Lost (season 3)

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Lost Season 3
The poster for season three of Lost.
DVD Release Date	Unreleased
DVD Format	Unreleased
Country	USA
Network	ABC
Original runs	October 4, 2006 – In production
No. of episodes	22

This article contains a summary of the third season of the American drama/adventure television series Lost.

Twenty-three episodes will be produced in total. To limit the number of reruns, the first six episodes, that started October 4, 2006 and ended, with a mini-cliffhanger typical of the series, on November 8, will be followed by 13 weeks with no episodes at all, and continued with the next sixteen episodes, which will premiere in February 7, 2007.^[1] In replacement of mid-season reruns, extended versions of the third season episodes will be run following the completion of the season.^[2]

Sweden's TV4 began broadcasting season 3 on October 25 as they had first showing rights for the European Union followed by Ireland's RTÉ Two which began broadcasting series 3 on October 31, only 4 weeks after the US debut.

On October 19th, it was announced that the UK channel Sky One had managed to obtain the exclusive first run rights to Lost for Season 3 and 4 at a cost of £20 million, after successfully outbidding Channel 4. Unlike Channel 4, who showed the series several months after their US premier, Sky One will broadcast the series beginning on November 19 at 10pm with the first 2 episodes, just 6 weeks after their US debut with a reduction in the amount of commercial breaks which Channel 4 took advantage of. When Season 3 returns in February Sky One will show the episodes 4 days after its US premiere.

In season 3, Lost includes:

• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. Eko
• Naveen Andrews as Sayid
• Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond
• Emilie de Ravin as Claire
• Michael Emerson as Ben
• Matthew Fox as Jack
• Jorge Garcia as Hurley
• Josh Holloway as Sawyer
• Daniel Dae Kim as Jin
• Yunjin Kim as Sun
• Evangeline Lilly as Kate
• Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet
• Dominic Monaghan as Charlie
• Terry O'Quinn as Locke
• Kiele Sanchez as Nikki
• Rodrigo Santoro as Paulo

[edit] Plot summary

The activities of The Others immediately prior to the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 are revealed, as they are shown to have been living in modern suburban houses in a previously unseen section of what appears to be the island. Their leader appears to be Benjamin Linus, known as Henry Gale among the survivors. He claims to have lived on the island his entire life, but he does have an awareness of the outside world, since it appears he can receive American television broadcasts.

Kate, Jack, and Sawyer appear to be imprisoned separately, in and around another DHARMA Initiative station, the Hydra. Ben tells Kate the next two weeks are going to be "very unpleasant." Jack is kept in a cell where he is interrogated by a woman who claims her name is Juliet. Sawyer is kept in a cage with a mechanical puzzle which dispenses fish biscuits and water, and he is only let out to do manual labour with Kate. The Others steal Desmond's sailboat, forcing Sayid, Sun and Jin to start the long journey back to the survivor camp. While the Others steal the boat, Sun shoots a female member of the Others, Colleen, whom we later discover to be Picket's wife.

Sawyer is taken to a dingy room, strapped down, and receives a needle to the chest. When he awakes, he is informed that a pacemaker has been installed and his heart rate must not exceed 140 beats per minute or his heart will explode. Colleen is brought back to the Others camp where Juliet attempts to save her life. When she cannot, she brings in Jack for help. On the way to the operating room, Jack notices x-rays of a tumor-infected spine. Due to a lack of necessary medical equipment, he is unable to save Colleen and she ultimately dies. Pickett, apparently furious over his wife Colleen's death, takes his anger out on Sawyer, beating him severely until Kate says she loves Sawyer. Kate later renounces this and claims she said this only to make Pickett stop beating Sawyer. Ben and some others take Sawyer on a walk up a mountain where they reveal to him that he doesn't have a pacemaker and that they are all actually on another island, located far offshore of the original island, thus making any escape attempt entirely futile. In captivity, Jack confronts Ben about the x-rays he saw in the operating theatre, which Ben admits are his. Ben also admits that his need for an operation is the main reason for Jack's captivity, and that the discovery of the x-rays has destroyed his plan to "turn" Jack. Juliet later secretly tells Jack that Ben is a liar and is very dangerous; Jack is told that he has to kill Ben during the surgery and "make it look like an accident". As Jack is operating on Ben, he cuts open his kidney sac and says he will let Ben die in one hour if Kate is not released. The episode ends with Jack telling Kate via walkie-talkie to run.

At the survivor's camp, Locke - who survived the implosion of the hatch - builds a "sweat lodge" in which he has a vision where Boone appears as his spiritual guide to reveal that he must save Eko. Locke and Charlie later find and rescue Eko from a polar bear's den. Desmond awakens naked in the jungle. Upon meeting with Hurley, who lends him some clothes, Desmond accidentally reveals to Hurley that he knows of a speech that Locke will give hours later. Back at the survivor camp, Hurley informs everyone that Jack, Sawyer and Kate were kidnapped by the Others. Locke promises the group that he will rescue their friends. Desmond appears to futher display prescience in anticipating a lightning strike at the survivors camp which he diverts by building a lightning rod.

Mr. Eko is visited by someone that looks like his brother, urging him to confess and wanders off into the jungle. Locke forms a group to journey to the Pearl hatch so as to communicate with the "Others". Since Locke allows anyone to accompany him, new character Nikki decides to join the search party and urges new character Paulo to join her. Locke, Desmond, Sayid, Nikki and Paulo head out in search of both the hatch and Eko. Locke's group eventually meets up with Eko before ultimately reaching the hatch, which is near the plane where the corpse they believe to be Eko's brother's body was burried. Eko looks inside and discovers that the body is missing. Locke's group enters the hatch, and inside they repair the various television monitors and see an eyepatch-wearing occupant of a yet-unknown hatch. This man appears to be staring into the surveillance camera, as though he were aware of Locke and his party.

Outside, Eko confronts the man that looks like his brother. The man wants Eko to confess his sins, however, Eko refuses, saying that he did the best with the life he was given, and that he feels no remorse for doing what he had to do to survive, to which Eko's brother responds saying, "You speak to me as if I was your brother." Eko's brother disappears and on chasing him Eko encounters the "smoke creature". It grabs hold of Eko, smashes him against trees, and slams him to the ground. On hearing the monster's distinctive sounds, Locke and his group rush out of the Pearl to find Eko crumpled on the ground. Locke rushes over to him and hears Eko's dying words. John tells his companions that these last words were "we're next" as he looks at Sayid.

[edit] References

Lost
Production:	DVD releases | Episode list | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3
Primary characters:	Ana Lucia | Ben | Boone | Charlie | Claire | Desmond | Hurley | Jack | Jin | Juliet | Kate Libby | Locke | Michael | Mr. Eko | Nikki | Paulo | Sawyer | Sayid | Shannon | Sun | Walt
Secondary characters:	Bernard | Others | Rose
Organizations:	DHARMA Initiative | Hanso Foundation | Oceanic Airlines
Elements:	DHARMA Initiative stations | List of crossovers | Mythology | Thematic motifs
Miscellaneous:	Lost Experience | Oceanic Flight 815 | References in popular culture | Soundtrack

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