For me, it was The Walking Dead. It obviously suffered seriously quality decline over its run - but because it was so long, I could’ve instead watched so many other shows instead.
For me, it was The Walking Dead. It obviously suffered seriously quality decline over its run - but because it was so long, I could’ve instead watched so many other shows instead.
I got really into Lost. Like really into it. I was on message boards, sharing theories, doing alternate reality puzzles, hacking websites, going to live events, eating apollo bars, reading bad novels, full tilt. It felt like an actual mystery we were actually solving.
Then the quality of the show started to dip. Plot threads were dropped due to external factors, like Eko dying because the actor hated living in Hawaii. Walt aging too fast. The writers strike shortening Libby’s backstory. Nikki and Paulo. The Dharma Initiative being poorly received. And it became clear that there wasn’t actually a satisfying conclusion written. The “mystery” was that the writers weren’t sure what happens next. They weren’t making the show for me. They weren’t counting on somebody studying Egytian mythology to decipher the significance of a four toed foot, or learning finite math to establish a relationship between the Numbers. I was imagining answers that were never there, and posting them on the internet created backlash. The writers admitted to changing some plot threads because they didn’t want to spawn more internet scavenger hunts.
And looking back, the show was fine. It was clever and twisty and well acted. Characters developed and grew. Some of the show still sucked, but it wasn’t the massive disappointment like OG Dexter or Game of Thrones. The end is satisfying, if you’re not really thinking too hard about the unanswered questions.
But yeah, I got too into Lost.
Yeah, I quit watching an episode and a half from the finaly. It just occurred to me that no one in charge had any idea what was going to happen and there was just no point anymore.
I love LOST, top to bottom. The social experience of it’s original airing will also never be repeated.
I was fine until the mythology thing. That sorta ruined it for me.
I mean, they also just dropped all of it in the end. So you probably weren’t the only one who felt that way.
Still hoping Lost gets rebooted at some point and that ending gets retconned. Would be easy to do since you just need new people to wash up on the island.
I’d love a continuation on an unrelated show with an ensemble cast and some wild mysteries, and then the end of the season one of them meets Hurley and he’s just like “Dude… Good to see you.” and you realize it’s Aaron.
It could go in any direction, and you can bring back Linus as Hurley’s Richard, and keep tabs on Walt, Charlie Hume, Ji-Yeon Kwon, Clementine, Megan Pace, Zach and Emma, and a bunch of other kids from the show. Introduce some new mysteries, explore other places of power around the world, fight some Eldritch evil, anything is possible.