Lost Season 5 Episode Guide
Season 5 has 17 episodes, from January 21, 2009 to May 13, 2009. Descriptions stay brief and spoiler-light.
Episode 1: Because You Left
Airdate: January 21, 2009
Focal Point: none
Description: Ben's actions cause chaos and disappearances on the island.
Episode 2: The Lie
Airdate: January 21, 2009
Focal Point: Hurley
Description: The remaining survivors start to feel the effects of the Island being moved.
Episode 3: Jughead
Airdate: January 28, 2009
Focal Point: Desmond
Description: Desmond goes in search of a woman who could be the key to helping Faraday stop the island's erratic movements through time, and Locke discovers the identity of the unknown forces who have been attacking the survivors.
Episode 4: The Little Prince
Airdate: February 4, 2009
Focal Point: Kate
Description: Kate discovers that someone knows the secret of Aaron's true parental lineage.
Episode 5: This Place is Death
Airdate: February 11, 2009
Focal Point: Sun & Jin
Description: Locke takes on the burden to stop the island's increasingly violent shifts through time.
Episode 6: 316
Airdate: February 18, 2009
Description: The way back to the island is revealed to members of the Oceanic 6, but there's trouble ahead when not all of them wish to return.
Episode 7: The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham
Airdate: February 25, 2009
Description: Locke's fateful mission off the island as Jeremy Bentham is revealed.
Episode 8: LaFleur
Airdate: March 4, 2009
Focal Point: Sawyer
Description: Sawyer perpetuates a lie with some of the other island survivors in order to protect themselves from mistakes of the past.
Episode 9: Namaste
Airdate: March 18, 2009
Focal Point: none
Description: When some old friends drop in unannounced, Sawyer is forced to further perpetuate his lie in order to protect them.
Episode 10: He's Our You
Airdate: March 25, 2009
Focal Point: Sayid
Description: Things begin to unravel when one of the survivors goes rogue and takes matters into their own hands — risking the lives of everyone on the island
Episode 11: Whatever Happened, Happened
Airdate: April 1, 2009
Focal Point: Kate
Description: Kate goes to extreme measures to save Ben's life when Jack refuses to help.
Episode 12: Dead is Dead
Airdate: April 8, 2009
Focal Point: Ben
Description: To atone for sins of the past, Ben must attempt to summon the smoke monster in order to be judged.
Episode 13: Some Like It Hoth
Airdate: April 15, 2009
Focal Point: Miles
Description: Suspicions about a possible breach intensify after Ben is taken from the infirmary, and a reluctant Miles is forced to work with Hurley when he's asked to deliver an important package to a top Dharma official.
Episode 14: The Variable
Airdate: April 29, 2009
Focal Point: Faraday
Description: On the 100th episode milestone for the series, the time of reckoning has begun when Daniel Faraday comes clean regarding what he knows about the island.
Episode 15: Follow the Leader
Airdate: May 6, 2009
Focal Point: none
Description: Jack and Kate find themselves at odds over the direction to take to save their fellow island survivors, Locke further solidifies his stance as leader of "The Others," and Sawyer and Juliet come under scrutiny from the Dharma Initiative.
Episode 16: The Incident (1)
Airdate: May 13, 2009
Focal Point: Jacob
Description: Jack's decision to put a plan in action in order to set things right on the island is met with some strong resistance by those close to him, and Locke assigns Ben a difficult task.
Episode 17: The Incident (2)
Airdate: May 13, 2009
Description: At the site of the Taweret statue remains, Locke assigns Ben a difficult task that involves Jacob's fate.