Lost Season 5 : |
The fifth season of the American serial drama television series Lost commenced airing on the ABC network in the United States and on A in Canada in January 2009 and concluded with a two-hour season finale on May 13 2009. The season continues the stories of the survivors of the fictional crash of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 after some of them are rescued and those still stranded seemingly disappear to an unknown location and time with the island that they inhabit. According to Lost's co-creator/executive producer/writer/show runner Damon Lindelof the season is about why the people who have left the island need to get back. Lost returned on January 21 2009 on ABC with a three-hour premiere consisting of a clip-show and two back-to-back new episodes. The remainder of the season aired on Wednesdays at 9:00 pm EST. The season began in the UK and Ireland on January 25 2009 on Sky1 and RTÉ Two respectively. The season was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc under the title Lost: The Complete Fifth Season – The Journey Back Expanded Edition on December 8 2009. |
Episode 1 - [Because You Left] |
Details : The remaining island survivors start to feel the effects of the aftermath of moving the island and Jack and Ben begin their quest to reunite the Oceanic 6 in order to return to the island with Locke's body in an attempt to save their former fellow castaways. |
Guest Cast and Crew : William Mapother as Ethan Rom | Alan Dale as Charles Widmore | L. Scott Caldwell | François Chau as Pierre Chang | Sam Anderson | Tom Irwin | Nestor Carbonell | Sean Whalen | Sonya Walger as Penelope Hume | Writer : Damon Lindelof | Director : Stephen Williams | Writer : Carlton Cuse | |
Air Date : Jan. 21, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 2 - [The Lie] |
Details : Hurley and Sayid are on the run from the cops after stumbling into trouble at the safehouse; the island survivors come under attack by unknown forces; and an old friend offers some shocking advice to Kate in order to ensure that the lie remain a secret. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Lillian Hurst | Fionnula Flanagan | L. Scott Caldwell | Cheech Marin | Michelle Rodriguez | Rebecca Mader | Jeff Fahey | Tom Connolly | Sam Anderson | Mary Mara | Sean Whalen | Sonya Walger as Penelope Hume | Todd Bryant | Writer : Adam Horowitz | Writer : Edward Kitsis | Director : Jack Bender | |
Air Date : Jan. 21, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 3 - [Jughead] |
Details : Desmond looks for a woman who might be the key to helping Faraday stop the island's unpredictable movements through time; Locke finds out who has been attacking the survivors. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Alan Dale as Charles Widmore | Rebecca Mader | Tom Connolly | Alexandra Krosney | Nestor Carbonell | Sonya Walger as Penelope Hume | Director : Rod Holcomb | Writer : Elizabeth Sarnoff | Writer : Paul Zbyszewski | |
Air Date : Jan. 28, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 4 - [The Little Prince] |
Details : Kate discovers that someone knows the secret of Aaron's true parental lineage. Meanwhile the dramatic shifts through time are placing the lives of the remaining island survivors in extreme peril. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Stephanie Niznik | Melissa Farman | Tom Irwin | Susan Duerden | Marc Menard as Montand | Writer : Brian K. Vaughan | Writer : Melinda Hsu Taylor | Director : Stephen Williams | |
Air Date : Feb. 04, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 5 - [This Place Is Death] |
Details : Locke shoulders the burden of ending the island's increasingly violent movements through time; Ben is stymied in his efforts to reunite the Oceanic 6 and bring them back to the island. |
Guest Cast and Crew : John Terry | Fionnula Flanagan | Melissa Farman | June Kyoto Lu | Marc Menard as Montand | Writer : Adam Horowitz | Writer : Edward Kitsis | Director : Paul A. Edwards | |
Air Date : Feb. 11, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 6 - [316] |
Details : The members of Oceanic 6 discover how to get back to the island but not all of them want to return. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Raymond J. Barry | Fionnula Flanagan | Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana Verdansky | Jeff Fahey | Saïd Taghmaoui | Rebecca Hazlewood | Mary Mara | Writer : Damon Lindelof | Director : Stephen Williams | Writer : Carlton Cuse | |
Air Date : Feb. 18, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 7 - [The Life And Death Of Jeremy Bentham] |
Details : Locke's mission off the island as Jeremy is revealed. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Malcolm David Kelley | Alan Dale as Charles Widmore | Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana Verdansky | Saïd Taghmaoui | Lance Reddick | Writer : Damon Lindelof | Director : Jack Bender | Writer : Carlton Cuse | |
Air Date : Feb. 25, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 8 - [Lafleur] |
Details : Sawyer perpetuates a lie with some of the other island survivors in order to protect themselves from mistakes of the past. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Reiko Aylesworth | Patrick Fischler | Chris Jaymes | Doug Hutchison | Kevin Rankin | Nestor Carbonell | Writer : Kyle Pennington | Director : Mark Goldman | Writer : Elizabeth Sarnoff | |
Air Date : Mar. 04, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 9 - [Namaste] |
Details : After meeting old acquaintances Sawyer is forced to continue lying to protect them. |
Guest Cast and Crew : John Terry | Dan Gauthier | Reiko Aylesworth | Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana Verdansky | Patrick Fischler | Jeff Fahey | François Chau as Pierre Chang | Saïd Taghmaoui | Eric Lange | Brad William Henke | Sterling Beaumon | Writer : Brian K. Vaughan | Writer : Paul Zbyszewski | Director : Jack Bender | |
Air Date : Mar. 18, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 10 - [He's Our You] |
Details : Everyone on the island is at risk when one of the survivors decides to go against them and taking matters into their own hands. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Reiko Aylesworth | Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana Verdansky | Jon Gries | Patrick Fischler | Doug Hutchison | William Sanderson | Eric Lange | Sterling Beaumon | Director : Greg Yaitanes | Writer : Adam Horowitz | Writer : Edward Kitsis | |
Air Date : Mar. 25, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 11 - [Whatever Happened Happened] |
Details : Kate goes to extreme measures to save Ben's life when Jack refuses to help. Meanwhile Kate begins to tell the truth about the lie in order to protect Aaron. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Kim Dickens | Jon Gries | Patrick Fischler | Doug Hutchison | Sebastian Siegel | Nestor Carbonell | Sterling Beaumon | Susan Duerden | Director : Bobby Roth | Writer : Damon Lindelof | Writer : Carlton Cuse | |
Air Date : Apr. 01, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 12 - [Dead Is Dead] |
Details : To atone for sins of the past Ben must attempt to summon the smoke monster in order to be judged. |
Guest Cast and Crew : David S. Lee | Alan Dale as Charles Widmore | Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana Verdansky | Melissa Farman | Jeff Fahey | Tania Raymonde | Saïd Taghmaoui | Nestor Carbonell | Brad William Henke | Sterling Beaumon | Sonya Walger as Penelope Hume | Devon Gearhart as Young Ethan | Writer : Brian K. Vaughan | Writer : Elizabeth Sarnoff | Director : Stephen Williams | |
Air Date : Apr. 08, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 13 - [Some Like It Hoth] |
Details : Suspicions about a possible breach intensify after Ben is taken from the infirmary and a reluctant Miles is forced to work with Hurley when he's asked to deliver an important package to a top Dharma official. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Marsha Thomason | Jon Gries | Patrick Fischler | Doug Hutchison | François Chau as Pierre Chang | Dean Norris | Eric Lange | Brad William Henke | Writer : Greggory Nations | Writer : Melinda Hsu Taylor | Director : Jack Bender | |
Air Date : Apr. 15, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 14 - [The Variable] |
Details : On the 100th episode milestone for the series the time of reckoning has begun when Daniel Faraday comes clean regarding what he knows about the island. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Alan Dale as Charles Widmore | Fionnula Flanagan | Patrick Fischler | François Chau as Pierre Chang | Nestor Carbonell | Alice Evans | Eric Lange | Sonya Walger as Penelope Hume | Writer : Adam Horowitz | Writer : Edward Kitsis | Director : Paul A. Edwards | |
Air Date : Apr. 29, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 15 - [Follow The Leader] |
Details : Jack and Kate find themselves at odds over the direction to take to save their fellow island survivors Locke further solidifies his stance as leader of The Others and Sawyer and Juliet come under scrutiny from the Dharma Initiative. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Patrick Fischler | Doug Hutchison | François Chau as Pierre Chang | Sebastian Siegel | Kevin Chapman | Nestor Carbonell | Alice Evans | Eric Lange | Writer : Elizabeth Sarnoff | Writer : Paul Zbyszewski | Director : Stephen Williams | |
Air Date : May. 06, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 16 - [The Incident Part 1] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : John Terry | L. Scott Caldwell | Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana Verdansky | Jon Gries | Patrick Fischler | Jeff Fahey | François Chau as Pierre Chang | Andrea Gabriel | Sam Anderson | Nestor Carbonell | Alice Evans | Eric Lange | Colby French | Brad William Henke | Mark Pellegrino as Jacob | Titus Welliver | Writer : Damon Lindelof | Director : Jack Bender | Writer : Carlton Cuse | |
Air Date : May. 13, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 17 - [The Incident Part 2] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : John Terry | L. Scott Caldwell | Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana Verdansky | Jon Gries | Patrick Fischler | Jeff Fahey | François Chau as Pierre Chang | Andrea Gabriel | Sam Anderson | Nestor Carbonell | Alice Evans | Eric Lange | Colby French | Brad William Henke | Mark Pellegrino as Jacob | Titus Welliver | Writer : Damon Lindelof | Director : Jack Bender | Writer : Carlton Cuse | |
Air Date : May. 13, 2009 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |