"The Moth" | |
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Lost episode | |
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Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 7 |
Directed by | Jack Bender |
Written by | Jennifer Johnson Paul Dini |
Production code | 105 |
Original air date | November 3, 2004 |
Running time | 43 minutes[1] |
Guest appearances | |
Neil Hopkins as Liam Pace Christian Bowman as Steve Jenkins Dustin Watchman as Scott Jackson Glenn Cannon as Priest Richard MacPherson as Recording executive | |
"The Moth" is the seventh episode of the first season of Lost. The episode was directed by Jack Bender and written by Jennifer Johnson and Paul Dini. It first aired on November 3, 2004, on ABC. The character of Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan) is featured in the episode's flashbacks.
Charlie begins experiencing the effects of heroin withdrawal, while Jack becomes trapped in a cave. Meanwhile, Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews), Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) and Boone Carlyle (Ian Somerhalder) attempt to triangulate the signal of the French woman's broadcast. Charlie's involvement in his band Drive Shaft is featured in the episode's flashbacks.
"The Moth" was watched by 18.73 million people live, almost two million more than the previous episode. This episode marks the first time "You All Everybody" by Drive Shaft was sung in its entirety, as it had not been written yet in previous episodes. The episode received mixed-to-positive reviews, with some reviewers commenting that the episode was not of the same caliber as previous episodes.