There’s Only 210 Minutes of Lost Left

Some dude made a trailer for this Sunday’s two and a half hour Lost finale (oh yeah, 2.5 hours — set your Tivos accordingly) and it’s good enough that it impressed Lost producer/showrunner Damon Lindelof himself. That ain’t bad. Meanwhile, the penultimate episode of Lost airs tonight.

So for a long time I’ve been telling myself that I wouldn’t care how Lost ended up, that no matter how well or poorly things get wrapped up, that the show has given me enough entertainment over the years that I wouldn’t mind the actual “end.” And then this season started, and there’s been so little tying up of the various plot threads introduced over the years, I began to get panicked — no matter what I had told myself, I think I needed more answers than what the show seemed like it was willing to provide. But for some reason, last week’s episode — which I neither loved nor hated, although I can see why people do — put me back on track. I’ve accepted that there are many, many (many) answers I’m not going to get, but I’m okay with that now. I’m still crazy excited about these last two episodes. Regardless of how it ends, Lost has probably entertained me more than any other TV show for the past six years. I can’t get too mad at it.

Although I would like to bring up one point: So the guys behind the new Battlestar Galactica clearly made up the mythology as the show went along, and at the end, scrambled to figure out a story that worked with what they’d done. I think Lost had certain ideas and characters and plans set from the beginning, but it was hardly a detailed, concrete plan — but I do think it will be significantly more satisfying for the creators planning somewhat ahead. Which made me think — is there any series that really knows exactly what’s going on during every moment? That has one epic master story planned from scene one, and follows that story perfectly? Frankly, the only thing I can think of is One Piece. Discuss.