The first season of the television series Lost commenced airing in the United States and Canada on September 22, 2004, concluded on May 25, 2005, and contained 25 episodes. It introduces the 48 survivors of a plane that broke apart in mid-air, scattering them on a remote island somewhere in the South Pacific. Forced to work together to survive, they come to realize it is no ordinary island. The first season aired Wednesdays at 8:00 pm in the United States. In addition to the 25 regular episodes, a special, "Lost: The Journey", was aired on April 27, 2005, between the 20th and 21st episodes of the season. The season was released on DVD as a seven disc boxed set under the title of Lost: The Complete First Season on September 6, 2005, by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Crew The season was produced by Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios), Bad Robot Productions and Grass Skirt Productions and was aired on the ABC Network in the U.S. The executive producers were co-creator J. J. Abrams, co-creator Damon Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender and Carlton Cuse with Jesse Alexander and Jeff Pinkner serving as executive consultants. The staff writers were Abrams, Lindelof, Cuse, Alexander, Pinkner, co-executive producer David Fury, supervising producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach, producer Leonard Dick, producers Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz, co-producer Jennifer M. Johnson and story editor Paul Dini. Some of the first season's episodes were written or co-written by writers on a freelance basis. The regular directors throughout the season were J. J. Abrams, Jack Bender, Stephen Williams, Tucker Gates, Greg Yaitanes and Kevin Hooks. Its incidental music was composed by Michael Giacchino. Abrams, Lindelof and Cuse served as the season's show runners. Cast The initial season had fourteen major roles getting star billing. Naveen Andrews played Sayid Jarrah, a former Iraqi Republican Guard. Emilie de Ravin played Claire Littleton, a pregnant Australian. Until later in the season, de Ravin is only credited for the episodes in which she appears. Matthew Fox played Jack Shephard, a troubled surgeon, leader of the group, and protagonist. Jorge Garcia played Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, an unlucky lottery winner. Maggie Grace played Shannon Rutherford, a former dance teacher and Boone's step sister. Josh Holloway played James "Sawyer" Ford, a con man. Malcolm David Kelley played Walt Lloyd, Michael's young son. Daniel Dae Kim played Jin-Soo Kwon, Sun-Hwa Kwon's husband. Yunjin Kim played Sun-Hwa Kwon, the