Episodes Season 1

Lost (season 1)
Starring
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	25
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 22, 2004 – May 25, 2005
Season chronology
List of Lost episodes

The first season of the television series Lost commenced airing in the United States and Canada on September 22, 2004, concluded on May 25, 2005, and contained 25 episodes. It introduces the 48 survivors of a plane that broke apart in mid-air, scattering them on a remote island somewhere in the South Pacific. Forced to work together to survive, they come to realize it is no ordinary island.

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The first season aired Wednesdays at 8:00 pm in the United States. In addition to the 25 regular episodes, a special, 'Lost: The Journey', was aired on April 27, 2005, between the 20th and 21st episodes of the season. The season was released on DVD as a seven disc boxed set under the title of Lost: The Complete First Season on September 6, 2005 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

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Crew[edit]

From left to right: Dawn Kelly, Rachel Mellon, Jennifer Johnson, Fletcher, Kitsis, Monica Macer, Cuse, Lindelof, Fury, Grillo-Marxuach, Dick, Adam Horowitz, Matt Ragghianti and Dini

The season was produced by Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios), Bad Robot Productions and Grass Skirt Productions and was aired on the ABC Network in the U.S. The executive producers were co-creator J. J. Abrams, co-creator Damon Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender and Carlton Cuse with Jesse Alexander and Jeff Pinkner serving as executive consultants. The staff writers were Abrams, Lindelof, Cuse, Alexander, Pinkner, co-executive producer David Fury, supervising producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach, producer Leonard Dick, producers Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz, co-producer Jennifer M. Johnson and story editor Paul Dini. Some of the first season's episodes were written or co-written by writers on a freelance basis. The regular directors throughout the season were J. J. Abrams, Jack Bender, Stephen Williams, Tucker Gates, Greg Yaitanes and Kevin Hooks. Its incidental music was composed by Michael Giacchino. Abrams, Lindelof and Cuse served as the season's show runners.

Cast[edit]

From left to right: Sawyer, Locke, Rose, Jin, Sun, Sayid, Charlie, Walt, Michael, Jack, Kate, Hurley, Shannon, Claire and Boone

The initial season had fourteen major roles getting star billing.

Naveen Andrews portrayed former Iraqi Republican GuardSayid Jarrah.^[1]
Emilie de Ravin played the pregnant Australian Claire Littleton.^[2] Until later in the season, de Ravin is only credited for the episodes in which she appears.
Matthew Fox acted as the troubled surgeon, leader of the group and protagonist Jack Shephard.^[3]
Jorge Garcia portrayed Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes, an unlucky lottery winner.^[4]
Maggie Grace played Shannon Rutherford, a former dance teacher.
Josh Holloway acted as con man James 'Sawyer' Ford.
Yunjin Kim played Sun-Hwa Kwon, the daughter of a powerful Korean businessman and mobster.
Daniel Dae Kim as Sun-Hwa Kwon's husband Jin-Soo Kwon.^[5]
Evangeline Lilly portrayed fugitive Kate Austen.
Dominic Monaghan acted as an ex-rock star drug addict Charlie Pace.
Harold Perrineau portrayed construction worker Michael Dawson.
Malcolm David Kelley, a child actor, acted as his young son, Walt Lloyd.
Ian Somerhalder played Boone Carlyle, chief operating officer of his mother's wedding business and step brother of Shannon.
Terry O'Quinn played the mysterious John Locke.

Numerous supporting characters have been given expansive and recurring appearances in the progressive storyline, including: L. Scott Caldwell as Rose Henderson, Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau, Kimberley Joseph as Cindy, Fredric Lane as Edward Mars, William Mapother as Ethan Rom, Daniel Roebuck as Leslie Arzt and John Terry as Christian Shephard. Ana Lucia Cortez, played by Michelle Rodriguez, made her first appearance this season, and she became a major character during the second season.

Reception[edit]

On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season scored 87 out of 100, based on 26 reviews, indicating 'Universal acclaim'.^[6]

The pilot episode garnered 18.6 million viewers, winning the 9:00 pm (Eastern) timeslot, and giving ABC its strongest ratings since 2000 when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire initially aired—beaten only the following month by the premiere of Desperate Housewives.^[7] Based on its strong opening, Reuters dubbed it a 'hit drama' noting that 'the show appeared to have benefited from an all-out marketing blitz that included radio spots, special screenings and ABC's first billboard advertising campaign in five years.'^[8] After four episodes aired, ABC announced Lost had been picked up for a full season order. Lost's first season averaged about 17.6 million American viewers.^[9]

The first season was nominated for twelve Primetime Emmy Awards. They won six: Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (J. J. Abrams for 'Pilot'), Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) (Michael Giacchino), Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series. Terry O'Quinn and Naveen Andrews received nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber were nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for 'Pilot', with David Fury receiving a nomination in the same category for the episode 'Walkabout'. The series also received nominations for Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series, Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series.^[10] The show was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama.^[11]

Episodes[edit]

The number in the 'No. in series' 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. 'Featured character(s)' refers to the character(s) whose back story is featured in the episode's flashbacks. 'U.S. viewers (million)' refers to the number of viewers in the United States in millions who watched the episode as it was aired.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	'Pilot (Part 1)'	J. J. Abrams	Story by : Jeffrey Lieber and J. J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof Teleplay by : J. J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof	Jack	September 22, 2004	18.65^[12]
Oceanic Airlines Flight 815, a commercial airliner flying from Sydney to Los Angeles, hits turbulence and breaks apart in mid-air and crashes on a deserted tropical island in the South Pacific, with forty-eight survivors of the initial crash. Mysterious roars are heard from the jungle and trees are found knocked over. Jack, Kate and Charlie set out into the jungle to find the cockpit of the airplane so they can send out a distress signal using the plane's transceiver. They also find the pilot, who survived the crash, and informs them that the plane had been steered more than a thousand miles off course before it crashed, and thus any rescuers would be looking in the wrong place. The pilot is soon killed by a mysterious unseen 'monster.' A flashback shows Jack on the plane.
2	2	'Pilot (Part 2)'	J. J. Abrams	Story by : Jeffrey Lieber and J. J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof Teleplay by : J. J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof	Charlie & Kate	September 29, 2004	17.00^[13]
Kate, Sayid, Sawyer, Charlie, Shannon and Boone head out to take the transceiver inland in an attempt to reach higher ground and get a better signal. Along the way they are attacked by a charging polar bear, which Sawyer shoots and kills. They are unable to send a signal with the transceiver due to the presence of another (stronger) signal, a distress call (translated by Shannon) sent by a French woman that has been playing over and over for approximately sixteen years. Back at the beach, a federal marshal wakes up during his operation and asks Jack about Kate, who, in a flashback, is escorted by the marshal on the plane. In another flashback, Charlie is shown to have sneaked a small bag of heroin onto the plane.
3	3	'Tabula Rasa'	Jack Bender	Damon Lindelof	Kate	October 6, 2004	16.54^[14]
Jack learns about Kate's past as a fugitive. The signal party returns, but decides not to tell the others about the transmission. Sawyer shoots the dying marshal, thinking to relieve him of his misery. However, this only punctures his lung, so Jack - who had earlier rejected euthanasia as murder - finishes him off. Flashbacks show Kate's life on an Australian farm, until she is captured by the marshal.
4	4	'Walkabout'	Jack Bender	David Fury	Locke	October 13, 2004	18.16^[15]
The fuselage, filled with decomposing bodies, is burned after it is raided by a group of wild boars. Locke successfully goes hunting for boar. Locke encounters the monster, but does not tell anyone about this. In flashbacks, it is revealed that he was in a wheelchair before the plane crash and miraculously regained the ability to walk after the crash.
5	5	'White Rabbit'	Kevin Hooks	Christian Taylor	Jack	October 20, 2004	16.82^[16]
Boone steals the decreasing water supply in a misguided attempt to help everyone, but the survivors turn on him. A sleep-deprived Jack chases after what appears to be his deceased father in the forests and eventually discovers caves with fresh water. Jack comes to terms with his role as leader. In flashbacks, Jack goes to Australia to retrieve his deceased father.
6	6	'House of the Rising Sun'	Michael Zinberg	Javier Grillo-Marxuach	Sun	October 27, 2004	16.83^[17]
Some of the survivors move to the caves, while some stay at the beach. Locke exchanges Charlie's heroin for Charlie's guitar. Jin attacks Michael because he has Jin's father-in-law's watch. Jin is handcuffed to the wreckage. Sun reveals to Michael that she can speak English and explains why Jin attacked Michael, after which Michael frees Jin. Flashbacks show that Jin had to take a job working for Sun's father for her hand in marriage. One night, after they are married, Jin returns home covered in someone else's blood. Sun secretly plots to leave Jin (hence the secret English lessons); however, she changes her mind.
7	7	'The Moth'	Jack Bender	Jennifer Johnson & Paul Dini	Charlie	November 3, 2004	18.73^[18]
Charlie is suffering from withdrawal and asks Locke for his heroin, and Locke says that he will return the drugs the third time Charlie asks. Charlie risks his life to rescue Jack after he is trapped in a cave-in. Flashbacks show Charlie and his brother Liam leading their band Drive Shaft and, eventually, Liam getting Charlie hooked on heroin. Years later, Charlie visits Liam's house in Australia and wants him to rejoin Drive Shaft for their comeback tour but a clean Liam refuses. Charlie eventually asks Locke for his heroin for the third time, but only in order to destroy it.
8	8	'Confidence Man'	Tucker Gates	Damon Lindelof	Sawyer	November 10, 2004	18.44^[19]
Sawyer is suspected of having Shannon's inhaler when she has an asthma attack. Sayid tortures Sawyer, who reveals to Kate that he does not have them. Kate reads a letter that Sawyer always carries around, which reveals that 'Sawyer' is an alias. When Sawyer was a child, a man known as Sawyer conned and slept with his mother, who was killed by young Sawyer's father in a murder-suicide. Young Sawyer vowed, in the letter, to give the letter to the original Sawyer before exacting revenge. Later, he became a con-man himself and took the name of the original Sawyer. In flashbacks, Sawyer tries to con a husband and wife, but gives up when he discovers that they have a son. Sayid sets off to explore the island's shoreline in self-imposed isolation, needing time to come to terms with his actions in torturing Sawyer.
9	9	'Solitary'	Greg Yaitanes	David Fury	Sayid	November 17, 2004	17.64^[20]
Sayid finds a cable running out of the ocean and into the jungle. While following it, he is caught in a trap and captured by Rousseau, the woman who sent out the distress signal. Rousseau tells Sayid she was part of a science team, and that they crashed on the island sixteen years ago. She identifies a group of island inhabitants she calls the 'Others' as the carriers of a sickness that her companions caught, and says that the Others whisper in the jungle. Sayid escapes and while trying to find his way back to camp, Sayid hears the whispering she told him about. In flashbacks, Sayid is tasked with torturing a prisoner named Nadia, who was a childhood friend. Sayid's superior tells him to execute Nadia, but instead he helps her escape.
10	10	'Raised by Another'	Marita Grabiak	Lynne E. Litt	Claire	December 1, 2004	17.15^[21]
A badly wounded Sayid returns to camp and tells the others about Rousseau and that there are other people on the island. Claire wakes up screaming two nights in a row and insists that someone held her down and stabbed her stomach. This attack persuades Hurley to take a census of the survivors using the flight manifest, and he discovers that Ethan was not on the plane. In flashbacks, Claire finds out she is pregnant and her boyfriend leaves her. She goes to see a psychic, who says that great danger surrounds her baby and that it must not be raised by anyone except her.
11	11	'All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues'	Stephen Williams	Javier Grillo-Marxuach	Jack	December 8, 2004	18.88^[22]
After Claire and Charlie are kidnapped by Ethan, two parties of Jack and Kate, and Locke and Boone go looking for them. Jack encounters Ethan, who warns that one of the hostages will be killed if Jack continues pursuit. Jack and Kate find Charlie, blindfolded and hanging by his neck from a tree branch. Jack furiously performs CPR and Charlie comes back to life. Meanwhile, Boone and Locke discover a piece of metal embedded in the forest's ground. In flashbacks, Jack confesses to his superiors that his father had been under the influence of alcohol while operating.
12	12	'Whatever the Case May Be'	Jack Bender	Damon Lindelof & Jennifer Johnson	Kate	January 5, 2005	21.59^[23]
While swimming, Kate finds the marshal's locked case. Jack agrees to help Kate open the case if she will show him what is inside it. There are guns inside and a toy airplane. Kate says the airplane belonged to the man she loved—and killed. Shannon helps Sayid translate some of Danielle Rousseau's maps. Flashbacks show Kate robbing a bank in order to recover the toy airplane.
13	13	'Hearts and Minds'	Rod Holcomb	Carlton Cuse & Javier Grillo-Marxuach	Boone	January 12, 2005	20.81^[24]
Shannon's relationship with Sayid gets more personal. Locke and Boone try to get into the hatch they found. Boone wants to tell Shannon about the hatch and Locke gives him a drug that causes him to hallucinate, sending him on a mental trip which eventually helps him to let go of Shannon. In flashbacks, Boone tries to get rid of Shannon's abusive boyfriend by paying him off, only to find out that it was all a scam perpetrated by Shannon, who proceeds to sleep with Boone.
14	14	'Special'	Greg Yaitanes	David Fury	Michael & Walt	January 19, 2005	19.69^[25]
An annoyed Michael confronts Walt, who has been studying knife skills under Locke, and enlists his help in scavenging parts from the wreck to build a raft, but Walt wanders off. Michael and Locke track Walt into the jungle and find that he has been trapped by a polar bear. Michael risks his life to save Walt and they reconcile. Later, Locke and Boone find Claire stumbling out of the jungle. Flashbacks show that when Walt was only a few months old, his mother accepted a job in Amsterdam and took her child with her. She later married a co-worker named Brian when Walt was two and refused to let Michael speak to Walt. Years later, Susan dies and Brian does not want custody of Walt because the boy is 'different.'
15	15	'Homecoming'	Kevin Hooks	Damon Lindelof	Charlie	February 9, 2005	19.48^[26]
Claire is back among the survivors, but still has no memory beyond the plane flight. Ethan confronts Charlie, threatening to kill the other castaways one by one until he gets Claire back. Despite security measures, Scott is murdered. With the guns from the briefcase and Claire as bait, Jack, Kate, Locke, Sayid and Sawyer set a trap and Ethan is captured. Although the plan is to keep Ethan alive, a vengeful Charlie kills him. In flashbacks, Charlie tries to get drug money by stealing from a rich girl.
16	16	'Outlaws'	Jack Bender	Drew Goddard	Sawyer	February 16, 2005	17.87^[27]
A dream or flashback shows the murder/suicide of Sawyer's parents. Sawyer is awakened by a boar in his tent. Sawyer becomes obsessed with finding the boar that raided his tent and goes into the jungle with Kate to find it; however, he does not kill it when he finds it. He gives his gun to Jack, who now has all the group's known firearms in the marshal's suitcase. In flashbacks, Sawyer tracks down the man he believes to be the Sawyer who ruined his life, in Australia. Sawyer shoots him, but then finds out that he had been tricked into killing the wrong man. He later realizes that during his time in Australia he had also briefly met Jack's father.
17	17	'...In Translation'	Tucker Gates	Javier Grillo-Marxuach & Leonard Dick	Jin	February 23, 2005	19.49^[28]
Michael continues work on his raft, which only has one available spot left as Sawyer has bought a seat on the raft in exchange for building materials. The raft is set on fire and everyone blames Jin. Michael beats up Jin the next morning. Sun then tells him to stop because Jin did not burn the raft. Everyone is surprised that she speaks English, including Jin. Locke says that it was probably the Others. Michael concedes the raft is gone and decides to make a new one. Sun goes to see Jin, who tells her that it is too late to start over. Jin goes back to the beach and helps Michael rebuild the raft, on which he has gained a spot. Walt confesses to Locke that he burned the raft because he likes the island. In flashbacks, it is revealed that the reason Jin once showed up covered in blood was because he beat a man to save him from the death sentence that Sun's father had ordered, and that he had planned to go to America with Sun to start a new life.
18	18	'Numbers'	Daniel Attias	Brent Fletcher & David Fury	Hurley	March 2, 2005	18.85^[29]
Hurley finds that some of Rousseau's documents contain the repeated numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42, the same numbers which Hurley had used to win a lottery jackpot. Hurley sets off on his own and finds Rousseau, who says that she does not know what the numbers mean: only that her party had originally been drawn to the island by a radio transmission that was broadcasting the numbers. The numbers are also revealed to be engraved on the side of the hatch. In flashbacks, Hurley wins the lottery, and over the coming weeks, everyone around him suffers increasingly bad luck. He then discovers that the man who'd given him the numbers originally got them from the same transmission.
19	19	'Deus Ex Machina'	Robert Mandel	Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof	Locke	March 30, 2005	17.75^[30]
Locke discovers that he is losing sensation in his legs. Locke and Boone find a Beechcraft 18 teetering on the edge of a cliff. Boone climbs up and, using the radio, sends out a distress call, 'We are the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815', to which a man responds 'We're the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815.' The plane falls and Locke carries a critically injured Boone back to the camp. Locke arrives at the caves with Boone and lies about how Boone got hurt. Locke disappears into the jungle. As he pounds on the hatch and screaming in anguish, the inside of the hatch suddenly becomes illuminated. In flashbacks, Locke meets his parents and his father cons him out of a kidney.
20	20	'Do No Harm'	Stephen Williams	Janet Tamaro	Jack	April 6, 2005	17.12^[31]
Boone reveals to Jack that he and Locke have discovered the hatch, and Locke has told him not to tell anybody else. Despite Jack's extensive attempts to save him, Boone dies. Shannon & Sayid have a candlelit dinner. Claire goes into labor and gives birth to a boy. Shannon is devastated over Boone's death. Flashbacks show Jack's wedding to Sarah, a former patient whom he had 'fixed' after she was injured in a car accident.
21	21	'The Greater Good'	David Grossman	Leonard Dick	Sayid	May 4, 2005	17.20^[32]
Locke arrives at Boone's funeral and is attacked by Jack. Locke asks for Shannon's forgiveness, to no avail; instead, Shannon steals the key to the gun case from a sleeping Jack, and confronts Locke in the jungle. Sayid tackles Shannon just as she fires the gun and the bullet grazes Locke's head. Sayid later tells Locke to take him to the hatch. In flashbacks, Sayid becomes an informant for the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and the CIA, which has asked him to infiltrate a terrorist cell of which his old friend Essam is a member. Sayid agrees to do it in return for Nadia's whereabouts and he betrays Essam, who kills himself.
22	22	'Born to Run'	Tucker Gates	Story by : Javier Grillo-Marxuach Teleplay by : Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	Kate	May 11, 2005	17.10^[33]
Sayid and Locke show the hatch to Jack, who believes that the hatch needs to be opened. Walt warns Locke not to open the hatch, despite not ever being told about it. Kate seeks a place on the raft, threatening to take Sawyer's spot. After Michael is poisoned, he kicks Sawyer off the raft. Sawyer reveals to everyone that Kate was the fugitive on the plane. Walt confesses to Michael that he was responsible for the fire that destroyed the first raft and, although Michael says they can stay on the island, Walt insists that they have to leave. Jack discovers from Sun that the poison was intended for Jin. In flashbacks, Kate returns to her home town to see her dying mother, and meets up with former boyfriend Tom Brennan. With Tom's help, Kate is able to be alone with her mother, who begins screaming for help upon seeing her. She and Tom try to escape, Kate crashes the car, Tom is killed and she runs.
23	23	'Exodus (Part 1)'	Jack Bender	Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse	various	May 18, 2005	18.62^[34]
Rousseau arrives at the beach to warn the survivors that the Others are coming, and tells them more of her own story. She was pregnant when she came to the island sixteen years ago but the Others—their arrival heralded by a column of black smoke—came and kidnapped her baby, who she has not seen since. A column of black smoke is soon seen in the distance. Jack, Locke and Sayid tell Rousseau about the hatch, and their need to open it, perhaps with dynamite. Rousseau offers to take them to the Black Rock to get some dynamite. Jack, Locke, Kate, Hurley, Arzt and Rousseau arrive at the Black Rock, a large slave ship stranded inland. Before Walt goes on the raft, he leaves his dog Vincent in Shannon's care. Meanwhile, Charlie gathers messages to put in a bottle and the raft sets sail. In flashbacks, several of the survivors are shown in the final hours before the flight.
2425	2425	'Exodus (Part 2)'	Jack Bender	Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse	various	May 25, 2005	20.71^[35]
Rousseau leaves the Black Rock, and Arzt explodes while mishandling the dynamite. They encounter the monster—a cloud of black smoke. Rousseau steals Claire's baby, whom she has named Aaron. Sayid surmises that Rousseau intends to attempt an exchange of Claire's baby, for her own child with the Others. Charlie and Sayid head toward the column of black smoke and along the way, they also encounter the drug smugglers' plane, which Sayid - unaware of Charlie's history with heroin and his recent withdrawal from it - reveals is full of heroin. Charlie stares at it, finding himself conflicted. When Sayid and Charlie arrive on the beach with the black smoke, there are no other people, just a pyre and Rousseau and Aaron. She returns Aaron and tells them that she overheard the Others saying that they were going after 'the boy'. On the raft, the crew encounters a boat. The boat's crew turns out unfriendly and demands that they hand over Walt (the voice Rousseau heard was referring to Michael - not Claire's son). Sawyer is shot and falls into the water and Jin goes after him. Michael is also thrown into the water; as the group grabs Walt, an explosive is thrown onto the raft, destroying it. Meanwhile, Jack, Kate, Locke, and Hurley blow open the hatch, revealing a very deep dark hole with a broken ladder. The survivors' time in the airport and boarding the plane continues to be shown through flashbacks.

Home media release[edit]

Lost: The Complete First Season was released as a widescreen seven-disc Region 1 DVD box set on September 6, 2005, two weeks before the premiere of the second season. It was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. In addition to all the episodes that had aired, it included several DVD extras such as episode commentaries, behind-the-scenes footage and making-of features as well as deleted scenes, deleted flashback scenarios and a blooper reel.^[36] The season was subsequently released on Blu-ray Disc on June 16, 2009.^[37]

The same set was released on November 30, 2005 in Region 4, and on January 16, 2006 in the United Kingdom. For the region 2 release, the season was split into two releases, with part 1 (episodes 1–12) released on October 31, 2005 and part 2 (episodes 13–25) and the complete season set on January 16, 2006.

Lost: The Complete First Season
Set details			Special features
24 episodes^[A] 7-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio Subtitles: English English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) – DVD English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround) – Blu-ray			Audio commentaries 'Pilot: Part 1' by J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and Bryan Burk 'Pilot: Part 2' by J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and Bryan Burk 'Walkabout' by Jack Bender, David Fury, and Terry O'Quinn 'The Moth' by Damon Lindelof, Bryan Burk and Dominic Monaghan 'Hearts and Minds' by Carlton Cuse, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Maggie Grace and Ian Somerhalder Departure The Genesis of Lost Designing a Disaster Before They Were Lost Audition Tapes Welcome To Oahu: The Making of the Pilot The Art of Matthew Fox Lost @ ComiCon Tales from the Island Lost: On Location On Set with Jimmy Kimmel Backstage with Drive Shaft Lost Revealed The Lost Flashbacks Deleted scenes Bloopers from the Set Live from the Museum of Television and Radio 3 Easter Eggs
Release dates
United States Canada	Australia	Japan	United Kingdom
			Part 1	Part 2	Complete
September 6, 2005	November 30, 2005	August 2, 2006	October 31, 2005	January 16, 2006

Notes[edit]

^ A. In some regions, the first season has 25 episodes. This is because 'Exodus: Part 2' is split into two episodes 'Exodus: Part 2' and 'Exodus: Part 3.'

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Empire (season 1)
Starring
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	Fox
Original release	January 7 – March 18, 2015
Season chronology
List of Empire episodes

The first season of the American television series Empire premiered on January 7, 2015, and concluded on March 18, 2015, on Fox.^[1] The series centers around a hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control. The show aired on Wednesdays at 9:00 pm ET. The season consisted of 12 episodes.

The first episode was watched by 9.90 million viewers and achieved an adult 18-49 rating/share of 3.8/11, making it the biggest series launch for the network since Touch premiered in 2012.^[2] The viewership of the series rose every single week, with the season finale, which aired on March 18, 2015, being watched by 17.62 million viewers and achieving an adult 18-49 rating/share of 6.9/21.^[3]

2Cast and characters
3Production
5Reception

Premise[edit]

The show centers around a hip hopmusic and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of the company.

Cast and characters[edit]

Main cast[edit]

Episodes Season 1 Designated Survivor

Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon
Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon
Bryshere Y. Gray as Hakeem Lyon
Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon
Trai Byers as Andre Lyon
Grace Gealey as Anika Calhoun
Malik Yoba as Vernon Turner
Kaitlin Doubleday as Rhonda Lyon

Recurring cast[edit]

Gabourey Sidibe as Becky Williams
Rafael de la Fuente as Michael Sanchez
Antoine McKay as Marcus 'Bunkie' Williams
Tasha Smith as Carol Hardaway
Jennifer Joan Taylor as Dr. Shahani
V. Bozeman as Veronica
Serayah as Tiana Brown
Damon Gupton as Detective Calvin Walker
Nealla Gordon as Agent Harlow Carter
Ta'Rhonda Jones as Porsha Taylor
AzMarie Livingston as Chicken
Mike Moh as Steve Cho
Naomi Campbell as Camilla Marks
Judd Nelson as Billy Baretti
James Washington as Titan
Derek Luke as Malcolm DeVeaux
Leah Jeffries as Lola Lyon
Courtney Love as Elle Dallas
Eka Darville as Ryan Morgan
Jennifer Hudson as Michelle White

Guest appearances[edit]

Raven-Symoné as Olivia Lyon
Cuba Gooding Jr. as Dwayne 'Puma' Robinson
Gladys Knight as herself
Anthony Hamilton as himself
Sway Calloway as himself
DeRay Davis as Jermel
Estelle as Delphine
Mary J. Blige as Angie
Snoop Dogg as himself
Rita Ora as herself
Juicy J as himself
Patti LaBelle as herself
Charles Hamilton as himself

Production[edit]

Taraji P. Henson portrays Cookie Lyon

Casting[edit]

Howard was cast in the lead on February 19, 2014.^[4] Henson was named as the female lead on February 26, and Jussie Smollett was announced in a starring role.^[5] Howard and Henson previously starred together as love interests in the film Hustle & Flow.^[5] On March 10, 2014, Sidibe, who had previously worked with Daniels in Precious, was cast in a recurring role as Becky, Lucious' assistant. Trai Byers and Grace Gealey were announced in regular roles, while Bryshere Y. Gray and Malik Yoba were announced in starring roles.^[6]Courtney Love was added to the cast on October 23.^[7]Naomi Campbell was announced in a recurring role on September 29.^[8]

Episodes[edit]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	'Pilot'	Lee Daniels	Lee Daniels & Danny Strong	January 7, 2015	1AXP01	9.90^[9]
Lucious Lyon, CEO of Empire Entertainment, is preparing for Empire's upcoming IPO when he is diagnosed with ALS and is given only three years to live. While keeping his condition secret, he announces to appoint one of his three sons as his successor. Meanwhile, Lucious' ex-wife, Loretha 'Cookie' Lyon is released from prison after 17 years and demands half of Empire, which Lucious refuses. Hakeem, their youngest son, is a talented rapper, but spoiled. He barely remembers Cookie and resents her. Cookie favors Jamal, their talented middle son, as future boss of Empire, but Lucious has always despised him for his homosexuality and considers it detrimental for his career. Andre, their eldest son, is the Empire CFO. However, he has no musical talent, which Lucious considers a prerequisite to being CEO. He and his wife Rhonda are both ambitious and plan to turn the rest of the family against each other in order to gain control. Cookie threatens to tell the SEC that her initial investment was drug money and eventually signs a nondisclosure agreement, in exchange for a position as manager for Jamal's career. Bunkie tries to blackmail Lucious, threatening to report murders committed by Lucious previously, and is shot by Lucious.
2	2	'The Outspoken King'	Lee Daniels	Danny Strong & Ilene Chaiken	January 14, 2015	1AXP02	10.32^[10]
Rhonda reminds Andre to attend his doctor appointments for his bipolar disorder. Lucious' assistant Becky discovers his ALS medication. Hakeem befriends Tiana Brown, an artist at Empire. He later causes a scandal at an expensive restaurant. Lucious has to defend Empire's IPO launch after one of its artists is involved in a shooting. Bunkie's body is found, he was Cookie's cousin and a long-time friend of the family. Lucious plans to introduce Hakeem at Club Laviticus. Instigated by Andre, Cookie wants Jamal to perform there, too, but Lucious refuses, so Cookie sets up a press conference for Jamal. Lucious threatens Jamal to withdraw his financial support if he comes out publicly, so they cancel. In the end, Hakeem chooses Jamal to perform together with. FBI Agent Carter wants Cookie to testify in court about what she had witnessed, as an extension to their deal, but Cookie fears for her life.
3	3	'The Devil Quotes Scripture'	Sanaa Hamri	Ilene Chaiken & Joshua Allen	January 21, 2015	1AXP03	11.07^[11]
Lucious learns from the police that they found an eye witness to Bunkie’s murder. Andre uses his personal relations with deputy mayor Alvarez to find out that the witness is a homeless person. He identifies Lucious to Detective Walker but is not mentally fit to testify officially. During Bunkie’s funeral, Lucious recalls his drug dealing past. Anika had Cookie followed and presents Lucious photos how she met with the FBI. To protect the cover, Cookie introduces Carter as her parole officer. Hakeem publicly dates Tiana sanctioned by Lucious, but secretly meets his girlfriend Camilla Marks. During a family dinner, Lucious and Jamal get into an argument, which eventually makes Jamal leave his apartment that is paid for by his father.
4	4	'False Imposition'	Rosemary Rodriguez	Wendy Calhoun	January 28, 2015	1AXP04	11.36^[12]
Lucious wants to contract popular rapper Titan, stealing him from his rival Beretti. However, Titan is in jail after shooting someone. Cookie helps by meeting his mother. Lucious can eventually contract Titan, even if his money will be used to support the Nation of Islam which was involved in killing his father. Anika arranges a duet with Hakeem and Tiana. As Tiana’s new manager, Cookie becomes involved and tries to forge a relationship with Hakeem over their work. Tiana is upset when she catches Hakeem with Camilla but still performs with him professionally. Andre gives Detective Walker a false alibi for Lucious for the time of Bunkie’s murder. Jamal and Michael move into a simple apartment and Jamal tries to find inspiration for his original music.
5	5	'Dangerous Bonds'	John Singleton	Malcolm Spellman	February 4, 2015	1AXP05	11.47^[13]
Andre wants Tiana to guest on Hakeem's music video. Cookie agrees in return for a board seat. Rhonda films Tiana make out with her girlfriend India and publishes the film on the Internet, causing a scene between Hakeem and Tiana amidst the video shoot. Lucious convinces Hakeem to proceed anyway. Andre hints Hakeem's friends to rob Jamal who is at a recording studio in the Bronx on his own money. The sound engineer is injured. Jamal still manages to record his song. He is angry at Hakeem because he recognized the robbers as his friends. Cookie testifies before a grand jury against Frank Gathers. She mistakens a red rose that Lucious had left on her doorstep for their anniversary as a threat for retaliation and orders a hit on Frank’s gangster Teddy McNally. When she finds out the truth it is too late to stop. Lucious proposes to Anika. He also asks Anika's father, a medical doctor, to sign a false health certificate which he needs for his IPO.
6	6	'Out, Damned Spot'	Michael Engler	Eric Haywood	February 11, 2015	1AXP06	11.96^[14]
Detective Walker is investigating against Lucious. Vernon finds out about the murder and the alibi, and Andre, too, finds out that Lucious killed Bunkie. Vernon pays someone to take the blame for the murder with a false confession to the police. Elle Dallas is a long-time artist of Empire but has lost success recently and has let herself go. To prevent her from getting fired, Cookie starts as her manager. Lucious' doctor offers an experimental treatment. Jamal's new song is a success. As he focusses on his career, Michael becomes unhappy about their relationship. Jamal's ex-wife Olivia arrives with a litte girl, Lola, who she claims is their daughter.
7	7	'Our Dancing Days'	Sanaa Hamri	Attica Locke	February 18, 2015	1AXP07	13.02^[15]
Michael feels neglected and leaves Jamal. Lucious lands in hospital from the side effects of the experimental drug. Olivia has vanished, leaving behind Lola at Empire, so she has to be taken care of. For an investor party, Lucious wants to present Empire as a family-run company, so Cookie needs to bring Hakeem and Jamal back working together. Camilla is tired of having to be the secret girlfriend; Hakeem smuggles her on the guest list as an investor. At the party, Jamal and Hakeem perform well. Cookie wants Elle to open, but Anika spikes her drink. His condition makes it impossible for Lucious to give his prepared speech about family values, but Cookie saves the evening. After the party, Lucious reveals to his family that he suffers from ALS; Andre has a breakdown. Cookie and Lucious are caught making love by Anika.
8	8	'The Lyon's Roar'	Danny Strong	Danny Strong	February 25, 2015	1AXP08	13.90^[16]
After finding out that Lucious slept with Cookie and that her father faked him a clean bill of health, Anika forces Lucious to announce their upcoming wedding at the White Party, threatening him to ruin him if he won’t. However, Lucious has promised Cookie that he will leave Anika. As part of a family legacy and to reconcile everybody, Lucious wants Cookie, Jamal, Hakeem and him to record a song together. Andre feels left out and tries to be voted interim CEO in case Lucious becomes incapacitated, also using Rhonda to secure him the votes of the board, but Lucious refuses. At the White Party, Hakeem brings along Camilla who starts fighting with Cookie over the course of Hakeem’s career. Lucious brings along Anika, but before they can announce the wedding, Cookie tells her that she slept with Lucious just the night before. Anika leaves angrily and goes to meet Lucious' longtime rival, Billy Beretti. Jamal comes out by singing a remix of Lucious' classic song 'You're So Beautiful'. After the party, Lucious ends the Lyons legacy album. Andre attempts suicide but the gun jams.
9	9	'Unto the Breach'	Anthony Hemingway	David Rambo	March 4, 2015	1AXP09	14.33^[17]
Cookie finds out about Anika conspiring with Billy Beretti while she still pretends to plan the wedding with Lucious. He throws her out and reminds her that if they make his disease public, her father will go to prison for faking the health certificate. Lucious calls the whole family in to fight the war for the best artists against his rival. Jamal meets famous artist Delphine and they get along very well. Her contract is ending and he wants her for Empire, which Lucious ignores at first, but in the end he contracts her. Anika tries to steal Tiana but eventually Cookie and Hakeem work together and convince her to stay. Furious, Andre throws away his medication and then successively loses control until he has to be subdued and committed to a mental hospital.
10	10	'Sins of the Father'	Rob Hardy	Eddie Gonzalez & Jeremy Haft	March 11, 2015	1AXP10	14.90^[18]
Cookie learns about Andre’s bipolar disorder at the hospital. He needs to sign the papers for the IPO but does not want to leave, so Rhonda acts as his proxy. Meanwhile, Andre is working with his musical therapist Michelle. Jamal decides to raise Lola. Lucious plans to marry Cookie and wants to give part of the shares that were intended for his sons to her. However, Cookie makes it clear she is finished with Lucious, and is approaching Malcolm. Camilla gains influence on Hakeem, but Lucious wants to get rid of her as he thinks she is only using him. He offers her money to leave Hakeem, but she refuses and threatens to return once he is dead. Olivia was hiding from Reggie who abused her and Lola, but he finds her. Vernon brings them to the Lyons' where Reggie demands to get Lola back. To save Jamal, Lucious reveals that Lola is his child and that he had promised Olivia to make her a star as long as she stays with Jamal as his beard. Malcolm shoots Reggie.
11	11	'Die But Once'	Mario Van Peebles	Ilene Chaiken	March 18, 2015	1AXP11	15.82^[19]
Lucious fires Cookie after she spent a weekend with Malcolm. Hakeem is angry about Camilla: He publicly shames Lucious in a freestyle and plans to sign with Beretti. After finding God through Michelle, Andre wants to leave Empire. Lucious takes revenge by wooing Michelle with a gospel record contract. Jamal gets closer with Ryan. Beretti takes legal action against Empire. When Jamal’s new album is a big success, Lucious promises him to become his successor if he has what it takes to deal with Beretti. In return, Jamal wants Lucious to bring Cookie back. At Creedmoor, Lucious catches Hakeem with Anika, and Jamal threatens Beretti to sign over the masters back to Empire. Later, Lucious learns he really suffers from MG, which is treatable. Cookie hears a sedated Lucious sleep-talk how he murdered her cousin Bunkie, and she tries to kill him.
12	12	'Who I Am'	Debbie Allen	Danny Strong & Ilene Chaiken	March 18, 2015	1AXP12	17.62^[19]
Lucious officially names Jamal the successor CEO of Empire. Lucious suspects that Cookie tried to kill him, but she backed out at the last moment. Despite this, he fires her again. Hakeem, Anika, Andre, and Cookie have to overcome their antipathy when they plan a hostile takeover of Empire. Agent Carter wants Cookie to witness against Lucious, but she refuses. Vernon attempts to make amends with Andre, but they get into a fight that Rhonda intercedes by accidentally killing Vernon. Rhonda tells Andre not to call the police, and that she is pregnant. As Lucious gets ready to perform at his legacy concert, he is arrested for allegedly killing Bunkie. While Lucious thinks Cookie surrendered him to the police to take revenge and facilitate the takeover, Agent Carter's witness was really Vernon.

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

Empire was well received by critics, with most praising Taraji's performance as Cookie.^[20]^[21]^[22] On Rotten Tomatoes the show got a rating of 80% fresh based on 49 reviews.^[23]

Episodes Season 1 Watch Online

*Empire* (season 1): Critical reception by episode
Season 1 (2015): Percentage of positive reviews tracked by the website Rotten Tomatoes^[24]

Episodes Season 1 Handmaid's Tale

Live + SD ratings[edit]

This Is Us Season 2

No. in series	No. in season	Episode	Air date	Time slot (EST)	Rating/Share (18–49)	Viewers (m)	18–49 Rank	Viewership rank	Drama rank
1	1	'Pilot'	January 7, 2015	Wednesdays 9:00 p.m.	3.8/11^[9]	9.90^[9]	5^[25]	17^[25]	1^[25]
2	2	'The Outspoken King'	January 14, 2015		4.0/12^[10]	10.32^[10]	2^[26]	11^[26]	1^[26]
3	3	'The Devil Quotes Scripture'	January 21, 2015		4.4/13^[11]	11.07^[11]	1^[27]	5^[27]	1^[27]
4	4	'False Imposition'	January 28, 2015		4.3/12^[12]	11.36^[12]	5^[28]	9^[28]	2^[28]
5	5	'Dangerous Bonds'	February 4, 2015		4.6/14^[13]	11.47^[13]	3^[29]	6^[29]	1^[29]
6	6	'Out, Damned Spot'	February 11, 2015		4.8/14^[14]	11.96^[14]	2^[30]	4^[30]	1^[30]
7	7	'Our Dancing Days'	February 18, 2015		5.2/15^[15]	13.02^[15]	3^[31]	9^[31]	1^[31]
8	8	'The Lyon’s Roar'	February 25, 2015		5.4/15^[16]	13.90^[16]	1^[32]	5^[32]	1^[32]
9	9	'Unto the Breach'	March 4, 2015		5.8/17^[17]	14.33^[17]	1^[33]	4^[33]	1^[33]
10	10	'Sins of the Father'	March 11, 2015		5.8/17^[18]	14.90^[18]	1^[34]	3^[34]	1^[34]
11	11	'Die But Once'	March 18, 2015	8:00 p.m.	6.1/21^[19]	15.82^[19]	2^[35]	2^[35]	2^[35]
12	12	'Who I Am'	March 18, 2015	9:00 p.m.	6.9/21^[19]	17.62^[19]	1^[35]	1^[35]	1^[35]

Live + 7 Day (DVR) ratings[edit]

No. in series	No. in season	Episode	Air date	Time slot (EST)	18–49 rating increase	Viewers (millions) increase	Total 18-49	Total viewers (millions)	Ref
1	1	'Pilot'	January 7, 2015	Wednesdays 9:00 p.m.	1.8	4.05	5.6	13.95	^[36]
2	2	'The Outspoken King'	January 14, 2015		1.6	3.69	5.6	14.01	^[37]
3	3	'The Devil Quotes Scripture'	January 21, 2015		1.9	4.06	6.3	15.13	^[38]
4	4	'False Imposition'	January 28, 2015		1.8	3.69	6.1	15.04	^[39]
5	5	'Dangerous Bonds'	February 4, 2015		2.0	4.21	6.6	15.68	^[40]
6	6	'Out, Damned Spot'	February 11, 2015		1.8	4.14	6.6	16.10	^[41]
7	7	'Our Dancing Days'	February 18, 2015		2.3	5.14	7.5	18.16	^[42]
8	8	'The Lyon’s Roar'	February 25, 2015		2.3	5.08	7.7	18.98	^[43]
9	9	'Unto the Breach'	March 4, 2015		2.5	5.35	8.3	19.68	^[44]
10	10	'Sins of the Father'	March 11, 2015		2.7	5.70	8.5	20.63	^[45]
11	11	'Die But Once'	March 18, 2015	8:00 p.m.	2.6	5.74	8.7	21.56	^[46]
12	12	'Who I Am'	March 18, 2015	9:00 p.m.	2.4	5.49	9.3	23.12	^[47]

Yellowstone Season 1 Episode 1

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Episodes Season 1 Trailer

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