Russ and I have been watching Lost. We watch it on DVD, one season at a time. Right now we are in the middle of season five, and six is the last one. This is the kind of show where the further along you get, the more questions you have. It’s hard for me to believe at this point that a day will ever come when we sit back and say, “Ah ha! Now all our questions are answered!”
Our plan is that once we have watched the whole thing through, we’re going to begin again at the beginning. And on this second watching, we’re going to WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN!!!! We’re going to write down everything that HAPPENS, and who all the characters are, and how they know each other, and we’re also going to keep an ongoing list of QUESTIONS. As we find satisfactory answers to these questions, we’ll knock them off the list.
The goal, of course, would be to come to the end of the sixth season with no questions unanswered. As I said, it’s hard to believe that is going to happen. I think that right now, not only are there questions to which we do not know the answer, but there are probably a huge number of questions we have even forgotten were ever asked.
Our main, overriding question, though, is this: when the writers/producers started presenting Lost, did they know what in blazes they were doing? Could they see the end of it all, even when they were creating the very first episode? Is there some method to this madness? Will it all, in fact, tie together in the end? Or is this all just a happy accident, and will there be many loose ends left flying in the wind, when all is said and done?
Oh, I just hope this much: I hope that we don’t end up with a “And Then I Woke Up” kind of ending. I hope somebody is not dreaming this, or Hurley is not imagining it all from the mental institution. If that’s all it is, I’m going to be very disappointed.
Anyway, if you are a fan of Lost, and know more than I do at the moment, please do not spoil. I’m not looking for answers at the moment (except in the episodes themselves). Basically, I’m just venting some frustration over this show, which is just about the most complicated and demanding entertainment I have ever had the fun of enjoying.
