Final Lost

Julian, wrote:

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Have you ever liked anything? Honestly? It was amazing, and this coming from a rabid fan of hunting for answers and dissecting everything about the show. Yes, I gave up on the show, but it somehow wrapped me right back up in it last night.

It's a tv show, if this really ruined your day and you HATE it, you missed the point. One of the most entertaining things TV has ever given me. Challenging TV > getting answers to really unimportant questions. In my opinion at least.

I loved the show for the first two seasons, then thought the next two were only kind of average. The final two were ultimately epic failures (and ratings agree with me).

I don't feel like "what is the island" is ultimately a minor question. If you started watching this show in the first two seasons you no doubt did it to get answers to two questions: what happens to these people, and what the heck is up with this island. Ultimately, we never got an answer to that second question, at all. And what little bits we did get ultimately make little sense on their face and in many cases openly contradict what we saw in the early seasons.

As for what happens to these people, that's great and all, but ending the show at the end of season 4 seems to work alot better. Some get off, and some don't. Jack realizes the he was wrong on reason vs. faith. It would've cut out the stinker final two seasons. It was just so much fluff and dredging up the same issues again. I don't want to get all fanboy-ish and break down details, but it just left me going "eh."

And as for have I ever liked anything, sorry I don't technologically ejaculate over every hyped thing that comes along like yourself. I like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Big Love, Dexter, In Treatment, ABC Family made-for-teens dramas and Gossip Girl. Oh, and showering daily.

I haven't seen a single episode of those shows you've named. Except Dexter. I can agree, but I guess since I gave up on the show explaining stuff years ago and the producers saying they weren't going to "answer all the questions" led me to believe that nothing was going to be answered and that's what made the show unique. Things were left to the audience to discuss, and whether it sucked miserably or was amazing I still enjoyed it. They weren't going to spend the last 16 episodes going through each fan letter going through each question and answering. I still don't understand that is complaining over "numbers, polar bears, smoke monster". Some people are incredibly stupid.

lost's ratings suffered more from the switch to 10 oclock and ridiculous 7 month layoffs rather than quality in my opinion. season 3 was the weakest, but i loved seasons 4-6

Was that the season finale that was the flash forward? That was awesome.

season four had the flash forwards. i debate between that and season two as my favorite

I never re-watched any of the seasons, I guess now a good a time as any to go back and re-watch them.

I loved season 1 and 2, everything with the hatch was sooo good. Then it was all solved and….they started time traveling and such.

I know I'm in the minority, but I love season 3. It's my favorite.

It has its ups and downs, but the high points are among the best in the entire series: the Flashforward ending in the finale, Charlie's death, Sawyer killing Anthony Cooper and Locke dragging around the body, Jacob's cabin, Introduction to New Otherton and Ben and Juliet's back stories.

Of course season 3 has some of the worst episodes (Expose, Jack's tattoo, the golf course), but as an X-Files fan, I'm used to filler.

Ah! We were trying to figure out what season it was Charlie died, that had Desmond's semi-time traveling ep too didn't it? Or was that season 4, because I remember him seeing Charlie die like 3 or 4 times.

Charlie died in the season three finale and it was the first episode with flash forwards. Season 4 finale is when we found out it was Locke in the coffin,.

What was last seasons finale? I have my timelines all mixed up.

EDIT: Oh right the bomb and Juliet smashing it. Right.

Sea 1-3 were my favorites…
Favorite moments: Charlie and his hand message was suspenseful and moving.

Then, Sea. 2 was when Ben appeared? When his true identity was revealed - crap!

A bigger shock was Michael when, he, well, you know - Ana Lucia and what's her name. (are we safe with spoilers in this thread?)

Sea. 4 holds one of my all time romantic TV moments: Penny and Desmond on the phone (Desmond on freighter)

Didn't like Sea. 5 / 6. Ending was fine but wished the show had ended earlier or provided different content. I wasn't really into the Jacob hocus pocus, etc. I liked the suspense of Sea. 1-3 and finding out everyone's backgrounds. Perfectly fine w/ the spirituality aspect, the light, smokey, etc. was a bit hokey for me though.