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The Worst Episodes of Lost

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The Worst 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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  1. Background image for Fire + Water
    7.0/10(46 votes)

    #1 - Fire + Water

    S2:E12

    When Charlie's vividly surreal dreams lead him to believe Claire's baby, Aaron, is in danger, Locke suspects Charlie may be using again. Meanwhile, Sawyer encourages Hurley to act on his attraction to Libby.

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  2. Background image for Stranger in a Strange Land
    7.1/10(39 votes)

    #2 - Stranger in a Strange Land

    S3:E9

    As Kate and Sawyer journey back to the main island with Karl, who is exhibiting effects of the brainwashing video, they argue over whether to go back and save Jack. On Hydra island, as Juliet's fate rests in his hands and a power struggle within the Others ensues, Jack recollects the time he spent in Phuket, Thailand and his relationship with Achara, a mysterious tattoo artist.

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  3. Background image for Eggtown
    7.4/10(42 votes)

    #3 - Eggtown

    S4:E4

    Kate needs to get information out of the hostages, but it may jeopardize her standing with Locke -- as well as with Sawyer. Meanwhile in the future Kate's Court hearings take place.

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  4. Background image for Whatever the Case May Be
    7.5/10(64 votes)

    #4 - Whatever the Case May Be

    S1:E12

    Jack, Kate and Sawyer fight over possession of a newly discovered locked metal briefcase which might contain insights into Kate's mysterious past. Meanwhile, Sayid asks a reluctant Shannon to translate notes he took from the French woman. A rising tide threatens to engulf the fuselage and the entire beach encampment, and Rose and a grieving Charlie tentatively bond over Claire's baffling kidnapping.

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  5. Background image for Special
    7.5/10(60 votes)

    #5 - Special

    S1:E14

    Violence ensues and a mysterious island beast makes a re-appearance when Michael and Locke clash over Walt's upbringing. Meanwhile, Charlie is tempted to read the missing Claire's diary, and Sayid enlists Shannon to help decipher the French woman's map.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writer:David Fury
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  6. Background image for ...And Found
    7.5/10(53 votes)

    #6 - ...And Found

    S2:E5

    Michael sets off into the jungle by himself determined to find Walt, but discovers that he is not alone. Meanwhile, Sawyer and Jin are ordered by their captors to take them to their camp, and Sun frantically searches for her missing wedding ring. In flashbacks this episode reveals more of Jin's life before ending up on the island.

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  8. Background image for Something Nice Back Home
    7.5/10(40 votes)

    #7 - Something Nice Back Home

    S4:E10

    Kate and Juliet must learn to work together when Jack's health is seriously compromised, and something goes wrong as Sawyer, Claire, Aaron and Miles continue their trek away from Locke's camp and back to the beach

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  9. Background image for House of the Rising Sun
    7.6/10(62 votes)

    #8 - House of the Rising Sun

    S1:E6

    Walt and the others are shocked when Michael is brutally beaten, but only the non-English-speaking Jin and Sun know the truth behind the attack. Meanwhile Kate, Jack, Sawyer and Sayid argue about where the survivors should camp -- on the beach, where they're more likely to be seen, or in a remote inland valley where fresh water abounds; and Locke discovers Charlie's secret.

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  10. Background image for Born to Run
    7.6/10(58 votes)

    #9 - Born to Run

    S1:E22

    Jack suspects foul play when Michael becomes violently ill while building the raft. The suspects include Sawyer and Kate, who compete for the last seat on the raft and do anything possible to prevent each other from getting it. Meanwhile, a secret from Kate's past is revealed to the other survivors on the island.

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  11. Background image for Abandoned
    7.6/10(52 votes)

    #10 - Abandoned

    S2:E6

    Sawyer's wound becomes life-threatening as he, Michael and Jin make their way through the interior of the island with the tail section survivors. Meanwhile, Shannon is once again haunted by visions of Walt.

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  12. Background image for The Cost of Living
    7.6/10(38 votes)

    #11 - The Cost of Living

    S3:E5

    A delirious Eko wrestles with past demons; some of the castaways go to the Pearl station to find a computer they can use to locate Jack, Kate and Sawyer; Jack does not know who to trust when two of the Others are at odds with each other.

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  13. Background image for Exposé
    7.6/10(46 votes)

    #12 - Exposé

    S3:E14

    As the truth about Sun's kidnapping by "the Others" comes to her attention, Hurley becomes suspicious of Sawyer's attempt to reveal the mystery behind two fellow survivors, Nikki and Paulo. Through series of flashbacks we will discover what Nikki and Paulo were doing before the crash and how they survived 65 days on the island.

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  14. Background image for Left Behind
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    #13 - Left Behind

    S3:E15

    Kate and Juliet are stranded in the jungle after Kate learns that there is a traitor in the survivor's midst. Meanwhile, Sawyer's poor attitude and selfish ways towards the beach community may earn him a vote of banishment if he doesn't have a change of heart.

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  15. Background image for The Other Woman
    7.6/10(39 votes)

    #14 - The Other Woman

    S4:E6

    Juliet receives an unwelcome visit from someone from her past and is given orders to track down Charlotte and Faraday in order to stop them from completing their mission -- by any means necessary. Meanwhile, Ben offers Locke an enticing deal.

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  16. Background image for Hearts and Minds
    7.7/10(62 votes)

    #15 - Hearts and Minds

    S1:E13

    When Locke learns that Boone wants to share their "secret" with Shannon, Locke decides to teach him a lesson. This leads to Shannon's life being placed in what seems like peril. Boone and Shannon's dark past is revealed in a shocking backstory that recalls their relationship right before the plane crash and presages the return of the beast. Kate, who has become a confidante to the soft-spoken Sun, is puzzled by Sun's mysterious behavior and the revelation that she can speak English. A hungry Hurley must convince Jin to share his fish by making up for offending Jin by rejecting his offer of raw fish early on, or he'll continue to suffer digestive problems from the limited island diet.

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  17. Background image for The Whole Truth
    7.7/10(44 votes)

    #16 - The Whole Truth

    S2:E16

    Sun comes to the realization that she might be pregnant. She struggles on whether to tell Jin about the situation. Meanwhile, with no success from Jack or Sayid, Ana-Lucia is called in by Locke to interrogate the new prisoner Henry Gale to get more information out of him about the balloon that he and his wife supposedly landed on the island with.

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  18. Background image for Further Instructions
    7.7/10(41 votes)

    #17 - Further Instructions

    S3:E3

    Locke, Eko and Desmond are found scattered about the island after the implosion of the hatch. Locke receives a message from the Island asking him to fix the situation he caused. Hurley returns to the beach camp to report the imprisonment of Kate, Jack and Sawyer by the Others. Desmond has been fundamentally altered by the implosion, giving him a mysterious new power.

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  19. Background image for Meet Kevin Johnson
    7.7/10(39 votes)

    #18 - Meet Kevin Johnson

    S4:E8

    Sayid confronts Ben's spy on the freighter, and Ben urges daughter Alex to flee Locke's camp in order to survive an impending attack.

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  20. Background image for White Rabbit
    7.8/10(67 votes)

    #19 - White Rabbit

    S1:E5

    Jack is nearly delirious from lack of sleep and struggles to overcome the haunting events that brought him to Australia and, subsequently, to the island. Meanwhile, Boone gets caught in a treacherous riptide trying to save a woman who went out swimming. A pregnant Claire's health takes a bad turn from lack of fluids, and a thief may have stolen the last bottles of water. Veronica Hamel guest-stars as Jack's mother, Margo. Also, Jack flashes back at 12 years old, to find himself on the playground in an altercation with a bully, who ultimately beats him up, and later learns a life lesson from his father.

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  21. Background image for The Moth
    7.8/10(65 votes)

    #20 - The Moth

    S1:E7

    Charlie begins a painful journey of withdrawal from drugs, surprisingly aided by Locke, whose true motive for helping Charlie is a mystery. Meanwhile, survivors struggle to find and free Jack when he's buried alive in a cave collapse, and someone might be secretly thwarting Sayid, Kate, and Boone when they enact a plan to find the source of the French transmission.

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  22. Background image for Homecoming
    7.8/10(61 votes)

    #21 - Homecoming

    S1:E15

    After the missing Claire returns with no recollection of what has happened since before she boarded the doomed Oceanic flight 815, Jack and Locke formulate a plan of defense against her kidnapper, the mysterious Ethan (guest-star William Mapother), who threatens to kill off the other survivors one by one unless Claire is returned to him. Meanwhile, the disappointment Charlie feels when Claire does not remember him triggers recollections of a woman he had let down in the past.

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  23. Background image for ...In Translation
    7.8/10(58 votes)

    #22 - ...In Translation

    S1:E17

    When the raft the survivors have been building mysteriously burns down, Michael is convinced that Jin is responsible for the sabotage, which only serves to escalate their rivalry. Meanwhile, Sun stuns her fellow survivors with a surprising revelation, and Boone gives Sayid a warning about his step-sister Shannon. Lastly, more details of Jin and Sun's troubled marriage are revealed through flashbacks.

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  24. Background image for The Greater Good
    7.8/10(58 votes)

    #23 - The Greater Good

    S1:E21

    After another funeral, tempers rise as the survivors' suspicions of each other grow, and an unlikely survivor vows revenge. The events that landed Sayid on Flight 815 play out as he engages Locke in a psychological game of cat and mouse to uncover the truth about the mishap that claimed Boone's life.

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  25. Background image for Maternity Leave
    7.8/10(46 votes)

    #24 - Maternity Leave

    S2:E15

    A mysterious illness that baby Aaron suddenly contracts sends a desperate Claire, Kate and French woman Danielle to return to the same area where Claire was initially kidnapped. It is there where she believes she can find a cure for Aaron's illness. In the meantime, Jack and Locke are doing their best to keep their prisoner a secret from the rest of the survivors on the island.

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  26. Background image for S.O.S.
    7.8/10(44 votes)

    #25 - S.O.S.

    S2:E19

    Rose is surprisingly and vehemently opposed to Bernard's plan to create an S.O.S. signal; romantic sparks are rekindled between Jack and Kate when they trek into the jungle to propose a "trade" with "The Others"; and Locke begins to question his faith in the island.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Fire + Water" is the worst rated episode of "Lost". It scored 7/10 based on 46 votes. Directed by Jack Bender and written by Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, it aired on 1/25/2006. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Stranger in a Strange Land".