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Lost: Season One
Along with Desperate Housewives
( http://www..com/Desperate-Housewives/e/B001CGXVGQ ), Lost was one
of the two breakout shows in the fall of 2004. Mixing suspense
and action with a sci-fi twist, it began with a thrilling pilot
episode in which a jetliner traveling from Australia to Los
Angeles ces, leaving 48 survivors on an unidentified island
with no sign of civilization or hope of imminent rescue. That may
sound like Gilligan's Island meets Survivor, but Lost kept
viewers tuning in every Wednesday night--and spending the rest of
the week speculating on Web sites--with some irresistible hooks
(not to mention the beautiful women). First, there's a huge
ensemble cast of no fewer than 14 regular characters, and each
episode fills in some of the back story on one of them. There's a
doctor; an Iraqi soldier; a has-been rock star; a fugitive from
justice; a self-absorbed young woman and her brother; a lottery
winner; a her and son; a Korean couple; a pregnant woman; and
others. Second, there's a host of unanswered questions: What is
the mysterious beast that lurks in the jungle? Why do polar bears
and wild boars live there? Why has a woman been transmitting an
SOS message in French from somewhere on the island for the last
16 years? Why do impossible wishes seem to come true? Are they
really on a physical island, or somewhere else? What is the
significance of the recurring set of numbers? And will Kate ever
give up her bad-boy fixation and hook up with Jack?
Lost did have some hiccups during the first season. Some plot
threads were left dangling for weeks, and the "oh, it didn't
really happen" card was played too often. But the strong writing
and topnotch cast kept the show a cut above most network TV. The
best-known actor at the time of the show's debut was Dominic
Monaghan, fresh off his stint as Merry the Hobbit in Peter
Jackson's Lord of the Rings films
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rest of the cast is either unknowns or "where I have I seen that
face before" supporting players, including Matthew Fox and
Evangeline Lilly, who are the closest thing to leads. Other
standouts include Naveen Andrews, Terry O'Quinn (who's made a
nice career out of conspiracy-themed TV shows), Josh Holloway,
Jorge Garcia, Yunjin Kim, Maggie Grace, and Emilie de Ravin, but
there's really not a weak link in the cast. Co-created by J.J.
Abrams (Alias
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Lost left enough unanswered questions after its first season to
keep viewers riveted for a second season. --David Horiuchi
Lost: Season Two
What was in the Hatch? The cliffhanger from season one of Lost
was answered in its opening sequences, only to launch into more
questions as the season progressed. That's right: Just when you
say "Ohhhhh," there comes another "What?" Thankfully, the show's
producers sprinkle answers like tasty morsels throughout the
season, ending with a whopper: What caused Oceanic Air Flight 815
to c in the first place? As the show digs into more
revelations about its inhabitant's pasts, it also devotes a good
chunk to new characters (Hey, it's an island; you never know who
you're going to run into.) First, there are the "Tailies,"
passengers from the back end of the plane who ced on the
other side of the island. Among them are the wise, God-fearing
ex-drug lord Mr. Eko (standout Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje); devoted
husband Bernard (Sam Anderson); psychiatrist Libby (Cynthia
Watros, whose character has more than one hidden link to the
other islanders); and ex-cop Ana Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez), by
far the most infuriating character on the show, despite how much
the writers tried to incur sympathy with her flashback. Then
there are the Others, first introduced when they kipped Walt
(Malcolm David Kelley) at the end of season one. Brutal and
calculating, their agenda only became more complex when one of
them (played creepily by Michael Emerson) was held hostage in the
hatch and, quite handily, plays mind games on everyone's already
frayed nerves. The original cast continues to battle their own
skeletons, most notably Locke (Terry O'Quinn), Sun (Yunjin Kim)
and Michael (Harold Perrineau), whose obsession with finding Walt
takes a dangerous turn. The love triangle between Jack (Matthew
Fox), Kate (Evangeline Lilly) and Sawyer (Josh Holloway), which
had stalled with Sawyer's departure, heats up again in the second
half. Despite the bloating cast size (knocked down by a few by
season's end) Lost still does what it does best: explores the
psyche of people, about whom "my life is an open book" never
applies, and cracks into the social dynamics of strangers thrust
into Lord of the Flies-esque situations. Is it all a science
experiment? A dream? A supernatural pocket in the universe?
Likely, any theory will wind up on shaky ground by the season's
conclusion. But hey, that's the fun of it. This show was made for
DVD, and you can pause and slow-frame to your heart's content.
Just try and keep that.---Ellen Kim
Lost: Season Three
When it aired in 2006-07, Lost's third season was split into two,
with a hefty break in between. This did nothing to help the
already weirdly disparate direction the show was taking (Kate and
Sawyer in zoo cages! Locke eating goop in a mud hut!), but when
it finally righted its course halfway through--in particular that
whopper of a finale--the drama series had left its irked fan base
thrilled once again. This doesn't mean, however, that you should
skip through the first half of the season to get there, because
quite a few questions find answers: what the Others are up to,
the impact of turning that fail-safe key, the identity of the
eye-patched man from the hatch's video monitor. One of the
series' biggest curiosities from the past--how Locke ended up in
that wheelchair in the first place--also gets its satisfying due.
(The episode, "The Man from Tallahassee," likely was a big
contributor to Terry O'Quinn's surprising--but
long-deserved--Emmy win that year.) Unfortunately, you do have to
sit through a lot of aforementioned nuisances to get there.
Season 3 kicks off with Jack (Matthew Fox), Kate (Evangeline
Lilly), and Sawyer (Josh Holloway) held captive by the Others;
Sayid (Naveen Andrews), Sun (Yunjin Kim), and Jin (Daniel Dae
Kim) on a mission to rescue them; and Locke, Mr. Eko (Adewale
Akinnuoye-Agbaje), and Desmond (Henry Ian Cu) in the
aftermath of the electromagnetic pulse that blew up the hatch.
Spinning the storylines away from base camp alone wouldn't have
felt so disjointed were it not for the new characters
simultaneously being introduced. First there's Juliet, a
mysterious member of the Others whose loyalty constantly comes
into question as the season goes on. Played delicately by
Elizabeth Mitchell (Gia, ER, Frequency), Juliet is in one turn a
cold-blooded killer, by another turn a sympathetic friend;
possibly both at once, possibly neither at all. (She's also a
terrific, albeit unwitting, threat to the Kate-Sawyer-Jack love
triangle, which plays out more definitively this season.) On the
other hand, there's the now-infamous Nikki and Paulo (Kiele
Sanchez and Rodrigo Santoro), a tagalong couple who were cleverly
woven into the previous seasons' key moments but came to bear the
brunt of fans' ire toward the show (Sawyer humorously echoed the
sentiments by remarking, "Who the hell are you?"). By the end of
the season, at least two major characters die, another is told
he/she will die within months, major new threats are unveiled,
and--as mentioned before--the two-part season finale restores
your faith in the series.
The extras are as well-stocked as a Dharma Initiative food pantry
on this seven-disc set. Commentaries by producer Damon Lindelof,
show writers, and numerous cast members reveal a whole lot of
juicy trivia; plus, the DVDs even provide a subtitle track for
the commentary (rarely seen other than on foreign-language
director's commentaries) so you won't miss a thing. "Lost Book
Club" goes through the parallels between what characters are
reading and the show's storylines (The Wizard of Oz and Stephen
King are heavily referenced). "Lost: On Location" gives a lot of
in to some of the biggest episodes, and "Lost in a Day"
gives a 24-hour glimpse at the drama's arduous production. If
you're a Lost fan who gave up during this season, the bonus
features alone might lure you back for the next round. --Ellen A.
Kim
Lost: Season Four
Season four of Lost was a fine return to form for the series,
which polarized its audience the year before with its focus on
The Others and not enough on our original c victims. That
season's finale introduced a new storytelling device--the
flash-forward--that's employed to great effect this time around;
by showing who actually got off the island (known as the Oceanic
Six), the viewer is able to put to bed some longstanding loose
ends. As the finale attests, we see that in the future Jack
(Matthew Fox) is broken, bearded, and not sober, while Kate
(Evangeline Lilly) is estranged from Jack and with another guy
(the identity may surprise you). Four others do make it back to
their homes, but as the flash-forwards show, it's definitely not
the end of their connection to the island. Back in present day,
however, the islanders are visited by the denizens of a so-called
rescue ship, who have agendas of their own. While Jack works with
the newcomers to try to get off the island, Locke (Terry
O'Quinn), with a few followers of his own, forms an uneasy
alliance with Ben (Michael Emerson) against the suspicious gang.
Some episodes featuring the new characters feel like filler, but
the evolution of such characters as Sun and Jin (Yunjin Kim and
Daniel Dae Kim) is this season's strength; plus, the love story
of Desmond (Henry Ian Cu) and Penny (Sonya Walger) provides
some of the show's emotional highlights. As is the custom with
Lost, bullets fly and characters die (while others may or may not
have). Moreover, the e of Michael (Harold Perrineau), last
seen traitorously sailing off to civilization in season two, as
well as the flash-forwards of the Oceanic Six, shows you never
quite leave the island once you've left. There's a force that
pulls them in, and it's a hook that keeps you watching. Season
four was a shorter 13 episodes instead of the usual 22 due to the
2008 writers' strike; nonetheless, the set comes with two discs
of extras. One of the best features is "LOST in 8:15," which is a
rapid-fire summation of the series thus far in eight minutes, 15
seconds. Narrated by a hilariously droll female, it includes
lines such as "Jack meets Kate. Kate stitches up Jack. They
bond." and "They see Jack play football with Mr. Friendly. Mr.
Friendly throws like a girl." The featurette "The Right to Bear
Arms" takes a fun look at the prop masters responsible for
supplying the castaways with s--and keeping track of who has
one and who doesn't (best here is Sawyer's (Josh Holloway)
assertion that characters often cock their s just to look
cool). Cast members Lilly, Garcia, Yunjin Kim, and Daniel Dae Kim
provide a few of the commentaries, and the set even comes with an
amusing safety guide for Oceanic Airlines. (Example: "if you
notice black smoke emanating from the plane, please alert the
captain. It is either a problem with the engines or a mysterious
creature.") Finally, for those who bought the standard-def DVD,
take a closer look at the front cover after you've removed the
O-sleeve; you'll notice the entire cast has been blacked out save
for a few: the Oceanic Six. --Ellen A. Kim
Lost: Season Five
Since Lost made its debut as a cult phenomenon in 2004, certain
things seemed inconceivable. In its fourth year, some of those
things, like a rescue, came to pass. The season ended with Locke
(Terry O'Quinn) attempting to persuade the Oceanic Six to return,
but he dies before that can happen--or so it appears--and where
Jack (Matthew Fox) used to lead, Ben (Emmy nominee Michael
Emerson) now takes the reins and convinces the survivors to
fulfill Locke's wish.
As producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse state in their
commentary on the fifth-season premiere, "We're doing time travel
this year," and the pile-up of flashbacks and flash-forwards will
make even the most dedicated fan dizzy. Ben, Jack, Hurley (Jorge
Garcia), Sayid (Naveen Andrews), Sun (Yunjin Kim), and Kate
(Evangeline Lilly) arrive to find that Sawyer (Josh Holloway) and
Juliet (Elizabeth Mitchell) have been part of the Dharma
Initiative for three years. The writers also clarify the roles
that Richard (Nestor Carll) and Daniel (Jeremy Davies) play
in the island's master plan, setting the stage for the prophecies
of Daniel's mother, Eloise Hawking (Fionnula Flanagan), to play a
bigger part in the sixth and final season.
Dozens of other players flit in and out, some never to return. A
few, such as Jin (Daniel Dae Kim), live again in the past. Lost
could've wrapped things up in five years, as The Wire did, but
the show continues to excite and surprise. As Lindelof and Cuse
admit in the commentary, there's a "fine line between confusion
and mystery," adding, "it makes more sense if you're drunk."
Other extras include deleted scenes, featurettes, a "lost"
episode of Mysteries of the Universe, and commentary from writers
Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz on "He's Our You," a reference to
Sayid, who tries to change the future by changing the past.
--Kathleen C. Fennessy