Lost in LOST

Wow... Patti and I just started watching "Lost" and, man, is it intense! I know it seems like the trendy show to be watching, but there's a reason... it's a really good show. For whatever reason, we neglected to "get into" it when it first aired. I remember being slightly interested, but it wasn't "must-see TV" at our house.

Finally, after hearing everyone say how great it is, we decided to check it out. The show's currently in the middle of season 2, so we didn't want to jump on the train while it was moving. Instead, we got the DVDs of season 1, and started from the beginning.

In the 16 years we've been together, we've been completely absorbed in two TV shows: Twin Peaks and The X-Files. Yeah, we had our Melrose period, but it was more a guilty pleasure. And now she's pretty involved in Nip/Tuck and I guess I've gotten more interested in it lately... but those two shows are the only ones we were compelled to watch... faithfully.

Then along comes Lost. "Hey, I'm looking forward to tonight." "Yeah, me too... gotta get in a couple more episodes of Lost," is pretty typical conversation around here. "Make sure the kids are in bed by 8:30, then we can start Lost about 9..." Sad, but true.

In fact, I just finished an episode, and the DVD is at the main menu, and it's got a really nice loop of birds singing and stuff... so when you're finished watching, you can mellow to some relaxing nature sounds. Nice...

Anyway, the show is so amazingly well-written, incredibly well-acted, thought-provoking, suspenseful... jeez... I sound like an addict. Well, at least a convert. I don't even know what channel it's on since we've been watching the DVDs, but I can tell you when season three starts (after we've finished the DVDs of seasons one and - hopefully - 2), we'll be right there!