Dear Lost,
Six seasons ago, I heard about a new show starting by the guy who created Alias. It was supposed to be different than any other show out there. From the previews it looked a bit like a (more) scripted version Survivor, which I loved, so I tuned in for the pilot and was hooked from the first episode.
Yes, there have been some low points for us, Lost. Season three was a bit bizarre, focusing on characters that we’d never met before — sometimes more than the characters we’d come to care about. You almost lost me there (heh, no pun intended), but I stuck around. Much like reading a bad book from a favorite author, I trusted you to regain your momentum. And hoo boy, you did. You’re one of the very few television shows that I need to watch with complete focus every week — no talking or distractions. This is mostly because you’re so hard to understand, and…I kinda dig that about you. You’re complicated.
Since I write romance I was taken mostly by the relationships you created. My favorite one, and one that you have really dropped the ball on, in my opinion, was Kate and Sawyer. Kate was a twit, but her sexual tension with bad boy, con artist Sawyer was hot hot hot!! The scene in Season 1 with him tied up at the tree and conning her into kissing him? Probably the hottest kiss on a network television show I’ve every seen. “Baby, I’m tied to a tree in the jungle of mystery.”
Brilliant.
Alas, I think your writers preferred her with Jack, but there wasn’t nearly as much tension there. Oh well. Jack’s still pretty. Kate’s still a twit.
The other romance on the show was Sun and Jin, a married couple who fell in love again on the island. Well, anyone who’s watching the show knows what you did with them. Thanks, you jerks! Bad Lost! Very bad!!!
Also, a fantastic romance was Desmond and Penny, two lovers torn apart and searching for each other even when all seems lost (again, I pun). They got their HEA. Well, I thought they did. Now in season 6 with only one episode left, it doesn’t look good for them! Bad Lost! Very bad!!!
So Lost is not a romance novel. Got it. Too bad, since it might be just a little bit better. Not that it isn’t already great. It is. But a satisfying romantic arc(s) and a happily ever after(s) is a bonus, as far as I’m concerned.
I’m not counting on any happily ever after on your 2-1/2 hour season finale on Sunday, but I’ll be watching with full focus, hoping that everything works out in a — dare I hope for it? — satisfying conclusion.
And please don’t kill Sawyer. I (L) him.
A fan,
Michelle Rowen xoxo
Do you love Lost? Are you looking forward to the season finale? Already in mourning for a show this intricate and complicated? Is there anything else on TV that you love as much? Were you a Kate/Sawyer fan or a Kate/Jack fan? Any predictions on how it’s all going to turn out? (no spoilers please!)
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My interest in this series has gone from one end of the spectrum to the other, I have family and friends that gave up on it, I am stubbornly seeing it through to the end. Josh Holloway (Sawyer)is the main reason I am still watching, give this guy his own show!! Hey, he could play a cop! *snort* I don’t love Lost as much as I did, but I do enjoy the intricate plots and complicated relationships and yes, the romance. Such as it is.
Great post Michelle!
I wasn’t online yesterday – or I would have replied.
I just saw your Tweet.
I have been reading Lost-related blog entries/posts/etc all morning.. I’m actually listening to the season 1 soundtrack right now. (song: Oceanic 815)
I’m not ready to say goodbye to the characters..
Someone asked what their favorite Lost moment was.. dang, I wish I had sad that KISS! *fans self*
But I said anything with Desmond and Penny – especially when they reunite. I’m scared for them in the finale — I couldn’t stop crying during the submarine episode recently. I actually thought THEY were “Adam & Eve” (remember when Hurley said to Jack, “What if this is us?” or something.. It was earlier this season. For some reason, I just thought it was them since they fell back in love on the island, etc…)
I have no idea what will happen tonight. I don’t want to think about it TOO much – I don’t want to be disappointed… I don’t expect anything honestly. Except.. I will be heartbroken if Desmond dies. and Sawyer! Oh man. I will need a vacation for a week if that happens.
I decided earlier I was going to write in my journal about how I felt about Lost over the past few years (actually, you did this in your blog..) but I wanted to just talk about it before the finale because this show has meant more to me than probably any other show – I’m not sure why! I’m so engrossed in it. I LOVE discussing it. I can discuss it at dinner w/friends for ages. (it has brought up so MANY conversations – and really.. how many shows do we have that do that on a weekly basis?)
I’m sad. I feel like I’m going to a funeral in a way (well, not THAT extreme – but does that make sense?)
and for the record, I like Sawyer and Kate together, too. BUT! there is a song on the season 5 soundtrack “La Fleur” which is Juliet and Sawyer’s theme… *wipes a tear from her eye* That song gets me.. gosh.
I keep having this scene flash in my head – it’s from the season 1 finale when all the cast members are getting on the plane and the “Oceanic 815″ song is playing.. *Sigh*
BTW, I MISS CHARLIE!!! I wonder if he’ll show up.
See? I could ramble on and on!
(btw, check out Homer Simpson’s Twitter page – his Lost Tweet. I’ve been posting links on Facebook and Twitter all morning) I’m going to RT your post, too. (@ailish790
What was your FAVORITE scene from the past few years? that kiss?
I posted a few things I rambled about/or collected from different blogs earlier: http://reyaluna.tumblr.com/
Check out the picture – should be 2-3 posts down.
I’m scared I will be (U) tonight.
But ALL I can think of is — this time tomorrow… we will know the end. (or will it be the end?)
I (L) (L) (L) you, Lost… and the way you drove me CRAZY like a confusing boyfriend over the past 6 years.
That should say @ailish79 not what I posted — typo!
I’ll be rambling about Lost on Twitter all day, I’m sure. haha (L)
I came to Lost just before the third season started. I stumbled onto a re-run and was hooked instantly so I watched the first two seasons on DVD. Like you, I wasn’t crazy about season 3 but I stuck it out, enjoying my weekly Sawyer viewing. I never liked Kate with Jack and was sad that Sawyer was completely over her by the time that she went back to the island.
I hope that they don’t kill him off tonight. I have a feeling that they won’t but you never know. It wouldn’t hurt me to see Kate, Miles or Clair go though. Especially Clair. Crazy Clair is just annoying, lol.
I wonder if any of the previously deceased characters will make cameos tonight. They could have Charlie come back to Clair in a vision just before she dies. Maybe Boone will make an appearance. There was speculation that those two characters might have cameos this season since they both made an appearance at the Lost panel during the last Comic Con. I guess we’ll see tonight.
I am a Sawyer/Juliet fan, so the Lost people killed me very early this season. Still counting down the hours until tonight’s episode(s). I like to joke that I’m normally a bit lost as I watch Lost, but I’m only half joking. Can’t wait to find out what is really up with the island.
I love Lost, and have all but the last two seasons on DVD. I can’t decide if I’m a Kate/Jack or a Kate/Sawyer fan, I like them both. Even when it got confusing and really out there, I still loved the show. I’m definitely looking forward to the finale, and I’m really going to miss this fabulous show. ;-(
I LOVE LOST. I LOVE SAWYER! Yum Yum Yum.
I’m a big fan of all the romance arcs – though we don’t got the HEA
Desmond and Penny – when he touched her and all the memories coming flooding back…sigh
Sawyer and Kate, Sawyer and Juliet, Sawyer and ME – oh wait that’s what I dreamed last night.
Jun and Sun
Hurley and Libby
Ben and Russo
Farday and Red
Saed and (can’t remember her name)
Jack and Kate
Claire and Charlie(?)
Anyway can’t wait for tonight
SAWYER AND JULIET and KATE AND JACK = LIE!!!
Sawyer and Kate = HOT HOT HOT!
KATE AND SAWYER FOREVER!!!!! Boo — BAD LOST!!!
I was really upset this season when the Jack-Kate-Sawyer triangle got apparently eradicated from existence. sigh. It was the heart of the story as far as I’m concerned. And the finale . . . ah the finale. The very end was quite poignant, but did not fulfill my needz. Did make me cry though. (U)
I think I’ll start a line of fanzines about what REALLY happened between Kate and Sawyer (when no one was looking).
I will LOST so much. There will never be another show like it!! (Well, I can dream, but I doubt there will ever be another show like it). MWAH!! (K)
Uh, That should have read: I will MISS Lost so much . . . . see I’m just falling apart without it.
**SPOILERS **************
Have to say, I quite liked the finale. I respect the decision not to attempt to answer all the questions. It’s kind of like life — there are no easy answers. I would have liked a bit more closure on Skate, but they haven’t really acknowledged that relationship in a few seasons so I can deal. I wasn’t thrilled with Shannon coming back. I haven’t thought about her (nor had Sayid, in my honest opinion) since season one. Oh well! There’s no such thing as a perfect series finale, but it was definitely a worthy and very emotional one! And it wasn’t half the bloodbath I was expecting. Kind of uplifting, all in all.