Lost: Back to the Island

    (Abrams, 2024)

Before it premiered in the fall of 2004, Lost looked doomed to be an expensive, disastrous plane crash of a TV show. Instead, Lost was a massive hit, debuting with the biggest audience for a new drama on ABC in over a decade, reaching heights of over 23 million viewers at its peak, and holding on to a hefty fan-base for its entire six-season run. In Lost: Back to the Island, TV critics and veteran Lost recappers Emily St. James and Noel Murray revisit what made the show such a success and an object of enduring cultural obsession, twenty years later. Through essays, episode summaries, and cultural analysis, they take us back to the island and examine Lost’s lasting impact—and its complicated, sometimes controversial legacy—with a clear-eyed and lively investigation.
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