Lost Seasons 1-6

LOST has been an amazing ride. Never has a show sucked me in quite like Lost. From the opening episode I knew I was hooked and I never looked back. It has the best writers on the planet and they constantly keep you on your toes as you fall in love with this strange world. I can't even start to explain the amount of depth that this show is made up of. Every episode is important as it adds something new to the mythos of the series and to the characters themselves. At its core Lost is all about it's characters. Seldom does the plot get more spotlight then the characters themselves. This leads to some amazing characters that feel like real life human beings instead of fictional creations. They are all given a fair share of the spotlight through flashbacks that tell their story before the island.Lost was never a show afraid to take risks. None of the characters were ever safe and Lost took no prisoners as main cast members meet the grave with some regularity throughout the series. It also never became stale as the actual narration theme changed every season which kept the series fresh and new every week. I won't elaborate on how the theme changed, but let's just say that every season had a unique focus. The actors all should receive a lot of praise as there is never a moment where they fail to utterly shock you with their brilliance. After all the writing would be nothing without great actors to bring these characters to life, and bring them to life they did.LOST was not always perfect though. No series is as season five was a rare point where the characters were thrust into the background as the plot itself set the pace. Lost was always best when it told its story through it's characters. The rest of the series is amazing though. Even season five where it is disappointing it still finds ways to impress you with some stellar episodes mixed in.Lost constantly referenced previous episodes, which I loved. You felt really rewarded for seeing a connection that your family or friends didn't recognize. Also there are a lot of literary referenced throughout the series along with philosophy, mythology and history. It really has a deep framework that it built its story on.The main argument to the series is the most interesting part of the show. The old science vs religion is a major theme to the series. The main character Jack is a man of science. While another character Locke is a man of faith that believes everything happens for a reason. Seeing these two men argue both points throughout the series is always top notch entertainment. All of the characters evolve greatly from the person they were in the pilot to who they are in the end, but these two have the greatest arcs as both men change to understand each others point in different ways.Now without giving anything away the series finale was brilliant. Never has a finale finished off a series so perfectly. Yes some of the answers are left to ponder, but that is one thing that makes Lost great. You have to use your brain in order to figure out some of the lesser mysteries, but I assure you there are clues to be found to figure them out. We simply haven't noticed them yet. Lost is a series that has a lot of replay value as you constantly catch pieces of the puzzle that you missed before, and with plots and characters this detailed you won't mind re-watching the series for decades to come.If you've never seen the series or are just buying it to relive the greatest series of all time I highly recommend the series to fans of serialized dramas. I envy all of you new comers to Lost as you are at the beginning of the adventure. I wish I could relive it for the first time again as it is sorely missed in my life. For the rest of us that have taken the journey already we have to use this set to remember and to let go.Update: I now have the set and I am blown away. The video quality is amazing and well worth the extra money for the blu ray. The packaging is also cool and filled with secrets of its own. The bonus features look immense and I will update you on the complete running time of the whole set.

My wife and I loved this series and watched all six seasons over the 6 years it aired. I decided to purchase this box set as a Christmas gift for her. BIG MISTAKE, and here is why. We started watching season 1 beginning in February, 2012. In season 1 there is 7 discs, with disc 7 being a special feature disc. We got to the season 1, two-part season finale and bam, right in the middle of the two-part finale, (Exodus, part 1 of 2), the disc would not play. We have 5 dvd players throughout our home. It didn't work on any of them. So, no question that this is a defective disc. I contact Amazon, and of course I get someone in the Philippines who I can hardly understand. I'm trying to explain to her that this set has 39 discs, and that you wouldn't know if there was a problem until you actually had one. A defective disc could occur in season 1 up to season 6, and anything in between as well. In this case, the first defect for us was in the first season, disc # 6, (photo of the character "Sun" on the disc). Who knows how many of the other 33 discs remaining are defective as well? The Amazon rep tells me that we are past the window of returning the set, and I could only return the set up to January 31, 2012. I asked her how the in the world were we supposed to watch all 39 discs in a month?! After arguing with her for an hour and half on the phone until 1:30 am in the morning, she agreed to make an "exception". How nice... you're so kind! I was informed that if we had another problem with any of the discs after receiving the replacement set, we were stuck with it. Yeah, right, NOT happening! This is a really nice box set with all sorts of extras included. The problem is, if you have an issue down the line, as you could because you're going to watch them in order, and won't know if you have a defective disc until it happens, then you're stuck with a defective set. The replacement set is arriving tomorrow, 2/29/12, and I'm going to call Amazon as soon as it gets here and send it and the defective set back. NO WAY we're getting stuck down the line with possibly more defective discs. The only alternative is to buy each season separately and watch them within 30 days. Then if you have a problem you're in the window for a return/exchange or refund. It stinks because the purpose of a collector's set is to have all of the seasons together in a set. Hence the title, "Lost: The Complete Collection". Amazon should review their policy regarding sets of this size. How can you possibly check 39 discs from beginnig to end within 30 days unless you have no life and no job, and sit in front of the television 7 days a week! Hello, it has 39 discs, wake up Amzon and be realistic!!! Thumbs down on this purchase! If you purchase this set, you can easily fall into the same return trap that we did! Do yourselve's a favor, as much as you might want this set, buy the series one set at a time or you could very well regret it!!!