The Shape of Things to Come

episode of Lost (S4 E9)
TVEpisode television_series_episode Q898910
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The Shape of Things to Come

Summary

The Shape of Things to Come is a television series episode[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of television_series_episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Shape of Things to Come's instance of is recorded as television series episode[3].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's director is recorded as Jack Bender[4].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's screenwriter is recorded as Brian K. Vaughan[5].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's screenwriter is recorded as Drew Goddard[6].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's follows is recorded as Meet Kevin Johnson[7].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's followed by is recorded as Something Nice Back Home[8].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's cast member is recorded as Sam Anderson[9].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's cast member is recorded as Alan Dale[10].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's cast member is recorded as Tania Raymonde[11].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's cast member is recorded as Kevin Durand[12].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's cast member is recorded as Faran Tahir[13].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's cast member is recorded as Marc Vann[14].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's cast member is recorded as Sammy Sheik[15].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's part of the series is recorded as Lost[16].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0994369[17].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[18].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's publication date is recorded as +2008-04-24T00:00:00Z[19].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y6q89[20].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Shape of Things to Come'}[21].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's Metacritic ID is recorded as tv/lost/season-4/episode-9-the-shape-of-things-to-come[22].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's production code is recorded as 409[23].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's TV.com ID is recorded as shows/lost/the-shape-of-things-to-come-1184113[24].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's season is recorded as Lost, season 4[25].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's Trakt.tv ID is recorded as shows/lost-2004/seasons/4/episodes/9[26].
  • The Shape of Things to Come's set in environment is recorded as fictional island[27].

Why It Matters

The Shape of Things to Come ranks in the top 6% of television_series_episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . Metacritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Trakt.tv. Retrieved . trakt.tv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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