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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 the 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.
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Director:
J.J. Abrams
Teleplay:
J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof
Story:
Jeffrey Lieber, J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof
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Broadcast: 2004-09-22
Production No.: 100
Episode Overall No.: 1
Episode Type: Regular Episode
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In the original script, Jack was supposed to be killed in the first episode by the 'monster', and Kate was supposed to be the main character who organizes the stranded group.
At the beginning of the episode, when all the explosions are going on, just after some guy is sucked into the turbine, you can see that the real cause of the turbine explosion is that some kind of shadow comes flying and hits it. Then you can see it circling the area several times. (The camera actually focuses on it for a moment.)
This two-hour pilot episode won the 2005 Emmy for Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series.
J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof & Jeffrey Lieber received a 2005 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for their work on this two-hour pilot episode.
The series was edited to meet PG rating in the UK and including all other episodes.
J.J. Abrams won the 2005 Emmy for Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series for his work on this two-hour pilot episode.
This episode won the 2005 Emmy for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series.
Lost Begins in the UK on the 10th August with the two part Pilot, Wednesdays at 10pm on Channel 4 and then at 11pm on E4 is the next episode.
The French title of the show is Lost : Les Disparus.
The reason for the second part of the title is because the French equivalent of the FCC has imposed the use of French in titles for series except for cities or places.
This is Terry O'Quinn's second time working with J.J. Abrams. He previously guest starred in 15 episodes of ABC's Alias.
The cast was not allowed to see a certain set. They had to cover their eyes until cameras rolled. They were walked down the path, cameras now on, and their reaction to seeing the cockpit leaning against the trees was real. This one-take is what was used in the pilot episode.
A Jack-centric episode.
Series creator J.J Abrams offered the lead role of Jack Shepard to actor Michael Keaton first when the character Jack was originally supposed to appear in only one episode as the character was supposed to die. But when J.J decided to keep the character alive Michael Keaton rejected the role and actor Matthew Fox went for it.
Lost is filmed in Hawaii and the closing credits of every episode contain "The producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of the people of Hawaii and their Aloha spirit."
The Lost writers picked which backstories they were going to do by picking out three names from a hat.
Lost was released on October 2nd, 2004 in Canada and on October 6th, 2004 in Germany.
In an interview with Evangeline Lilly (Kate), with Watch with Kristin (E! Online) she reveals that originally JJ Abrams had Jack dying in the first episode, with Kate being the lead, only to rewrite it to its current form.
Not only has Greg Grunberg worked with J.J. Abrams on Alias, but he worked with him on Felicity. Both Abrams and Grunberg have known each other since their childhood/when they were teens.
When Jack, Kate, and Charlie find the cockpit, you'll notice that the name of the airline is OCEANIC. This name has been widely used for an airline in many TV shows and films such as Executive Decision and also on an episode of J.A.G. The logo and the name have been used a lot even though the airline doesn't exist.
The first season will depict their first 40 days on the island, with each episode covering roughly 48 hours (except the 2-hour pilot which only covers their first 24 hours). The Biblical reference (40 days) is no accident.
Many of the writing team have a Minor in Sociology, which is going to help in writing character interactions.
On its original airing this episode scored 18.65 million viewers while winning its timeslot against the other networks.
It cost $250,000 just to ship the wrecked plane pieces to Hawaii.
Plane wreckage scenes were filmed at Mokuleia Beach.
Mokuleia Beach is near Oahu's northwest tip (Kaena Point). Kaaawa Valley is over 30 miles away on the island's eastern coast. Kaaawa Valley is one of the few valleys on Oahu which are entirely privately owned. Many productions were filmed there, including Jurassic Park's memorable hiding-behind-the-log chase scene.
Although the Lost pilot is 2 hours long, network ABC decided to air both hours seperately, one on Sept. 22 and Sept 29.
Greg Grunberg, who guest starred in this Episode is best known for his role in Alias, which was also created by J.J. Abrams.
Before being picked up for the fall season ABC had already order six additional scripts beyond the pilot episode of Lost.
Filming of the 2-hour pilot of Lost began on Monday, March 22 and lasted through Saturday, April 24. (edit)
Lost filmed its first two days in the rain and bamboo forest along Old Pali Road where three survivors of a plane crash -- actors Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly and Dominic Monaghan -- on an unnamed and deserted Pacific island find the dead pilot hanging in a tree, a dog (which suddenly vanishes) and a child's shoe. They also shot at Waikane Valley filming, when six of the survivors, while hiking, are attacked by a charging polar bear.
The 2-hour pilot episode of Lost cost approximately $10 million to make, one of the highest pilots produced in television history.
During its original airing, the first half of this episode was uninterupted by commercials.
Quotes:
Sayid: You'd think they would've come by now.
Charlie: What? Who?
Sayid: Anyone.
Jack: (about airplane turbulence) It's normal.
Rose: Oh, I know, I just never been a really good flyer. My husband keeps reminding me that planes wanna be in the air.
Jack: He sounds like a very smart man.
Charlie: Hey guys, is this normal? Day turning into night sort of end of the world type weather? Is this.. Guys?
Charlie: I'll come with, I wanna help.
Jack: I don't need any more help.
Charlie: No, it's cool, I don't really feel like standin' still. Excellent.
Charlie (singing): "You all, everybody!"
Charlie (to Kate): I heard you yell. I heard you yell 'Jack'. My name is Charlie by the way.
Jack (to Kate): Are you ok?
Kate: Yeah, I'm fine.
Charlie: I'm fine... Charlie's fine by the way.
Claire: Please help me, I'm having contractions!
Jack: How many months are you?
Claire: I'm only eight months.
Jack: Stop! Her heads not tilt back enough, you're blowing air into her stomach. (unconscious Rose)
Boone: Are you sure? That what exactly what I was doing. I'm a lifeguard, I'm licensed.
Jack: Yeah, well you seriously need to think about giving that license back.
Boone: Maybe we should do one of those hole things? You know, stick the pen in the throat?
Jack (sarcastically): Yeah, good idea, you go get me a pen!
Boone: (in the background) Does anyone have a pen? Do you have a pen?
Kate (jokingly): Any color preference. (stitches)
Jack: Nah, standard black.
Kate: I might throw up on you.
Jack: You're doing fine.
Shannon (Boone offers candy): As if I'm gonna start eating chocolate.
Boone: Shannon, we may be be here for a while.
Shannon: The plane had a black box, idiot. They know exactly where we are. They're coming. I'll eat on the rescue boat!
Trivia:
In the first draft of the pilot, the episode would have covered 6 weeks in the story. So originally the first episode would end with all the survivors already living in tents. The first episode took $5 million to film which made it the most expensive piece of film.
Josh Holloway (Sawyer) appears briefly in the Pilot Part 1, but has no lines.
All lifeguards are required to succesfully complete CPR on a dummy, but if Boone failed, he musn't have been a real lifeguard.
The character Charlie Pace was supposed to be a 45-year-old has-been rock star, but the producers liked Dominic Monaghan's audition so much that they made the character younger to accommodate Dominic.
Jack wakes up in the forest away from the rest of the plane, but he was not the closest person to the tail or nose of the plane. How could he have been sucked out over everyone else?
The tail of modern day commercial aircraft has a downward force acting on it. This is to counteract the upward forces from the main wing. When the tail section broke free, the tail should have gone down with the passenger section going up but in the scene, we see it going in the reverse direction.
Re: Airlines may not necessarily recommend flying when eight months pregnant, but they cannot and will not prohibit a pregnant woman from taking a flight if she really wants or needs to.
In response to the question about a plane losing its tail and having survivors, just remember the Uruguayan plane that crashed in Chile, that lost its tail and more than 10 people survived. The plane hit a mountain, lost the tail, and continued flying until it hit on an open space. It happens.
Claire is 8 months pregnant but airlines will not allow women to fly in their third trimester.
Response: To whoever commented on the uninhabited islands in 2004. Actually there are literally dozens of islands in Fijian and Cook chains which are still uninhabited, and some which have actually had no documented exploration. Just an FYI.
In response to Jack landing on his back: We don't know he landed on his back, that is just how we find him. He could have landed a different way and rolled, for instance.
Response to CPR issue: The tilting of the neck is to open the airway and allow air to travel to the lungs, a small amount of stomach inflation can happen in either position in an unconscious person. The best way to avoid inflating the stomach is to place pressure on the cricoid cartilage (Adam's apple) to close the route to the stomach. More importantly, several years ago the conventional wisdom of tilting the head was changed to a small jaw thrust to prevent neck injury or exacerbating an existing neck injury. Even if the doctor didn't know the new technique (improbable in such a young doctor), after a plane accident the presupposition would have been that a neck injury would have occurred and even in old CPR training, a doctor would not have tilted the neck.
All goofs regarding how people survived such a crash that would ordinarily kill all passengers and leave little pieces, how Jack was separated and survived, etc., need to take into account that this entire situation is more than just a plane crash. The island has monsters, polar bears and pigs on it, plus previous inhabitants that have gone undiscovered...and they're on a humongous liveable island that is somehow uninhabited in 2004. (Even in the late 1960s there weren't "uncharted desert isles".) It could be that they are all dead, or that they're on a magical island, or something far more Twilight Zone-ish.
No jet engine could run in that case. Fuel pump power would have been cut off when the plane was ripped apart. The fuel could not even gravity feed as the engine was on top of the wing.
The pilots would not have changed course had the plane lost communications. International flight regulations and procedures specify that, in the event of lost radio communication, an airplane should change its transponder code to 7600, then follow the flight plan it had already been cleared for. It is for this exact reason that full flight plans are given and verified before the airplane takes off. By diverting course, the pilots violated several flight regulations, and, had they survived, would most likely be stripped of their licenses.
A jet engine produces a tremendous amount of thrust (120,000 pounds of force!), there is no way it would just be sitting there on the beach. A jet engine running with enough force to suck someone into it should be flying all over the beach (much like a running garden hose).
In response to "notice in the first flashback that Jack has, the attendant announces the "pilot" has turned on the seat belt sign, the next two flashbacks are the same except she says "captain." Trifling but odd!" The flashbacks seem to be how the person having the flashback remembers it. pilot/captain. Same difference to me.
Notice in the first flashback that Jack has, the attendant announces the "pilot" has turned on the seat belt sign, the next two flashbacks are the same except she says "captain."
Trifling but odd!
Jack chastizes the "Lifeguard" for not tilting the woman's head back while performing mouth to mouth, good advise, but when he takes over, he makes no attempt to tilt her head either. Beyond that, his CPR chest compressions were so weak, they would not have had much if any effect.
How did Jack manage to fall out of the sky land on his back and not break it? A fall that severe would've crippled him.
Response: One of the survivers was killed when it exploded actually.
Even if the jet engine were still functioning well enough to suck a human being off the beach, why would this cause it to explode? And given that it does explode, why are none of the survivors injured?
In the climactic scene where the trio find the pilot's winged badge, is it really possible to look into lapping waves and see a reflection of a body in the treetops above?
I'm not aware of any passenger jet, that lost nose or tail in flight, and had any survivors. Would lead to a very violent crash, and the biggest pieces you'd find would likely be less than 2 foot by 2 foot, with the wings rupturing and fuel exploding.
Having a running engine on the beach made for a pretty dynamic rescue scene, but when the nose section came off, all controls to the engine would be lost, and it would have started spooling down at that point and quickly gotten to where it would not have the power to pull anyone off their feet.
In response to the "weak chest compressions" in the first CPR comment: Weak chest compressions are common in acting for a very good reason. If a person's heart is still beating (which is usually the case for actors who do not die for their roles), chest compressions could squeeze a healthy heart that is trying to expand. This could lead to severe damage to the actor's cardio-vascular system.
Nitpick: It has been suggested that in such a violent plane crash, the dog could not have been uninjured when everyone else had bruises and cuts. However, the dog could have been injured, but they may have just not shown it, or it might not just have external wounds.
When Jack first sees Kate her hair is down. He then instructs her to sterilize her hands with the alcohol but then when she is stitching him up her hair is in a ponytail. She wouldn't have contaminated her hands by putting her hair up when Jack used the rest of the alcohol on his wound.
The Uruguayan plane that crashed in Chile lost its tail very close to the ground, with the front part sliding through the snow. In Lost, the plane loses its tail high above the ground. The front part would start spinning rapidly around the wing axis and the impact would be at a large angle to the ground, so there is absolutely no way that anyone could survive without some serious amount of magic going on.
How is it that Jack was the only one that landed in the forest alone while all the other passengers landed on the beach? He couldn't have separated that far from the crash alone.
Response: Jack could have been sucked out the plane before it crashed.
Just after Jack, Kate, and Charlie are in the nose of the plane and it falls, they start running through the rainy jungle. Along the way they run through a really muddy area. Off to the right hand side and near the top corner, you can easily see someone standing in a Blue Poncho. Crew member, missing flight passenger, Island ghost?
Allusions:
Lord of the Flies:
The plot, conflict and setting of this episode and some of the series is a lot like the book Lord of the Flies. Strangers are trapped on an island because their plane broke apart and crashed, and there is a mysterious beast stalking them.
Unseen "monster" stalking people, people being yanked out of picture with blood and guts, dead people being found high in trees... points heavily at our good friend "The Predator. " |
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