Amazingly in 2017 my gf is watching Lost for the first time. I watched four episodes with her over the past few days thankfully she is at one of the best parts in the show; it was Season 4, Episodes 3-6. It really reminded me why it's still a top ten show for me, despite all it's faults; pointless subplots, meandering about without answering anything, bad characters, underwhelming resolution, etc, for the most part it was a really intriguing and beautiful show. One of those episodes was
The Constant, the most commonly cited best episode of the show and i find it hard to disagree. Not sure if it's my favourite but i do think it is possibly the shows most well realized story. None of the time travel elements are complex or original in it but that's not what it's about, it's a surprisingly singular story despite introducing the time travel elements and continuing Desmonds backstory. Seeing it for the first time in about 4 or 5 years i was reminded of why it's so acclaimed; it's an extremely powerful episode with a great performance by Henry Ian Cusick (who Daniel M once said he pictures me as since i'm Scottish
) all those years ago Desmonds phonecall made me cry and i'd be lying if i didn't tear up a bit even though i knew full well what was going to happen, zero stakes this time and it was still amazing.
Obviously i was fortunate that she was on Season 4 as i'm sure most fans would agree 4 and 1 are the best Seasons. I don't dislike a single episode or flashback in Season 1 and the only episode i'm not a big fan of in Season 4 is the one with the Sun flashforward
WARNING: "lost" spoilers below
(Jin and Sun on two different timelines, you find out Jins dead)
(Jin and Sun on two different timelines, you find out Jins dead)
The other four seasons have dull and bad episodes but for the most part i still love them and i'm looking forward to watching the rest with a first time viewer which i've never done before.