Waiting For the End of Lost
There are no spoilers here because I am not watching the series. I followed Lost through a season and a half and just couldn’t continue my loyalty.
With Netflix, there really is no need for a multiple-year commitment on a mythology-based show. I’ve been burned by The X-Files and more recently by Battlestar Galactica. After all those years, the ending sucked and kind of sucked—respectively.
I know I said before that I was ok with the ending of Battlestar Galactica, but it turns out that I’m not that satisfied. And the lack of a spectacular ending has tainted the rest of the episodes for me. I used to watch my boxed sets all the time. Now, I’m considering getting rid of them.
So I’m holding out on Lost. If the mystery gets some kind of above-average resolution, all the seasons will go into my Netflix queue right away. If the ending betrays the spirit of the series, I’ll pass on the entire thing. After all, everyone made such a big deal about the show’s preordained voluntary end date. If being able to plan that well doesn’t result in a really good mystery-show run, how is any other show going to get me to believe?
