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"The Constant" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the American Broadcasting Company's (ABC) serial drama television series Lost, and the 77th episode overall. It was broadcast on February 28, 2008, on ABC in the United States and on CTV in Canada. It was written by executive producer Carlton Cuse and co-creator/executive producer Damon Lindelof and directed by executive producer Jack Bender. "The Constant" was watched by 15 million American viewers and is widely regarded as one of Lost's best episodes. It was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Directors Guild of America Award, and a Hugo Award.
In the episode, Desmond Hume (played by Henry Ian Cusick) and Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) are being flown by Frank Lapidus (Jeff Fahey) to the freighter where Lapidus' mission is set. After going through turbulence, Desmond's consciousness unexpectedly travels through time between 1996 and 2004. The helicopter reaches the freighter and Sayid and Desmond are introduced to communications officer George Minkowski (Fisher Stevens), who is "unstuck in time" like Desmond. The writers took twice the time expected to develop the episode's script; the biggest concern was the avoidance of a temporal paradox when dealing with time travel.
Original Release
02/28/2008
US Release
02/28/2008
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 |
Terry O'Quinn | John Locke |
Harold Perrineau | Michael Dawson |
Anthony Azizi | Omar Idris |
Alan Dale | Charles Widmore |
Kevin Durand | Martin Keamy |
Jeff Fahey | Frank Lapidus |
Fisher Stevens | George Minkowski |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jack Bender | Executive Producer |
Carlton Cuse | Executive Producer |
Damon Lindelof | 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 |