Product Description
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The complete seasons 1-5 of the hugely popular US drama series
following a group of people who are stranded on a remote desert
island after their plane ces. Episodes in the first season
comprise: 'Pilot: Part 1', 'Pilot: Part 2', 'Tabula Rasa',
'Walkabout', 'White Rabbit', 'House of the Rising Sun', 'The
Moth', 'Confidence Man', 'Solitary', 'Raised By Another', 'All
the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues', 'Whatever the Case May Be',
'Hearts and Minds', 'Special', 'Homecoming', 'Outlaws', '...In
Translation', 'Numbers', 'Deus Ex Machina', 'Do No Harm', 'The
Greater Good (aka Sides)', 'Born to Run', 'Exodus: Part 1' and
'Exodus: Part 2'. In the second season, the survivors of the
Oceanic Flight 815 discover they are not alone in their battle
against 'The Others' and a contested decision to open the hatch
reveals a new realm of mystery and intrigue. Episodes comprise:
'Man of Science, Man of Faith', 'Adrift', 'Orientation',
'Everybody Hates Hugo', '...And Found', 'Abandoned', 'The Other
48 Days', 'Collision', 'What Kate Did', 'The 23rd Psalm', 'The
Hunting Party', 'Fire and Water', 'The Long Con', 'One of Them',
'Maternity Leave', 'The Whole Truth', 'Lockdown', 'Dave',
'S.O.S.', 'Two for the Road', '?', 'Three Minutes' and 'Live
Together, Die Alone'. In the third season, with Jack (Matthew
Fox), Kate (Evangeline Lilly), and Sawyer (Josh Holloway) now
prisoners of 'The Others', psychological mind games are the order
of the day as the two rival camps battle for supremacy of the
island. Episodes comprise: 'A Tale of Two Cities', 'The Glass
Ballerina', 'Further Instructions', 'Every Man for Himself', 'The
Cost of Living', 'I Do', 'Not in Portland', 'Flashes Before Your
Eyes', 'Stranger in a Strange Land', 'Tricia Tanaka Is Dead',
'Enter 77', 'Par Avion' 'The Man from Talahassee', 'Expose',
'Left Behind', 'One of Us', 'Catch-22', 'D.O.C.', 'The Brig',
'The Man Behind the Curtain', 'Greatest Hits' and 'Through the
Looking Glass'. The fourth season features both flash-backs and
flash-forwards which show the characters before and after their
experiences on the island. Episodes comprise: 'The Begining of
the End', 'Confirmed Dead', 'The Economist', 'Eggtown', 'The
Constant', 'The Other Woman', 'Ji Yeon', 'Meet Kevin Johnson',
'The Shape of Things to Come', 'Something Nice Back Home', 'Cabin
Fever', 'There's No Place Like Home: Part 1', 'There's No Place
Like Home: Part 2' and 'There's No Place Like Home: Part 3'.
Finally, in the fifth season, the Oceanic 6 are forced to return
to the island, where they finally discover the e of those who
were left behind. Episodes comprise: 'Because You Left', 'The
Lie', 'Jughead', 'The Little Prince', 'This Place is Death',
'316', 'The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham', 'LaFleur',
'Namaste', 'He's Our You', 'Whatever Happened, Happened', 'Dead
Is Dead', 'Some Like It Hoth', 'The Variable', 'Follow the
Leader' and 'The Incident'.
.co.uk Review
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Season 1
And so it begins. It’s hard to pinpoint just when you realise how
good Lost actually is. Granted, the opening episode is an
astonishingly assured way to start, replete with an almighty
plane c on a seemingly deserted desert island. Yet as those
who have followed the hype are well aware, there’s far more on
offer here, with carefully woven plotlines introducing a series
of characters who are slowly and intriguingly ed out
throughout the 25 episodes in this set.
At its best, Lost is a delicately layered adventure, laced with
some stand-out moments. You’ll find ample instances of them here,
as well as umpteen examples of the quality of writing that
underpins the show. Far fetched? Yes, occasionally, and you could
also argue that it takes a while to recapture the energy of those
dramatic opening episodes. But this is still a lavish, compulsive
show that benefits heavily from its clearly substantial
production budget.
Naturally as there are more episodes made and planned, there are
plenty of building blocks being put in place for later on, both
through the evolving life on the island and the plethora of
flashbacks that back it up. Yet it’s at this point that the
quality of Lost really hits home, thanks to lots of short term
excitement with plenty still to enjoy as the show progresses.
That makes Lost Series One a rewarding purchase, and one that
promises even greater things ahead.--Simon Brew
Season 2
Season two of the television phenomenon that is Lost is where the
questions, in many senses, started to be asked. Picking up
directly after that first season cliffhanger, it sets off at a
belting pace, continuing the adventures of a group of people
stranded on a desert island following a place c. Only, as
becomes increasingly clear, the island is a mysterious place, and
the survivors appear not to be alone.
In true Lost fashion, the second season of the show is far better
at firing out fresh questions than resolving previous ones,
although again, it delights in throwing out clues that the
web-inclines can research across the legion of unofficial fan
websites. For the viewer of the second series of Lost though,
there’s plenty to like, and plenty to tear their hair out over.
On the downside, after an intriguing beginning, too much of the
second series settles into a comfortable rhythm, conforming too
rigidly to a recipe of plenty of backstory, and not too much
advancement of the main narrative. It’s a device that worked
first time round, but becomes tiring during the saggy middle
episodes. It’s a fair argument too that things move far too
slowly and for little good reason.
The upsides? Again, quite a few. There’s little doubt that the
premise still holds intrigue, and the top and tail of season two
are excellent. The last quarter, for instance, is both meaty and
very entertaining, even offering clues to how the whole show may
eventually end. So while even the Lost purest will surely
conclude that season two is an uneven dish, there’s still much to
feast on, albeit with the hope that season three gets round to
answering a few more question. Please. --Simon Brew
Season 3
There’s a steady pattern forming to seasons of Lost, where the
narrative by turns manages to enthral and frustrate with equal
measure. And the show’s makers are clearly wise to this, as while
elements of the third season revert to type, there’s a clear and
genuine effort to energise a programme that continues to stretch
its simple premise as far as it can.
So while Lost still compromises of a group of plane c
survivors marooned on a mysterious island, there’s plenty else
being thrown into the pot. Season three finds new characters,
greater exposition of the mysterious ‘others’, the obligatory
background character work, and a pronounced fracturing of
relations between many of the survivors.
It too also manages to hint at some answers to the many
conundrums that it continues to pose, not least a concluding
episode that itself should keep fan debates fuelled until well
into the next series. And, chief among its accomplishments, Lost
still manages to keep us interested, and leaves plenty in the
tank for the future as well.
In short, there’s little danger you’ll be short-changed by Lost
season three thanks to its ideas, its nerve, and the continued
clues it teasingly leaves along the way. As fascinating as it
always was. --Jon Foster
Season 4
Anybody whose faith in Lost was beginning to waiver will surely
appreciate the fourth season of the show. For this is Lost firing
on all cylinders, showing a willingness to answer a few more
questions than usual, while not being afraid to deepen elements
of the mystery of Ocean 815.
The big new idea for Lost season four, as introduced in the
cliffhanger at the end of the previous run, is flash-forwards,
where we see some of the characters after they?ve left the
island. This freshens the show immensely, and gives the writers
some much-needed new meat to chew on. As a result, characters are
more convincingly ed out, and more fun is had with the
narrative in general.
There are still a few of the ailments that have hindered Lost in
the past. Whenever Matthew Fox's Jack takes centre-stage, for
instance, it still tends to be an episode to forget, while one or
two sub-plots are allowed to meander a little more than they
should. Yet it's a transitionary season, moving the show towards
its final two years by beginning to fill in some of the blanks
we?ve been lacking. And with a cliffhanger at the end that, once
more, has the potential to firmly pull the rug from under your
feet, it?s very clear that Lost has plenty more tricks up its
sleeve to come. A terrific season of an increasingly bold show.
--Simon Brew
Season 5
Since Lost made its debut as a cult phenomenon in 2004, certain
things seemed inconceivable. In its fourth year, some of those
things, like a rescue, came to pass. The season ended with Locke
(Terry O'Quinn) attempting to persuade the Oceanic Six to return,
but he dies before that can happen--or so it appears--and where
Jack (Matthew Fox) used to lead, Ben (Emmy nominee Michael
Emerson) now takes the reins and convinces the survivors to
fulfill Locke's wish. As producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton
Cuse state in their commentary on the fifth-season premiere,
"We're doing time travel this year," and the pile-up of
flashbacks and flash-forwards will make even the most dedicated
fan dizzy. Ben, Jack, Hurley (Jorge Garcia), Sayid (Naveen
Andrews), Sun (Yunjin Kim), and Kate (Evangeline Lilly) arrive to
find that Sawyer (Josh Holloway) and Juliet (Elizabeth Mitchell)
have been part of the Dharma Initiative for three years. The
writers also clarify the roles that Richard (Nestor Carll)
and Daniel (Jeremy Davies) play in the island's master plan,
setting the stage for the prophecies of Daniel's mother, Eloise
Hawking (Fionnula Flanagan), to play a bigger part in the sixth
and final season. Dozens of other players flit in and out, some
never to return. A few, such as Jin (Daniel Dae Kim), live again
in the past. Lost could've wrapped things up in five years, as
The Wire did, but the show continues to excite and surprise. As
Lindelof and Cuse admit in the commentary, there's a "fine line
between confusion and mystery", adding, "it makes more sense if
you're drunk". --Kathleen C. Fennessy
