# Lost: Anyone else watching it for the first time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-anyone-else-watching-it-for-the-first-time/475298 "2008-12-02T04:11:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-anyone-else-watching-it-for-the-first-time/475298/1 "2008-12-02T04:11:35Z")
Here’s the thing: If I miss the first episode of something, I might not watch a series. Depends on the show. Well, I missed many of the first episodes of _Lost_ on first broadcast. No worries; there’s always the summer reruns, right? Well, I missed several episodes again. A couple of years ago a friend let me borrow his Season 1 DVDs. I liked it. But by the time I got to see it, Season 2 was half over. _sigh_ So I’ve been watching the reruns on SciFi Channel. They’re in Season 2 now, and I’ve just watched ‘Two For The Road’. ‘?’ is playing now. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-anyone-else-watching-it-for-the-first-time/475298/2 "2008-12-02T04:38:45Z")
Alas I am a crusty veteran, but I didn’t really start watching it (Season 1 dvd) until they were somewhere in the middle of broadcasting Season 2. I’ve been downloading it or watching it online as soon as I can get my hands on a new episode ever since. It was basically the gateway show that led me over the hump toward using the internet as my TV medium. I had tried to watch bits and pieces of episodes here and there when they were originally broadcasting Season 1, but you just can’t get away with those sort of viewing habits with this show. Enjoy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-anyone-else-watching-it-for-the-first-time/475298/3 "2008-12-02T04:44:22Z")
Where are the episodes (legally) available for download? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-anyone-else-watching-it-for-the-first-time/475298/4 "2008-12-02T04:51:46Z")
iTunes has Seasons 2 and 3, either the whole season ($50) or episodes al a carte ($3 each). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-anyone-else-watching-it-for-the-first-time/475298/5 "2008-12-02T05:01:58Z")
> [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](#): > > the whole season ($50) or episodes al a carte ($3 each). OK, so where can I get them… paralegally? 😛 j/k ---
**Author:** ![Rattlehead02](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rattlehead02/32/3944_2.png) [@Rattlehead02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rattlehead02)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-anyone-else-watching-it-for-the-first-time/475298/6 "2008-12-02T05:16:42Z")
It appears [www.abc.com](http://www.abc.com) has all 4 seasons online for free. I’ve watched several episodes that was in the past and the video quality is surprisingly good. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-anyone-else-watching-it-for-the-first-time/475298/7 "2008-12-02T05:42:02Z")
I started it a little while ago, but after X-Files I was suspicious of a show that seemed to convolute itself just for the sake of being confusing without any concrete plan for resolving anything. I tried a couple of times, but never got more than four or five episodes into it. And based on what I’ve heard my suspicions were well founded. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-anyone-else-watching-it-for-the-first-time/475298/8 "2008-12-02T14:01:49Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > …without any concrete plan for resolving anything. That’s where you’re misinformed. LOST has a defined story arc with a finite number of episodes remaining. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-anyone-else-watching-it-for-the-first-time/475298/9 "2008-12-02T14:04:51Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > I started it a little while ago, but after X-Files I was suspicious of a show that seemed to convolute itself just for the sake of being confusing without any concrete plan for resolving anything. > > I tried a couple of times, but never got more than four or five episodes into it. And based on what I’ve heard my suspicions were well founded. It got better. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-anyone-else-watching-it-for-the-first-time/475298/10 "2008-12-02T20:12:06Z")
I think it got worse. I loved the first season, the second season was ok but I was starting to get the impression the writers didn’t know where they were going with any of the weird stuff from season 1, I couldn’t make it through the third. And all the flashbacks got on my nerves too. Maybe sometime in the future a fan will edit out all the flashbacks, you could watch the show in about 1/2 the time. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-anyone-else-watching-it-for-the-first-time/475298/11 "2008-12-02T20:51:35Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > I think it got worse. I loved the first season, the second season was ok but I was starting to get the impression the writers didn’t know where they were going with any of the weird stuff from season 1, I couldn’t make it through the third. I should clarify what I meant. What I meant was, it got better _after_ it got worse. 😛 -FrL-