First two seasons are good. I checked out after that and didn't feel disappointed

yes watch lost snack you fucking dumbass.

First few seasons are good, last season is shit.

I watched it all quite some time ago but I would say it is still 100% worth it to watch for anyone that hasn't watched it yet.
It has his weird moments but overall is a really good show.

No, the ending betrays everything the creators promised up to that point. Lost was made right when TV shows got really good, so you have much better options to choose from now. I've watched all the seasons, appreciated the online stuff they did at the same time, but still I recommend you don't watch this show, it's a waste of time.

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This gif makes more sense than the show ultimately did.

It's such a waste too, because the actors, the story, the music, everything was so great (for a TV show at the time), but in the end it's all bullshit because the writers didn't know where to take it. I won't spoil the big reveal, since you asked not to in the opening post, but please, watch a better, more recent show instead.

Watch twin peaks instead.

People who tell you the ending ruins the show are people who care more about having sidequests resolved and a clean tidy wrap-up of the show than enjoying the journey. If you're a control freak who can't bear unanswered questions, definitely don't watch Lost. If you like a progressively complex and dynamic storyline with great characters, watch Lost.

The first season is definitely probably the best, because they only thought the show would get one season and the creators really did their best to make it something they would be proud of, even if it was a commercial failure. There are some moments in the 2nd or 3rd season (can't remember which) with certain love arcs that I find boring and annoying, but as the show progresses, things just get crazier and crazier and more exciting. If you watch a random episode from the 1st season and then compared it to a random one from season 5, it's almost hard to believe it's the same show. So, I would see this as motivation to stick around. What Lost does right is developing intriguing lore and feeding you enough information to keep you invested, but not too much to make it seem obvious what is going on.

There are some occasional cheesy moments and the writing does start to have some faults in the later seasons, but I easily managed to forgivee those things because of how fun and intense of a ride it is.

I think it is 100% worth watching. The main criticism most people give is related to where the show heads in its later seasons, but honestly I agree with Casual's point above ^. Have you watched game of thrones? Game of thrones ended horrifically. Lost was not even anywhere close to game of thrones' drop off in my opinion.

It stays great quality all the way through and in my opinion stays interesting and bingeable throughout the whole show, which is something you rarely see nowadays unfortunately

I vote yes!

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Okay so I've seen the first three episodes. I fucking hated the 1st pilot and almost stopped there. I really hate that faux-suspenseful "the characters are running away from something scary but we're not gonna show you what the scary thing is". But I do like the kinds of characters they have in the show, the political and philosophical themes, the overall sense of mystery. Some of the acting and scenes are really cheesy but so far I'm able to look past that and understand what the writers were trying to convey. I also like that the show isn't hiding away from harsher, real shit like racism, domestic abuse and drug abuse.

Already I know Lost isn't going to be my favourite show ever, but I'll see how far into the show I can make it and what I can take out of the experience.

Man, if you hated the pilot, I don't even know if its worth watching past.. lol

I had the total opposite impression of the pilot

maybe just don't think so deep about it lol

I used to be pretty into it, but I too felt betrayed by the ending. I think the storytelling is unique enough that it's worth a watch, especially in terms of how TV shows have been developing over the last 20 years, but as Arie also said maybe there are other shows to watch first.

if you can just turn off ur brain you can watch anything. why would anyone ask for advice on what to watch if they wanted this response when you recommend bad shit?

like not everything has to be on rick and morty tiers of intellect, but if its corny, its corny

you misunderstood me, I didn't mean that as in 'just turn ur brain off', I just meant snack should probably give it more than three episodes before looking for 'what the writers were trying to convey'

In that case, you've misunderstood what I meant when I said that. I was referring to moments in the show with piss-poor acting or really obvious, cheesy directing, how I'm able to look past these in order to see what the writers were trying to imply.

Still frankly, Funs, I don't see your point. I dunno, do you wait until you're halfway into a poem to start reading in between the lines? I see no reason not to read into the show from the get go, and from where I'm standing, it's very clear that Lost is packed with metaphor. Though maybe you're saying this because there is stuff you know about the show which I couldn't know as of yet.

It's not a poem though lol. To be honest casual made a good point in his last post, if you didn't like the pilot I wouldn't bother continuing because you probably won't enjoy the rest. Trust me I'm really not someone to just recommend any tv show I've ever seen, I'm actually quite choosy when it comes to them. But nevertheless even I feel like trying to come to conclusions just a couple of episodes into a show isn't giving it much chance

I never said anything about coming to conclusions about the show. I'm just reading into the metaphors of the show and forming an interpretation, like one would with any form of art. Doesn't need to be a poem to have meaning baked into it, begging to be read.

why you turning into a more sophisticated version of cre-8 doe