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"Solitary" is the ninth episode of the first season of Lost, an American television drama series following the survivors of a plane crash stranded on a tropical island. The episode was directed by Greg Yaitanes and written by David Fury. It first aired on November 17, 2004, on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) is captured by a mysterious French person, who is later revealed to be Danielle Rousseau (Mira Furlan), a woman who shipwrecked on the island sixteen years before the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 and was alone for almost the entire time. At the island's camp, Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia) creates a golf course in an attempt to relieve the survivors' stress and worry. In flashbacks, Sayid meets a childhood friend, but must interrogate her. "Solitary" marked the introduction of mythology into Lost, and also solved the first mystery of the series: the origin of the transmission heard in part two of the pilot episode. It also introduced Danielle Rousseau, who would be in a total of 22 episodes through the show. The episode's initial broadcast in the United States attracted 17.64 million viewers. It has had a generally positive reception by critics.
Original Release
11/17/2004
US Release
11/17/2004
Cast
Name | Character |
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Naveen Andrews | Sayid Jarrah |
Matthew Fox | Jack Shephard / Dr. Jack Shephard |
Jorge Garcia | Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes / Hurley Reyes |
Maggie Grace | Shannon Rutherford |
Josh Holloway | James 'Sawyer' Ford / James Sawyer |
Malcolm David Kelley | Walt Lloyd / Walt Dawson |
Daniel Dae Kim | Jin-Soo Kwon |
Yunjin Kim | Sun-Hwa Kwon |
Evangeline Lilly | Kate Austen |
Dominic Monaghan | Charlie Pace |
Directors
Writers
Creators
Jeffrey Lieber, J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof
Cast
Name | Character |
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Naveen Andrews | Sayid Jarrah |
Matthew Fox | Jack Shephard / Dr. Jack Shephard |
Jorge Garcia | Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes / Hurley Reyes |
Maggie Grace | Shannon Rutherford |
Josh Holloway | James 'Sawyer' Ford / James Sawyer |
Malcolm David Kelley | Walt Lloyd / Walt Dawson |
Daniel Dae Kim | Jin-Soo Kwon |
Yunjin Kim | Sun-Hwa Kwon |
Evangeline Lilly | Kate Austen |
Dominic Monaghan | Charlie Pace |
Terry O'Quinn | John Locke |
Harold Perrineau | Michael Dawson |
Ian Somerhalder | Boone Carlyle |
Mira Furlan | Danielle Rousseau |
Andrea Gabriel | Noor 'Nadia' Abed Jaseem |
Scott Paulin | Sullivan |
Navid Negahban | Omar |
Xavier Alaniz | Prisoner |
Christian Bowman | Steve Jenkins |
Sean DeCambra | Muslim |
Producers
Name | Role |
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David Fury | Executive Producer |
J.J. Abrams | Executive Producer |
Damon Lindelof | Executive Producer |
Jesse Alexander | Executive Producer |
Jack Bender | Executive Producer |
Bryan Burk | Executive Producer |
Carlton Cuse | Executive Producer |
Sarah Caplan | Producer |
Ra'uf Glasgow | Producer |
Javier Grillo-Marxuach | Producer |
Jean Higgins | Producer |
Jennifer Johnson | Producer |
Lynne E. Litt | Producer |
Christian Taylor | Producer |