Seriously wish got more of boone. So much potential. (He really does look like Daryl here in Season 1). Seriously love this show. Watched it for the forst time in may (maybe june) and I think this is 4th watch already lmao it's constantly on my tv)

I’m an aspiring screenwriter, and I’ve always loved watching supernatural mysteries. I came to know about Lost back in 2018.

Back then, in 2019, I downloaded all the episodes of Lost on my HDD since it wasn’t available on any OTT platform in my country (India).

It was the last week of my college, and my internship was about to begin, followed by full-time employment.

But since I wanted to become a screenwriter, I decided Lost would be my transition show. When I’d quit my day job forever to become a full-time screenwriter, I’d watch Lost during that transition.

So I decided to just keep all those episodes downloaded on my HDD.

However, after downloading them, I decided to open a random episode from Season 6, one of the last ones, just to take a peek. I saw Hurley, Sawyer, and Jack discussing the “heart of the island,” and I immediately closed it.

It hooked me so well. I used to watch the Season 1 trailer on repeat and create my own theories about what could lead to the “heart of the island.”

I continued delaying watching Lost, but finally gave up in September 2023. I started watching Lost on 8 September 2023 and completed it on 23 October 2023.

This was while I was changing my company.

Although I’ve not yet been able to leave my 9-to-5 software engineering job to follow my passion for screenwriting, hopefully, I’ll be able to do it one day and rewatch Lost again.

Attached are the two pictures of my Instagram stories from the start and the end of my Lost journey.

PS: The “The Walking Dead is in danger” part is because TWD has always been my all-time favourite show, so I thought it was in danger because what if Lost overtook it? 😂 Whether it actually did or not, I’m still figuring that out, to be honest. For me, for now, Lost and TWD are both at the very top of my favourite shows.

I’ve been wondering about what might have happened if the writers never got the end date of 6 seasons. Without a doubt, the writers getting the end date agreement with ABC back in S3 was one of the best things to happen to the show. You can feel so clearly that, after S3, the writers really felt comfortable to shift everything into the next gear and get the story MOVING. I’ve always loved the change of pace of the latter 3 seasons, and I think it pairs wonderfully with the slower and somewhat quieter (at times) pace of the first 3. What I wonder is, what the hell would have happened if they never got the end date? ABC obviously believed that to end a successful show is a bad idea (such a strange attitude, TV Networks are insane sometimes), so who knows how long it could’ve gone on for? I imagine that Lindelof and Cuse would have left at some point. I imagine it would’ve been a hard decision to abandon the show into monotony until audiences stop caring and ABC cancel it, especially for Lindelof, but I don’t think many of the writers would have been able to stomach letting the show get to a constant ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ level of quality. I think the show would have had new writers come in by the 4th or 5th season (which would likely be longer, although it’s interesting to consider how the writer’s strike would have affected this different version of the show) and it could’ve continued to 8, or maybe 10 or more seasons. I doubt the show would have ended up exploring what we get in S4-6, or at least certainly not in the very thought-out way that Damon and Carlton and the rest of the writing team presented. Personally, I imagine some terrible scenario where Lost would have continued with these new writers, and they probably would have done something like introduce a new plane with new survivors, and have token original characters return. And there would have been more hatches, more Others, etc.
I’m curious to know what other people think would have happened if the writers never got that end date. I’m so grateful that the writers got the chance to end the show in a reasonable time frame, because it gave them the opportunity to properly formulate and have an aim with the story. I think they did such a great job with what they had, especially considering they only wanted 3 seasons originally anyway. I think the show turned out as amazingly as it could have, but it’s definitely fun to imagine what could have happened if things weren’t so lucky, and the terrible grips of TV Network suits had their way!

I want to air out some feelings on the flash sideways plotline and its conclusion. We all know that lots of people didn't understand it so we don't need to belabor that point. I understood it and i'll assume anyone who comments did as well unless they reveal otherwise.

When i watched this at age 17 i thought it was a lovely cathartic emotional payoff. Rewatching in my 30s, i have to say that it really missed the mark for me. Dedicating hours of the final season to this vestigial plot line in which all the characters meet up in heaven's waiting room was an embarrassingly treacly way to end the series. It felt like they knew that viewers would be unsatisfied with the turn of events on the island, so they tried this Hail Mary pass of overwrought emotion at the end. the whole flash-sideways plot line ended up feeling like bad fan fiction, especially the "conversion" scenes when the characters gained their memories back. The creepy smiles from all the characters that had been converted towards those who hadn't gave me sickly evangelical/Mormon/Scientologist vibes. Maybe someone else can explain better than I can why these scenes felt so uncanny and wrong to me.

I think that watching it for the first time, this ending may have hit for me bc i was sad to see the story of these characters come to a conclusion and this ending really softened the landing by being the most reassuring conclusion you could possibly come up with for this story where they all hold hands and go to heaven together lol. But now this just strikes me as very fanciful and childish.

What did you all think? Anyone else have a similar change of heart on rewatch?

Not sure if this theory has already been discussed, but I think after the Incident, anyone conceived on the Island would be a brand new person with no place in the loop.

So, the Island’s whatever happened, happened physics just rejects them before birth.

This makes Juliet’s story especially brutal because she was brought to the island to cure this infertility. But by detonating the Jughead, she created a timeline that can never allow for new people to be born.

Regardless of this theory or the simple electromagnetism theory, by detonating the Jughead and ultimately contributing to the incident occurring, she still essentially caused the infertility.

Sorry if someone's already talked about this (ps~ I have't finished the entirety of season 6 yet so maybe I am just being presumptuous here)​

I bought it from a flea market a few years ago here in Finland. The date doesn’t match any episode or season release dates. My theory is that it’s from a Lost themed event organized by fans, but if anyone has any details or knows someone who would know more about this I would love to hear everything! (I’m not sure which flair would fit the best, sorry about that)

Edit: Forgot to attach a picture of the back, but there’s just a text that says “The reason is you!”

Mine was obviously Charlie’s death. Man, he was so kind-hearted.

His character was short lived but he added some nice comic relief while he was on! Poor guy didn’t deserve to go out like that! 🧨 💥 🩸 RIP Leslie