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Whether someone watched it as it aired or first discovered Loston streaming, there is nothing quite like watching it the first time. Every new character, question or mystery drives the viewer onward through the seasons. However, no show is truly perfect, and given the way Lost was made, it wears many of its mistakes on its grass-stained sleeves.

This is not to say the show isn't great or worth rewatching. Rather, that going back to the show for the second, third or even tenth time can come with its own drawbacks. Spending time with the castaways on the island is always fun, but that doesn't mean it is the same kind of fun as it used to be when first discovering the series 21 years ago or more recently on streaming.

Rewatching Lost Means Making a Big Commitment to the Show It's Not a Series That Lends Itself to Piecemeal Viewing...

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Lost's first episode centered on Michael Dawson and Walt introducing a mystery that was ultimately fumbled. He was revealed to be "special," presumably possessing psychic powers. Yet, after he was kidnapped by the Others, he all but disappeared from the series. The deeper mystery of his abilities and how that related to the island was never explored.

Despite a few cameos in Seasons 3 through 5, Walt remained sidelined. However, in "The New Man In Charge," the character came back. Things had gone poorly for him since the last time audiences saw him, but Ben Linus (now...

In the 20 years since the debut of Lost, viewers still discover and discuss the series. While many of the big questions the show asked were answered by the finale, plenty were left open. Yet, part of the fun in being a Lost fan this long after it aired is thinking and theorizing about these unsolved mysteries.

By design, Lost was a complex series and the mysteries that were solved weren't always stated explicitly. The storytellers wanted fans to think about things and connect the mythological dots themselves. However, they also deliberately left some things open. Whether because of limited time, budget or episode count, some questions remained unanswered unintentionally, too. The mysteries on this list are some of the biggest, and part of why fans continue to obsess over the show long after they watched the finale.

How Do Hurley and Ben Get To and From the Island? His Predecessor Was Able to Freely Travel,...

Quick LinksIn Season 4, Juliet Burke's Soap Opera-Level Drama With Ben Linus Was a Lot of FunRose and Bernard's Relationship Was One of Lost's Truly Perfect RomancesIn Lost Season 1, Kate's Flashbacks Showed Her Being a True CriminalThe Swan Song for Mr. Eko Was a Disappointing Island Adventure Despite His Epic DeathThere Were Double Con Man Stories In Sawyer's Season 3 Episode, but Only One WorkedFinally Learning What Kate Did Was a Welcome Character Mystery SolvedHurley Has a Crisis of Faith When He Get's a 'Job' In the Hatch That Brings Up MemoriesThe Flashbacks in Jin and Sun's Season 5 Episode Were Better Than Everything ElseAna Lucia Cortez and Libby Smith Deserved a Better Send-Off In 'Two For the Road'One of Lost's Most Controversial Episodes Is Actually One of the Series' Best

While there is no accounting for taste, it's impossible to deny that Lostwas one of the most well-crafted, intentional and ambitious series to hit broadcast television.

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One of the most ironic things about Lostis that it heavily focused on parenting, despite mostly abandoning its child characters in later seasons. From Claire Littleton's pregnancy to the fallout from "the Incident," birth is almost as prevalent as death. Realizing this, it makes perfect sense that the Others in Lost were obsessed with children, but it had nothing to do with magic or special powers. The earliest parent-child relationship to take center stage was Jack Shephard's relationship with his father. This was so important that in the world Jack created for himself in the space between life and death, he created a son who didn't exist.

In the real world of the show,...

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As fans continue celebrating the 20th anniversary of Lost Season 1, one of the show's most important episodes came late in the run. The first (and only) episode centered on Jin-Soo Kwon, "…In Translation," subverted fan expectations and a stereotype about a character fans disliked. More than any island mystery reveal, this episode proved how the show was able to spin the narrative while improving the show.

"…In Translation" showed viewers that Jin was not what he seemed. While he made some mistakes and held onto an antiquated sense of "honor," he wasn't a killer and any violence he committed was actually done to save a person's life. He loved his wife,...

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Lost was a series no one believed in, not even co-creators Lindelof and J.J. Abrams. The show was too weird, too serialized and too expensive to ever work on network television. Except, the series was a massive hit for ABC and redefined what broadcast television could do. In fact, it was one of the first shows where the producers actively campaigned for an end date, so they could finish the story.

Much to fans' consternation, not every mystery, story thread or character got a succinct resolution. Two decades after its debut, a Lostsequel series might not be such a bad idea. The...

Lost has the unfortunate reputation for having one of the most divisive series finales in recent memory. The ABC fantasy mystery series had once captured the hearts and minds of all who watched it when it aired in 2004. The flashback structure and focus on character made the series special and, eventually, made the fans turn on it in the end. This ended up being unfortunate because these fans missed what the series was all about. Lost was never about solving every single mystery on the island; it was the connections made along the way.

15 years after the end of Lost should allow viewers to reevaluate the significance of the series. The series ended as satisfyingly as any show of its kind could but it wasn't perfect. Time has also shown that not all the character endings have stood the test of time.

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When Lostdebuted 20 years ago, the series captured the imaginations of millions of viewers and became a genuine phenomenon. In that short time, series co-creators J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof captured some of Lost's most important ideas.

Eventually, credits rolled on the last episode six years later, and many of those fans felt confused, or worse, let down. While the specific details of this epic story were constantly in flux, the storytellers always knew where they were heading. In every season of Lost, there were countless clues, some subtle and some over, which clearly foreshadowed the twists in the series finale.

John Locke's First Lines Explain the Central Conflict of the Series The Conversation Spoils That Lost Is a 'Game' and Locke Is One of the Key Players

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As fans continue to celebrate Lost's 20th anniversary, the pop culture phenomenon has aged better than expected. Though it was a frustrating show for some fans during its initial run, with hindsight, viewers better understand the series. Unfortunately, the biggest mistake the Lost storytellers made was how the show treated Walt Lloyd, an important character that was all-but forgotten. Ironically, the central problem -- actor Malcom David Kelly growing up -- could have been an asset.

In numerous interviews and retrospectives, Lost showrunner Damon Lindelof admitted from the beginning that they knew they would have a problem with Walt because the actor would grow up faster than they could shoot multiple seasons.

Lost became an instant hit when the series debuted on ABC in 2004. Over two decades later, one of the show's writers, Drew Goddard, addressed the possibility of revisiting the franchise.

Speaking to Variety, Goddard said that while there have been no official discussions about a revival, he will never rule out the possibility. "I loved working on that show so much, and I loved what we did," he explained. "I always feel strongly that I don't want to just do karaoke of the show I used to do. I'd only be interested if we felt like we could do something special and new within the construct of the show. And then some of it just comes down to time and appetite. So there's no plan for it today. But never say never."

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Warning: There are spoilers ahead for From season 3.

Since debuting in 2022, From has gained increasingly more acclaim, and garnered comparisons to another hit series – Lost. The comparisons are partly due to the creative talent involved in both series. Harold Perrineau, who played Michael Dawson in Lost, leads From's cast of characters in the role of Boyd Stevens. Lost's Jack Bender, who was one of the show's executive producers and a director of iconic episodes like "Walkabout" and "The Constant," is also an executive producer and frequent director of From.

Beyond the overlap in creative talent, there are similarities between From and Lost's premises and their overall narrative approaches. There is an overarching sense of mystery and intrigue, and while many Lost and From mysteries are solved, the answers often lead to more questions. Both series also have ensemble casts, and as seen in From season 3's ending, both...

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Even before the proliferation of streaming services, Lost was a series designed to be binge-watched. Many fans understood this, and they bought the DVDs of each season of the show as it was released. However, if fans didn't also pick up the Lost: The Complete Collection box set, they missed out on a slew of bonus extras and memorabilia from the show. Shortly after the series finale, Lost: The Complete Collection was announced which gathered all six seasons into one release.

This sprawling collection was packaged in a gorgeous box which was made to resemble the island, and it featured all the previously released content from individual seasons.

The landscape of television has changed drastically in the 20 years since Lost debuted on ABC, especially when it comes to "genre" storytelling. One sign the series co-created by J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof was going to be something unique was the way it embraced elements of science fiction and fantasy. It makes sense that notable writers from the world of comic books joined the writers' room. One such scribe was Brian K. Vaughn. Along with him, comics legends Paul Dini and Jeph Loeb also wrote for the series. However, Brian K. Vaughn arrived after they left and was the only one to stay on for more than a single season.

Vaughn started as a story editor in Season 3, was a co-producer for Season 4 and a producer for Season 5. Before work on the final season began, Vaughn left Lost with cryptic statements offered as the reason why. Eventually, it became clear...

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When it comes to the era of Prestige Television, it may seem like foolishness to suggest that fans of a groundbreaking fantasy network drama would love a superhero series from The CW. Lost, after all, was the most expensive television pilot at the time. The CW, on the other hand, was notorious for its low-budget productions. However, from series-long examinations of morality and redemption to flashbacks and being stuck on an island, Arrow has a lot more in common with Lost than fans might think. Of course, both Arrow and Lost have fairly significant differences which may make their similarities seem superficial.

Based on the DC Comics' character Green Arrow,...

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Over six seasons, Lost became a polarizing series among its own diehard fans. But however one feels about its ending, there is no denying the first season of the show was one of its strongest. Over its 25 hours, the series introduced all of its most compelling mysteries. However, in the second episode -- Part 2 of Lost's pilot -- John Locke explains the entire heart of the show with a seemingly throwaway line. Despite how important John Locke became to Lost, he's not much of a presence in the two-hour pilot episode.

Directed by J.J. Abrams and co-written with Damon Lindelof, the episodes are a masterclass in managing a large...

This article contains spoilers from Lost.

By the end of the present-day timeline in Lost, most of the characters had either left the island or died there, but some were still alive and on the island. Before Lost's Jack Shephard died in the same spot where he awoke in the jungle years earlier, he saw the repaired Ajira Airways Flight 316 flying away from the island. The plane was flown by pilot Frank Lapidus, and its passengers included Kate Austen, James "Sawyer" Ford, Claire Littleton, Miles Straume, and Richard Alpert, all of them successfully leaving the island and returning to civilization.

While most of Lost's characters were no longer on the island by the time Jack died and Ajira Flight 316 flew away, several important characters still remained. Most of the characters still on the island at that point chose to stay, whether it was to protect the island or...

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Lost is most well-known for its deep analysis of its diverse cast of characters. From John Locke to Mr. Eko -- Lost took its time and crafted satisfying stories for the majority of its main characters. However, one character's story seemed to abruptly end without a satisfying resolution. That character was Walt Lloyd, a young boy with a special connection to the Island's source.

But how was Walt special? What was his ultimate destiny, and why did he seemingly disappear from the narrative? While these questions are considered unanswered by much of the show's audience, Lost provided enough context for viewers to understand the importance of Walt. Viewers can even figure out what Walt would be doing following the show's ending, thanks to the epilogue episode, "New Man In Charge,...

Few survivors from Oceanic Flight 815 made it out alive by the end of Lost's present-day timeline. Jack Shephard's death marked the end of the series, but some survivors remained on the island or left via Ajira Airways Flight 316. Hurley, Kate, Sawyer, Claire, Rose, Bernard, and others had different fates, with some finding peace on the island.

Warning: This article contains spoilers from Lost.By the end of Lost's present-day timeline, few of Oceanic Flight 815's survivors remained alive. After Oceanic 815 crashed, and its pilot, Seth Norris, was killed by the Smoke Monster soon after, of the 324 passengers onboard, there were 49 survivors from the middle section of the plane, including 48 humans and Vincent the dog. While they were presented as the sole survivors of the crash in Lost season 1, season 2 revealed that there were also 22 survivors from the tail section of the plane.

From tragic betrayals to heroic sacrifices,...

This article contains spoilers for the Lost finale and the epilogue “The New Man In Charge.”

Perhaps you may have heard, but the Lost finale was a touch controversial. As one of the biggest network TV dramas of all time and one of pop culture’s great “mystery box” stories, this ABC series had a lot of questions to answer in its final season.

Some would argue that Lost did a mostly fine job of resolving its many mysteries. In fact, that’s the official position taken here at Den of Geek. Many others, however, have found the finale’s focus on emotional catharsis over logical resolutions to be unsatisfying. While everyone is entitled to their opinion, something that the latter crowd sometimes misses in their interpretation of the Lost finale is that “The End” isn’t really the end. That’s right: there’s an epilogue to the Lost...

Walt's importance on Lost was vital, yet his main character status ended early on. Walt and Michael left the island in season 2 finale, leading to a strained relationship. Walt's psychic abilities and return to the island with Hurley and Ben were key plot points.

Walt had an eventful journey on Lost, even if much of it wasn't shown onscreen. Played by Malcolm David Kelley, Walt Lloyd was the subject of one of Lost's biggest mysteries at the onset of the story. However, Walt ceased being a main character years before the saga reached its conclusion in the Lost series finale.

Throughout Lost season 1, there was a sense that Walt was vital to understanding what was going on with the island. This is something that John Locke seemed to recognize, as he noticed before anyone else on the island that Walt was different in some way. This idea was corroborated...

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Lost's ancient mythology is long and convoluted — and, let's face it, pretty confusing without multiple viewings. Despite its puzzling nature, a lot of the show's lore can be tracked through the characters who became Protector of the show's mysterious Island. Whenever one was placed in the role of Protector of the Island, they became deathless unless murdered under specific circumstances and were tasked with protecting what the Island concealed deep underneath its beautiful tropical landscapes: a mysterious energy that was ultimately the physical source of time itself.

Looking back on the ground-breaking series, the Protector is easily one of the more interesting aspects of the show's continuity, and, with Lost remaining on its devoted fans' minds all these years following the finale in 2010, it's always worth revisiting some of the most important characters the series presented its audience. Becoming...

There are many mysteries on the 2000s drama Lost, and Kevin Johnson's identity is one of the biggest and most compelling questions. After Oceanic Flight 815 crashes, the survivors are stunned to find themselves on an island, and they form alliances and take care of one another while flashbacks reveal who they were before. There are several curious puzzles on the island, from the fact that John Locke can walk after years of using a wheelchair to the purpose of the Dharma Initiative. The only thing that's clear is that this isn't a place that can be easily summed up.

While there are questions like who the polar bears are on Lost, the show also hides identities. For instance, in Lost season 1, the survivors hear "The French Woman" via radio signal and later learn she is Danielle Rosseau. Lost brilliantly crafts a mystery surrounding who Kevin Johnson is, and as...

Long before the days of "Breaking Bad," "Game of Thrones," and "Stranger Things," "Lost" was the "must-see" television show that everyone was obsessed with. You simply had to tune in to ABC each week to see the latest shocking plot twist. That shows how radically the entertainment industry has changed. Today, blockbuster shows with budgets that rival feature films are just as high profile as Hollywood's superhero movies. "Lost" set the precedent for the future of entertainment.

In addition to the stunning spectacle of the series, "Lost" employed some creative talents who would go on to be incredibly influential. The series was developed by Damon Lindelof, who would later create both the HBO sci-fi drama "The Leftovers" and the inventive reworking of "Watchmen." The pilot of "Lost" was directed by J.J. Abrams, and the brilliant score from Michael Giacchino made the show feel just as epic as anything that you'd see on the big screen.

Early on in Neil Labute’s “Out of the Blue,” a pair of James M. Cain novels get checked out by Diane Kruger’s cool, composed seductress at an elegant old library.

Unfortunately, the writer-director’s bid to evoke the murderous lust of hard-boiled staples “The Postman Always Rings Twice” and “Double Indemnity” is itself plenty checked out, a zipless exercise about as noirish as a commercial for household cleaning products.

Few careers are as mystifying in their longevity as Labute’s, whose empty misanthropy and gotcha dramatics across theater and movies were once the epitome of soured-soul indie cachet. His film career of late — whether directing his own screenplays or for-hire gigs — has been divorced from any meaningful expectations or promise or acclaim, but it’s still trudging along. “Out of the Blue,” which only ever feels tossed off, conjures the same head-scratching about its existence: If an adulterous...

Is this show still as daring as it once seemed? How does it fare in this year of #MeToo? Where are the personal boundaries in relationships, when nobody can risk being entirely honest? We discover a man who wants to relate with women solely through the recordings he makes of them talking about sex — is that Ok, or not Ok? Steven Soderbergh’s micro-budgeted intimate drama was the definition of independent filmmaking success.

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Cinematography: Walt Lloyd

Film Editor: Steven Soderbergh

Original Music: Cliff Martinez

Produced by John Hardy, Robert Newmyer

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Director Steve Soderbergh has been making features for almost thirty years, as one of the few filmmakers to find something...

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The first scene that Natalie Zea ever directed for TV was the restaurant karaoke sequence from Tuesday night’s episode of “The Detour.” If two Broadway vets (Laura Benanti and Gideon Glick) singing “Almost Paradise” to Jason Jones’ Nate sounds like a tame scene description, know that it would still probably be one of the wildest scenes on most other TV comedies. For Zea, it was far from a simple first assignment (and not just because of the 360-degree camera move at the end when Nate and Zea’s character Robin reunite).

“That was my first scene that I directed. I was awful,” Zea told IndieWire with a laugh. “You have a lot to prove. It was feelings that I haven’t felt in a while. I’ve been acting for 20 years and when I walk onto a set, even when it’s a new show,...

Success in the ’90s gave Robert Altman the opportunity to experiment once again. Several short stories by Raymond Carver interlock in a mosaic of Los Angeles populated by scores of actors in ensemble mode. Clocking in at three hours, Altman’s epic has all the time and space it needs.

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Now that Stranger Things has launched, we celebrate 25 of geek TV’s most memorable children with supernatural abilities…

Telekinesis, precognition, mind-control… the skills of these fictional TV kids go way beyond wheelies and scooter tricks. Understanding and controlling those abilities, however, is another matter.

Take Eleven, the mysterious child at the centre of Netflix's ace new series Stranger Things, she's the latest in the long and varied line of child characters who’ve struggled with their unpredictable and extraordinary powers.

Keeping our choices to live-action television characters like Eleven, whose power doesn’t come from witchcraft, a magical tool or sci-fi gadget, we revisit 25 of geek TV’s most memorable super-powered kids…

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Powers: Telekinesis, animal control, precognition, the empathetic ability to read people’s pain, and much, much more...

Who is she? A foster child who has had unexplained supernatural abilities since birth.

The list of cast members attending this year’s PaleyFest is here, and it’s full of fan favorites. Mindy Kaling and Chris Messina will be there to (hopefully) talk about where their on-screen romance is going, Josh Holloway and Henry Ian Cusick will be among the actors appearing on the 10-year Lost reunion panel, and ABC Family fans should be happy to hear that three out of four Pretty Little Liars will be spilling secrets at their show’s panel.

Tickets for the individual panels can be purchased here, but take a look at the entire list of who’s speaking below first:

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Experience Media Studios announced today it has completed production on Carmel-by-the-Sea, the feature-length film based in the famous art community of Carmel, California. The film is produced by Craig Comstock and Experience Media Studios CEO Michael-Ryan Fletchall.

Carmel-by-the-Sea features an all-star cast led by Academy Award® winner Lauren Bacall (“Howl’s Moving Castle”), Josh Hutcherson (“Red Dawn”), Alfred Molina (“Prince of Persia”), Hayden Panettiere (“Heroes”), Dina Eastwood (“True Crime”), Billy Boyd (“Lord of the Rings”), and Alexandra Carl (“Gossip Girl”).

Carmel-by-the-Sea producer Craig Comstock has a long-standing relationship with Experience CEO Michael-Ryan, calling the company to partner responsibilities on the film and help guide completion of the film. Experience Media Studios reorganized the film, raising an additional round of funding and completed the ensemble cast, feature-film.

By raising the additional funding round, Experience Media Studios eliminated any outstanding debt on the film, obtaining the film and its worldwide rights from its former owners.

"Lost" ends this Sunday (May 23), and MTV Movies Blog is celebrating the show's legacy all week long with The Lost Awards, your opportunity to vote on your favorite moments from the hit series! We'll announce new polls every day that fans can vote on until Monday (May 24). Winners will be announced that afternoon. Good luck, and as the members of the Dharma Initiative are so fond of saying, namaste!

A hero is only as great as his or her strongest adversary, and on "Lost," the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 have had their fair share of nemeses over the years. From manipulative bug-eyed twerps to sinister clouds of smoke, "Lost" has created some of the most iconic villains in the history of television.

For your voting pleasure, here are your nominees for The Most Devious Island Dweller.

Benjamin Linus

Betrayer of the Dharma Initiative, leader of the Others and murderer of rabbits,...

When the final season of "Lost" premieres this evening, fans will hopefully get some answers to their most burning questions, but there's one mystery that you don't have to wait for new episodes to solve — the show's connection to comic books.

From comic book cameos and superhero references all the way to the writers room, there's no shortage of links between "Lost" and the paneled page. After the jump, we've listed five ways that the show's mythical island and the graphic novel world have united.

Comic Book Writers: Series co-creator Damon Lindelof isn't just one of the showrunners and lead writers on "Lost," he's also the author of "Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk," a limited series from Marvel that reinterpreted the classic first encounter between Logan and Bruce Banner. Additionally, former series writer Brian K. Vaughan is well known for his comic book work on "Y: The Last Man," "Ex Machina,...

There's no shortage of reasons that fans have grown so attached to "Lost" over the years. The show's mythology and character work are close to the top of that list, but there are other subtle but no less essential ingredients involved, including Michael Giacchino's score and the show's editing. At the end of the day, one of the single most important elements of all is the happy marriage between brilliant writing and line delivery from the actors, resulting in a wealth of unforgettable monologues and one-liners over the course of the show's five seasons.

After the jump, we've listed 42 memorable quotes from all five seasons of "Lost," though there are certainly many other worthy speeches and zingers that didn't make the cut. Make sure to head to the comments section and remind us of your favorite quotes from the series.

Stay tuned to MTV tomorrow for the final edition of Lost In Numbers,...

On "Lost," death is about as common as the cold. It drifts in and out just like a sickness, sometimes with warning but often without any signs at all, and almost always claiming its victims with ruthless efficiency. Whether the dead party is a beloved or loathed character, one thing remains true throughout — the death scenes of "Lost" are almost always epic and inventive.

After the jump, we've listed 23 dead characters who should return for the final season of "Lost."

Stay tuned to MTV next week for the final installments of Lost In Numbers, a series of features pegged directly to the show's trademark number sequence: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. Needless to say, spoilers for season five and earlier lie ahead. And make sure to tune in to MTV Movies Blog next Tuesday for our live blog of the season premiere!

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While the final season's series regulars are undoubtedly some of the most important characters on "Lost," they aren't the only people that fans have come to know and love. One of the show's greatest attributes is its wealth of worthwhile characters that weave in and out of the Island's bountiful mythology with varying degrees of regularity.

After the jump, we've highlighted the sixteen recurring characters that we're hoping to see in the final season of "Lost" — the ones that are still alive, at least. We'll get to the corpses soon, we promise. Stay tuned to MTV for the rest of this week and into the season premiere, as we'll be running a series of features pegged directly to the show's trademark number sequence: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. Needless to say, spoilers for season five and earlier lie ahead.

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Played By: William Blanchette

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Cinematographer Thomas Del Ruth earned his 11th nomination from the American Society of Cinematographers on Wednesday, when noms were announced in two television categories for the 21st annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards, set for Feb. 18 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City.

Del Ruth -- who has won four ASC Awards -- was nominated for the pilot episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. His fellow nominees in the television movie/miniseries/pilot category are Adam Kane for the pilot of Heroes, Walt Lloyd for the telefilm The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines, Bill Roe for the pilot of Day Break and John Stokes for the Umney's Last Case episode of the miniseries "Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King."

In the episodic television category, the nominees are Eagle Egilsson for the Darkroom episode of CSI: Miami, Nathan Hope for the Killer episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, David Moxness for the Arrow episode of Smallville, Roe for the What If They Find Him episode of Day Break and Gale Tattersall for the Meaning episode of House.