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Righters Untie! is a website that hosts a Season 5 scriptwriting contest started by Dan Hoger. It was developed in light of the Lost hiatus between Season 4 and Season 5. It was inspired by the Lostpedia Season Four Writing Contest.

Lostpedia decided against doing a season 5 contest. However, users who wished for a second contest started it up on the Righters Untie! website. It began after the airing of "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3".

Centric characters for each episode are decided by user votes. Centric characters for the premiere and finale episodes are guaranteed to be author's choice. On occasion, episodes include a writer's challenge - a storytelling objective of some sort that every writer must incorporate into their scripts. A create-a-character contest was also held to determine a new major character for season five.

History Of The Contest

Episode One

The contest opened with the writing of the premiere episode on May 19, 2008. The deadline for all entries was June 19th, and voting for the 31 submissions began the following day. The public voting placed Left Turn at Albuquerque as the favorite. However, on the 25th of the same month, the voting subsided and The Best Laid Plans (by C.S) was named the winner of the first episode of the contest. Left Turn at Albuquerque, The Man Who Would Be King, and Something Wicked This Way Comes received honorable mentions.

Episode Two

26 entries were submitted for the second episode, which featured Miles as the centric character. Writing began on June 25, 2008 - with the deadline set for July 2nd. This episode featured the first writer's challenge: which stated that Miles had to have a significant conversation with a previously deceased character. Voting subsided and the winner was picked. The episode Miles From The Grave (by HeDoesntLoveYourRobot) won episode 2. Next, One Side Is Light, and Miles To Go Before I Sleep received honorable mentions.

Episode Three

20 submissions were sent in for the third episode, which featured Kate as the centric character. Submissions for episode 3 scripts opened on July 7, 2008. Voting for the best episode began July 14th. The script Kinship (by NickN67) was announced as the winner. Bondsman, Change of Plans, and Things We Lost In The Fire received honorable mentions.

New Recurring Character Contest

A sub-contest was held alongside Episode 3. The premise was to create a "casting call" for a new recurring character to be introduced in the next episode. Out of the 20 characters submitted, the top three (decided by popular vote) were Kenneth Montand Birch (played by Powers Boothe), Elena Santos (played by Mia Maestro), and Elena Jameson (played by Alexa Davalos). Kenneth Birch became the official character after Escape from Ogygia won.

Episode Four

22 episodes were submitted for the fourth episode. During the voting for the episode 4 centric, two characters tied: Juliet and Desmond. Writers were given the ability to pick either of these two characters. This episode featured the second writer's challenge, in which one of the top three winners from the New Recurring Character contest were introduced into the show as a new major character. Submissions for episode 4 scripts opened on July 19, 2008. Voting for the best episode began on July 26th, and for the first time, the voting for favorite episode and the centric character for episode 5 was "blind". On July 31, The script Escape from Ogygia (by Mark Monack) was announced as the winner, and introduced Kenneth Montand Birch as the new recurring character. Hyakuhachi Bonnou, To Save One Life, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Ouroborous received honorable mentions.

Episode Five

11 scripts were submitted for the fifth episode. During voting for the best fourth episode, voting occurred for the centric for the fifth episode and Daniel was selected as the centric character. This episode featured the third writer's challenge: if the script occurs in the present and off-island, Daniel must meet Kenneth Birch; if it occurs in the present and on-island, the Valenzetti Equation plot and/or the oil rig plot must be progressed; or if it occurs in the past, Daniel must meet Pierre Chang. Submissions for episode 5 scripts opened on July 31, 2008. Voting for the best episode began on August 7, 2008. The script The Woman in the Flashes (by chubbychickenz431) was announced as the winner. Le Voyageur Prudent and A Long Holiday received honorable mentions.

Episode Six

16 scripts were submitted for the sixth episode. During the voting for the episode 6 centric, Sayid received the most votes and was selected as this episode's centric. Submissions for episode 6 scripts opened on August 12, 2008. Voting for the best episode began on August 19, 2008. On August 24, the script The Art of Deception (by mreko) was announced as the winner. Betwixt the Devil and the Deep Sea, No Matter the Cost, The Treehouse and Cat and Mouse received honorable mentions.

Episode Seven

13 scripts were submitted for the seventh episode. During the voting for the episode 7 centric, Juliet and Sawyer tied for the most votes. Accordingly, submissions were to use either of these characters as the centric. Submissions for episode 7 scripts opened on August 24, 2008. Voting for the best episode began on August 31, 2008 and will continue until September 5, 2008.

Episodes

The Best Laid Plans

The Best Laid Plans is the first episode of the Righters Untie! Season Five Writing Contest and was selected as the winning script on June 25, 2008. In it, Locke and the Others deal with the surprising appearance of an oil rig, which was encased by the Island when it moved across the ocean. Eventually, tensions rise between Locke and the Oil Rig members and they are detained. Locke seeks Jacob, who delivers some final orders. In the future, Locke approaches each of the Oceanic Six in a bid to persuade them to return to the island. Ultimately, He meets his death at the hands of Abaddon, fulfilling a plan set forth by Jacob earlier.

Miles From The Grave

Miles From The Grave is the second episode of the Righters Untie! Season Five Writing Contest and was selected as the winning script on July 7, 2008. The aftermath of moving the island is shown from the beach camp's perspective. Miles gets a haunting message from a dead Michael and decides to travel with Charlotte to the Dharma grave. There, they uncover a small information tablet containing the Valenzetti Equation. In flashbacks, we learn more of Miles' complex ability and how he came to work for Widmore Industries.

Kinship

Kinship is the third episode of the Righters Untie! Season Five Writing Contest and was selected as the winning script on July 19, 2008. In the future, Aaron is kidnapped by Widmore, forcing an estranged Jack and Kate to work together. On the island, Sawyer and Juliet agree to go to the Barracks with Locke. In flashbacks, we learn what Kate's errand for Sawyer was.

Escape From Ogygia

Escape from Ogygia is the fourth episode of the Righters Untie! Season Five Writing Contest and was selected as the winning script on July 31, 2008. Off the island, Desmond and Penny flee to a private Mediterranean island owned by Penny's ex-fiance. But Desmond will no longer be a coward confined to an island, so he makes a deal with Widmore to kill Ben, and he leaves Penny behind. In flashbacks, Desmond and Kelvin Inman confront the Monster in the Swan.

The Woman in the Flashes

The Woman in the Flashes is the fifth episode of the Righters Untie! Season Five Writing Contest and was selected as the winning script on August 12, 2008. Daniel arrives back at the beach after a terrible encounter at sea, and seeks Miles and Charlotte’s help for answers. Meanwhile, a ghost of Sawyer’s past is brought up again when he, Juliet, and Locke arrive at the Barracks. In flashbacks, we see Dan’s relationship with Eloise and how it drove him mad.

The Art of Deception

The Art of Deception is the sixth episode of the Righter Untie! Season Five Writing Contest and was selected as the winning script on August 24, 2008. Sayid is separated from the Oceanic Six in an accident arranged by Kenneth Birch. He seeks out Charles Widmore in London, only to find he may have been double-crossed. Meanwhile, as Desmond and Sun travel to Los Angeles, Sun reveals she has no intention of returning to the Island.

Too Close To The Mark

Too Close To The Mark is the seventh episode of the Righter Untie! Season Five Writing Contest and was selected as the winning script on September 5, 2008. Locke ventures to Jacob's cabin for definite answers, while the Smoke Monster returns. In flashbacks, we learn more about 'The Tamba Job' and how Bergson stabbed Sawyer in the back.

Character Appearances

Main Characters

Main characters are listed in the following chart in the order their first centric episode appears, and then by number of appearances (and alphabetically if characters have equal numbers of appearances). The chart uses the same format as the Character Appearances page.

Minor Characters

Minor characters (any named characters who have appeared in aired episodes and aren't considered major characters) are listed in the following chart in the order their first centric episode appears (to the extent any recurring characters are given centric episodes), and then by number of appearances (and alphabetically if characters have equal numbers of appearances). The chart uses the same format as the Character Appearances page. Some characters introduced in this contest that the judges deem significant may also be added here.

¹The entry for "Kenneth" represents Kenneth Montand Birch, the recurring character created specifically for the contest.

²The entry for "Leon" represents Leon Bergson, the Operations Team Leader for the oil rig introduced in the first episode of the contest.

Contest-Specific Characters

Only characters with names and speaking roles, and who have not been previously credited with an appearance (as opposed to a mention) in an episode of Lost or a Lost Mobisode are listed here.

• Simon, one of the Others (eps. 1, 5)
• Mr. Warbler, a deceased teacher from Miles' grade school (ep. 2)
• Trent, a bully from Miles' grade school (ep. 2)
• Anne Wechsler, an elderly lady that Miles conned (ep. 2)
• Agent Wagner, a FBI agent on Charles Widmore's payroll (ep. 3)
• Agent Boyd, another FBI agent on Widmore's payroll (ep. 3)
• Noreen Phillips, Cassidy Phillips' sister and Clementine Phillips' aunt and guardian (ep. 3)
• Clementine Phillips, Sawyer's daughter (ep. 3)
• Proci Hekatoctis, Penelope's former fiance and Widmore's associate (ep.4)
• Calypso Hekatoctis, Proci's wife (ep.4)
• Eloise Faraday, Daniel's late wife (ep. 5)
• Robert, a goon of Charles Widmore (ep. 6)