| "Flashes Before Your Eyes" | |
|---|---|
| Lost episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 8 |
| Directed by | Jack Bender |
| Written by | Damon Lindelof Drew Goddard |
| Featured music | "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by Mama Cass Elliot "Building a Mystery" by Sarah McLachlan "Wonderwall" by Oasis |
| Production code | 308 |
| Original air date | February 14, 2007 |
| Running time | 42 minutes[1] |
| Guest appearances | |
| Sonya Walger as Penny Widmore Alan Dale as Charles Widmore Shishir Kurup as Donovan Fionnula Flanagan as Ms. Hawking Jeremy Colvin as Delivery man David Cordell as Jimmy Lennon Katie Doyle as Receptionist Michael Titterton as Bartender Stephen Quinn as Photographer John Williamson as Red shoes | |
"Flashes Before Your Eyes" is the 8th episode of the third season of the American drama television series Lost, and the show's 57th episode overall. The episode was written by the series co-creator, show runner and executive producer Damon Lindelof and supervising producer Drew Goddard, and directed by Jack Bender. It first aired in the United States on February 14, 2007, on the American Broadcasting Company. The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics. Lindelof and Goddard were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Episodic Drama at the February 2008 ceremony for writing the episode.[2]
In this episode, Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia) and Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan) conclude that Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick) can see into the future after he saves Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin) from drowning. It is revealed that after the hatch imploded, Desmond traveled back to London and relived his past before coming back to the island. Desmond also reveals to Charlie that Charlie is destined to die.