All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
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"All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" is the eleventh episode of the American drama series first season of Lost. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams and written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach. It first aired on December 8, 2004, on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). In the episode, flashbacks reveal Jack Shephard being responsible for his father's dismissal from a hospital after performing surgery while drunk. In the present, Jack and a team go searching for two fellow plane crash survivors after they are kidnapped by somebody who was not listed in the passenger manifest.
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Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan) hanging from a tree by his neck. Monaghan had to be harnessed to a cable for up to five hours during the shoot. Jack's later attempts to revive Charlie was commended by critics. | |||
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 11 | ||
Directed by | Stephen Williams | ||
Written by | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | ||
Production code | 109 | ||
Original air date | December 8, 2004 (2004-12-08) | ||
Running time | 42 minutes[1] | ||
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The flashbacks were inspired by Grillo-Marxuach's background as the son of a doctor, and the episode in general went through several changes in the writing stage, one of them being the creation of two new characters who help look for the missing survivors, who were then scrapped in favor of including regular character Boone Carlyle. "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" was watched by 18.88 million Americans and was met with positive reviews from critics, with several reviewers commending the scene in which Jack saves Charlie Pace.