In some ways, this is similar to Alias, due to a lot of cliffhangers and plot twist. But the show has a unique flavour of its own. Each episode, you don't really know which character is going to survive, what their background is, or even where they are. Perceptions are constantly challenged, until the last episode, you feel you know every character...but have the distinct feeling that there is still more we don't know about.

This part of the season is arguably the most gripping, as the charcters are now settled on the island, allowing the focus to shift to the island's mysteries. You'll be continuously surprised, saddened and confused as you are led to the season finale, an impressively complex 3 parter that will ensure that you watch season 2!

I could tell you more about what happens, but if you really want to enjoy the series, remain spoiler free and open to LOST's surprises.

The DVD set itself is excellent, with plenty of extras and commentaries to keep viewer's busy long after the last episode. My only complaint is that they could have made the DVD case a little prettier, as you are just given basic slimline cases for the DVDS.

***Warning*** Try to watch part 1 before attempting this set, or you'll just leave confused!

Huge letdown after "part one"
Review date: 2006-01-17 Rating: 6 out of 10

Having seen the final episodes on C4, I can only say what a crashing disappointment its been.

I remember when I first starting Lost, how gripping and tightly plotted it was. The first few episodes were fantastic - What the hell is it that's knocking down trees? What is the meaning of the distress signal? Who exactly is Locke? Can Kate be trusted? Why is a polar bear on the island?

Then at some point I found myself being more irritated than intrigued (probably around the same point I realised the writers knew the answers no more than I did). I love character based drama, but I couldn't really care about most of the cookie-cutter types on display here (the excellent Terry O'Quinn as Locke aside) and their personal demons. Most of their back-stories ran their course in the first half of the series. That coupled with the lack of any real direction to the plot has resulted in a series that's been content to meander along for too long.

I give the whole series an average of 3 stars; though if I was rating each half independently it would be 4 stars for part one, and 2 for part two. If the writers had written Lost as a 13 part one-off and thought a bit more about where they wanted the show to go they'd have had something far, far better on their hands. Shame.

I'm Lost in Lost!
Review date: 2006-01-15 Rating: 10 out of 10

Everybody I know was raving about Lost and I didn't have the feintest idea what it was about, so I tuned in one Wednesday night and saw Locke and Boone trying to open the hatch with a trebuchet. I was hooked. I decided to stop watching after that one episode and I didn't want to spoil it for myself. So, I decided to buy the DVD, but I didn't know they were in two different parts. I bought it and it came and that day I watched the first four episodes, absolutely amazing! When I had watched all twelve I realised that the episode I watched on the television wasn't in the first half. Then an advert on the TV said that the finale was in a weeks time. I didn't watch it and I am itching to know what happens in the second half of the first season. I can't wait. I will write a review on that too! All I can say is well done ABC and well done J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof! Thanks!

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