The BEST episodes of Lost

Every episode of Lost ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Lost!

After their plane, Oceanic Air flight 815, tore apart whilst thousands of miles off course, the survivors find themselves on a mysterious deserted island where they soon find out they are not alone.

Last Updated: 2/11/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Through The Looking Glass (2)
star
8.18
3159 votes

#1 - Through The Looking Glass (2)

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/23/2007

Directors: Jack Bender
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Exodus (2)
star
8.18
1344 votes

#2 - Exodus (2)

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/25/2005

Directors: Jack Bender
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The Incident (2)
star
8.16
3716 votes

#3 - The Incident (2)

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/13/2009

Directors: Jack Bender
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The Constant
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8.10
3663 votes

#4 - The Constant

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/28/2008

Sayid and Desmond hit a bit of turbulence on the way to the freighter, which causes Desmond to experience some unexpected side effects.

Directors: Jack Bender
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Ab Aeterno
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8.10
7932 votes

#5 - Ab Aeterno

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/23/2010

Richard Alpert faces a difficult choice.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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There's No Place Like Home (2)
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8.09
4197 votes

#6 - There's No Place Like Home (2)

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/29/2008

The face-off between the survivors and the freighter people continues, and the Oceanic Six find themselves closer to rescue.

Directors: Jack Bender
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There's No Place Like Home (1)
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8.08
3414 votes

#7 - There's No Place Like Home (1)

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/15/2008

Sayid goes back to the island to bring the rest of the people to the freighter. Ben, Locke, and Hurley go to another Dharma station in order to "move the island".

Directors: Stephen Williams
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Pilot (2)
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8.04
4927 votes

#8 - Pilot (2)

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2004

Having escaped the "creature" and retrieved the plane transceiver, a group of the survivors travel to higher ground so they can transmit a signal. En route, they receive a mysterious transmission and encounter another of the island's inhabitants. Meanwhile, back at camp, Jack tends to a wounded man who reveals a secret about Kate.

Directors: J.J. Abrams
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Pilot (1)
star
8.02
6150 votes

#9 - Pilot (1)

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2004

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 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 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.

Directors: J.J. Abrams
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There's No Place Like Home (3)
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8.01
2016 votes

#10 - There's No Place Like Home (3)

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/29/2008

As the face-off between the survivors and the freighter people continues, the Oceanic Six find themselves closer to rescue.

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The Incident (1)
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8.01
4352 votes

#11 - The Incident (1)

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/13/2009

Jack's decision to put a plan in action in order to set things right on the island is met with some strong resistance by those close to him, and Locke assigns Ben a difficult task.

Directors: Jack Bender
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Live Together, Die Alone (2)
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7.99
2859 votes

#12 - Live Together, Die Alone (2)

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/24/2006

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.

Directors: Jack Bender
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Lockdown
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7.99
3440 votes

#13 - Lockdown

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/29/2006

When the hatch suddenly takes on a life of its own, Locke is forced to enlist the help of an unlikely ally to control the matter. Meanwhile, Ana Lucia, Sayid and Charlie go off into the jungle to find out the truth about Henry Gale and see if there really is balloon craft out there in the jungle that carried him and his wife to the island.

Directors: Stephen Williams
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LA X (1)
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7.98
5817 votes

#14 - LA X (1)

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/2/2010

A parallel universe, in which the crash never happened, is revealed as an aftermath of the bomb's detonation. Meanwhile, Sawyer blames Jack for the loss of Juliet and the true identity of the monster is revealed.

Directors: Jack Bender
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Man of Science, Man of Faith
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7.97
3982 votes

#15 - Man of Science, Man of Faith

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2005

Jack, Locke and Kate explore the mysterious hatch but Jack decides to wait before going down into the hatch. Kate and Locke aren't so patient. When Shannon chases after Vincent the dog, she encounters a familiar face in the jungle.

Directors: Jack Bender
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LaFleur
star
7.94
4371 votes

#16 - LaFleur

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/4/2009

Sawyer perpetuates a lie with some of the other island survivors in order to protect themselves from mistakes of the past.

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The Man Behind the Curtain
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7.92
3390 votes

#17 - The Man Behind the Curtain

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/9/2007

Ben unwillingly divulges information to Locke about the island, taking him on a journey to various locations including strange monuments and the mysterious Jacob. Flashbacks will show us the origins of DHARMA and the history of the island, including 'the purge.'

Directors: Bobby Roth
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The Candidate
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7.92
8014 votes

#18 - The Candidate

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/4/2010

After the remaining survivors are reunited, Sawyer and Jack hatch a plan to divert the Man in Black's attention and leave the island without him on Widmore's submarine, but disastrous consequences await them. In the flash sideways, Jack investigates the cause of Locke's paralysis and offers treatment.

Directors: Jack Bender
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Dead Is Dead
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7.91
4133 votes

#19 - Dead Is Dead

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/8/2009

To atone for sins of the past, Ben must attempt to summon the smoke monster in order to be judged.

Directors: Stephen Williams
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Happily Ever After
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7.90
7964 votes

#20 - Happily Ever After

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/6/2010

Desmond wakes up to discover he's back on the island.

Directors: Jack Bender
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Two for the Road
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7.90
3609 votes

#21 - Two for the Road

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2006

After finding an exhausted Michael in the forest, Jack and Kate bring him back to the main camp. When he finally wakes up, Michael has some new details about "The Others." Also, a lovestruck Hurley plans a date for Libby.

Directors: Paul A. Edwards
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Live Together, Die Alone (1)
star
7.89
3341 votes

#22 - Live Together, Die Alone (1)

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/24/2006

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. Lastly, Desmond returns and he sheds some more light on his experience on the island in the three years prior to when Locke came down into that hatch.

Directors: Jack Bender
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All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
star
7.88
3868 votes

#23 - All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/2004

Survivors wonder why Charlie and Claire have been abducted - and by whom - and a search party ventures into the treacherous jungle to look for the pair. Suspicions focus on Ethan Rom, who, it was recently discovered, was not a passenger on the doomed flight. Jack battles inner demons relating to his father, while Boone and Locke discover another island mystery.

Directors: Stephen Williams
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Deus Ex Machina
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7.88
3589 votes

#24 - Deus Ex Machina

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/30/2005

Locke thinks he's being sent a sign on how to get the hatch open, and he and Boone venture inland. Jack is reluctant to offer assistance when Sawyer begins to experience excruciating headaches and needs glasses.

Directors: Robert Mandel
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The End (1)
star
7.87
8599 votes

#25 - The End (1)

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/23/2010

Jack, the new protector of the island, meets with Locke and they go past the bamboo field with Desmond to visit the heart of the island. The Man in Black's final fate is determined, and one survivor must make the ultimate sacrifice to save the island. Meanwhile, in another life, the ones who might have been the survivors gather for a final time.

Directors: Jack Bender
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