Survivors of a plane crash on a mysterious island struggle to cope with their circumstances and live together in Lost. The show featured one of the best ensemble casts ever assembled for network television, with particular standout performances by Terry O'Quinn as the mystifying John Locke and Michael Emerson as the mercurial Benjamin Linus. Each season adds dynamic new elements to the mix, which keeps things fresh and unpredictable. The show also examines a myriad of themes such as duality, coincidence, fate, free will, religion, redemption, and life and death. Plus, it features an exceptional and poignant score by Michael Giacchino, who also composed beautiful music for Up and Ratatouille, among others. The finale of Lost was so polarising that many people have either forgotten or chosen to ignore how great a show this was for many seasons. Now, I am not the world's biggest fan of "The End," but it certainly did not ruin six seasons worth of intimate character drama, pulse-pounding action, palpable tension, and dynamic episode structures from creators J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, and Damon Lindelof. The flashbacks, which highlight each character's interactions, predicaments, relationships before they got to the island, became an integral and illuminating core component of the show. Prepare yourself for twists and turns, cliffhangers galore, mystery, intrigue, action, humor, and emotion when delving into this mythological saga.
