Why LOST is a mess

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

Sorry for the lack of book reviews so far this year. I am BINGING The Dandelion Dynasty for a series review which is taking some time. Should be out next week! Didn't know I'd be releasing this the day David Lynch died, but as I said in the video, Twin Peaks is incredible and well worth a watch. If you haven't watched it, please do. Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.

[@elverium2865]

@@DanielGreeneReviews ummm daniel why is this video mostly about you not understanding mysteries? And from that also the themes ?

[@leostarrs-cunningham8576]

how's the arm? I must have missed something.

[@kay12]

@@leostarrs-cunningham8576 (fractured, falling down the stairs) And it's healing nicely!!

[@guzmonne]

No, no. This was great. I had a blast with this video. Loved the deep dive, and mixed emotions.

[@gezab2611]

The show about a plane crash having the best pilot. The irony

[@jackwriter1908]

Didn't even realize that 😂

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

The fact I missed this 10/10 joke will haunt me forever.

[@josepher9071]

The thing with mystery boxes is that the author NEEDS to know what's inside if the box becomes a focal point.

[@YoyMcFroy]

JJ Abrams even wanted the hatch to be in the pilot, but head writer Damon Lindelof insisted they know what was in it first. To their credit that was usually the show's philosophy.

[@hannahlea9124]

Lost does what it says on the tin, it leaves you feeling more lost than the characters are.

[@mishlenlinden]

I thought that too, and that was hilarious! A joke on us, right up-front! LOST! Perfect!

[@Tekking101]

I just want to say. I've never watched Lost, I don't know a single thing about Lost or the characters. I REALLY enjoyed this video, Daniel! Great Job!

[@sharebear421]

Watch it tek!

[@skullsquad900]

I actually highly recommend atleast the first season

[@Kdot2041]

Yooooo I remember watching your bleach stuff in high school lol glad your still around gonna check your channel after this

[@sinthetic_5147]

Ayoo Tekking In here

[@michaeldunn8972]

First 3 seasons Solid 9/10 Last 3 seasons 3.5 - 10. they failed to execute and ended up stuck is kind of how it felt.

[@Unti1tmrw]

Published author Daniel B Greene: titles his KZbin video “Lost is AN mess”

[@christophergirardi8145]

Beat me to it😂

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thankfully editing and revision exists to catch and correct typos and simple mistakes.

[@TheJALT2]

Top gear’s Jeramy Clarkson has conditioned me to read this mistake as normal

[@logangoodner9559]

WE HAVE TO GO BACK, KATE!

[@SS-rr7by]

s tier plot reveal. I remember watching that the first time and being utterly gobsmacked

[@74gould]

I was *obsessed* with LOST when it originally aired, to the point that I was on fan theory forums, listening to weekly fan podcasts, etc. About halfway through the series, I was doing some freelance work for someone connected to the show (writers’ room) & was basically told flat-out that they’re making it up as they go & had no over all plan. That really took the wind out of my sails for the last few seasons… So yeah… Definitely a ridiculous, nonsensical show when all is said and done, but it had some GREAT moments & characters, and it was a defining experience in its time. Thanks for making this great video! It’s fun to remember the LOST days. ❤

[@henriklarsen8193]

The true evidence of the bizarre brilliance of LOST, like Twin Peaks, is that we still talk about it after all this time.

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

Honestly, great counter point. It’s certainly not forgettable and what they do manage to land is impressive.

[@skadragon]

People still talk about Hitler.

[@hevensarmada]

LOST will always have a special place in my heart, and is to me a flawed masterpiece. There are a lot of issues with the characters and the story but the highs are so high. It also was something that I looked forward to every week, going downstairs and watching the new episode with my mom, then listening to this awesome theory podcast about the episodes. I lost my mom about 10 years ago, and LOST will always be a strong connection point to her. Charlie and Jin are the freaking best.

[@SS-rr7by]

That sums it up right there! It's to me the most memorable show of all time along with Buffy and Angel

[@Raso_AC]

"Think about this, whats the most exciting thing that can happen on TV, movies, or in real life. Somebody has a gun." Michael Scott

[@danw.1250]

Lol, I thought about this quote as soon as he brought it up too!

[@elliotruiz3014]

For anyone who has like 20+ hours to spare and wants a deep dive into the story of Lost, I would recommend the series of long form deep dive videos done by Billiam. He goes into a lot of the behind the scenes of why the creators made the decisions they did and it's a pretty good watch

[@NotYouNotMe-fw1fh]

I think I remember one of the creators saying that when they sat down to discuss a season it was "Ok, let's do a Time Travel season. Let's do a Flash foward season." It was never a plan of, oh this is what we have to do to get to the man in black or Jacob, but rather what thing they wanted to concentrate on that year.

[@crabosity]

@@NotYouNotMe-fw1fh they knew that eventually there would be a face off with the man in black for the fate of the island they just didn’t completely plan out how they would get there. many later elements were already foreshadowed in earlier seasons they just couldn’t outright show it cuz the network didn’t want it to be scifi

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

This always gave me the impression they were making it up as they went along. It held together to about season 4 then completely fell apart.

[@skullsquad900]

As soon as the old guy could walk I knew it wasn't Sci-Fi and was a giant metaphor. For what? Good question!

[@daniel56149]

I loved the exploring of human psychology in the first seasons Later on a lot of times i just felt like "why tho?" A lot of things are left unanswered which really bothered me at the time but after all it´s still a blast through the whole series

[@robbybevard8034]

I think basically any question you could reasonably ask *was* answered though. Sure, some of them the answer boil down to "the island has magical properties" but just about everything was in fact explained.

[@robertJ14]

Why do you need everything answered? Its like the Sopranos cut to black. Not knowing is often good. Lost was never a show about the island but about the characters on the island.

[@travisspazz1624]

Why tho? Because it's fun!

[@Hydralysk445]

@@robertJ14 I wouldn't call that a good comparison. The Sopranos ending leaves us with questions about what the future has in store for the characters considering the choices they've made over the series. Lost's ending leaves us with questions about the fundamental rules of the world the characters inhabit, which could be fine, but that's a hard sell when the series was mostly sold as a mystery to untangle. If you give someone a murder mystery, for example, then end the book without satisfactorily explaining who the murderer was and how the murder was committed, a sizeable portion of your audience is going to be (quite understandably) annoyed at the unanswered questions regardless of how much they love the characters in the story.

[@anitadangler9537]

Who else heard the words "fled across the desert" after every mention of the man in black? Just me? 😂

[@logangoodner9559]

The writer's strike in like 06-07 was super impactful to the show too. I still love the show, flaws and all.

[@TheXboxlive5]

Came here to say this that strike blasted the plot of this show haha

[@calebmauer1751]

That strike ruined Heroes. At least we got one good season.

[@evan7221]

It's actually bewildering to me how he didn't even mention this. Half way through making season 4 they literally got all new writers because of it. If this never happened a lot more things most likely would've gotten explained.

[@robertJ14]

Watched all of Lost during covid and loved it. Couple of silly decisions and moments where the writers clearly were just making it up as they went along. BUT i have never seen a show take as many risks and be so out there (whilst being grounded in great characters) before. For me its 1 tier below Sopranos. Love it.

[@robertJ14]

Also that ending is amazing. Made me cry. The bookends of Jack's eye opening and closing is so hard hitting.

[@jeffreywhipple9925]

Now I just want to watch this again with my eyes to bring back the original joy I had

[@RobertPaulson44]

Lost is one of those shows that was all about the ride. Going back years later and watching it, all of your points are totally valid. But it is still probably the most fun I've ever had watching a show. Particularly S2-S3 era, pre writers strike, where we all still had faith there WERE answers and everything was going somewhere. There was enough crazy shit happening that no theory was too outlandish and you could talk and think about it for hours. It was one of those cultural phenomena that bonded people with nothing else in common together because we all just needed SOMEBODY to hear us out, because this time we DEFINITELY knew what was going on 😂 It did not pay off its promises and is flawed in countless ways, but damn if you were there watching at the time it was such a great experience.

[@evan7221]

It's really disappointing that as a writer, you somehow didn't even touch on how actively fucked Lost got by the writers Strike. Especially when it's the main cause for a lot of the questions going unanswered. They pretty much had to pivot to all new writes half way through season 4.

[@Narrative_Ink]

I'm always really impressed with your larger television and movie reviews. You make some great points.

[@tommy_svk]

As a long Lost fan, I agree with a lot of your arguments. However! I have to defend the fandom a little bit. Yes, I agree that the fandom can be hostile towards people who didn't like the show. But there is a reason for it. You mention that the fandom very often brushes off all criticism with "oh that's cause you weren't paying enough attention" and that's absolutely true. But have you seen the amount of people who actually DIDN'T pay attention to the show? Like the "they were dead the whole time" thing at the end. Yes, it should've been explained more clearly at the end there, but also Jack's dad literally says "everything that happened happened". He literally says that the island was all real and they weren't dead the whole time. And yet you have thousands of people coming to the Lost subreddit complaining that the show sucks because they were dead the whole time. Explaining that this is not the case is simple in the first few cases, but when you see that argument for the 1000th time, you just become frustrated. You no longer want to have a normal rational discussion, instead you immediately go into "oh this shit again" mode and become hostile. I'm not defending that behavior, the fandom still shouldn't act like that and should just be kind to people who have questions. I'm just saying that I can understand how an aggressive reaction like that can appear naturally.

[@aleksandra718]

I was slow to get into Lost and then fast to abandon it. I didn't vibe with the forced mystery that was dragged out; I just couldn't take it, and I didn't love any of the characters. Plus, I was watching Stargate SG-1, and man, that show was soo much better. It gave me warm and fuzzy feelings, and I couldn't stop watching and rewatching episodes.

[@sharebear421]

Love lost. There will never be anything like it, you just had to be there. It still holds up to me, and yeah it’s not perfect but I loved it and I don’t think it ended bad

[@freecs6339]

So true

[@PureBrawler]

10:55 literally just got the notification that David Lynch passed as I watched this video. Spoopy.

[@sharibyaku]

Lifelong Lynch fan here with multiple tattoos from his works. I got the news shortly seeing this video, and my heart is absolutely broken. I knew this day would come, but god damn it sucks.

[@amandag5072]

It lost it's way because it had no over-arching plot. They ended up just making it up as they go, and so utterly screwed it up. This happens so often with good shows, and it's a shame.

[@sandbun7348]

I'll never get over Sayid going back to being the torturer he was, and then seeing a girl he had like a long weekend relationship with, and then being "Oh yeah, I'm good. I'm ready to move on. I've conquered my demons." Screw you show.

[@lupolinar]

A JJ Abrams project with weird writing and a "bad" ending? i'm shocked.

[@sovereignprints_217]

Despite its very... prominent... problems, lost is easily one of my favorite shows ever. Maybe its living in Hawaii, where so many filming locations are places I've grown up around, but the show just captures something so special. From the characters, to the story, to the music. God, the music is special. I recently went to see the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra perform the music from lost, with the composer Michael Giaccino guest composing. There were some cast members there as well: Kate and Desmond. Such a special experience overall.

[@DarudeSandworm]

I don't think it was how fast you view it. As someone who loved the show and has defended the ending from years. Many people just lost the thread of what was actually happening especially in the last 2 seasons.

[@roowco1]

i personally think the numbers, while a representation of each of jacobs potential replacements(cause of flight seat numbers apparently) and also a curse. That they more so represent fate in a way? jacob knows which seats his candidates will be on,so he uses those numbers to make things happen as the way they should. hurley hears the numbers, uses them, gets rich and flys on the plane that crashes. Plus the bunker explodes sending people back in time because no one entered the numbers. Bad things sure, but things that are meant to happen.

[@Weeze2107]

I love LOST but it was sad to see the entire series become "Bang bang Gun adventures" after a while. It felt like every problem was solved with guns. The first season was great with this, as there were a limited amount of them but it quickly came to a point where the characters looked like soldiers in a war movie

[@SS-rr7by]

RIP David Lynch

[@Tzoppo11]

Lost is an absolute masterpiece that, of course, has some messiness here and there throughout the 6 seasons. Nothing you say will ever change that or it's indelible mark on the television landscape.

[@YoungMatt81]

I tried to rewatch it once, made it to the beginning of season 2 and gave up because i forgot how annoyed i was by walts story being built up only to be a red herring. I'm also happy to see someone finally agree with how dirty they did my boy Said.

[@IgorBazelan]

Lost is a mess because they needed to have 20+ bloated episodes per season, while the story would have benefited from the modern standard: 8 condensed episodes per season.

[@matt9904]

Besides all the unfulfilled story lines my biggest problem with Lost has always been why does a plane flying from Sydney to LA only have one Australian passenger?

[@scarredchild]

"The show had potential" is my entire fantasy about loving Lost. I'm a everything is a metaphor for something far beyond our scope to understand fan. The trees are real. The forest is our interpretation of many trees so that we are not overwhelmed by how each tree is its own thing. Ben is my favorite character because he should have been killed repeatedly... but he is clever and lucky enough to not be.

[@malcomalexander9437]

Best show ever. My dad when fan casting anything only chooses actors from Lost, he will immediately become interested in a show or book if it's described as being similar to Lost, or in the case of shows/movies if there are actors from Lost in it.

[@SLMDNKAHO]

Rip David Lynch!

[@robinbouder]

Started rewatching the show last month because I found out my husband never saw the last three seasons (which is a crime imo). My favorite show, up there with Fringe. Amazing character study.

[@nathanaelcurtis4750]

Damon Lindelof had a pretty illuminating interview a few years ago where he said that the network wouldn’t even let them start a conversation about when the show would end until season 3, which is why it spun its wheels and introduced SO many mysteries. I think Lost ultimately suffers from being the first show of its kind that told an overarching narrative instead of an episodic one.

[@Amy1437]

Lost will always have a special place in my heart, despite its flaws. For me, watching it as it came out, it was the first time I had a show to discuss with everyone the next day at work (at least in the beginning). I remember listening to a specific radio show the morning after because they would talk about it, reading online forums & everyone trying to figure out what was going on. It was so much fun. That season 2 opening will always be one of my favorites.

[@GraylightSynes]

In my opinion ( and in my experience ), separating enjoyability from quality leads to bad things. If someone enjoyed something, that means it's good.

[@L.J.McEachern]

You know, Lost that is one of those modern TV experiences. I didn't watch the entire series. I stopped watching it at some point and tired to jump back and I failed to even beginning to understand what was going on. My biggest memory of the show was the fact they had those recap specials before the show would start at the premiere and mid-season premier so you wouldn't get lost while watching Lost. Viewers still got lost. I was one of many who gave up on the show and people who still watched it always understood. Lost is that prime storytelling example of adding in too much causes you to lose your vision.

[@YoyMcFroy]

I highly recommend Billiam's MASSIVE retrospective series on Lost. Gave me a new appreciation for the show while explaining how its development led to some of its flaws.

[@jonasquinn7977]

During the baby montage I was half expecting a cut to Rich Evans’ “I’m giving it to The Baby.”

[@sharibyaku]

Brand of sacrifice tattoo? One of us. ONE OF US.

[@gobraddydotcom]

Ooof gonna have to like so I can come back to this later and really take it seriously.

[@kyleVanZan]

For all of its faults I freaking love this show.

[@laiquende9971]

I'm convinced we live in one of the timeliness where Jack is a crazy preacher named Steven Anderson. You can't convince me that's a different person.

[@adammoynihan2589]

Lost is a show I love solely for the insightful character moments and arcs, the actual plot and lore is pretty irrelevant to me because it gets nonsensical to me

[@robinronin]

I imagine that listening to Daniel explain the ending of Lost when you have never seen an episode of Lost, is similar to doing m-th (insert an e or an a at your own leisure, both work)

[@brianpatrickhenderson4968]

I think an element of this film that doesn’t get the love I wish it did was Michael Giacchino’s score for the show. Life or Death is genuinely one of the most tearjerkingly beautiful pieces of music ever written. I just wish the story of the show could add up to be as good as the performances of the cast, the direction, editing, and the score.

[@nadezhdashikhova6503]

i agree with your points but it is still a masterpiece of a clusterfuck for me

[@Salty-Hero]

I never watched Lost but overheard a line while gaming when my roommate watched it. I heard, "I need a gun. (dramatic pause) With bullets." I paused my game because I thought this was such a dumb line. Aren't bullets implied when asking for a gun? Like, 'I need a car. With gas.'

[@matthewmckinnon-gray9957]

IIRC the producers claimed footage of the empty beach was shown in the Finale because ABC wanted to show some unused footage over the credits as a a televised special feature but the only unused footage they had available was stock footage of the crash site

[@thomasd5665]

Lost is my favourite TV show, and I have no problem with saying there are legitimate flaws and problems with it. But when it's on, nearly nothing else comes close. I can't say I 100% agree with how every scene has been presented here and obviously have arrived at different enjoyment, but different taste keeps things interesting. Love the video!

[@rfmei]

Daniel... did you... stab that whiteboard?

[@WestPictures]

I was completely obsessed with LOST until the middle of season 3 where Sawyer just got beaten up every episode. I feel like the show was ahead of its time. Waiting an entire year between seasons really didn't help, but neither did the fact that they made things up as they went along. I think if you go into the show knowing that magic is important to the plot, it becomes a lot better. Back in the day people were trying to make all sorts of crazy explanations of what was going on before the showrunners just threw up their hands and went "the island is magical, just deal with it".

[@davidegiani2271]

I had to rewind the entire video because I was thinking aboout how blue Daniel's eyes are that I wasn't even paying attention

[@nazmulsheikh3010]

first few seasons were Best. I was so satisfied and enthralled with the beach scenes.

[@RongFo]

Watched this when it aired week-to-week, again on DVD with my wife years later, and now about halfway through streaming it with our kids. I am all-but-certain that the purgatory theory was the original plan. Somewhere around the end of S3 the producers got nervous that so many fans had caught on to the big "final reveal," and demanded the writers go back to the drawing board to come up with a new ending. For just one example: Eko's death is so poignant and satisfying if you interpret it as him "earning" his final destination in his scene with the monster when he accepts and forgives himself for his life choices. Lots more examples of how well it fits--as long as you stop before S4.

[@DiegoGonzalez-ic3si]

I know it has its problems, but this is still easily in my top 3 shows of all time and I freaking love it haha great vid btw!

[@Joe-Rad]

I have had to explain this too many times. You did a great job. Cool video.

[@sysi5521]

As a person who has never seen Lost: What

[@SusanYeske701]

It's just Langoliers with different characters. Showrunners lied to the public to maintain hype.

[@deadcaptainjames6045]

nah its yhe best show ever made and ill.die on that hill. It's an experience. ​@SusanYeske701

[@casualcraftman1599]

Babylon 5 is the one who had the best time travel mystery plot.

[@EGH9701]

I love the quote of them saying that after they jumped the shark the first time it became a running joke of how many times they could do it for fun.

[@RedHuntsman]

It was water cooler talk every week for the first few seasons, but it's continuous mystery boxes began to fall apart and not make sense.

[@hiddenrainbow12]

Have you heard of From? It shares some producers/writers with Lost and has a similar vibe, but it's horror fantasy and so far seems more planned and solid. Three seasons and going strong tbh.

[@ethancoster1324]

Brilliant show. I almost got off after the near cannibal craving thing, but that ending was something.😅😢

[@araneljones]

I still need to watch Twin Peaks. I was watching your video when the announcement of David Lynch's passing came through. RIP, good sir.

[@MoPsI33]

KZbinrs rambling about series/books/ movies I vaguely know is my favourite type of content

[@rashkae1]

I was glued to the screen when I first started watching Lost. I forget exactly where, somewhere miday 3rd or 4th season, I *finally* realized "Oh crap,, there is no plan or actual story here, they are just throwing everything at the wall and leaving it to future writers to figure out the complete mess.". stopped watching immediately, and was very agry about the hours I had wasted on this.

[@stevenvegh7964]

Amazing characters, fascinating mysteries that keep you watching, unique ways of telling its story out of chronological order, and absolutely no plan on how they were going to pay off the mysteries. This show was a plane that took off where the engineers forgot to give the plane landing gear.

[@yoshiinthesuperblooper8444]

One important thing I think is worth mentioning, especially regarding the thought lost should be shorter and tighter: The showrunner, and I'm sure writers would agree with you. They wanted to end the show earlier, but the network wouldn't let them discuss an ending because the ratings were too good. That and I'm guessing the pressure of tv scheduling lead to a lot of not great or repeating character moments and wheel spinning

[@quizzical000]

LOST was the first fandom I went 120% percent for. I spent probably weeks of my life posting theories on the old show forum, "The Fuselage," trying to guess what explaination the writers would use to piece everything together. I was completely let down by the show's finale and the "answers" it presented. My husband likes to joke that I will die mad about how LOST ended. Goddamn right I will! 😂 Thank you for this video, Daniel. You give an excellent analysis of WHY the show was so confusing and, ultimately, dissapointing. I really enjoyed your take on LOST, and not just because you validated my hours of ranting about this show. Keep up the great work!

[@danielnitzsche5757]

Loved this show for so long. Great review.

[@brewster_4]

Lost feels like one of those DND campaigns that end up running for years, so by the end you have a cluster of random plotlines that only sort of come together, and it sort of just becomes the DM throwing in whatever cool idea they while prepping without really think how this ties together long term.

[@Tomiravalle]

This video is amazing. Coudnt disagree more but i love it still. Youre great Daniel! EDIT: Nahh you made some great points. Keep it up goblin man!!

[@cheshire261]

I was planning a rewatch since I haven't watched it all since it came out. Still going to do it, but it was fun to watch your review and remember how crazy the show got.

[@bookishlybookish]

Oh man, the drop of that title screen just took me back.

[@iamgates7679]

What a damned crazy disaster that I can’t stop loving. These actors are brilliant, the cinematography is lovely, sound design lovely, the “mystery” bits are so good as you said in episodic format. Taking it as a whole…fuck me. Seems like a designed by committee deal. But individually… episodes are lovely. The characters are just so damned present in the world. There isn’t a lot of “resolution” it’s just wild lol such a hard thing to quantify. You did a lovely job and made me want to rewatch it :D

[@josephvallillo1219]

I watched Lost contemporaneously and was very active in the message boards at the time in theorycrafting. You really need to watch it and think about it as two shows: one pre writers strike and another post writers strike. You’re right in pointing out that plot lines and reveals were set up, planned, then seemingly dropped, but you miss the context of that happened because all new writers were now staffing the project. Watching the show pre writers strike without the burden of the post writers strike is amazing. Just treat it as a Netflix show that got cancelled and forget the second half happened.

[@UnsalteHash]

Its worth nothing that The Constant, on its own, is one of the best episodes of TV ever.

[@chrisowenssff4876]

When it first aired, I did make notes. When the numbers weren't entered in time and the hieroglyphs came up, I copied them down, then tried to figure out what they meant. I loved this series--until they turned a magic wheel. And by the ending, I felt betrayed. A 10/10 show in the first two seasons became a 1/10 show.

[@PhineasPlauche]

Yooo! Daniel with the mustache is back!

[@bluehope42]

The numbers were definitely the biggest disappointment of the show. I think there were actually fan theories that were so smart that could blow everyone's minds but the writers went for the laziest shrug-off ever.

[@Ironworthstriking]

Season 3 of Lost is one of the best seasons of TV I've ever seen. Just some amazing moments. But it really went off the rails in an unprecedented way.

[@bross92]

Character consistently is key for me, and that's why I basically trudged through the last 2 seasons. If characters aren't consistent then none of their drama really matters because they don't feel like real people. I fully agree that episode to episode it was gripping, but every season had me asking "....really?" More and more often

[@jackle2345]

The thing that many of the more modern critics of LOST don't seem to take into account is that this was a serialized drama playing on a major network channel. That just did not happen at the time. Sure, there were some, like Twin Peaks, that attempted it, but even that show was widely considered a financial failure at the time. The fact that LOST ended up even half as good as it did is a massive testament to the time and effort that went into making it. Also, I don't think you can entirely fault the writers for a lot of its shortcomings as many of the problems were caused by things outside of their control. Mr Eko, for instance, was intended to have a multi-season arc and play a huge part in the rest of the show, but the actor just didn't want to be on the show anymore, so all those carefully laid out story lines had to be reworked. There was Libby, who in my opinion has possibly the biggest unanswered mystery in the show, whose actress got into some real-life drama and was also written out early. Not to mention the massive amount of network interference you know was going on. It feels like Daniel is looking at the storytelling of this show through the lens of a novel writer, but it isn't comparable from a level of control side. Yes, the show has flaws, but I don't think these writers get enough credit for creating such an intriguing and successful show when there was so much riding against them. If you go down the rabbit hole of looking at what most of these writers went on to create later on, it is impressive and speaks to the level of talent that existed in the LOST writers room at the time.

[@JesseRad]

There are lots of irrational laughs caused by LOST's writing, but one of my favorites is when Jack's dad, Christian Shephard (yes, really), guides them to the afterlife. Christian. Shephard.

[@jesstolley7193]

YEEEES, the needless character drama!! This is what eventually turned my husband and I off of the show. Definitely was a fun ride though. Love this review, some good, thoughtful points made.

[@booksandtropes]

I still regret not watching this series, my cousin loved it, but I just never found the time. Gonna watch this review though!

[@mmaguire0601]

If the man in black can mimic dead people who have died on the island, then how was able to transform into Walt? he's not dead or on the island anymore

[@viewfromthemultiplex3505]

Great video. I still love Lost, and I love it for the characters. I felt the final season did wrap up the characters well and was a fitting goodbye for them. In terms of the lore and overall plot it doesn't hang together, but I can look past that. I think I the writers have been pretty clear that they knew they were writing themselves into corner which is why they had to go and ask the studio to let them end it. There's an anecdote about the pilot, that whilst filming it JJ Abrams said to Damon Lindelof that it would be cool if they found a hatch buried in the jungle, Lindelof said that was a cool idea and asked what was in the hatch, JJ told him that he didn't know it was Lindelofs job to explain it. This sums up the mystery box approach to the show. The mystery is more important than the answer. Given his own tv show though Damon Lindelof has created some fantastic series like The Leftovers and Watchmen which are well worth watching!

[@Silverbirchleaf]

The Pilot was incredible, and I really enjoyed the first season, but when I missed an episode in season 2, I kinda spotted caring immediately, never watching it again.

[@Bryanchappell3188]

You forgot that randomly Sawyer reads watership down. I think there is supposed to be something about that it parallels the survivors and their journey. Haha not sure but I see there was a point to putting that book in the narrative.

[@su_shadow9326]

"the baby"

[@angiethebookaholic]

I heard that the ending and the whole explanation behind the island's mystery was supposed to be based not on the waterfall/river, but on a volcano but the network refused the idea due to budget constraints. So, they had to re-write the plot and hence the cluster fuck that it ended up being.