LOST Explained - The Theory of Everything: Part Four (DHARMA, Desmond, Jughead, Loopholes & Numbers)

[@ChevalieurNoir]

anyone else out there wishing they had a bud to rewatch this series with? :(

[@Cyril29a]

I couldn't watch it the first time, the thought of watching it now is overwhelming. I would love someone to do a fan edit and cut it down to 8 hours or so.

[@GucciVal]

Yes very much so, still the only lost fangirl in my friend group

[@panthercapenha]

just finished watching it with my fiancee few days ago. so damn good.

[@ChevalieurNoir]

@@GucciVal rest in piece hahaha, because I am the only one too. One of these days I had to explain to them why I always play 4 8 15 16 23 32 on the lotto. It was a shock to me that they didn't even know it :(

[@ChevalieurNoir]

@@panthercapenha that's nice my friend!

[@abigailsnider8348]

I know the size of your audience should be much bigger for the amount of effort you put into these! But thank you for making it for your growing audience and still being so dedicated!

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Slowly getting there! Subscriber growth has been great recently and the views have increased massively in the past month. People must be sharing videos more, or the KZbin algorithm is picking the channel up more than usual.

[@buddystewart2020]

Yeah, I don't get it either, as many people that still love LOST. I do see this channel recommended regularly in comments on reaction channels that are doing LOST, with the caveat of course, of waiting until they finish the show all the way through. I know I myself have recommended it many times.

[@jakesmet9426]

Its incredible the depths of LOST lore you delve into, LOVE IT!!!

[@scratchman274]

I know a couple who’s rewatching the series, one who’s seen it and one who ain’t. They’re on season 3 ep 8 deep in that Desmond/Charlie story line. I can’t wait to show them these videos of the deeper lore and mythology once they finish up the show. LOST is timeless.😂

[@DJBremen]

...were gonna need to watch that again.

[@EternityinOurHearts316]

It took me several watches of Lost to realize the significance of the iconic "Make Your Own Kind of Music" song in Desmond's introduction. Desmond plays the song because he desperately wants control over his destiny but has to learn over the course of the show that he is not.

[@jackcaffrey1566]

For me, it's a testament to the legacy of this show and your analysis of its tapestry that I can watch 2 and a half hours without a break. It took me 4 sittings in 3 days just to get through any man quantumania😂 I don't think we appreciated how good we had it back in the early-mid 2000s. Lost absolutely slaps most of today's corporate made garbage!

[@sarahdawn7075]

Everyone who has ever complained that "Lost" was a big disappointment needs to watch your videos. It really helps one to understand what a well crafted series "Lost" was.

[@deandejaguar]

Whilst I agree, I would say that if you need to watch 6 x 2h+ videos in order to understand a 6-season show, it's not exactly excellent writing. I don't want things to be overly-simplistic, but at the same time, when things are purposefully obtuse to be "complex" then something has gone wrong in the process.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

@@deandejaguar With respect, I totally disagree with your assessment here. There are people who make 30-minute videos deconstructing the plots of Christopher Nolan movies and his movies only tend to run for two to three hours. LOST was *100 hours* of story. You cannot begin to deconstruct it all in one video, that's simply neither fair nor realistic. And the show had a lot of narrative convolutions as a result of having to stretch out the storytelling for the first three years because they had no end date, so that adds to the complexities of an analysis. It's not a case of the writing being good or bad, just beholden to the time in which the show was made and how it was made. I actually resent the implication that simply because I make long analysis videos exploring the nooks and crannies of a long-running 120+ episode narrative with a huge mythology that it is somehow evidence, in and of itself, of the show being bad or incomprehensible. Would anyone expect one or two videos to be sufficient enough to explain the complex worlds and storylines of long running book series like The Dark Tower, or Game of Thrones, or Discworld? The answer is no, you wouldn’t expect that. Star Wars and Star Trek get in-depth video series exploring every aspect of their universes on the regular, getting into the deep lore of each universe. Are those video essays proof that those narratives were poorly written or too purposefully convoluted? No, they are not. Yet both LOST and the fanbase's work in analysing the story is held to this bizarre higher standard. If you can’t explain LOST in one or two shorter videos then it is somehow evidence that it is disastrous mess that does not add up. I think that is a totally unfair metric to use on this channel or the show.

[@deandejaguar]

@LOSTEXPLAINED108 I'm speaking for the vast majority of people who watched the show and went "wtf" at the end - there are better ways to get your points across to a broad audience than the way that Lost presented itself to the public. I love the series but even I was dumbfounded by the final season, and having to go online to have someone explain time-travel theories, physics and meta-physics, and spirituality before you can even begin to understand what the show is about is bad storytelling on the part of the creators. Now, might be that so much content was cut for time is the reason that this is the case, but either way if you write too far for most people to get what you are trying to convey, then it is your fault, not the viewer. My gripe is not with your videos but the shows writing, pacing and explanations (or lack thereof)

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

​@@deandejaguar You can only speak for yourself and not the vast majority, unless you can back it up with evidence beyond your own disappointment and prior echo chamber interactions. I can prove you wrong by pointing out some hard data. We have aggregate sites that tell us exactly how critics and audiences felt about LOST both in terms of its finale and the overall experience (IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, MetaCritic), and the aggregate ratings are high. Compare those same aggregates to those who hated the Game of Thrones series finale. It's night and day. Furthermore, a recent statistical analysis was carried out to actually get to the bottom of which series finales were considered good and bad, and LOST turned out to be one of the good ones, much to the surprise of people who share your view. Here's the link to the study: www.statsignificant.com/p/which-shows-got-their-finale-right Was the final season and finale divisive? Yes, it was. I'm not saying you are alone in your criticisms. There are plenty of comments and articles bemoaning how things wrapped up (but also plenty of comments and articles praising it). I'm just saying that is not "the vast majority" and that you really need to get out of this mindset: "Because I think it and saw people who agreed with me, then therefore everyone thinks and agrees with me." It's a Mandela Effect thing. If you do decide to take up that mission of seeking out the objective general reaction to LOST then do your due diligence and research a bit further. It won't take long! As for needing to have the whole series explained to you... not everyone does. Some people only need certain pieces of the mythology clarified and some just enjoy deep dives into a show that they loved to see where they agree and disagree with the interpretations, while others like to re-experience the show via video essay analysis and pick up on details they might have missed. It's a broad church of fans and casual viewers on here. I have found from my time doing this that many who come here needing the entire show explained in detail probably only watched it once. A lot of the data/answers come from re-watching the show. Like re-reading a really complex sci-fi novel to fully grasp it, or watching a Chris Nolan movie more than once. You don't have to rewatch it to get the gist of it, of course. Some people understood enough first time and moved on. But, I think, to really appreciate the levels LOST was operating on, watching it more than once is a net benefit to the experience. Understanding things like the time travel and metaphysics are for the hardcore geeky viewers, not the casual audience. All the casual viewer needs to know about time travel by the end is that the past was not changeable: whatever happened, happened. You don't need to know about the ins and outs of compatibilism or determinism to enjoy it lol. And not everyone needed to understand every aspect of how the metaphysics worked. Because some viewers only cared about whether or not Kate and Jack would end up together, and were invested in the character relationships and love stories, while others just wanted to see the action and enjoy the crazy twists. Like I said, LOST audiences are a broad church, and many were in it for different things. Videos like mine cater more towards those into the hardcore geeky details. LOST was ahead of its time, as were the writers. They created the modern TV show as we know them today. They absolutely encouraged rewatches from season to season, and that expectation was no different by the time it ended. It wanted us to keep talking and rewatching. It was Dark before Dark existed on Netflix, which you could also complain about being too complex to follow or fully understand in one sitting. But so what? Does every story need to be easily digestible in one sitting then never thought about again? There are plenty of shows for that - thousands in fact. LOST, from the start, told us it was going to be challenging and ambitious and crazy and make us ask questions. And we had to keep up with it or tune out. And those that couldn't get on with it, did tune out. But those of us who stuck to the end still talk about it today, whereas those thousands of other shows that were easily digestible have faded into obscurity. No one cares about shows like Desperate Housewives anymore. What LOST gave us was not bad storytelling. It was pioneering what TV would become.

[@deandejaguar]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 Hard evidence? Really? The fact the ending is still being parodied and taken the piss out of (the big one that stands out is the Joker in Arkham City) shows that the vast majority of people DID NOT get the ending to Lost at all. Taking "aggregate" scores from the Internet and then trying to use the review-bombing of GoT isn't hard evidence either. Critics and viewers change their minds wildly over time, and yet people still to this day do not understand the ending - not just weren't happy with the way things happened or it was ambiguous - it was batshit! The fact that you have had to write 6 paragraphs and made 12h of extra content to and explain it proves my point. Again, I love the show and I am enjoying your videos to help me understand it better but as I said - if you have to do much homework to understand something, maybe the writers didn't get the best results from the ideas they had down to translate it onto the script.

[@travisc7722]

Radzinsky is such a brilliant character. Because you see the early stations and your like " Press A button every 108mins? Self distruct command behind a chess game? Who thought that was a good idea." And then you meet the guy realize how crazy but creative he is and your like "Okay... That tracks"

[@Swearengen1980]

Radzinsky didn't die, he left the island and became an acting teacher at Hollywood Arts.

[@4g3nt69]

@@Swearengen1980 he shot himself in the hatch

[@Swearengen1980]

@@4g3nt69 It was a reference to the actor who was a semi-main character in the kids/teens tv show, Victorious.

[@4g3nt69]

@@Swearengen1980 reference to a show that nobody knows? that nice

[@verifiedbadvibe8124]

​@@4g3nt69I know what show he's talking about

[@lxvxsxck]

Just finished the show with my girlfriend (my 6th time watching it, her 1st time watching it).. She wanted to learn more about the show so here we are binging your videos! Thank you so much

[@buddystewart2020]

How is she liking these videos so far?

[@jjbjjb273]

I wish lost would come back either a series on the dharma initiative or the egyptian era would be amazing to see

[@radagast7200]

I think a sequel under Hurley's reign would be fun. Maybe beginning with a cruise ship crash. Ghost Charlie and Kate would be fun to see.

[@arricammarques1955]

@@radagast7200 Theatrical sequel would be amazing.

[@TheSnaveeelPlaysGames]

I would love this to happen but I have no faith in today’s quality. Streaming services/tv channels are churning out new shows constantly and then cancelling them after a season or two, just hoping one will “catch” and be a success. They’ve given up on what makes shows good and are only looking for profit. Call me cynical, but I’d worry that they’d release “LOST 2.0” with no interest in making it good, but only to cash in on its name. It’s what’s happening with Star Wars; there’s constantly a new Star Wars show being released but none of them are fantastic, but mere luke warm cash ins that are shadows of its former greatness. And the people that missed out on the good shows of old, that don’t watch them because they are old, don’t realise how bad a lot of modern shows are. I had no intention of writing so much when I started this 😂 so sorry about that 😅

[@diggininthecrates91]

​@TheSnaveeelPlaysGames I agree with you. Almost certainly, anything they would do nowadays would be disappointing, and would ruin the original in some way.

[@JHallenbeck]

Dude, that animatic of how the wheel actually works is genius! It has helped me understand the physics of what's going on behind the wall. Something I've always tried to work out in my own head. And the explanation is so simple and logical. Can't believe I've never been able to see that before. This video is shaping up to be your best yet! (just paused it to post this before I forget lol).

[@Acordim]

Me! Doing my first rewatch now since the finale aired.

[@Jacob208]

I've been looking forward to this part. Dharma is one of my favorite aspects of the show. Their stations and astethic, their weird obsession with Buddhism/Spiritualism mixed with science.

[@TJMalana]

I’m so amazed by how much thought and insight you bring to these Lost videos. This past week I had to write a paper for class about fandoms and how fandom communities affected pop culture. I reference Lost as a reference because despite the show ending it’s still finding an audience. I especially referenced your “Lost Explained” series because your videos are actively expanding the community and attracting new viewers to the show that have never watched it before. Thank you so much for these videos.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Wow, that's incredibly flattering to me that you would include mention of the channel in your paper. I am genuinely honoured. Thank you 🙏

[@BrunoPortella]

I just finished the entire series with my significant other. She watched for the first time and now we're watching your videos to find out more about it. We love it. And we thank you for all the effort you put into it.

[@SARDYNA108]

Watching your videos reminds me of the anxiety that I had while watching LOST for the first time. That some day this show is going to end. And I really didn't want this to happen.

[@Kroggnagch]

I hate the endings to tv shows, books, video games... it’s such an empty feeling for some reason, even when I have thoroughly enjoyed the story, er, maybe especially when I have thoroughly enjoyed the story. Whenever I watch LOST and get to season 6 I feel like it’s already over even without starting disc 1. It makes me feel like I’m losing my friends when it’s over... I verily understand your feelings here in your comment.

[@fusionspace175]

I just found the channel days ago and binged the new series. Surely there is great personal meaning meant for me in the timing of this upload. It's like the light just went on in the hatch. I'm loving the focus on how the physics of everything operates and the emphasis on textual basis for all your suppositions.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Everything happens for a reason🙏You were meant to find me.

[@iancooper7772]

Lol. This is identical to me. Came up on my feed, been considering a rewatch for a couple of months, and thought why not. And can honestly admit (gonna blame general consensus around the time), that despite watching the series probably 8-10 times and being above average intelligence lol, I always thought they were in purgatory for the whole thing (whatever the 2nd or 3rd video on here I watched did shame me lmao). But even with those 15 odd years of stupidity I'd gotten over the(imagined) disappointment of the last episode, and survived on love of the whole. This channel has rekindled my initial infatuation with the program (downloading - oops, lol, I could watch it the next day legally but didn't want it wait - 1am uk time). It's taken away the black mark of the last episode, at the very least, as well as connecting a few other dots. But I'll always be grateful for taking away purgatory.

[@fusionspace175]

@@iancooper7772 I come at the show from another angle, from the world of comic books. What the show does is insert goofy comic book science and mysticism into a dramatic setting, and then take it super seriously. That's a rather unique blend. I was iffy on the show during the initial run, maybe about to drop it, then the time travel hit and I was back in to the end. I got the ending the first time around in a general sense, but I never tracked down all the mechanics. I don't rewatch the show much, but I remember everything enough on a pass through like this. I relate to this project because it's the sort of thing I would have done in my youth, filling notebooks with evidence and theories for a completely fictional world, for no one's benefit other than myself. I'm impressed with how well it all hangs together under fine scrutiny like this.

[@iancooper7772]

@LOSTEXPLAINED108 dude as an add on to my original comment. Just finished my rewatch, and it's the most I've enjoyed it by far since the 1st time. Thankyou so much for that, really appreciate opening my eyes to the what now seems clearly obvious. Actually got emotional at the charlie/clare meet up. Thanks again

[@sithari518]

Of all the ironies based on the time travel causal loops, I like the irony of Ben becoming "evil" as a child, or losing his innocence being a direct result of Jack refusing to save him. Which leads to so much of his own and many others' suffering in the future. But in particular it's the cause for the deepest betrayal by Kate in his eyes, her having sex with Sawyer, then her begging Jack to save Ben's life to save Sawyer. That betrayal gutted him.

[@AB-jt6ic]

Just wanted to say: I love this series. I watched Lost and thought it was a jumble of random ideas from the writers. You have completely changed that for me.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

That's amazing to hear! Honestly, comments like this are so validating and humbling. My hope has always been to reach out to people who felt short changed by the show in some way and to help them view it in a new and improved light. It makes this whole LOST Explained project worthwhile. Thank you for sharing that with me. It means a great deal!

[@Mattkael]

This series is a must watch after the show to understand the show in its entirety. I like how small details that I dismissed as trivial end up being the most important facts. Can't wait for part 5.

[@lordspuddington3012]

Yet again, amazing work my friend! This shall be saved in my watch later list for many a year to come! Not that im not watching now, i just plan on rewatching it over and over 😂

[@theanthropocenegardener4529]

Just wanted to express my great appreciation for you continuing to do the work and make these great videos.

[@MagicJacket]

Working now, but I will get on to this later. What a gift to splurge into for a holiday weekend. It's like a movie opening. Almost 2.5 hours. Thank you so much!

[@lastpme]

After finding your channel and pulling out my Lost DVDs 📀, I think the Others killed Dharma Initiative is because they were messing with time travel and kept moving the island 🏝️ which harmed it. As mother told her sons man would always want more of the light. Maybe when Dharma moved the island with the polar bear was the last straw. With the incident which caused Dharma to build the hatch which almost destroyed the island…testing the wheel theory with polar bear was the last straw since they didn’t learn their lesson and would keep pushing the limits with the island 🏝️. Doing that test broke a key rule with their truce with the Others. I think this is similar to when mother killed the MiB’s people when he tried to build a wheel 🛞 to control the light and move the island. I think his mom should have explained why they should not move the island since it damages the island vs just killing everyone. Just another theory 🤔

[@Scribe333]

YOUR THE GREATEST FOR SCRATCHING THIS ITCH even after so long and the hype is gone, this story is so meaty and worthy of all the attention and dedication your putting into it! Just discovered you, and going back and watching ALL of your videos !!

[@mightiesthelmutz2836]

Even after years, and owning the box set, still gets a full view every few months. One of the great shows.

[@malenky4057]

I'm nearly done on another Lost rewatch and have just come across your channel. I'm loving all the replies to various comments on videos. Will be coming back to deep dive this channel when I've finished my rewatch!

[@aleksiejlublov7995]

Every time i watch one of your videos it reminds of the days when i was spending a lot of time going on forums and reading all those crazy theories about it. I know it's pretty much impossible to do, but episode compiling the most interesting ones would be great.

[@MomFearsMyMusic]

I watched the show as it aired but my wife has never seen it so we just started re-watching from the beginning and I am really enjoying being able to watch these videos so that I can help answer questions along the way without spoiling anything

[@raeliamrussi2679]

This was incredible, fascinating..I almost cried at the end. This is the best explanation I have ever heard not only of LOST but about determinism vs. free will. Something I have always had trouble in understanding. I have no words to thank you❤

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Wow, thank you for the encouragement and support there my friend. Really means a lot to me 🙏This was one of my personal favourite videos to make as it discusses all of the elements I love most about the show, so I'm glad it has delivered for you.

[@Blindseeker82033]

A couple video ideas for down the road. One could be explaining the references in some of the character names, like Richard Alpert, John Locke, or Faraday. Another might explain each Lostie's backstory baggage and how they either did or didn't do things differently on the island. How they grew and didn't grow. Love your work!

[@mreboric8406]

Me: I am tired and need sleep KZbin: hey you wanna watch a two and a half hour philosophical discussion about the fundamental concepts of a 20 year old tv show? Me: Fuck

[@SimplePlanChannel]

i got so excited seeing this pop up in my feed

[@Wratach]

It's christmas morning everytime he uploads!

[@waynetaylor1025]

After every video, I literally say "We're gonna need to watch that again." 10/10 analysis Love the snippets of Lost themes (music) incorporated throughout Amazing vid ❤

[@Silas-lc9op]

Another brilliant video... Keep up the wonderful work of keeping this amazing story alive with us 🏝

[@jarrenbato2872]

Thank you so much for your explained series. Pls keep it coming, and hopefully we get an reboot/expansion of the universe in the future 🎉

[@theanthropocenegardener4529]

It's a crime that we haven't had, at the very least, a series of books.

[@relientkenny]

this whole review is blowing my mind and ive rewatched the series 3 times already

[@SamuelDJCox]

Amazing video from you as always. The Desmond scene in Catch 22 perfectly makes sense in context of the whole story, man it’s so satisfying. There’s a great observation from Seanie B’s Final Recap, maybe you’ve seen, where he points out how there are incredible similarities between the epiphany Desmond has there to what eventually is the culmination of his arc in the Series Finale wherein he “looks up to see a man with a rope tied around his waist” who comes to “help” him. It’s a perfect parallel to Jack coming down into the cave, lowered by the rope tied round his waist, to help Desmond out before Jack goes on to cork the source and restart the light. It’s like Desmond has a vision of his ultimate eventual fate in saving the island and the world at the same time as seeing the monk in front of him. There’s a part of his time travelling consciousness that recognises this vision of “a man with a rope tied around his waist” and knows he has some connection to it. It in the end turns out to be Jack but in that moment he has no idea, all he just has is a feeling… I have so many other things to add in response to this great video but just wanted to start with that. Incredible work!

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

You know, I’ve never watched Seanie B’s Final Recap before, but I should. Kept seeing it pop up in my feed but never clicked on it. Really love that interpretation about Desmond and the rope. Never heard it before, but it’s another cool connection. Thank you, as always, for your kind words and input! 👍

[@SamuelDJCox]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 Oh yes 1000% totally recommend it! It’s one of the best summaries of the ending but moreover the series as a whole, up there with your great videos!

[@ApsaraMenaka]

This makes me so happy. Thank you for uploading this.

[@gadparente5669]

I love the series 'Lost' long before I listened to the theories on this channel, but since I started watching the videos here - it made me run to watch again and see things in a different light (how fun for me!)

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

That's awesome to hear! LOST absolutely rewards repeat viewings.

[@ramirocastano7444]

I'm not going to lie, after watching several of your videos, you are doing something that anyone that knows me would have thought impossible: you're making me rethink my opinion of Lost. I honestly stopped watching TV shows completely (except for GoT for a specific exception) *only* because of Lost and my disdain for the show and how it ended. And I have not been shy in expressing that disdain to those around me. So I want to praise you for how great your content has been and how thorough all your explanations have been. I'm literally now reconsidering my position on this show and, dare I say, am actually reconsidering rewatching the show (to my wife's joy). Congrats on your channel and everything you are doing.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

That is honestly the best possible feedback I could get. My primary goal with this channel has been to deepen and/or enrich the mythology of the show for fans, but I also very much hope to convert former fans who felt betrayed or let down by the eventual direction the show took. Honestly, it's comments like this that are the ultimate validation and keep me motivated. I'm really grateful that the videos have either clarified or improved the narrative of the show for you. That's about as much as I could hope for! Thank you for letting me know 🙏 p.s. I absolutely think you should do a rewatch of the show because now you are armed with more information about the mythology. It might help you to see it all in a new light, if you'll pardon the pun!

[@ramirocastano7444]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 Well, I gotta tell you that you are absolutely nailing that primary goal. I think I will wait until you are done with your "Theory of Everything" videos before I commit to rewatching, but I 100% agree that I would see the show differently now based on all the videos you have made. Great stuff!

[@MassEffect1988]

Great upload 👍 i often wondered how the MIB (when human), knew that turning the wheel would transport him off the island... 🤔

[@quemsereu2009]

Oh my god these videos make me so happy. Thank you. Seriously. You do incredible work.

[@JulieAiken]

Another fantastic video that, of course, I'm going to have to watch again! I am especially glad you didn't posit anything that would nullify my theory that Pierre Chang was off-Island or in a safe part of the Island during the purge. I like to think that Pierre and Miles got to have an adult relationship in the mundane world after the events in the series ended. They both deserved it, as they both sacrificed so much and served the Island so well. (Of course, the same could be said for many characters who died in that service.) I'm looking forward to your next episode -- thanks for all you do!

[@brandonshaw27]

the show is so iconic, so many connections, so many themes and ways to get the viewers to think and contemplate meaning

[@verticalgrand23]

Something I've always found interesting is that often the things that the Island instructs players to do are also held in disregard by the Island itself. The Island guided the Man in Black to construct the donkey wheel, yet it is still considered a grand offense to turn the donkey wheel and move the island. The Island isn't against directly contradicting itself, which is super intriguing & intimidating to me. Another example would be Jack getting sick in season 4 while trying to get everyone off the island. Obviously everything happens to play into the weaving of the tapestry, but that's just it - Jack was playing the role he needed to play, yet he was still punished by the Island for it. The logic seems to be even though the events you face are predetermined, you're still held accountable for how you choose to act in those events - the determined outcome doesn't matter, the consequences of good or bad actions are still felt. Eerie yet amazing.

[@mikemoring]

When Ben shoots Locke in Season Three, the bullet passes right through him. Locke later explains that he'd probably be dead if he "still had a kidney there." I think a similar argument could be made for Jack's whole appendix episode in Season Four. At the time, it does seem like the island is causing Jack to get sick, to either prevent him from getting everybody rescued or otherwise "punish" him for it. But in the end, it could be argued that having his appendix removed allows him to survive being stabbed by the Man in Black long enough to satisfy his ultimate destiny. Y'know... to unplug it and plug it back in.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

@@mikemoring 100% agree.

[@DirtaDawg420]

Part four, let’s go!!!!!!

[@americangladiator7329]

Yes! Love this channel. Thank you for the content

[@HeatherHolt]

Loche is the most tragic character. He was the true believer, the Mulder of the series. He was even willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good. And he has such a sad life beforehand he finally thought he had a purpose. And to know he just got used in the end, it pains me.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

I shall be doing a deep dive into John Locke’s character arc in the next video and how he embodies the show’s key themes.

[@HeatherHolt]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108😮 can’t wait! I just discovered your channel and I’ve been binging hardcore ❤ it’s so good and it makes me think on things differently which is awesome, usually when it’s something different it’s so completely wrong I can’t take it serious from others; but your channel is S tier content.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Thank you so much for saying that. It means a great deal that LOST fans like yourself are enjoying these videos and finding them useful/interesting 🙏

[@HeatherHolt]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108oh I’ve already sent my dad your videos. He just finished a rewatch after years of not seeing it; afterwards he called me and goes “ok honey so, were they dead the whole time or what?” I was like “omg dad have I taught you nothing?? NO THEY WERENT DEAD THE WHOLE TIME!” 😂 and he’s the one who got me to watch lost in the first place back on 09. Anyways. Your content is great and I’ll be sharing the hell out of it. Can’t wait to see more.

[@JcoolV]

So excited when I saw this video had dropped! Thanks again.

[@WorldEverett]

Love the series! it's so soothing to watch this great analysis in 2023, man, I love you for the work!

[@macsucktwice]

The most overwritten soap opera of all time and im still here for it

[@nihilismistheonlyway4680]

Wow. I just seached whole channel...lost is like a religion here! Subscribed! 🥰

[@Gullo_mengozzi]

Been watching this channel for almost a year now, excellent content, honestly unique in terms of detail; unprecedented videos in terms of accuracy/research that true losties will surely enjoy :) - keep up the work!!

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Thank you for the kind words. Really appreciate it 🙏

[@CommanderLost]

Dude you're an absolute genius. You have put together the greatest explaining of lost ever. The one mistake I think you made is revealing who you are. People really thought you were involved with the show. You should have milked that. Your Theories and explanations were outstanding. I for one legit thought you were a head writer or maybe Carlton or Damon. Anyway bravo man

[@smalltimep]

Just an outstanding video, especially the last 10minutes of philosophy - we might be in a time loop with the perception of free will, so everything matters! I always loved Lost from first watching it 20yrs ago, thought the ending was beautiful and the whole series just had an air of mystery and hope which is similar to how I experience life. I have watched it all 3 times over the years and will look probably rewatch your videos if I ever go back to it, these have been the best explainers.

[@JHallenbeck]

Just finished my second watch through of this video. It's an immense piece of work. Can't wait for Part 5!

[@DavidThackerMusic]

I gave up on Lost in season 4 when it first came out. It got too weird for me. Your videos are making me realize i went into the show not realizing what it was really about. Just stared rewatching for the first time in over a decade. Thanks for all of your breakdowns!

[@vincentlorusso689]

My weekend has been made. Thank you for the video!!!

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

My pleasure! 🙏

[@stingray2001]

You're really giving the show a lot more credit than it deserves!

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

In some areas perhaps but not all. A lot of this comes from the show itself. It’s a good faith reading.

[@MudGoblin]

That amount of time and work you have put into this series is phenomenal. I dont understand how you understand it all so well. Thank you though for explaining it all. Your editing and narration are exceptional.

[@joeydirt69]

really appreciate all the effort that’s gone into these videos. now i understand Lost in a way that i never have before and i’m so excited for a rewatch!

[@christiangamit8608]

Yesssss. Finished my second watch of the show recently. Your channek was a wonderful accompaniment!!!

[@Blindseeker82033]

This channel is a godsend, or rather, lightsend. Thanks so much for all this hard work and dedication!

[@searchforsecretdoors]

This channel is AMAZING. Thank you for helping me piece together the real story of LOST.

[@letito2000]

I watched and rewatched and analized Lost every off season, and I couldn't get enough, almost 20 years ago. But you are on another league. Not only your attention to detail is overwhelming. The editing, the order, the links to other videos... The result is not only great, it's also beautiful. Lost maybe started the trend of making "explained" videos, and you went back to "the source" and made a Master Class on how to do it. Did you happen to catch the "lost untangled" Videos? They aired after each episode since season 5, and tried to give us some clues mixed with humor. I was then so hungry for Lost things that I hunted for videos like this one (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnjIcoaOn8lji7c) Thanks a lot for your work. You should get invited to the 20th aniversary and get this published.

[@mgkole]

So many unanswered questions, open for my imagination. 😎 Other than not-so-great ending, it was a great show.

[@keNNed1987]

I'm at a loss of words... Simply brilliant! Just watched all four parts, and although I've watched LOST at least four or five times since it finished, I now feel like I missed a bunch of stuff. I strongly feel the need to watch it again now :)

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

That’s music to my ears! Thank you 🙂 A rewatch should be very rewarding.

[@jamessmyth3952]

Oh my god this show is so good and your reports and essays breakdowns presentations. Whatever you call these are fan freaking tastic…..

[@myinternets]

Every time you hear "this channel supposes" you know a lore bomb is about to drop 😲

[@james-michaelrobson287]

Somehow found part 1. Been watching all night. Looking forward to the continuation of this, but glad I have your backlog to watch now! Keep up the great work!

[@GucciVal]

Waited till I came home from work but now my schedule is filled for the next 2 hours and 23 minutes! Very excited to watch 😄

[@jakesmet9426]

Cant wait for part 5!!! Thanks for these, LOST is like therapy for me :-)

[@MassEffect1988]

I like the difference between fate on Lost compared to the series Fringe. In Fringe, Walter Bishop says about changing fate "we cant change what happens, but, if we go back, we can make a different choice within what happens"... 🤔🤔

[@xela1967]

This is NEXT LEVEL analysis, well done sir

[@mudokonnn]

Great documantary ! very very thank you. All Lost fun must watch !

[@TheRiseofKorolev]

Awesome job on these! I know and understand so much more now. It's time to rewatch the show again after 10 years.

[@dextercool]

Holy smokes - just discovered your series now sitting here procrastinating now😢 the one thing i could never understand was why Clare went AWOL. I'll watch all your videos when my work is done. Thank you for the incredible work!

[@MaxAmmoNeeded]

Absolutely amazing video, so insightful and well covered. I loved the series at the time, and have fallen I. Love with again thanks to this. I’m now binge watching all the videos linked in the description. I never fully understood many thing until now. Much appreciated.

[@ffallenaangel]

Idea for video: smoke monster master plan. Cronologicaly and to the end

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

That’s a really cool idea for a video actually. Will add it to the list 👍

[@ffallenaangel]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 ty!!

[@andrewtomlinson5237]

As far as "Did the Bomb go off?" goes, I'd always assumed that it was meant to be a narrative irony that the fallout/radiation from the bomb was the cause of the birth issues and that Juliet had formed her own timeloop by causing the reason she was brought to the island...

[@camstersonofmerrill6687]

I thought I had watched every video, but somehow I missed several. Merry Christmas to me! Thank you again for making these, hope you're well.

[@KittenCasserole]

Another great video. Thanks so much ❤

[@SHLVideos]

I start to wish you'd written the last season instead.

[@dolucasduarte]

haha i love lost nerds, this show has the best fanbase ever. i wonder if they will ever make a new series or expand the franchise in any way..

[@notoriousbmc1]

I'd love to see it...but also very skeptical of it

[@thiagof.6132]

This channel is great! Amazing work, dude! One thing that I don't understand in Desmond's story is that, although he told Penny he wouldn't call for 8 years, he did meet her at least a few times between 1996 and 2004. It's weird that she never brought that subject up or at least it looks like she never did. I find that part really confusing.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Think of it this way... Desmond broke up with Penny in 1995, right? Yet several years later she turns up at the stadium to see him, even though she is supposed to be getting married and moving on. She even left him a letter in his book before he went to prison that stated she will wait for him. Why would she do or say those things? Because Desmond had showed up at her door months after they broke up declaring that he would call her in 8 years. She didn't understand his promise but she could never forget it. That moment is what kept her waiting for Desmond. It's why she writes that letter to him. It's why she visits him at the stadium after he gets out of prison. She doesn't bring up the mad phone call promise because there are other pressing issues to discuss. But, I believe, the phone call promise is what kept Penny holding out hope for Desmond.

[@thiagof.6132]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 Thank you for the reply. This always bugged me but your explanation makes a lot of sense within the story.

[@sandythompson3525]

Thank you so much! I love your lost vids!

[@Rachel-ek9sd]

I think faradays last name is interesting bc it’s sort of a loop like the compass. It’s obviously not Eloise’s maiden name so she just chose that name. But the reason she chose it was bc she already knew that was her son’s name! He was named after himself in the future

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

That is a great catch! I never actually considered it before but that absolutely could be another time loop paradox. I don't think Faraday ever officially introduces himself to Eloise in 1954 or 1977 by full name, but the journal might have his full name written inside of it or Jack/Kate might have told Eloise his full name off-screen after his death. Either way, I love this idea and it explains why there is a disconnect between surnames. Excellent comment, love your thinking!

[@tommyormerod068]

Great video mate! 😀 I always assumed MIB used ‘Island intuition’ like he did at the Nigerian plane to ‘just know’ how Locke and the others got back, and that this was before meeting Sun. Didn’t think he would change form again but no reason why not 😅

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Don't forget that we see him change again in that very same episode 'Dead is Dead'. He goes from being Fake Locke to Fake Alex within the space of one sequence, so he was still shifting and changing into other forms during the latter half of Season Five. I think the Island intuition thing guides MiB a lot, but I don't think it's a full information download in which he acquires a whole narrative's worth of exposition. It's a feeling of what to do or where to go. Whereas in the wheel chamber, as Fake Christian, he has incredibly specific information about someone who has been off-island for decades. It's the major clue as to when in the timeline that scene is taking place.

[@CarlosDias-er6dd]

Man, I actually teared up at the end of this part of this series 😊

[@buttsauce514]

Another amazing video!

[@RebelScum312]

nicely done, you've created some of the most fulfilling videos on youtube in this series dedicated to lost, the universe & everything, the signs & the numbers are speaking through questions & answers, equations, philosophies & symbols. thank you for your dedication to truth, knowledge & thoroughly researched, considered & meaningful conclusions

[@LukeCMovies]

Wanted to comment to say I’m super happy you started voicing these videos. I found your channel a long time ago and was super excited by it since these videos are exactly what I love to throw on when I lay down at night. But the robot voice was really throwing me off, so I ended up not watching much of the content. I was super excited to come back and hear a human voice. Great content! :)

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

That was the main motivation for me to start using my own voice. The channel was hitting a plateau with subscribers and I was receiving multiple comments/complaints about the voice regularly. So I decided to address those very common and fair criticisms by course correcting the presentation style. I’m very pleased that you can watch the content properly now 🙏 The latest 11 or so videos on the channel all use my own voice so be sure to check them all out 👍

[@GetYourPull18]

I wish i could erase my memory so I could rewatch this show from the start. This experience will never be replicated.

[@twpizzaman]

great video

[@f_mili_r]

Still making my way through part three and I’m SO excited to get to this. Thanks always for pumping out so much content mate, this is by far one of my favorite channels to watch. Both you and Choekaas continually releasing Lost content is such a blessing and I’m super thankful for the work you put in 🙂

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

I'm honestly so pleased to know that people are digging the videos and still watching them. This particular video is my personal favourite of all the ones I've made, mainly because it deals with the plotlines and concepts that I find the most compelling from the series.

[@csbertram22]

Just started watching lost again for my SIXTH time with my girlfriend, who’s seeing it for the first time. When I tell you it has not made sense until I’ve watched these videos, I mean it. Thank you for explaining everything in such beautiful detail, and reaffirming my belief that this is one of the greatest shows ever made. P.S. Please write this in a book haha

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

And thank you for the wonderful comment and endorsement 🙏 I hope your girlfriend enjoys the experience. Now you are armed with some of the explanations to help her out with any questions at the end 🙂

[@keithp761]

Well well well, i'm clearing my afternoon to watch this 😅

[@buddystewart2020]

I always thought the people chasing our losties in the outrigger were Widmores people. 'there are some people that believe the bomb never detonated', well, there's some people that still believe they were dead the whole time. We can't save everybody brotha.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

LOL! Very true brotha!

[@JASYMORRI]

These videos are just superb - thank you for all the uploads.

[@mddi1420]

This long format video, just amazing. Wish for you to go one day to the island and make there a special content