List of Lost writers

This is a list of writers for Lost sorted by the amount of episodes written. Collaborations and one-episode writers are marked with dashes. (-) Contributions and episode numbers are noted in parenthesis.

38 episodes

 * Damon Lindelof
 * "Pilot: Part 1" (S01E01) (Teleplay - with J. J. Abrams) / (Story - with Jeffrey Lieber and J. J. Abrams)
 * "Pilot: Part 2" (S01E02) (Teleplay - with J. J. Abrams) / (Story - with Jeffrey Lieber and J. J. Abrams)
 * "Tabula Rasa" (S01E03)
 * "Confidence Man" (S01E08)
 * "Whatever the Case May Be" (S01E12) - with Jennifer Johnson
 * "Homecoming" (S01E15)
 * "Deus Ex Machina" (S01E19) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Exodus: Part 1" (S01E23) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Exodus: Part 2" (S01E24) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Man of Science, Man of Faith" (S02E01)
 * "...And Found" (S02E05) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "The Other 48 Days" (S02E07) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "The 23rd Psalm" (S02E10) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "One of Them" (S02E14) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Lockdown" (S02E17) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "?" (S02E21) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Live Together, Die Alone" (S02E23) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "A Tale of Two Cities" (S03E01) (Teleplay - with J. J. Abrams)
 * "I Do" (S03E06) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Flashes Before Your Eyes" (S03E08) - with Drew Goddard
 * "Enter 77" (S03E11) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Left Behind" (S03E15) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "The Brig" (S03E19) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Through the Looking Glass" (S03E22) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "The Beginning of the End" (S04E01) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "The Constant" (S04E05) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "There's No Place Like Home: Part 1" (S04E12) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "There's No Place Like Home: Part 2" (S04E13) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Because You Left" (S05E01) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "316" (S05E06) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" (S05E07) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Whatever Happened, Happened" (S05E11) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "The Incident" (S05E16) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "LA X" (S06E01) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Lighthouse" (S06E04) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Happily Ever After" (S06E10) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Across the Sea" (S06E14) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "The End" (S06E16) - with Carlton Cuse

32 episodes

 * Carlton Cuse
 * "Hearts and Minds" (S01E13) - with Javier Grillo-Marxuach
 * "Deus Ex Machina" (S01E19) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "Exodus: Part 1" (S01E23) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "Exodus: Part 2" (S01E24) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "...And Found" (S02E05) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "The Other 48 Days" (S02E07) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "The 23rd Psalm" (S02E10) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "One of Them" (S02E14) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "Lockdown" (S02E17) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "?" (S02E21) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "Live Together, Die Alone" (S02E23) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "Further Instructions" (S03E03) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "I Do" (S03E06) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "Not in Portland" (S03E07) - with Jeff Pinkner
 * "Enter 77" (S03E11) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "One of Us" (S03E16) - with Drew Goddard
 * "The Brig" (S03E19) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "Through the Looking Glass" (S03E22) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "The Beginning of the End" (S04E01) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "The Constant" (S04E05) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "There's No Place Like Home: Part 1" (S04E12) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "There's No Place Like Home: Part 2" (S04E13) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "Because You Left" (S05E01) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "316" (S05E06) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" (S05E07) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "Whatever Happened, Happened" (S05E11) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "The Incident" (S05E16) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "LA X" (S06E01) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "Lighthouse" (S06E04) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "Happily Ever After" (S06E10) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "Across the Sea" (S06E14) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "The End" (S06E16) - with Damon Lindelof

22 episodes

 * Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz
 * "Born to Run" (S01E22) (Teleplay)
 * "Everybody Hates Hugo" (S02E04)
 * "Fire + Water" (S02E12)
 * "Dave" (S02E18)
 * "Three Minutes" (S02E22)
 * "Every Man for Himself" (S03E04)
 * "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" (S03E10)
 * "Exposé" (S03E14)
 * "D.O.C." (S03E18)
 * "Greatest Hits" (S03E21)
 * "The Economist" (S04E03)
 * "Ji Yeon" (S04E07)
 * "Something Nice Back Home" (S04E10)
 * "The Lie" (S05E02)
 * "This Place Is Death" (S05E05)
 * "He's Our You" (S05E10)
 * "The Variable" (S05E14)
 * "What Kate Does" (S06E02)
 * "Dr. Linus" (S06E07)
 * "Everybody Loves Hugo" (S06E11)
 * "What They Died For" (S06E15) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff

19 episodes

 * Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "Abandoned" (S02E06)
 * "The Hunting Party" (S02E11) - with Christina M. Kim
 * "The Whole Truth" (S02E16) - with Christina M. Kim
 * "Two for the Road" (S02E20) - with Christina M. Kim
 * "Further Instructions" (S03E03) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "Stranger in a Strange Land" (S03E09) - with Christina M. Kim
 * "Left Behind" (S03E15) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "The Man Behind the Curtain" (S03E20) - with Drew Goddard
 * "Eggtown" (S04E04) - with Greggory Nations
 * "Meet Kevin Johnson" (S04E08) - with Brian K. Vaughan
 * "Cabin Fever" (S04E11) - with Kyle Pennington
 * "Jughead" (S05E03) - with Paul Zbyszewski
 * "LaFleur" (S05E08) - with Kyle Pennington
 * "Dead Is Dead" (S05E12) - with Brian K. Vaughan
 * "Follow the Leader" (S05E15) - with Paul Zbyszewski
 * "The Substitute" (S06E03) - with Melinds Hsu Taylor
 * "Recon" (S06E07) - with Jim Galasso
 * "The Candidate" (S06E13) - with Jim Galasso
 * "What They Died For" (S06E15) - with Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz

9 episodes

 * Drew Goddard
 * "Outlaws" (S01E16)
 * "The Glass Ballerina" (S03E02) - with Jeff Pinkner
 * "Flashes Before Your Eyes" (S03E08) - with Damon Lindelof
 * "The Man from Tallahassee" (S03E13) - with Jeff Pinkner
 * "One of Us" (S03E16) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "The Man Behind the Curtain" (S03E20) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "Confirmed Dead" (S04E02) - with Brian K. Vaughan
 * "The Other Woman" (S04E06) - with Christina M. Kim
 * "The Shape of Things to Come" (S04E09) - with Brian K. Vaughan

7 episodes

 * Javier Grillo-Marxuach
 * "House of the Rising Sun" (S01E06)
 * "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" (S01E11)
 * "Hearts and Minds" (S01E13) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "...In Translation" (S01E17) - with Leonard Dick
 * "Born to Run" (S01E22) (Story)
 * "Orientation" (S02E03) - with Craig Wright
 * "Collision" (S02E08) - with Leonard Dick


 * Brian K. Vaughan
 * "Catch-22" (S03E17) - with Jeff Pinkner
 * "Confirmed Dead" (S04E02) - with Drew Goddard
 * "Meet Kevin Johnson" (S04E08) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "The Shape of Things to Come" (S04E09) - with Drew Goddard
 * "The Little Prince" (S05E04) - with Melinda Hsu Taylor
 * "Namaste" (S05E09) - with Paul Zbyszewski
 * "Dead Is Dead" (S05E12) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff

6 episodes

 * Leonard Dick
 * "...In Translation" (S01E17) - with Javier Grillo-Marxuach
 * "The Greater Good" (S01E21)
 * "Adrift" (S02E02) - with Steven Maeda
 * "Collision" (S02E08) - with Javier Grillo-Marxuach
 * "The Long Con" (S02E13) - with Steven Maeda
 * "S.O.S." (S02E19) - with Steven Maeda


 * Christina M. Kim
 * "The Hunting Party" (S02E11) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "The Whole Truth" (S02E16) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "Two for the Road" (S02E20) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "Stranger in a Strange Land" (S03E09) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "Par Avion" (S03E12) - with Jordan Rosenberg
 * "The Other Woman" (S04E06) - with Drew Goddard


 * Paul Zbyszewski
 * "Jughead" (S05E03) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "Namaste" (S05E09) - with Brian K. Vaughan
 * "Follow the Leader" (S05E15) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "Sundown" (S06E05) - with Graham Roland
 * "The Package" (S06E09) - with Graham Roland
 * "The Last Recruit" (S06E12) - with Graham Roland

4 episodes

 * David Fury
 * "Walkabout" (S01E04)
 * "Solitary" (S01E09)
 * "Special" (S01E14)
 * "Numbers" (S01E18) - with Brent Fletcher


 * Steven Maeda
 * "Adrift" (S02E02) - with Leonard Dick
 * "What Kate Did" (S02E09) - with Craig Wright
 * "The Long Con" (S02E13) - with Leonard Dick
 * "S.O.S." (S02E19) - with Leonard Dick


 * Jeff Pinkner
 * "The Glass Ballerina" (S03E02) - with Drew Goddard
 * "Not in Portland" (S03E07) - with Carlton Cuse
 * "The Man from Tallahassee" (S03E13) - with Drew Goddard
 * "Catch-22" (S03E17) - with Brian K. Vaughan


 * Melinda Hsu Taylor
 * "The Little Prince" (S05E04) - with Brian K. Vaughan
 * "Some Like It Hoth" (S05E13) - with Greggory Nations
 * "The Substitute" (S06E03) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "Ab Aeterno" (S06E08) - with Greggory Nations

3 episodes

 * J. J. Abrams
 * "Pilot: Part 1" (S01E01) (Teleplay - with Damon Lindelof) / (Story - with Jeffrey Lieber and Damon Lindelof)
 * "Pilot: Part 2" (S01E02) (Teleplay - with Damon Lindelof) / (Story - with Jeffrey Lieber and Damon Lindelof)
 * "A Tale of Two Cities" (S03E01) (Teleplay - with Damon Lindelof)


 * Greggory Nations
 * "Eggtown" (S04E04) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "Some Like It Hoth" (S05E13) - with Melinda Hsu Taylor
 * "Ab Aeterno" (S06E08) - with Melinda Hsu Taylor


 * Graham Roland
 * "Sundown" (S06E05) - with Paul Zbyszewski
 * "The Package" (S06E09) - with Paul Zbyszewski
 * "The Last Recruit" (S06E12) - with Paul Zbyszewski

2 episodes

 * Jeffrey Lieber
 * "Pilot: Part 1" (S01E01) (Story - with J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof)
 * "Pilot: Part 2" (S01E02) (Story - with J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof)


 * Jennifer Johnson
 * "The Moth" (S01E07) - with Paul Dini
 * "Whatever the Case May Be" (S01E12) - with Damon Lindelof


 * Craig Wright
 * "Orientation" (S02E03) - with Javier Grillo-Marxuach
 * "What Kate Did" (S02E09) - with Steven Maeda


 * Kyle Pennington
 * "Cabin Fever" (S04E11) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "LaFleur" (S05E08) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff


 * Jim Galasso
 * "Recon" (S06E07) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff
 * "The Candidate" (S06E13) - with Elizabeth Sarnoff

1 episode

 * Christian Taylor - "White Rabbit" (S01E05)
 * Paul Dini - "The Moth" (S01E07) - with Jennifer Johnson
 * Lynne E. Litt - "Raised by Another" (S01E10)
 * Brent Fletcher - "Numbers" (S01E18) - with David Fury
 * Janet Tamaro - "Do No Harm" (S01E20)
 * Dawn Lambertsen Kelly & Matt Ragghianti - "Maternity Leave" (S02E15)
 * Alison Schapker & Monica Owusu-Breen - "The Cost of Living" (S03E05)
 * Jordan Rosenberg - "Par Avion" (S03E12) - with Christina M. Kim