Lost: The Complete Fourth Season (2008)

The fourth season of the American serial drama television series Lost (also known previously as Lost: The Return) commenced airing on the American Broadcasting Company Network in the United States,[1] and on CTV in Canada on January 31, 2008 and concluded on May 29, 2008. The season continues the stories of a group of over forty people who have been stranded on a remote island in the South Pacific, after their airplane crashed there more than ninety days prior to the beginning of the season. According to Lost's executive producers/writers/show runners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, there are two main themes in fourth season: "the castaways' relationship to the freighter folk" and "who gets off the island and the fact that they need to get back". Lost came under scrutiny from critics in its third season, but the fourth season was hailed for its flashforwards, pace and new characters.[

The season was originally planned to contain sixteen episodes; eight were filmed before the start of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. the strike's resolution, it was announced that only five more episodes would be produced to complete the season; however, the season finale's script was so long that network executives approved the production of a fourteenth episode as part of a three-hour season finale split over two nights. Buena Vista Home Entertainment released the season on DVD and Blu-ray Disc under the title Lost: The Complete Fourth Season – The Expanded Experience on December 9, 2008 in Region 1;, it was released earlier—on October 20, 2008—in Region 2