"LOST" is really annoying.

[UrbScotty]

There, I said it. :tinfoilhat:

[datasuspect]

1. i still don't know what the deal is with this

and i can't get anyone to encapsulate it (they make it seem like it is almost impossible).

i guess marketing is more effective with some people than with others.

[SOteric]

4. Do you mean you're looking for a synopsis of the plot to date?

Or is there some specific point you'd like clarified?

I'm pretty sure I can accommodate, either way.

[datasuspect]

5. just the gist

i've seen brief snippets of it (on bar/restaurant t.v.'s) so i didn't really ever really watch it, but from what i did see, it was visually akin to the claptrap shows on SciFi channel or something like that and did not seem extraordinarily interesting.

please enlighten me.

[SOteric]

8. *L* I can't force you to find it interesting but the gist is:

A group of about 40 or 50 people survive a plane wreck on what they believe is a deserted island.

Gradually they come to the realisation that the island is not actually deserted, but in fact inhabited by mysterious people, including a "French woman" and some ominous "others" she refers to; and seemingly impossible beasts and creatures (a giant polar bear in a semi-tropical zone?)

It also unfolds that many of the key characters, a group of a dozen or so of these survivors are interconnected in ways that many of them still do not realise even though we, the spectators, are slowly being allowed glimpses into those interconnections.

Most notably, all seem to have some relationship to a set of numbers which recur in a subset of the characters. Each of the characters developed to date have touched briefly on at least one of these numbers, some on all of them, in some way. More connections may yet unfold.

Those numbers were revealed to one of the central characters by an inmate in an insane assylum who repeated them over and over in his dementia. That character, Hurley, used the numbers on a whim to play the lotto. He won, but the winnings quickly turned out to be 'cursed.' The same set of numbers appear on a found map, in an old transmitter signal, and engraved on the side of a mysterious hatch found by the survivors in a remote part of the island.

One group of the survivors put a great deal of energy into building an elaborate raft in the hopes of sailing it into shipping lanes and seeking rescure. Others have found shelter in a natural cave formation near a freshwater source deeper inland.

When the season ended, the raft had set sail while the land dwellers all took shelter in the caves against the French Woman's warnings that the "others" were coming for the boy. (We assumed the newborn son of a woman previously abducted by the Others.) Meanwhile the sailors on the raft came upon a boat filled with dark faces seen only in profile, -rejoicing that they were rescued. Instead the group demanded 'the boy' a 10 year old named Walt who'd set sail on the raft with his father. There was an altercation, the boy was grabbed and the Others lobbed an explosive of some sort onto the raft, obliterating it and leaving the sailors all adrift, possibly dead. We'll have to wait until next season to find out how that resolves.

[SOteric]

13. Also, - here's some material posted the other day

from the usenet group's FAQ:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3322734

[Mrs_Beastman]

2. I watch it faithfully

But, I have this sinking feeling that it's going to be like the X-Files or Twin Peaks....They will drag it out for years until I don't care

[SOteric]

6. I have hopes it'll turn out to be a bit more like

Babylon 5, with an actual destination for its convoluted path.

[Mrs_Beastman]

10. It's a hit...They will beat the show like a dead horse

[UrbScotty]

9. Faithfully? What about our faith in Feith?

Doug Feith, that is.

[Mrs_Beastman]

11. no, haven't drunk that kool-aid

[UrbScotty]

12. What kind of Kool-Aid DO you drink? (nt)

[graywarrior]

3. Enjoy it while it's still good.

It's the best thing on tv.

[frylock]

14. lost can't touch deadwood..

IMHO.

[youthere]

15. LOVE Deadwood...

Not like. LOVE. But, alas, no cable here. Bought the first season on DVD waiting breathlessly for season two.

[KittyWampus]

7. Reminds Me To A Bad Acid Trip. Not At All Entertaining & To Be Avoided