Lost (2004–2010) 8.6
The survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island. |
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Lost (2004–2010) 8.6
The survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island. |
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Jorge Garcia | ... |
Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
(118 episodes, 2004-2010)
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Naveen Andrews | ... |
Sayid Jarrah
(117 episodes, 2004-2010)
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Matthew Fox | ... |
Jack Shephard
(117 episodes, 2004-2010)
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Josh Holloway | ... |
James 'Sawyer' Ford
(117 episodes, 2004-2010)
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Daniel Dae Kim | ... |
Jin Kwon
(117 episodes, 2004-2010)
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Yunjin Kim | ... |
Sun Kwon
(117 episodes, 2004-2010)
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Evangeline Lilly | ... |
Kate Austen
(117 episodes, 2004-2010)
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Terry O'Quinn | ... |
John Locke
(117 episodes, 2004-2010)
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Emilie de Ravin | ... |
Claire Littleton
(96 episodes, 2004-2010)
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Michael Emerson | ... |
Ben Linus
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(79 episodes, 2006-2010)
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Henry Ian Cusick | ... |
Desmond Hume
(74 episodes, 2005-2010)
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Dominic Monaghan | ... |
Charlie Pace
(73 episodes, 2004-2010)
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Harold Perrineau | ... |
Michael Dawson
(63 episodes, 2004-2010)
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Elizabeth Mitchell | ... |
Juliet Burke
(55 episodes, 2006-2010)
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Ken Leung | ... |
Miles Straume
(48 episodes, 2008-2010)
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After a mysterious and bloody airplane crash, 48 survivors are left stranded on a Pacific Island... miles off course. It soon becomes apparent that they will not have to cope only with the forces of nature, but with the island's secrets, including the Dharma Initiative, the 'Lost Numbers', the "others" (or hostiles) and the strange black smoke- to name a few. There is also much more than meets the eye, as it becomes apparent that everyone is connected in some way and that everyone has a purpose to live on the island... and for some, to die. Written by Anonymous
While originally reluctant to jump on the bandwagon of watching "Lost", I accidentally caught one episode at the beginning of season 1the one with the polar-bearand it has had my undivided attention ever since. The show, that is. Not the polar bear. So bear (heh) with me while I throw out as much rambling, semi-coherent praise as I can muster.
"Lost" takes a simple idea of a passenger flight full of people crashing onto a desert island, and gradually adds extraordinary depth to its premise by exploring each character deeply and unflinchinglywhat drives them, who are they? Where did they come from? It soon becomes clear that the island upon which they are stranded acts as a common denominator for many things in their lives, whether they're running away from something (Sawyer and Kate among others) or getting in touch with spirituality (Locke, Claire). But "Lost" also zooms in on the island itself and the mysterious horrors that it houses... and they all seem to be strangely connected.
While television actors are not exactly known for their subtlety or dazzling acting abilities, most of the cast of "Lost" are, in truth, spectacular actors for their respective parts, projecting heart and humour in their performances. There's also a multitude of eyecandy, but not generally of the plastic Hollywood kind as most TV shows. The characters all feel very real and they are extremely compelling to watch. Their interactions rarely fall prey to predictable sappiness, petty arguments or cheesy melodrama (although they are annoyingly secretive) these people are first and foremost trying to survive and whatever relationship appears is treated secondary to action. The realism of these characters facilitate an already well-sculptured plot.
About this plot... Imagine a tree as the template plot, then the branches as subplots (in this case, one branch for every character) well, Lost adds twigs to each branch and then tiny twigs to those twigs as other story lines. If you're a brother/sister to one of the main characters in the flashbacks, you will get your own storyline. If you're a DOG you will have your own storyline. Unless the writers manage to weave them all together into some glorious culmination in the end, they are setting themselves up. I am more than a little worried there will be some disappointing cop-out to this show, as I'm sure most people are.
But assuming the writers do pull this off, "Lost" is possibly the best show ever to hit television.
9/10