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"The Beginning of the End" is the fourth season premiere, and 73rd episode overall, of the American Broadcasting Company's television drama series Lost. It was aired on ABC in the United States and CTV in Canada on January 31, 2008. Co-creator/executive producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Carlton Cuse wrote the premiere in late July 2007, with most of the episode directed on location in Oahu, Hawaii, in August and September by executive producer Jack Bender. With this premiere, Jeff Pinkner no longer serves as an executive producer and staff writer. The episode was watched by 18 million Americans, bringing in the best ratings for Lost in 17 episodes. According to Metacritic, "The Beginning of the End" garnered "universal acclaim".
The narrative takes place over 90 days after the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, on December 23, 2004. The stranded crash survivors make contact with associates of Naomi Dorrit (played by Marsha Thomason) on a nearby freighter, but the survivors divide when they hear that those on the freighter may not be coming to rescue the survivors. Flashforwards show the post-island lives of Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia) and Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox). They are lying to the public about their time on the island. In flashforwards, Hurley has visions of his deceased friend Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan); in the present, Hurley grieves over Charlie's death on the island. Daniel Faraday (Jeremy Davies) makes his first appearance in "The Beginning of the End".
Original Release
01/31/2008
US Release
01/31/2008
Cast
Name | Character |
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Naveen Andrews | Sayid Jarrah |
Henry Ian Cusick | Desmond Hume |
Jeremy Davies | Daniel Faraday / Dr. Daniel Faraday |
Emilie de Ravin | Claire Littleton |
Michael Emerson | Benjamin Linus / Ben Linus |
Matthew Fox | Jack Shephard / Dr. Jack Shephard |
Jorge Garcia | Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes / Hurley Reyes |
Josh Holloway | James 'Sawyer' Ford / James Sawyer |
Daniel Dae Kim | Jin-Soo Kwon |
Yunjin Kim | Sun-Hwa Kwon |
Directors
Writers
Christina M. Kim, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof
Creators
Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams
Cast
Name | Character |
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Naveen Andrews | Sayid Jarrah |
Henry Ian Cusick | Desmond Hume |
Jeremy Davies | Daniel Faraday / Dr. Daniel Faraday |
Emilie de Ravin | Claire Littleton |
Michael Emerson | Benjamin Linus / Ben Linus |
Matthew Fox | Jack Shephard / Dr. Jack Shephard |
Jorge Garcia | Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes / Hurley Reyes |
Josh Holloway | James 'Sawyer' Ford / James Sawyer |
Daniel Dae Kim | Jin-Soo Kwon |
Yunjin Kim | Sun-Hwa Kwon |
Evangeline Lilly | Kate Austen |
Rebecca Mader | Charlotte Lewis / Dr. Charlotte Lewis |
Elizabeth Mitchell | Juliet Burke / Dr. Juliet Burke |
Dominic Monaghan | Charlie Pace |
Terry O'Quinn | John Locke |
Harold Perrineau | Michael Dawson |
Sam Anderson | Bernard Nadler |
Blake Bashoff | Karl Martin |
L. Scott Caldwell | Rose Nadler |
Michael Cudlitz | Detective Mike 'Big Mike' Walton |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jack Bender | Executive Producer |
Damon Lindelof | Executive Producer |
Carlton Cuse | Executive Producer |
J.J. Abrams | Executive Producer |
Bryan Burk | Executive Producer |
Drew Goddard | Executive Producer |
Jean Higgins | Executive Producer |
Adam Horowitz | Executive Producer |
Edward Kitsis | Executive Producer |
Stephen Williams | Executive Producer |
Patricia Churchill | Producer |
Ra'uf Glasgow | Producer |
Elizabeth Sarnoff | Producer |
Richard Peter Schroer | Producer |
Samantha Thomas | Producer |
Brian K. Vaughan | Producer |
Kaleen Yamase | Producer |