| "Confirmed Dead" | |
|---|---|
| Lost episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Stephen Williams |
| Written by | Drew Goddard Brian K. Vaughan |
| Production code | 402 |
| Original air date | February 7, 2008 |
| Running time | 43 minutes[1] |
| Guest appearances | |
| Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau Tania Raymonde as Alex Blake Bashoff as Karl Martin Marsha Thomason as Naomi Dorrit Lance Reddick as Matthew Abaddon Zoë Bell as Regina Fisher Stevens as George Minkowski Jill Kuramoto as Female anchor Necar Zadegan as Translator Azure McCall as Mrs. Gardner Kanayo Chiemelu as African man | |
"Confirmed Dead" is the second episode of the fourth season of ABC's serial television drama Lost and the 74th episode overall. It was first aired on February 7, 2008, on ABC in the United States and on CTV in Canada.[2]
The episode includes the first appearances of the main characters Miles Straume and Charlotte Lewis and the supporting character Frank Lapidus. Ken Leung played Miles Straume, Rebecca Mader played Charlotte Lewis and Jeff Fahey played Frank Lapidus. The actors were given fake scenes when auditioning to limit the leak of story information or spoilers. Mader and Fahey were different from the writers' visions of Charlotte and Frank, but the writers changed the characters to suit them. Also, the role of Miles was changed for Leung. The episode was written by co-executive producer Drew Goddard and co-producer Brian K. Vaughan and directed by co-executive producer Stephen Williams.[3]
The beginning of the episode is set on December 21, 2004, or 91 days after the original characters crash-land on a tropical island from Oceanic Airlines Flight 815. During the show, flashbacks introduce the island's latest arrivals – four people from an offshore freighter who landed on the island. The main action is of John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) leading his group to the Barracks. He begins to find out why Ben Linus (Michael Emerson) is afraid of the newcomers. "Confirmed Dead" was watched by 17 million Americans and received generally positive critical reception as reviewers praised the introduction of the new characters.[4]
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