The Lost Room
Science Fiction, TV

8.4 (6,369 votes)
Lion's Gate  (2006) 300 mins
Detective Joe Miller (Peter Krause) comes into possession of a key which, when placed into any ordinary door, extraordinarily transports the bearer to Room 10 of the Sunshine Motel in New Mexico, a room that never actually existed in a motel that was abandoned long ago. Miller learns that, upon entering the room, the bearer can be taken wherever he wants to go simply by visualizing the desired location and walking back through the door. Miller’s daughter, Anna (Elle Fanning) discovers yet another unusual property of the room and key combo. When the door is reclosed, the room “resets” itself so that whatever was done there is undone, and anything or anyone left inside disappears. Anna goes into the room and disappears, and her father begins a desperate quest to find her. Along the way, he discovers that there are over 100 separate objects associated with the room, each providing the holder with its own unique power, and several groups trying to collect them, each for their own reasons. Miller makes contact with longtime collector Karl Kreutzfeld (Kevin Pollak) who has personal reasons for wanting to get his hands on certain objects with particular powers, and teams up with Jennifer Bloom (Julianna Margulies), a member of The Legion, a group attempting to locate and secure all of the objects to keep them from causing any more harm. Miller eventually makes his way to the site of the motel and, with all of the objects in his possession, enters what’s left of the neighboring Room 9 in an attempt to learn its secrets and reclaim his daughter.
  Ep# Description Date Time


1 The Key: Detective Joe Miller finds himself on a case involving two men that are found burned to death in a pawn shop, apparently involving a mysterious key and a deal gone bad. After receiving the key, Joe discovers that it is just one of nearly one hundred objects with supernatural powers and a link to a hidden motel room.


2 The Clock:


3 The Comb: Joe Miller is on the run after being framed for his partner's murder. He joins forces with Legion member Jennifer Bloom to find the Object that will help find his daughter, Anna. Along the way they learn about the Room's mysterious past. Martin Ruber searches for an object to gain membership in the Order of the Reunification.


4 The Box:


5 The Eye: After discovering the existence of the Occupant of Room 10, Joe attempts to find another object that will allow him to access the Collectors' Vault. Kreutzfeld hatches a plan that could destroy the world. Ruber has a vision while in the desert.


6 Th Occupant:
Cast and Crew
Peter Krause  ......  Joe Miller
Kevin Pollak  ......  Karl Kreutzfeld
Julianna Margulies  ......  Jennifer Bloom
Dennis Christopher  ......  Dr. Martin Ruber
Ewen Bremner  ......  Harold Stritzke
Peter Jacobson  ......  Wally Jabrowski
Director  .....  Craig R. Baxley; Michael W. Watkins
Producer  .....  Paul Kurta; Peter Chomsky
Writer  .....  Laura Harkcom; Christopher Leone
Notes
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: After Miller returns from the vault with The Bus Ticket, he hands it back to Wally. When Wally went to place it in his jacket pocket, a bare part of The Ticket rubbed across his finger. He should have been transported to the street. (more)

Trivia:
The name "Dr. Sonny Gupta" is also a pun on the name of Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a frequent on-air medical contributor of CNN. (more)

Filming Locations:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (more)

Quotes:
Howard "The Weasel" Montague: Well, well. Took me a while, Detective. You're a difficult man to track down. But every riddle has an answer...
Joe Miller: I don't have it.
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 7 nominations (more)