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Lost
Season 5
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Showrunners	Damon Lindelof Carlton Cuse
Starring	Naveen Andrews Henry Ian Cusick Jeremy Davies Michael Emerson Matthew Fox Jorge Garcia Josh Holloway Daniel Dae Kim Yunjin Kim Ken Leung Evangeline Lilly Rebecca Mader Elizabeth Mitchell Terry O'Quinn
No. of episodes	17
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	January 21 (2009-01-21) – May 13, 2009 (2009-05-13)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

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 crash of the fictional 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 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.

Crew

The season was produced by Bad Robot and Grass Skirt Productions and was aired on the American Broadcasting Company network in the United States. The show was primarily filmed in Hawaii with post-production in Los Angeles. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse continued to serve as the show runners. Lindelof and Cuse's fellow executive producers were co-creator J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender, Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. The staff writers were Lindelof, Cuse, Kitsis, Horowitz, co-executive producer Elizabeth Sarnoff, supervising producer Paul Zbyszewski, producer Brian K. Vaughan, co-producer Melinda Hsu Taylor and Kyle Pennington. The regular directors are Bender, co-executive producer Stephen Williams and Paul Edwards.

Cast

Main

The following fourteen actors played main characters and received star billing this season.

In 2007

• Naveen Andrews as Sayid Jarrah, a survivor of 815, and one of the Oceanic Six
• Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond Hume. Around 2001, he entered a solo sailing race. He was eventually got ship wrecked on the island. He lived on the island for three years, mostly alone. He is Penny's husband.
• Michael Emerson as Benjamin "Ben" Linus, the former leader of the Others
• Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard, a survivor of 815, and one of the Oceanic Six
• Jorge Garcia as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, a survivor of 815, and one of the Oceanic Six
• Yunjin Kim as Sun-Hwa Kwon, a survivor of 815, and one of the Oceanic Six. She is Jin's wife.
• Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen, a survivor of 815, and one of the Oceanic Six

In 1977

• Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, a man who arrives on the Kahana, who is a physicist. He is Eloise's son.
• Josh Holloway as James "Sawyer" Ford, a survivor of 815
• Daniel Dae Kim as Jin-Soo Kwon, a survivor of 815, who is Sun's husband. He survived the explosion of the Kahana.
• Ken Leung as Miles Straume, a man who arrived on the Kahana, who is a medium
• Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis, a woman who arrived on the Kahana, who is an anthropologist
• Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke, a former Other

Both 2007 and 1977

• Terry O'Quinn as John Locke. He survived 815, but eventually he joined the Others.

Special guest stars

• Malcolm David Kelley plays Walt Lloyd, a survivor of 815, who is Michael's son
• Michelle Rodriguez plays Ana Lucia Cortez, a survivor of 815

Recurring

• Sam Anderson as Bernard Nadler, a survivor of 815, who is Rose's husband
• Reiko Aylesworth as Amy, a member of the DHARMA Initiative
• Sterling Beaumon as young Ben Linus
• L. Scott Caldwell as Rose Nadler, a survivor of 815, who is Bernard's wife
• Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert, an Other, who does not appear to age
• François Chau as Pierre Chang, a member and leading scientist of the DHARMA Initiative, who is Lara's husband and Miles's father
• Alan Dale as Charles Widmore
• Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus
• Melissa Farman as Danielle Rousseau, the only survivor from a team of scientists who were ship wrecked on the island in the 1980s. Originally the actress Mira Furlan played this character. The producers requested that Furlan return for three episodes, but they could not come to a financial agreement. Furlan was not informed about the decision to recast her and was deeply upset.
• Patrick Fischler as Phil, a member of the DHARMA Initiative
• Fionnula Flanagan as Eloise "Ellie" Hawking, an Other, a scientist, and Daniel's mother. Alice Evans plays young Ellie in flashbacks.
• Brad William Henke as Bram, a survivor of Ajira Airways Flight 316
• Tom Irwin as Dan Norton, an attorney who is hired by an unknown person to perform a maternity test on Kate and Aaron
• Leslie Ishii as Lara, a member of the DHARMA Initiative, who is Dr. Chang's wife and Miles's mother
• Eric Lange as Radzinsky, a member of the Dharma Initiative
• William Mapother as Ethan Rom, an Other
• Cheech Marin as David Reyes, who is Hurley's father
• Mark Pellegrino as Jacob, the well known but never seen leader of the Others
• Tania Raymonde as Alexandra "Alex" Rousseau
• Lance Reddick as Matthew Abaddon, a mysterious man
• Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana, a survivor of Ajira Airways Flight 316
• Saïd Taghmaoui as Caesar, a survivor of Ajira Airways Flight 316
• John Terry as Christian Shephard
• Marsha Thomason as Naomi Dorrit, a young woman who arrived to the island on the Kahana
• Sonya Walger as Penelope "Penny" Widmore. She is the daughter of Charles Widmore. She is also the wife of Desmond Hume.
• Titus Welliver as the unnamed nemesis of Jacob.
• Sean Whalen as Neil Frogurt, who previously appeared in the Lost: Missing Pieces mobisodes

Reception

Season 5 received general acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an 90% approval rating, with average rating of 8.8/10, based on 21 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Though it introduces yet more unanswered questions, Season 5 of Lost also moves quickly, covers more character development, and fleshes out its rich world further for hungry fans." Metacritic gave the season a score of 78 out of 100 based on 17 reviews, making it generally favorable. According to year end lists published by entertainment publications and prominent TV critics, the fifth season of Lost was the second most mentioned show of 2009. Season 5 continued Lost's decline in ratings, with the two-hour season premiere being watched by 11.37 million American viewers; the lowest season premiere in the series' history. Overall, the entire season averaged 11.05 million viewers.

The season was also nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof for the episode "The Incident", Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Michael Emerson, Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series, and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour). The only winner among the nominees was Emerson, after being nominated for the same award two years previous. Emerson was later nominated at the 67th Golden Globe Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.

Episodes

The number in the "No. overall" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No. in season" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season. "U.S. viewers (million)" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episode as it was aired. "Lost: Destiny Calls", a clip-show recapping the first four seasons preceded the premiere. A second clip show, "Lost: The Story of the Oceanic 6", aired on April 22, 2009 (before the 14th episode of the season, which is the 100th episode of the whole series), and a third, "Lost: A Journey in Time", was aired before the finale on May 13, 2009.

Home media release

The DVD and Blu-ray box set of season 5 was released on December 8, 2009, in Region 1, on October 21, 2009, in Region 4, and on October 26, 2009, in Region 2. It includes all episodes in the season and bonus features including:

Lost: The Complete Fifth Season – The Journey Back, Expanded Edition
Set details			Special features
17 episodes 5-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio Subtitles: English, Spanish, French English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) – DVD English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround) – Blu-ray			Audio commentaries "Because You Left" by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse "He's Our You" by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz "Lost on Location" "Building 23 & Beyond" "An Epic Day with Richard Alpert" "Making Up for Lost Time" "Mysteries of the Universe: The DHARMA Initiative" "Bloopers" "Deleted Scenes" "Lost Starter Kit" Blu-ray exclusive "Lost 100" "Lost University"
Release dates
United States  Canada		Australia		United Kingdom
December 8, 2009		October 21, 2009		October 26, 2009

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External links

• Lost at IMDb
• List of Lost season 5 episodes at Lostpedia

• Lost (2004 TV series)
• 2009 American television seasons
• Lost season 5 episodes
• Television series set in 1977
• Television series set in 2007