I'm having a serious problem

[XemaSab]

I started watching LOST last week, and even though I have worked my way up to about 5 episodes a day, I just want to sit around and watch it.

I'm a little over halfway through the second season. I just saw the episode where Hurley was about to jump off the cliff.

I want to know what happens, but I need to do things like eat, bathe, and let the dogs out occasionally.

Does anyone have a cure for this disease? :shrug:

(PS Season 2 is a bit better with the birds, but there was a Mourning Dove singing at 3 AM, and a Mountain Chickadee in downtown LA.)

[LSK]

1. I know I know

Start watching a shorter run TV series from episode 1.

:D

[XemaSab]

3. Do you have a show in mind?

:shrug:

[Jamastiene]

5. Surface

It premiered about the same time as LOST but only lasted like 1 or 2 seasons. It was pretty good too. Too bad NBC put it in the wrong time slot. I can't remember which show it was up against, but it didn't stand a chance.

[LSK]

6. Countdown with Keith Olberman - The Bush Years

[XemaSab]

8. I know how that ends

:P

[LSK]

9. massive flame wars in GD ending in a post from Skinner?

:D

[XemaSab]

11. .

:rofl:

[littlebit]

2. I am having the same problem.

I took the week off to get some things done around the house. All I have accomplished this week is watching the first four seasons of Cold Case. I haven't left my house since tuesday.

[LeftyMom]

4. You need to watch Rome. Only two seasons, both of the male leads are hot.

Or The Tudors for the same reason (bonus: You already know how it ends!)

[XemaSab]

7. Oddly enough

One of the better things about Lost is the dearth of hot guys. Jack's too nice, and everyone else is too freaky or pathetic. :shrug:

Not having a hot dude to root for lets you enjoy the interplay a little more, ya know?

[jeff30997]

14. Not even Sayid ?

Wow,too nice,too freaky too pathetic.You're hard to please.I think I'll tell you what will happen

in all the episodes that you haven't watched yet just to teach you a lesson.

And BTW,I'm a nice freaky pathetic guy so that's why I'm being so cruel. :evilgrin:

Ok,Spoiler #1:

The Island is in fact...argh,can't do it...I'm also a wimp. :cry:

[XemaSab]

15. Sayid IS the hottest, yes

but the whole torturing people thing? Would be a deal breaker for me.

Also, the fact that he pledged his undying love to whatsername even though you KNOW the second they get off the island they're totally done with each other. (Cough, cough, I know that something "interferes", cough.)

And I don't know what it is about Jack, but something in his personality is slightly off-putting, and I can't put my finger on it. :shrug:

[jeff30997]

17. "...torturing people thing? Would be a deal breaker..."

Well I don't clearly remember the part about the pledge to whatsername very clearly,is it Shannon?

The spoiled brat? Anyway let's just say that Sayid will become a more attractive character as time

goes by and that he's traumatized by what he did.What's this "something" that "interferes"? Not sure

how far you are in season 2 but I don't want to spoil the fun so I won't say what I suppose you're

referring to...

You should do something for that coughing BTW :)


Now Jack.Yep,not my favorite character either but he'll change too.That little

something that you can't put your finger on is maybe this: Matthew Fox,the actor who plays him

looks a bit like Tom Cruise (but taller) and most of all he smiles and acts in a very similar way,at

least that's what I think.Be sure to watch season 3,episodes recaps sucks because there's so

much going on that they don't cover everything.

[XemaSab]

19. I think the Tom Cruise thing is part of it

Wierd that they cast a guy who looks and acts like Tom Cruise to play that part.

Sayid's thing with Shannon bugged me. It seemed like they were hot for each other because they both thought they could get something out of it. :shrug:

[jeff30997]

23. "they were hot for each other"

You're saying were.Can I assume that they are not hot for each other anymore in the last

episode you watched ? Lol,I guess it would help if I knew were you are in the show.What was the last

big thing that happened or the most recent cliffhanger ?

[XemaSab]

24. I just saw the episode featuring Rose and Bernard

and Kate and Jack found Michael.

[jeff30997]

28. Ok,after searching a bit I managed to find that episode.

Season 2, Episode 19: S.O.S.
5 episodes left before the end of season 2.

Wow,while searching I remembered a lot of stuff that

I've totally forgotten.

When Shannon died did you cry ? :P

I remember that when that happened,3 years ago,most

peoples here basically said good riddance !

Meh,I was beginning to like her.


The next episode is called Two for the Road.

That's a good one! Enjoy. :)

[XemaSab]

30. I felt like that was the episode that really was starting to make her sympathetic

But her treatment of Boone and a lot of other people was pretty shabby. I was much more upset when Boone died. :shrug:

[jeff30997]

35. Yeah,me too.

And that's another thing that makes this show so interesting,you

never know who will live or die.After watching a couple of episodes

don't hesitate to send a PM if you want to discus about it.There's

a lot of stuff that I missed and only discovered this afternoon

while searching to find what episode you were talking about.

This year's season is almost finished but I have the last 8 shows

that are waiting to be seen.I love to watch at least 2-3 of them

in a row to get my "fix". :)

[XemaSab]

36. I just finished "Two for the Road"

NO FUCKIN' WAY did I see that coming! NO FUCKIN' WAY! :o

[jeff30997]

41. Sorry for the late reply.

Yeah,that was a real shocker for me too.One of the best TV

show ever.And you ain't seen nothing yet.:)

[Pacifist Patriot]

32. Good night in the morning you have standards!

[Fleshdancer]

10. Are you looking for episode recaps?

If you want to read the major aspects of each episode, go here: http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Episodes

My personal recommendation: Go ahead and read through Season 3 if you don't have time, but watch Season 4 because it seriously kicks ass (The Constant is the BEST episode of the entire show so far so you MUST watch it.)

[XemaSab]

12. Interesting resource

I like watching the shows, but I'm finding it hard to limit myself to just a few episodes a day. :shrug:

[Fleshdancer]

13. It's ridiculously addicting

When the show first started, I refused to watch because the concept seemed so stupid to me. The following Summer, I had the TV on for background noise when the first episode of LOST re-aired. In the first 5 minutes, I was hooked.

Another resource is http://www.lost-forum.com/ Scroll down and you can see forum threads for each episode of every season.

[jeff30997]

16. Sorry to beg your pardon but...

It first aired in the summer of 2004 and re-aired the following September.Like

you I missed it the first time then that's here on DU that I first learned about

that show and how great it was.Addicting ? You bet. :)

[NJmaverick]

18. You have chosen an interesting way to experience the series

on the plus side you have managed to limit the waiting. On the minus, you haven't enjoyed the years of cooler/internet talk about the show. You might want to check out Lostpedia. THey have intersting tibits about each show that you might miss.

[Midlodemocrat]

20. Nope. Suffering from Supernatural addiction in the same manner.

The only suggestion I have is that you DO NOT join any fan boards. You will see stuff posted that will make you run back and watch episodes over and over and over.

[Pacifist Patriot]

34. I've decided that after graduation I am going to rent every season of LOST...

check into a hotel and come back to my family in a week when I am done. The discussions on Wednesday night/Thursday leave me reeling. I do not have an attention for detail and feel utterly mentally challenged compared to other fans of the show. How the hell do they remember every bit of minutae?

[Z_I_Peevey]

38. Once the show wraps up, I plan to borrow my son's

set of Lost dvds and re-watch in order. But not before then. Like you, I find myself amazed by post-show real-time discussions. I have to hit Lostpedia just to recall minor character names, much less what they were wearing, their facial expressions and the like.

And to the OP: Welcome! It is such a great show, innit? Do you not find Sawyer attractive? I think he's purdy.

[TomorrowNeverKnows]

21. Three cures I can think of:

1.) Watch ALL the episodes ever at once

2.) Watch another show for a while

3.) Get up and do something else until you forget about it



If those don't work, well....

[arcadian]

22. What do you mean, "better with the birds"?

They use bird sound tracks incorrectly? I hadn't noticed. There are Mourning Doves in Hawaii along with zebra and spotted doves. None of which are endemic.

If you want to know what plants and trees there are in a certain scene, I can probably tell you. I know most Hawaiian endemic and exotic species. In the wide shots of the valleys look for trees with orange blooms, those are African tulips. The tree that the black smoke trapped people was of course a banyan.

[XemaSab]

25. The first season had a lot of North American birds

Since I don't know the birds of Hawaii, I can't say whether the second season is using Hawaiian birds or birds from somewhere else. (Is there anything there that makes a barking sound like a trogon?)

The Mourning Dove was used in a night scene in LA, and I think it was supposed to sound like an owl. :P

[arcadian]

26. The endemic bird populations on O'ahu are pretty much decimated.

You'll only find them in the higher elevations where the mosquitos carrying avian malaria don't breed. There are all kinds of exotics on the all islands, cardinals, finches myna birds etc. brought in from all over the world. I like the endemic birds, they are special and I've seen quite a few.

[XemaSab]

27. Drepanid finches

and other birds with names like Oo, Ou, Iiwi, and so forth...

[arcadian]

29. Oo is extinct, Ou hasn't been spotted in years.

Iiwi is fairly common on the Big Island but still threatened.

[XemaSab]

31. It's a huge bummer

Such cool species. :(

[Pacifist Patriot]

33. I'm sitting here trying to figure out what the problem is.

[rucky]

37. Cure: A TV and DVD player in every room of the house.

I really don't see what other choice you have, here.

[crispini]

39. TV all at once is THE BEST

the way they do series these days, on-again and off-again, I have this tendency to get distracted, lose attention, and forget to watch. But with everything all at once on DVD -- it's like total immersion, you get to live in this little world for awhile. Which, unfortunately, leads to this side effect you have mentioned of wanting to do nothing but watch it. No recommendations, unfortunately, but enjoy!

[XemaSab]

40. I hate the way TV stations take monthlong breaks in the middle of the season

I wonder how many people wander away from a show never to return when they do that.

[DarkTirade]

42. Bathtub in the living room. Order pizza. Leave the door unlocked so the delivery person

can bring the food to you.

That way you've got bathing, eating and peeing covered.

Can't help with pooping, sleeping and letting the dogs out though.

[XemaSab]

43. You want me to pee in the bathtub?

:shrug:

[DarkTirade]

44. Well you're already in the bathtub, so its not like you're not gonna be cleaning yourself off

anytime soon or anything... :P

[ghostsofgiants]

45. I watched the entire first season in one sitting. There is no cure.