That's part of the problem, all the many storylines, and all the many new characters!
I originally thought there would be 40-50 characters, survivors of the crash. I figured most of the episodes would revolve around some combination of the main 15-16 characters, and others would come in and out as needed.
Then they brought in the Tailies, and the Others, and now the Freighter Folk and others, and there's almost too many groups to keep track of! There's also a time-travel element.
I have to admit I sort of lost interest somewhere around Seasons 3 and 4, and part of it is because I HATE Jack and Kate, and I'm not overly fond of Sawyer. I don't give a damn about their love triangle, so I was bored with all their backstories and potential love stories, etc. But I stuck with the show, because there are a lot of characters I really like.
At the moment, my favorite characters are Desmond...did he show up in Season 2?...and Daniel Faraday, who I think showed up in Season 4. But there have been so many new characters, others that have died, and some that may possibly be in some other state of existence, so it's really hard to keep up with things. But I think it's worth it to slog through it all. Trying to catch up now with the sixth season, or starting again with the fifth, would probably be incredibly frustrating. My mom gave up a few seasons ago. She can't handle the really complex storylines, or any series with any kind of arc or where you have to keep track of what happened last season! :)
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Date: 2009-12-29 03:07 am (UTC)I originally thought there would be 40-50 characters, survivors of the crash. I figured most of the episodes would revolve around some combination of the main 15-16 characters, and others would come in and out as needed.
Then they brought in the Tailies, and the Others, and now the Freighter Folk and others, and there's almost too many groups to keep track of! There's also a time-travel element.
I have to admit I sort of lost interest somewhere around Seasons 3 and 4, and part of it is because I HATE Jack and Kate, and I'm not overly fond of Sawyer. I don't give a damn about their love triangle, so I was bored with all their backstories and potential love stories, etc. But I stuck with the show, because there are a lot of characters I really like.
At the moment, my favorite characters are Desmond...did he show up in Season 2?...and Daniel Faraday, who I think showed up in Season 4. But there have been so many new characters, others that have died, and some that may possibly be in some other state of existence, so it's really hard to keep up with things. But I think it's worth it to slog through it all. Trying to catch up now with the sixth season, or starting again with the fifth, would probably be incredibly frustrating. My mom gave up a few seasons ago. She can't handle the really complex storylines, or any series with any kind of arc or where you have to keep track of what happened last season! :)