Good Shows

. . . and adding to the list of good TV shows that I don’t find out about until the end of their first season (just like Alias), it’s another J. J. Abrams show: Lost.
I’d heard people saying good things about Lost, and I think I may have caught a few minutes of one episode earlier this year, but didn’t think anything about it.  The exact same thing happened for me with Alias: I downloaded the pilot off the Internet after season 1 ended, watched it, and immediately got hooked.
I just finished watching the 2-part pilot and the next episode (“Tabula Rasa”, I think), and let me say, I’m intrigued.  The various characters’ secrets are much more obviously present in this show, unlike Alias where you don’t learn that the secrets exist for a while.  Like “What did Kate (if that’s her real name) do?”, or “What is the miracle Mr. Locke is talking about?”.  There seems to be enough material that you’re obviously supposed to be curious about that I may start keeping a journal to keep track of the questions and their answers.  I’ll have to keep downloading the episodes over the summer as they’re slowly reposted, so I can be ready to download season 2 as it airs.  I’d watch it live, but I’m pretty sure ABC is going to pull that irritating “runs from 8:01 to 9:02” shit again next year, and that pisses me off just enough that it will keep me from watching it live or DVR’ing it.  Plus it’s just that much better without the commercial breaks.  Maybe I’ll use my VCR to record it; it’s not like it’s doing anything else these days.

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