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Lost S3E1 — A Tale of Two Cities

8.5

Lost•Season 3•Episode 1

A Tale of Two Cities

8.5/10 · 8,999 votesOct 4, 200643 min

Ranked #10 of 23 in Season 3•matches the season avg

Jack, Kate, and Sawyer are prisoners of the mysterious "Others." After their captors drug them and take blood samples, they are held in separate areas. The camp leaders--Ben (Henry Gale), Mr. Friendly and a new woman, Juliet--try to make the castaways adjust to their new

Directed byJack Bender

Written byJ.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof

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Cast16

Matthew Fox

Matthew Fox

Jack Shephard

Evangeline Lilly

Evangeline Lilly

Kate Austen

Terry O'Quinn

Terry O'Quinn

John Locke

Josh Holloway

Josh Holloway

James Sawyer

Michael Emerson

Michael Emerson

Benjamin Linus

Jorge Garcia

Jorge Garcia

Hurley Reyes

Naveen Andrews

Naveen Andrews

Sayid Jarrah

Elizabeth Mitchell

Elizabeth Mitchell

Juliet Burke

Dominic Monaghan

Dominic Monaghan

Charlie Pace

Harold Perrineau

Harold Perrineau

Michael Dawson

Henry Ian Cusick

Henry Ian Cusick

Desmond Hume

Yunjin Kim

Yunjin Kim

Sun-Hwa Kwon

Crew6

J.J. Abrams

J.J. Abrams

Writer

Damon Lindelof

Damon Lindelof

Writer

Jack Bender

Jack Bender

Director

Monica Owusu-Breen

Monica Owusu-Breen

Supervising Producer

Drew Goddard

Drew Goddard

Supervising Producer

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Alison Schapker

Supervising Producer

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Episode Summary

"A Tale of Two Cities" is episode 1 of Lost season 3. It scored 8.5/10 from 8,999 votes, ranking #10 of 23 episodes this season (season average 8.5). Directed by Jack Bender and written by J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, it aired on October 4, 2006.

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