Lost season 1

Crew

The first season of Lost was a collaboration between Touchstone Television, Bad Robot, and Grass Skirt Productions, airing on ABC. J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender, and Carlton Cuse served as executive producers, with Jesse Alexander and Jeff Pinkner as executive consultants. The writing staff included Abrams, Lindelof, Cuse, Alexander, Pinkner, David Fury, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Leonard Dick, Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Jennifer M. Johnson, and Paul Dini, with some freelance writers contributing. Regular directors were Abrams, Bender, Stephen Williams, Tucker Gates, Greg Yaitanes, and Kevin Hooks. Michael Giacchino provided the incidental music.

Cast

The first season featured fourteen main cast members. Naveen Andrews played Sayid Jarrah, who once served in the Iraqi Republican Guard. Emilie de Ravin appeared as Claire Littleton, a pregnant Australian, but only received credit for episodes she was in. Matthew Fox took the role of Jack Shephard, a surgeon with personal struggles who became the group's leader.

Jorge Garcia portrayed Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, a man who won the lottery but had terrible luck. Maggie Grace played Shannon Rutherford, a former dance instructor. Josh Holloway was James "Sawyer" Ford, a con artist. Malcolm David Kelley acted as Walt Lloyd, the young son of Michael.

Daniel Dae Kim played Jin-Soo Kwon, and Yunjin Kim played his wife, Sun-Hwa Kwon. Evangeline Lilly portrayed Kate Austen, a fugitive. Dominic Monaghan played Charlie Pace, a former rock star addicted to drugs. Terry O'Quinn took the part of the enigmatic John Locke.

Harold Perrineau played Michael Dawson, a construction worker and Walt's estranged father. Ian Somerhalder played Boone Carlyle. Recurring performers included L. Scott Caldwell, Mira Furlan, Kimberley Joseph, Fredric Lane, William Mapother, Daniel Roebuck, John Terry, the dog Vincent, and Michelle Rodriguez as Ana Lucia Cortez, who joined the main cast in season two.

Reception

On Metacritic, the first season scored 87 out of 100 based on 26 reviews, indicating universal acclaim. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 94% approval rating with an average score of 8.9/10 from 46 reviews, with the critical consensus calling it unpredictable and addictive. The pilot episode drew 18.6 million viewers, winning the 9:00 pm timeslot and giving ABC its strongest ratings since 2000. Reuters called it a hit drama, noting the benefit of an all-out marketing blitz.

After four episodes, ABC ordered a full season. The first season averaged about 17.6 million American viewers. It received twelve Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning six: Outstanding Casting, Outstanding Directing for J. J. Abrams for the pilot, Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Music Composition for Michael Giacchino, Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing, and Outstanding Special Visual Effects. Terry O'Quinn and Naveen Andrews were nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor.

J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber were nominated for Outstanding Writing for the pilot, and David Fury for 'Walkabout'. The series also received nominations for sound mixing and sound editing, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Television Series – Drama.

Home media release

Lost: The Complete First Season was released as a widescreen seven-disc Region 1 DVD box set on September 6, 2005, by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, two weeks before the second season premiere. Extras included episode commentaries, behind-the-scenes footage, making-of features, deleted scenes, deleted flashback scenarios and a blooper reel. A Blu-ray release followed on June 16, 2009. Region 4 release was November 30, 2005; in the United Kingdom, the season was split into two parts, with part 1 on October 31, 2005, and part 2 and the complete set on January 16, 2006.