I started watching Lost back in April. Not on network television but on the ABC website.
I was hooked from the very first episode and watched the shows in perfect, chronological order… through season 1, season 2, season 3, season 4.
With some sense of sadness, I prepared for season 5 which was the current season that had just wrapped in May. Once season 5 was over, there would be no more Lost for many months. Sniff.
But… when I surfed to the season 5 page… I was quickly dismayed.
Of the 17 episodes from season 5, only 6 were online.
It wouldn’t have been quite so bad had the first 6 episodes been online. But that wasn’t the case. The last 6 episodes were online and the first 11 episodes were missing.
That made abso-stinkin-lutely zero sense to me. N-o w-a-y was I going to skip the first 2/3s of the season.
So I waited. And I waited.
For 2 months I peeked at the ABC website almost daily… holding tightly to a slim ribbon of hope that episodes 1-11 would graciously appear.
For 2 months I was disappointed.
Then last Friday… oh man… last Friday, my frown turned upside-down. For you see, season 5 - in it’s entirety - is finally online.
I’m already sleeping better at night.
Sometimes it’s the small things that make us smile! Glad they finally posted your missing episodes.
OMG!!! You just made my day. I started watching the Lost episodes from the very beginning this summer. It took me nearly a month to plow through all the episodes and I ran into the same frustration when it came to the last season 5. I had read that the missing episodes wouldn’t be released until December.
I am so grateful you posted this. I haven’t heard about it anywhere else. Television has been so disappointing these past few weeks.
Thanks,
Lori, I hadn’t found info anywhere that said when or even if the missing episodes would be made available. I just figured they would show up sometime between this summer and the new season next year.
It’s been so long since I watched the end of season 4 that I almost forgot the storyline.
Doug,
You know this is the last season right? Kirk and I have been hooked since season 1! Have fun watching those episodes and maybe you can help us answer the questions we always have after each episode this season!
Yes, Cindy. I know.
This is one show I might just have to add to my DVD collection.
Doug, I keep forgetting that you have become a LOST fan. We watch it faithfully and can’t wait for the new episodes to start. I think it is the best show on television - it’s amazing.