At that point, the initial hype had died down somewhat, and I only caught occasional whispers that the show had strayed into slightly silly territory, before reading about reaction to the controversial finale, and wondering whether I would have stuck it out to the end, given the chance.īut it’s not just in the world of gaming that your correspondent belatedly catches up with things that used to be wildly popular, and embarking upon a solo viewing of the full series from the start proved to be an enjoyable distraction from the grim winter lockdown of 2020/21. Eventually Sky bought the rights to show the series in the UK, which meant that it was a case of getting a subscription or waiting for the DVD. I managed to watch most of the first series of Lost after it appeared on terrestrial television, amid a blaze of publicity, but then kept missing episodes of the second, which was not really an option if you wanted to keep up with the various plot machinations. Picking through the wreckage on the beach.īefore streaming services, keeping up with so-called ‘must see’ TV was a little bit harder.
