My Lost series review

My Lost series review 

Intro: Gilligan's island eat your heart out. 

Lost: This series is about a group of people who survived a plane crash, it lands on an island and they have to band together to survive. That becomes difficult when they are attacked by a white bear, a cloud monster, inhabitants on the island and conflict with each other. So, the survivors have to get off the island before the danger escalate. 

This is one of the most intriguing series I've seen! The story is told as a mystery in a way where the viewers are as confused as the characters. That's the best part about this show it tells an ongoing mystery about the island or the characters. We also learn that the survivors are connected to each other in ways that may surprise you. I like that people died because it helps build tension. This show borrows elements from Lord of the flies. Each season takes its time to focus on one thing before moving on to something else. The island is a character itself because of what it does and what it can do for the characters. 

Jack is a doctor who is the reluctant leader of the group. What bugs me about him is that we get one flashback episode that wasn't subtle. 

John Locke is the wildcard in this series. I like his dynamic with jack because it's fact vs faith. 

Kate is a troubled woman with a past. For the most part, she just creates love triangles.

Hurley is the comic relief and the voice of reason on the island. 

Sawyer may be the douchebag of the pack but he does have a heart. You also feel for him in season 5. 

Sayid is the dangerous one of the pack because of his past of strong-arming people. Despite that, he does want stability.      

Ben Linus (Leader of the others.) is a control freak who has parent issues. The reason why he's on the island is to figure out why it's dangerous to women? This mystery is contrived because he has no reason to do this. Also, he doesn't seem to be completely interested in figuring this out. 

Speaking of the Others (The inhabitants of the island.) they are disappointing. They are described as brilliant savages but there not. That's saying a lot considering that they try to enslave them and play mind games with them. The show would have ended differently if both groups work together.            

One of the problems I have with this series is that the writers have us believe that a kid is behind all the weird things that happen on the island, but they forgot about him. What the fudge!?! The mysteries may be the best part of this series but it's also the worst. Instead of solving them the creators adds more and more and more. Don't get me wrong I'm fine with not all of them getting resolved but this is ridiculous. 

It also feels like the writers are making stuff up as they go along. Some of the characters wouldn't have been killed off if it wasn't for some behind-the-scenes drama maybe. Season 4 could have worked as a series finale with rewrites. It's time to address the elephant in the room and that's the ending. Whether or not the ending is a cop-out I'm not that outraged over it. It does explain all the strange things that happened on the island. Plus, the writers could have written themselves in a corner.

Overall, this is a decent series that I would recommend if you like mysteries.