Last Lost List?

For some reason, The Hollywood Reporter has a list of all the episode of Lost, worst to best.  I guess because it's the fifteenth anniversary.  The fairly idiosyncratic list is by Josh Wigler.  Lost has 111 episodes (according to Wigler--he combines two-parters) so I won't mention them all, but let me make a few comments along the way. I should note that I haven't rewatched the show since it went off the air and Wigler has.  Maybe your take changes once you know where the plot is going, though I would think those changes are mostly for the worse, since the sixth and final season was a disaster.

Lowest is "Fire + Water." This Charlie episode is from season 2 and generally gets low rankings.  Last, I don't know--especially when there are so many awful episodes from season 6.

Numbers 104, 103 and 102 are all from season 6.  That's good, though Wigler will rate a bunch of episodes from that season too high.  Pretty much all of them should be in the bottom 30.

Number 100 is "Stranger In A Strange Land," the one about Jack's tattoos.  This is generally rated the worst by fans, so Wigler is making a point by putting eleven episodes below it.  Maybe it's not the worst, but he's still too kind.

"Dave" is 81--this is the episode where Hurley deals with an imaginary friend.  It's generally considered pretty bad, though Wigler says it looks better when you know more about the Smoke Monster and where Hurley will end up. Perhaps.

"Some Like It Hoth" from season 5 is at 79.  I remember liking this one a lot, though I was a big fan of season 5 in general, which many didn't go for.

"The Life And Death Of Jeremy Bentham" is only ranked 77, though I consider it top twenty.

"The Economist," a Sayid episode from season 4, is only 75. I thought it was pretty good--should at least be in the top half.

"The Moth" is 73.  It's a first season episode about Charlie, and while it might not be important in the overall scheme of things, I thought at the time it was one of the better episodes.

"The Little Prince" is 70. Wigler simply asks of this episode who was on the other outrigger.  I quite agree--there is simply no excuse for the producers never answering this question.  But you can't blame this episode for that.

"Cabin Fever" is 68.  It's the one where Locke meets the Man in Black--I'd call it a classic, at least top 30.

"A Tale Of Two Cities" is ranked 62. It's the season three opener.  For the first scene alone it should be top forty.

"Enter 77" from season 3 is ranked 58.  This is the one where we meet Mikhail, and should probably be top forty.

"Across The Sea" is at 55.  This is the season six episode that goes far back in history.  It's a controversial episode, to say the least.  I think it's ranked way too high.

"Follow The Leader" is ranked 52.  It's a fine season five episode where we get an idea what the new John Locke is thinking.  It should be higher.

50, 49, 48, 47 and 46 are all season six episodes.  Absurd.

"LA X" is the beginning of season 6--ranked too high at 40, but at least they hadn't screwed up the show yet.

From season two, "The Long Con" is ranked 36.  I don't understand why people like this episode.  It's about Sawyer doing a pointless con that he would never bother with which can't succeed under any circumstances no matter how it ends up and which doesn't matter at all in the scheme of things.  This episode should never have happened.

"Lockdown" is 34.  It's a classic and maybe should be a bit higher.

"One Of Them" is 31.  It's the episode that brings us Henry Gale.  Maybe a little bit higher.

"Dead Is Dead" from season 5 is ranked at 26.  It was one of my favorites when I first saw it.  Now that I know where it's going, it's a little weaker, but still great--maybe top ten.

"Man Of Science, Man Of Faith," first episode of season two, is ranked 24.  For the opening segment alone it should be top ten.

"Greatest Hits" is at 22. It's the "Not Penny's Boat" episode.  Some would put it in the top ten, but I think this is about right.

The top twenty is going smoothly and then at 14 comes "Ab Aeterno," the Richard Alpert story.  It's better than most season six episodes, though it spends way too much time in the past when I wanted more in the present or near past.  Probably shouldn't be in the top half.

And at 12 you've got "Expose," featuring the infamous Nikki and Paulo. Yeah, nice ending, but they were a mistake. Not top forty.

"The End"--the show's finale--is at 10.  Nothing in season six should be within smelling distance of the top ten.

Ranked at 6, for some reason, is "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead"--it's a Hurley episode and not a particularly great one.  What's it doing here?  At least Wigler recognizes this is an odd choice.

The Pilot episode is number 5.  It's an impressive pilot physically, but it's not as great as what was to come. (In fact, I didn't become a Lost fan till a couple weeks later.) For that matter, ranked at 4 is "Exodus"--the ending of season one, which wasn't as amazing as a lot of other episodes. Not top ten.  Probably not top forty.

The top three are the ones that fans tend to consider the greatest, so no complaints:  "The Constant," "Through The Looking Glass" and "Walkabout."