ship to the shores of the island. Matthew Fox played the role of Dr. Jack Shepard , the leader of the survivors. Jorge Garcia played Hugo Reyes , one of Jack's mates in misfortune. Elizabeth Mitchell portrayed Juliet Burke , a woman who worked for the Others, but joined the survivors of Flight 815 in the third season and ended up in a “love quad” with Jack , Kate, and Sawyer . Evangeline Lilly played runaway criminal Kate Austin . Jeremy Davis played the role of Daniel Faraday , a scattered physicist from the Kahana ship. Terry O'Quinn played the role of John Locke , who survived flight 815, which has a great connection with the island [15] . Josh Holloway portrayed James Ford , better known by the nickname Sawyer. Naveen Andrews played Said Jarrah , a former soldier of the Iraqi Republican Guard . Emily de Ravin played the role of single mother Claire Littleton . Michael Emerson played the role of Ben Linus , leader of the Others . Rebecca Mader played Charlotte Lewis , an anthropologist from the Kahana ship. Daniel Dae Kim played non-English speaking Korean Jin Kwon , and Kim Yongjin played his pregnant wife Song . Henry Ian Cusick played Desmond Hume , a man who lived on the island for three years and sometimes spontaneously travels in time. Ken Lune played the role of Miles Strom , the arrogant medium from the ship Kahana. Harold Perrino played Michael Dawson , who survived flight 815, who left the island in the final of the second season and returned on board the Kahana ship with Ben's spy.
Special guest stars include: Malcolm David Kelly as Walter Lloyd , Dominic Monaghan as Charlie Pace and Cynthia Watros as Libby Smith .
Minor heroes include: Jeff Faye as Frank Lapidus , Kevin Durand as Martin Kimi , Anthony Azizi as Omar, Mark Vann as Ray, Fisher Stevens as George Minkowski , Zoe Bell as Regina, Lance Reddick as Matthew Abbudon , Dagh Hutchison as L. Scott Caldwell as Rose Nadler , Mira Furlan as Daniel Russo , John Terry as Christian Shepard , Sam Anderson as Bernard Nadler , M.S. Goodwin Stanhope , Alan Dale as Charles Widmore , Sleep I am Walger as Penelope Widmore , Marsha Thomason as Naomi Dorrit , Blake Bashoff as Karl Martin , and Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert .
Awards and criticism
Time named "Lost" among the best television series of 2008 , in this list the series was awarded 7th place for it
the charm of the complexity of history traveling in time and space
Original textcomplicat [ing] time-and-space-travel story deliciously- 10 best television series 2008 [16]
Don Williams from BuddyTV called the “Beginning of the End” the season’s most anticipated premiere of the year [17] , and Michael Ozillo called the fourth season finale “the most anticipated sixty minutes on television of the year” [18] . American critics were sent a DVD with the series “Beginning of the End” and “Officially Dead” on January 28, 2008 [19] . The average score of the season on the Metacritic website is 87 out of 100 [20] , this is the second rating in the television season 2007-2008 after the series “wiretap” .
Series List
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Producer | written by | Centre. character | Premiere date | US viewers (million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | one | "The Beginning of the End" " The beginning of the end " | Jack bender | Damon Lindelof , Carlton Cuse | Hurley | January 31, 2008 | 16.07 [21] |
| Desmond returns to the camp with Charlie’s latest message that the “rescuers” are not who they say they are. Survivors are divided into two groups: some, led by Locke, do not trust the "aliens" and go to the barracks, while the rest with Jack are ready to make contact with them. | |||||||
| 74 | 2 | "Confirmed Dead" " Officially dead " | Steven williams | Drew Goddard , Brian C. Won | Faraday Charlotte Miles , Frank and Naomi | February 7, 2008 | 15.06 [22] |
| Four "rescuers" from the ship land on the island. Three of them find themselves in Jack's team, and one crew member, Charlotte, is captured by Locke with his squad. Rescuers admit that their real goal is to capture Ben. | |||||||
| 75 | 3 | "The Economist" The Economist | Jack bender | Edward Kitsis , Adam Horowitz | Said | February 14, 2008 | 13.62 [23] |
| The helicopter pilot agrees to deliver the three survivors to the ship - in exchange for Charlotte's return. Said, Miles and Kate go after her to the barracks, where they meet Locke's group. Kate and Miles stay with Locke, while Said and Charlotte return to Jack. Frank takes off in a helicopter with the corpse of Naomi, Desmond and Said. | |||||||
| 76 | four | "Eggtown" " Miscalculation " | Steven williams | Elizabeth Sarnoff , Greggory Nation | Kate | February 21, 2008 | 13.53 [24] |
| On the island, Ben and Miles make a deal. Jack and the whole beach realize that Said and Desmond are in trouble. We see Kate in the future, she was acquitted on most of the charges and thanks to Jack sentenced to probation. It turns out that in the future, Kate becomes the adoptive mother of Claire’s child. | |||||||
| 77 | five | "The Constant" " Constant " | Jack bender | Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse | Desmond | February 28, 2008 | 12.85 [25] |
| Desmond and Said fall into a zone of turbulence and Desmond has side effects in the form that his consciousness can move in time. Faraday is trying to help him. The radio operator on the ship has the same symptoms. Said, on the radio, tells Jack that they got to the ship. Desmond contacts Penelope. | |||||||
| 78 | 6 | "The Other Woman" " Another woman " | Eric Laneville | Drew Goddard, Christina M. Kim | Juliet | March 6, 2008 | 12.90 [26] |
| Charlotte and Dan are trying to secure the gas at the Storm station, Ben orders Juliet to stop them. Charlotte and Dan persuade Juliet not to disturb them. Ben agrees with Locke to release him from prison and tells him about the man who is looking for the island and sent “rescuers”. | |||||||
| 79 | 7 | "Ji Yeon" Chi Young | Stephen Semel | Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz | Song and Jin | March 13, 2008 | 11.87 [27] |
| On the ship, Said and Desmond find out that Ben is Michael's spy and that on the ship, many have developed mental disorders. On the island, Jin and Song want to go to Locke, but Juliet stops them. We will learn that Song will have a daughter in the future. | |||||||
| 80 | eight | Meet Kevin Johnson " Meet Kevin Johnson " | Steven williams | Elizabeth Sarnoff, Brian C. Won | Michael | March 20, 2008 | 11.28 [28] |
| Michael tells Said and Desmond how he got on the ship. Ben persuades Alex with Russo and Karl to go to a certain “Temple”, where the remaining Others took refuge. Carla and Rousseau are killed on the way there. | |||||||
| 81 | 9 | "The Shape of Things to Come" " Prospects for the future " | Jack bender | Drew Goddard, Brian C. Won | Ben | April 24, 2008 | 12.33 [29] |
| Bernard finds Dr. Ray’s corpse on the beach. The people of Charles Widmore kill Ben's daughter. It turns out that black smoke is controlled by Ben. Ben, John and Hurley are trying to find Jacob's hut. From the flash forward, we learn how Said started working for Ben. | |||||||
| 82 | ten | "Something Nice Back Home" " Home pleasures " | Steven williams | Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz | Jack | May 1, 2008 | 11.14 [30] |
| Juliet cuts Jack appendicitis. While Sawyer, Claire, Aaron, and Miles go to Jack's camp, they find the corpses of Russo and Karl. After the rescue, Jack lives with Kate and Aaron. At the end of the episode, Claire disappears without a trace. | |||||||
| 83 | eleven | Cabin Fever “ Fever in the hut ” | Paul Edwards | Elizabeth Sarnoff, Kyle Pennington | Lock | May 8, 2008 | 11.28 [31] |
| Locke, Hurley and Ben go to Jacob's hut. Kimmy returns to the ship and kills the captain. Frank takes Kimmy back to the island. Locke finds the hut and sees Christian and Claire. | |||||||
| 84 | 12 | "There's No Place Like Home (Part 1) » “ There is no better place than home. Part 1 " | Steven williams | Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse | Jack , Kate , Said , Song and hurley | May 15, 2008 | 11.40 [32] |
| The transfer of people from the island to the ship by boat begins. A helicopter lands on the island, where people from the ship flew after Ben and to kill everyone else on the island. To escape, Locke, Hurley, and Ben went to the Orchid to relocate the island. Ben surrenders to people from the ship. | |||||||
| 85 86 | 13 14 | "There's No Place Like Home (Part 2) » “ There is no better place than home. Part 2 " | Jack bender | Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse | Jack , Kate , Said , Song and hurley | May 29, 2008 | 12.20 [33] |
| Visit to the Orchid by Locke and Ben. Jack, Sawyer, Kate with Aaron, Desmond, Hurley fly to the ship. The explosion of the ship after killing Kimmy because of the transmitter - a pulse meter on his hand. The death of Michael and Gene. Salvation 6 Osheanik, Frank and Desmond. It is shown that Locke was in the coffin. | |||||||
Notes
- ↑ ABC Medianet, (March 21, 2007) “ Fourteen Early Pick-Ups Announced for the 2007-08 Season .” Retrieved on July 7, 2007.
- ↑ ABC Medianet, (January 14, 2008) “ Feeling That Their Rescue is Imminent, the Survivors Ponder Charlie's Final Message that the People Claiming to Liberate Them Aren't Who They Seem to Be Archived August 26, 2014 on the Wayback Machine .” Retrieved on July 7, 2008.
- ↑ Jensen, Jeff “Doc”, (February 20, 2008) “ Lost : Mind-Blowing Scoop From Its Producers ”, Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved on July 10, 2008.
- ↑ Albiniak, Paige, (February 24, 2008) “ Ten Reasons Why Lost is Found, ” New York Post . Retrieved on March 17, 2008.
- ↑ Ryan, Maureen, (January 29, 2008) “ Lost 's Fab Start to Season 4, and a Chat with Co-Creator Damon Lindelof, ” Chicago Tribune . Retrieved on January 30, 2008.
- ↑ Lindelof, Damon & Cuse, Carlton , (November 5, 2007) “ Lost Writers: 'Like Putting Down a Harry Potter Book in the Middle' Archived May 20, 2011 on Wayback Machine, " Variety . Retrieved on November 8, 2007.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie, (February 12, 2008) “ Stage Set for Cuse (inaccessible link) ”, The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved on February 13, 2008.
- ↑ Dos Santos, Kristin , (April 11, 2008) “ Exclusive! Three-Hour Lost Season Finale Over Two Nights ", E! . Retrieved on July 11, 2008.
- ↑ Lambert, David, (April 22, 2008) “ Get Lost Again this December, ” TVShowsOnDVD.com . Retrieved on July 7, 2008.
- ↑ Amazon , (June 29, 2008) Lost Complete Series 4 . Retrieved on July 14, 2008.
- ↑ Keller, Joel, (January 15, 2007) “ ABC's Show Runners Talk About Pitching, Network Notes, and Internet Scrutiny, ” TV Squad . Retrieved on August 30, 2007.
- ↑ Brislin, Tom, (January 25, 2007) UH Academy for Creative Media, Lost , Create Student Internship Program , University of Hawaii . Retrieved on August 30, 2007.
- ↑ Frutkin, AJ, (March 1, 2007) “ ABC Signs Lost 's Kitsis, Horowitz to Three-Year Deal Archived February 9, 2008 on Wayback Machine ”, MediaWeek . Retrieved on June 15, 2007.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie, (July 12, 2007) Williams to stay Lost at ABC Studios , The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved on August 17, 2007.
- ↑ Lindelof, Damon & Cuse, Carlton , (May 11, 2007) “ Official Lost Podcast ”, ABC . Retrieved on August 31, 2007.
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- ↑ Williams, Don, (January 31, 2008) “ Lost : Episode 4.1 'The Beginning of the End' Live Thoughts Archived October 2, 2013 on Wayback Machine, " BuddyTV . Retrieved on January 31, 2008.
- ↑ Ausiello, Michael , (April 11, 2008) “ It's Official: Lost Finds Extra Hour ... But There's a Twist! ”, TV Guide . Retrieved on July 8, 2008.
- ↑ Goodman, Tim, (January 30, 2008) “ Want to Get Lost ? There's Still Time as Season Starts ”, San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved on February 2, 2008.
- ↑ Metacritic , (January 31, 2008) “ Lost (ABC): Season 4 ”. Retrieved on February 16, 2008.
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Links
- List of episodes of the series Lost on Internet Movie Database