‘Lost,’ S4E5: “The Constant” | Best TV Episodes of the 21st Century

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The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.3 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In honor of The Ringer’s list of 100 best TV episodes of the 21st century, Juliet Litman, Chris Ryan, and David Shoemaker revisit “The Constant” from the series ‘Lost.’ They discuss why this episode made the list (8:48), the lost art of fitting plot into an episode interrupted by commercials (30:34), and the lasting impact of ‘Lost’ (43:35). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, this is the recapables. We're going to talk about the episode of The Constant from the wonderful
0:04.7	television show Lost. And that's because all week on the ringer.com, we are celebrating the 100
0:10.4	best episodes of television of the 21st century. We're inching towards 20 years. So what better time
0:16.1	to take stock? And man, has there been some good television? So check that out. Go to besttv.
0:20.5	The ringer.com to check out our full to besttv.Theringer.com.
0:21.6	To check out our full list, go to the ringer.com to read other pieces about all these episodes.
0:26.9	And if you're just tuning into this one episode of The Recapables, go back. There's so much more for you.
0:32.0	We also have a entire Westworld podcast called Westworld The Recapables if you're catching up on that show. We just love television.
0:38.4	I don't know how else to stress it.
0:40.2	And man, do I love Lost.
0:41.2	So let's get into it right now.
0:47.5	Welcome to the Recapables.
0:49.1	This is a very special episode.
0:51.0	We are recapping the constant from season four of Lost.
0:54.6	It's the number one show on the ringers list of the 100 best episodes of the 21st century.
1:00.9	Congrats to Carlton Q's, Damon Lindelof, and Jack Bender, whose name you surely know from Game
1:06.0	of Thrones.
1:07.1	To discuss this incredibly important moving, slightly confusing, and generally important episode,
1:12.5	I have Mr. Chris Ryan of The Watch.
1:14.6	Brother.
1:16.4	Okay, I've responded to that.
1:18.1	And on the other line, David Schuemaker from The Mass Man Show and recapbles Westworld.
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