Finishing LOST

When we were in college, circa 2007, my roommate Stacey liked this weird show. She'd come home from a one of her ridiculously long days, change into her PJ's, and make a beeline for the TV. I'd watch her cower under a blanket alone, screaming and gasping and yelling out loud to the characters. Sometimes I tried to catch on to whatever it was that she thought was so good, but all I saw were people marching through a jungle and the occasional creepy flying black cloud. I did not see the appeal, and never understood what was going on. I thought she was nuts!

Fast forward to 2012. As of this Saturday, I finally finished the TV series "LOST" from start to finish. And frankly, I am blown away! I realize I'm about 6 years late to this party, but I feel that my admiration for the series and the accomplishment of completing it (Thank you Netflix!!) merits its own blog post. 

Kate and Jack?

Now that I'm a grown up, and unconcerned what the constituents of Nessacus Regional Middle School think of me, I'm ok with admitting I'm a sci-fi geek. My parents were Trekkies, and my sister and I grew up loving and obsessing over Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, etc. We were equal opportunity nerds, and LOST fits right into this vein of guilty geeky pleasure. A little bit sci-fi, a little bit fantasy, I loved every time-traveling detail! 

Or Kate and Sawyer? 

But make no mistake. I like Star Trek, but I really like Gossip Girl and Friday Night Lights and Downton Abbey, too. LOST fills in this void in my TV watching heart-- the love stories, oh the love stories!! I have not found many TV series that invested me so deeply in the characters as LOST did. I still can't believe they killed off ***** (Censored for future LOST viewers)**** after all that!!!!  

If anyone reading this has been toying around with the idea of starting the series on Netflix, but just can't seem to commit (I think I myself watched the first five episodes like, four times before I finally got into it) a word of warning: LOST is a series where you have to pay attention. It's not a good show to watch while doing laundry, cooking, or correcting papers. It's a show that deserves a bowl of popcorn, a beer, and a friend, and no other distractions to the viewing experience. But it's worthy of your attention!

People like to criticize LOST because it goes a little crazy, and there are all these unanswered questions that drive viewers nuts. And even though by the end of the series you don't get all the answers you want, when you think back to all the answers you DO get, the complexity and cleverness of the series is a work of art. There's nothing else like it on TV. I think, if I had to draw a parallel, it's comparable to "Inception," which I also loved.

Anyways. Now that the series is done, I feel like I broke up with someone! I don't know where to begin. "Mad Men" is my rebound boyfriend right now, but I have a feeling he's getting dumped soon. I had a date once with "The Wire," but it didn't go so well. Maybe it's time to call him up again. Or maybe, one of my friends can set me up with someone new. 

Suggestions welcome! 

Namaste, 

Tori