Lost
The Beginning of the End
TV Flash files “The Beginning of the End” as the first listed hour of season 4 — Lost (2004–2010) on ABC, season 4, episode 1, aired 2008-01-31, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E01: listed hour 73 of 121 in the Lost guide, first listed hour of season 4. It aired 2008-01-31 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Through the Looking Glass (2)” (S03E23). Next is “Confirmed Dead” (S04E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Feeling that their rescue is close at hand, the survivors don't know whether to believe Charlie's final message that the people on the boat are not who they claim to be
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Beginning of the End sit in the Lost guide?
S04E01 is listed hour 73 of 121 — first listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 1.
When did Lost S04E01 air?
The Beginning of the End aired 2008-01-31 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start Lost?
The two-part Pilot, in order. Season one is the conversion machine. Do not wiki ahead; the show is people first, puzzle second.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Come for the crash, stay for the forum culture it invented. Lost is the last network show that could make a weeknight a national group chat — flashbacks as character, mystery as weather. The ending still starts fights; season one still converts skeptics who swear they “don’t do mythology.”
So about last night’s thread: someone said the island “made sense if you paid attention,” someone else posted a hatch diagram from 2006, and a third person is still mad about the church. Welcome to Lost, the last network show that could turn Wednesday into a national group chat. I said spoiler-free. I meant no nuclear dumps without a fence. The crash is public. The rest is a treaty.
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- Naveen Andrews as Sayid Jarrah
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