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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

For those of you that like a good TV show, you should check it out.

I'm not someone like RHG that watches any garbage that comes on (she watches heaps of reality television).

My two favorite shows of recent memory (as in the past 10 years) are The Sopranos and Lost.

Why do I like Lost? [no spoilers here]. I like it because of the great writing, the great characters, the great themes, the characters' arc, the mystery and suspense, the ethical dilemmas, and the emotional intensity.

One of the great themes of the show is rationalism/intellectualism/science vs. mysticism/religion/intuition. These play out in the form of the island vs. the rest of the world. And more specifically in two of the main characters, Jack and John Locke. John Locke is one of the truly great roles to every cross the small screen. This theme resonates in my own life.

There is also the theme of loyalty versus betrayal. Another one of the great characters--Ben. A loyalty to a cause we don't fully understand, that sometimes conflicts with our own personal desires--who among us can't relate to that?

Lost is among the most psychologically minded shows on TV ever. It is very attuned to the idea that our past influences our future, that we have moral choices that will impact everyone around us.

It's just plain damn good.

I liked the first several seasons but then Jack becomes a rather weak character in my mind and Locke who was somewhat a loser on the outside becomes too mystically strong. I didn't watch the most recent episode.