There's No Place Like Home (Lost)

"There's No Place Like Home"
Lost episodes
The climax of the season finale, in which Ben Linus pushes the large wooden wheel—nicknamed the "Frozen Donkey Wheel" by the show's producers—in order to move the Island.
Episode nos.	Season 4 Episodes 12, 13 & 14
Directed by	Jack Bender Stephen Williams
Written by	Carlton Cuse Damon Lindelof
Production code	412, 413 & 414
Original air dates	May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15) (Part 1) May 29, 2008 (Part 2)[A]
Running time	126 minutes[1]
Guest appearances
Malcolm David Kelley as Walt Lloyd L. Scott Caldwell as Rose Nadler Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert Kevin Durand as Martin Keamy Anthony Azizi as Omar John Terry as Christian Shephard Sonya Walger as Penny Widmore Alan Dale as Charles Widmore François Chau as Dr. Edgar Halliwax Alex Petrovitch as Henrik Starletta DuPois as Michael's mother Veronica Hamel as Margo Shephard Andrea Gabriel as Nadia Jazeem Byron Chung as Woo-Jung Paik June Kyoko Lu as Mrs. Paik Lillian Hurst as Carmen Reyes Cheech Marin as David Reyes Michelle Forbes as Karen Decker Susan Duerden as Carole Littleton
Episode chronology
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"There's No Place Like Home, Parts 1, 2 & 3" is the season finale of the American Broadcasting Company's fourth season of the serial drama television series Lost, consisting of the 12th through 14th episodes. They are also the 84th through 86th episodes of the show overall. The three constituent episodes were split into two broadcasts; "Part 1" first aired on May 15, 2008, and "Part 2", serving as the two-hour season finale of the fourth season, first aired on May 29, 2008, on ABC in the United States and on CTV in Canada. The episodes were written by executive producers/show runners Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof; "Part 1" was directed by co-executive producer Stephen Williams, while executive producer Jack Bender directed "Part 2". The episode's title is a reference to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

The narrative takes place in late December 2004, 100 days after the crash of Oceanic Flight 815. The survivors of the crash team up with the Others, natives of the island where the plane crashed, to confront the mercenaries from the freighter Kahana, who have come to the island. Following this, some of the survivors escape the island, which is afterwards moved by Ben Linus (Michael Emerson). Flashforwards show the first actions of the Oceanic Six, those who are rescued, after returning home in January 2005, and their lives in late 2007. The cliffhanger from the previous season finale, "Through the Looking Glass," is resolved by revealing John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) to be dead and in the coffin that Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) visits in that episode.

Production and broadcast of the fourth season were interrupted by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike and following its resolution, the writers were unable to compress the remainder of season four into the five allotted episodes and the season finale was extended by one hour. Subsequently, the production schedule was compressed and post-production work was completed in three weeks, instead of the usual two months.

The second part was watched by 12 million Americans, making Lost the most watched show of the week, for the first time in the show's history. Both parts were met with critical acclaim. Matthew Fox's acting in his flashforward scenes was praised, as was Michael Giacchino's musical score. The episode's editing was nominated for both a Primetime Emmy Award and Eddie Award.