Drawing to conclusion...

Liber8or

As LOST begins to conclude its last series (that we are aware of), I thought I would create a thread for revisiting those memories of one of the greatest TV series made.

LOST has had its ups and downs, like most TV Shows, but it still retains a large fanbase stretched across the world, but how did this all come about?

For me it would have to be the music of Michael Giacchino. The struggles faced by our prominent characters and their backstories, encompassed with the composers beautiful and touching music. The believability of struggle and human compassion realised through Jack/Kate/Locke et al. I firmly believe the music of LOST contributed greatly to its tremendous success. Emotive drama requires suitable attention to all the senses and nothing grips that more firmly than Michael Giacchino's work.

What got you into LOST? What moment sticks out in your mind which made you watch it?

WeeBushy

There are quite a few defining moments that stick out for me. My favourites probably are:

When Charlie says: Guys... Where are we?

When Locke says: I saw into the eye of the island, and it was beautiful"

Pretty much anything Hurley does..

In more recent times the struggle between Jacob and his nemesis is a fantastically gripping and fascinating story line, and something that I think will stick out for me when the show ends.

Penn

Liber8or wrote: »

What got you into LOST? What moment sticks out in your mind which made you watch it?

The revelation of Locke being in a wheelchair. Not only because it was a twist or whatever, but it was just so well done. Terry O'Quinn's performance, the music... one of the greatest moments on Lost ever.

Obviously, I'd seen the first few episodes before that, and thought it was an alright show. But this moment cemented me as a fan

Rabidlamb

As a standalone moment it was Desmonds phone call getting through to Penny.
My wife, who hardly ever watches Lost was in tears.
Moments like this is why we watch Lost.

Penn

Rabidlamb wrote: »

As a standalone moment it was Desmonds phone call getting through to Penny.
My wife, who hardly ever watches Lost was in tears.
Moments like this is why we watch Lost.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiyPGT_Tewc

Fixed. And I agree, that episode was truly amazing. All the stuff that episode throws at you... The freighter, time-travelling conciousness etc... None of that compared to the moment Desmond finally got to speak to Penny again. A brilliant moment

uncleoswald

Well the whole pilot for starters. Like no TV I had seen before. And most of Season 1 & 2, when the mysteries were mysteries and not 'questions' that demanded 'answers.' Ah simpler times.

But the two stand out moments for me were:
The season 2 opening: Desmond going about his daily routine to the song "Make Your Own Kind of Music", before been rudely interrupted by our Losties.

And Kate getting out of the car at the end of Season 3. WTF was going on!? A million possibilities went through my head and I had the feeling that the rug had been completely pulled from underneath me. I hope we have one more moment like this in Lost.

Otacon

Rabidlamb wrote: »

As a standalone moment it was Desmonds phone call getting through to Penny.
My wife, who hardly ever watches Lost was in tears.
Moments like this is why we watch Lost.

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

Fixed. And I agree, that episode was truly amazing. All the stuff that episode throws at you... The freighter, time-travelling conciousness etc... None of that compared to the moment Desmond finally got to speak to Penny again. A brilliant moment

The Constant was one of the best episodes of any TV show I have ever seen.

Recently, my housemate and his GF, who don't watch Lost, were giving out to me for still watching it saying it was crap. I gave them the episode in isolation and just asked them to watch it. They were a bit lost at the start of course but I told them to just stick with it.

By the end, I was being requested to hand over all the seasons I had built up. Perfect television.

Penn

uncleoswald wrote: »

And Kate getting out of the car at the end of Season 3. WTF was going on!? A million possibilities went through my head and I had the feeling that the rug had been completely pulled from underneath me. I hope we have one more moment like this in Lost.

Thats one of my top moments too, I just didn't want to put them all in my first post. Give someone else a chance

Great moment though. Especially as my interest in Lost had actually begun to wane a bit towards the end of Season 3. This hooked me back in with a bang. The ultimate twist ending

uncleoswald

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

Thats one of my top moments too, I just didn't want to put them all in my first post. Give someone else a chance

Sorry! But can I have one more? Sawyer kicking Jack in nads at the end of Season 5?

Great moment though. Especially as my interest in Lost had actually begun to wane a bit towards the end of Season 3. This hooked me back in with a bang. The ultimate twist ending

Yeah exact same here. Didn't actually think they did great things with the flashforwards but what a way to introduce them.

MikeHoncho

Not Penny's Boat.

Penn

uncleoswald wrote: »

Sorry! But can I have one more? Sawyer kicking Jack in nads at the end of Season 5?


Yeah exact same here. Didn't actually think they did great things with the flashforwards but what a way to introduce them.

I meant I was giving someone else a chance. Another great moment was Eko staring right at The Monster. Damn, Eko was such a great character

kronsington

it was around season 2 when i really fell in love with the show. one of my favourite moments was the season 2 opener when we first meet desmond in the hatch. i loved the whole mystery about the various hatches around the island and what was going on with the dharma initiative/hanso foundation, room 23, all that.


for me the show has slowly declined since then and truthfully, season 6 just isnt doing it for me. like most i find the flash sideways deeply boring and even the on island storylines are dull. i think everyone can see the way the series is headed- the whole issue of "candidates" being at the centre of things- no matter what happens one of the best shows in the history of tv is going to leave a lot of people unsatisfied and very, very p*ssed off

A Neurotic

My abiding memory of Season One is this scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CQwoCDoaX0

Love it. Can see the group dynamic starting to come together and stuff.

cooker3

I think the first time Michael Emerson appeared was a huge moment. The moment itself was fairly nondescript but season 2 was lagging since the Tailies had merged with the main group. He provided the spark that would power the next few episodes and in the longer term, well the show is unimaginable without him.

Sad Professor

The two things that drew me into the first season were the characters and the serialisation. Serialisation is very hard to do well on television. And Lost does it brilliantly and did from the start. I also loved how character-driven the show was and how each episode centred on a particular character. It gave every episode an emotional arc and kept the show grounded which allowed the writers to go crazy with the island-story in later seasons.

I didn't really fall in love with mythology of the show until the second season. That was when things started to get really interesting with the introduction of Dharma, the electromagnetism, the hatches, etc, and it was possible to come up with good theories that weren't wild stabs in the dark.

An early moment that sticks out for me is Jack and Locke's conversation in "White Rabbit". It's simpler times, before these two went to war against each other, but the differences that would one day divide them is all laid out in the scene. For me, these two characters and their conflict over the island is really at the heart of the whole story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwwaumIYFfQ

Mr.Nice Guy

I recall I missed the start of the show on RTE so the first episode I caught was the one where Kate and Sawyer were fighting over the briefcase. Luckily for me Channel 4 then began showing the series from the start so I was able to watch simultaeneously and catch up on the ones I missed.

John Locke was the character that really interested me the most and I regard Walkabout as one of the top 3 episodes ever. Just wonderfully done.

I also remember really liking Sayid in Season 1. Anyone remember this moment? Classic Sayid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7oZe1x6EG0

Also love the ending to 'The Greater Good' in Season 1 when Sayid wants Locke to tell him about the hatch:

Sayid: I did it because I sensed you might be our best hope in surviving here, but I don't forgive what you did, and I certainly don't trust you, and now you're going to take me to the hatch.

Locke: Hatch? But I already showed you...

Sayid: John, no more lies.

:cool:

blue_steel

HURLEY: We've got a problem. The manifest, Jack, the census, the names of everyone who survived, all 46 of us. I interviewed everyone. Here, at the beach, got their names. One them, one of them isn't -- Jack! One of them isn't in the manifest. He wasn't on the plane.

This scene followed by Ethan creepily waylaying Charlie and Claire made me gasp.

cooker3

Ah nice scene SP. This reminds me of another scene, 2 in fact. For me 1 of the biggest aspects of Lost that I love is the fact it doesn't answer questions straight away. I know for some it's what they hate the most, but delayed gratification is all so sweet when they pull it off.

I always felt this scene was important from the first time I saw it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg2tB_xTt9I

That it was; it took 5 whole years for it to finally get paid off, but for me it's worth it. I still get goosebumps watching it. An absolutely perfect scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SPqImu_kz8

Sad Professor

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Anyone remember this moment? Classic Sayid:

Fantastic scene, one of my favourites. Emerson's transformation upon realising he's been found out is brilliant.

While we're on Henry Gale, I really have to post the famous "Got any milk?" scene from the previous episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ1yQdWWTKc

cooker3 wrote:

That it was; it took 5 whole years for it to finally get paid off, but for me it's worth it. I still get goosebumps watching it. An absolutely perfect scene.

Yeah, a great scene. And a very important one in the mythology of the show, perhaps the most important. The dialogue is very carefully written. Every time I watch it I take something new from it. The Jacob/MIB dynamic is very similar to Locke/Jack one.

Dubs

Deus Ex Machina end few minutes are my favourite. The music along with Terry O'Quinns emotional acting really makes it for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIcBP95rVf8

Same with the end of Walkabout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYfKHVdmjzQ

Aldebaran

This is probably my favourite Lost scene (so far!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeatX6Pagf0

Very emotional and the music is just stunning, love the shot of the raft as the sails go up, and the way poor Vincent tries to swim after them! For me, it's scenes like this that make Lost such a great show.

Mr.Nice Guy

Aldebaran wrote: »

Very emotional and the music is just stunning, love the shot of the raft as the sails go up, and the way poor Vincent tries to swim after them! For me, it's scenes like this that make Lost such a great show.

Yes, quite right. I remember getting chills the first time I watched that scene. Truly epic moment.

podgemonster

Mine also has to be Pennys and Desmond phonecall in the constant.

A close second would be when Sayid is torturing 'Henry Gale' in the hatch and just when you think Sayid has cracked Ben, Jack drags Sayid out and Ben and Sayid look at each other for a moment! Sayid knows he was lying!

MR NINE

After watching walkabout, I was hooked. Easily my favourite episode. Season 1 in general was brilliant. I loved the way they used to end most episodes with some form of montage/music, those scenes were great. I'm delighted that they seem to be doing it quite a bit in the current season as well. Loving the thread btw.

Penn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5dXIrxgfio

tok9

Most of the great ones are gone but surprisingly this one hasn't been picked..

Absolutely Epic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwKTFeD0ZFY

Also the link above for the Jack - Sawyer scene isn't working so here it is. So many memories...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UALYfVCLlYM

Last one i can think of at the moment that hasn't been posted is in the season 2 finale when Desmond turns the Fail safe key. The video is a bit long but it's great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKb2_Z61Nbw

I've always liked the Desmond theme music too.

slave1

so many you could comment on, the braveness to write off great characters like Eko and Locke but funny enough - and it may be a small point- what I get in every episode is the way - especially Jack and Locke - they address each other by name when they talk, how many times have you heard Locke, Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hugo etc etc
oh and Kate in that tee shirt
oh the first 2/3 minutes of series two in the hatch with Desmond
etc
etc
etc

James Forde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFP5Oh6aDp0

it's fairly recent but still one of my favorite scenes to date

mob

anything with Eko was always good he was one of my favorite characters.


but lets not forget one of the best running stories in season 2 when micheal only had 5 lines all season:

1) Walt!
2) They took my son!
3) Where is my son?
4) I want to see my son!
5) Bring me my son!

lol

Sad Professor

bryanjf wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFP5Oh6aDp0

it's fairly recent but still one of my favorite scenes to date

Anyone else notice how filthy Sawyer's underwear is in that scene? You can see what looks like a brown stain on the back of them. I mean, jeez... :pac:

SteelyDanJalapeno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XBtWYBPTns

murpho999

Wow, big thanks to all who put up those video's.

Really was great to see them all.

It really show's what a fantastic series Lost is. Television has never seen it's like before and will probably never see it's like again.

As for my favourite scene, I have many, but this is probably it. Not so much for the incident but it's impact. It just blew my mind like nothing probably since the end of 'The Usual Suspect's and totally turned this series on it's head. Brilliant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK5LacXdwbo

tok9

Another scene that i really like is the ending of exodus.. when it first aired all we wanted to see was what was in the hatch... but when you look back at the episode this scene really stands out (along with the conversation between Locke and Jack on the way to the hatch)...

The music is unreal and its just class seeing everyone getting on the plane. (and Jack acknowledging Locke on the plane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2rEehAwT_8

Might as well post up the video of the conversation too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxIUJgRsC9U

James Forde

http://bennettmedia.blogspot.com/search/label/LOST

fantastic videos there

tok9

Just thinking back.. there are a few things i miss about Lost that we haven't seen in a while. Songs like Wash Away and delicate back in Season 1. While i love Giacchinos work it'd be nice to have a moment like these again in the remainder season 6.

1 x 03 - Tabula Rasa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq4Dsv7EdyQ

1 x 17 - In Transalation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3cUu2g20g8

dudeitshurley

tok9 wrote: »

Just thinking back.. there are a few things i miss about Lost that we haven't seen in a while. Songs like Wash Away and delicate back in Season 1. While i love Giacchinos work it'd be nice to have a moment like these again in the remainder season 6.

1 x 03 - Tabula Rasa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq4Dsv7EdyQ

1 x 17 - In Transalation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3cUu2g20g8

Great minds, was just about to post the end to In Translation. It's not just the music, powerful symbolism with Sun taking off her cardigan after Jin insisting on her covering up. Then jin and michael building the raft together after their fight. Very moving.

I know Matthew Fox takes a lot of heat for his acting but if you look back at season 1, an example in this thread his scene with Sawyer revealing he talked to Christian.... i think it's unfair criticism for the most part. When given a lot to work with he is at least competent. Acting chemistry between Sawyer and Jack also very palpable. Great scene.

dudeitshurley

On a side issue:

I think when all is said and done, on a complete rewatch Eko will be in most peoples top 5 favourite characters in the show. Amazing character, full of symbolism, brilliantly acted.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/lost-star-who-quit-wants-to-return-to-the-show_1107807

He clearly wanted to return. Whether his relationship with Darlton had soured to the point of no-return is up for debate but for the sake of the show i'd like to have seen a return. I don't think there are many who could argue season 6 would be poorer for AAA's return to the show, even if it were merely flash-sideways. It certainly wouldn't put anyone off seeing Eko in multiple flash-sideways.

cooker3

dudeitshurley wrote: »

I know Matthew Fox takes a lot of heat for his acting but if you look back at season 1, an example in this thread his scene with Sawyer revealing he talked to Christian.... i think it's unfair criticism for the most part. When given a lot to work with he is at least competent. Acting chemistry between Sawyer and Jack also very palpable. Great scene.

The problem is competent is really not good enough when you are the main character of the show. He has his moments but overall I've always found him fairly mediocre

dudeitshurley wrote: »

On a side issue:

I think when all is said and done, on a complete rewatch Eko will be in most peoples top 5 favourite characters in the show. Amazing character, full of symbolism, brilliantly acted.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/lost-star-who-quit-wants-to-return-to-the-show_1107807

He clearly wanted to return. Whether his relationship with Darlton had soured to the point of no-return is up for debate but for the sake of the show i'd like to have seen a return. I don't think there are many who could argue season 6 would be poorer for AAA's return to the show, even if it were merely flash-sideways. It certainly wouldn't put anyone off seeing Eko in multiple flash-sideways.

AAA leaving was such a shame. I would hazard a guess he would have heavily being involved in the current Jacob vs MiB story as well. He and Locke had such an interesting dynamic.

ricero

the scene that sticks out the most in my head was mr eckos death really shocked me as he was one of my all time favorite characters.
also one episode about john locke a flashback episode involving locke working on a cannabis farm sticks in my head as you really felt sorry for the man near the end of that episode. locke i think is one of the best characters thats ever been on tv