A “Lost” sprint

January 5, 2008 · 7 comments

Lost

It's no secret that I'm on the Heroes bandwagon, or that I used to be on the 24 bandwagon (Let's be honest; the show's just no good anymore). But only recently did I jump on the Lost bandwagon, and it's incredible. How I avoided this show for four years, I'll never know.

My mom got me the season one DVDs for my birthday (two months early, mind you), and I've watched 16 episodes thus far. My goal is to be totally caught up before the WGA-strike-shortened fourth season begins on January 31. Let's do some math.

There are 8 episodes left to watch in season one, 23 episodes in season two, and 22 episodes in season three, for a total of 53 episodes left to watch to be totally caught up. Starting today, there are 26 days until the 31st. That means I need to watch an average of 2.04 episodes per day until the season four premier1. I initially titled this post "A 'Lost' marathon", but methinks "sprint" is a bit more appropriate.

Any other Lost fanatics out there (No spoilers, please)?

[1]. Wouldn't it be super weird if the only numbers involved in this calculation were 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42?
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Tagged as: ABC, heroes, lost, Television, WGA, writers strike

  • Kelly

    Is there something deeper than a fanatic, because I might need a stronger word to describe my enjoyment of the show.

  • http://ricchuiti.blogspot.com Tim Ricchuiti

    friend, you will not regret it. unless of course not being totally obsessed with a television show is something you enjoyed BL (before lost). lost is to heroes what leonardo da vinci is to, i dunno, the guy you get to paint your house (after you can’t get the first two guys you wanted).

  • http://www.novuslumen.net jeremy bouma

    I did the EXACT same thing you are doing right now a year ago, but in anticipation of season 3 (it was during the weird break between december and february). Like you I was like, “where the heck have I been? why didn’t I know how much this thing rocked?!”

    Needless to say I’m a definite LOST junkie now and CAN NOT WAIT for Jan 31. Just wait until the ending of season 3…it will knock ur socks off!!

    enjoy :)
    -jeremy

  • http://www.iamjoshbrown.com/blog josh

    dude. i’m the biggest lost fan ever. check out the jay and jack podcast. and careful snooping around my site. i’ve got almost every spoiler ever listed.

  • Jake

    @Kelly ? I think the word you’re looking for is “psycho”.

    @Tim ? Thanks for dropping by… I appreciate the analogy!

    @Jeremy ? Ha! Now I don’t feel so silly in my endeavor. It’s definitely sucking me in more and more by the episode.

    @Josh ? Me being on the internet at all is dangerous. Spoilers abound.

  • http://www.faithd.com Andrew

    Jake, you need to STOP now before it’s too late! Don’t get me wrong, LOST is the best show to hit TV in a decade or more, but you’re on a collision course for certain strife. My wife and I watched seasons 1 and 2 like banshees in order to get ready for season 3. Big mistake. The excitement of watching on DVD is muted by having to wait a full week for the next episode. It’s like going through crack withdrawals to only have an episode a week. Watch seasons 1-3 slowly, savor them, and grab season 4 when it hits DVD.

  • Jeff Bozeman

    hey boumja01. I wish you the best of luck with your endeavor, but you’re gonna have to do some heavy lifting. Ben Gray and I just finished catching up a week ago…so now we’re all set for season 4 to start. Since Ben travels during the week, we were typically doing 10-12 ep days (Hint: referring to episodes as “eps” saves time, and thus you can spend more time catching up on Lost).

    You should add a couple counters to your website: One that counts down the time till season 4 airs, and another that shows how many episodes you have left to watch.

    good luck