An essay about the Widmores

Okay, so most of this is from lostpedia. But it is still fun.

The Widmore Corporation is a conglomerate of companies which have been featured on Lost and in the Lost Experience. It is owned by the Widmore family.

Widmore Construction has been in a "Fire + Water" flashback, where Driveshaft is filming their videoclip near Battersea Power Station, which has a Widmore Construction banner hanging from one of the building's walls. Widmore Construction is also mentioned on Thomas Werner Mittelwerk's answer phone on the Hanso phone line (part of the Lost Experience) alongside Paik Heavy Industries.

Widmore Labs
- Sponsored or manufactured the balloon of the real Henry Gale. (see photo to side; obtained on set)
- Was the maker of the pregnancy test used by Rachel ("Not in Portland"), Kate ("I Do"), and Sun ("The Whole Truth").
- Widmore Industries is seen on the London building where Charles Widmore has an office. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes").
- The Photo Stand where Desmond and Penny had their photo taken had a sign above it with a very similar shape to the Widmore logo.


Charles Widmore is a wealthy member of the Widmore family, father of Penelope (“Penny”). Charles offers Desmond a job, which Desmond declines saying all he wants is his daughter's hand in marriage. Charles does not give him permission saying Desmond "will never be a great man." ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")

He disapproved of her relationship with Desmond, and while he was serving his time, Charles intercepted letters that Desmond wrote to Penelope. ("Live Together, Die Alone")

He attempted to bribe Desmond to cease the relationship and never see Penelope again. He sponsors the sailing race around the world that Desmond, in an attempt to regain his honor, was participating in when he crashed into the Island.("Live Together, Die Alone")

Penelope Widmore dated Desmond for two years prior to him meeting her father in 1996. Eventually, Penelope moved into Desmond's flat (he was apparently too proud to move into her larger one). After Desmond failed to get a job at the Widmore Corporation (or permission to marry Penny) she was rather pleased because she disliked the company of her father, and they decided to celebrate. Later, they met in London and had a photograph taken. Desmond has still been planning to marry Penny, but suddenly changed his mind just as he was about to purchase the ring. At the split up, Penelope told him he did that because he was a coward. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")

Desmond joined the army but Penelope never forgot him. She placed a love letter in Desmond's copy of Our Mutual Friend before he was sent to military prison. However, he wouldn't find it until much later, after the death of Kelvin, roughly three years after he shipwrecked on the island.

Penelope's letter to Desmond: While Desmond was in prison, he wrote many letters to Penelope. Her father intercepted all of these letters so that Penelope would not be aware of them. ("Live Together, Die Alone")

After Desmond's release from prison, Penny tracked him down in the U.S. She asked him why he never wrote to her, and whether he ever had a chance to read Our Mutual Friend. When Desmond asked how she found him, she replied that with enough money and effort, you can track anyone. She then learned that Desmond had been told by her father that she had given up hope and had become engaged to another man. She neither confirmed nor denied this, only stating that they hadn't set a wedding date yet. ("Live Together, Die Alone")

More than three years later, after the discharge and the detection of an electromagnetic anomaly by the two Portuguese-speaking men at the listening station, Penny is notified by telephone at 3:05, her local time, that they 'found it.' She is referred to by the callers as "Miss Widmore" which would seem to indicate that she was not married at the time. On her nightstand is a copy of a similar photograph of her and Desmond as the one that Desmond carries. ("Live Together, Die Alone")