Category: LOST
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Showrunner Series: Adam Horowitz and Eddie Kitsis, Flashbacks and Self-Awareness
Welcome back to the Showrunner Series, an occasional TVS feature where I discuss the work of one or more major television voice(s). When a great, popular television series says goodbye, members of that series’ writing staff are going to be hot commodities. They’re going to be asked to run their own series, pitch their own…
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On letting go: Musings on Lost’s final season one year after the finale
You’re probably aware of this, but today is the one-year anniversary of Lost‘s finale episode, “The End.” One year ago, the biggest television phenomenon of the 21st century came to an end, overwhelming some and frustrating/enraging more. For me personally, it’s been something of a whirlwind year, especially as far as television goes. I started…
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#TVFail Entry 1: Lost, “Stranger in a Strange Land”
The accused: Lost, “Stranger in a Strange Land” (Season 3, Episode 9) The crime: Proving that the Lost creative team had no “real plan” to tell their story. Television’s failures are supposed to be obvious. From the overhyped non-starters that flop from the very beginning (hello, FlashForward, Lone Star) to the much-discussed clumsy conclusions of…
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2009-10 season wrap: Lost
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be summarizing my thoughts on many of the series that ended just as the “official” television season came to a close recently. Overview: The final season of Lost had otherworldly expectations placed upon it — and that was before the writers decided to introduce a controversial storytelling device in the flash-sideways.…
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TV Surveillance Podcast Episode 2 — Reflections on “The End”
In the second episode of the TV Surveillance Podcast, John Barnett and I talk for a good 2.5 hours about “The End,” the finale episode of Lost and also reflect on the series as a whole. We’ve planned another podcast in the near future to do some wrapping up, but if you’re still jonesin’ for…
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Emotion over “answers” — Discussing storytelling approaches in the finales of Lost and Supernatural
With the round of season finales out of the way for all the major broadcast television series, I’ve been thinking about which finales were the most effective and why. You know, because I have absolutely nothing to do with my life during the summer — or any time for that matter.
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Lost, “The End” Part Two — Evaluating character arcs in both universes
I’ve decided to avoid adding more bold sectioned-off updates to my original recap of the Lost series finale, “The End” and start a brand new post. You can view my initial set of ramblings here before jumping in to this post. For starters, I want to discuss the characters, since that’s what the whole episode…
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Lost, “The End”
Well, in my opinion, they basically nailed it.
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The List: Ranking every episode of Lost [UPDATED TO INCLUDE “THE END”]
![The List: Ranking every episode of Lost [UPDATED TO INCLUDE “THE END”]](https://corybarker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/lost_s6.jpg?w=1024)
With Lost’s conclusion airing tonight, a slew of lists, editorials and personal reflections have flooded the internet. I have no problem adding to that mass of opinions. The past few days I’ve been wondering how to celebrate the series in a way that seems personal to me and one of the things I love almost…
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Lost, “What They Died For”
Apologies for the tardiness of this post, as last night was only the second time in Lost history that I missed the first run of an episode. Interestingly, I enjoyed having the night and early this morning to think about what I watched in “What They Died For,” and hopefully that makes this post better.…
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The Postmortem: “Across The Sea” and response to answers
Well, what a crazy 22 hours it has been since Lost aired its most divisive, polarizing episode of all time. “Across The Sea” is a complicated mess of betrayal, mommy issues and a whole lot of metaphor. It should really be watched at least twice before passing even any substantial judgments, so I fired it…
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Lost, “Across The Sea”
“Across The Sea” is an episode that a big sector of the Lost contingent has been waiting for since the season five finale and probably even before that. But while it probably satisfies those fans, I’m not convinced that anyone who cares about the core characters would actually have enjoyed this episode.
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The slow burn versus the really slow burn — Evaluating responses to the distribution of answers in Lost and Fringe
For fans of serialized television, nothing is more important than answers. Though some might claim they love the characters or individual episodes, gun to head, most fans of Lost would probably say they’re watching because they want answers to the questions that have been posed. What I’ve noticed this season by watching two serialized programs…
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