The Best Episodes of Lost
Every episode of Lost ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Lost!
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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The best episode of "Lost" is "Through the Looking Glass (1)", rated 9.7/10 from 13398 user votes. It was directed by Jack Bender and written by Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse. "Through the Looking Glass (1)" aired on 5/23/2007 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Through the Looking Glass (2)".
9.7/10 13,398 votes#1 - Through the Looking Glass (1)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2007-05-23
The season 3 finale finds the castaways preparing for an invasion by the slightly less mysterious Others, while Charlie and Desmond find more than they were looking for in the underwater "Looking Glass Hatch".
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
9.7/10 1,326 votes#2 - Through the Looking Glass (2)
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 2007-05-23
The season 3 finale finds the castaways preparing for an invasion by the slightly less mysterious Others, while Charlie and Desmond find more than they were looking for in the underwater "Looking Glass Hatch".
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
9.7/10 15,073 votes#3 - The Constant
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2008-02-28
Sayid and Desmond hit a bit of turbulence on the way to the freighter, which causes Desmond to experience some unexpected side effects.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
9.4/10 8,478 votes#4 - Live Together, Die Alone (1)
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2006-05-24
After discovering something odd just offshore, Jack and Sayid come up with a plan to confront "The Others" and hopefully get Walt back. At the same time there will be an answer to the question of where Michael has been and resolution of him and Walt. Meanwhile, Eko and Locke come to blows as Locke makes a potentially cataclysmic decision regarding the "button" and the hatch. Lastly, Desmond returns and he sheds some more light on his experience on the island in the three years prior to when Locke came down into that hatch.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
9.4/10 1,130 votes#5 - Live Together, Die Alone (2)
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2006-05-24
After discovering something odd just offshore, Jack and Sayid come up with a plan to confront "The Others" and hopefully get Walt back. Meanwhile, Eko and Locke come to blows as Locke makes a potentially cataclysmic decision regarding the "button" and the hatch.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
9.2/10 12,847 votes#6 - Pilot (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2004-09-22
Stripped of everything, the 48 survivors scavenge what they can from the plane for their survival. Some panic. Some pin their hopes on rescue. A few find inner strength they never knew they had-like Kate who, with no medical training, suddenly finds herself suturing the doctor's wounds. The band of friends, family, enemies and strangers must work together against the cruel weather and harsh terrain. But the intense howls of mysterious creatures stalking the jungle fill them all with fear. Fortunately, thanks to the calm leadership of quick-thinking Jack and level-headed Kate, they have hope. But even heroes have secrets, as the survivors will come to learn.
Director: J.J. Abrams
Writer: J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Jeffrey Lieber
9.2/10 7,802 votes#7 - Exodus (2)
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2005-05-25
The castaways on the raft are surprised at sea by something unexpected. Meanwhile, remaining islanders attempt to blow open the hatch, and a visitor to the encampment might be a threat to Claire's infant son.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
9.2/10 7,122 votes#8 - The Man Behind the Curtain
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2007-05-09
Ben unwillingly divulges information to Locke about the island, taking him on a journey to various locations including strange monuments and the mysterious Jacob. Back at the beach, Juliet's secret is revealed. Flashbacks will show us the origins of DHARMA and the history of the island, including 'the purge.'
Director: Bobby Roth
Writer: Drew Goddard, Elizabeth Sarnoff
9.2/10 7,041 votes#9 - There's No Place Like Home (2)
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2008-05-29
The face-off between the survivors and the freighter people continues, and the Oceanic Six find themselves closer to rescue.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
9.2/10 5,056 votes#10 - The Incident (2)
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2009-05-13
Jack's decision to put a plan in action in order to set things right on the island is met with some strong resistance by those close to him, and Locke assigns Ben a difficult task.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
9.2/10 7,813 votes#11 - Ab Aeterno
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 2010-03-23
Richard Alpert's back story is shown: In 1867, he is brought to the island on the Black Rock as a slave. He makes a deal with Jacob to be his representative in exchange for immortality. In the present day, Hurley convinces him to help the candidates replace Jacob and stop the Man in Black from leaving the Island.
Director: Tucker Gates
Writer: Greggory Nations, Melinda Hsu Taylor
9.1/10 9,895 votes#12 - Pilot (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2004-09-29
Having escaped the "creature" and retrieved the plane transceiver, a group of the survivors travel to higher ground so they can transmit a signal. En route, they receive a mysterious transmission and encounter another of the island's inhabitants. Meanwhile, back at camp, Jack tends to a wounded man who reveals a secret about Kate.
Director: J.J. Abrams
Writer: J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof
9.1/10 7,555 votes#13 - Man of Science, Man of Faith
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2005-09-21
Jack, Locke and Kate explore the mysterious hatch but Jack decides to wait before going down into the hatch. Kate and Locke aren't so patient. When Shannon chases after Vincent the dog, she encounters a familiar face in the jungle.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof
9.1/10 7,315 votes#14 - Flashes Before Your Eyes
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2007-02-14
After Desmond rescues Claire from drowning, Charlie gets Hurley to help him find out why Desmond has seemed able to predict the future. Desmond recalls exactly what took place in the moments after he turns the key, where he experienced a strange vision of his life prior to his Army days.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Drew Goddard, Damon Lindelof
9.1/10 6,531 votes#15 - The Man from Tallahassee
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2007-03-21
When Kate and Locke arrive at the Others' camp, Ben promises to tell Locke the island's secrets as long as he stops his destructive plan, and Kate's reunion with Jack doesn't go very well when she learns that the Others have offered him a deal. More of Locke's troubled past is revealed.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Drew Goddard, Jeff Pinkner
9.1/10 7,128 votes#16 - Greatest Hits
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2007-05-16
While Jack devises a plan to do away with "The Others" once and for all, Sayid uncovers a flaw in "The Others'" system that could lead to everyone's rescue. But it requires Charlie to take on a dangerous task that may make Desmond's premonition come true. A Charlie-centric episode.
Director: Stephen Williams
Writer: Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis
9.1/10 7,035 votes#17 - The Incident (1)
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2009-05-13
Jack's decision to put a plan in action in order to set things right on the island is met with some strong resistance by those close to him, and Locke assigns Ben a difficult task.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
9.0/10 8,872 votes#18 - Walkabout
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2004-10-13
The survivors are jolted awake in the middle of the night when wild island beasts (which are wild boars) invade the beach encampment. Kate and Michael join the mysterious Locke on a hunt for food -- and a shocking secret about Locke is revealed. On the hunt for food someone is injured. Meanwhile, some survivors are horrified by Jack's plan for the dead bodies still scattered among the wreckage -- he wants to burn them. Jack sees someone that's not there, and we find out that one of the survivors was not able to walk but now he can.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: David Fury
9.0/10 7,238 votes#19 - Numbers
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2005-03-02
When Hurley becomes obsessed with the French woman and heads into the jungle to find her, Jack, Sayid and Charlie have no choice but to follow. Hurley flashes back to the hugely life-altering experience he had before boarding the plane.
Director: Daniel Attias
Writer: David Fury, Brent Fletcher
9.0/10 7,076 votes#20 - Deus Ex Machina
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2005-03-30
Locke thinks he's being sent a sign on how to get the hatch open, and he and Boone venture inland. Jack is reluctant to offer assistance when Sawyer begins to experience excruciating headaches and needs glasses.
Director: Robert Mandel
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
9.0/10 7,157 votes#21 - Exodus (1)
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2005-05-18
The French woman-Danielle Rousseau-shocks the survivors by showing up to the camp with a dire warning about "the Others" who are on the island, and the black smoke that precedes them. Meanwhile, Michael and Jin ready the raft for sailing. In flashbacks, we see the survivors final moments before they boarded their fateful flight.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
9.0/10 6,259 votes#22 - Lockdown
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2006-03-29
When the hatch suddenly takes on a life of its own, Locke is forced to enlist the help of an unlikely ally to control the matter. Meanwhile, Ana Lucia, Sayid and Charlie go off into the jungle to find out the truth about Henry Gale and see if there really is balloon craft out there in the jungle that carried him and his wife to the island.
Director: Stephen Williams
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
9.0/10 6,399 votes#23 - The Brig
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2007-05-02
After abandoning the Others, Locke takes Sawyer on a trek through the jungle to help him eliminate a common enemy. Meanwhile, back at the beach, the parachutist Naomi has crucial information about flight 815.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
9.0/10 6,421 votes#24 - The Shape of Things to Come
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 2008-04-24
Jack tries to discover the identity of a body that has washed ashore. Meanwhile, Locke's camp is attacked by Ben's adversaries.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Drew Goddard, Brian K. Vaughan
8.9/10 6,875 votes#25 - Do No Harm
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2005-04-06
Jack tends to a severely wounded Boone after Locke returns him to the caves. In the confusion, Locke slips away to deal with his guilt over the crisis. Meanwhile, Claire unexpectedly goes into labor while deep in the forest.
Director: Stephen Williams
Writer: Janet Tamaro