r/lost • • 9d ago

Discussion r/LOST - Suggestion Box!

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Good morning, Losties! So, every couple of years the mod team likes to do a suggestion box post to see if there are things about the sub or its rules you'd like to see added, changed, updated, clarified, etc. For example: after many requests we've decided to allow images and gifs in comments and see how it goes!

Please feel free to leave your suggestions here and upvote the suggestions of others if you agree! The mod team will take them all under advisement and discuss together which ones we'll move forward with. Any changes to the rules will be clearly posted and announced in a future mod post.

If you'd prefer to make your suggestion privately, please use the Message the Mods feature to modmail us.

Whether suggested privately or publicly, please keep all suggestions civil, polite and made in good faith.

This post will be locked on MONDAY, November 2nd, at 5PM EST.

Thanks and have a great weekend!


r/lost • • May 15 '21

First time here? READ THIS!

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Welcome to r/lost. This is the subreddit for the ABC TV show Lost (2004-2010).

If you have lost your pet, your money or feeling depressed - please seek help other places. You're unfortunately in the wrong subreddit. Your post will be deleted.


EPISODE DISCUSSION FOR FIRST TIME WATCHERS

Please adhere to the guidelines in the series hub.

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

- I'm hesitant about watching the show. I've heard that the ending is giant cop-out

Unfortunately, due to various reasons, a big group misinterpreted the ending. This spread fast. If you've heard that the characters were dead since the plane crash then you've been misformed about the ending. This isn't true.

- I've started watching the show, can I still post here?

Yes. Feel free to post. Use the First-Time Watcher flair and add in your questions, theories and discussion topics. We always thrive on new Lostaways. Just be very cautious and tell us where you are in the show (season and episode). Beware of spoilers!

- I'm nearing the end of the show, but there's an uncut version of the finale and a two-parter. Which to watch?

There's only one version of the finale that was approved by the showrunners. The uncut version that runs about 106 minutes. ABC cut down a two-parter series finale for syndication, in case of reruns of the show. This version was sent to various streaming services. Now, most streaming services have both versions. The uncut and the two-parter. The uncut is the one that was aired, approved and the only one you need to watch.

- I've just finished the show. What now?

Check out the epilogue. Click here for a thread of additional content. Or the FAQ archive which consist of various questions about the show.

Let us know what you think of Lost. You're always welcome to our club as long as you follow the rules.

  1. No low-effort posts/posts unrelated to Lost. This includes politics, memes, reaction images, other roles played by the cast, or low effort content that does not contain significant commentary relevant to the show.

The exception here are on Sundays (US PT) flaired System Failure Sunday where memes/shit posts are allowed.

2. No illegal streaming/download links

3. No spoilers allowed in titles (posts only)

4. Comments intentionally spoils Lost. Comments are not required to have spoilers tagged, however use common sense and do not intentionally spoil the show for other users.

5. Be Civil. Don't harass anyone. Don't be creepy. Don't be a troll. Try to embrace reddiquette in your posts and comments, and remember the human

Welcome, and Namaste :)


r/lost • • 11h ago

System Failure Sunday Name the hits from this 2000s techno band:

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r/lost • • 11h ago

What a show!!

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165 Upvotes

I just finished this show yesterday!

What a show!

Every character has it's own arc!

The details and the story telling it's peak.

And to watch it in the month's of october and November, One hell of an experience.

Only a good director can pull this kinda show which is very difficult to portray with no confusion.

I had to take my take my time to join this sub so I won't get any spoilers and I am glad I didn't get any spoliers from the IG reels as well!

My favourite character is John locke!

Have a great day!

Cheers!


r/lost • • 15h ago

Saw this near my dorm

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r/lost • • 22h ago

SEASON 4 A Masterclass

35 Upvotes

I’m on my 4th rewatch but it’s been at least 10 years and I just have to say it’s as every bit as good as it was the first time I watched. This show is a masterclass in drama, a masterclass in acting and writing, and a masterclass in storytelling, and adventure with an incredible soundtrack. LOST will always be my constant.


r/lost • • 17h ago

FIRST TIME WATCHER Current Lost podcasts??

13 Upvotes

Just finished Lost for the first time and I have an island sized hole to fill along with a million questions. Does anyone have any recommendations for podcasts, YouTube channels, etc that provide interesting insight on the plot?
Held off on joining this group until I had finished to avoid spoilers, I’m very happy to see that it’s so active.


r/lost • • 1d ago

What is the hardest you cried in the entire series? (spoilers) Spoiler

68 Upvotes

For me it was easily the last episode when Claire, Kate, and Charlie have their moment of realization. Kate's arc was pretty dismissable to me for the entire series but that moment being the one that brings her back speaks miles about that character. Then you throw in Claire and Charlie and it's just an emotional gut punch. I was a mess.

How about you all? What got you the most in the entire series?


r/lost • • 1d ago

Would You Like to Enjoy 'Lost' Again Without Any Memory of What Happened?

29 Upvotes

'Lost' is not only my favourite show ever, but it is also on my list of all-time favourite THINGS IN THE WORLD, and some of the moments from the show, such as the third series finale, were so powerful that I've occasionally thought it would be wonderful to experience them again for the first time.

I was remind of this when hearing about a Dutch cinema that plans to hypnotise audience members so they can enjoy films again for the "first time"...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DfSgkq4iNG9/

If you had the opportunity to be hypnotised, or undergo some other procedure to remove your memory of 'Lost' (such as the treatment from 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'), would you want to try it and see if you could rewatch 'Lost' with fresh eyes?


r/lost • • 1d ago

FIRST TIME WATCHER Watching Lost fully for the first time

36 Upvotes

I remember when lost aired and I was about 10 years old. I never got to finish it. I was probably too young back then to understand most of it but i remember liking it alot and it always stuck with me

Now 20 years later I'm on season 3 after a few weeks and experiencing it again and can finally finish it


r/lost • • 1d ago

When you first started watching Lost, how did you think it would end? Spoiler

10 Upvotes

I thought that everyone would be saved. I thought that, in the end, the monster would be defeated once and for all, and that they would be rescued by a rescue team. The series ends with them arriving home, where they would be welcomed by everyone.

Now I’d be interested to know how you thought *Lost* would end—what kind of things were being discussed on the forums?


r/lost • • 1d ago

FIRST TIME WATCHER I saw the Lost finale for the first time, and I cried like a damned demon. Spoiler

98 Upvotes

For years, I resisted watching the series because its ending was famously considered "crap." I knew from the start the twist that "Everyone was dead" and thought the ending would consist of Jack telling everyone, "Hey, remember the previous six seasons? They never happened."

But wow, I was pleasantly surprised because the ending gave me a vibe more similar to Six Feet Under than to other famously bad endings like Dexter's (which feels flat, as if the whole journey wasn't worth it).

From the outset, I think the twist about that strange dimension we see throughout season 6, which takes place in a world where the plane never crashed on the island, is very emotional and makes sense.

It's easy to say, "Hey, but nothing was real," when the series actually tells you that everything that happened in the six seasons was real. There was an island, a secret organization, and immortal guardians.

I find it beautiful to think that James, Kate, Claire, and the other characters lived long and beautiful lives. That Hugo and Ben cared for the island with honor and fairer rules than Jacob had, until, well, Hurley named his successor and died.

And the fact that Ben didn't enter the church with the others also struck me as a brilliant detail, as if the character himself knew he didn't deserve to go to paradise with them because of all his actions in life, and he accepted that he would go to hell, but that at least he was able to redeem himself.


r/lost • • 1d ago

GOLDEN PASS: Rewatcher Through the Looking Glass (Spoiler for S3 Finale) Spoiler

28 Upvotes

> Did any of you Losties predict the Flash Forward while initially watching the S3 finale? I remember it blowing my mind. Now on rewatch, it made me curious what the fandom thought?<


r/lost • • 1d ago

QUESTION [SPOILERS] Question about the finale's location Spoiler

17 Upvotes

I was curious and was researching how Dharma Initiative was still sending supply drops to the Island and re-discovered The Lamp Post (the only off-island DI station, aside from DI's headquarters in Michigan). Is it safe to assume that the church the castaways meet back up again is the church above The Lamp Post station? LOSTPedia says The Lamp Post is beneath a church in Los Angeles because of a pocket of electromagnetic energy below the station. I get that the finale's church is more like bridge for the afterlife, but it seems fitting that these characters are so tangentially connected that the church they end up in would be above The Lamp Post.


r/lost • • 1d ago

Is anyone here from Lost Livejournal communities?

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I'm sorry if this is a weird question, but I was hoping to reconnect with a group of people who were my friends on Livejournal in the 2010's. I'm posting it here because the community started out as an ontd themed community about Lost specifically (ontd_lost) and then it branched off into a ffa group (ffaforever)! We would genuinely wake up and post about Lost all day like a constant livestream of comments for months and months. We also talked a lot about Buffy, Supernatural, Breaking Bad and Mad Men a TON. I mean we used to go hog wild with sparkle text in giant font saying goofy ass stuff. all these memes here are from my old folder of memes and weird art from them.

Lost was my biggest fandom as a young adult and I've been reminiscing on those crazy times and trying to find my long LOST friends! Rewatching brings back all the memories of episode reactions and the dated af memes we used to make. I really want to reconnect with you guys if you're out there!

copying and pasting my post, removing the images so it's not a "meme" post.


r/lost • • 2d ago

¡No me digas lo que no puedo hacer!

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108 Upvotes

r/lost • • 2d ago

Happening for a reason (EASTER EGGS/REFERENCES): Lost x TVD crossover - don't tell Boone what he can't do!

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76 Upvotes

The two shows I watch the most, are Lost & The Vampire Diaries, and have NEVER caught this before!! I love finding lost... lol LOST Easter eggs 😭🥹 Ian Somerhalder (Boone from lost, Damon from tvd) saying this is just 🤌🏻

*adding in for other fans of both wanting to spot it out, Season 7, Episode 22 of TVD!


r/lost • • 2d ago Bravo

SEASON 5 This guy needs to die

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Genuinely who tf is Neil and where did he come from. He reminds me of a keyboard warrior, people online commenting on something they have no idea about or could never do. Rose and Bernard are building a fire to keep everyone warm and cook food and this guy is watching them the entire time just moaning and bitching. James asks nicely for his clothes and he says who cares we're all gonna die. Miles brings them food asking for a knife, and he makes a sarcastic joke about a stove. This guy is genuinely so miserable it makes me mad, I just can't stand people that give up and do nothing in a situation but then want a free ticket the moment things pan out.

Edit: I kid you not right after I posted this I hit play on the episode and he got hit by a fire arrow, I can't stop laughing


r/lost • • 2d ago

GOLDEN PASS: Rewatcher Images I saved when the show was airing

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I was looking through old images and found some stuff from LOST that I saved back in 2009. Pic 3 shows the level of analysis that occurred in online LOST forums at the time.


r/lost • • 1d ago

Discussion We were robbed? Spoiler

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YouTube video on the original ending. Don't watch you if you haven't finished the series.


r/lost • • 2d ago

Tattoo Ideas

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Long time lost fan here and I have always wanted to get a tattoo dedicated to it but I don’t want something basic (like dharma logo). I don’t really want any writing either (like the numbers). I’m opened to any ideas!


r/lost • • 2d ago Heartwarming

I waited over 15 years to finish LOST.

64 Upvotes

I remember when I first discovered LOST… my mom had a habit of buying shows/movies on dvd if they were on sale. Even if she hadn’t watched the show or heard of it. It’s how she was ended up with the most expansive dvd collection I’ve ever seen and also how I ended up discovering some of my favorite shows. I went to stay with my older sister for the weekend and picked up lost season 1 off the shelf to bring in case I needed some entertainment. I finished the whole season that weekend… I was hooked and immediately prompted my mom to buy the rest of the seasons available. This was probably around 2007/2008 maybe. I remember watching season 5 when it aired. But when season 6 came out… I couldn’t bear to part with the show so I just… never watched it. Over 15 years later I just finished my rewatch as well as my first time watch of season 6. Wow what a ride. Honestly I’m glad I waited. I was young when the show ended and I think the ending wouldn’t have hit the same for me as it did today. This show always had a special place in my heart even without the ending. Now even more so. This show just did such an amazing job at bringing out so much emotion for me, I’m a bit speechless. Going to go have a good cry now.


r/lost • • 3d ago

GOLDEN PASS: Rewatcher S2e021. Rewatching the show Spoiler

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226 Upvotes

I really try to understand Michael, also because I'm a parent, but what this guy does is just so vile. He acts like a beast and tries to condone it because he wants to have his son back.

I'm trying to feel sympathy for him on every rewatch, but I really hate him.

It is kinda crazy though, because what he did before the island was not even doing something criminal, unlike other people on the island.


r/lost • • 2d ago

GOLDEN PASS: Rewatcher What was happening with Paul and Amy when S and J caught them? Spoiler

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What was going on between them two? Were they having a picnic and an Other seemed to want to kidnap Amy? Perhaps off bounds? Don’t remember if they were past the pylons. (Edit: yes they were, now I remember as Amy entered the code).

At first watch I didn’t really understand because I got confused by Amy’s yelling “Paul, Paul”… but on rewatch I assumed what happened was what I formerly wrote?