Essay · 8 min read
Making the Pilot
Eleven weeks, one island and a cut-up airliner. What the most expensive pilot of its day cost then, what it would cost now, and which pilots have cost more since.
Header still: S1E02 Pilot (Part 2)
Light spoilers
This essay is about how the first episode was made and what it cost. It covers the Pilot and the first season's production, but no story past the Pilot.