"Confirmed Dead" is the second episode of the fourth season and 74th episode overall of the drama television series Lost. It marks the first appearance of main characters Miles Straume (played by Ken Leung) and Charlotte Lewis (Rebecca Mader, pictured) and supporting character Frank Lapidus (Jeff Fahey). The actors were given fake scenes when auditioning to limit the leak of spoilers and each actor influenced their character's development. Mader's and Fahey's appearances were different from the writers' original visions of Charlotte and Frank—the writers changed the characters to suit them. The narrative begins 91 days after the crash of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 on a tropical island somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean. Flashbacks introduce four people from an offshore freighter who land on the island. The episode, which first aired in America and Canada on February 7, 2008, was written by Drew Goddard and Brian K. Vaughan and directed by Stephen Williams. It was watched by seventeen million Americans and received generally positive critical reception as reviewers praised the introduction of the new characters.
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457:
Leo I was crowned Byzantine emperor, and went on to rule for nearly 20 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_I_the_Thracian
1914:
The film Kid Auto Races at Venice, featuring the first appearance of comedy actor Charlie Chaplin's character "The Tramp" (pictured), was released. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin
1943:
World War II: Japan successfully withdrew its troops from Guadalcanal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ke
1999:
Abdullah II became the reigning King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan following the death of his father King Hussein. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_II_of_Jordan
2009:
A series of 400 individual bushfires ignited across the Australian state of Victoria on Black Saturday, eventually resulting in 173 total deaths, the highest ever loss of life from a bushfire in Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Saturday_bushfires
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