The Economist (Lost)

"The Economist"
Lost episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 3
Directed byJack Bender
Written byEdward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
Production code403
Original air dateFebruary 14, 2008 (2008-02-14)
Running time42 minutes[1]
Guest appearances
Zoë Bell as Regina
Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus
Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau
Armando Pucci as Peter Avellino
Thekla Reuten as Elsa
Marsha Thomason as Naomi Dorrit
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"The Economist" is the third episode of the fourth season and 75th episode overall of the ABC's serial drama television series Lost. It was aired on February 14, 2008, on ABC in the United States and on CTV in Canada.[2] The episode was written by co-executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and directed by executive producer Jack Bender.[3] In the episode's narrative, Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) and Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) negotiate for John Locke's (Terry O'Quinn) hostage Charlotte Lewis (Rebecca Mader), while physicist and Kahana crew member Daniel Faraday (Jeremy Davies) discovers that time on the island runs at an offset from the rest of the world. Another storyline follows Sayid working as an assassin after being rescued from the island.

"The Economist" was watched by 14 million American viewers and received positive reactions from critics.

  1. ^ "Lost – Netflix". Netflix. Retrieved 24 November 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ ABC Medianet, (January 25, 2008) "Weekly Primetime Program Schedule Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine." Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
  3. ^ ABC Medianet, (January 28, 2008) "Sayid and Kate Go in Search of Locke to Negotiate a Peaceful Deal When They Discover that His Hostage May Be the Key to Getting Off the Island". Retrieved on January 28, 2008. [dead link]