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Lost's writing team has been changing every year, yet certain writers stayed with the show since the beginning.

Writing "teams"[]

Although the entire group of writers breaks down the story of each season and episode, there seem to be "teams" among the writers: a regular pair of writers that often co-write episodes together. Such example might be:

The episodes each "team" writes usually have some themes in common; Damon and Carlton's episodes are usually significant to the overall story, being either a season premiere or finale, or presenting a major plot twist.

Season 1[]

The writing team of season 1 consisted of:

Episode Writer(s)
"Pilot, Part 1" Jeffrey Lieber1
Damon Lindelof
J.J. Abrams
"Pilot, Part 2" Jeffrey Lieber1
Damon Lindelof
J.J. Abrams
"Tabula Rasa" Damon Lindelof
"Walkabout" David Fury
"White Rabbit" Christian Taylor
"House of the Rising Sun" Javier Grillo-Marxuach
"The Moth" Jennifer Johnson
Paul Dini
"Confidence Man" Damon Lindelof
"Solitary" David Fury
"Raised by Another" Lynne E. Litt
"All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" Javier Grillo-Marxuach
"Whatever the Case May Be" Damon Lindelof
Jennifer Johnson
"Hearts and Minds" Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Carlton Cuse
"Special" David Fury
"Homecoming" Damon Lindelof
"Outlaws" Drew Goddard
"...In Translation" Javier Grillo Marxuach
Leonard Dick
"Numbers" David Fury
Brent Fletcher
"Deus Ex Machina" Carlton Cuse
Damon Lindelof
"Do No Harm" Janet Tamaro
"The Greater Good" Leonard Dick
"Born to Run" Javier Grillo Marxuach2
Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"Exodus, Part 1" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"Exodus, Part 2" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse

  • Note 1: Lieber was not directly involved in the Pilot episode. His reasons for being credited are detailed at Jeffrey Lieber.
  • Note 2: Grillo-Marxuach wrote the story; Kitsis and Horowitz were responsible for the teleplay.

Season 2[]

The writing team of season 2 consisted of:

Episode Writer(s)
"Man of Science, Man of Faith" Damon Lindelof
"Adrift" Steven Maeda
Leonard Dick
"Orientation" Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Craig Wright
"Everybody Hates Hugo" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"...And Found" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"Abandoned" Elizabeth Sarnoff
"The Other 48 Days" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"Collision" Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Leonard Dick
"What Kate Did" Steven Maeda
Craig Wright
"The 23rd Psalm" Carlton Cuse
Damon Lindelof
"The Hunting Party" Elizabeth Sarnoff
Christina M. Kim
"Fire + Water" Adam Horowitz
Edward Kitsis
"The Long Con" Steve Maeda
Leonard Dick
"One of Them" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"Maternity Leave" Dawn Lambertsen Kelly
Matt Ragghianti
"The Whole Truth" Elizabeth Sarnoff
Christina M. Kim
"Lockdown" Carlton Cuse
Damon Lindelof
"Dave" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"S.O.S." Steve Maeda
Leonard Dick
"Two for the Road" Elizabeth Sarnoff
Christina M. Kim
"?" Carlton Cuse
Damon Lindelof
"Three Minutes" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse

Season 3[]

The writing team of season 3 consisted of:

Episode Writer(s)
"A Tale of Two Cities" Damon Lindelof
J.J. Abrams
"The Glass Ballerina" Jeff Pinkner
Drew Goddard
"Further Instructions" Carlton Cuse
Elizabeth Sarnoff
"Every Man for Himself" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"The Cost of Living" Alison Schapker
Monica Owusu-Breen
"I Do" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"Not in Portland" Carlton Cuse
Jeff Pinkner
"Flashes Before Your Eyes" Damon Lindelof
Drew Goddard
"Stranger in a Strange Land" Elizabeth Sarnoff
Christina M. Kim
"Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"Enter 77" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"Par Avion" Christina M. Kim
Jordan Rosenberg
"The Man from Tallahassee" Drew Goddard
Jeff Pinkner
"Exposé" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"Left Behind" Damon Lindelof
Elizabeth Sarnoff
"One of Us" Carlton Cuse
Drew Goddard
"Catch-22" Jeff Pinkner
Brian K. Vaughan
"D.O.C." Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"The Brig" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"The Man Behind the Curtain" Elizabeth Sarnoff
Drew Goddard
"Greatest Hits" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"Through the Looking Glass, Part 1" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"Through the Looking Glass, Part 2" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse

Season 4[]

The writing team of season 4 consisted of:

Episode Writer(s)
"The Beginning of the End" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"Confirmed Dead" Drew Goddard
Brian K. Vaughan
"The Economist" Adam Horowitz
Edward Kitsis
"Eggtown" Elizabeth Sarnoff
Greggory Nations
"The Constant" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"The Other Woman" Drew Goddard
Christina M. Kim
"Ji Yeon" Adam Horowitz
Edward Kitsis
"Meet Kevin Johnson" Elizabeth Sarnoff
Brian K. Vaughan
"The Shape of Things to Come" Drew Goddard
Brian K. Vaughan
"Something Nice Back Home" Adam Horowitz
Edward Kitsis
"Cabin Fever" Elizabeth Sarnoff
Kyle Pennington
"There's No Place Like Home, Part 1" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"There's No Place Like Home, Part 2" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"There's No Place Like Home, Part 3" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse

Season 5[]

The writing team of Season 5 consisted of:

Episode Writer(s)
"Because You Left" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"The Lie" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"Jughead" Elizabeth Sarnoff
Paul Zbyszewski
"The Little Prince" Brian K. Vaughan
Melinda Hsu Taylor
"This Place Is Death" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"316" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" Carlton Cuse
Damon Lindelof
"LaFleur" Elizabeth Sarnoff
Kyle Pennington
"Namaste" Paul Zbyszewski
Brian K. Vaughan
"He's Our You" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"Whatever Happened, Happened" Carlton Cuse
Damon Lindelof
"Dead Is Dead" Brian K. Vaughan
Elizabeth Sarnoff
"Some Like It Hoth" Melinda Hsu Taylor
Greggory Nations
"The Variable" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"Follow the Leader" Paul Zbyszewski
Elizabeth Sarnoff
"The Incident, Part 1" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"The Incident, Part 2" Carlton Cuse
Damon Lindelof

Season 6[]

The writing team of Season 6 consisted of:

Episode Writer(s)
"LA X, Part 1" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"LA X, Part 2" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"What Kate Does" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"The Substitute" Elizabeth Sarnoff
Melinda Hsu Taylor
"Lighthouse" Carlton Cuse
Damon Lindelof
"Sundown" Paul Zbyszewski
Graham Roland
"Dr. Linus" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"Recon" Elizabeth Sarnoff
Jim Galasso
"Ab Aeterno" Melinda Hsu Taylor
Greggory Nations
"The Package" Paul Zbyszewski
Graham Roland
"Happily Ever After" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse
"Everybody Loves Hugo" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"The Last Recruit" Paul Zbyszewski
Graham Roland
"The Candidate" Elizabeth Sarnoff
Jim Galasso
"Across the Sea" Carlton Cuse
Damon Lindelof
"What They Died For" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
Elizabeth Sarnoff
"The End" Damon Lindelof
Carlton Cuse

Lost: Missing Pieces (mobisodes)[]

Episode Writer(s)
"The Watch" Carlton Cuse
"The Adventures of Hurley and Frogurt" Edward Kitsis
Adam Horowitz
"King of the Castle" Brian K. Vaughan
"The Deal" Elizabeth Sarnoff
"Operation: Sleeper" Brian K. Vaughan
"Room 23" Elizabeth Sarnoff
"Arzt & Crafts" Damon Lindelof
"Buried Secrets" Christina M. Kim
"Tropical Depression" Carlton Cuse
"Jack, Meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack" Damon Lindelof
"Jin Has a Temper-Tantrum on the Golf Course" Drew Goddard
"The Envelope" Damon Lindelof
J.J. Abrams
"So It Begins" Drew Goddard
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