Lost in Lost

January 30th, 2010

In anticipation of the final season of Lost, Anna Pickard decided it was long past time for her to acquaint herself with the show. Here's what she learnt in episode 1:

  1. There are very good reasons one should never stand in from of a moving jet engine. It sucks.
  2. If your best way of identifying yourself to other people is by popping out a couple of lines of squeaky falsetto, you might want to start considering the benefits of anonimity.
  3. If the amateur stitching your wound is threatening to vomit in the gash, do not seek to reassure them by telling them a story about someones guts pouring onto the floor. It is not wise.
  4. If your beach holiday brochure promises untouched beaches and exotic far-off peacefulness, always ALWAYS check the small print for monsters.
  5. Hot jack, Doctor of Medicine, likes his booze.
  6. Charlie, inadvisable male soprano of Manchester, appears to like his smack.
  7. So far then, I think there are eleven recognisable characters, though there were more random screamers who may soon turn into beloved friends, and probably will: I recognised many of them from the articles I’ve tried not to read over the years.

I've only seen up to about three-quarters of the way through season 3. I saw the first two seasons on terrestrial TV, then swore off the show when Sky bought the exclusive UK rights only to pick up the season 3 DVD box some time well after its release. I stopped working my way through the episodes quite some time ago, when I got distracted by the need to keep up with some show that was in its first run on terrestrial TV. Once I had some time in my TV-viewing schedule again, I was acutely aware that if I did start watching Lost again I'd end up wanting to watch season 4 right afterward. At that time, the season 4 box set was still (IMHO) quite expensive, and with a full DVR I really couldn't justify the expense1 so I let it lie.

We'll see if following these belated episode reviews rekindles my enthusiasm for picking up season 4.

[Via Anil Dash]

  1. I still can't, quite. ↩

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