Lost (2004)
Everything happens for a reason.
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 22 September 2004 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 23 May 2010 |
| Genre | Mystery, Action & Adventure, Drama |
| Created by | J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber |
| Starring | Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly and Terry O'Quinn |
| Seasons | 6 seasons, 118 episodes |
| Episode length | about 44 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 87 hours |
| Rated | TV-14 |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.0/10 |
Where to watch Lost
Lost is streaming on Hulu ($18.99 a month) in the US. It is also on Fubo. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 3 months of Hulu, or $56.97 at list price.
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Where to watch Lost in 58 other countries
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| Argentina | Disney+ $10164 ARS |
| Australia | Disney+ $15.99 AUD, Binge $19.00 AUD, Foxtel |
| Austria | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Belgium | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Belize | Disney+ |
| Bolivia | Disney+ |
| Brazil | Disney+ R$43.90 |
| Bulgaria | Disney+ €9.99 |
| Canada | Disney+ $11.99 CAD |
| Chile | Disney+ $10390 CLP |
| Colombia | Disney+ $36900 COP |
| Costa Rica | Disney+ |
| Croatia | Disney+ €9.99 |
| Czechia | Disney+ 229 Kč |
| Denmark | Disney+ 79 kr DKK, Viaplay 289 kr DKK |
| Dominican Republic | Disney+ |
| Ecuador | Disney+ $10.49 |
| El Salvador | Disney+ |
| Finland | Disney+ €10.99, Viaplay €13.99 |
| France | Disney+ €9.99 |
| Germany | Disney+ €9.99 |
| Greece | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Guatemala | Disney+ |
| Honduras | Disney+ |
| Hong Kong | Disney+ HK$90 |
| Hungary | Disney+ 2990 Ft |
| Iceland | Viaplay |
| Ireland | Disney+ €9.99 |
| Italy | Disney+ €10.99, Skygo, Now TV |
| Jamaica | Disney+ |
| Japan | Disney+ ¥1250 JPY, Hulu |
| Liechtenstein | Disney+ |
| Luxembourg | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Mexico | Disney+ $249 MXN |
| Netherlands | Disney+ €10.99 |
| New Zealand | Disney+ $16.99 NZD |
| Nicaragua | Disney+ |
| Norway | Disney+ 89 kr NOK, Viaplay 159 kr NOK |
| Panama | Disney+ $10.49 |
| Paraguay | Disney+ |
| Peru | Disney+ S/38.90 |
| Poland | Disney+ 34.99 zł |
| Portugal | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Romania | Disney+ 29.99 lei |
| San Marino | Disney+ |
| Singapore | Disney+ $12.98 SGD |
| Slovakia | Disney+ €9.99 |
| South Korea | Disney+ ₩9900 |
| Spain | Disney+ €9.99 |
| St. Lucia | Disney+ |
| Sweden | Disney+ 89 kr SEK, Viaplay 169 kr SEK |
| Switzerland | Disney+ CHF14.90 |
| Taiwan | Disney+ NT$285 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Disney+ |
| Türkiye | Disney+ ₺249.90 |
| United Kingdom | Disney+ £9.99 GBP |
| Uruguay | Disney+ $U499 |
| Venezuela | Disney+ |
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What kind of watch this is
Lost is a mystery drama where plane crash survivors wake up on an island that refuses to make sense. Created by J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and Jeffrey Lieber, it runs 6 seasons and 118 episodes. That totals 87 hours of your life, which is a specific kind of commitment. The hook is simple: everyone is hiding something, and the island is hiding more. It is a puzzle box that opens into other puzzle boxes. The tone is tense, strange, and obsessed with coincidence. It asks you to believe that chaos has a point. It is the show that made "everything happens for a reason" feel like a threat.
What the critics said
Critics didn't just like Lost; they enshrined it. Bill Carter of The New York Times called it "the show with perhaps the most compelling continuing story line in television history." Entertainment Weekly agreed, asking readers to "Name another network drama that can so wondrously turn a ? into a !". The praise was loud, but the verdict was never unanimous. That same publication later noted the mythology grew complex, leaving the finale deeply meaningful to some and dissatisfying poppycock to others. A split verdict, neatly packaged in a question mark.
How it did with audiences
Lost premiered on ABC in September 2004, pulling in 18.6 million viewers for its pilot. That number gave the network its strongest ratings since 2000, a feat only briefly eclipsed by the premiere of Desperate Housewives the following month. Variety noted it was the network's best drama start among 18- to 49-year-olds since Once and Again. Season 1 averaged 16 million viewers, while Season 2 matched that count with 15.5 million.
What came next for the cast
Evangeline Lilly traded Lizzie McGuire for the Avengers. Terry O’Quinn swapped Tombstone for Hawaii Five-0. The cast of Lost moved from ensemble television to blockbuster franchises. One became a superhero. The other became a detective. The credits do not claim the island built them. They simply list what followed.
Where it left its mark
Lost didn’t just air; it colonized a genre. Networks saw the ratings and scrambled to clone the formula, spawning a wave of mystery-driven sci-fi dramas. FlashForward leaned on its nonlinear structure. Heroes borrowed its ensemble spirit, with Lindelof tinkering in the early stages. Even The 100 picked up the survival baton. By 2018, NBC’s Manifest arrived, triggering fresh comparisons over its vanishing plane premise. The industry chased that specific flavor of suspense. It’s a testament to the show’s gravitational pull, or its inability to let go.
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Sources
- Lost on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q23567 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Lost (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Where to watch and prices: Binge Boss, from TMDB watch-provider data (powered by JustWatch) and our own provider list
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