is Lost your favorite show?

[Temis the Vorta]

Happy Lost Day!

As of the last episode, I gave up pretending. Lost is now my favorite TV show of all time (albeit constantly looking nervously over its shoulder at Dexter).

If your answer to this poll is Yes, kindly answer the questions in this format.

What show did it replace? DS9.

As of what episode? The Shape of Things to Come.

Why? DS9 was my favorite for the following reasons: consistently good episodes; solid, arc-based storytelling; fascinating, well-acted characters; a sense of anticipation about future unexpected plot-twists; epic scope; kick-ass space battles.

Well, Lost isn't so hot on the last item so far, but it's equalled or exceeded DS9 on the other counts, especially in episode consistency and well-crafted arc storytelling. And Ben Linus is in Garak territory as of The Shape of Things to Come.

What Lost promises to do that DS9 never did, is really use sci fi concepts at the core of the story. Ironic how DS9 would be considered by many to be "real" sci fi just because it has spaceships and funny looking aliens. But DS9 was propelled by interstellar politics, whereas Lost's core story appears to be about a scientifically bizarre area on Planet Earth that is making everyone fight over it.

Sure, that's a bit like the Wormhole, but the unique qualities of the Wormhole never formed such a dominant factor in that story. It's not like all the characters' minds were being bent by the Wormhole (just Sisko, and that was just because the Prophets decided to live there) and their perceptions and behavior were being altered by its proximity.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Nope, not even close. It's not even my favorite current show. But I do love it a lot.

 

[Capn Flukie]

Yes it is, it's beat out Star Trek and The X-Files for the top spot.

 

[auntiehill]

LOST is my favorite show currently running right now. When Dexter comes back, it might slip to a close second.

I can't say it's my favorite show of all time because the show isn't over yet. After the first season of Heroes came out, I thought LOST would slip to 2nd or 3rd. But this season has definitely bumped it up to the top spot.

The episode that put it to the top? I guess it was The Beginning of The End. The Constant and The Shape of Things to Come just sealed the deal.

The sense of what's to come, the excitement of the possibilities, the incredibly well-developed characters and talented actors, the thrill of the hunt for clues....it has everything I love.

 

[Geck]

In terms of current shows, I'd put it in a neck-and-neck battle with Dexter. I can't really call either my favourite.

In terms of all-time...my favourite show of all time is still Six Feet Under, but Lost would definitely take a place in the top 10, and maybe top 5 if I really sat down to think about it.

 

[PsychoPere]

I find Lost to be intensely addictive and an amazing series, but it is not my favorite show of all time nor even my favorite show currently airing.

 

[Gertch]

Definitely my favorite current show. As for all time - probably, but I'll wait til its done to say that.

 

[Agent Richard07]

It's unquestionably one of my favorite shows on right now, I just haven't put it in that #1 spot.

 

[Luckyflux]

I'd say it is my favorite show. I missed the first run of the first season, but saw it when they were running the summer reruns of the first season. That first episode absolutely blew me away with the Kate and the plane breaking apart in mid-air. When I saw that my jaw dropped and I have loved it ever since then. I also liked the end of the first episode when the smoke monster roared and ripped out trees. (I'd like to know what the roar was about...)

It replaced the Shield or Murder, simply because neither show was on at the time. When the Shield comes back, Lost will lose the top spot.

I haven't been as into Lost as I once was, because I am sick of the non-answers. And it seems that the writers will write something into the episode as a hook, then never explain it. Smokeys roar is one, The Magnet in the hatch is another....

I still very much look forward to each episode, but when the ep is over, I don't go scouring the Internet looking for hidden clues and meanings like I used to, I just wait for the next ep to come on.

 

[gh4chiefs]

I voted No because of the frustration level I experience as a LOST watcher. However that being said, I'm hard pressed to think of a show I like more right now. I probably was enjoying Jericho more when it was on.

I probably enjoy The Big Bang Theory or Two and a Half Men more, because I like comedies a lot. And when talking about my all time favorite shows, then no LOST isn't in the mix.

 

[label]

It's my favorite show on right now. (Course, it's the only show I even watch so there's that..... )

As for my favorite of all time....not yet, but it's getting close to edging Bab5 out of the drivers seat...........or is it Angel....or possibly Buffy.....maybe even DS9.....problem is, I'm not exactly sure what my absolute favorite show really is.

 

[socialcrawl]

Lost is awesome. I always can keep up with everyone else watching it on abc.com.

 

[Mr Light]

LOST is absolutely my favorite currently airing show. All time the top spot will forever be BABYLON 5. After these two, FARSCAPE and ANGEL.

I used to hold X-FILES and DS9 in the highest regard, but XF had three horrible years at the end, and I've recently seen DS9's last three years over again and they're not nearly as good as I remembered. DS9 is basically a baby-step to the modern day serialized epic.

The episode where LOST became a classic would have to be "Orientation", when we learned that there was this huge scientific expedition to the Island in the 1970s. And the finale "Live Together" remains my favorite episode of the series so far.

 

[Trippy]

Definitely my favorite current show. As for all time - probably, but I'll wait til its done to say that.

That's about where I'm at too...though still a little miffed with the flash forward idea...but still the best show on tv right now

 

[TheArsenal]

As a whole, no. But a few of the episodes will likely end up as some of my all time favorites.


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[Spot's Meow]

I would say it's tied with 24 for the best show currently running, though LOST is a little higher since the last season of 24 wasn't as good as I had hoped. But, LOST has also had it's bad parts (season 3), so the shows are about equal. Most of the other shows I watch are reality TV (Survivor, Big Brother, etc.) and that would be like comparing apples to oranges. So, LOST and 24 win the top spots not only because they are great but because they are two of only three scripted shows I watch (the third being Brothers and Sisters).

Favorite show of all time? Like others have said, I'll have to wait until it ends. But, I doubt it will replace my favorite, Friends. I prefer Friends because of the comedy, well-written characters, and story arcs, all packed into a 20 minute episode. LOST is a show that I probably won't rewatch that often once it ends. But Friends, I could watch those DVDs over and over and never get bored or stop laughing.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Definitely my favorite current show. As for all time - probably, but I'll wait til its done to say that.

There's always time for something catastrophically bad to happen that would knock it out of my #1 spot, but it would have to be on the order of "it was all just dream Hurley had after eating too much at Mr. Cluck's Chicken Shack."

 

[Daedalus12]

Currently yes. Alltime it's probably in the top 10. Besides Lost the only other show I truly enjoy right now is Boston Legal. BSG is still fun to speculate about but its quality has gone down quite a bit since S2.

 

[Light Alpha]

It's tied with DS9 at the moment. Then would come Six Feet Under and Buffy and Angel.

 

[McCoy]

Lost is good but Battlestar Galactica is better.