"Dead Is Dead" | |
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Lost episode | |
Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 12 |
Directed by | Stephen Williams |
Written by | Brian K. Vaughan Elizabeth Sarnoff |
Production code | 512 |
Original air date | April 8, 2009 |
Running time | 42 minutes[1] |
Guest appearances | |
Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert Tania Raymonde as Alex Sonya Walger as Penny Widmore Alan Dale as Charles Widmore Sterling Beaumon as Young Ben Linus Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana Saïd Taghmaoui as Caesar Melissa Farman as Young Danielle Rousseau Brad William Henke as Bram Devon Gearhart as Young Ethan Rom Marvin DeFreitas as Charlie Hume Matt Hoffman as Jed David S. Lee as Young Charles Widmore | |
"Dead Is Dead" is the 12th television episode of the fifth season of ABC's Lost.[2] The 98th episode of the show overall, "Dead Is Dead" aired on April 8, 2009, on ABC in the United States and aired on April 12, 2009 on Sky1 in the United Kingdom. It was the least-watched episode of the series during its run in the US. The episode was written by an editor Brian K. Vaughan and co-executive producer Elizabeth Sarnoff and directed by Stephen Williams.[2]
In 2007, Benjamin Linus (Michael Emerson) summons the Monster in order to atone for his sins. In flashbacks, the origins of the strained relationship between Ben and Charles Widmore (Alan Dale) are revealed.