Abrams’ Lost almost had a completely different cast
Scenario
Survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island. J.J. See which stars didn’t make it onto one of the most popular TV shows of all time.
However, when Koreans get married, the wife never takes her husband’s last name
The character of Sawyer was originally supposed to be an older, dapper, suit-wearing city swindler from Buffalo, New York. But when Josh Holloway forgot his lines at his audition and ended up kicking a chair and cursing loudly in frustration, the writers liked his style and decided to write Sawyer as more of a Southern, darker drifter. Jin and Sun are married and share the last name “Kwon,” which becomes a major plot point in the final season.
The strange opening credits were designed by JJ
In Korea, it’s not even legal to marry someone with the same last name, except in rare circumstances. [repeated line] Desmond Hume: See you in another life, brother. Abrams on his laptop in black and white as a homage to The Twilight Zone.
Edited into Lost: The Journey (2005)
LOST pushed the boundaries of television drama writing and distilled the theories of the subject into a nutshell when it hit the scene in 2004. That was 14 fucking years ago and the show still holds up. Seriously.
Jack, Kate, Saywer, Hugo, Locke, Sayid and yes, even the story of Benjamin Linus was done in a way that few, if any, have done since
My 16-year-old son said at the time that it was the best-written show of its time, and now, at 30 and a writer, he still stands by that belief: all other shows are in the shadow of LOST