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Lost (season 6)
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The '''sixth''' and final '''season''' '''of''' the American [[Television program|television series]] ''[[Lost (TV series)|'''Lost''']]'' began broadcast in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] on February 2, 2010.<ref name=Nov19PR>{{cite web |url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111909_04 |title=ABC Announces the Premiere of the Sixth and Final Season of ''Lost'', with a Special All-Night Event on Tuesday, February 2 |author=Fordis, Jeff |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Medianet |date= November 19, 2009 |accessdate=November 19, 2009| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/691czVAL3 | archivedate = 2012-07-09| url-status=live}}</ref> In the final 18 TV [[episode]]s, the writers showed the fate of the remaining [[survivor]]s, and explained the powers which the Island held in their lives. The sixth-season premiere was the first to climb in the ratings year-over-year since the second season, drawing 12.1 million viewers.<ref name="The Live Feed">{{cite web |url=http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/02/lost-final-season-premiere-rating.html|title=Fans rediscover 'Lost' as premiere ratings climb|publisher = The Live Feed|date=Feb. 3, 2010}} {{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> The series finale aired on May 23, 2010.<ref name="finaledate">{{cite episode |title= [[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]] |credits= [[Damon Lindelof|Lindelof, Damon]] and [[Carlton Cuse|Cuse, Carlton]] |network= [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |airdate= February 2, 2010}}</ref> The final episode ran 2.5 hours starting at 9/8 [[Central Daylight Time|CDT]], pushing the late-night news back a half-hour. It was followed by the previously announced post-finale special, ''Jimmy Kimmel Live: Aloha to Lost'', at 12:05&nbsp;a.m. (11:05 CDT).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Lost-Series-Finale-1018123.aspx|title=ABC Extends Lost Series Finale by 30 Minutes|publisher=TVGuide.com| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/679xT92Mh | archivedate = 2012-04-24| url-status=live}}</ref> The season continued the stories of the survivors of the fictional September 22, 2004 crash of [[Oceanic Airlines]] Flight 815, on an unknown island in the [[South Pacific]]. The survivors must deal with two outcomes of the explosion of a nuclear bomb on the island in the 1970s. While the on-island story continues, a set of "flash sideways"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://abc.go.com/shows/lost/flash-sideways |title=Flash Sideways |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |accessdate=February 3, 2010}}</ref> scenes show a second timeline, in which Flight 815 never crashes. The season is scheduled to be released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 24, 2010, alongside a complete series boxset.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/n/13279 |title=''Lost'' - 'The Complete 6th and Final Season' Flying to DVD and Blu-ray Disc this Summer? |author=Lambert, David |publisher=[[TVShowsOnDVD.com]] |date=January 29, 2010 |accessdate=January 29, 2010}}</ref>
For a summary of the final season's storyline, see below: ''"[[#Season 6 plot summary|Season 6 plot summary]]''".

==Production==
On May 7, 2007, ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson announced that ''Lost'' would end during the 2009–2010 season with a "highly anticipated and shocking finale".<ref name="Conclusion 2007">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070510030616/http://www.abcmedianet.com/assets/pr%5chtml/050707_01.html ABC Gives Viewers 48 More Original Episodes of the Hit Drama ''Lost'', Culminating in an Exciting Series Conclusion] Posted May 7, 2007. Retrieved from [[Internet Archive]] on May 10, 2007.</ref> "We felt that this was the only way to give ''Lost'' a proper creative conclusion," McPherson said.<ref name="Conclusion 2007"/> Beginning with the 2007–2008 television season, the final 48 episodes would have been aired as three seasons with 16 episodes each, with ''Lost'' concluding in its sixth season. Due to the [[2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|2007-2008 writers' strike]], the fourth season featured 14 episodes, and season 5 had 17 episodes. Season six was planned to have 17 episodes, too.<ref name=17ep>{{cite news |url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/lost-season-5-1000807.aspx |last= Mitovich |first=Matt |title=''Lost'' Fans Will Get an Uninterrupted Season 5 |work= [[TV Guide]] |date=December 18, 2008 |accessdate= 2009-04-12}}</ref> However, on June 29 it was announced that the final season would feature an additional hour, making the number of episodes 18.<ref name="zap2it">{{cite web |url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/06/lost-will-last-a-little-longer.html |title=''Lost'' will last a little longer |author=Porter, Rick |publisher=''[[Zap2it]]'' |date=June 29, 2009 |accessdate=August 17, 2009}}</ref>

Executive producers [[Damon Lindelof]] and [[Carlton Cuse]] stated that they "always envisioned ''Lost'' as a show with a beginning, middle, and end," and that by announcing when the show would end that viewers would "have the security of knowing that the story will play out as we've intended."<ref name="Conclusion 2007"/> Lindelof and Cuse stated that securing the 2010 series-end date "was immensely liberating" and helped the series rediscover its focus.<ref name="TV Guide 2008-03">{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/cover-story/lost-killer-season/080305-03 |title=''Lost'''s Killer Season |accessdate=March 20, 2008 |author=Malcom, Shawna |date=March 5, 2008 |work=[[TV Guide]]| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/65ISP2SUS | archivedate = 2012-02-08| url-status=live}}</ref> Lindelof noted, "We're no longer stalling."<ref name="TV Guide 2008-03"/>  The producers also planned to wrap up long-standing mysteries, such as the nature of the [[Mythology of Lost#The Monster|smoke monster]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/celebrity-news/2009/06/02/lost-masterminds-carlton-cuse-and-damen-lindelof-dop-hints-about-how-abc-hit-drama-will-end-66331-23767193/ |title=Lost masterminds Carlton Cuse and Damen Lindelof drop hints about how ABC hit drama will end |newspaper=[[Sunday Mercury]] |date=June 2, 2009 |accessdate=June 2, 2009| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/65ISPXEnq | archivedate = 2012-02-08| url-status=live}}</ref> the reason the Dharma periodic resupply drops continue after the purge,<ref name="ecomiccon">{{cite web |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/07/25/comic-con-what-we-learned-about-losts-final-season/ |title=Comic Con: What We Learned About Lost's Final Season |author=Quigley, Adam |date=July 25, 2009 |publisher=''[[/Film]]'' |accessdate=Oct 4, 2009}}</ref> and the "bird" from "[[Exodus (Lost)|Exodus Pt. 2]]" and "[[Live Together, Die Alone|Live Together, Die Alone Pt. 1]]".<ref name = seattle>{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/416049_tvgif1.html |title=Thirteen Clues About the End of ''Lost'': Does Ilana Age? Who's Coming Back? Who Isn't? |author=Abrams, Natalie |work=[[Seattle Post Intelligencer]] |date=March 1, 2010 |accessdate=March 20, 2010}} {{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> While the destruction of the four-toed statue of Taweret was revealed in the [[Ab Aeterno|ninth episode of the final season]], Lindelof hinted that the identity  of the statue's builders would not be addressed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philly.com/2010/02/02/fans-search-on-waikiki-for-answers-to-lost/ |title=Fans search on Waikiki Beach for answers to 'Lost' |author=Song, Jaymes |date=February 2, 2010 |publisher=''[[Philly.com]]'' |accessdate=February 2, 2010}} {{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> The producer also indicated that [[Walt Lloyd|Walt]]'s unusual abilities may be explained, although not necessarily with the character's direct involvement.<ref name=lostqausatoday>{{cite news |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2009/10/a-lost-qa-damon-lindelof-tackles-your-questions/1 |title=A 'Lost' Q&A: Damon Lindelof answers (most of) your questions! |author=Matheson, Whitney  |work=[[USA Today]] |date=October 27, 2009 |accessdate=October 27, 2009| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/5m7wHavVy | archivedate = 2009-12-18| url-status=live}}</ref> In a podcast, Cuse and Lindelof stated that they would explain the "Rules" first stated in [[The Shape of Things to Come (Lost)|an episode in season four]], but only those that are "important for the narrative they are telling."<ref>{{cite podcast|url=http://ll.media.abc.com/podcast/audio/itunes/LOST_615_audio_podcast_55d80edf-b6b4-4b0a-b7e2-9df63693cef3_2944555.mp3 |title=Official ''Lost'' Podcast |website=ABC.com |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company]] |date=14 May 2010 |accessdate=15 May 2010}}</ref> Matthew Fox said in an interview that in the final season, the characters of Jack Shephard and John Locke "will come head to head." It was also claimed that a third of the way through the final season, the two timelines would be "solidified into one" and "will be very linear – no more flashbacks, nothing;" however this was still not the case by the season midpoint.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b128606_matthew_fox_tells_us_how_lost_ends_how.html |title=Matthew Fox Tells Us How ''Lost'' Ends (and How Season Six Begins) |author=Abdolian, Lisa |publisher=''[[E!]]'' |date=June 10, 2009 |accessdate=August 17, 2009}}</ref> He also claimed to be the only cast member to know the ending of the series,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a96650/matthew-fox-keeps-quiet-on-lost-ending.html?rss|title=Matthew Fox keeps quiet on 'Lost' ending|publisher=''[[Digital Spy]]''|author=Ben Rawson-Jones|date=May 29, 2008|accessdate=November 11, 2008| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/66QsHIDt9 | archivedate = 2012-03-25| url-status=live}}</ref> though Lindelof has clarified that Fox only knew things that were relevant to his character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/lost-season-five-interview-with-carlton-cuse-and-damon-lindelof/|title=Lost season five: Interview with Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof|publisher=''Unreality Primetime''|author=McGarry, Lisa|date=October 22, 2009|accessdate=October 25, 2009}}</ref>

During [[Comic-Con International|Comic-Con 2009]], numerous sixth-season reports were made. Carlton Cuse stated both the time travel and flash-forward seasons were over, and they were moving into something different for the sixth season.<ref name=ecomiccon/> Josh Holloway stated his character Sawyer would revert to his old self after the loss of Juliet.<ref name=ecomiccon/> Though Cuse and Lindelof stated that the [[Dharma Initiative]] would no longer play a large role in the show,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a167283/live-lost-panel-at-comic-con.html |title=Live: 'Lost' panel at Comic-Con |accessdate=October 25, 2009 |author=Wilkes, Neil |date=July 25, 2009 |publisher=''[[Digital Spy]]''| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/65fJbloUi | archivedate = 2012-02-23| url-status=live}}</ref> they have said that the "Dharma-Michigan connection" would play a significant role in season six.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-05-15-universities-hollywood_N.htm |title=Hollywood, universities share benefits of name-dropping |accessdate=October 25, 2009 |author=Householder, Mike |date=May 15, 2009 |work=[[USA Today]] }}</ref> Lindelof stated that the producers had a direct hand in the production of the season six promotional poster that was first displayed at Comic-Con, and that everything in it was intentional; he also made a reference to the [[Abbey Road]] cover in connection to the poster.<ref name=lostqausatoday/> Season six was the first and only season of Lost ever to not feature any kind of preview or official promotional material such as sneak peeks and promo pictures for future episodes since the Lost producers considered any single frame from the first episodes to be too revealing. According to Lindelof, "even a single scene from the show would basically tip what it is we're doing this year, and what it is we're doing this year is different than what we've done in other years."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-11-10-mitchell10_ST_N.htm |title=Elizabeth Mitchell tight-lipped about 'Lost,' emotive about 'V' |author=Thompson, Arienne |work=[[USA Today]] |date=November 10, 2009 |accessdate=November 11, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b148010_gossip_threesome_lost_scoop_best_thing.html |title=Gossip Threesome and Lost Scoop! The Best Thing You'll Read Today |author=[[Kristin Dos Santos|Dos Santos, Kristin]] |publisher=''[[E!|E! Online]]'' |date=October 8, 2009 |accessdate=November 11, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/losts-final-season-will-a.php |title=Lost's final season will answer everything. Mostly. |author=Topel, Fred |publisher=''SciFi Wire'' |date=November 17, 2009 |accessdate=November 17, 2009}}</ref>  Lindelof has also emphasized that the flashes-sideways are important, stating "People are saying [they] don't need these stories and all we can say is they're absolutely 100 percent necessary to tell the story of Lost, and hopefully by the end of the season it will be more obvious as to why."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/ |title=Lost Producers: What It Means to Be a Candidate, What's the "Sideways" World |author=Abrams, Natalie |work=[[TV Guide]] |date=March 9, 2010 |accessdate=March 8, 2010}}</ref> He also noted that the term "flash-sideways" was deliberately used instead of "alternate reality" because viewers might otherwise "infer that one of them isn't real, or one of them is real and the other is the alternate to being real."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/02/02/lost-premiere-damon-carlton/ |title=Confused by the 'Lost' premiere? Never fear! Damon and Carlton explain a few things about the start of Season 6 |author=Jensen, Jeff |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 2, 2010 |accessdate=May 7, 2010| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/679xRcFqa | archivedate = 2012-04-24| url-status=live}}</ref> When asked to describe the last three episodes, Lindelof said "Water." <ref name = seattle/>

ABC charged advertisers $900,000 [[USD]] for a 30-second commercial during the series finale, in contrast to the standard 2010 season price of $214,000.<ref>''[[TV Guide]]'', April 12, 2010; Page 9.</ref><ref>[http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=143012 The Cost of 'Lost'? ABC Asks $900,000 for Finale]</ref>

==Cast==


The cast features fifteen major roles with star billing: eleven return from the fifth season,<ref name=Nov19PR/> one returns from the fourth season after a year's absence, and three are new regular cast members. Unlike the latter half of the previous season, in which the cast was divided into two groups following two separate storylines, Season Six features an [[alternate universe]] scenario which the producers call "flash-sideways," and almost all the main characters participate in both storylines. Returning from the fifth season are the survivors' leader Dr. [[Jack Shephard]] ([[Matthew Fox (actor)|Matthew Fox]]); former fugitive [[Kate Austen]] ([[Evangeline Lilly]]); millionaire [[Hugo "Hurley" Reyes]] ([[Jorge Garcia]]); former torturer [[Sayid Jarrah]] ([[Naveen Andrews]]); con artist [[James "Sawyer" Ford]] ([[Josh Holloway]]); [[mediumship|medium]] [[Miles Straume]] ([[Ken Leung]]); former mob-enforcer [[Jin-Soo Kwon]] ([[Daniel Dae Kim]]) and his privileged wife [[Sun-Hwa Kwon|Sun Kwon]] ([[Yunjin Kim]]); leader of the island's native population (known as the "[[Others (Lost)|Others]]") [[Ben Linus]] ([[Michael Emerson]]); and deceased crash survivor [[John Locke (Lost)|John Locke]], who lives on in the sideways timeline but has been possessed in the original timeline by the mysterious [[Man in Black (Lost)|Man In Black]].<ref>[[Damon Lindelof|Lindelof, Damon]] (writer) & [[Carlton Cuse|Cuse, Carlton]] (writer) & [[Jack Bender|Bender, Jack]] (director), "[[The Incident (Lost)|The Incident, Part 2]]".  ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'', [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].  [[List of Lost episodes|Episode 17]], [[Lost (season 5)|season 5]].  Aired on May 13, 2009.</ref> [[Emilie de Ravin]] returns in her role as [[Claire Littleton]], a new mother who was absent for one season after disappearing on the Island, and [[Henry Ian Cusick]] also returns as [[Desmond Hume]], who starts the season off the Island.<ref name=FancastJan19>{{cite web |url=http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2010/tv-news/the-big-tease-scoop-on-lost-24-and-more/ |title=The Big Tease: Scoop on ''Lost'', ''24'' and More! |author=Mitovich, Matt |publisher=[[Fancast]] |date=January 19, 2010 |accessdate=January 19, 2010}} {{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> The new main cast roles go to  pilot [[Frank Lapidus]] ([[Jeff Fahey]]), [[Richard Alpert (Lost)|Richard Alpert]] ([[Nestor Carbonell]]), an ageless advisor to the Others, and mysterious Flight 316 leader [[Ilana (Lost)|Ilana Verdansky]] ([[Zuleikha Robinson]]). Carbonell was named a main cast member by the executive producers at Comic-Con 2009, after guest starring in the previous three seasons,<ref name=carbonell>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/kecks-exclusives/nestor-carbonell-becomes-lost-regular-1830.html |title=Nestor Carbonell Becomes ''Lost'' Regular |author=Keck, William |work=[[TV Guide]] |date=July 25, 2009 |accessdate=August 13, 2009| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/66QsIH5Mk | archivedate = 2012-03-25| url-status=live}}</ref> and Fahey and Robinson were confirmed after appearing in recurring roles in the fourth and fifth seasons.

Several former cast members are scheduled to return to the show, or have been asked back.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/what-the-keck/will-ian-somerhalder-juggle-jobs-1610.html |title=Will Ian Somerhalder Juggle Jobs? |author=Keck, William |work= [[TV Guide]] |date=July 2, 2009 |accessdate=August 13, 2009| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/66QsJ3Fnq | archivedate = 2012-03-25| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Elizabeth Mitchell]] returns as fertility specialist Dr. [[Juliet Burke]]. Mitchell has stated that her return is "instrumental to the story".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iesb.net/extensions//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7581:interview-elizabeth-mitchell-fights-the-qvq-in-abcs-new-series&catid=44:interviews&Itemid=172 |title=Interview: Elizabeth Mitchell Fights the "V" in ABC's New Series |author=Radish, Christina |publisher=''IESB'' |date=October 5, 2009 |accessdate=October 25, 2009| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/66QsJSCDW | archivedate = 2012-03-25| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dominic Monaghan]] returned as rock star [[Charlie Pace]] in four episodes. [[Jeremy Davies (actor)|Jeremy Davies]] returned as [[physicist]] Daniel Faraday in multiple episodes. [[Ian Somerhalder]] also returned as Flight 815 crash survivor [[Boone Carlyle]] in several episodes. [[Rebecca Mader]], who portrays anthropologist [[Charlotte Lewis (Lost)|Charlotte Lewis]], also returned. The producers have also confirmed that [[Harold Perrineau]] and [[Cynthia Watros]], who portray [[Michael Dawson (Lost)|Michael Dawson]] and [[Libby Smith]], respectively, returned in the second half of the season. About the return of Libby, Cuse stated, "Finally, all of your questions [about Libby] will be answered", however, Lindelof jokingly responded, "No, they will not".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9541925 |title='No Sequels, Spinoffs for ''Lost'' |author=Bauder, David |publisher=[[ABC News]] |date=January 12, 2010 |accessdate=January 12, 2010| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/66QsMxBJx | archivedate = 2012-03-25| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Michelle Rodriguez]], another [[Lost (season 2)|second season]] star, returned as police officer [[Ana Lucia Cortez]], following a brief cameo in the fifth season. [[Maggie Grace]], who portrays [[Shannon Rutherford]], Boone's stepsister, was asked to return at the beginning of the season, but Grace was unable due to her schedule;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b151772_maggie_grace_not_confirmed_return_lost.html |title=Maggie Grace ''Not'' Confirmed to Return to ''Lost'' |author=[[Kristin Dos Santos|Dos Santos, Kristin]] |publisher=''[[E!]]''|date=November 3, 2009 |accessdate=November 3, 2009| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/66QsNqRDr | archivedate = 2012-03-25| url-status=live}}</ref> she appeared later in the season, instead. Furthermore, the producers wished to bring back the character of [[Walt Lloyd]], however [[Malcolm David Kelley]], who portrays Walt, has aged significantly and the producers are working to overcome this obstacle.<ref name=TCAKristin>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b161737_more_lost_scoop_what_about_shannon_walt.html?sid=twitterfeed_kristin&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=twitterfeed&utm_campaign=twitterfeed_kristin |title=More ''Lost'' Scoop: What About Shannon, Walt and Smokey? |author=Godwin, Jennifer |publisher=[[E!|E! Online]] |date=January 12, 2010 |accessdate= January 12, 2010| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/66QsOZ9f2 | archivedate = 2012-03-25| url-status=live}}</ref>

Recurring characters who returned include: Jack and Claire's father, Dr. [[Christian Shephard]] ([[John Terry (actor)|John Terry]]), wealthy industrialist and former Other [[Charles Widmore]] ([[Alan Dale]]), Desmond's wife [[Penny Widmore]] ([[Sonya Walger]]), former Other Eloise Hawking ([[Fionnula Flanagan]]), Locke's ex-girlfriend, Helen Norwood ([[Katey Sagal]]), Hurley's former boss, Randy Nations ([[Billy Ray Gallion]]), mysterious Flight 316 passenger Bram ([[Brad William Henke]]), Sayid's wife, Nadia ([[Andrea Gabriel]]), deceased Frenchwoman [[Danielle Rousseau]] ([[Mira Furlan]]), science teacher [[Leslie Arzt]] ([[Daniel Roebuck]]), the Others' doctor [[Ethan Rom]] ([[William Mapother]]), Ben Linus' father Roger ([[Jon Gries]]), mercenaries [[Martin Keamy]] ([[Kevin Durand]]) and Omar ([[Anthony Azizi]]), and Vincent, a dog who survived the crash of Flight 815 and lives on the island.<ref name=Ausiello1>{{cite web |url=http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/07/ask-ausiello-sp.html |title=Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ''Lost'', ''Grey's'', ''NCIS'' and More! Plus: Twisty Blind Item Revealed! |author= [[Michael Ausiello|Ausiello, Michael]] |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=July 8, 2008 |accessdate=May 19, 2009| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/66QakaL94 | archivedate = 2012-03-25| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[[Michael Ausiello|Ausiello, Michael]], (August 7, 2008) "[http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/08/lost-adding-two.html Scoop: ''Lost'' Finds New Season 5 Blood!]", ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. Retrieved May 19, 2009.</ref><ref name="comic2008">[[Damon Lindelof|Lindelof, Damon]] & [[Carlton Cuse|Cuse, Carlton]] & [[Matthew Fox (actor)|Fox, Matthew]], (August 1, 2008) "[http://ll.media.abc.com/podcast/audio/itunes/LOST_2008%20ComicCon_audio_podcast_43d56421-8030-48a4-a2ef-75de6920e61c_1749705.mp3 Comic-Con International]", [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. Retrieved August 13, 2009. {{WebCite|url=https://www.webcitation.org/65ISNvKba|date =2012-02-08}}</ref><ref name="randy">{{cite web |url=http://www.tvovermind.com/lost/lost-spoiler-another-blast-from-the-past/10662 |title=''LOST'' Spoiler - Another Blast From The Past |author=SpoilerGuy |publisher=''TV Overmind'' |date=October 4, 2009 |accessdate=October 5, 2009| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/66QsOy3Cu | archivedate = 2012-03-25| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=[[The Panel (Irish TV series)|The Panel]] |credits=Guest: [[Fionnula Flanagan]] |season=9 |number=5 |airdate=December 3, 2009}}</ref> [[Mark Pellegrino]] returns in his role as Jacob, the mysterious figure in charge of the island,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.popstar.com/Article/1354 |title=Exclusive Interview: Mark Pellegrino (Supernatural, Lost), Part II |author=Spelling, Ian|publisher=''PopStar'' |date=November 17, 2009 |accessdate=November 17, 2009|archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/66QsSCdzC |archivedate = 2012-03-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> while [[Titus Welliver]] also reprises his role as the mysterious unnamed character, known only as "[[Man in black (Lost)|The Man in Black]]", who appeared to be antagonistic to him in the [[The Incident (Lost)|season 5 finale]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Fee, Gayle | author2=Raposa, Laura | title=Actor has fun Hamm-ing it up! | url=http://news.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view/20091026main_track_story/srvc=home&position=5 | newspaper=[[Boston Herald]] | date=October 26, 2009 | accessdate=October 28, 2009}}</ref> [[L. Scott Caldwell]] and [[Sam Anderson]] returned in their roles as [[Rose Henderson|Rose]] and [[Bernard Nadler|Bernard]] respectively, as does [[Kimberley Joseph]] who plays 815 stewardess-turned-Other [[Cindy Chandler|Cindy]]. Also, [[Academy Award]]-winner [[Fisher Stevens]] returns as communications officer George Minkowski from the first few episodes of [[Lost (season 4)|the fourth season]] in the eleventh episode. [[Kevin Tighe]] returns as Anthony Cooper, Locke's father.

Several new recurring characters were introduced in the sixth season. ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'' actor [[John Hawkes (actor)|John Hawkes]] was cast to portray a character named Lennon<ref>{{cite news | author=DiNunno, Gina | title=Deadwood Alum Joins Lost | url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Deadwood-Alum-Joins-1009122.aspx | work=[[TV Guide]] | date=21 August 2009 | accessdate=2009-08-21}}</ref> and Japanese actor [[Hiroyuki Sanada]] obtained the role of {{Nihongo|Dogen|道厳|dōgen}}; both men are Others stationed at the temple. Also, [[William Atherton]] was cast in a guest role as the principal of the school where Ben works. [[Sheila Kelley (American actress)|Sheila Kelley]] has been cast in a recurring role that was initially described as "Kendall" and later confirmed to be "Zoe".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b156956_sexy_crossover_alert_new_lost_star.html |title=Sexy Crossover Alert! New Lost Star Teaching Teri Hatcher to Strip for Desperate Housewives |author=[[Kristin Dos Santos|Dos Santos, Kristin]] |publisher=''[[E!|E! Online]]'' |date=December 8, 2009 |accessdate=December 9, 2009| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/66QsVnO8B | archivedate = 2012-03-25| url-status=live}}</ref>

==Episodes==
:''Also see: [[List of Lost episodes]]''.
The season premiered on February 2, 2010, with a double-length episode (two hours including commercials) preceded by a one-hour clip show, entitled "Lost: Final Chapter".<ref name=Nov19PR/><ref name="Jan25Sched">{{cite web |url=http://abcmedianet.com/primeschedule/ABCGRIDS_Jan25_Feb21.pdf |title=Weekly Primetime Schedule: January 25-February 21, 2010 |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Medianet |date=January 25, 2010 |accessdate=January 25, 2010}} {{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> The show continued from February 9 at its new timeslot of Tuesdays at 9&nbsp;pm, with a total of 18 episodes airing in 16 broadcasts, ending with a two and a half hour, two-part series finale, the latter part of which aired Sunday, May 23, 2010.<ref name="finaledate"/><ref name=3hourfinale>{{cite news |url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/12/lost-season-6-cuse-lindelof-abc.html |title=''Lost'' Photos and Info Found: A Few Thoughts from Cuse and Lindelof on the End of the Island Drama |author=Ryan, Maureen |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=December 15, 2009 |accessdate=January 8, 2010| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/679sp3uz5 | archivedate = 2012-04-24| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| title="Lost" series finale will expand to two-and-a-half hours| publisher= EW.com
| accessdate = 2010-05-05
| url = http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/05/04/lost-series-finale-will-expand-to-two-and-a-half-hours/
| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/679xQZ7ye |archivedate = November 19, 2009 |accessdate=November 19, 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/691czVAL3?url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111909_04 |archivedate=July 9, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the final 18 TV [[episode]]s, the writers showed the fate of the remaining [[survivor]]s, and explained the powers which the Island held in their lives. The sixth-season premiere was the first to climb in the ratings year-over-year since the second season, drawing 12.1 million viewers.<ref name="The Live Feed">{{cite web|url=http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/02/lost-final-season-premiere-rating.html|title=Fans rediscover 'Lost' as premiere ratings climb|publisher=The Live Feed|date=Feb. 3, 2010|access-date=2010-05-25|archive-date=2010-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330132206/http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/02/lost-final-season-premiere-rating.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The series finale aired on May 23, 2010.<ref name="finaledate">{{cite episode |title= [[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]] |credits= [[Damon Lindelof|Lindelof, Damon]] and [[Carlton Cuse|Cuse, Carlton]] |network= [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |airdate= February 2, 2010}}</ref> The final episode ran 2.5 hours starting at 9/8 [[Central Daylight Time|CDT]], pushing the late-night news back a half-hour. It was followed by the previously announced post-finale special, ''Jimmy Kimmel Live: Aloha to Lost'', at 12:05&nbsp;a.m. (11:05 CDT).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Lost-Series-Finale-1018123.aspx|title=ABC Extends Lost Series Finale by 30 Minutes|publisher=TVGuide.com|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/679xT92Mh?url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Lost-Series-Finale-1018123.aspx|archivedate=2012-04-24|url-status=live|access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref> The season continued the stories of the survivors of the fictional September 22, 2004 crash of [[Oceanic Airlines]] Flight 815, on an unknown island in the [[South Pacific]]. The survivors must deal with two outcomes of the explosion of a nuclear bomb on the island in the 1970s. While the on-island story continues, a set of "flash sideways"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://abc.go.com/shows/lost/flash-sideways |title=Flash Sideways |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |accessdate=February 3, 2010}}</ref> scenes show a second timeline, in which Flight 815 never crashes. The season is scheduled to be released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 24, 2010, alongside a complete series boxset.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/n/13279 |title=''Lost'' - 'The Complete 6th and Final Season' Flying to DVD and Blu-ray Disc this Summer? |author=Lambert, David |publisher=[[TVShowsOnDVD.com]] |date=January 29, 2010 |accessdate=January 29, 2010}}</ref>
For a summary of the final season's storyline, see below: ''"[[#Season 6 plot summary|Season 6 plot summary]]''".

==Production==
On May 7, 2007, ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson announced that ''Lost'' would end during the 2009–2010 season with a "highly anticipated and shocking finale".<ref name="Conclusion 2007">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070510030616/http://www.abcmedianet.com/assets/pr%5chtml/050707_01.html ABC Gives Viewers 48 More Original Episodes of the Hit Drama ''Lost'', Culminating in an Exciting Series Conclusion] Posted May 7, 2007. Retrieved from [[Internet Archive]] on May 10, 2007.</ref> "We felt that this was the only way to give ''Lost'' a proper creative conclusion," McPherson said.<ref name="Conclusion 2007"/> Beginning with the 2007–2008 television season, the final 48 episodes would have been aired as three seasons with 16 episodes each, with ''Lost'' concluding in its sixth season. Due to the [[2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|2007-2008 writers' strike]], the fourth season featured 14 episodes, and season 5 had 17 episodes. Season six was planned to have 17 episodes, too.<ref name=17ep>{{cite news |url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/lost-season-5-1000807.aspx |last= Mitovich |first=Matt |title=''Lost'' Fans Will Get an Uninterrupted Season 5 |work= [[TV Guide]] |date=December 18, 2008 |accessdate= 2009-04-12}}</ref> However, on June 29 it was announced that the final season would feature an additional hour, making the number of episodes 18.<ref name="zap2it">{{cite web |url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/06/lost-will-last-a-little-longer.html |title=''Lost'' will last a little longer |author=Porter, Rick |publisher=''[[Zap2it]]'' |date=June 29, 2009 |accessdate=August 17, 2009}}</ref>

Executive producers [[Damon Lindelof]] and [[Carlton Cuse]] stated that they "always envisioned ''Lost'' as a show with a beginning, middle, and end," and that by announcing when the show would end that viewers would "have the security of knowing that the story will play out as we've intended."<ref name="Conclusion 2007"/> Lindelof and Cuse stated that securing the 2010 series-end date "was immensely liberating" and helped the series rediscover its focus.<ref name="TV Guide 2008-03">{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/cover-story/lost-killer-season/080305-03 |title=''Lost'''s Killer Season |accessdate=March 20, 2008 |author=Malcom, Shawna |date=March 5, 2008 |work=[[TV Guide]] |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65ISP2SUS?url=http://www.tvguide.com/cover-story/lost-killer-season/080305-03 |archivedate=February 8, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lindelof noted, "We're no longer stalling."<ref name="TV Guide 2008-03"/>  The producers also planned to wrap up long-standing mysteries, such as the nature of the [[Mythology of Lost#The Monster|smoke monster]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/celebrity-news/2009/06/02/lost-masterminds-carlton-cuse-and-damen-lindelof-dop-hints-about-how-abc-hit-drama-will-end-66331-23767193/ |title=Lost masterminds Carlton Cuse and Damen Lindelof drop hints about how ABC hit drama will end |newspaper=[[Sunday Mercury]] |date=June 2, 2009 |accessdate=June 2, 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65ISPXEnq?url=http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/celebrity-news/2009/06/02/lost-masterminds-carlton-cuse-and-damen-lindelof-dop-hints-about-how-abc-hit-drama-will-end-66331-23767193/ |archivedate=February 8, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> the reason the Dharma periodic resupply drops continue after the purge,<ref name="ecomiccon">{{cite web |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/07/25/comic-con-what-we-learned-about-losts-final-season/ |title=Comic Con: What We Learned About Lost's Final Season |author=Quigley, Adam |date=July 25, 2009 |publisher=''[[/Film]]'' |accessdate=Oct 4, 2009}}</ref> and the "bird" from "[[Exodus (Lost)|Exodus Pt. 2]]" and "[[Live Together, Die Alone|Live Together, Die Alone Pt. 1]]".<ref name = seattle>{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/416049_tvgif1.html |title=Thirteen Clues About the End of ''Lost'': Does Ilana Age? Who's Coming Back? Who Isn't? |author=Abrams, Natalie |work=[[Seattle Post Intelligencer]] |date=March 1, 2010 |accessdate=March 20, 2010}} {{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> While the destruction of the four-toed statue of Taweret was revealed in the [[Ab Aeterno|ninth episode of the final season]], Lindelof hinted that the identity  of the statue's builders would not be addressed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philly.com/2010/02/02/fans-search-on-waikiki-for-answers-to-lost/ |title=Fans search on Waikiki Beach for answers to 'Lost' |author=Song, Jaymes |date=February 2, 2010 |publisher=''[[Philly.com]]'' |accessdate=February 2, 2010}} {{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> The producer also indicated that [[Walt Lloyd|Walt]]'s unusual abilities may be explained, although not necessarily with the character's direct involvement.<ref name=lostqausatoday>{{cite news |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2009/10/a-lost-qa-damon-lindelof-tackles-your-questions/1 |title=A 'Lost' Q&A: Damon Lindelof answers (most of) your questions! |author=Matheson, Whitney |work=[[USA Today]] |date=October 27, 2009 |accessdate=October 27, 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5m7wHavVy?url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2009/10/a-lost-qa-damon-lindelof-tackles-your-questions/1 |archivedate=December 19, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> In a podcast, Cuse and Lindelof stated that they would explain the "Rules" first stated in [[The Shape of Things to Come (Lost)|an episode in season four]], but only those that are "important for the narrative they are telling."<ref>{{cite podcast|url=http://ll.media.abc.com/podcast/audio/itunes/LOST_615_audio_podcast_55d80edf-b6b4-4b0a-b7e2-9df63693cef3_2944555.mp3 |title=Official ''Lost'' Podcast |website=ABC.com |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company]] |date=14 May 2010 |accessdate=15 May 2010}}</ref> Matthew Fox said in an interview that in the final season, the characters of Jack Shephard and John Locke "will come head to head." It was also claimed that a third of the way through the final season, the two timelines would be "solidified into one" and "will be very linear – no more flashbacks, nothing;" however this was still not the case by the season midpoint.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b128606_matthew_fox_tells_us_how_lost_ends_how.html |title=Matthew Fox Tells Us How ''Lost'' Ends (and How Season Six Begins) |author=Abdolian, Lisa |publisher=''[[E!]]'' |date=June 10, 2009 |accessdate=August 17, 2009}}</ref> He also claimed to be the only cast member to know the ending of the series,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a96650/matthew-fox-keeps-quiet-on-lost-ending.html?rss|title=Matthew Fox keeps quiet on 'Lost' ending|publisher=''[[Digital Spy]]''|author=Ben Rawson-Jones|date=May 29, 2008|accessdate=November 11, 2008|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66QsHIDt9?url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a96650/matthew-fox-keeps-quiet-on-lost-ending.html?rss|archivedate=March 25, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> though Lindelof has clarified that Fox only knew things that were relevant to his character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/lost-season-five-interview-with-carlton-cuse-and-damon-lindelof/|title=Lost season five: Interview with Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof|publisher=''Unreality Primetime''|author=McGarry, Lisa|date=October 22, 2009|accessdate=October 25, 2009}}</ref>

During [[Comic-Con International|Comic-Con 2009]], numerous sixth-season reports were made. Carlton Cuse stated both the time travel and flash-forward seasons were over, and they were moving into something different for the sixth season.<ref name=ecomiccon/> Josh Holloway stated his character Sawyer would revert to his old self after the loss of Juliet.<ref name=ecomiccon/> Though Cuse and Lindelof stated that the [[Dharma Initiative]] would no longer play a large role in the show,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a167283/live-lost-panel-at-comic-con.html |title=Live: 'Lost' panel at Comic-Con |accessdate=October 25, 2009 |author=Wilkes, Neil |date=July 25, 2009 |publisher=''[[Digital Spy]]'' |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65fJbloUi?url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a167283/live-lost-panel-at-comic-con.html |archivedate=February 23, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> they have said that the "Dharma-Michigan connection" would play a significant role in season six.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-05-15-universities-hollywood_N.htm |title=Hollywood, universities share benefits of name-dropping |accessdate=October 25, 2009 |author=Householder, Mike |date=May 15, 2009 |work=[[USA Today]] }}</ref> Lindelof stated that the producers had a direct hand in the production of the season six promotional poster that was first displayed at Comic-Con, and that everything in it was intentional; he also made a reference to the [[Abbey Road]] cover in connection to the poster.<ref name=lostqausatoday/> Season six was the first and only season of Lost ever to not feature any kind of preview or official promotional material such as sneak peeks and promo pictures for future episodes since the Lost producers considered any single frame from the first episodes to be too revealing. According to Lindelof, "even a single scene from the show would basically tip what it is we're doing this year, and what it is we're doing this year is different than what we've done in other years."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-11-10-mitchell10_ST_N.htm |title=Elizabeth Mitchell tight-lipped about 'Lost,' emotive about 'V' |author=Thompson, Arienne |work=[[USA Today]] |date=November 10, 2009 |accessdate=November 11, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b148010_gossip_threesome_lost_scoop_best_thing.html |title=Gossip Threesome and Lost Scoop! The Best Thing You'll Read Today |author=[[Kristin Dos Santos|Dos Santos, Kristin]] |publisher=''[[E!|E! Online]]'' |date=October 8, 2009 |accessdate=November 11, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/losts-final-season-will-a.php |title=Lost's final season will answer everything. Mostly. |author=Topel, Fred |publisher=''SciFi Wire'' |date=November 17, 2009 |accessdate=November 17, 2009}}</ref>  Lindelof has also emphasized that the flashes-sideways are important, stating "People are saying [they] don't need these stories and all we can say is they're absolutely 100 percent necessary to tell the story of Lost, and hopefully by the end of the season it will be more obvious as to why."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/ |title=Lost Producers: What It Means to Be a Candidate, What's the "Sideways" World |author=Abrams, Natalie |work=[[TV Guide]] |date=March 9, 2010 |accessdate=March 8, 2010}}</ref> He also noted that the term "flash-sideways" was deliberately used instead of "alternate reality" because viewers might otherwise "infer that one of them isn't real, or one of them is real and the other is the alternate to being real."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/02/02/lost-premiere-damon-carlton/ |title=Confused by the 'Lost' premiere? Never fear! Damon and Carlton explain a few things about the start of Season 6 |author=Jensen, Jeff |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 2, 2010 |accessdate=May 7, 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/679xRcFqa?url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/02/02/lost-premiere-damon-carlton/ |archivedate=April 24, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> When asked to describe the last three episodes, Lindelof said "Water." <ref name = seattle/>

ABC charged advertisers $900,000 [[USD]] for a 30-second commercial during the series finale, in contrast to the standard 2010 season price of $214,000.<ref>''[[TV Guide]]'', April 12, 2010; Page 9.</ref><ref>[http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=143012 The Cost of 'Lost'? ABC Asks $900,000 for Finale]</ref>

==Cast==


The cast features fifteen major roles with star billing: eleven return from the fifth season,<ref name=Nov19PR/> one returns from the fourth season after a year's absence, and three are new regular cast members. Unlike the latter half of the previous season, in which the cast was divided into two groups following two separate storylines, Season Six features an [[alternate universe]] scenario which the producers call "flash-sideways," and almost all the main characters participate in both storylines. Returning from the fifth season are the survivors' leader Dr. [[Jack Shephard]] ([[Matthew Fox (actor)|Matthew Fox]]); former fugitive [[Kate Austen]] ([[Evangeline Lilly]]); millionaire [[Hugo "Hurley" Reyes]] ([[Jorge Garcia]]); former torturer [[Sayid Jarrah]] ([[Naveen Andrews]]); con artist [[James "Sawyer" Ford]] ([[Josh Holloway]]); [[mediumship|medium]] [[Miles Straume]] ([[Ken Leung]]); former mob-enforcer [[Jin-Soo Kwon]] ([[Daniel Dae Kim]]) and his privileged wife [[Sun-Hwa Kwon|Sun Kwon]] ([[Yunjin Kim]]); leader of the island's native population (known as the "[[Others (Lost)|Others]]") [[Ben Linus]] ([[Michael Emerson]]); and deceased crash survivor [[John Locke (Lost)|John Locke]], who lives on in the sideways timeline but has been possessed in the original timeline by the mysterious [[Man in Black (Lost)|Man In Black]].<ref>[[Damon Lindelof|Lindelof, Damon]] (writer) & [[Carlton Cuse|Cuse, Carlton]] (writer) & [[Jack Bender|Bender, Jack]] (director), "[[The Incident (Lost)|The Incident, Part 2]]".  ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'', [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].  [[List of Lost episodes|Episode 17]], [[Lost (season 5)|season 5]].  Aired on May 13, 2009.</ref> [[Emilie de Ravin]] returns in her role as [[Claire Littleton]], a new mother who was absent for one season after disappearing on the Island, and [[Henry Ian Cusick]] also returns as [[Desmond Hume]], who starts the season off the Island.<ref name=FancastJan19>{{cite web |url=http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2010/tv-news/the-big-tease-scoop-on-lost-24-and-more/ |title=The Big Tease: Scoop on ''Lost'', ''24'' and More! |author=Mitovich, Matt |publisher=[[Fancast]] |date=January 19, 2010 |accessdate=January 19, 2010 |archive-date=January 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121153132/http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2010/tv-news/the-big-tease-scoop-on-lost-24-and-more/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The new main cast roles go to  pilot [[Frank Lapidus]] ([[Jeff Fahey]]), [[Richard Alpert (Lost)|Richard Alpert]] ([[Nestor Carbonell]]), an ageless advisor to the Others, and mysterious Flight 316 leader [[Ilana (Lost)|Ilana Verdansky]] ([[Zuleikha Robinson]]). Carbonell was named a main cast member by the executive producers at Comic-Con 2009, after guest starring in the previous three seasons,<ref name=carbonell>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/kecks-exclusives/nestor-carbonell-becomes-lost-regular-1830.html |title=Nestor Carbonell Becomes ''Lost'' Regular |author=Keck, William |work=[[TV Guide]] |date=July 25, 2009 |accessdate=August 13, 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66QsIH5Mk?url=http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/kecks-exclusives/nestor-carbonell-becomes-lost-regular-1830.html |archivedate=March 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Fahey and Robinson were confirmed after appearing in recurring roles in the fourth and fifth seasons.

Several former cast members are scheduled to return to the show, or have been asked back.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/what-the-keck/will-ian-somerhalder-juggle-jobs-1610.html |title=Will Ian Somerhalder Juggle Jobs? |author=Keck, William |work=[[TV Guide]] |date=July 2, 2009 |accessdate=August 13, 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66QsJ3Fnq?url=http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/what-the-keck/will-ian-somerhalder-juggle-jobs-1610.html |archivedate=March 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Elizabeth Mitchell]] returns as fertility specialist Dr. [[Juliet Burke]]. Mitchell has stated that her return is "instrumental to the story".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iesb.net/extensions//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7581:interview-elizabeth-mitchell-fights-the-qvq-in-abcs-new-series&catid=44:interviews&Itemid=172 |title=Interview: Elizabeth Mitchell Fights the "V" in ABC's New Series |author=Radish, Christina |publisher=''IESB'' |date=October 5, 2009 |accessdate=October 25, 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66QsJSCDW?url=http://www.iesb.net/extensions//index.php?option=com_content |archivedate=March 25, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Dominic Monaghan]] returned as rock star [[Charlie Pace]] in four episodes. [[Jeremy Davies (actor)|Jeremy Davies]] returned as [[physicist]] Daniel Faraday in multiple episodes. [[Ian Somerhalder]] also returned as Flight 815 crash survivor [[Boone Carlyle]] in several episodes. [[Rebecca Mader]], who portrays anthropologist [[Charlotte Lewis (Lost)|Charlotte Lewis]], also returned. The producers have also confirmed that [[Harold Perrineau]] and [[Cynthia Watros]], who portray [[Michael Dawson (Lost)|Michael Dawson]] and [[Libby Smith]], respectively, returned in the second half of the season. About the return of Libby, Cuse stated, "Finally, all of your questions [about Libby] will be answered", however, Lindelof jokingly responded, "No, they will not".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9541925 |title='No Sequels, Spinoffs for ''Lost'' |author=Bauder, David |publisher=[[ABC News]] |date=January 12, 2010 |accessdate=January 12, 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66QsMxBJx?url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9541925 |archivedate=March 25, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Michelle Rodriguez]], another [[Lost (season 2)|second season]] star, returned as police officer [[Ana Lucia Cortez]], following a brief cameo in the fifth season. [[Maggie Grace]], who portrays [[Shannon Rutherford]], Boone's stepsister, was asked to return at the beginning of the season, but Grace was unable due to her schedule;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b151772_maggie_grace_not_confirmed_return_lost.html |title=Maggie Grace ''Not'' Confirmed to Return to ''Lost'' |author=[[Kristin Dos Santos|Dos Santos, Kristin]] |publisher=''[[E!]]'' |date=November 3, 2009 |accessdate=November 3, 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66QsNqRDr?url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b151772_maggie_grace_not_confirmed_return_lost.html |archivedate=March 25, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> she appeared later in the season, instead. Furthermore, the producers wished to bring back the character of [[Walt Lloyd]], however [[Malcolm David Kelley]], who portrays Walt, has aged significantly and the producers are working to overcome this obstacle.<ref name=TCAKristin>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b161737_more_lost_scoop_what_about_shannon_walt.html?sid=twitterfeed_kristin&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=twitterfeed&utm_campaign=twitterfeed_kristin |title=More ''Lost'' Scoop: What About Shannon, Walt and Smokey? |author=Godwin, Jennifer |publisher=[[E!|E! Online]] |date=January 12, 2010 |accessdate= January 12, 2010| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/66QsOZ9f2 | archivedate = 2012-03-25| url-status=live}}</ref>

Recurring characters who returned include: Jack and Claire's father, Dr. [[Christian Shephard]] ([[John Terry (actor)|John Terry]]), wealthy industrialist and former Other [[Charles Widmore]] ([[Alan Dale]]), Desmond's wife [[Penny Widmore]] ([[Sonya Walger]]), former Other Eloise Hawking ([[Fionnula Flanagan]]), Locke's ex-girlfriend, Helen Norwood ([[Katey Sagal]]), Hurley's former boss, Randy Nations ([[Billy Ray Gallion]]), mysterious Flight 316 passenger Bram ([[Brad William Henke]]), Sayid's wife, Nadia ([[Andrea Gabriel]]), deceased Frenchwoman [[Danielle Rousseau]] ([[Mira Furlan]]), science teacher [[Leslie Arzt]] ([[Daniel Roebuck]]), the Others' doctor [[Ethan Rom]] ([[William Mapother]]), Ben Linus' father Roger ([[Jon Gries]]), mercenaries [[Martin Keamy]] ([[Kevin Durand]]) and Omar ([[Anthony Azizi]]), and Vincent, a dog who survived the crash of Flight 815 and lives on the island.<ref name=Ausiello1>{{cite web |url=http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/07/ask-ausiello-sp.html |title=Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ''Lost'', ''Grey's'', ''NCIS'' and More! Plus: Twisty Blind Item Revealed! |author=[[Michael Ausiello|Ausiello, Michael]] |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=July 8, 2008 |accessdate=May 19, 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66QakaL94?url=http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/07/ask-ausiello-sp.html |archivedate=March 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[[Michael Ausiello|Ausiello, Michael]], (August 7, 2008) "[http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/08/lost-adding-two.html Scoop: ''Lost'' Finds New Season 5 Blood!]", ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. Retrieved May 19, 2009.</ref><ref name="comic2008">[[Damon Lindelof|Lindelof, Damon]] & [[Carlton Cuse|Cuse, Carlton]] & [[Matthew Fox (actor)|Fox, Matthew]], (August 1, 2008) "[http://ll.media.abc.com/podcast/audio/itunes/LOST_2008%20ComicCon_audio_podcast_43d56421-8030-48a4-a2ef-75de6920e61c_1749705.mp3 Comic-Con International]", [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. Retrieved August 13, 2009. {{Webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/65ISNvKba?url=http://ll.media.abc.com/podcast/audio/itunes/LOST_2008%20ComicCon_audio_podcast_43d56421-8030-48a4-a2ef-75de6920e61c_1749705.mp3 |date=2012-02-08 }}</ref><ref name="randy">{{cite web |url=http://www.tvovermind.com/lost/lost-spoiler-another-blast-from-the-past/10662 |title=''LOST'' Spoiler - Another Blast From The Past |author=SpoilerGuy |publisher=''TV Overmind'' |date=October 4, 2009 |accessdate=October 5, 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66QsOy3Cu?url=http://www.tvovermind.com/lost/lost-spoiler-another-blast-from-the-past/10662 |archivedate=March 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=[[The Panel (Irish TV series)|The Panel]] |credits=Guest: [[Fionnula Flanagan]] |season=9 |number=5 |airdate=December 3, 2009}}</ref> [[Mark Pellegrino]] returns in his role as Jacob, the mysterious figure in charge of the island,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.popstar.com/Article/1354 |title=Exclusive Interview: Mark Pellegrino (Supernatural, Lost), Part II |author=Spelling, Ian |publisher=''PopStar'' |date=November 17, 2009 |accessdate=November 17, 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66QsSCdzC?url=http://news.popstar.com/Article/1354 |archivedate=March 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while [[Titus Welliver]] also reprises his role as the mysterious unnamed character, known only as "[[Man in black (Lost)|The Man in Black]]", who appeared to be antagonistic to him in the [[The Incident (Lost)|season 5 finale]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Fee, Gayle | author2=Raposa, Laura | title=Actor has fun Hamm-ing it up! | url=http://news.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view/20091026main_track_story/srvc=home&position=5 | newspaper=[[Boston Herald]] | date=October 26, 2009 | accessdate=October 28, 2009}}</ref> [[L. Scott Caldwell]] and [[Sam Anderson]] returned in their roles as [[Rose Henderson|Rose]] and [[Bernard Nadler|Bernard]] respectively, as does [[Kimberley Joseph]] who plays 815 stewardess-turned-Other [[Cindy Chandler|Cindy]]. Also, [[Academy Award]]-winner [[Fisher Stevens]] returns as communications officer George Minkowski from the first few episodes of [[Lost (season 4)|the fourth season]] in the eleventh episode. [[Kevin Tighe]] returns as Anthony Cooper, Locke's father.

Several new recurring characters were introduced in the sixth season. ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'' actor [[John Hawkes (actor)|John Hawkes]] was cast to portray a character named Lennon<ref>{{cite news | author=DiNunno, Gina | title=Deadwood Alum Joins Lost | url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Deadwood-Alum-Joins-1009122.aspx | work=[[TV Guide]] | date=21 August 2009 | accessdate=2009-08-21}}</ref> and Japanese actor [[Hiroyuki Sanada]] obtained the role of {{Nihongo|Dogen|道厳|dōgen}}; both men are Others stationed at the temple. Also, [[William Atherton]] was cast in a guest role as the principal of the school where Ben works. [[Sheila Kelley (American actress)|Sheila Kelley]] has been cast in a recurring role that was initially described as "Kendall" and later confirmed to be "Zoe".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b156956_sexy_crossover_alert_new_lost_star.html |title=Sexy Crossover Alert! New Lost Star Teaching Teri Hatcher to Strip for Desperate Housewives |author=[[Kristin Dos Santos|Dos Santos, Kristin]] |publisher=''[[E!|E! Online]]'' |date=December 8, 2009 |accessdate=December 9, 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66QsVnO8B?url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b156956_sexy_crossover_alert_new_lost_star.html |archivedate=March 25, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Episodes==
:''Also see: [[List of Lost episodes]]''.
The season premiered on February 2, 2010, with a double-length episode (two hours including commercials) preceded by a one-hour clip show, entitled "Lost: Final Chapter".<ref name=Nov19PR/><ref name="Jan25Sched">{{cite web |url=http://abcmedianet.com/primeschedule/ABCGRIDS_Jan25_Feb21.pdf |title=Weekly Primetime Schedule: January 25-February 21, 2010 |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Medianet |date=January 25, 2010 |accessdate=January 25, 2010}} {{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> The show continued from February 9 at its new timeslot of Tuesdays at 9&nbsp;pm, with a total of 18 episodes airing in 16 broadcasts, ending with a two and a half hour, two-part series finale, the latter part of which aired Sunday, May 23, 2010.<ref name="finaledate"/><ref name=3hourfinale>{{cite news |url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/12/lost-season-6-cuse-lindelof-abc.html |title=''Lost'' Photos and Info Found: A Few Thoughts from Cuse and Lindelof on the End of the Island Drama |author=Ryan, Maureen |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=December 15, 2009 |accessdate=January 8, 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/679sp3uz5?url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/12/lost-season-6-cuse-lindelof-abc.html |archivedate=April 24, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title="Lost" series finale will expand to two-and-a-half hours| publisher=EW.com| accessdate=2010-05-05| url=http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/05/04/lost-series-finale-will-expand-to-two-and-a-half-hours/| archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/679xQZ7ye?url=http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/05/04/lost-series-finale-will-expand-to-two-and-a-half-hours/| archivedate=2012-04-24| url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, the first hour of the premiere episode was screened to an estimated 15,000 fans on [[Waikiki Beach]] on January 30.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100131/NEWS01/1310369/Beach+packed+for+last+of+%E2%80%98Lost%E2%80%99 |title=Beach Packed for Last of ''Lost'' |author=Gordon, Mike |newspaper=[[The Honolulu Advertiser]] |date=January 31, 2010 |accessdate=January 31, 2010}}</ref> In the follo(contracted; show full)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|3|23}}
|DirectedBy=Tucker Gates
|WrittenBy=Melinda Hsu Taylor & [[Greggory Nations]]
|Aux2=Richard Alpert
|Aux3=9.183<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/24/tuesday-finals-lost-up-v-clip-show-falls/46017 |title=TV Ratings: ''Idol'' Rolls Over Tuesday; ''Lost'', ''Parenthood'' Up |author=Gorman, Bill |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=March 24, 2010 |accessdate=March 24, 2010
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|EpisodeNumber=112
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|ShortSummary=Richard Alpert's back story is shown: In 1867, he is brought to the island on the ''Black Rock'' as a slave. He makes a deal with Jacob to be his representative in exchange for immortality. In the present day, Hurley convinces him to help the candidates replace Jacob and stop the Man in Black from leaving the Island.
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|Title=The Package
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|Title=The Last Recruit
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|4|20}}
|DirectedBy=[[Stephen Semel]]
|WrittenBy=Paul Zbyszewski & Graham Roland
|Aux2=Various
|Aux3=9.530<ref name="tuesdayfinals420">{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/04/21/broadcast-finals-tuesday-lost-idol-adjusted-up-glee-v-adjusted-down/49348|title=TV Ratings Broadcast Finals Tuesday: Lost, Idol Adjusted Up; Glee, V Adjusted Down|date=2010-04-20|accessdate=April 20, 2010|
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|EpisodeNumber=116
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|ShortSummary=The survivors split into two groups; one led by Sawyer, the other by the Man in Black. Sawyer's group travels to Hydra Island, where they are captured by Widmore's crew after Sun and Jin are reunited. In the flash sideways, the passengers of Oceanic 815 continue to cross paths with each other.
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|Title=The Candidate
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|WrittenBy=Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof
|Aux2=Jacob & The Man In Black
|Aux3=10.319<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/05/12/lost-ncis-adjusted-up-good-wife-v-glee-adjusted-down/51230|title=Tuesday Finals: ''Lost'', ''NCIS'' Adjusted Up; ''Good Wife'', ''V'', ''Glee'' Adjusted Down|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Seidman|first=Robert|date=May 12, 2010|accessdate=May 13, 2010|
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|EpisodeNumber=118
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|ShortSummary=Jacob and the Man in Black are revealed to be twin brothers, stolen from their mother at birth, by a woman who raises them to protect the Island, after her. She shows them the secret lighted power source, in the hidden waterfall cave at the heart of the Island. The 2 brothers (with blond and black hair) grow to opposing views (as white versus black): Jacob follows his adoptive mother, but his brother moves to live with others on the Island. The brother reveals a plan to leave the Island, and his mother hits him with a stone and destroys the villagers. She then chooses Jacob to drink the water of immortality. His brother awakens to find the villagers dead, and in revenge, kills their mother. When Jacob finds her dead, he throws his brother into the waterfall cave, which transforms the Man in Black into the Smoke Monster.
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|Title=What They Died For
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|5|18}}
|DirectedBy=Paul Edwards
|WrittenBy=Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz & Elizabeth Sarnoff
|Aux2=Various
|Aux3=10.393<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/05/19/tv-ratings-idol-glee-win-again-lost-up-v-finale-down/51825|title=TV Ratings: ''Idol'', ''Glee'' Win Again, ''Lost'' Up, ''V'' Finale Down|work=TV by the Numbers|date=May 19, 2010|accessdate=May 23, 2010| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/66tIGeI1y | archivedate = 2012-04-13| url-status=livearchiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66tIGeI1y?url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/05/19/tv-ratings-idol-glee-win-again-lost-up-v-finale-down/51825|archivedate=April 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|EpisodeNumber=119
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|ShortSummary=Ben finally takes his revenge on Widmore after accepting the Man in Black's request for assistance. Jacob explains the purpose of the candidates as Protector, and Jack volunteers to take his place. The search for Desmond reveals that he has been rescued, and the Man in Black plans to use him to destroy the Island. In the flash sideways, each person ends up on their way to Widmore's benefit concert.
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