@@kuhpunkt because they wanted to end the show but production wouldnt let them so in the end they were pulling everything out of there asses and had no idea where the story was going
@@Tyler-si2rj You're contradicting yourself. They wanted to end the show with the ending they had in mind for a long time. They knew where the story was going.
@@kuhpunkt no. I'm not contradicting myself. How about do research. They were not allowed to end the show. So they had no idea where the story was going. Like I just said.
@@Tyler-si2rj I did the research. They knew where they were going. They just weren't allowed to pull the trigger for a while... that's why they were treading water a bit. Then they agreed on an enddate 3 years in advance. After season 3 they mapped out the final 3 seasons... they knew pretty damn well where they were going.
This has got to be the most convoluted and confusing show ever. It was interesting watching this recap though. Just hard to keep up with so many timelines and characters.
Because the writers were just making crap up as they went. Anyone that tries to say they understood it all and how simple it was and act like they are so much smarter are just fools.
what's important is the mass know the characters were alive during the island events, that everything was real except what it's shown in the flashsides
Watch out for the Lostrolls. They hate it when you criticize this sloppy, meaningless TV show because they think they’re in possession of some Deep Understanding for having endured it.
When Lost first came out in 2004, it was simply monumental. Watching this every week in a pre-TH-cam world was simply something you couldn’t replicate 20 years later. Also, probably the most impactful pilot episode in US television history since Twin Peaks in 1990.
I was young when this first came out... I still remembered most of the story as a whole, but anyway, what I was going to talk about is the fact that, after it got to 5:49 I for some unnecessary reason started to fear the opening thing, you know the spooky sound and the logo when the show started(I have no problem with Monsters and horrors, but Spooky sound and slowly moving logo, holy shit...), but that probably added to the PlayStation Opening theme fear I had.
I agree it was incredible in 2004. But you are unaware of torrent downloads and internet forums in 2004. People had chats about this show but youtube changed everything
For myself, the biggest disappointment of the show was Walt. He was initially presented as having somewhat mystical psychic abilities and was even kidnapped by the Others, but noting really came of it. What was the intention? I never really got that. Great review and production all the same, bro. Cheers!
@@kananimiranda3376 Some people of the show are special. Walt is one of them. He is supposed to have a closer relationship with the island than most of the other characters. This is what happens to the MIB before he "became" the Black Smoke, or also to Hurley for example. Walt is destined for the island. But not at the moment or during the time chronicled in the series. It's vaguely explained in the epilogue. Hurley tells Walt, "You just need to get back to the island, that's all. It's where you belong. It's where you've always belonged."
This is what happens when you start something and didn't realize that the child you had stories for would have a severe growth spurt. The show first 3 seasons was probably only 6 months time frame. Walt grew extremely fast by end season 2
I remember watching Lost when it was on air, binging years later and still not quite getting it until I learned the writing history. They definitely made everything up as they went along after season 2 😂
David Chase finished the first season of the sopranos, and then sat down with his writing team to figure out what plot threads and questions should be continued/answered in season 2, and even onwards. That’s typical of your average television series. Lost didn’t do that, Lindelof, Cuse and Abrams created the concept. Abrams helped with funding, and with pitching the show to ABC. During that initial pitch meeting, Cuse and Lindelof laid out what the basic story was, what the castaways would encounter, and how the basic story of a first season would go. They were given 14 million dollars for a pilot, which was the most amount of money for a tv pilot ever. And according to both of them, from there they were off to the races writing. By the end of the second season, they had most of the show storyboarded. And by the time of 2007 writers strike, they already had all of season 4 written, so the show didn’t have to go on hiatus. This idea that Carlton and Lindelof made it up week to week while Abrams forced them to throw in mystery boxes is ridiculous, not true. And wouldn’t even take away from what they made if it was true.
@@thebigragu9952 Cuse wasn't part of the initial idea. He joined in September 2004, 9 months after Abrams and Lindelof took over. Abrams also didn't help with funding. Why would he? That was none of his business. They also didn't have most of the show storyboarded. Maybe outlined to a degree, but storyboards are something very different. Also they didn't have all of season 4 written. They had the first 8 of 16 planned episodes written. There was a five week hiatus.
@@markdaly1648 Mark, what on earth are you talking about?! Jeffrey Lieber was a writer who was hired to do Lost at first, not the head of the network. Also Desperate Housewives wasn't thrown in the trash. It wasn't taken to Fox or anything. It was an ABC show...
This actually cleared up the series finale for me. The inherent problem with shows with large ensemble cast is that to explain the show is difficult but you do it well.
Lost might confusing for most, but successfully delivered the short term purposes... Watching Rose meet Bernard, watching scattered survivors together again, etc etc are heartwarming and satisfactory. I love all the cast too. Ben, Locke, or Jack on borderline of being dislikeable, but somehow never crossed the border.
Thank you. I watched the show religiously for years and it was good to get the recap in this format. When taken as a whole the twists and turns were more soap spear than the sci fi adventure I remember it. Thanks for recap
I followed it religiously as well. I still believe that first season is some of the best television I have ever seen, its definitely in the top 10. The first season I find incredible and even though the seasons deteriorated in quality (just my opinion) I still loved the show . Anyway the reason I wrote this comment is to find out what you thought about the last season and the ending in particular? Did you despise it? Or just think it was a great ending?
In all fairness, public opinion on sci-fi television series was very different in 2004 than it is today. Lindleof and Abrams actually lied about the plot while pitching Lost because a sci-fi TV show would have likely been shot down by a major network like ABC at the time. IIRC the network heavily pushed them to tone down the sci-fi aspects even after the show had become a success. I fully believe that if Lost hadn't been produced we wouldn't have a good number of the sci-fi/supernatural shows that we have today.
@@patf9903I think there’s a difference, or at least some sort of scale, between sci-fi and super natural. I think something that ‘appears’ to plausibly be possible to the average person in reality but just requires an extreme amount of luck, genius, etc has a lot of appeal. That’s what I’d consider closer to being “sci-fi”. And on the opposite end then there’s full blown super natural. Stuff that’s clearly not really possible and just pure fantasy. While super natural stuff can be entertaining, it’s often not - because it can literally just be made up randomly by anyone tbh. True sci-fi takes alot more effort because it forces the creator to make it appear realistic. LOST seemed to be headed in the direction of sci-fi originally, which was why it was so appealing. We could originally kinda sorta imagine ourselves being in the characters’ positions, no matter how unlikely the circumstances may have been. But then it just went completely super natural and it seemed like they were just making stuff up on the fly to weirdly justify the plot. Disappointing.
@L1ck1tung I think they mean precisely the opposite. I think that supernatural often has to play by the real worlds rules, and then incorporate aspects that are outside of that. Something I think most people naturally relate to. Whereas science fiction is just bending the rules to whatever they'd like them to be.
@@elenavonpavel-pitts3442its my second time watch now and it makes a lot more sense. First time you watch, you expect a realistic tv show about survival. While it still is survival story of those people who actually crashed, it takes supernatural turn with Jacob. However, if you pay attention to detail and accept the show as a sci fi mystery, it actually makes sense (minor plot holes you can live with)
Except for MASH, Cheers, Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Friends--not saying they were the best endings, just that they did not feel "rushed" and "chaotic".
Why do I get the impression that this show was written to just be mysteries and twists in the first half, and a half baked effort to adress those mysteries in the end.
This was the first show that I officially obsessed over. I personally loved that the ending was about the characters more than solving all the mysteries, even though your recap did a pretty good job of summarizing the main ones! Tremendous show. I got really nostalgic watching this.
@@kuhpunkt its true look it up, there are other videos explain it, the creators were runningg out of ideas they initially wanted to end the show in season 3/4 but NBC kept them hostage and keep milking the show until it was no more, so the writers and creators keep writing new stuff just to have episodes but in reality not a lot of things make sense.
I’ve watched this series 2 times in my life…was thinking about watching it again recently…thanks to this recap, I just bought myself another decade to wait. Thanks 😂
I think this was the most clear and concise explanation in summary of the show and I'm still just as confused as when I watched it. IMO the show went on for about two seasons too long and they really should have cut out most of the time skipping stuff.
I honestly think that seasons 1-3 were peak. If they had led this into a final season 4 where they explain the more important mysteries and cap off the characters plotlines it would be an all time great show. Even though i actually enjoyed the whole thing, you have to admit that season 4 and on things got WAY out of hand. The time travel, the new groups of characters, the going back to the island etc was all just too much to unpack all at once. If Lost never dug into all of the newly opened plots and just resolved the existing ones (although definitely leave some mystery) i think it would stand as one of the best ever.
After they went back to the island is when I called it quits. I remember watching season one and being on the edge of my seat the whole time it’s so tense. But after everything going back to the island just seemed so ridiculous, and the mystery was gone
I loved this show. The acting was always excellent and the production values were consistently high even if the writing, at times, was uneven. The storylines were bonkers but the characters were interesting, enigmatic and likeable despite their flaws and convoluted relationships. Their redemption arcs were satisfying; and that, ultimately, was what the show was all about.
I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that Michael Emerson should have won the Emmy for every single season he was in, instead of just for the fifth one, though he was actually nominated every year. Unfortunately he came across that golden age of series with lot of impressive performances between The Sopranos, Boston Legal, Mad Men, Grey's anathomy and the rise of Breaking Bad. His reaction after Alex's execution left me in shock when I saw it the first time.
I remember getting so lost watching the first season of Lost that it lost my interest. Now that I’ve watched the recap for Lost… I’m even more lost than I was before.
One of my favorite shows and I’m glad the ending landed with me. I can watch it again and again and be satisfied at the end every time. I understand why people fell off or didn’t like the ending though. There is an excellent channel Lost Explained that gets real deep into the series and really explains things well for huge Lost fans or anyone that is interested.
the scene at the very beginning, showing the immediate aftermath of the plane crash from Jack’s perspective is one of the sickest scenes in all of television in my opinion. the chaos and violence of the scene was visceral, and it informed the audience a lot about Jack’s character as he was able to sack up and accomplish his immediate goals. so yeah, it’s an amazing scene and a textbook example of how to properly open your show in a way that grabs the audience’s attention (the show finally let go around season 4 when the writers no longer had a plan and the writing went to shit lol).
I loved the series, eagerly waiting for each episode. Although the series finale seemed a bit rushed. I think another season would be great. The survivors end up back on the island as their Eden. And finally finding out who made the Heart and the wheel that moves the island. And why it was made and put there. What purpose the Heart does. Basically clearing up all the remaining mysteries and questions.
I think the writers of the show would say the same thing. Which is laughable. Beyond the excellent characters, the main draw of the show Is all of the mystery of the island which draws you in and makes you want to know more. The creators of the show absolutely banked on this for viewership but did not have satisfying answers for those same viewers.
Once you have a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rewatch you find things you missed that make small connections. It's crazy how you can still discover things in this show years after airing. It's fascinating.
Totally, I understand the story on a completely different level than my first or second viewing. A lot of things make more sense and everything seems more connected and set-up and not as random.
I remember watching season 1 and being hooked. I don't remember why I stopped watching after that first season, but after hearing from friends and family what was going on in the show. I'm glad I stopped early 😂
That's a shame. It's still my favorite TV show of all time. You should give it another try and binge watch it, you might realize it was actually great...
I stopped after Season 4 and never got round to finishing it. This recap kind of made me wish I finished it. From what I read online about the show I was expecting the ending to be far worse than it was.
Never was into tv shows until I watched how I met your mother, after that I decided to give every show premise that sounded good a try and lost was one of the first ones I went for. This was back when the first 2 or 3 seasons were already out and I was in college… I didn’t go for classes for a week or so, just glued to the tv… morning till night. Damn, what a hell of a time
Man wish I never learned about “mystery boxes”. It’s like when you were kids and you could always come up with a cool premise. When you grow up having a fleshed out complete story is the idea. Bad Reboot guys never learned this apparently.
@@A1PrimeTimeMoviesNah man dark is very hard to keep track but ultimately if you watch with attention you're good. Lost really honors its name and the writers get lost AF for around 3 seasons with useless BS leading to a very controversial final season and episodes. The whole idea that the "protector of the light of the world" was some dude that kinda killed his brother, who btw was only angry because he was trapped in an island and had a "mother" that actually just killed his real mother and stole him and his brother... I mean.. how can her and Jacob be "right" about something? That makes absolutely no sense and is the core of the whole story. I really don't know how people still like this show so much even with all this stupidity.
Even as a recap this show still has me in tears 😢 Charlie's death even tho i knew was coming really broke me because of everything that he went through and his back and forth with his drug addiction and just trying to do right. This show had me on a rollercoaster ride loving then hating each the group members each time there was major development on the island and persons had to chose a path that they thought was in the best interest of the group and themselfs. At one point or the other everyone everyone was the good guy and everyone was the bad guy or just did something dumb. But i loved the journey and the ending. One of the best tv series ever in my opinion. Thanks for the recap
This show is the reason why I will never watch a TV show again. It was a buildup to disappointment after disappointment. I have never gone back to TV so this show actually changed my life positively. Although completely unintentional.
Man it is so funny you say that because I had the exact same reaction, lol. Besides GoT (which I had to watch due to unique circumstances or otherwise I would not have), I have not watched any TV shows since then.
Series are just way way too much investment now. Its genuinely daunting and the moment it starts to feel like a chore im out. But even when i do that, i get such an empty and unresolved feeling bc i feel obligated to see how it all ends. Movies are where its at for me. Worst case scenario ive lost 2 hours but at least its a complete story.
I am watching it again after watching it the first time in 2004 and have gotten to the same place I did 20 years ago to say, "Yah, maybe I will watch more later." this is later 20 years, and I don't know if I will continue to finish season one again. Everyone loved this show so much and to me I think from just the little that I saw they were trying to do too much. I guess they never heard of the phrase, "Less is more." From watching this recap of the entire series, it sounds like they went off the rails with it.
@@eugeniaskelley5194hope you didn't waste your time on this 😂 if only Lost had been released some years later, internet would take care of shit talking it so much that more people would see it as it is: good ideas, bad execution and A LOT of wasted screen time.
Having watched this originally in 2009/2010 and now revisiting... it's becoming clear, that the core story becomes convoluted and hard to understand from tail end of season 4 into the ending of Season 6. All that time jump stuff. Thank you for the memories! And, thank you so much for compiling all this together! And... by Season 6... it's just different timelines. causing a headache. still love the show and hope for a revival, especially with the epilogue
Got a little wonky there in the middle seasons but all in all this was my favorite show of all time. Ending with all of them getting to move on, together, was beautiful and had me crying lol.
For me the show really went off the rails after season 3. but when you watch a condensed version such as this recap, you can somehow understand the idea the writers had as it doesn't sound that bad. However, given the high bar they had set in the earlier seasons, there was no way they could have pulled off a conclusive and satisfying ending that untangled the the web they had created
Lost is definitely among my favorite shows of all time. I think it scratched an itch for me during a time, when a lot of TV wasn’t so theistic or have many supernatural or spiritual themes. Lost week to week, had intriguing ideas and delivered on thought provoking concepts. Did it fall apart at the end? Not as much as people would like to act like it did, it’s ending is not nearly as disconnected from its main themes and ideas as something like Game of Thrones or Dexter was. Lost’s ending just didn’t pull a rubber mask off of a villain and say “it was you all along!” It didn’t wrap up every single little detail, and that’s what fans wanted. They were bitter, because the show didn’t produce the ending they wanted. But truly, I’d still put Lost up there with the Sopranos, with Breaking Bad, with the Wire. It is quality American television, at its finest.
I got the show the first time around, and this just validated everything I already knew. Not everything can be explained through science nor blind faith in religion. You have to have a very open mind when watching this show. Just like life, we are all lost in this world. We meet others in this strange world, then we part with them. What we give and take from that experience is crucial. Such is life, such is Lost.
That makes no sense. The scientific method has no limits to what it can explain, just because we don't have all the information now doesn't mean we never will. Religion on the other hand will never work because it is based on faith and feelings, not objective evidence through experimentation and observation.
@@LisaAnn777 science can explain everything if we are able to comprehend it. Humans will not evolve far enough to grasp the true purpose of their existence. If we do not learn from our mistakes, we are doomed to repeat it.
Funniest part is where Sayid was tied to a tree in season 5 and a guy gives him a pill that makes him tell the truth and Sayid tells him the whole truth, that he is from the future and they all gonna die and that he knows who everyone is and what's gonna happen and the guy who gave him the pill says : it think i gave him a bit too much 😅😅
This will never not be my number one favorite show of all time. I was about 18 when it came out and to say it put TV shows on the map sounds ridiculous by today's standards where TV is the biggest thing. Plus the fact that TV shows were huge for decades before Lost. But trust me. TV has never taken a bigger leap since Lost. The budget and production values were through the roof! It was one of the first big budget shows to have real episode by episode storytelling where every episode had a cliffhanger ending and you literally couldn't wait for the next one. There were forums on the internet, people were talking about it all week in between episodes. And for about four years it was just mind blowing TV. Then the last season or two were a bit naff. But the feeling I got from Lost and the buzz and the hype it created was totally original and has never been replicated since. Also because it was literally shot on an Island they rented and most of the effects are practical means it's hardly dated at all. You can put it on today and it still looks like a really high budget TV show and it was shot in the mid 2000's. I remember reading an article where they said Lost was the reason most people learned to pirate TV shows online and that was the reason America started selling their shows internationally before testing them at home. Before Lost The US would release a show and if the first season was a hit they would sell it abroad. So when Lost hit in the UK everyone found out it was already on season two in the US when they were a handful of episodes into season one and everyone went online and figured out how to pirate it so they could catch up. I read than and said "yup. That's what I did" 😂 I watched 4 episodes week to week in the UK and then someone told me I could go on a website and download all of season one and some of two and I did it. Then I did that with every show after Lost until about a year later when they just gave us the shows on time 🤣🤣🤣
Why😂 I still obsess over it! I’ve seen it 20 times now. Season 4, 5, and 6 has got to be some of the best seasons I have ever seen in television history. That’s why the hate immensely surprises me! It’s interesting to see the flash forwards and how they attempted to get back to the island. Added on with time travel! And Jacob and the man in black! I loved it. And most of the mysteries were answered despite most of the claims that they weren’t. The important ones were.
I never watched the show and actually watched this entire recap, no joke. When I actually get around to watching the show I'll probably forget about this
what's important is the mass know the characters were alive during the island events, that everything was real except what it's shown in the flashsides
I don't know how anyone can say that this is a masterpiece... It was writing with no rudder wrapped in red herring after red herring and continuous bating with little to no answers delivered . Did you know that the original plan was for the show to be concluded in two seasons,?. , but the channel wanted more than anything else to keep the audience (and viewing figures) from its initial success. The original writers were binned off and on it went into the misty depths if idiocy. It was certainly a pioneer in that sense and a foreboding sign of things to come regards multi season TV shows. A great first season. A fully engaged audience, followed by a swift drop into complete incredulity and continuous non pay off bating. Better call Saul. Son's of Anarchy. Peaky blinders. Cumberbatch Sherlock, to name but a few that all did this.. I am half way through watching this presentation and in listening to the "plot" I'm now more than ever reminded just how stupid that almost all of this show was. You are discussing the "story" as if was valid and worthy of such attention when there would be more validity in discussing the shows production steps and how "LOST" the whole venture was from a creative and storytelling perspective. Ok that's my say. Ps , The one show that redeemed my faith was. .. True detectives , season one. IMO, some of the best television ever made. Peace. Xx
The show was originally planned to be as many as 5 season according to Abrams, Cuse, and Lindelof the only people who has publicly commented at all on what was said in the original pitch meeting. ABC wanted as many as 10 by the shows peak in 2007, were lucky Cuse and Lindelof showed the restraint they did. Cuse and Lindelof wrote the show with a staffed writing team beginning to end and while the 2007 writers strike changed their roster a little bit, Cuse and Lindelof were at the head of if the whole time. Most of your comment comes down to opinion. I’m not a fan of Sons of Anarchy, or Peaky Blinders, Better Call Saul is alright. Does that make you better or smarter than me? Because you like a different kind of entertainment? You can’t make any real criticism of the show, just “plot and story bad! Didn’t like!” And that’s totally fine to believe, but it’s not objective fact. Lost was incredibly popular for years, and it’s ending was highly controversial. Mostly because people somehow thought they were dead the whole time. They weren’t. It left an impact on the industry, and sort of changed the way they wrote television for a while. It became the TV cliffhanger extravaganza, that you just had to talk about by the water cooler. Very few shows have ever done what lost did, none of the ones you named come close.
@@YanoshRagauld it seems like you like to state things you believe as facts. (Show wasn’t originally planned to be two seasons, Cuse and Lindelof weren’t fired, six seasons of sideways flashing bullshit? I’ve you watched the show? Doesn’t seem like it.)
This show is a perfect example of something that probably because of Lost, doesn't happen as much anymore. Lost was a show that couldn't end bc it was "too popular". Great shows need great endings and that means it has to be planned out from the start. They knew how they wanted the show to end (with jacks closing eye) but didn't know how they would get there. They extended this show until it didn't make sense anymore. The show should have ended with season 4 changing the ending to be the successful escape.
Finally! The actually gets you lost. As in Lost in the plot and not being able to do anything besides watch this show until you get the plot!!!! This recap literally saved me. Now I can actually go and do my work.
Great recap! Thank you! This show still remains my all time favorite show ever. Nothing will ever be as Lost. And no one who did not watch it from 2004-2010 will ever know how fun it was, not necessarily because of the story, but because of the online community that Lost created. The theories that came out each week, the analyses and detective work, the chats and message boards filled with people banding together to enjoy the show and uncover its mysteries... it was so much fun! And the fact that you couldn't just binge it was awesome, because the anticipation of the new episodes was part of the excitement. Yes, the show wasn't perfect and some of the story resolutions could have been better, but in the end I enjoyed it and I will forever call it my favorite TV show. :)
In my opinion, you have to be able to rewatch a TV show without getting totally pissed off for it to be a favorite. I loved Lost until the last 2 episodes. They totally blew it. I remember rewatching it and feeling the exact same anger again. I will never watch it again all the way through. It was fun while it was on air, but the writers really spat in the face of all Lost fans. Just imagine if the writers knew where they were going with the story. It would have been one of the greatest stories ever
@@zacshifler I’ve rewatched it 20 times no joke. The ending is one of my favorite television endings ever! I don’t understand what is so bad about the writing/ending. It was brilliantly creative. And I couldn’t have been more satisfied. There’s a reason the series finale is in my top 5 favorite episodes of the show. It was emotionally satisfying and captivating!
@@zacshiflerThe ending was the most moving & magical piece of brilliance I've ever seen. I just don't get how someone who watched the show like you say you did, couldn't get it. Everything was concluded perfectly. th-cam.com/video/-HWECQa23Cs/w-d-xo.html
Here's the thing though: by just floundering towards the end they ruined this _type_ of show forever. There *were* a few others that sprang from it that couldn't last *because* this one ended so badly with too many loose ends. Not saying any of 'em were good. To tell you the truth, in a way, two possible precursors to this kind of thing, Fringe & Threshold had _AMAZING_ potential but were cancelled precisely because their concepts were too new. Having had LOST be known would have helped *them.* But LOST's ending bred an immense distrust in the public & for too long afterwards no one wanted to invest their time in watching something with an ending that unsatisfying. Take _THAT_ GoT Season 8!
Love it or hate it... nothing will ever be able to match it. And I mean in the sense that since quantum leap did something seem so messed up I could get into a storyline just cos it was written and we grew to love the characters. I hate it when people slag it off. I don't know what else they expected .. the masses stuck with it while the island became a mystery but as soon as that mystery became explainable people complained. The history of the island was explained..people complained. The flash "sideways " was explained and yes. People complained. I bawled my eyes out watching the finale. I thought it was perfect. I am not a religious person. But I thought it was purely brilliant. And like I said, one of a kind.
I loved Lost. It was basically an adult soap opera in a Sci fi setting. Kept my interest all the way. Loved the cast and the crazy stories. I figured they would have to end it that way.
They tried to make time travel seem realistic, and slowly realized how many loopholes there are for it to make sense. If our race in some future were able to travel back in time, I would think we would have known by now
Still the greatest show to ever exist. Seen it 24 times and will never get tired of it! This show doesn’t really confuse me at all like it does some people. I’ve always enjoyed all the arcs and twists! And the Lost finale is the greatest finale of all time in my opinion!
@@CrownedGamer101 you sound like you can watch shows that require a higher IQ and cognitive thinking to understand - such as the critically acclaimed Richard and Mortimer.
Despite the common misconceptions about the ending of Lost, I have to say it still holds 1st place of favourites for me of all time, along with The Walking Dead. I believe that Lost has the best depth to such a large pool of characters of all time. The constant flashbacks intertwined with the present time, are such a brilliant feature. Some episodes are almost entirely devoted to being a flashback/backstory to specific characters. While some people have complaints about this, I find it brilliant now that it is all available to binge!
It truly was a show about the characters and their relationships and also their significance for the viewers. If we didn't care about these characters as much as we did, the finale would not have been as emotional. It was pretty brilliant, in spite of not explaining details all the sci-fi stuff. Much like The Walking Dead (where the backdrop is a zombie apocalypse) the heart of the show is seeing the various character interactions. In spite of losing some core cast members over the years, there was always someone new to replace them! 😆
Character driven stories done well have always been the best in most medium in my opinion, be it Movies, series, book, or video game. It's what is missing from much of the productions pushed out by Hollywood now.
I really loved this show but I just remember at one point things just got too complicated. Too many questions, not enough answers. It was hard to keep everything straight episode to episode and one season to the next. I hit that same wall on this video, where I just felt like I didn’t care enough to continue. It was beginning of season 4, which was when I stopped watching the show back in the day. This video was well done and I actually liked the ending. I’ve often thought of going back and rewatching the show but I think I would inevitably get stuck at the same spot. So thanks for a well done recap that saved me a lot of time!
Thank you so much for the recap. Now I see I didn't really understand anything about the ending of the series at the time. Now, things make much more sense with this recap. It was so many years watching it and reading about theories that it was really easy to get lost.
I watched a season or two as a kid I understood nothing, I watch this and I still understand nothing, I'm not sure I'd understand if I watch all the episodes again haha
as much as i appreciate how much work this must have taken, i bogged down and tuned out around the same point i did in the show itself...must be something inherent to the story that i just can't stay invested in
@@jessehachem2779 Season 5 doesn't have different timelines, though. The story was just told in different time periods, but that's not that much different from what they've done before with flashbacks and flash forwards.
I binged Lost and it wasn't as bad as I thought, which made me realize that people hate the ending because they'd been waiting 6 years of weekly viewing for it
@@nanner7085 I can't remember his name he was in the lord of the rings and I think he played Charlie. He said the shows creators had a full story with a beginning , a middle and a end and the show only had enough story for two maybe three GREAT seasons . I personally believe the first season is one of the best seasons of TV but a lot of the other seasons is just filler and stuff they had to add AFTER the phenomenal success the show. The show became an unexpected smash hit with an almost instant cult following and the network was like we need MORE SEASONS not just the 2 or 3 you have enough story for so thats why it turned into a big bloated mess. Guy that played Charlie said off they had kept the story like it was originally written it would have been far superior and thats why he kinda dropped out for a few seasons . I still enjoyed the show don't get me wrong but it did outstay its welcome . Now instead of being classed alongside breaking bad, the wire and OZ etc its now classed as that show with the extremely bad ending
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Kinda funny the most skipped part of the video is the stupid sponsorship
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No
First few seasons were so good at keeping you hooked on the mystery. Then it turned out the story was a mystery to the writers as well
Why do you say this?
@@kuhpunkt because they wanted to end the show but production wouldnt let them so in the end they were pulling everything out of there asses and had no idea where the story was going
@@Tyler-si2rj You're contradicting yourself. They wanted to end the show with the ending they had in mind for a long time. They knew where the story was going.
@@kuhpunkt no. I'm not contradicting myself. How about do research. They were not allowed to end the show. So they had no idea where the story was going. Like I just said.
@@Tyler-si2rj I did the research. They knew where they were going. They just weren't allowed to pull the trigger for a while... that's why they were treading water a bit. Then they agreed on an enddate 3 years in advance. After season 3 they mapped out the final 3 seasons... they knew pretty damn well where they were going.
Season 1-4: Mystery Mystery Mystery Mystery
Season 5-6: Shit, we actually need answers to these mysteries
What?
Correction! Mystery BOX!
@@Atheismo9760 No.
@@kuhpunkt That's what JJ Abram calls'em.
@@Atheismo9760 Abrams didn't write the show.
This has got to be the most convoluted and confusing show ever. It was interesting watching this recap though. Just hard to keep up with so many timelines and characters.
confusing for a gnat maybe, but outside of that no
Because the writers were just making crap up as they went. Anyone that tries to say they understood it all and how simple it was and act like they are so much smarter are just fools.
@@zyzzyz7035 I’ve practically watched this show time and time again growing up, and it’s always made sense to me. It’s not that complex
what's important is the mass know the characters were alive during the island events, that everything was real except what it's shown in the flashsides
Watch out for the Lostrolls. They hate it when you criticize this sloppy, meaningless TV show because they think they’re in possession of some Deep Understanding for having endured it.
When Lost first came out in 2004, it was simply monumental. Watching this every week in a pre-TH-cam world was simply something you couldn’t replicate 20 years later.
Also, probably the most impactful pilot episode in US television history since Twin Peaks in 1990.
I was young when this first came out... I still remembered most of the story as a whole, but anyway, what I was going to talk about is the fact that, after it got to 5:49 I for some unnecessary reason started to fear the opening thing, you know the spooky sound and the logo when the show started(I have no problem with Monsters and horrors, but Spooky sound and slowly moving logo, holy shit...), but that probably added to the PlayStation Opening theme fear I had.
I agree it was incredible in 2004. But you are unaware of torrent downloads and internet forums in 2004. People had chats about this show but youtube changed everything
lmao really.
I just got through telling my wifey something similar we used to sit thru the commercials
For myself, the biggest disappointment of the show was Walt. He was initially presented as having somewhat mystical psychic abilities and was even kidnapped by the Others, but noting really came of it. What was the intention? I never really got that. Great review and production all the same, bro. Cheers!
Have you watched "The new man in charge" ? It’s the epilogue.
@@kananimiranda3376 Some people of the show are special. Walt is one of them. He is supposed to have a closer relationship with the island than most of the other characters. This is what happens to the MIB before he "became" the Black Smoke, or also to Hurley for example. Walt is destined for the island. But not at the moment or during the time chronicled in the series. It's vaguely explained in the epilogue. Hurley tells Walt, "You just need to get back to the island, that's all. It's where you belong. It's where you've always belonged."
This is what happens when you start something and didn't realize that the child you had stories for would have a severe growth spurt. The show first 3 seasons was probably only 6 months time frame. Walt grew extremely fast by end season 2
Yes! That story line went NOWHERE! Even their dog Vincent disappeared in a poof!
@@mommiedearest5337 Vincent was always on the island, he ended up living with Rose and Bernard who decided to stay.
I remember watching Lost when it was on air, binging years later and still not quite getting it until I learned the writing history. They definitely made everything up as they went along after season 2 😂
What does that even mean? And is that supposed to be a criticism or something?
David Chase finished the first season of the sopranos, and then sat down with his writing team to figure out what plot threads and questions should be continued/answered in season 2, and even onwards.
That’s typical of your average television series. Lost didn’t do that, Lindelof, Cuse and Abrams created the concept. Abrams helped with funding, and with pitching the show to ABC. During that initial pitch meeting, Cuse and Lindelof laid out what the basic story was, what the castaways would encounter, and how the basic story of a first season would go.
They were given 14 million dollars for a pilot, which was the most amount of money for a tv pilot ever. And according to both of them, from there they were off to the races writing. By the end of the second season, they had most of the show storyboarded. And by the time of 2007 writers strike, they already had all of season 4 written, so the show didn’t have to go on hiatus.
This idea that Carlton and Lindelof made it up week to week while Abrams forced them to throw in mystery boxes is ridiculous, not true. And wouldn’t even take away from what they made if it was true.
@@thebigragu9952 Cuse wasn't part of the initial idea. He joined in September 2004, 9 months after Abrams and Lindelof took over.
Abrams also didn't help with funding. Why would he? That was none of his business.
They also didn't have most of the show storyboarded. Maybe outlined to a degree, but storyboards are something very different.
Also they didn't have all of season 4 written. They had the first 8 of 16 planned episodes written. There was a five week hiatus.
@@markdaly1648 Mark, what on earth are you talking about?! Jeffrey Lieber was a writer who was hired to do Lost at first, not the head of the network.
Also Desperate Housewives wasn't thrown in the trash. It wasn't taken to Fox or anything. It was an ABC show...
@@kuhpunkt Abrams is the biggest reason the show got its 14 million for the pilot. Everything else is minor misunderstanding.
This actually cleared up the series finale for me. The inherent problem with shows with large ensemble cast is that to explain the show is difficult but you do it well.
I’m still confused 😂
😂😂😂😂😂
About which part
@@JacobArvizu about the entire thing. It just gets way to confusing by the end.
You need help😂😂😂😂
Watched the whole series, watched the recap, nothing makes sense still🤣 I bet it's several storylines, someone just wrote into something continuous🤣
Lost might confusing for most, but successfully delivered the short term purposes... Watching Rose meet Bernard, watching scattered survivors together again, etc etc are heartwarming and satisfactory.
I love all the cast too. Ben, Locke, or Jack on borderline of being dislikeable, but somehow never crossed the border.
True
Man, that last season was a whole bundle of crazy.
Thank you. I watched the show religiously for years and it was good to get the recap in this format. When taken as a whole the twists and turns were more soap spear than the sci fi adventure I remember it. Thanks for recap
I followed it religiously as well. I still believe that first season is some of the best television I have ever seen, its definitely in the top 10. The first season I find incredible and even though the seasons deteriorated in quality (just my opinion) I still loved the show . Anyway the reason I wrote this comment is to find out what you thought about the last season and the ending in particular? Did you despise it? Or just think it was a great ending?
In all fairness, public opinion on sci-fi television series was very different in 2004 than it is today. Lindleof and Abrams actually lied about the plot while pitching Lost because a sci-fi TV show would have likely been shot down by a major network like ABC at the time. IIRC the network heavily pushed them to tone down the sci-fi aspects even after the show had become a success. I fully believe that if Lost hadn't been produced we wouldn't have a good number of the sci-fi/supernatural shows that we have today.
@@patf9903I think there’s a difference, or at least some sort of scale, between sci-fi and super natural.
I think something that ‘appears’ to plausibly be possible to the average person in reality but just requires an extreme amount of luck, genius, etc has a lot of appeal. That’s what I’d consider closer to being “sci-fi”.
And on the opposite end then there’s full blown super natural. Stuff that’s clearly not really possible and just pure fantasy.
While super natural stuff can be entertaining, it’s often not - because it can literally just be made up randomly by anyone tbh.
True sci-fi takes alot more effort because it forces the creator to make it appear realistic.
LOST seemed to be headed in the direction of sci-fi originally, which was why it was so appealing. We could originally kinda sorta imagine ourselves being in the characters’ positions, no matter how unlikely the circumstances may have been.
But then it just went completely super natural and it seemed like they were just making stuff up on the fly to weirdly justify the plot. Disappointing.
Go birds
@L1ck1tung I think they mean precisely the opposite. I think that supernatural often has to play by the real worlds rules, and then incorporate aspects that are outside of that. Something I think most people naturally relate to.
Whereas science fiction is just bending the rules to whatever they'd like them to be.
"Lost" are not the people in the island. Lost are the people who try to understand the story.🤣
The story is not hard to understand.
never watched sounds too...far fetched shit i think....
After 3 seasons; my daughter and I were so lost it was ridiculous. We stopped watching it as we were tired of going down the rabbit hole.
😂
@@elenavonpavel-pitts3442its my second time watch now and it makes a lot more sense. First time you watch, you expect a realistic tv show about survival. While it still is survival story of those people who actually crashed, it takes supernatural turn with Jacob. However, if you pay attention to detail and accept the show as a sci fi mystery, it actually makes sense (minor plot holes you can live with)
That Penny/Desmond episode still remains to this day my favourite episode of any series ever
@@kananimiranda3376 I ended up rewatching the episode after this video. The constant makes me cry every time and I'm not ashamed to admit it. =D
My favorite parts are the ones that involve time travel
Same brother
Every season finale had the feeling of "oh this is due tomorrow?" for me.
Except for MASH, Cheers, Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Friends--not saying they were the best endings, just that they did not feel "rushed" and "chaotic".
@@victorpradha9946 Brother I think they're referring to the season finales of Lost
Why do I get the impression that this show was written to just be mysteries and twists in the first half, and a half baked effort to adress those mysteries in the end.
This was the first show that I officially obsessed over. I personally loved that the ending was about the characters more than solving all the mysteries, even though your recap did a pretty good job of summarizing the main ones! Tremendous show. I got really nostalgic watching this.
They did not solve the mysteries because they made up so much stuff along the way and had neither the intention nor knowledge how to explain anything
@@bra24hnt52 That's nonsense. Why do you say this?
@@kuhpunkt Because it is the truth? Lol, everyone knows they...wait for it... Lost it.
@@hristiyanhristov2480 It's not the truth.
@@kuhpunkt its true look it up, there are other videos explain it, the creators were runningg out of ideas they initially wanted to end the show in season 3/4 but NBC kept them hostage and keep milking the show until it was no more, so the writers and creators keep writing new stuff just to have episodes but in reality not a lot of things make sense.
Just when I needed this. I was looking for a recap of this show last week because I didn't have the time to sit and watch the entire show, thanks man
I watched the show and the recap and I’m still confused on exactly what happened. Season 1 was so simple
I’ve watched this series 2 times in my life…was thinking about watching it again recently…thanks to this recap, I just bought myself another decade to wait. Thanks 😂
i need to repeat it
I think this was the most clear and concise explanation in summary of the show and I'm still just as confused as when I watched it. IMO the show went on for about two seasons too long and they really should have cut out most of the time skipping stuff.
I honestly think that seasons 1-3 were peak. If they had led this into a final season 4 where they explain the more important mysteries and cap off the characters plotlines it would be an all time great show.
Even though i actually enjoyed the whole thing, you have to admit that season 4 and on things got WAY out of hand. The time travel, the new groups of characters, the going back to the island etc was all just too much to unpack all at once.
If Lost never dug into all of the newly opened plots and just resolved the existing ones (although definitely leave some mystery) i think it would stand as one of the best ever.
After they went back to the island is when I called it quits. I remember watching season one and being on the edge of my seat the whole time it’s so tense. But after everything going back to the island just seemed so ridiculous, and the mystery was gone
I loved this show. The acting was always excellent and the production values were consistently high even if the writing, at times, was uneven. The storylines were bonkers but the characters were interesting, enigmatic and likeable despite their flaws and convoluted relationships. Their redemption arcs were satisfying; and that, ultimately, was what the show was all about.
I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that Michael Emerson should have won the Emmy for every single season he was in, instead of just for the fifth one, though he was actually nominated every year.
Unfortunately he came across that golden age of series with lot of impressive performances between The Sopranos, Boston Legal, Mad Men, Grey's anathomy and the rise of Breaking Bad.
His reaction after Alex's execution left me in shock when I saw it the first time.
He was very good
I remember getting so lost watching the first season of Lost that it lost my interest. Now that I’ve watched the recap for Lost… I’m even more lost than I was before.
One of my favorite shows and I’m glad the ending landed with me. I can watch it again and again and be satisfied at the end every time. I understand why people fell off or didn’t like the ending though. There is an excellent channel Lost Explained that gets real deep into the series and really explains things well for huge Lost fans or anyone that is interested.
Thanks! The ending always makes dust get in my eye.😅
im just glad people love this series as much as i do.
I gave up on the series, when people switched timelines, died and reappeared or existed double. So confusing. Thank you for summarizing !
AKA "Previously on LOST"
even with a recap I am still indeed lost
the scene at the very beginning, showing the immediate aftermath of the plane crash from Jack’s perspective is one of the sickest scenes in all of television in my opinion. the chaos and violence of the scene was visceral, and it informed the audience a lot about Jack’s character as he was able to sack
up and accomplish his immediate goals.
so yeah, it’s an amazing scene and a textbook example of how to properly open your show in a way that grabs the audience’s attention (the show finally let go around season 4 when the writers no longer had a plan and the writing went to shit lol).
I loved the series, eagerly waiting for each episode. Although the series finale seemed a bit rushed.
I think another season would be great. The survivors end up back on the island as their Eden. And finally finding out who made the Heart and the wheel that moves the island. And why it was made and put there. What purpose the Heart does. Basically clearing up all the remaining mysteries and questions.
all it was a stage. it doesnt matter the heart, the wheel, etc.
I think the writers of the show would say the same thing. Which is laughable. Beyond the excellent characters, the main draw of the show Is all of the mystery of the island which draws you in and makes you want to know more. The creators of the show absolutely banked on this for viewership but did not have satisfying answers for those same viewers.
Once you have a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rewatch you find things you missed that make small connections. It's crazy how you can still discover things in this show years after airing. It's fascinating.
Totally, I understand the story on a completely different level than my first or second viewing. A lot of things make more sense and everything seems more connected and set-up and not as random.
If this TV show was a person, it would be a flat earther
what
I remember watching season 1 and being hooked. I don't remember why I stopped watching after that first season, but after hearing from friends and family what was going on in the show. I'm glad I stopped early 😂
That's a shame. It's still my favorite TV show of all time. You should give it another try and binge watch it, you might realize it was actually great...
agree, this was a little too overwhelming for me. I only saw one episode and I forgot about it afterwards
I stopped after Season 4 and never got round to finishing it. This recap kind of made me wish I finished it. From what I read online about the show I was expecting the ending to be far worse than it was.
Brilliantly explained. Still have no idea what happened, but a great summery none the less
Wow, I watched all... And did only understand 40%! Thanks for the tutorial!
Never was into tv shows until I watched how I met your mother, after that I decided to give every show premise that sounded good a try and lost was one of the first ones I went for. This was back when the first 2 or 3 seasons were already out and I was in college… I didn’t go for classes for a week or so, just glued to the tv… morning till night. Damn, what a hell of a time
Sounded like a great week & memory
The first decade of the 2000's was good.
binging LOST when you have never seen it before is basically heroin for your brain
Man wish I never learned about “mystery boxes”. It’s like when you were kids and you could always come up with a cool premise. When you grow up having a fleshed out complete story is the idea. Bad Reboot guys never learned this apparently.
What does Lost have to do with this?
@@kuhpunkt good question, for another time. Dude are you really that dense. I’ll help you out a bit, why not look up the guys responsible for “lost”.
As someone who’s only watched season 1- wtf is happening 💀
4 seasons and still don't know WTF is happening
The most convoluted show in the history of television
Dark gives it in a run for its money lol but I love Dark
@@A1PrimeTimeMoviesNah man dark is very hard to keep track but ultimately if you watch with attention you're good. Lost really honors its name and the writers get lost AF for around 3 seasons with useless BS leading to a very controversial final season and episodes.
The whole idea that the "protector of the light of the world" was some dude that kinda killed his brother, who btw was only angry because he was trapped in an island and had a "mother" that actually just killed his real mother and stole him and his brother... I mean.. how can her and Jacob be "right" about something? That makes absolutely no sense and is the core of the whole story.
I really don't know how people still like this show so much even with all this stupidity.
I used to think Lost was the greatest series, so complex and mysterious… I was wrong, this is a mess.
How is it a mess?
@@kuhpunkt Because it's garbage?
@@idontcareaboutyouropinion8494 No its not lmfao
I love how lost's legacy lives on in nuzlocke
They're lost. You're lost. I'm lost. Anyone who watches this show eventually gets lost.
no
Even as a recap this show still has me in tears 😢 Charlie's death even tho i knew was coming really broke me because of everything that he went through and his back and forth with his drug addiction and just trying to do right. This show had me on a rollercoaster ride loving then hating each the group members each time there was major development on the island and persons had to chose a path that they thought was in the best interest of the group and themselfs. At one point or the other everyone everyone was the good guy and everyone was the bad guy or just did something dumb. But i loved the journey and the ending. One of the best tv series ever in my opinion. Thanks for the recap
Weak
charlie dying when he could have spent an extra second just getting on the other side of the door was so stupid
did you miss the entire point of his arc that season?
This show is the reason why I will never watch a TV show again. It was a buildup to disappointment after disappointment. I have never gone back to TV so this show actually changed my life positively. Although completely unintentional.
Man it is so funny you say that because I had the exact same reaction, lol. Besides GoT (which I had to watch due to unique circumstances or otherwise I would not have), I have not watched any TV shows since then.
Series are just way way too much investment now. Its genuinely daunting and the moment it starts to feel like a chore im out. But even when i do that, i get such an empty and unresolved feeling bc i feel obligated to see how it all ends. Movies are where its at for me. Worst case scenario ive lost 2 hours but at least its a complete story.
No watching another TV show is such a wild overreaction to being confused by one series lmfao
I am watching it again after watching it the first time in 2004 and have gotten to the same place I did 20 years ago to say, "Yah, maybe I will watch more later." this is later 20 years, and I don't know if I will continue to finish season one again. Everyone loved this show so much and to me I think from just the little that I saw they were trying to do too much. I guess they never heard of the phrase, "Less is more." From watching this recap of the entire series, it sounds like they went off the rails with it.
@@eugeniaskelley5194hope you didn't waste your time on this 😂 if only Lost had been released some years later, internet would take care of shit talking it so much that more people would see it as it is: good ideas, bad execution and A LOT of wasted screen time.
Having watched this originally in 2009/2010 and now revisiting... it's becoming clear, that the core story becomes convoluted and hard to understand from tail end of season 4 into the ending of Season 6. All that time jump stuff. Thank you for the memories! And, thank you so much for compiling all this together! And... by Season 6... it's just different timelines. causing a headache. still love the show and hope for a revival, especially with the epilogue
I listening to this while going to bed and I truly couldn’t believe it lol. This story is insane
Got a little wonky there in the middle seasons but all in all this was my favorite show of all time. Ending with all of them getting to move on, together, was beautiful and had me crying lol.
You serious?
@@zer00rdie Why not?
@@kuhpunktWhy so serious?!? 🤡
@@Mas_zeppelin poop
You spared me several days, my friend. Thanks a lot.
Seeing it summed up like this it's so clear season 4 is where it went off the tracks.
For me the show really went off the rails after season 3. but when you watch a condensed version such as this recap, you can somehow understand the idea the writers had as it doesn't sound that bad. However, given the high bar they had set in the earlier seasons, there was no way they could have pulled off a conclusive and satisfying ending that untangled the the web they had created
nah
@@talltreeyeti Yea
@@idontcareaboutyouropinion8494 nah
They answered my biggest unanswered question and I accepted it. The whispers are the voices of those that died in the island.
Lost is definitely among my favorite shows of all time. I think it scratched an itch for me during a time, when a lot of TV wasn’t so theistic or have many supernatural or spiritual themes.
Lost week to week, had intriguing ideas and delivered on thought provoking concepts. Did it fall apart at the end? Not as much as people would like to act like it did, it’s ending is not nearly as disconnected from its main themes and ideas as something like Game of Thrones or Dexter was.
Lost’s ending just didn’t pull a rubber mask off of a villain and say “it was you all along!” It didn’t wrap up every single little detail, and that’s what fans wanted. They were bitter, because the show didn’t produce the ending they wanted. But truly, I’d still put Lost up there with the Sopranos, with Breaking Bad, with the Wire. It is quality American television, at its finest.
breaking bad is very overrated
@talltreeyeti you're overrated!
Lost for me is the greatest show of all time and it's not even close.
@@talltreeyetiNo it’s not
@@mdluk199lol 😂😂lost is borderline bad. Lost should be nowhere near these conversations.
I got the show the first time around, and this just validated everything I already knew. Not everything can be explained through science nor blind faith in religion. You have to have a very open mind when watching this show. Just like life, we are all lost in this world. We meet others in this strange world, then we part with them. What we give and take from that experience is crucial. Such is life, such is Lost.
That makes no sense. The scientific method has no limits to what it can explain, just because we don't have all the information now doesn't mean we never will.
Religion on the other hand will never work because it is based on faith and feelings, not objective evidence through experimentation and observation.
@@LisaAnn777 science can explain everything if we are able to comprehend it. Humans will not evolve far enough to grasp the true purpose of their existence. If we do not learn from our mistakes, we are doomed to repeat it.
Funniest part is where Sayid was tied to a tree in season 5 and a guy gives him a pill that makes him tell the truth and Sayid tells him the whole truth, that he is from the future and they all gonna die and that he knows who everyone is and what's gonna happen and the guy who gave him the pill says : it think i gave him a bit too much 😅😅
Bro this was a great recap because I remember watching this show as it was on television and not fully understanding what was going on
This will never not be my number one favorite show of all time. I was about 18 when it came out and to say it put TV shows on the map sounds ridiculous by today's standards where TV is the biggest thing. Plus the fact that TV shows were huge for decades before Lost. But trust me. TV has never taken a bigger leap since Lost. The budget and production values were through the roof! It was one of the first big budget shows to have real episode by episode storytelling where every episode had a cliffhanger ending and you literally couldn't wait for the next one. There were forums on the internet, people were talking about it all week in between episodes. And for about four years it was just mind blowing TV. Then the last season or two were a bit naff. But the feeling I got from Lost and the buzz and the hype it created was totally original and has never been replicated since. Also because it was literally shot on an Island they rented and most of the effects are practical means it's hardly dated at all. You can put it on today and it still looks like a really high budget TV show and it was shot in the mid 2000's. I remember reading an article where they said Lost was the reason most people learned to pirate TV shows online and that was the reason America started selling their shows internationally before testing them at home. Before Lost The US would release a show and if the first season was a hit they would sell it abroad. So when Lost hit in the UK everyone found out it was already on season two in the US when they were a handful of episodes into season one and everyone went online and figured out how to pirate it so they could catch up. I read than and said "yup. That's what I did" 😂 I watched 4 episodes week to week in the UK and then someone told me I could go on a website and download all of season one and some of two and I did it. Then I did that with every show after Lost until about a year later when they just gave us the shows on time 🤣🤣🤣
this FINALLY gave me clarity on this whole thing
This show had such potential. I regret the 6 years i spent obsessing over it😑
Why?
Why😂 I still obsess over it! I’ve seen it 20 times now. Season 4, 5, and 6 has got to be some of the best seasons I have ever seen in television history. That’s why the hate immensely surprises me! It’s interesting to see the flash forwards and how they attempted to get back to the island. Added on with time travel! And Jacob and the man in black! I loved it. And most of the mysteries were answered despite most of the claims that they weren’t. The important ones were.
damn this was some complicated stuff . Well done recapping so much in less than an hour's time.
Thanks for this, I never watched this despite it being the only thing people at school talked about. Appreciate the condensed summary 👍🏻
I never watched the show and actually watched this entire recap, no joke. When I actually get around to watching the show I'll probably forget about this
what's important is the mass know the characters were alive during the island events, that everything was real except what it's shown in the flashsides
I don't know how anyone can say that this is a masterpiece... It was writing with no rudder wrapped in red herring after red herring and continuous bating with little to no answers delivered
. Did you know that the original plan was for the show to be concluded in two seasons,?. , but the channel wanted more than anything else to keep the audience (and viewing figures) from its initial success. The original writers were binned off and on it went into the misty depths if idiocy. It was certainly a pioneer in that sense and a foreboding sign of things to come regards multi season TV shows.
A great first season. A fully engaged audience, followed by a swift drop into complete incredulity and continuous non pay off bating.
Better call Saul.
Son's of Anarchy.
Peaky blinders.
Cumberbatch Sherlock, to name but a few that all did this..
I am half way through watching this presentation and in listening to the "plot" I'm now more than ever reminded just how stupid that almost all of this show was. You are discussing the "story" as if was valid and worthy of such attention when there would be more validity in discussing the shows production steps and how "LOST" the whole venture was from a creative and storytelling perspective. Ok that's my say.
Ps , The one show that redeemed my faith was. ..
True detectives , season one. IMO, some of the best television ever made. Peace. Xx
The show was never supposed to conclude in two seasons. The original writers weren't binned off.
@@kuhpunkt If that is the case, they should have been. That was six seasons of sideways flashing garbage.
@@YanoshRagauld Why was it garbage?
The show was originally planned to be as many as 5 season according to Abrams, Cuse, and Lindelof the only people who has publicly commented at all on what was said in the original pitch meeting. ABC wanted as many as 10 by the shows peak in 2007, were lucky Cuse and Lindelof showed the restraint they did.
Cuse and Lindelof wrote the show with a staffed writing team beginning to end and while the 2007 writers strike changed their roster a little bit, Cuse and Lindelof were at the head of if the whole time.
Most of your comment comes down to opinion. I’m not a fan of Sons of Anarchy, or Peaky Blinders, Better Call Saul is alright. Does that make you better or smarter than me? Because you like a different kind of entertainment? You can’t make any real criticism of the show, just “plot and story bad! Didn’t like!” And that’s totally fine to believe, but it’s not objective fact.
Lost was incredibly popular for years, and it’s ending was highly controversial. Mostly because people somehow thought they were dead the whole time. They weren’t. It left an impact on the industry, and sort of changed the way they wrote television for a while. It became the TV cliffhanger extravaganza, that you just had to talk about by the water cooler. Very few shows have ever done what lost did, none of the ones you named come close.
@@YanoshRagauld it seems like you like to state things you believe as facts. (Show wasn’t originally planned to be two seasons, Cuse and Lindelof weren’t fired, six seasons of sideways flashing bullshit? I’ve you watched the show? Doesn’t seem like it.)
thank you so much ive tried so many times to watch all the seasons. but never got past season 4. now i know how it ended. such a good ending
Here it seems good because it's concise but actually it's pretty confusing 😂
I feel bad for the people who don't get it because you literally can't explain it better than this recap
This show is a perfect example of something that probably because of Lost, doesn't happen as much anymore. Lost was a show that couldn't end bc it was "too popular". Great shows need great endings and that means it has to be planned out from the start. They knew how they wanted the show to end (with jacks closing eye) but didn't know how they would get there. They extended this show until it didn't make sense anymore. The show should have ended with season 4 changing the ending to be the successful escape.
"Great shows need great endings and that means it has to be planned out from the start."
Why? That's nonsense.
This was just as confusing as the show. 😂 I loved it at the beginning. I was addicted to it until it started getting wayyy too weird! 🤷🏽♀️
Wow… I only watched about three seasons back when it was new. I would never of imagined all of that ahead…
I need to rewatch this show - this recap finally makes the show make sense!
Finally! The actually gets you lost. As in Lost in the plot and not being able to do anything besides watch this show until you get the plot!!!!
This recap literally saved me. Now I can actually go and do my work.
Your videos are amazing dude. Keep them coming man 🙌
Love your videos. Saves me a lot of trouble and research.
This was a great breakdown. Lost is my favorite show of all time. I watch at least once a year. Thank you so much for this video.
Im rewatching it every 3 years. Thanks to a lot of weed, its like the first time every time. But charlie is my fav every time again😭💖
Bruh
Great recap! Thank you!
This show still remains my all time favorite show ever. Nothing will ever be as Lost. And no one who did not watch it from 2004-2010 will ever know how fun it was, not necessarily because of the story, but because of the online community that Lost created. The theories that came out each week, the analyses and detective work, the chats and message boards filled with people banding together to enjoy the show and uncover its mysteries... it was so much fun! And the fact that you couldn't just binge it was awesome, because the anticipation of the new episodes was part of the excitement. Yes, the show wasn't perfect and some of the story resolutions could have been better, but in the end I enjoyed it and I will forever call it my favorite TV show. :)
In my opinion, you have to be able to rewatch a TV show without getting totally pissed off for it to be a favorite. I loved Lost until the last 2 episodes. They totally blew it. I remember rewatching it and feeling the exact same anger again. I will never watch it again all the way through. It was fun while it was on air, but the writers really spat in the face of all Lost fans.
Just imagine if the writers knew where they were going with the story. It would have been one of the greatest stories ever
@@zacshifler I’ve rewatched it 20 times no joke. The ending is one of my favorite television endings ever! I don’t understand what is so bad about the writing/ending. It was brilliantly creative. And I couldn’t have been more satisfied. There’s a reason the series finale is in my top 5 favorite episodes of the show. It was emotionally satisfying and captivating!
@@zacshiflerThe ending was the most moving & magical piece of brilliance I've ever seen. I just don't get how someone who watched the show like you say you did, couldn't get it. Everything was concluded perfectly.
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@@CrownedGamer101You are 100% correct. I'm rewatching it again now and I'm still totally hooked all over. No show will ever match Lost.
Here's the thing though: by just floundering towards the end they ruined this _type_ of show forever. There *were* a few others that sprang from it that couldn't last *because* this one ended so badly with too many loose ends.
Not saying any of 'em were good. To tell you the truth, in a way, two possible precursors to this kind of thing, Fringe & Threshold had _AMAZING_ potential but were cancelled precisely because their concepts were too new. Having had LOST be known would have helped *them.* But LOST's ending bred an immense distrust in the public & for too long afterwards no one wanted to invest their time in watching something with an ending that unsatisfying.
Take _THAT_ GoT Season 8!
Well it sounds crazy when you put it like that
Wow it must have taken you forever to edit this video. Thank you for the recap work. Truly
Love it or hate it... nothing will ever be able to match it. And I mean in the sense that since quantum leap did something seem so messed up I could get into a storyline just cos it was written and we grew to love the characters. I hate it when people slag it off. I don't know what else they expected
.. the masses stuck with it while the island became a mystery but as soon as that mystery became explainable people complained. The history of the island was explained..people complained. The flash "sideways " was explained and yes. People complained. I bawled my eyes out watching the finale. I thought it was perfect. I am not a religious person. But I thought it was purely brilliant. And like I said, one of a kind.
I loved Lost. It was basically an adult soap opera in a Sci fi setting. Kept my interest all the way. Loved the cast and the crazy stories. I figured they would have to end it that way.
"I figured they would have to end it that way." What way do you mean?
I love the first series it’s amazing. Remember when Kate was swimming in a lake with someone and they found bodies in it 😭
They tried to make time travel seem realistic, and slowly realized how many loopholes there are for it to make sense.
If our race in some future were able to travel back in time, I would think we would have known by now
Pretty sure Lock was older than his kidney stealing dad in that flash
Still the greatest show to ever exist. Seen it 24 times and will never get tired of it! This show doesn’t really confuse me at all like it does some people. I’ve always enjoyed all the arcs and twists! And the Lost finale is the greatest finale of all time in my opinion!
It makes no sense
@@theproprod2118 it really does if you pay attention… it just takes critical thinking
@@CrownedGamer101 you sound like you can watch shows that require a higher IQ and cognitive thinking to understand - such as the critically acclaimed Richard and Mortimer.
Despite the common misconceptions about the ending of Lost, I have to say it still holds 1st place of favourites for me of all time, along with The Walking Dead.
I believe that Lost has the best depth to such a large pool of characters of all time. The constant flashbacks intertwined with the present time, are such a brilliant feature.
Some episodes are almost entirely devoted to being a flashback/backstory to specific characters. While some people have complaints about this, I find it brilliant now that it is all available to binge!
It truly was a show about the characters and their relationships and also their significance for the viewers. If we didn't care about these characters as much as we did, the finale would not have been as emotional. It was pretty brilliant, in spite of not explaining details all the sci-fi stuff. Much like The Walking Dead (where the backdrop is a zombie apocalypse) the heart of the show is seeing the various character interactions. In spite of losing some core cast members over the years, there was always someone new to replace them! 😆
Character driven stories done well have always been the best in most medium in my opinion, be it Movies, series, book, or video game. It's what is missing from much of the productions pushed out by Hollywood now.
I really loved this show but I just remember at one point things just got too complicated. Too many questions, not enough answers. It was hard to keep everything straight episode to episode and one season to the next.
I hit that same wall on this video, where I just felt like I didn’t care enough to continue. It was beginning of season 4, which was when I stopped watching the show back in the day.
This video was well done and
I actually liked the ending. I’ve often thought of going back and rewatching the show but I think I would inevitably get stuck at the same spot.
So thanks for a well done recap that saved me a lot of time!
What questions?
I got most of the way through lost but gave up. Ill finally know what happened thanks to this video
Thank you so much for the recap. Now I see I didn't really understand anything about the ending of the series at the time. Now, things make much more sense with this recap. It was so many years watching it and reading about theories that it was really easy to get lost.
Seems like they shot a pilot with no clear objective or goal in mind if that pilot got picked up.
Yet another classic case of a show, once great, devolving into a fever dream.
Not gonna lie I’ll always deem this show one of the best of all time.
Having watched it years ago I was left so confused, but now I understand the ending and it is such a beautiful ending 🥹🥹
I watched a season or two as a kid I understood nothing, I watch this and I still understand nothing, I'm not sure I'd understand if I watch all the episodes again haha
as much as i appreciate how much work this must have taken, i bogged down and tuned out around the same point i did in the show itself...must be something inherent to the story that i just can't stay invested in
Seasons 1-4 were among the best TV had to offer, outside of '24'. Then Season 5 turned into a FEVER DREAM.
How is it so different?
@@kuhpunktextremely hard to follow on and understand, so many cuts into different timelines it’s very confusing
@@jessehachem2779 Season 5 doesn't have different timelines, though.
The story was just told in different time periods, but that's not that much different from what they've done before with flashbacks and flash forwards.
@@kuhpunkt if it’s the same story told in different times then where are all the original cast…….
@@kuhpunktYou comment on everything, loser.
I saw the actor that plays John Locke on a flight back from Hawaii to SF during the time the Lost series was on tv.
The lost pilot episode is Peak 2000's television.
i think we are all LOST after watching all 6 seasons.
Thank you soooo much!!! That ending , it’s still hard to watch 😢😢😢😢
I binged Lost and it wasn't as bad as I thought, which made me realize that people hate the ending because they'd been waiting 6 years of weekly viewing for it
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@@nanner7085 I can't remember his name he was in the lord of the rings and I think he played Charlie. He said the shows creators had a full story with a beginning , a middle and a end and the show only had enough story for two maybe three GREAT seasons . I personally believe the first season is one of the best seasons of TV but a lot of the other seasons is just filler and stuff they had to add AFTER the phenomenal success the show. The show became an unexpected smash hit with an almost instant cult following and the network was like we need MORE SEASONS not just the 2 or 3 you have enough story for so thats why it turned into a big bloated mess. Guy that played Charlie said off they had kept the story like it was originally written it would have been far superior and thats why he kinda dropped out for a few seasons . I still enjoyed the show don't get me wrong but it did outstay its welcome . Now instead of being classed alongside breaking bad, the wire and OZ etc its now classed as that show with the extremely bad ending
I'm only on season 3 which isn't as good as others but great video 😊💜🐾👍👋
Amazing recap, ty. Still didn't fully understand what was going on
Nothing was going on. The writers were just making it all up as they went along.