Season 6

Season 6
Episodes	18
Airdate	2 February 2010 - 23 May 2010
Premiere	"LA X, Parts 1 & 2"
Finale	"The End"
Slogan	"The Final Season"/"Destiny Found"
Cast	Naveen Andrews as Sayid Jarrah Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond Hume Emilie de Ravin as Claire Littleton Michael Emerson as Benjamin Linus Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard Jorge Garcia as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes Josh Holloway as James "Sawyer" Ford Daniel Dae Kim as Jin-Soo Kwon Yunjin Kim as Sun-Hwa Kwon Ken Leung as Miles Straume Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen Terry O'Quinn as John Locke Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana Verdansky

Lost Season 6 is the final season of Lost.

It premiered on February 2, 2010. It was originally intended to include 16 episodes. Due to the 2007 WGA strike and producer requests, it will now comprise 18 and 1/2 produced hours in 16 broadcasts with the first episode being 2 hours long while the last episode will be 2 and 1/2 hours long.

Season summary

In the U.S., original episodes of season six started airing on February 2, 2010, with May 23, 2010 planned to be the airing date of the series finale. For airdates on other networks and in other countries, see Airdates.

Principal cast

In order of character appearances

• Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard (13/16)
• Jorge Garcia as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (13/16)
• Terry O'Quinn as John Locke (13/16)
• Naveen Andrews as Sayid Jarrah (12/16)
• Ken Leung as Miles Straume (12/16)
• Emilie de Ravin as Claire Littleton (11/16)
• Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen (11/16)
• Michael Emerson as Benjamin Linus (10/16)
• Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus (10/16)
• Josh Holloway as James "Sawyer" Ford (10/16)
• Daniel Dae Kim as Jin-Soo Kwon (10/16)
• Yunjin Kim as Sun-Hwa Kwon (10/16)
• Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana Verdansky (9/16)
• Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert (8/16)
• Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond Hume (6/16)

Recurring cast

• Alan Dale as Charles Widmore (6/16)
• Kimberley Joseph as Cindy Chandler (5/16)
• Sheila Kelley as Zoe (5/16)
• Mark Pellegrino as Jacob (5/16)
• Kenton Duty as Young Jacob (4/16)
• Mickey Graue as Zach (4/16)
• Kiersten Havelock as Emma (4/16)
• Fred Koehler as Seamus (4/16)
• Daniel Roebuck as Leslie Arzt (4/16)
• Hiroyuki Sanada as Dogen (4/16)
• John Hawkes as Lennon (3/16)
• Dylan Minnette as David Shephard (3/16)
• Dayo Ade as Justin (2/16)
• Sam Anderson as Bernard Nadler (2/16)
• Anthony Azizi as Omar (2/16)
• L. Scott Caldwell as Rose Nadler (2/16)
• Kevin Durand as Martin Keamy (2/16)
• Andrea Gabriel as Nadia (2/16)
• Fredric Lehne as Edward Mars (2/16)
• Dominic Monaghan as Charlie Pace (2/16)
• Tania Raymonde as Alex Rousseau (2/16)
• Katey Sagal as Helen Norwood (2/16)
• Titus Welliver as the Man in Black (2/16)
• Sean Whalen as Neil "Frogurt" (2/16)
• Francois Chau as Pierre Chang (1/16)
• Jeremy Davies as Daniel Widmore (1/16)
• Bruce Davison as Dr. Brooks (1/16)
• Andrew Divoff as Mikhail Bakunin (1/16)
• Fionnula Flanagan as Eloise Widmore (1/16)
• Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau (1/16)
• Billy Ray Gallion as Randy Nations (1/16)
• Jon Gries as Roger Linus (1/16)
• Greg Grunberg as Seth Norris (1/16) (voice only)
• Veronica Hamel as Margo Shephard (1/16)
• Brad William Henke as Bram (1/16)
• Neil Hopkins as Liam Pace (1/16)
• Lillian Hurst as Carmen Reyes (1/16)
• Suzanne Krull as Lynn Karnoff (1/16)
• Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis (1/16)
• William Mapother as Ethan Goodspeed (1/16)
• Rob McElhenney as Aldo (1/16)
• Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke (1/16)
• Harold Perrineau as Michael Dawson (1/16)
• Michelle Rodriguez as Ana Lucia Cortez (1/16)
• Ian Somerhalder as Boone Carlyle (1/16)
• Fisher Stevens as George Minkowski (1/16)
• Kevin Tighe as Anthony Cooper (1/16)
• Sonya Walger as Penelope Milton (1/16)
• Cynthia Watros as Elizabeth "Libby" Smith (1/16)

Main plot points

Season six centered on the consequences of the detonation of the hydrogen bomb, in an attempt to change the past.

• An alternate timeline is shown, in which Oceanic Flight 815 lands in Los Angeles, and the subsequent lives of its passengers are explored.
• The Man in Black continues to execute his plan after Jacob's murder.
• The Temple and its residents, under the leadership of Dogen and Lennon, are introduced.
• Jacob's candidates discover that they have been guided by Jacob throughout their lives.
• The formation of three sides: The Man in Black's recruits, who wish to leave the Island; Jacob's followers, who oppose the Man in Black, and worry about his destructive nature; and Charles Widmore, who returns to the Island with a new group.
• Desmond Hume's return to the island.

Desmond's status

Entering Season 6, Henry Ian Cusick was not listed as a principal cast member on any of the show's press releases through ABC Medianet. He was also not present in any of the new character specific promotional photos for the new season. This led many to believe that with Desmond's decreased role in the show he had been downgraded to a guest star but when "LA X, Parts 1 & 2" aired he was credited as a principal cast member. When "What Kate Does" aired he was also credited despite not appearing in the episode, meaning that this is non episode specific and similar to Kiele Sanchez and Rodrigo Santoro in season 3, Jeremy Davies, Ken Leung and Rebecca Mader in season 4, or Rebecca Mader in season 5. Promotional photos featuring Desmond were released following the airing of "The Package", though he was still absent from the cast photos. When asked during an interview why he wasn't in the final cast photo, Cusick asserted that "It means that I am not a season regular this season, I’m only guesting. All those pictures, they are with regular characters, and this season I’m not one."

Firsts

• Rose, Nadia, Carmen Reyes and Danielle Rousseau become the only recurring characters to appear in every season. If one includes his radio transmission heard in "Deus Ex Machina", Bernard has also appeared in every season. Including photographs of characters also adds Christian Shephard to this list.
• Jack and Kate are the only two main characters who appear in every season premiere of the series.
• "Across the Sea" becomes the first episode to feature no main characters in new scenes.
• Jack currently has six episodes centered on himself (the first time this has ever happened), beating the previous record of five centrics in a season (shared by him and Kate in Season 1 and Locke in Season 6)

Similarities between Season 1 and Season 6

• Both the first season and the last season open with a 2-part episode, which are multi-centric.
• Jack, Cindy and Rose are the first characters featured in the first ever flashback on the series, and the first seen in the flash-sideways in season 6.
• The first episodes of Season 1 ("Pilot, Part 1") and Season 6 ("LA X, Part 1") open with Jack's point of view and are multi-centric.
• The second episodes of Season 1 ("Pilot, Part 2") and Season 6 ("LA X, Part 2") are multi-centric.
• The third episodes of Season 1 ("Tabula Rasa") and Season 6 ("What Kate Does") are Kate-centric.
• The fourth episodes of Season 1 ("Walkabout") and Season 6 ("The Substitute") are Locke-centric.
• The fifth episodes of Season 1 ("White Rabbit") and Season 6 ("Lighthouse") are Jack-centric.
• The sixth episodes of Season 1 ("House of the Rising Sun") and Season 6 ("Sundown") contain the word "Sun" in the title, however this is the first time this season that the centricity is not the same. "House of the Rising Sun" was Sun-centric.
• The eighth episodes of Season 1 ("Confidence Man") and Season 6 ("Recon") are Sawyer-centric, and both contain the word "con".
• In both the first and last seasons, Hurley is the last main character to have a centric episode.

Similarities with titles of previous episodes

• Episode 3's title "What Kate Does" is a direct reference to the Season 2 episode "What Kate Did".
• Episode 6's title "Sundown" may be a reference to Season 1 episode 6's title "House of the Rising Sun" and/or to the Season 2 episode "Lockdown".
• Episode 8's title "Recon" is an allusion to other Sawyer-centric episodes, the episode 8 of Season 1 "Confidence Man" and the Season 2 episode "The Long Con".
• Episode 12's title "Everybody Loves Hugo" is a direct reference to the Season 2 episode "Everybody Hates Hugo".

Summary

Original timeline (2007)

The survivors who had been stranded in 1977 awaken in the jungle just after the detonation of Jughead, and find that a resulting time flash has sent them to the present day. They find the Swan station's crater just as Desmond had left it, and hear Juliet under the wreckage. After using a Dharma van to move the debris, they extricate her, but she is beyond medical help and soon dies. Meanwhile, Jacob's ghost has appeared to Hurley, and tells him to take the wounded Sayid and the others to the Temple (the location of which is revealed by Jin), where he can be healed. As they make their way there, Sawyer and Miles stay behind to bury Juliet. Miles tells Sawyer of Juliet's intended last words: "It worked."

As Hurley, Jack, Kate, Jin and Sayid reach the Temple, they are taken captive by the Others, who later capture and bring Sawyer and Miles there as well. After an intense showdown, Dogen, the Temple's leader, finds one of Jacob's lists hidden in an ankh in Hurley's guitar case, with each of their names on it. They take Sayid to be healed in a pool, which has at some recent point been muddied. The Others submerge Sayid in the muddied water, until he struggles, but continue to hold him there until the end of a time limit specified by a small hourglass. Sayid eventually dies, but soon wakes up, gasping, "What happened?"

At the Statue, Ben comes out of the Statue alone, to summon Richard in there. Richard then proceeds to show Ben the dead body of Locke, to Ben's enormous shock. Bram then grabs Ben and enters the Statue with his team, not including Ilana. The Man in Black then kills Bram and his team. The Man in Black then comes out of the Statue with Ben. The Man in Black knocks Richard unconscious, and drags him off into the jungle, shocking Ben, Sun, Frank, Ilana, and the rest of the Others as they all watch on helplessly. Meanwhile, the Others take Sayid aside and torture him for a short time. They determine that he has been "infected", or "claimed", somehow, and try to get Jack to give him a pill ground from some herbs. Jack is suspicious, however, and unsuccessfully attempts to swallow the pill himself. It is then revealed that the pill is poison, and that Claire has been similarly "infected" by something which turns a person black inside, until little else is left of the person they had once been.

Meanwhile, Hurley tells Dogen that Jacob is dead, upon hearing which news the Others scramble into action and prepare to defend their home. The Others seem to want to protect the survivors now, though Sawyer wishes to leave. After he leaves, securing his exit at gunpoint, Kate and Jin, with the help of two Others, go after him. However, Kate and Jin escape when Kate knocks out the two Others guarding them. Jin goes off on his own to look for Sun, while Kate tracks Sawyer down. Later, the two Others catch up to Jin. After arguing and Jin falling into a mysterious trap in the Jungle, the small group is confronted by the sudden appearance of a wild-looking and gun-toting Claire.

Claire later takes Jin to her hut where she has been living for three years, made of twigs. Later, the Man in Black comes to Claire’s Hut, where Claire reveals to Jin that the Man in Black is her “friend”. Later, Kate manages to track Sawyer to the Dharma/Others quarters. Sawyer is distraught over the loss of Juliet and it appears he is finally over his love of Kate. They part ways at the submarine dock.

Meanwhile, at the Statue, all the Others leave following Richard's kidnap. Ilana collects Jacob's ashes, then she, Sun, Ben and Frank decide to bury Locke. They bury him at the Survivors Graveyard. At his funeral, Ben declares that he is "sorry that he murdered him." The Man in Black later lets Richard go, when Richard says he does not want to join his "side". Distraught in his old quarters, Sawyer is recruited by the Man in Black in the appearance of John Locke. Sawyer sees through the disguise but agrees to go with him as the Man in Black promises to get him off the Island. The Man in Black leads James to a cave where he finds hundreds of names on the cave wall, most of which have been crossed out, except for 5; Shephard (Jack), Reyes (Hurley), Jarrah (Sayid), Ford (himself) and Kwon (either Jin or Sun).

The Ghost of Jacob appears to Hurley and convinces him to take Jack to a never before seen Lighthouse. There, Jack discovers hundreds of names on its wheel most of them crossed out. Jack sees his childhood home in the mirror in the lighthouse; which makes Jack so upset he smashes up all the mirrors. Later, Jacob tells Hurley that someone bad is coming to the Temple.

At the Temple, Dogen attempts to kill Sayid, but stops at the last second. He then tells Sayid to leave the Temple and never come back. Meanwhile, the Man in Black tells Claire to tell the Others at the Temple that they have two choices; either leave the Temple and join the Man in Black, or die. However, Claire is taken and put into a dungeon. Dogen tells Sayid to kill the Man in Black with a dagger. However, Sayid fails to do this, and joins forces with the Man in Black. He tells all the people at the Temple that the Man in Black is leaving the Island and those who want to leave should join him before sundown, or be killed. When Kate returns to the Temple, she demands to see Claire. Kate reveals to Claire that is she who took Aaron off the Island. Sayid confronts Dogen, and kills him. The Smoke Monster then comes in and kills all the Others who did not join him. Sayid, Claire and Kate then join him, and Miles is rescued by Ilana, Frank, Sun and Ben. Unaware of the massacre at the Temple, Jack and Hurley continue their journey back there from the lighthouse. They then bump into Richard, who tells them of the Massacre. Richard then leads them to the Black Rock, where he tries to kill himself, but cant because of Jacob's "touch".

After leaving the Temple, Ilana, Miles, Sun and Frank and Ben head towards to the Beach Camp. Ilana gets suspicious of Ben, and asks Miles to read Jacob's ashes to see who really killed him. Miles reveals Ben killed him. Ilana forces Ben to dig his own grave, as punishment for killing Jacob. However, Ilana later lets Ben go after he apologizes for killing Jacob. Later, Jack, Hurley and Richard arrive, and are greeted by Ilana’s group. The Man in Black’s group arrive at Claire’s Hut. The Man in Black tells Sawyer to visit the Hydra Island, to find out information on the Ajira survivors. Once he gets there, he discovers them all to be dead. He finds a woman, Zoe, who claims to be the last survivor of the Ajira flight. This is later discovered to be a lie, and she is really working for Charles Widmore, who has a submarine on the Island. She takes Sawyer to him, and Sawyer tells Widmore he will bring the Man in Black to him, so Widmore can kill him. However, he later tells all this to the Man in Black. At night, he tells Kate that they are going to steal the submarine and leave.

Meanwhile, Claire acts strangely around Kate. Later, Claire attempts to kill Kate. Sayid watches on unconcerned, until the Man in Black pulls Claire off. The Man in Black later explains that Claire had been so angry for so long, and had to take all her anger out on someone. Later, Claire apologized for her actions, and they hug, with Claire sobbing on Kate’s shoulder.

Meanwhile, at the Beach Camp, the survivors discuss who and what candidates are. Ilana states that Richard knows what to do next, although Richard gets angry and runs off. Hurley tracks him, and thanks to his ability to talk to the dead”, he speaks with his deceased wife, Isabella. Isabella tells Richard and Hurley to stop the Man in Black leaving the Island, or “we all go to hell”.

At the Man in Black’s camp, they are all ambushed by Widmore’s Team. They find Jin and take him to Room 23. There, Charles Widmore shows Jin baby photos of Ji Yeon. Widmore says that if they don’t stop the Man in Black from leaving the Island, everyone will die. Jin then agrees to help Widmore. The Man in Black sends Sayid to see what the package is, and it is revealed to be Desmond.

At the Beach Camp, Richard and Hurley return. Sun is in her garden, and the Man in Black confronts her, asking her to join his team. However, Sun declines and runs away, bashing her head in the process. She later is unable to speak English, but understands it. Later, Jack promises Sun that they will find Jin, and get off the Island.

Desmond wakes up, extremely angry at Widmore for bringing him back to the Island. Widmore and his team appear to be experimenting with electromagnetism. One of Widmore's team is fired as the machine is turned on when he is in the room. Desmond is then taken to the room to be tested to makes sure he can survive an electromagnetic event as the one he survived after the Swan station exploded. He tried to fight but he is put into the machine and it is turned on. He has flashes into the sideways timeline. After he wakes up, he is completely different. He is ready to help Widmore and do his "mission." Sayid then ambushes Desmond, Zoe and two other people in the jungle. He kills the two men, lets Zoe run and asks Desmond to come with him as "these are extremely dangerous people." Desmond confidently agrees and goes with Sayid.

At the Beach Camp, the survivors debate on whether or not to stop the Man in Black from leaving the island by destroying the Ajira plane with dynamite. Ilana gets dynamite from the Black Rock, but is killed when she handles it carelessly. The remaining survivors trek to the Black Rock to get more dynamite, but Hurley destroys the rest of the dynamite, along with the ship, after being warned by the ghost of Michael that the plan to blow up the plane will get a lot of people killed. The group then divides, with Richard, Ben, and Miles electing to continue the plan to destroy the plane by using grenades from the barracks, while, under the leadership of Hurley, Jack, Sun, and Frank decide to go to the Man in Black to talk things out.

Meanwhile, Sayid returns to the Man in Black's camp and shows him that Desmond was the secret package Widmore had brought to the Island. The Man in Black takes Desmond to a strange old well. En route they encouter a strange boy, but the Man in Black inisits that they ignore him. At the well, The Man in Black explains that Widmore only wants to exploit the island for his own good, and then pushes Desmond down into the well. When he returns to camp, the Man in Black is met with the arrival of Jack, Hurley, Sun, and Frank.

The Man in Black tries to convince Jack to join him, and Jack and Claire come face to face for the first time after learning they are siblings. Sawyer and Kate inform Hurley and Sun of their plan to escape the Island on Widmore's submarine. Zoe arrives at the camp and demands that the Man in Black return Desmond. She then calls in an artillery strike to demonstrate their capabilities. The Man in Black decides to begin the journey to Hydra Island. Sawyer is ordered to get the sailboat Elizabeth and pick up the Man in Black and his followers to make the trip, and decides to bring Kate with him. Sawyer tells Jack to sneak away with Sun, Hurley, and Frank and meet him at the boat. They do so, but are followed by Claire. After a brief stand-off, Claire joins them on the Elizabeth as they betray the Man in Black and head to Hydra Island without him. On board, Sawyer confronts Jack, questioning his motives, and Jack decides to abandon the group and jump overboard. Without Jack, the group reaches Hydra Island and is confronted by Zoe and some armed men. Jin and Sun are reunited after three years apart, and Sun's English speaking ability is restored. Zoe and the gunman order the survivors to their knees, going back on the deal Sawyer made with Widmore. Widmore's group then begins firing artillery at the main island.

Meanwhile, the Man in Black orders Sayid to kill Desmond, who is being held in the well. Sayid goes to the well and he and Desmond have a sobering conversation. The Man in Black returns to pick up Sayid, and Sayid tells him that he has killed Desmond.

At the Rendezvous point, The Man in Black welcomes Jack as he completes his swim back to the main island. The Man in Black realizes that Sawyer has betrayed him. Widmore's artillery attack begins and the Man in Black drags Jack to safety.

Sawyer, Kate, Hurley, Claire, Jin, Sun, and Frank are taken to the cages on Hydra Island. Sawyer protests, but gives in when Widmore threatens to kill Kate. Jack wakes up on Hydra Island with Sayid and the Man in Black. The Man in Black turns into the smoke monster and attacks the guards at the cages, killing several, including Seamus. Jack frees the captive survivors, and they meet up with Sayid. Together they head to the Ajira Plane. At the plane, The MiB kills two guards and discovers that the plane has been rigged with C4. He tells everyone that Widmore put the C4 there, intending to kill them all. He advises they leave on the Sub instead. The survivors lay siege to the sub and board it. Just as Jack pushes The MiB into the water to stop him from boarding, they are interrupted by Widmore's men who open fire. Kate is shot, Jack rushes to help her, and they board the sub. Claire and The MiB kill all of the gunmen, but are left behind as the sub leaves the dock and dives.

Aboard the Sub, Jack discovers the C4 in his pack, set to detonate. Jack tries to convince Sawyer not to disarm it, believing that The MiB cannot kill them. Sawyer disarms it anyway, and the timer speeds up. With only seconds till it detonates, Sayid picks up the C4, tells Jack that Desmond is alive and where to find him, then heroically charges to the other end of the sub. The C4 detonates, killing Sayid, but sparing the rest of them. Water breaches the Sub, and Frank is hit with a metal door as it gives away under the pressure of the water. As the sub floods, Sun is trapped behind debris. Hurley and Kate escape the sub, while Jack, Sawyer, and Jin try to free Sun. Sawyer is knocked out by a piece of flying debris. Jin convinces Jack to save Sawyer and leave. Jin continues trying to free Sun, but it is hopeless. She tells him save himself, but Jin remains by her side as the sub goes down, and they die together.

Back on the Beach, Jack, Kate, and Hurley are moved to tears as the loss of their friends sinks in. Meanwhile the Man in Black tells Claire that the Sub has sunk, but that not everyone died. He sets off to finish what he started.

Jack stitches up Kate's gunshot wound on the beach, as Hurley and Sawyer watch the remains of the submarine blast wash ashore. Kate and Jack agree they must kill the Man in Black, but first the four set off to find Desmond in the well, per Sayid's instructions. On the way there, Hurley encounters the mysterious boy (young Jacob), who demands the bag of his ashes Hurley stole from Ilana's belongings after her death. Hurley gives him the ashes, then chases after him, only to find adult Jacob sitting by a burning fire. Jacob instructs Hurley to bring Jack, Kate, and Sawyer to him, which he does. When they arrive, everyone can see Jacob, surprising Hurley, and Jacob explains that they only have until the fire burns out before they never see him again. Jacob explains why they were brought to the island and that is responsible for what happened to the Man in Black. He tells them that one of them must choose to become his replacement to guard the island, and that this must happen before the fire burns out. Jack immediately volunteers, because he believes it is what he is supposed to do. Jacob takes Jack into the woods, where he whispers some Latin words over a cup of water from the stream, which Jack drinks. Hurley, Kate, and Sawyer watch from farther off, as Jacob tells Jack that they are now the same. Jacob tells the others that they will have to figure out how to kill the Man in Black, before he kills them.

Ben, Richard, and Miles trek through the jungle to retrieve the C4 Ben has hidden at the barracks. When they arrive at the abandoned settlement, Miles's sixth sense goes haywire as the pass the swing set. Richard informs Ben that this is where he buried Alex's body, after Ben turned the wheel and left the island. Ben thanks him, and they continue to Ben's house to retrieve the C4, which he has hidden in a safe in the secret room behind the bookcase. While in the secret room, they hear something in the kitchen, and discover that Charles Widmore and Zoe have arrived as well. Widmore explains that he was invited back to the island by Jacob, and that he already has wired the Ajira plane with explosives. He sends Zoe down to the dock to sink the outrigger, where she discovers Locke returning from Hydra Island and warns the others by walkie-talkie. Ben offers Widmore and Zoe his secret room to hide in and asks for their walkie-talkies, one of which he keeps for himself and one of which he gives to Miles, who runs into the jungle alone, determined to survive. Ben and Richard go outside to wait for the Man in Black. He arrives, in smoke form, grabbing Richard by the throat and slamming him into a tree before punting him into the jungle. Then he appears as Locke, and sits with Ben on the front porch. The Man in Black tells Ben that he needs him to kill some people for him. Ben agrees, and gives up the location of Widmore and Zoe. The Man in Black and Ben confront Widmore in the secret room, and the Man in Black slits Zoe's throat. With the promise that when he gets off the island, he will not kill Penny, Widmore reveals to the Man in Black that Desmond is Jacob's failsafe to keep the Man in Black on the island, but refuses to share the rest of his information with Ben, and instead whispers it to the Man in Black. After a moment, Ben shoots Widmore three times, killing him. The Man in Black says that he already found out what he needs to know, and Ben asks who else he can kill. The two trek off to the well, where they find that Desmond has already been rescued by someone else.

Flash-sideways timeline (2004)

After some minor disturbance, Oceanic Flight 815 fails to break apart and crash, continuing its prescribed course to Los Angeles International Airport. Several things, however, are different from the way they should be. The Island is revealed to have been submerged at some point; Desmond is on the plane; Shannon is not; and Sun and Jin appear to be unmarried. Charlie is found unconscious in the plane's bathroom, where he is saved by Jack, who discovers a bag of heroin lodged in Charlie's throat. Charlie, however, is ungrateful.

After landing at LAX, Jack finds that his father's coffin had never made it onto the flight in the first place. While waiting for more information, he meets Locke, who has similarly lost his case of knives. The two have a short conversation, in which Jack assures Locke that "nothing," meaning his paralysis, "is irreversible". Locke similarly encourages Jack, saying that it is not his father who has been lost, but merely his body. Jack gives Locke a business card, offering a free consultation for his paralysis.

Having secured a pen from Jack, Kate creates a ruse in the women's restroom, as she tries to disassemble it in the stall. Edward Mars grows suspicious and attempts to stop her. She surprises him and knocks him out. She enters the elevator which has "Sawyer" inside. Sawyer helps her exit as he makes sure the security, also in the elevator, doesn't notice her handcuffs, and she successfully leaves the airport, where she enters a cab and holds its driver at gunpoint. The cab already has a fare, which turns out to be Claire. After fleeing the cab, Kate takes the wheel and eventually lets Claire out. With the help of a mechanic, she rids herself of her handcuffs, and returns for Claire. Kate and Claire visit the woman who promised to adopt her baby, only to discover that her husband has left her and she is unable to attempt adoption. Claire prematurely goes into labour, and is brought to a hospital where Ethan helps her delay giving birth. Claire later covers for Kate when a detective questions her about her cab driver.

After returning to his desk at the box company, Locke is confronted by his boss Randy, who questions him about missing a conference in Sydney which Locke lies about attending. Randy reveals he knows Locke did not attend the conference to which he had been sent and subsequently fires him. In the parking lot, Locke is unable to get into his van, which he had parked in a regular spot, as opposed to a handicapped spot. Hurley steps out of the building, telling Locke that he is the owner of the company. After introducing themselves, Hurley gives Locke the number to a temp agency (which he also owns) before telling him that “things are gonna work out”. At the temp agency, an interviewer asks Locke what kind of animal he would consider himself and whether he is a "people person". Locke asks to speak to her supervisor, who turns out to be Rose. Locke stubbornly requests a job in construction, which Rose responds would not be a good match and that experience is not the issue. She asks him to be realistic, to which Locke indignantly asks what she knows about being realistic. Rose replies that she has terminal cancer and explains how she had to get past her denial and continue living whatever life she had left. After this, Locke takes a job as a substitute teacher at a High School and meets Ben, who is teaching European History. Locke tells Ben that he should be in charge instead of the principal. It is reveal that he and his father left the island and regret doing so. While tutoring Alex Rousseau he learns from her that the principal has been having an affair with the nurse, on campus. He has Leslie Arzt hack their e-mails to provide him with blackmail. The principal counters by threatening to torch Alex's college application.

Sawyer is revealed to be a cop working for the LAPD with Miles as his partner. However, Sawyer is still looking for the Anthony Cooper that killed his parents when he was a child. Miles sets Sawyer on a date with his father's co-worker at the museum, who is revealed to be Charlotte. Charlotte spends the night at Sawyer's house, where she asks to borrow a t-shirt. When looking for a t-shirt, she stumbles across a folder marked "Sawyer". A photo of him and his parents when he was young falls out, and when she opens the folder to put it back in, she sees a newspaper article revealing the same father murdered Sawyer's mother and then shot himself. Sawyer is enraged by Charlotte for seeing the folder, and orders her to leave. The next day, Miles is furious with Sawyer for lying to him about his flight to Australia. Sawyer is reluctant to tell the truth to Miles about why he was in Australia, to which Miles tells Sawyer they're not partners anymore. Sawyer decides to go to Charlotte's apartment and apologize, but is rejected at the door, Charlotte telling Sawyer "he blew it". The next day, Sawyer tells Miles the truth about his whereabouts in Australia, explaining he was there to track down the man who killed his parents, Anthony Cooper, but he couldn't find him. At that moment, a car crashes into Sawyer's car, and when they give chase to the driver, Sawyer sees it is Kate who is the driver.

Jin is released from customs but the suitcase of money is confiscated. When asked by Sun he says it was to be delivered with her father's watch. At their hotel it shown they are lovers and Sun plans for them to run away with the money in her private account. They are found by Keamy who demands his package of money. Sun is taken with Mikhail to pay for the deal. Meanwhile, Jin is taken to the restaurant and bound in the storage locker as Keamy says the money was a fee to kill Jin.

Jack returns to work at the hospital. It is found he has a son, who has a talent for piano.

Sayid visits his brother, Omer, in Los Angeles, who is married to Nadia and have two children. Omer has borrowed money from a loan shark and is unable to pay it back, and is brutally beaten. The loan shark, shown to be Keamy, abducts Sayid to a restaurant kitchen to extort money from him, but Sayid overpowers them and kills Keamy and his henchmen. After this, he finds Jin bound in the storage locker. He gives Jin a knife to free himself. Later Mikhail returns with Sun and finds Keamy dead. Jin holds him at gunpoint but they engage in a shootout where Mikhail's eye is shot along with Sun. She then reveals she is pregnant.

After Desmond leaves Los Angeles airport, he is met by his driver George, who drives Desmond to his employer, Charles Widmore. Charles assigns Desmond the task of releasing Charlie from bail and looking after him so he can perform at Daniel's concert. Charlie tells Desmond of the "spectacular, conscious-altering love" he felt when he was choking to death on his heroin on the plane, where he saw a blonde woman when blacking out. Desmond is unconvinced, so in an attempt to show him he's telling the truth, Charlie drives Desmond's car into the water. As Desmond attempts to save Charlie, Charlie put his hand on the glass window, where Desmond sees visions of Charlie's death in the original timeline. Desmond saves Charlie, and when Desmond is having an MRI scan in the hospital, he has the visions again, only this time he also sees visions and feels the "conscious-altering love" of Penny and his son Charlie Hume from the original timeline. Desmond chases down Charlie to find out more about these flashes, but Charlie advises him to start looking for Penny. Desmond goes to the concert to explain to Eloise that Charlie and Drive Shaft will not be able to perform along with Daniel, to which Eloise is fine with. As Desmond leaves, he hears Penny's name on the guest list. When Desmond wants to see the guest list, Eloise quickly denies access to it, and tells Desmond to "stop looking" for Penny and that "it is, in fact, a violation". Daniel meets up with Desmond shortly after, where he tells Desmond about the love he felt when seeing a red haired woman, and how it felt like he had "already loved her". He then goes on to explain about the advanced quantum mechanics he wrote out one night despite being a musician. Daniel believes in another life somewhere, he set off a hydrogen bomb to change the course of time. Daniel reveals to Desmond that Penny, the woman Desmond is looking for, is Daniel's half-sister, and tells Desmond where and when he can find Penny. Later that night, he sees Penny doing a tour de stade. Desmond introduces himself to Penny, and when they shake hands, he faints. When he revives, Desmond asks Penny if she wants to go for a coffee, and she agrees to meet at a coffee shop in an hour. Desmond meets up with his driver George again, where he asks to drive to the coffee shop, but to also obtain the Oceanic Flight 815 manifest of the list of names of the passengers for Desmond. When asked what he needs it for, Desmond tells George that he "needs to show them something".

After Hurley is given an award, his mother exclaims that "everybody loves Hugo" except for women. She then tells Hurley that he has a date. At the restaurant that they were supposed to meet, his date, Rosalita, does not show up, but a blonde woman named Libby shows up and talks about soul mates then asks if he remembers her. Her doctor interrupts and takes her away and they leave on a van headed for the Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute. Later, while Hurley is eating chicken from his chicken shack, Desmond notices him, approaches him and asks him if he was also on Oceanic Flight 815. Hugo then admits his problem to Desmond, with the latter suggesting that Hurley follows his gut and try to find out how she thinks they knew each other before he gives up on her. After giving the doctor a donation to the SRMHI, he meets Libby, and asks her how she knows him. Libby then tells him that she has exerienced visions of "another life". Later on, they have a picnic at the beach. After Libby kisses Hurley, he experiences visions of the actual timeline. Desmond watches from afar, knowing he has initiated his plan. Desmond then goes to the school where Ben and Locke work, and runs Locke over.

Season 6 episodes

---	"Lost: Final Chapter"	08	"Recon"	15	"Across the Sea"
01/02	"LA X, Parts 1 & 2"	09	"Ab Aeterno"	16	"What They Died For"
03	"What Kate Does"	10	"The Package"	17/18	"The End"
04	"The Substitute"	11	"Happily Ever After"
05	"Lighthouse"	12	"Everybody Loves Hugo"
06	"Sundown"	13	"The Last Recruit"
07	"Dr. Linus"	14	"The Candidate"

LA X, Parts 1 & 2

LA X, Parts 1 & 2

See main article: "LA X, Parts 1 & 2" (Transcript) Episode number: 01/02 Original air date: February 02, 2010 Flash sideways: Jack Shephard, Kate Austen, John Locke, Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, James Ford, Sayid Jarrah, Jin-Soo Kwon & Sun-Hwa Paik Written by: Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse Directed by: Jack Bender Plot: The aftermath from Juliet's detonation of the hydrogen bomb is revealed. Guest starring: Sam Anderson as Bernard Nadler, L. Scott Caldwell as Rose Nadler, John Hawkes as Lennon, Brad William Henke as Bram, Kimberley Joseph as Cindy Chandler, Fredric Lehne as Edward Mars, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie Pace, Mark Pellegrino as Jacob, Daniel Roebuck as Leslie Arzt, Hiroyuki Sanada as Dogen, Ian Somerhalder as Boone Carlyle, and Sean Whalen as Neil "Frogurt".

What Kate Does

What Kate Does

See main article: "What Kate Does" (Transcript) Episode number: 03 Original air date: February 09, 2010 Flash sideways: Kate Austen Written by: Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz Directed by: Paul Edwards Plot: Kate finds herself on the run, while Jack is tasked with something that could endanger a friend's life. Guest starring: John Hawkes as Lennon, William Mapother as Ethan Goodspeed, Rob McElhenney as Aldo, Daniel Roebuck as Leslie Arzt, and Hiroyuki Sanada as Dogen.

The Substitute

The Substitute
See main article: "The Substitute" (Transcript) Episode number: 04 Original air date: February 16, 2010 Flash sideways: John Locke Written by: Elizabeth Sarnoff & Melinda Hsu Taylor Directed by: Tucker Gates Plot: Locke goes in search of help to further his cause. Guest starring: L. Scott Caldwell as Rose Nadler, Suzanne Krull as Lynn Karnoff, and Katey Sagal as Helen Norwood.

Lighthouse

Lighthouse

See main article: "Lighthouse" (Transcript) Episode number: 05 Original air date: February 23, 2010 Flash sideways: Jack Shephard Written by: Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse Directed by: Jack Bender Plot: Hurley must convince Jack to accompany him on an unspecified mission, and Jin stumbles across an old friend. Guest starring: Veronica Hamel as Margo Shephard, Dylan Minnette as David Shephard, Mark Pellegrino as Jacob, and Hiroyuki Sanada as Dogen

Sundown

Sundown

See main article: "Sundown" (Transcript) Episode number: 06 Original air date: March 2, 2010 Flash sideways: Sayid Jarrah Written by: Paul Zbyszewski & Graham Roland Directed by: Bobby Roth Plot: Sayid is faced with a difficult decision, and Claire sends a warning to the temple inhabitants. Guest starring: Cas Anvar as Omer Jarrah, Anthony Azizi as Omar, Kevin Durand as Martin Keamy, Andrea Gabriel as Nadia, John Hawkes as Lennon, Kimberley Joseph as Cindy Chandler, and Hiroyuki Sanada as Dogen.

Dr. Linus

Dr. Linus

See main article: "Dr. Linus" (Transcript) Episode number: 07 Original air date: March 9, 2010 Flash sideways: Benjamin Linus Written by: Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz Directed by: Mario Van Peebles Plot: Ben deals with the consequences of an uncovered lie. Guest starring: William Atherton as Principal Reynolds, Alan Dale as Charles Widmore, Jon Gries as Roger Linus, Tania Raymonde as Alex, and Daniel Roebuck as Leslie Arzt.

Recon

Recon

See main article: "Recon" (Transcript) Episode number: 08 Original air date: March 16, 2010 Flash sideways: James Ford Written by: Elizabeth Sarnoff & Jim Galasso Directed by: Jack Bender Plot: Locke tasks Sawyer with a mission. Guest starring: Alan Dale as Charles Widmore, Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis, Kimberly Joseph as Cindy Chandler, Neil Hopkins as Liam Pace, Sheila Kelley as Zoe, and Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Ava.

Ab Aeterno

Ab Aeterno

See main article: "Ab Aeterno" (Transcript) Episode number: 09 Original air date: March 23, 2010 Flashback: Richard Alpert Written by: Melinda Hsu Taylor & Greggory Nations Directed by: Tucker Gates Plot: Richard changes his allegiance before having an unexpected meeting. Guest starring: Steven Elder as Jonas Whitfield, Mark Pellegrino as Jacob, Mirelly Taylor as Isabella, and Titus Welliver as The Man in Black.

The Package

The Package

See main article: "The Package" (Transcript) Episode number: 10 Original air date: March 30, 2010 Flash sideways: Jin-Soo Kwon & Sun-Hwa Paik Written by: Paul Zbyszewski & Graham Roland Directed by: Paul Edwards Plot: While Jin and Sun continue to search for each other, Locke meets with Charles Widmore. Guest starring: Anthony Azizi as Omar, Alan Dale as Charles Widmore, Andrew Divoff as Mikhail Bakunin, Kevin Durand as Martin Keamy, and Sheila Kelley as Zoe.

Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After

See main article: "Happily Ever After" (Transcript) Episode number: 11 Original air date: April 6, 2010 Flash sideways: Desmond Hume Written by: Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse Directed by: Jack Bender Plot: Desmond wakes up and discovers he's back on the island. Guest starring: Alan Dale as Charles Widmore, Jeremy Davies as Daniel Widmore, Fionnula Flanagan as Eloise Widmore, Sheila Kelley as Zoe, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie Pace, Fisher Stevens as George Minkowski and Sonya Walger as Penelope Milton.

Everybody Loves Hugo

Everybody Loves Hugo

See main article: "Everybody Loves Hugo" (Transcript) Episode number: 12 Original air date: April 13, 2010 Flash sideways: Hugo "Hurley" Reyes Written by: Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz Directed by: Daniel Attias Plot: Hurley agonizes over what to do next, and Locke becomes curious of the new arrival to his camp. Guest starring: Bruce Davison as Douglas Brooks, Lillian Hurst as Carmen Reyes, Harold Perrineau as Michael Dawson and Cynthia Watros as Elizabeth "Libby" Smith.

The Last Recruit

The Last Recruit

See main article: "The Last Recruit" (Transcript) Episode number: 13 Original air date: April 20, 2010 Flash sideways: John Locke, James Ford, Claire Littleton, Sayid Jarrah, Jack Shephard, Jin Soo Kwon, Sun Hwa Kwon Written by: Paul Zbyszewski & Graham Roland Directed by: Stephen Semel Plot: As Jack and Locke's camps merge, alliances are forged and broken. Guest starring: Andrea Gabriel as Nadia, Kimberley Joseph as Cindy Chandler, Sheila Kelley as Zoe, Dylan Minnette as David Shephard.

The Candidate

The Candidate

See main article: "The Candidate" (Transcript) Episode number: 14 Original air date: May 4, 2010 Flash sideways: Jack Shephard & John Locke Written by: Elizabeth Sarnoff & Jim Galasso Directed by: Jack Bender Plot: Jack must decide whether or not to trust Locke after he is asked to follow through on a difficult task. Guest starring: Sam Anderson as Bernard Nadler, Alan Dale as Charles Widmore, Fred Koehler as Seamus, Katey Sagal as Helen Norwood and Kevin Tighe as Anthony Cooper

Across the Sea

Across the Sea

See main article: "Across the Sea" (Transcript) Episode number: 15 Original air date: May 11, 2010 Flashback: Jacob & The Man in Black Written by: Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof Directed by: Tucker Gates Plot: The history of the relationship between Jacob and the Man in Black is revealed. Guest starring: Kenton Duty as Jacob (age 13), Allison Janney as Mother, Lela Loren as Claudia, Mark Pellegrino as Jacob and Titus Welliver as The Man in Black

What They Died For

What They Died For

See main article: "What They Died For" (Transcript) Episode number: 16 Original air date: May 18, 2010 Flash sideways: Jack Shephard, Desmond Hume, Benjamin Linus, James Ford Written by: Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz & Elizabeth Sarnoff Directed by: Paul Edwards Plot: As the Man in Black devises a new strategy, Jack's group searches for Desmond. Guest starring: Alan Dale as Charles Widmore, Kenton Duty as Jacob (age 13), Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau, Sheila Kelley as Zoe, Dylan Minnette as David, Mark Pellegrino as Jacob, Tania Raymonde as Alex, Michelle Rodriguez as Ana Lucia Cortez

Trivia

• This season has had the most main characters deaths in a single season. As of "The Candidate", five main characters have died: Juliet, Ilana, Sayid, Sun, and Jin; respectively, narrowly beating out Season 3's four deaths.

References

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