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One of the greatest twists in TV history at the end too… we had been primed for expecting flashbacks for 3 years, and at first I was so bummed that the finale was another Jack flashback, and not really that interesting of one… and then when it’s revealed it was a flash FORWARD…. “We have to go back!” -mind blowing.
First Time Watching ‘Lost’: Season 3 Review. And I’m back with another review, for yet another season. I’m now halfway through with this show, and it’s getting pretty damn good right now. Again, thank you to everyone who interacted with the last post, I appreciate it. This review will be the same format and categories as my first review.
- Overview
- Summary
- Season plot summary
- Season 3 episodes
- Trivia
- See also
- References
This article contains episode summaries for the third season of Lost.
Principal cast
In order of character appearances •Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen (21/23) •Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard (20/23) •Josh Holloway as James "Sawyer" Ford (19/23) •Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke (18/23) •Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond Hume (17/23) •Dominic Monaghan as Charlie Pace (17/23) •Naveen Andrews as Sayid Jarrah (17/23) •Michael Emerson as Benjamin Linus (16/23) •Jorge Garcia as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (16/23) •Daniel Dae Kim as Jin-Soo Kwon (15/23) •Yunjin Kim as Sun-Hwa Kwon (14/23) •Terry O'Quinn as John Locke (14/23) •Emilie de Ravin as Claire Littleton (13/23) •Rodrigo Santoro as Paulo (7/23)* •Kiele Sanchez as Nikki Fernandez (6/23)* •Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Eko (2/23)** ***
Recurring cast
In order of character appearances •M.C. Gainey as Tom Friendly (12/23) •Tania Raymonde as Alexandra Rousseau (9/23) •Andrew Divoff as Mikhail Bakunin (8/23) •Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau (8/23) •Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert (7/23) •Ariston Green as Jason (7/23) •Marsha Thomason as Naomi Dorrit (7/23) •Teddy Wells as Ivan (7/23) •Blake Bashoff as Karl Martin (6/23) •Michael Bowen as Danny Pickett (5/23) •Dustin Geiger as Matthew (5/23) •Joah Buley as Luke (4/23) •Brian Goodman as Ryan Pryce (4/23) •William Mapother as Ethan Rom (4/23) •François Chau as "Marvin Candle/Mark Wickmund" (4/23)* •L. Scott Caldwell as Rose Nadler (4/23) •Sam Anderson as Bernard Nadler (3/23) •Tracy Middendorf as Bonnie (3/23) •Lana Parrilla as Greta (3/23) •Sonya Walger as Penelope Widmore (3/23) •Julie Bowen as Sarah Shephard (2/23) •Byron Chung as Woo-Jung Paik (2/23) •Brett Cullen as Goodwin Stanhope (2/23) •Kim Dickens as Cassidy Phillips (2/23) •Mickey Graue as Zach (2/23)* •Kiersten Havelock as Emma (2/23)* •Kimberley Joseph as Cindy Chandler (2/23) •Fredric Lane as Edward Mars (2/23) •Paula Malcolmson as Colleen Pickett (2/23) •Ian Somerhalder as Boone Carlyle (2/23) •John Terry as Christian Shephard (2/23) •Kevin Tighe as Anthony Cooper (2/23) •Robin Weigert as Rachel Carlson (2/23) •Beth Broderick as Diane Janssen (1/23) •Alan Dale as Charles Widmore (1/23) •Gabrielle Fitzpatrick as Lindsey Littleton (1/23) •Andrea Gabriel as Noor "Nadia" Abed Jazeem (1/23) •Billy Ray Gallion as Randy Nations (1/23) •April Grace as Bea Klugh (1/23) •Maggie Grace as Shannon Rutherford (1/23) •Neil Hopkins as Liam Pace (1/23) •Lillian Hurst as Carmen Reyes (1/23) •Malcolm David Kelley as Walt Lloyd (1/23) •Tomiko Okhee Lee as Mrs. Lee (1/23) •Tony Lee as Jae Lee (1/23) •Adetokumboh M'Cormack as The Man in Black in the form of Yemi (1/23) •Rob McElhenney as Aldo (1/23) •Daniel Roebuck as Leslie Arzt (1/23) •John Shin as Mr. Kwon (1/23)
Main plot points
Season 3 mainly focused on the Others. Major plot points included: •The Others (including Juliet Burke, Tom Friendly, Ben Linus and Richard Alpert), who they are, why they are on the Island, the way they live their lives and who leads them. •Contact with the outside world, including Penny; the Flame and Galaga being destroyed. •Desmond's future-telling powers, going back in time and Charlie's imminent death, and to a lesser extent, time. •The mysteries of the island, mainly pregnancy issues and the healing properties (see Mikhail). •The arrival of Naomi and the freighter. •Continued to use Flashbacks and during the final episode of the Season 3 they first introduced the Flash-forward idea that was used throughout all of Season 4.
After the events at the Pala Ferry, Season 3 picks up with Jack, Kate and Sawyer being held prisoner by the Others on another Island. The Others as a group are revealed to be less omnipotent as first thought, wearing normal clothes and having many resources on the island, including electricity, running water and a large supply of food and weapons. Jack is held in an aquarium where he meets Juliet, an Other. Sawyer, in a cage, meets Karl in the cage opposite; but soon, Karl is moved elsewhere and replaced with Kate. She and Sawyer are forced to do hard labor with the rest of The Others. Ben promises Jack safe passage off the island if he complies to do what they need him to do.
Sayid, Sun and Jin begin to worry when Jack and his group aren't contacting them, so Sayid sets a trap. However, The Others board the Elizabeth using the submarine and steal it on Ben's orders, but not without a casualty. Sun fatally wounds Colleen, who is shipped back. Jack is forced to operate on her but is unable to save her, to the distress of her husband. Pickett beats Sawyer, and Kate confesses that she loves him.
After the Hatch implodes, Desmond is sent back into 1996 with Penny in London. Dismissing the recent events as a broken memory, he continues on with his life, failing to secure a job at Widmore Industries and earn Charles Widmore's respect. Desmond sees Charlie on the street, and his memories of the future return, causing him to seek help, to no avail; he instead comes across Ms. Hawking, who seems to have knowledge of future events and tells him about the universe's way of "course-correcting". Desmond breaks up with Penny, realizing there's no way to run away from his destiny to crash on the island, and suffers a blow to the head which causes him to be sent back to the present (on the island).
Desmond meets Hurley, who realizes he can see flashes of future events. Locke wakes up mute, returns to camp and has a vision of the late Boone who leads him through a surreal airport, eventually telling him he needs to save Eko. Along with Charlie, they rescue a severely injured Eko from a polar bear in its cave. When they return, the news has spread of Jack, Kate and Sawyer's capture by The Others and Michael's betrayal; the camp is in uproar particularly Nikki and Paulo. Locke vows to save their friends, but they must first wait for Sayid to return with the boat.
Jack soon discovers that he's there to operate on Ben's spinal tumor and Juliet surreptitiously asks him to kill Ben during the surgery, bringing their power struggle to Jack's attention. Back at the beach camp, when Sayid, Sun and Jin return without the boat, Locke plans to contact the Others via the computer in the Pearl so they can rescue their captives. Eko's condition worsens, and he crawls away in the night towards the Beechcraft. Locke and Sayid lead a group to the Pearl, track and find Eko there, and see a glimpse of one of the Others on the TV screen. Eko becomes the Monster's second victim, and they bury him in the jungle. Locke sees a hidden message on Eko's stick telling him to head north.
Alex warns Kate that Pickett plans to kill Sawyer, to avenge his wife's death. Juliet, on Ben's orders, brings Kate to plead with Jack to do the surgery, however he does not comply, thinking Kate has been "turned" by them by using Sawyer's life as leverage. Kate and Sawyer consummate their relationship in the cage, thinking it's Sawyer's last day alive. Jack sees them and grows jealous, and finally agrees to do the surgery, where he holds Ben's life ransom for Kate and Sawyer's freedom. The two fight for freedom, and run from Pickett, but they come across Alex who bargains with them - they rescue Karl from brainwashing - in return for a boat. Ben asks Juliet to help Kate and Sawyer escape in return for safe passage off of the island and also so Jack will stitch his bleeding kidney. Juliet kills Pickett, who was about to kill Sawyer. Kate, Sawyer and Karl sail to the main island. Juliet is then incarcerated for killing one of their own, but Jack bargains with Ben to commute her sentence of execution. The Others, with Jack in tow, head for the Barracks on the main island.
The Lost Survival GuideLost: A Tale of SurvivalA Tale of Two CitiesThe Glass BallerinaFurther InstructionsEvery Man for Himself•Jack, Locke, Kate, Juliet, Desmond and Sun are the only characters who have more than one centric episode solely for themselves (not including multi-centric or two-hour episodes).
•Season 3 is the last season in which Jack has more than one centric episode solely to himself.
•Lost Season 3 (Original Television Soundtrack)
•Lost: The Complete Third Season (DVD)
•Lost: The Complete Collection (DVD)
•Portal:Transcripts
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May 26, 2007 · Sadly, the season three finale, while not without moments, wasn’t enough to lift Lost out of the doldrums. 15 minutes of intrigue in an hour and twenty minutes? Surely the loyal viewers...
Feb 16, 2007 · After taking Hurley (Jorge Garcia) and Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) a mile away from camp to confer with Sayid (Naveen Andrews) and Locke (Terry O’Quinn), Desmond sprints through the jungle, dives into the ocean and pulls a water-logged Claire to safety.
The third season continues the stories of a group of over 40 people who have been stranded on a remote island in the South Pacific, after their airplane crashed 68 days prior to the beginning of the season. In the Lost universe, the season takes place from November 28 to December 21, 2004.
Oct 19, 2006 · Lost Recap: Season 3, Episode 3, “Further Instructions” Now in the third episode of the new season, Lost appears to be hitting its stride. by Andrew Dignan. October 19, 2006. 2.
