Can we not spoil stuff that comes later? Especially when OP is actively watching season one and has never seen it before... having Lost's twists and turns spoiled for you sucks so much honestly. They are so many really mindblowing moments and surprises that will genuinely shock you. If you haven't already had them spoiled.
Lost is one of the great series in the history of television. It's a classic. And its stature has actually grown since it ended, as most of what I remember at the time it ended was this very intense criticism of the show and season six in particular. I think as we're almost ten years from the finale and as time passes, strangely enough, as people have gained the ability to bingewatch the show, for instance, there's a more nuanced view of the last two seasons and there's a lot of people who really love the last two seasons. When you watch 10 episodes in a row some of the issues those final seasons have are less obvious than when you only get one episode at a time and you have to let it sit and marinate for a while.
I think seasons 2 and 4 are the show's best. Those two seasons have moments that are so phenomenal they rank among the best in TV history. But they also both have pretty bad low points that expose some of Lost's weaknesses and inconsistencies.
I don't think seasons 5 and 6 are bad at all. They're still good, sometimes great TV and absolutely worth watching. I really don't get it when people say stop at the end of season 4. The show has a very clear resolution and conclusion, why stop (and on such an intense cliffhanger too) before you reach it?
It's cool that this thread popped up, as I've been rewatching it in the past few days (i'm about 1/3 of the way into season 2 at the moment). Actually started my rewatch around the time the thread was made but I missed it. Searched to see if anyone had made a Lost thread on Era and hey...
Well I'm pretty sure the asian couple can clearly speak English and are hiding for a reason. For some reason I get the vibe they're trying to push her and the black dad together.
That was the original plan.
I remember arguing with friends on how fondly this show would be remembered. I called the ending trash and felt the legacy of the show was not going to hold up. Called it.
Its legacy has held up extremely well though? One of the most common things I hear about it is "I just started rewatching/watching for the first time and it's held up so well." It was filmed on 35mm (a very unusual decision even back then, and unthinkable today) which will make future remasters in higher resolutions fruitful too. I feel like I see its influence everywhere on TV today (a lot of shows learned the wrong lessons).
This is an interesting piece on how it feels like it's come full circle recently with people reappraising the show. There's very few shows that attract this kind of passion 15 years later where
fans are organizing conventions in Hawaii to go explore locations where the show was filmed.
