LOST really is the best show on television but many people can’t get into it because of its lengthily and tangled continuity. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard friends say that they tried watching LOST once, but “didn’t get it.”

Season 3 starts in October and it will be a great jumping on point. So here is a guide to help you catch up.

What is LOST about?

LOST is about a plane that crashes on a tropical island. But there is so much more to the show then that. While the plane was still in the air it was ripped in two, sending the tail section to one end of the island and the middle and cockpit to the other side. Miraculously more than 40 people from the mid-section of the plane survived the crash. The survivors made camp on the beach and built a fire so the rescue crew could find them.
In an effort to get help, a small group of survivors went into the jungle to find the plane’s cockpit. In the cockpit they find the pilot still alive. The pilot tells them that the plane lost contact and went off course 1000 miles and no one knows where they are.

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The crash survivors are not alone.

The is a lot of mystery to the island and an unknown history that may extend further back than 50 years. The survivors found skeletal remains of a man and a woman. Judging by the decay of their clothing it is believed that they have been dead for 40-50 years.
Also on this island is a woman named Danielle Rousseau. Rousseau arrived on the island more than 16 years ago. She was part of a science expedition that came to the island. She claims that the rest of the crew became sick and she had to kill them.
There is a mysterious group of people on the island the survivors call “The Others” The other seem malevolent and have kidnapped many of the survivors. They also are deceiving the survivors by wearing makeup and costumes. The true nature and origins of “The Others” have not been revealed.
The island is also home to a creature. The creature has killed survivors of the crash and has been seen ripping up trees from the ground. It is a black mist that makes strange clicks and roaring sounds. The origin of the creature is not known but there have been clues that it is some kind of “guard dog.”

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What lies beneath?

On the island are several underground bunkers. They are all research labs for what is known as “The DHARMA Initiative” (Department of Heuristics And Research on Material Applications Initiative).
The crash survivors have found and inhabit station #3, The Swan. They simply call it “The Hatch.” In the hatch is a living quarters, storage with supplies, and a computer with a counter.
The counter counts down from minutes starting from 108. In the last four minutes of the count down an alarm sounds and numbers must be entered into the computer. The numbers are 4 8 15 16 23 42. If these numbers are not entered every 108 minutes it could mean the end of the world.

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Who’s Who?

This is a “brief” biography of LOST characters. It is not meant to be a complete listing and history but only a guide to help people new to LOST.

The Big Three

Jack
Dr. Jack Shephard played by Matthew Fox.

Jack is a survivor of the Flight 815 crash. He was traveling home from Australia with deceased father. Like his father, Christian Shephard, Jack was a Spinal surgeon at the St. Sebastian Hospital in Los Angeles. His father left L.A. for Australia after Jack exposed him for drinking on the job.
Reluctantly Jack has become the leader of the 815 crash survivors, though some people in the community fell that they do not answer to anyone. Jack is looked to for help by his fellow survivors because of his leadership skills and because he is a doctor. Often when something bad happens someone will run to Jack for help.
At the end of Season Two Jack was captured by “The Others”

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Sawyer
James Ford played by Josh Holloway.

Sawyer is another survivor of Flight 815. He was returning to America from Australia after being sent there to kill the man who is ultimately responsible for the death of his parents. Sawyer is actually the name of the man he went to Australia to kill. James Ford assumed the name and everyone on the island calls him Sawyer.
James Ford is a conman and has used his skills leaned from the crime-world to give himself advantages on the island. Although the character might seem like an antagonist he is more of an anti-hero who has befriended Jack, Kate, an many other of the crash survivors.
At the end of Season Two Sawyer was captured by “The Others”

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Kate
Katherine Austen played by Evangeline Lilly.

Also a survivor of Flight 815, Kate is a Fugitive who was being brought back to America by U.S. Marshal Edward Mars. Mars chased Kate around the world and died shortly after the crash of Flight 815.
On the island Kate is a strong character that often acts as Jacks nurse. Kate is ton in a “love triangle” between Jack and Sawyer.
At the end of Season Two Kate is captured along with Jack and Sawyer.

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The Button Pushers

Locke
John Locke is played by Terry O’Quinn.

Before surviving the crash of Flight 815 Locke was a paralyzed man who was abandoned by every one who should have loved him. His father, Anthony Cooper, is a wealthy man who conned Locke into donating his kidney.
Believing that the island healed him, Locke felt he was being lead on a quest. Locke discovered the “Hatch” where he found Desmond and among other things, the computer where he had to “push the button” every 108 minutes to save the world.
Towards the end of Season Two Locke lost his faith and believed that pushing the button didn’t really do anything at all.
At the end of season Two Locke smashes the computer causing Desmond to use his key on the failsafe. This resulted with the island being engulfed in a bright white/violet glow accompanied by a loud low droning sound causing pain to all the people on the island. The Hatch door was blown away and landed in the survivor’s camp. The fate of Locke and the Hatch is unknown at this time but things do not look good.

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Mr. Eko
Eko Tunde played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

Eko is a Nigerian man who spent most of his life in the world of crime and drugs. Eko was made a priest by his brother, Yemi. Eko forced this on Yemi as part of a plot to smuggle drugs out of Nigeria. Yemi was shot dead and Eko continued working as a Priest in Australia under the alias “Father Tunde.” On the island Eko has put his past behind him and is now a “true” priest.
Eko is also a crash survivor of Flight 815. However when the plane was still in the air it was ripped into two. Eko was in the back of the plane and landed on a different part of the island. Eko and Bernard are the last of the survivors from the tail section of the plane. Everyone else from the tail section have either died or have been taken by “The Others”.
Where Locke has now lost his faith in the island, Eko has had visions and feels that he is following a path on the island. He had even taken over “button” duty in the hatch after Locke decided he wasn’t going to push it anymore.
At the end of Season Two Eko was also in the hatch and it is unknown if he has survived.

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Desmond
Desmond Hume played by Henry Ian Cusick.

Desmond crashed on the island three years earlier than Flight 815 from a boating race accident. He washed up on the beach and was immediately brought into the hatch by Kelvin Joe Inman. Kelvin told Desmond that there was an infection on the island and that he had to inject himself with a vaccine every 9 days. Desmond was also shown “the button” and was told that they had to push it every 108 minutes to discharge a build up of electromagnetic energy. Failing to push the button meant certain doom. Two years passed before Desmond took his first step out of the Hatch. Suspecting Kelvin was lying about the infection Desmond followed him outside and was lead to the coast where his boat was docked and apparently repaired. Kelvin has planned to leave Desmond to push the button on his own. The two fought resulting in Kelvin’s death.
Desmond then manned the hatch until Locke discovered him. Shortly after the Flight 815 survivors entered the hatch Desmond ran off and left the island on his boat.
Unable to navigate away from the island (likely due to the electromagnetic activity) Desmond returned to the Flight 815 survivors.
Desmond was also in the hatch at the end of Season Two and it is unknown if he is alive or dead.

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Sailor Scouts

Sayid
Sayid Jarrah played by Naveen Andrews.

Sayid is a former officer of the Iraqi Republican Guard. In Australia he was blackmailed by the CIA to infiltrate a terrorist cell in exchange for the safety of his long lost love, Nadia. He was traveling on Flight 815 to America to find Nadia.
On the island Sayid has done his best to use his skills to help the other survivors. He has become distant in recent times due to the death of Shannon, who he was having a romantic relationship with.
At the end of Season Two Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley travel with Michael to meet with “The Others.” Sayid suspecting a set up proposes a plan to Jack to secretly use Desmond’s boat for a flanking maneuver on the Others’ camp. Not knowing how to sail the boat he brings along Sun and Jin.
The three arrive at “The Others” camp only to find it empty and with a false hatch door.

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Sun and Jin
Sun Kwon played by Yoon-jin Kim. Jin-Soo Kwon played by Daniel Dae Kim.

Sun and Jin are a married Korean couple who are expecting a baby. Before crashing on Flight 815 the couple was having marital problems and Sun had secretly learned English with the intent to leave Jin and move to America. The plan was for Sun to leave Jin at the airport as they were leaving to Los Angeles from Sydney. At the last moment Sun changed her mind and boarded the plane with Jin.
On the island Jin and Sun had trouble getting along because Jin did not speak English and Sun was still trying to keep her secret. In order to clear up a misunderstanding with Jin, Sun revealed that she spoke English to all the Flight 815 crash victims. Jin knowing how to sail a boat joined Sayid on his plan to reach “The Others” camp. Sun came along to translate Korean/English and to also stay close to her husband because they have spent too much time separated on the island.

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