A critically acclaimed TV series that made waves across the world in the 00s has finally landed on Netflix on an extremely eerie date.
In 2004, Lost first premiered, introducing viewers to beloved characters including Jack (Matthew Fox), Kate (Evangeline Lilly) and Sawyer (Josh Holloway).
The drama – which is about a group of passengers on a flight who crash on a mystery island – aired for six seasons until 2010, and is widely regarded as one fo the best shows ever made.
Anyone who’s seen the series – or rewatched it multiple times like us – will know that there’s a sequence of pivotal numbers, which recur several times throughout the story.
These numbers are: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42, which are used by the character Hurley (Jorge Garcia) in the lottery before he wins and becomes a millionaire, which he then believes results in him becoming cursed with bad luck.
The pattern ends up appearing multiple times, including on a mysterious hatch that the passengers find in the jungle.
With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that Netflix chose to launch Lost on a date that corresponded with the numbers.
The whole show is now available on the streaming platform with the episodes dropping on August 15.
If one were to write the date in a US format, going by month first and then the day, that would be 8/15… which of course is two of the six numbers in the sequence, in the correct order.
We love the attention to detail.
Lost has arrived on Netflix just ahead of its 20th anniversary, having first premiered on September 22 2004.
Wake up, all seasons of LOST are now playing on @NetflixUK. pic.twitter.com/GTUke7vwrZ
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) August 15, 2024
The talented ensemble cast also includes the likes of Yunjin Kim, Daniel Dae Kim, Emilie de Ravin, Dominic Monaghan, Terry O’Quinn, Henry Ian Cusick, Elizabeth Mitchell, Harold Perrineau, Michael Emerson and many more.
In the show, the characters have to figure out how to survive in a hostile environment when they’re left stranded on the island.
However, that’s not all, as they also have to contend with dark and mysterious forces on the land that threaten their lives.
Lost originally aired for six seasons from September 2004 until May 2010, and has been lauded ever since as one of the best releases in TV history, despite its controversial ending continuing to divide fans to this day.
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The announcement that Lost was landing on Netflix was met with huge excitement from TV viewers, some of whom will be watching for the first time.
Others who’ve seen it already admitted that they’re going to give it another watch despite being left unsatisfied by the ending.
Meanwhile, it was also pointed out that the series is already available to stream on rival platform Disney Plus.
‘Get ready UK! One of the greatest shows ever is coming to Netflix! #LOST,’ @vickster51 wrote on X, while @swindlehurstJ commented: ‘I honestly cannot say thank you enough.’
Arthur added: ‘Time for the show to get its flowers, top 5 series of all time.’
Callie shared that while they ‘love and hate this show equally’, they ‘will be re-watching’, as Max remarked: ‘Happy that more people are going to watch the greatest show ever made.’
One X user called @Abzbreathtaking shared that they ‘might finally see the show I’ve heard a lot about for the first time’.
While we won’t reveal what happens in the end of Lost just in case of spoilers for the uninitiated, it’s widely known that the finale was extremely divisive.
However, for a drama that received scores of awards including 11 Emmys, and is consistently hailed as one of the best series ever to be shown on TV, we’d say it’s definitely worth a watch.
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Lost is available to watch on Netflix and Disney Plus.
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