Lost: Season 4
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 22, 2004
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7
Metascore
87 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Adam Buckman
    100
    The [first two episodes] are filled with mystery, suspense, action and the lush greenery of Hawaii, where the show is filmed. Be there. Aloha.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    100
    Three more words: Oh. My. God.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    100
    Let Lost remind you of how spectacular scripted network programming can be.
  4. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    100
    The Lost writers begin the season with a firm grasp on their story and a keen understanding that viewers won't object to the introduction of new characters as long as old favorites are well served.
  5. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    90
    This stuff is good. No, superb.

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User Score
8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 245 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 79
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 79
  3. Negative: 7 out of 79
  1. chris97
    10
    Best show ever made! Absolutely amazing, best acting, storyline, or plot ever. I don't know one thing wrong with the show because it is the best ever.
  2. RoryO.
    5
    Could have been so much more than what it was. What once took 1 episode to take place now can take 4 or 5 episodes as they drag the show on and on and on.… Full Review »
  3. MaryK.
    0
    The show, while entertaining even at its worst, does not merit the high praise that so-called respectable publications have doled out. The problem simmering at the center of Lost is the lack of direction. Even now, with season 4 winding to a close, and with the promise of the writers that they do, indeed, know where they are going with the plot, it seems to me as if the storyline has become suspended. As if the writers came up with a hasty conclusion when interrogated and are now trying to span it over the last three seasons. Furthermore, it seems as if they've just dropped important plot lines from the first two seasons in favor of plot that (easily) could have been introduced before, but I'm skeptical that they existed at that early stage. Basically, the show seems haphazardly done now, relying on Locke or Ben to say something stimulating, or throwing in a familiar face during a flashback, or Jin with the panda bear. Lost has reduced itself to cheap tricks.… Full Review »
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