OK so, we didn’t watch iota one of Lost. In fact we have managed to avoid almost all the details, except that people were stranded somewhere, there is (was?) someone named Libby, and hobbit Meriadoc Brandybuck was in it. CBC radio recently had guest speakers speculating about (*shudder*) the last episode ever and when the programme host reluctantly announced that he has never seen the show, it was as if the air was sucked out of the broadcast room. There was this awkward silence and I can only imagine the look he received.. However now that the last episode has aired and speculation is over, can we all have our news back? The past few weeks have been dominated by ‘how will it end”? — ‘what does it all mean?” and now apparently there is some serious debriefing to do. I get it, I do.
I understand the feeling of latching onto something good, and the whole collective sharing thing but this phenomena often falls within a long string of “must watch” TV. It even happens with commercials! We all know our way around YouTube and can get that warm fuzzy sharing with just a few clicks. But nothing says pariah (or castaway) louder than ‘sorry, I don’t have cable TV’, oh and ordering a simple ‘large coffee’ from Starbucks.
If you’re looking for your next addiction, check out this British must see. Run don’t walk to your nearest library for all the seasons! Midsomer Murders