Lost: "Not Penny’s Boat" Is Its Biggest Moment (Not "We Have To Go Back")

Many believe “We Have To Go Back” was the show’s pivotal twist but, in reality, it’s the “Not Penny’s Boat” moment that changed Lost forever, causing the death of Charlie and spinning the narrative on its head. When Lost first in 2004 it was a show with a relatively grounded premise about a group of survivors lost on an island after a plane crash. Not everyone survived, but soon viewers got to know the remaining passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 well as they tried to endure the wilderness of the island while the inexplicable happened around them — everything from smoke monsters to polar bears on mysterious underground vaults. Soon, there were other threats, including strangers on the island who seemed intent on not letting anyone leave.