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Lost (2004)
My take on lost
If someone asked me what Lost is about, I'd probably answer by pointing out the major themes underlying the tv show: destiny, coincidence, faith, science. Lost is about making sense of our lives, when they make no sense, all of us human beings experience this kind of dismay one way or another, and what makes a difference in our individual lives is the way we decide to deal with it. We could ascribe what happens to us to destiny or coincidence, we could use science or religion to try finding a pattern in our lives which could be applied to anyone's lives, the former being recognized as reliable, the latter debatable. We all go through it, especially when we find ourselves in a corner with no other way to go. This is the point in their lives at which the characters from 'Lost' are, still when you hit the bottom there's no way but up. Our castaways find themselves confronting their new lives while being haunted by their past lives, the tragedy they find themselves in turns out to be a new beginning for them, a way to be reborn, to deal with their past and to evolve into better human beings.
There's a pattern in J. J. Abrams' shows, like 'Alias' the plot of 'Lost' consists of a huge secret, the island', which is unveiled progressivily and slowly by having stand alone episodes dealing with survivors' past lives and present lives highlighting major themes such as redemption, regret, love, personal growth, guilt and having hints dropped bit by bit diluted in a six season arch.
Alias, created by JJ Abrams as well, similarly revolves around a big secret, Rambaldi, unveiled over the course of five seasons with small hints given to the viewers episode by episode. It definetly worked as a precursor to lost, the structure is the same. Alias never gets the credit it deserves for being a full-fledged revolutionary show.
By the way I found Lost to be quite boring honestly, it never kept me on the edge of my seat, and the way it was written prevented me from actively taking part to the solving process of the mistery.
Edit: I've just finished watching the series finale and I really can't see what people find so hard to understand, the 'afterlife' Jack and the others are in is a sort of world where soul mates ( in a broader sense, people meaningful in our lives from a personal growth perspective ) can meet again before moving on. It's kind of a waiting room where soul mates can wait for eachother to die and gather together. Once our heroes all died they found each other and cherished the moments in their lives which helped them evolve into better human beings.
Lost: Fire + Water (2006)
Cut that poor Charlie some slack
Let me get this straight, we've all been witnesses to Locke's fanaticism and to his believing he's on the island because of destiny, to his revering the island as this giant deus ex machina guiding its inhabitants and having a plan laid out for them, to his acting crazy according to his beliefs, based on the fact that he miraculously regained feeling in his legs, but when Charlie does the exact same thing, acting upon his beliefs deriving from the same hallucinations Locke is guided by, he's considered a lunatic because of the drug problem he had in the past. I understand the right one has to doubt a possibly still using drug addict, but everyone has been driven by madness in a way or another (Hurley believing he's invincible), so how about we cut that poor Charlie some slack.