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Easy to get Lost but hard to find answers

Hit show returns for final season, bringing mysteries to solve, beloved characters to unravel

"What. The. Hell."

If you have followed LOST for the past five years, then you no doubt have uttered those three words more times than you care to remember. There have been more than 100 episodes of LOST, and every single installment has left the viewer with more questions than answers. It almost is impressive in a perverse way; a more convoluted narrative seems impossible.

You might assume that I do not really care for LOST. On the contrary, I love it! Such is the nature of the LOST fanatic. Every year we come crawling back for more punishment. Why do we willingly subject ourselves to this bizarre, masochistic experience year after year? In all honesty, I am not sure.

LOST is frustrating, confusing, exasperating and the story has more holes at this point than a block of Swiss cheese. Don't get me wrong - I watch each episode devotedly, but it is a twisted unconditional love, which is not at all healthy.

Because of my love-hate affair with LOST, I certainly cannot recommend the show to anyone who has never seen it before. Choosing to start watching LOST at this point would be roughly analogous to trying to hop onto a train filled with mental patients flying down the tracks at 100 miles per hour, mere seconds before it hurtles off a cliff. Conversely, if you have followed the show from Day One - remember when we na

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