In the fall of 2004, ABC aired a new, experimental thriller series loosely inspired by the success of the reality show Survivor. Simply titled Lost, what began as just the tale of a group of people trying to recover after a plane crash slowly morphed into a story of investigating the strange rules of their new home, even if that means putting themselves in danger.
While Season 1 was a great story, it ended with one big question: what’s in the hatch? What cemented Lost in television history is how Season 2 answered this question — with a cold open serenely showing the routine of Desmond, the man in the hatch, all set to a cheery Cass Elliot jingle.
