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AnarkittenSurprise t1_j7c5skg wrote

I loved season 1 for its potential. By the later seasons, I really didn't enjoy it at all, but still watched just to see if they actually had a story they were going to get around to telling.

I felt the characters grew (or didn't) in mostly disappointing ways, and the finale was better left unwatched. Have no interest in rewatching any part of it.

Lost is the perfect example of a show where the writers base the entire hook on building up a grand mystery. Every episode is meant to tease and make it feel like some great surprise is being unraveled, but in reality the writers have no idea what the mystery is yet. They're just barraging you with red herrings and random plot twists until they're backed into the corner of having to wrap it all up.

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OKC2023champs OP t1_j7c8p01 wrote

Gotcha. I didn’t mind the leftovers not answering questions, because after a few episodes the mystery didn’t even matter, and you were transfixed on these characters going through an unexplainable trauma.

It seems like lost focus’s on the mystery and never really delivers, is that correct?

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AnarkittenSurprise t1_j7cbag0 wrote

You might really enjoy it then. Your first paragraph will probably translate to lost really well.

My issue was more on the writing direction. I like the story to feel like it was written to tell a specific story and mean something, and for characters to play an organic role in making that happen.

Lost to me felt like the story was made up as they went along, and took a backseat to the writers just wanting to surprise people. Characters too, felt like their behavior and arcs were written to surprise watchers and keep moving the goal post of unraveling the next mystery, rather then them having a meaningful identity and story of their own to tell.

The acting was strong though.

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JuanRiveara t1_j7cek9b wrote

The writers generally knew where the story was going from the beginning, there was an issue with the network not granting them an end date until mid way through season 3 but after that they made arguably the two best seasons with 4 and 5. Not a big fan of season 6 as whole but I do think the series finale wrapped it up the best it could.

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harrybarrydairy t1_j7cbaid wrote

A lot of the mysteries in lost are answered, although some are not and personally I thought that was fine.

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james_carr9876 t1_j7casl8 wrote

No, its focus is 100% on the characters. Most of the mysteries are answered subtly but very well. The character arcs are incredible.

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