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Written by: JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof
Directed by: JJ Abrams
Original US Airdate: 22 September 2004
Summary: Out of the blackness the first thing Jack (Matthew Fox) senses is pain. Then burning sun. A Bamboo forest. Smoke. Screams. With a rush comes the horrible awareness that the plane he was on tore apart in mid-air and crashed on a Pacific island. From there it's a blur, as his doctor's instinct kicks in: people need his help. 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 (Evangeline Lilly) 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.

Written by: JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof
Directed by: JJ Abrams
Original US Airdate: 29 September 2004
Summary: The discovery of a transceiver among the plane's wreckage and the thought that rescue could be imminent temporarily raises the castaways' spirits. And the island's mysteries continue to baffle with the discovery of handcuffs, a gun and an animal that shouldn't be able to survive in a tropical climate.

Written by: Damon Lindelof
Directed by: Jack Bender
Original US Airdate: 06 October 2004
Summary: The discovery of a transceiver among the plane's wreckage and the thought that rescue could be imminent temporarily raises the castaways' spirits. And the island's mysteries continue to baffle with the discovery of handcuffs, a gun and an animal that shouldn't be able to survive in a tropical climate.

Written by: David Fury
Directed by: Jack Bender
Original US Airdate: 20 October 2004
Summary: Survivors are jolted awake in the middle of the night when wild island beasts invade the beach encampment. Kate and Michael join the mysterious Locke on a hunt for food - and a shocking secret about Locke is revealed. Meanwhile, some survivors are horrified by Jack's plan for the dead bodies still scattered among the wreckage, and Jack sees someone in the jungle who might not have been on the plane. 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.

Written by: Christian Taylor
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
Original US Airdate: 13 October 2004
Summary: Jack is near 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, the pregnant Claire's health takes a bad turn, and a thief may have stolen the last bottles of water.

Written by: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Directed by: Michael Zinberg
Original US Airdate: 27 October 2004
Summary: 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.

Written by: Jennifer Johnson and Paul Dini
Directed by: Jack Bender
Original US Airdate: 03 November 2004
Summary: 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.

Written by: Damon Lindelof
Directed by: Tucker Gates
Original US Airdate: 10 November 2004
Summary: When Shannon suffers an asthma attack, Jack and Sayid realize brutality might be the only way to convince Sawyer to relinquish the life-saving medicine he's hoarding. Meanwhile, Sun struggles to decide if she'll obey husband Jin's orders to stay out of others' affairs, and Kate uncovers some shocking secrets about Sawyer.

Written by: David Fury
Directed by: Greg Yaitanes
Original US Airdate: 10 November 2004
Summary: Sayid's life is placed in grave danger after he stumbles upon the source of the mysterious French transmission. Meanwhile, Hurley has a ridiculous plan to make life on the island a little more civilized - and it just might work.

Written by: Lynne E. Litt
Directed by: Marita Grabia
Original US Airdate: 01 December 2004
Summary: Jack, Kate and Charlie wonder if Claire's disturbing nightmares might be coming true to threaten her life and the life of her unborn child, and a missing castaway returns with frightening news about what lies just beyond the mountains.

Written by: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Directed by: Stephen Williams
Original US Airdate: 08 December 2004
Summary: Survivors wonder why Charlie and the pregnant Claire have been abducted - and by whom - and a search party ventures into the treacherous jungle to try to find and rescue the missing duo. Meanwhile, inner-demons about his father resurface for Jack, and Boone and Locke discover another island mystery.

Written by: Damon Lindelof and Jennifer Johnson
Directed by: Jack Bender
Original US Airdate: 15 December 2004
Summary: 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 disappearance.

Written by: Carlton Cuse and Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Directed by: Rod Holcomb
Original US Airdate: 12 January 2005
Summary: When Locke learns that Boone wants to tell their "secret" to Shannon, Shannon's life is placed in sudden peril, and the shocking truth about her past with Boone is revealed. Meanwhile, Kate is puzzled by Sun's mysterious behavior, and a hungry Hurley must repay a debt to Jin.

Written by: David Fury
Directed by: Greg Yaitanes
Original US Airdate: 19 January 2005
Summary: 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.

Written by: Damon Lindelof
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
Original US Airdate: 09 February 2005
Summary: After the missing Claire returns with no recollection of what has happened since before the doomed flight of Oceanic 815, Jack and Locke formulate a plan of defense against her kidnapper, the mysterious Ethan, who threatens to kill off the other survivors unless Claire is returned to him.

Written by: Drew Goddard
Directed by: Jack Bender
Original US Airdate: 16 February 2005
Summary: Kate and Sawyer divulge dark secrets to each other while tracking a renegade boar that Sawyer swears is purposely harassing him. Meanwhile, Hurley and Sayid worry that Charlie is losing it after his brush with death, and a shocking, prior connection between Sawyer and Jack is revealed.

Written by: Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Leonard Dick
Directed by:Tucker Gates
Original US Airdate: 23 February 2005
Summary: When the raft the survivors have been building mysteriously burns down, Michael is convinced that Jin is responsible for the sabotage, which only further escalates their rivalry. Meanwhile, Sun stuns her fellow survivors with a surprising revelation, and Boone gives Sayid a warning about Shannon.

Written by: David Fury and Brent Fletcher
Directed by:Dan Tallias
Original US Airdate: 02 March 2005
Summary: When Hurley becomes obsessed with the French woman and heads into the jungle to find her, Jack, Sayid and Charlie have no choice but to follow. Meanwhile, Locke asks Claire to help build a mysterious item.

Written by: Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
Directed by: Robert Mandel
Original US Airdate: 30 March 2005
Summary: Locke begins to suffer physical difficulties as he and Boone try to find a way into the hatch; Jack is reluctant to offer assistance when Sawyer begins to experience excruciating headaches.

Written by: Janet Tamaro
Directed by: Stephen Williams
Original US Airdate: 06 April 2005
Summary: Claire goes into labor while a helpless Charlie goes into panic mode. Meanwhile Locke is missing, Jack tends to a wounded survivor and Sayid presents Shannon with a romantic surprise.

Original US Airdate: 27 April 2005
Summary: A Special Recap Episode to help new viewers catch up and old viewers notice things they didn't before about the Island.

Written by: Leonard Dick
Directed by: David Grossman
Original US Airdate: 04 May 2005
Summary: After burying Boone, tempers flare as the castaways' suspicions of each other grow -- and an unlikely survivor vows revenge. Meanwhile, Claire and Charlie struggle to calm her newborn.

Written by: Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Edward Kitsis, and Adam Horowitz
Directed by: Tucker Gates
Original US Airdate: 11 May 2005
Summary: Jack suspects foul play when Michael becomes violently ill while building the raft. Meanwhile a secret from Kate's past is revealed, the mysterious hatch is shown to a few of the survivors, and Walt gives Locke a warning.

Written by: Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
Directed by: Jack Bender
Original US Airdate: 18 May 2005
Summary: The French woman -- Rousseau -- shocks the survivors by showing up with a dire warning about "the others." Meanwhile, Michael and Jin ready the raft for sailing.

Written by: Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
Directed by: Jack Bender
Original US Airdate: 25 May 2005
Summary: The castaways on the raft are surprised at sea by something unexpected. Meanwhile, remaining islanders attempt to blow open the hatch, and a visitor to the encampment might be a threat to Claire's infant son.

Written by: Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
Directed by: Jack Bender
Original US Airdate: 25 May 2005
Summary: The castaways on the raft are surprised at sea by something unexpected. Meanwhile, remaining islanders attempt to blow open the hatch, and a visitor to the encampment might be a threat to Claire's infant son.

Written by: Damon Lindelof
Directed by: Jack Bender
Original US Airdate: 21 September 2005
Summary: One of the castaways is chosen to descend into the mysterious hatch, and Shannon stumbles upon a shockingly familiar face in the jungle.

Written by: Steven Maeda and Leonard Dick
Directed by: Stephen Williams
Original US Airdate: 28 September 2005
Summary: With the abduction of Walt fresh on their minds and their raft destroyed, Michael, Sawyer and Jin fight for their lives and discover a new predator in the roiling ocean. Meanwhile on land, Locke must descend into the hatch when one castaway goes missing inside.

Written by: Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Craig Wright
Directed by: Jack Bender
Original US Airdate: 05 October 2005
Summary: Jack, Locke and Kate learn more secrets about the hatch. Meanwhile, after being beaten and taken captive, Sawyer, Michael and Jin wonder if their captors are fellow survivors or the dreaded "Others."

Written by: Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz
Directed by: Alan Taylor
Original US Airdate: 12 October 2005
Summary: Disturbing memories from Hurley's past cause him to struggle with a task he's assigned inside the hatch. Meanwhile Sawyer, Michael and Jin discover the identities of their captors, and Claire uncovers a shocking piece of information about the fate of the raft.

Written by: Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof
Directed by: Stephen Williams
Original US Airdate: 19 October 2005
Summary: 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.

Written by: Elizabeth Sarnoff
Directed by: Adam Davidson
Original US Airdate: 09 November 2005
Summary: 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, and Charlie becomes jealous of Locke's interest in Claire.

Written by: Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
Directed by: Eric Laneuville
Original US Airdate: 16 November 2005
Summary: The harrowing first 48 days in the lives of the tail section survivors are revealed.

Written by: Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Leonard Dick
Directed by: Stephen Williams
Original US Airdate: 23 November 2005
Summary: Tempers flare when Ana Lucia and her group stumble upon Sayid and the other castaways.

Written by: Steven Maeda and Craig Wright
Directed by: Paul Edwards
Original US Airdate: 30 November 2005
Summary: Kate's original crime that started her life on the run is revealed. Meanwhile, the survivors lay one of their own to rest, Kate sleeplessly watches over a feverish Sawyer, and Mr. Eko has a surprise for Locke regarding the hatch.
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Written by: Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof
Directed by: Matt Earl Beesley
Original US Airdate: 11 January 2006
Summary: Mr. Eko interrogates Charlie about the Virgin Mary statue, Claire begins to lose faith in Charlie when she discovers his secret, and Jack is an interested observer when Kate gives the recovering Sawyer a much-needed haircut.
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Written by: Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim
Directed by: Stephen Williams
Original US Airdate: 18 January 2006
Summary: Jack, Locke and Sawyer pursue a determined Michael after he heads into the jungle toward the dreaded "Others" in search of Walt. Meanwhile, Sun has a surprising reaction to Jin's desire to join the search party, and Hurley and Charlie commiserate over the age-old conundrum of "what women want."

Written by: Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz
Directed by: Stephen Williams
Original US Airdate: 25 January 2006
Summary: 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.

Written by: Leonard Dick and Steven Maeda
Directed by: Roxann Dawson
Original US Airdate: 08 February 2006
Summary: Survivors fear that "The Others" may have returned when Sun is injured during a failed kidnapping attempt. Meanwhile, Sawyer is an amused but highly interested bystander when tension escalates between Jack, Locke, Kate and Ana Lucia.

Written by: Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
Directed by: Stephen Williams
Original US Airdate: 15 February 2006
Summary: When Rousseau leads Sayid to a mysterious captive in the jungle, he becomes determined to find out if he is one of the "Others." Meanwhile, Sawyer discovers Hurley's potentially devastating breech of the survivors' trust and blackmails him into helping track an elusive island creature that won't leave Sawyer alone.

Written by: Dawn Lambertsen Kelly and Matt Ragghianti
Directed by: Jack Bender
Original US Airdate: 01 March 2006
Summary: A desperate Claire, along with Kate and Rousseau, attempts a return to the scene of her kidnapping where she believes she might find the cure for Baby Aaron's mysterious illness. Meanwhile, Jack and Locke must keep their prisoner a secret from the rest of the survivors.

Written by: Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim
Directed by: Karen Gaviola
Original US Airdate: 22 March 2006
Summary: Sun wrestles with the thought of telling Jin a newfound secret that threatens to upset the entire balance of the survivors' community. Meanwhile, Locke enlists Ana Lucia to interrogate the prisoner in order to extract more information than he, Jack or Sayid could.

Written by: Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof
Directed by: Stephen Williams
Original US Airdate: 29 March 2006
Summary: When the hatch suddenly takes on a life of its own, Locke is forced to enlist the help of an unlikely ally. Meanwhile, Ana Lucia, Sayid and Charlie go off into the jungle to find out the truth about Henry.

Written by: Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz
Directed by: Jack Bender
Original US Airdate: 05 April 2006
Summary: Libby lends Hurley support when he begins to think the island is having a strange effect on him, and Locke's sense of purpose is shaken when the prisoner provides new information about the hatch.

Written by: Steven Maeda and Leonard Dick
Directed by: Eric Laneuville
Original US Airdate: 12 April 2006
Summary: 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.

Written by: Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim
Directed by: Paul Edwards
Original US Airdate: 03 May 2006
Summary: Jack and Kate bring an exhausted Michael back to the camp, and with him, news about "The Others." Meanwhile, Ana Lucia attempts to get the prisoner to confess, and Hurley plans a surprise date for Libby.

Written by: Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
Directed by: Deran Sarafian
Original US Airdate: 10 May 2006
Summary: Mr. Eko enlists Locke to help find a secret location he believes houses answers to the island's mysteries. Meanwhile, Jack and the other survivors struggle to cope with the horrific situation in the hatch.

Written by: Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz
Directed by: Stephen Williams
Original US Airdate: 17 May 2006
Summary: A determined Michael convinces Jack and several castaways to help him rescue Walt from "The Others." Meanwhile, Charlie struggles with Eko's decision to discontinue building the church.

Written by: Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof
Directed by: Jack Bender
Original US Airdate: 24 May 2006
Summary: After discovering something odd just offshore, Jack and Sayid come up with a plan to confront "The Others" and hopefully get Walt back. Meanwhile, Eko and Locke come to blows as Locke makes a potentially cataclysmic decision regarding the "button" and the hatch.

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