Lost.... and Found

I am usually not one to jump on a bandwagon unless I thoroughly believe in something. The "Lost" bandwagon was something I wanted to jump onto, but having missed episodes of the first season, I never got into it. I don't like being late either. One thing my friends will all tell you is that I'm usually a punctual person. I never mind waiting for others, but I don't like to make others wait for me. In this case, I let almost two full seasons of "Lost" pass me by before I finally caught on and joined the fever. I am now a full season into the show and I can honestly say that it is one of the most clever shows on television today.

I have been a loyal viewer of only a handful of shows in my life. Usually I ended up following the show because I loved the premise, I loved the characters, or I loved the world in which the story existed. The first which i watched nearly to completion was "NYPD Blue". It was a show that both my dad and I watched regularly and it was our thing, we always watched it together. It was a nice bonding experience.

The next was "ER". Mom and I started watching this show from the first episode. We stuck with it for a number of years before the two of us slowly stopped watching. Not due to the late hour or hour-long duration, but simply because the story no longer held our interest. I mean you can only take so many love triangles before you decide that enough is enough. And coming from someone who watches Bollywood movies, that's truly saying something!

For the past two years I have been faithfully watching "Battlestar Galactica". I love that the show is a new spin on the original 70's version and I love that they take modern story lines or plots and weave them into a fictional world. I am proud to say I was on that bandwagon from the beginning and I have enjoyed every bump in the road so far. With "Lost", I am a bit late in arriving but I have enjoyed the rush to catch up. The mystery and build up is wonderful and every episode leaves you wondering even more. I have yet to delve into the second season but I'm sure I shant be disappointed.

The problem with such shows is that when starting out, you can go in so many different directions. You can seemingly jump to any device and it will be plausible. The only drawback is that with each passing season you build up expectations more and more. With a show on TV, that can be a smaller problem. With something like the prequels to "Star Wars", we had nearly 20 years to anticipate and the end result was a little less than what we'd hoped for. Still and all, I have high hopes. I'm sure the ending will be worth the journey.