The Other Woman (Lost)

"**The Other Woman**"
"The Other Woman"
Lost episode
Episode no.	Season 4; Episode 6
Directed by	Eric Laneuville
Written by	Drew Goddard; Christina M. Kim;
Production code	406
Original air date	March 6, 2008
Running time	43 minutes
Guest appearances
	M. C. Gainey as Tom Friendly; Brett Cullen as Goodwin Stanhope; Alan Dale as Charles Widmore; Andrea Roth as Harper Stanhope
Episode chronology
← Previous; "The Constant"	Next →; "Ji Yeon"
	Lost season 4

"The Other Woman" is the 78th episode of the serial drama television series Lost and the sixth episode of the show's fourth season. It aired on March 6, 2008 on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States and on CTV in Canada.^[2] The episode was written by co-executive producer Drew Goddard and executive story editor Christina M. Kim, and was directed by Eric Laneuville.^[3]

The narrative begins on December 24, 2004, 94 days after the crash of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815. Recent island arrivals Daniel Faraday (played by Jeremy Davies) and Charlotte Lewis (Rebecca Mader) leave the survivors' camp without notice for the Dharma Initiative electrical station called the Tempest. In flashbacks that depict events on the island, Juliet Burke (Elizabeth Mitchell) discovers that her boss Ben Linus (Michael Emerson), the leader of the island's original inhabitants referred to as the Others, is in love with her.^[4]

The writers advanced several story lines with "The Other Woman". The episode furthers Juliet's back story and relationships, sheds more light on the season's new characters, and features the first appearance of Harper Stanhope (Andrea Roth). The introduction of the Tempest further develops the series' mythology, specifically the "purge". In the third season, the purge was mentioned in episode "Enter 77" and seen in "The Man Behind the Curtain".^[5]

"The Other Woman" was watched by 15 million Americans and received mixed reviews. Critics from the Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, and BuddyTV deemed it the worst episode of the season, partially due to a flashback storyline that was seemingly recycled from the third-season episode, "One of Us". Another criticism was that audiences learned more about Ben than Juliet, despite the episode's focus on Juliet. Emerson received more praise for his acting than Mitchell, but Mitchell won a Saturn Award for her performance. Positive reviews commended the action in the episode's climax.

^ "Lost - Netflix". Netflix. Retrieved 24 November 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ABC Medianet, (February 8, 2008) "Weekly Primetime Program Schedule Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine". Retrieved on February 8, 2008.
^ ABC Medianet, (February 15, 2008) "Juliet is Paid an Unwelcome Visit by Someone from Her Past and Ordered to Track Down and Stop Charlotte and Faraday from Completing Their Mission". Retrieved on February 15, 2008.
^ ABC, (March 7, 2008) "'The Other Woman': Season 4, Episode 406 Recap". Retrieved on March 9, 2008.
^ Odell, Therese, (May 17, 2007) "Tubular: Transcript from Lost Chat Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine", Houston Chronicle. Retrieved on September 28, 2008.

[1] "Lost - Netflix". Netflix. Retrieved 24 November 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] ABC Medianet, (February 8, 2008) "Weekly Primetime Program Schedule Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine". Retrieved on February 8, 2008.

[3] ABC Medianet, (February 15, 2008) "Juliet is Paid an Unwelcome Visit by Someone from Her Past and Ordered to Track Down and Stop Charlotte and Faraday from Completing Their Mission". Retrieved on February 15, 2008.

[4] ABC, (March 7, 2008) "'The Other Woman': Season 4, Episode 406 Recap". Retrieved on March 9, 2008.

[5] Odell, Therese, (May 17, 2007) "Tubular: Transcript from Lost Chat Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine", Houston Chronicle. Retrieved on September 28, 2008.

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