Ya Lost Me

Kate, Sawyer, and Jack try to cover their tracks after delivering Young Linus to the others. Miles and Hurley compare sixth-sense powers.

Linus's improv skills are put to the test as he reacts to Locke's apparent resurrection. Locke takes him to the temple for a struggle session with Smoky.

Kate reckons with her babynapping ways. Jack refuses to operate on Young Linus, so Kate and Sawyer must find another means to save his life.

Hurley adjusts well to cafeteria duty. Young Linus finds a new father figure. Sayid tries to kill baby hitler.

Jack, Kate, and Hurley get Dharma jobs. Sun and Lapidus share a paranormal encounter. Young Linus brings Sayid a fateful sandwich.

The time vinyl stops skipping. Sawyer gets a job. Faraday learns there's a fate worse than Charlotte being dead.

The Ya Lost Me Podcast returns to its weekly programming schedule with a consequential Locke flashback.

The gang goes back, but their individual reasons for doing so are left a mystery. Ben's favorite bonkers Season 5 moment arrives, as Jack and Linus meet Eloise in a steampunk hatch under a church in LA.

Jin experiences the last moments of Rousseau's crew. Locke gives the frozen donkey wheel another push. Ben introduces Jack, Sun, and Desmond to Faraday's mum.

Linus lawyers up. Locke ropes Sawyer into a plot to get the band back together. Jin gets a glimpse of Young Rousseau.

Lost presents 'Young Widmore.' Desmond ascends to fatherhood and develops the wherewithal to stand up to Penny's dad. Sawyer's group finds some undetonated nuclear ordinance. Locke incepts the exchange between Alpert and Young Locke.

Linus and Jack bring Locke's body to a Los Angeles butcher shop. Hurley is visited by the ghost of Ana Lucia. As the temporally stranded Losties come to grips with their predicament, Frogurt gets immolated by fire arrows.

Lost enters the Obama years with a series of nosebleed-inducing time skips. Locke has a fated encounter with the eyeliner man. The lawyers come after Baby Aaron. Sayid goes sicko mode on some unknown assailants. Jack gets what he's always wanted deep down: blamed for everything.

A three-episode finale crammed into one pod. The coffin's contents are revealed. Linus pushes the Frozen Donkey Wheel. Sawyer leaps from a helicopter. Michael and Jin go down with the ship.

Young Locke's many run-ins with Alpert and Abaddon are revealed. Christian tells Locke to move the island. Ben and Hurley share a candy bar.

Jack and Kate attempt to live out their summer-camp crush in the real world, with disastrous results. Back on the island, Jack needs to be penetrated surgically. Claire puts the losties on indefinite Aaron duty.

Keamy's team starts their assault on Othersville. Past Ben Linus makes a bad play. Future Ben Linus visits Widmore and challenges him to a gentleman's game of find the island.

Ben Linus paints a tunnel onto a wall and invites Michael to run through. Tom takes a vacation from the island to see The Lion King on Broadway. Ben and Spencer share their favorite memories of Carl.

Jin buys a big teddy. Sun and Juliette turn the beach into a 'Maury' set. Michael steps out from the shadows.

Charlotte and Faraday lead Jack and Kate on some weird gas trip. Driven to possess Juliette/mother, Ben Linus reveals himself to be the worst kind of beta orbiter... the deadly kind.

Desmond and Penny finally make contact after Lost establishes the ground rules for "paradox-free time travel." Charles Widmore starts to take on a greater role than Dessy's domineering would-be father-in-law.

The Jack and Kate relationship is literally put on trial. Ben tells the story of the To Kill a Mockingbird shooting that wasn't. Kate can't help but run... toward motherhood.

Off-island Sayid stars in his own spy thriller. Hurley plays a part an one of Locke's deceptions. Kate decides she doesn't actually want to leave the island.

Four separate flashbacks introduce the freighter folk, who Ben describes as "two complete fuckers, one sad sack, and a guy I'd like to hang out with." Linus reveals he has a spy aboard the ship. Spencer copes with the whiplash of starting a new season.

Jack and Locke are divided over whether to trust Naomi's people, forcing the survivors to choose sides. A newly stylish Hurley is revealed to be among the 'Oceanic Six.' Ben and Spencer return with a discussion of Lost: Missing Pieces, a series of webisodes that aired during the hiatus between seasons 3 and 4.

Pharmacy freakout Jack, drunk on a flight Jack, reckless driving Nirvana Jack; The Season 3 finale redeems our lead by bringing him to glorious new lows.

The mystery of Charlie's ring: REVEALED! Jack is reinstated as leader and immediately resumes speechifying. Charlie and Desmond row out to the Looking Glass.

Locke visits the Black Lodge. Ben Linus's father is the archetypal downtrodden working man on a magic island. Richard Alpert don't crack. Lost talk starts at 2:15

Locke and Sawyer find themselves in a bit of a 'Parent Trap' situation. Spencer wonders whether Richard Alpert wears eyeliner. Lost talk starts at 2:15

The Kwon soap opera gets one twist too many. The island hates pregnant women but likes women getting pregnant. Lost talk starts at 2:00

Desmond gives a masterclass display of the cowardly breakup. Ben and Spencer debate his ranking among the island's biggest fuccbois. Lost talk starts at 3:15

Jack returns to the beach, but he's brought his new girlfriend with him, and she is NOT our mom. Lost talk starts at 2:00

More facets of conning are explored in the Kate/Cassidy crossover fans were clamoring for. Locke and Juliette each make some new friends. Ben provides a primer on the Left Behind series of fundamentalist Christian airport thrillers. Lost talk starts at 2:00

The controversial Nikki and Paulo episode is finally here, in what Ben describes as "the producers saying fuck you to the fans and to themselves." It rules. Lost talk starts at 2:00

A knockout Locke ep puts the Ya Lost Me pod over the hump, just over halfway through Lost's 121 episode run. Anthony Cooper cements his place as the worst dad in the series. Spencer makes a case for obvious plot twists. Ben introduces the mystery of Locke's wet tee shirt, with huge implications for the mythos.

The series midpoint of Lost marks the introduction of the 'Goth Claire' character. We get more confirmation that the Shephard genes for intelligence and coolness skip a generation. Locke, Kate, and Sayid find Jack hanging out with his new friends.

Lost continues to metabolize the Bush administration's torture program via Sayid flashbacks. The islanders discover the Flame Station, which Locke promptly destroys with his gaming habit. Hurley forces Sawyer to give up nicknames for a week. Lost talk starts at 2:00

Cheech Marin makes a strong debut in the bad dads bracket. Hurley is driven to candy addiction by a traumatic separation. Ben tells the story of Jorge Garcia's casting. Spencer finds an excuse to talk about Control (2019). Lost talk starts at 5:00

The origin of Jack's tattoo is revealed in a strong contender for the worst episode of Lost. Jack gets his ass kicked after menacing a racist caricature of a Thai woman. An Other named Isabel is introduced and never heard from again. Ben and Spencer feel bad, man. Lost talk starts at 5:15

Final Destination is happening but Charlie is the only one on the list. Desmond finds himself in the British Matrix reliving a pathetic breakup. Spencer is finally reconciled to Desy's presence in the cast. Ben introduces the Lost concept of the 'temporal displacement.' Lost talk starts at 5:15

Sawyer and Kate escape Hydra Island after subduing Mac from It's Always Sunny. Spencer can't help but feel we're still trapped in the bear cages. Lost talk starts at 6:00. (Ben was recording from a remote location, audio quality couldn't be helped.)

The mini-season in the bear cages ends on a cliffhanger as Jack violates the Hippocratic Oath. A Kate flashback reveals the true antagonist of the series: actor Nathan Fillion. Lost talk starts at 6:00. Ya Lost Me will return to its Monday release schedule next episode.

Eko converts to Protestantism in a monologue delivered to the smoke-monster. Paulo drops some heat. Ben and Spencer mourn the Eko that could've been. Lost talk starts at 4:30

Sawyer falls for the classic 'reverse pacemaker bunny' trick. Jack sees an x-ray he wasn't supposed to see. Nikki and Paulo continue to be named characters with lines. Ben and Spencer discuss Parks & Rec and Brian K. Vaughan's Saga as relics of Obama-era liberalism. Lost talk starts at 9:30

Locke experiences surrogate nephew betrayal in what Ben deems the worst Locke episode. Spencer is made physically ill by the airport hallucination. Lost talk starts at 5:30

Sun's infidelity is revealed after many a guilty stare. Jin displays his prowess as an enforcer, but as a boat protector, not so much. Jack learns Dubya won reelection. Spencer wishes he was a Locke, but deep down he knows he is a Michael. Lost talk starts at 6:00

A very divorced Jack makes a big show of pulling on a chain. Henry becomes Benry. Spencer went to Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Lost talk starts at 5:00

Locke sees the light after having a good 'boomer racial anxiety' cry. Desmond has another shot with his long lost love but decides to go sailing with her dad instead. Sayid prays, a thing he has been doing off-screen for the previous 47 episodes. It's the Season 2 finale, and though the boys have come a long way, they're not even halfway through this long descent into madness. Lost talk starts at 4:00

Michael exercises his Father's Right to stumble around the jungle get captured almost immediately. Charlie gets back on the upswing. Spencer draws a few more Stand parallels. Lost talk starts at 2:00

Eko takes interest in the button as Locke's crisis of button faith begins. Hurley gets another death on his conscience. Ben expands his Michael Emerson knowledge with the CBS thriller 'Evil.' Lost talk starts at 4:30

Season 2's next few character deaths follow the logic of "last hired, first fired." Anna Lucia and Christian share the first full crossover flashback of the series. Spencer gives this Michael twist 5 bags of popcorn. Lost talk starts at 5:00