# LOST 1-21-09 "Because You Left"/"The Lie" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345 "2009-01-21T19:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/1 "2009-01-21T19:54:01Z")
OK, Lost fans. Seasn 5 begins tonight and I’m used to seeing a thread by now. So here it is. I myself have no idea what to expect. I don’t even know who the episode focuses on, or even if they do that any more. But I’ll be planted in front of my TV at 9:00pm. If any of you have the Season 4 DVDs I urge you to check out “The Oceanic Six: A Conspiracy of Lies”. Best DVD special feature ever. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/2 "2009-01-21T20:21:05Z")
Good Gravy. I thought the season hiatus would never end. Pumped as ever… let’s get the show back on the road. ---
**Author:** ![MTRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/3 "2009-01-21T20:36:42Z")
Is vincent going to be back? Man, that dog is getting old! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/4 "2009-01-21T21:08:16Z")
Because of the long hiatus between seasons, the 60+ hours of episodes, the massive cast including extras, the past/present/future story telling, and the evertwisting plot, my biggest fear is that I’m going to get LOST in this whole thing as answers start being revealed. I don’t remember what happened over 3 years ago in a season one flashback in Australia. Someday (maybe after I retire in 25 years) I may have time to rewatch the entire series. Until then I hope they don’t bury me in names/faces/places/events that I have long forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![flex727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@flex727](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flex727)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/5 "2009-01-21T21:11:20Z")
What is the Lost episode airing immediately before? Is it a repeat of last Wednesday’s recap? ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/6 "2009-01-21T21:19:06Z")
At 8:00 they are showing “Lost: Destiny Calls”, one of those catch-you-up shows. Helpful for some, but as I finished watching the season 4 DVDs just last week, I won’t be tuning in. Besides, that’s the Littlest Trion’s bedtime. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/7 "2009-01-21T21:54:56Z")
Im in a slightly unique position- after seeing all the hype for the season 5 premiere, I don’t rent dvd’s, and I have friends into the show insisting I need to watch from the beginning. So I’ve avoided everything Lost for years now, and discovered last week that I could watch full episodes on the ABC website. So I watched them. All of them. I am exhausted and highly sympathetic to all you who have had to wait weeks at a time to get each new episode. One thing I noted, it seems most people diss season 2, and much of season 3, but watching rapid fire like I did, I never noticed any quality difference. Every episode made me want to watch the next as much as any other. Now, I hope people feel bad for me because I had to wait 2 days to see what happens next, ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/8 "2009-01-21T21:55:42Z")
Very exciting. I wasn’t as in love with last season as a lot of people were, but I have a feeling that without the writer’s strike this year, this one is going to be very, very good. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/9 "2009-01-21T21:59:57Z")
I’m very excited. My girlfriend and I are even throwing a Lost party, complete with Dharma beer (bud light with dharma labels on the can), roast boar (BBQ pulled pork), Mr. Cluck’s Chicken Shack chicken (popeyes, again with a label on the outside), etc. Should be a blast. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/10 "2009-01-22T00:18:32Z")
> [@HoboStew](#): > > I’m very excited. My girlfriend and I are even throwing a Lost party, complete with Dharma beer (bud light with dharma labels on the can), roast boar (BBQ pulled pork), Mr. Cluck’s Chicken Shack chicken (popeyes, again with a label on the outside), etc. Should be a blast. Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/11 "2009-01-22T00:53:04Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Because of the long hiatus between seasons, the 60+ hours of episodes, the massive cast including extras, the past/present/future story telling, and the evertwisting plot, > my biggest fear is that I’m going to get LOST in this whole thing as answers start being revealed. I don’t remember what happened over 3 years ago in a season one flashback in Australia. > Someday (maybe after I retire in 25 years) I may have time to rewatch the entire series. Until then I hope they don’t bury me in names/faces/places/events that I have long forgotten. That’s why I’ve given up. I’m tired of the meandering plots, the intriguing mysteries that are forgotten unsolved by the wayside, the twists that seem to advance the story until the writers tire of it and jump to something else. I can’t do this anymore. I’ll probably keep my ear out for when they finally Explain Everything Once and For All but until then, I’m out. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/12 "2009-01-22T01:02:13Z")
Ok, so airing right now is just a “remember all the weird stuff that’s happened so far?” thingy? Does the actual episode start at 9? ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/13 "2009-01-22T01:03:39Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Ok, so airing right now is just a “remember all the weird stuff that’s happened so far?” thingy? Does the actual episode start at 9? Yep. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/14 "2009-01-22T02:03:51Z")
Finally! This hiatus seemed to last for years. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/15 "2009-01-22T02:06:06Z")
We finally get that guys real name! ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/16 "2009-01-22T02:07:07Z")
Ben really does get the best lines, doesn’t he? “That’s the spirit” ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/17 "2009-01-22T02:09:16Z")
what’s the spoiler policy here? No spoilers till it’s done airing? ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/18 "2009-01-22T02:31:14Z")
“If fyou ate more comfort food maybe you wouldn’t go around killing people” - of course Hurley has good lines too ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/19 "2009-01-22T02:32:30Z")
And that, my friends is why you always put the knives handle side up in the dishwasher ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345/20 "2009-01-22T02:39:55Z")
“What goes around comes around” - I liked that too But why does Richard wear guyliner?? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-21-09-because-you-left-the-lie/482345.md?page=2)