Tuesday 14 June 2011

TV: Shows You Need to See #1 - LOST

An idea came to me, just because the TV season is done, doesn't mean there is no more TV! Therefore, I am starting up a series called Shows You Need to See (SYNS), where I will preview a classic TV series, and why you need to see it!

The first in this series will be about LOST, so I hope you enjoy.


Show: Lost (2004-2010)
Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Action, with hints of comedic relief
Concept: Stranded on a seemingly deserted island, the crash survivors must band together if they want to live.
Number of Episodes: 116 over six seasons
Why You Should Watch: 
  • The show is character-driven, allowing you to invest in every single character, as you progressively learn and understand each characters, past, present, and future, and how each of their paths aren't as random as you would believe.
  • The show covers many genres successfully, and never promotes one genre at the expense of another, as each aspect of the show is respected and honed to perfection, from the lovers of films such as Cast Away, 24 action-junkies, CSI mystery lovers, and everything between.
  • The audience is always respected, as the writers wrote the show for an intelligent audience, and the show was written without outside industry pressures such as show cancellation, cross-promotion, rating grabs, etc. 
  • The show rewards both the marathon viewings, for those of us who "just can't wait", as well as the long-term viewers who only can watch an episode here and there. One of the very few shows that can still reward the 'once a week' crowd even after the show is finished.
  • Has an invested lore-based universe that deals with canon issues very successfully, in that those who watch the show will never feel "lost" (no pun intended) if they don't read more into the show, while those who have the time can theorize and study the world for all that it has to offer.

I don't know what more I can say but to really consider watching this show, because it really is a rewarding experience. Here's the first episode, Pilot #1's TV promo (best quality I could find):


  • Who's not seen LOST?
  • If you have, was it a rewarding experience?
  • What are some other shows worthy of watching?
Let me know below! Thanks for all the support, Jonny.

21 comments:

  1. this is the best show ever. i'm watching it for the third time now. and i bet it's not the last time i'm doing it.

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  2. always wanted to watch lost but never did because they were 4 seasons in already and it looked confusing

    will probably give it a try now though :)

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  3. meh, give me heroes any day. never really got into lost. :)

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  4. I watched the first two series but then it moved to a channel we didn't have.. was gutted at the time but I hear off most people the first two series were the best two anyway!

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  5. I've tried getting into Lost a few times already but, despite how it's broken down here being very interesting, I just haven't been able to. I can't figure out why.

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  6. Because somewhere in the middle of the second season it started to be obvious that it was timetravel related. I just didn't get the mechanism. The whole deities dueling by proxy crap was rehash for anyone that has ever opened a fantasy novel ever (robert jordan ftw) so it failed to capture the people that had seen this type of content and appealed to non-scifi/fantasy people getting their first taste of the possibility. It just happened to be a crappy version of all of the above. So shows you must not watch symnw #1 Lost

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  7. I heard from some friends and family that this was a pretty good show. I might rent the seasons and start watching them all.

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  8. im hooked on too many shows ha. ill have to watch it sometime though +1

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  9. I liked season 1 and 2, but hated the rest

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  10. I've never seen even 1 episode!

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  11. I saw the whole series. I've gotta say the end wasn't all it was hyped up to be. Good show though

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  12. I always wanted to see lost.

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  13. Heroes is more of my thing, too. Lost seems to inspire a cult following... hah.

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  14. I never watched this show, but id like to take a look into watching it

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  15. Watched Lost loved it. The Wire is the best show ever

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  16. Christians may not enjoy your SYNS, but I'm not sure.

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  17. Lost is fantastic, but the ending prevented it from being as rewarding as it could have been, for me.

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  18. Stopt watching after S01, nevermind that great serie

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  19. lost was lame, i prefer to watch swedish pornography.

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  20. I never watched Lost. I'm more into autoconclusive shows.

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