in the series, we take a look back at LOST's
greatest moments.
levels, with its action-packed end to the war
between the castaways and the Others, and
the death of a fan-favorite character (sorry,
Charlie). But when Jack cries to Kate, "We
have to go back," we are left with the real-
ization that the flashback we thought we
were experiencing is actually a look into the
future when some of the castaways have left
the island, and that the writers had a much
grander plan for this show than any of us
could have expected.
stant" was not the biggest mythological
download the show would offer, but it was the
most heart-wrenching, as it showed us that
Desmond's love for his soulmate Penny does
not adhere to the limits of time and space.
backs dedicated to John Locke is still the best.
The final act reveal that this knife-wielding is-
land hunter was in a wheelchair before the
crash was the writer's signal to us that this
place, and show, was special.
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story of Benjamin Linus, with brilliant and
horrific results. Even being fully introduced
to the Dharma Initiative for the first time
couldn't compare with finally seeing how
LOST's favorite villain was created.
enough mysteries to hook us instantly. What
is the monster lurking in the jungle? Why is
there a French distress signal on the island?
It was Charlie, however, who voiced the
most important question of all: "Guys,
where are we?"
season came to a close with the explosion of
a hydrogen bomb, the death of everyone's
favorite Other (Juliet) and, once again, John
Locke in a casket. However, it's the opening
scene -- a philosophical showdown between
Jacob and the Man in Black -- that would
have fans analyzing each line searching for
answers to the show's biggest questions.
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con man Sawyer would ever play it straight.
But in a different time (1974) and with a dif-
ferent name (Jim LaFleur), the writers gave
us a glimpse of a leader whose mind wasn't
clouded with science and faith, but with the
resolve to protect the people and woman he
had grown to love.
Desmond, prepared us for the death of Char-
lie, one of the show's most beloved charac-
ters. Their gift to us was this episode, a coda
as poignant and moving as Charlie's list.
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been waiting for. We were led to believe that
Richard was privy to most of the mysteries of
the island, and that a Richard-centric episode
would fill in some of the mythological puzzle.
Instead, the writers presented us with a por-
trait of a man, not a supernatural being,
whose flaws led him to choose between his
death or being the voice of the island.
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duality, and no two forces clash greater than
Jack and Locke. This episode presented the
paradox of Jack, a man who healed a woman
that science said could not be healed, yet who
doesn't seem to have faith in anything.
Though the episode ends with Desmond
pointing a gun at Locke's head, it was the war-
ring ideologies of the show's most dominant
characters that took center stage.