1x23 Exodus (1) - Lost Episode Guide

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- Episode 01x23

Episode: 01x23
Title: Exodus (1)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 123
First Aired: May. 18, 2005

Season 1 » Episode #23 - Exodus (1)

Summary: The French woman -- Danielle Rousseau -- shocks the survivors by showing up to the camp with a dire warning about "the others" who are on the island, and the black smoke that precedes them. Meanwhile, Michael and Jin ready the raft for sailing. Danielle takes Jack, Locke, Kate, Hurley, and Arzt on a trek to the Black Rock. However, once they reach the "Dark Territory," Arzt (who had previously gone back to camp) comes running with the real Beast hot on his heels. Fortunately, Locke's calm demeanor seems to ease the "security system," as Danielle calls it, and it heads in the other direction. They eventually reach the Black Rock, which turns out to be a wooden ship. Black smoke is an ominous sign as the raft sets sail after an accidental delay. Jin and Sun make up, and Walt decides to give the dog Vincent to Shannon since there is no room on the boat. Black smoke continues to rise.

Who appeared in this episode?

Marshal Edward Mars	played by Fredric Lehne
Leslie Arzt	played by Daniel Roebuck
Ana Lucia Cortez	played by Michelle Rodriguez
Detective Calderwood	played by Kevin E. West
Gina	played by Wendy Braun
Australian Official	played by Chard Hayward
Jeff	played by Robert Frederick
Airport Cop	played by Ruz Rusden
Steve Jenkins	played by Christian Bowman

Season 1 / Episode 23: - Exodus (1)

Sawyer: Jack! About a week before we all got on the plane, I got to talking to this man in a bar in Sydney. He was American too. A doctor. I've been on some benders in my time, but this guy, he was going for an all time record. It turns out this guy has a son, his son's a doctor, too. They had some kind of big time falling out. The guy knew it was his fault, even though his son was back in the States thinking the same damn thing. See, kids are like dogs, you knock them around enough. they'll think they did something to deserve it. Anyway, there's a pay phone in this bar. And this guy... Christian... tells me he wishes he had the stones to pick up the phone, call his kid, tell him he's sorry, that he's a better doctor than he'll ever be. He's proud, and he loves him. I had to take off, but, something tells me he never got around to making that call. Small world, huh?
Jack: [unable to hold back tears] Yeah...

Season 1 / Episode 23: - Exodus (1)

Danielle Rousseau: You have only three choices: run, hide... or die.

[More Quotes]

MISTAKES/GOOFS

CHAR: Leading a party in the woods, Danielle Rousseau announces that they have reached the "territoire fonce" (dark territory), pronouncing "fonce" with one syllable; in French it ought to be "fonc�", two syllables. Furthermore, the word means 'dark' only in the sense of a deep shade of a color.
FAKE: When Sayid shows Michael the flare gun, the primer on the flare has already been struck, as evidenced by the depression in the middle. The flare in the gun is obviously a spent shell, probably used for safety purposes.
CREW: In the scene when Vincent jumps into the water to swim for the raft you can see on the right side of the screen the crew's vessel/equipment in the water.
CREW: You can clearly see the camera team in the water when Vincent tries to reach the raft (on the right side of the screen). A few shots later you can see the camera again.
GEOG: When Walt and Michael are arguing in the hotel corridor, the "Exit" signs are the wrong colour for Australia (they should be white letters on a green background).

TRIVIA

This is the first episode since the pilot that didn't center on one individual character for the flashbacks. Instead in this one we get flashbacks from Michael, Walt, Kate, Sawyer, Jack, Sun, Jin, Shannon, Boone and Sayid, all showing what each one was doing before they got on the plane.
In the flashback to Jack#s first meeting with Anna-Lucia at the airport they tell each other their seat numbers: Jack's is 23 and Anna-Lucia's is 42. Both numbers are in the set used in the hatch and that Hurley used to win the lottery.
Only one third of The Black Rock was built. The rest was CGI.
During filming of the first season finale, each cast member was only given the script pages of scenes where they appeared.