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"Adrift" is the second episode of the second season of Lost and the 27th episode overall. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams and written by Steven Maeda and Leonard Dick. It first aired on September 28, 2005, on the American Broadcasting Company. In the episode, flashbacks depict Michael Dawson's struggles for the custody of his son Walt Lloyd. The realtime events show Michael and Sawyer, who have just had their raft destroyed, becoming hostile towards each other as they drift back to shore, while Kate Austen and John Locke enter the mysterious hatch and encounter Desmond Hume. The storyline picks up the raft storyline which was left hanging after season one's finale, "Exodus", and also revisits the events seen in the previous episode, "Man of Science, Man of Faith". Originally envisioned as a Sawyer episode, the episode was rewritten to focus on Michael. The sea scenes were shot on the Hawaiian shoreline. "Adrift" had 23.17 million American viewers and stands as the second largest audience on the series' run, but received negative reviews, which focused criticism on the flashbacks, the raft scenes, and the lack of plot advancement.
Original Release
09/28/2005
US Release
09/28/2005
Cast
Name | Character |
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Naveen Andrews | Sayid Jarrah |
Emilie de Ravin | Claire Littleton |
Matthew Fox | Jack Shephard / Dr. Jack Shephard |
Jorge Garcia | Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes / Hurley Reyes |
Maggie Grace | Shannon Rutherford |
Josh Holloway | James 'Sawyer' Ford / James Sawyer |
Daniel Dae Kim | Jin-Soo Kwon |
Yunjin Kim | Sun-Hwa Kwon |
Evangeline Lilly | Kate Austen |
Dominic Monaghan | Charlie Pace |
Directors
Writers
Creators
Jeffrey Lieber, J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof
Cast
Name | Character |
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Naveen Andrews | Sayid Jarrah |
Emilie de Ravin | Claire Littleton |
Matthew Fox | Jack Shephard / Dr. Jack Shephard |
Jorge Garcia | Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes / Hurley Reyes |
Maggie Grace | Shannon Rutherford |
Josh Holloway | James 'Sawyer' Ford / James Sawyer |
Daniel Dae Kim | Jin-Soo Kwon |
Yunjin Kim | Sun-Hwa Kwon |
Evangeline Lilly | Kate Austen |
Dominic Monaghan | Charlie Pace |
Terry O'Quinn | John Locke |
Harold Perrineau | Michael Dawson |
Michelle Rodriguez | Ana Lucia Cortez |
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Mr. Eko / Eko Tunde |
Henry Ian Cusick | Desmond Hume |
Tamara Taylor | Susan Porter |
Saul Rubinek | Clark Finney |
Jeannetta Arnette | Calloway |
Malcolm David Kelley | Walt Lloyd / Walt Dawson |
Cynthia Watros | Libby Smith |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jack Bender | Executive Producer |
Steven Maeda | Executive Producer |
J.J. Abrams | Executive Producer |
Damon Lindelof | Executive Producer |
Bryan Burk | Executive Producer |
Carlton Cuse | Executive Producer |
Stephen Williams | Producer |
Sarah Caplan | Producer |
Leonard Dick | Producer |
Ra'uf Glasgow | Producer |
Javier Grillo-Marxuach | Producer |
Jean Higgins | Producer |
Adam Horowitz | Producer |
Tamara Isaac | Producer |
Edward Kitsis | Producer |
Elizabeth Sarnoff | Producer |
Craig Wright | Producer |