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Top Ten LOST Scenes

sidious618

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So what are your top ten LOST scenes? Feel free to cheat with the numbering if you want to. :lol: I don't care. I'm just interested in what people found to be the most interesting parts of the show.

My list, counting down to the best:

10) "I want to go home." Jesus Christ, Flocke looked like the fucking devil in this scene.

9) "Nothing is irreversible." Jack and Locke's talk in the Alt about Christian's missing body is a moving one and I imagine it will move higher up the list after the show ends. I'm not too comfortable listing it too high until we see what the Alt actually is but even standing alone it's a damn god scene.

8) "That was Jacob." When Ben started to talk to an empty chair in Jacob's cabin I rolled my eyes. Really? Jacob was nothing? And then the cabin went crazy in one of LOST's scarier moments. But not quite as scary as...

7) "Thing is, we're gonna need to take the boy." When the raft is approached by the boat I'm sure we all knew that something had to be up but Tom's creepy deliver of that line and the ensuing explosion of the raft made the Others to be terrifying. Plus, it led to the ever quotable line: "They took my boy right. Outta. My. Hands!"

6) "It only ends once."/Desmond in the Hatch. The mind blowing first scene from The Incident with Jacok and MIB was one of the best mythological scenes as was the revelation that a man was in the Hatch. I couldn't figure out which one should go first so I just listed both of them.

5) "It's over John!" It was fascinating to see a so disheveled and clearly self-loathing Jack in the hospital with Locke in The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham. He knew Locke was right but didn't want to admit it yet.

4) "Why do you find it so hard to believe?" There are a lot of Jack and Locke scenes on this list because these two really make up the heart of the show. The confrontation between Jack and Locke on whether to push the button is one of my favorite's.

3) "Penny... is that you?" The telephone scene from The Constant. No more needs to be said.

2) "What am I SUPPOSED to do? Oh, that's right, what was it you said on the way out to the hatch? This is our destiny?" This scene outside of the Orchid station is fantastic and you can see how there is just a glimmer of doubt in Jack when Locke tells him he's not supposed to leave end Island.

1) "Don't you walk away from! You don't know who you're dealing with here. Don't ever tell me what I can't do! Ever!" Both heartbreaking and inspiring for me this is THE best scene in the show and hands down one of the best scenes of all time. Terry O'Quinn nails it.

Honorable mentions: The monster tries to pull Locke down the hole, the submarine deaths, Charlie's death.

Edit: Doh! I forget the implosion of the hatch where Locke admits he's wrong and Desmond turns the key. I'm not sure where on the list it goes but it's a classic scene.
 
"Run, Kate!"
"Jaaaaaaaaaack!"
"Dammit, Kate, run!"
"Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!"
"Run, Kate!"
"Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!"
"Kate, dammit, run now!"
"Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!"


Also:

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaalt!"
"Dad!"
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalt!"
"Dad, help!"
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalt!"
"Help me, Dad!"
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalt!"


I may be paraphrasing. :p
 
Great list! I'm not sure I could even do this.

Some other ones that stand out in my mind-

The book club reveal at the start of Season 3 (oh my god that's the island?).

The scene where Sawyer finally meets "Sawyer".

Mr. Eko's confrontation with Smokey.

"We've got to go back!"

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Oh also, one of my favorites- the first orientation film in Season 2.
 
That is a near impossible task for me since the series is comprised of so many isolated scenes over 6 seasons. It is like asking which is your favorite child.

I mean there are the OMG moments like when the hooded figure is revealed to be Eloise or when Des is down in the Hatch at the start of season 2, Widmore is an Other, the reveal of switching to flash forwards, Ethan was not on the plane, John Locke is really dead and that man isn't Locke, Michael killing Ana Lucia *and* & Libby, in the season 5 finale teaser we were completely caught offguard that we had just met Jacob and didn't even realize it until MIB uttered his name--fantasticly done reveal, etc etc

Then there are the big emotional scenes like Jack feverishly trying to save Boone or Charlie sacrificing himself by drowning in "Greatest Hits" or Juliet's death or that brief scene in season one where you see a very vulnerable childlike Kate as she plays with the toy plane that was in the case etc

There are the big visual scenes like the sight of the island disappearing or the Others rushing out to see their POV of the plane breaking apart over the island, the reveal of the statue in its entirety or the first time we see Smokey murder Eko, the pan in "Ab Aeterno" from Hurley/Richard up to the sinister Smokey watching from a distance, finally seeing the majestic Temple in all its glory, giving us the Smokey's POV this season, the X-ray shot showing this bizarre wheel revealing it predates Dharma and is ancient, the camera tracking down from the drill into the hole being dug at the Swan site, the reveal in season 3 of the Dharma pylons, the jarring image of the polar in this lush verdant island paradise which are some of my favorites.

Creepy scenes--Sun and Frank arriving at the destroyed and abandoned village where no one had been since the assault in The Shape of Things to Come or Ilana's friend ominously warning Frank that there is something more terrifying than what is in this box which later turns out to be Locke's dead body which sent chills up my spine, the spectre in the chair in "The Man Behind the Curtain" with "Help Me". Oh and one of the first creepy scenes was back when Christian sprectre-like in his burial suit of black and white appeared to Jack and led him to the cave..brrr.

Feel good moments where you want to stand up and cheer: Sawyer jumping out of the helicopter to give Kate and everybody a chance to make it back, Rousseau with poor Ben on a leash

This series also had some great music not just the orchestral arrangements i.e. Exodus Part III but songs like the season 2 Hatch introduction with Mama Cass "Make Your Own Kind of Music"(I think that is the song's title)--I couldn't get it out of my head all season or Sarah McLachlan's aptly placed both chronologically and thematic wise with "Building a Mystery" for instance. The directing was also pretty good with the way they effectively gave the feel with the filming and tinting they used in the various eras we visited in Season 5. Things definitiely felt like the 5s or the 70s.
 
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Most of my favorite scenes were ... I don't know .. .different - more of a ...'if I were in that position, what would I think/do'.

I liked the opening scene where Jack breaks out of the jungle to see the devestation of the plane crash.

I liked the scene where, after Jack finds the one thing that everyone needs but seems to be a scarcity - water, he returns to camp only to find everyone arguing about nonsensical things - then gives the live together die alone speech (or is it the other speach?). either way, that's the scene.

I liked Charlie and Claire and the jar of peanut butter.

I loved the scene where, just as they all get comfortable with being the only people on the island, they have water and food and finally get a minute to relax and play a round of gulf, Eko breaks out of the jungle carrying a bleeding, dying Sawyer and scares the hell out of Jack - reminding him of the very real danger they are all still in.

...

I'm sure I'll come up with more later.
 
I couldn't name only 10 scenes, as there are at least 108 great moments in LOST, maybe even more. These moments stood out, but are certainly not exhaustive:

The very first scene from season 2. Still the best opening to an episode ever, and that song is now forever associated with LOST.

Charlie's hanging scene, and Jack furiously trying to resuscitate him while Kate watches and sobs helplessly. One of season 1's best moments.

The barracks stand-off between Ben and Keamy, with Alex as Keamy's hostage. Cruel and heartbreaking stuff.

The end of "Expose". Funny and yet still shocking.

The climax of "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" with Hurley, Charlie, Sawyer and Jin having genuine fun inside a DHARMA van.

The fight between Jack and Sawyer towards the end of "The Incident". Two words: family jewels. :rommie:

The final scene in "There's No Place Like Home, part 1" when Ben surrenders to the mercenaries - probably the best musical cue in the whole show.

Ben showing Juliet the dead body of her lover Goodwin, and in particular Ben's terrifying insistence that "you're MINE".

The scene with Michael's raft leaving the beach, and the mix of emotions everywhere: Vincent trying in vain to swim towards Walt, Jin looking forlornly at Sun having just reconciled their differences, the joy of the ones left behind, the Giacchino score swelling in the background...

And of course, "We're not going to Guam, are we?"
 
I'd move #7 up higher...maybe even to 1 or 2. The Penny/Desmond (you're alive!) phone scene was a great one too.
 
Hmm... lots of other stuff I love but,
10. Any other scene ever
9. Alex is murdered
8. We have to go back!
7. We're gonna have to take the boy
6. The sky turns purple in "Live Together, Die Alone"
5. Michael shoots Ana-Lucia and Libby
4. Desmond getting to call Penny in The Constant
3. Locke discovering he can walk
2. Locke banging on the hatch
1. Desmond finding out it was Locke banging on the hatch, which caused him not to kill himself
 
Only ten? I could do ten for each season! :eek: I'll just see what comes to mind first...

Locke used to be in a wheelchair/learns he can walk.
Kate and Jack find a nearly dead Chrlie hanging after an Ethan encounter.
The first discovery of the hatch.
The first scene in season two when we find Desmond in the hatch.
Michael shooting Ana-Lucia and Libby.
The first scene in season three - seeing the crash from the Others' POV.
Sawyer, Hurley, Jin and Vincent's adventure with Roger Workman and his van.
WE HAVE TO GO BACK!
The phone call between Desmond and Penny at the end of 'The Constant'
The shocking murders of Karl and Danielle.
The even more shocking murder of Alex.

See I'm crap, I've run out halfway through season 4. And I've still missed loads of others that I haven't thought of yet. :D
 
10) Ben moves the island. The chopper crashes. Des and Penny reunited. The Oceanic Six, reuniting with their loved ones in "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2." After four years, seeing Jack, Kate, Sun, Hurley, Aaron and Sayid reuniting with their parents and loved ones was well worth the wait. I still chuckle a bit when Hurley drags Sayid over to meet his parents, and simultaneously feel awful for Kate, who has no one to greet her.

9) Sawyer kills Mr. Sawyer/Anthony Cooper in "The Brig." Again, though teased throughout the previous two and a half years, the revelation that Locke's father and the man responsible for Sawyer's parents deaths was hardly surprising, but the righteous fury of Josh Holloway's performance -- "SON... OF... A... BITCH!" umbrella'd by the fact that Locke was using Sawyer to further his own agenda ... brilliant.

8) Locke wiggles his big toe in "Walkabout." For the third episode of the series, the amount of character work and information download is stunning. All at once you identify with Locke, pity him, and root for him. "DON'T TELL ME WHAT I CAN'T DO!"

7) Juliet meets her end in "The Incident." For some reason I just knew Juliet would get offed by the end of season five --- characters rarely seem to have happy, romantic endings... from their encounter with Rose and Bernard in the jungle, to Juliet putting her hand on her belly (possibly implying she was pregnant?) the target on her back was all too obvious, and her tearful farewell to Sawyer while being dragged down the hole at the Hatch-to-be was just heart-wrenching to watch. Combined with her dual reactions -- "It didn't work!" and then later, "It did work!" ... there isn't a character I've missed more.

6) Sawyer blows off Kate in "What Kate Does." Finally, after years of being play-dough for Kate's flighty wants and behavior, Sawyer grows up and chooses himself. That scene on the dock where he pitches the engagement ring for Juliet into the sea, blaming himself for her death was a tour de force.

5) "THERE IS NO SAYID!" from "The Candidate.". Even before all the other deaths in that episode, this was the signal that the end was nigh and nobody was safe. In two words, HOLY CRAP.

5) "Paralyzed!" Nikki & Paulo's death in "Exposé". Say what you want about these two characters, as far as retconned stories and insertions of retconned characters go, no matter how much you disliked the two, their exit was equally memorable for being plausible (their placement during the crash and other scenes throughout the first two years of the show) as well as their deaths being one of the darkest, perhaps even on par with that of Alex Rousseau.

4) Ben bluffs, Keamy kills Alex in "The Shape of Things to Come." Likely the darkest, cruelest scene in all of LOST's run... and utterly heart-wrenching to watch, for both Alex and Ben's sake.

3) The opening scene of "A Tale of Two Cities" wherein we meet Juliet for the first time. Besides the obvious wow-factor of seeing what was going on at the Others' barracks the day 815 crashed, there's a very subtle, brilliant piece of acting on Elizabeth Mitchell's part when she's looking in the mirror, head bobbing along with "Downtown" where she all at once just starts to cry and then stops herself and smiles. A tiny bit of foreshadowing to be sure, but still in retrospect quite engaging.


2) Sawyer tells Horace about Kate in "LaFleur." A personal favorite of mine, if only because of how relevant it was to me at the time.

Sawyer/Lafleur said:
"I had a thing for a girl once. And I had a shot at her. But I didn't take it. For a little while I'd lay in bed every night and wonder if that was a mistake. Wondering if I'd ever stop thinking about her. But now I can barely remember what she looks like. I mean her face, she's just gone. And she ain't never coming back. So, is three years long enough to get over someone? Absolutely."

... the stern determination in how Sawyer says it belies his still fleeting question about whether or not he truly is over Kate, and just as the show has done to its characters (and us) over the years, it's not even a minute later when Jin calls in and Sawyer again lays eyes on Kate.

1) Desmond's phone call to Penny from the freighter on Christmas Eve, 2004 in "The Constant." If anyone deserves a happy ending it's these two. This was truly LOST's "City on the Edge of Forever, and anyone who doesn't well up any time that Scottish "I love you Penny!" is belted out truly is heartless.
 
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10 more:

Hurley kicking Sawyer's ass in a beach fight, and Jin breaking it up after pissing himself laughing.

The final "Catch A Falling Star" sequence at the end of "Sundown" and in fact Emilie de Ravin's entire creepy performance in that episode.

Sayid meets and tortures "Henry Gale" in the Hatch.

"You guys got any milk?" :evil:

Juliet trying to detonate Jughead at the very end of season 5.

The submarine disaster.... and the immediate emotional aftermath.

Sayid and Shannon returning from their picnic, only for Jack to break some bad news to Shannon about Boone.

Libby convincing Hurley that everything is real.... including their first kiss.

The opening scene of the Pilot where Jack wastes no time in trying to save as many people as he can from the wreckage of the plane.

And the first time we meet Jacob, in the shadow of the statue.
 
Wow. Impossibly tough, but I'll try.

10) "I'm gonna fix you" (Man of Science, Man of Faith): Not one that gets a lot of props so I'll explain. The scene where he's about to operate on Sarah and he makes this promise is awesome. What really sells it is probably my favorite Matthew Fox acting moment, where he says the line and immediately has this look on his face of "Holy shit, I just promised this woman the fucking impossible." Blink and you'll miss it but it's very cool.

9) "You wanna go to hell?!" (The Brig)

8) "I am not sorry for this... I am proud of this." (The Cost of Living): Say what you want about Eko's relative importance to things, his non-confession to "Yemi" was awesome.

7) "Not Penny's Boat" (Through The Looking Glass)

6) "You don't wanna know what happened to me when I turned that key!" (Flashes Before Your Eyes): Desmonds huge cathartic freak-out as he kicks Charlie's ass after the events of the episode are the perfect marriage of scoring and a gut-wrenching performance.

5) The raft launch (Exodus, Part 1): It's a cool scene, but this one gets my vote almost entirely for the music.

4) "Because no one else will have me!" (Dr. Linus): A fucking Emerson tour-de-force. I may end up thinking less of this after Sunday, but if Ben's up to what I think he's up to it was just great. And left my jaw on the floor.

3) "You don't let go!"/"I love you James!" (The Incident): Juliet was probably my favorite charcter until Jack got his head out of his ass so this scene right through her desperately, tearfully wailing on the bomb just destroyed me when I watched it for the first time. Still does.

2) "Dearest Des..." (Live Together, Die Alone): Our Mutual Friend finally coughs up its secrets. And it's not what Desmond thinks. This is too brilliant for words.

1) "I love you Pen!" (The Constant): Yeah, this is the cliched answer but it's really that good. I have a hard time thinking of anything I've ever seen, movie or TV, that I can confidently say is better than this. There's stuff out there that's as brilliant in its own way. But better? I got nothing.
 
So
5) "It's over John!" It was fascinating to see a so disheveled and clearly self-loathing Jack in the hospital with Locke in The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham. He knew Locke was right but didn't want to admit it yet.

A very well performed, directed and scored scene. It probably would have made my top ten if it weren't for the fact that it constitutes what is probably Lost's biggest plot hole.

I'm always advocating character over plot for this show so it's weird to say that plot ruins it for me. However, it undoes the awesome final scene from "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2."

I can suspend my disbelief pretty well so it doesn't totally wreck things for me but it definitely keeps it out of the realm of greatest scenes ever for me.
 
So
5) "It's over John!" It was fascinating to see a so disheveled and clearly self-loathing Jack in the hospital with Locke in The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham. He knew Locke was right but didn't want to admit it yet.

A very well performed, directed and scored scene. It probably would have made my top ten if it weren't for the fact that it constitutes what is probably Lost's biggest plot hole.

I'm always advocating character over plot for this show so it's weird to say that plot ruins it for me. However, it undoes the awesome final scene from "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2."

I can suspend my disbelief pretty well so it doesn't totally wreck things for me but it definitely keeps it out of the realm of greatest scenes ever for me.

What, Sawyer kicking Jack in the 'Nads isn't good enough for you? ;)
 
What's the plot hole?

Jack tells Ben that Locke said "some very bad things after we left" and that everyone they left behind would die. Which is basically the impetus for Jack to go from a substance-abusing broken man to a substance-abusing broken man who knows the only way out is to go back.

A lot of cool stuff happens in that scene in the hospital with Locke and Jack, but it all boils down to Locke telling Jack that he's supposed to go back with no reason why. The ostensible catalyst for Jack going back to the island didn't happen in that scene.
 
I was pissed the first time my buddy pointed that out to me. I hadn't noticed.

Hope I didn't just do something similar for you! :D
 
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