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As someone who's never seen an episode of lost, I find this ungodly fascinating. I feel like an archeologist stumbling upon a copy of an epic of a long gone civilisation XD

No better way to celebrate the end the 2023 writers strike than taking a look on how the strike of 07 effecting the biggest shows of that era .

I'd also like to point out the scene where Boone is explaining to John what a red shirt is in Star Trek. When John replies saying he must've been a piss poor captain. Thats a reference to his own character in Star Trek TNG where he was a captain that ended up being court martialed for treason. Love that line ever since I started diving down the Trek rabbit hole.

I told my friend I watched 6 hours of LOST retrospective a couple months ago and she recommended I see a doctor. Instead im going to watch another 3&1/2 hours of LOST retrospective content coz I just think its neat.

For some odd reason that I can’t explain, I love that every Billiam video starts with him saying “…yeah…” It’s just so chill. 😎

I’ve been waiting so long for this one, bruh. Thank you for feeding my never ending craving for Lost content

absolutely obsessed with sayid's role in the constant. being the only one from the island having to protect desmond when he can't remember anything, his original worry about the people on the freighter, watching the dude die of time travel knowing desmond's next, having to deal with desmond just kinda passing out and waking up with new knowledge and requests, using his crazy skills to fix all the equipment even tho he doesn't know why. and the pure pain of him being in the room while desmond calls penny, knowing that there's almost no way he will ever be able to have a conversation like that with nadiya. sayid is always doing everything he can for everyone he meets, no matter how 'loosened' he himself is, making him a far superior leader than jack or even john could ever be

Im just thinking about how convenient it was that someone packed a pregnancy test for their international flight. I know theres a lot of plot convenience but that's always stood out

They should have done a plot with Jack learning how to be a pilot and instead they focused on how he got a tattoo. He literally mentions he tried to learn how to fly. An amazing opportunity to bring Lapidus into it.

this is my Super Bowl

It’s so crazy to see how many actors were in like every ABC show at that time. Bunches who were in this, Once Upon a Time, Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy, and Scandal.

I remember Heroes crashed during the writers strike, and it almost felt like Lost was clapping back at Heroes by tackling Time Travel when Heroes abandoned it, and made some of the most incredible stuff

I’ve always believed that S4 was the strongest. The season length and writing was so tight and the flash forwards allowed for both the on island and off island stories to feel so so fresh.

I love the "who are you" because it shows the dead people are real, not an hallucination. Michael can't hallucinate a man he's never met.

23:11 what I find interesting how the idea of the show “being made up as it went along” is that we have an example of a show that didn’t evolve as choices were made; How I Met Your Mother. And in the case of that show, it’s a huge detractor. Character growth and choices made over the course of all the other seasons are undone in the last 15 minutes. It’s infuriating

So excited to watch this. I will say as a writer, something being foreshadowed doesn't mean it wasn't made up after the fact. Part of being a writer, especially if you already have one part committed and public before the next part, is knowing what you already wrote and finding ways to recontextualise it if you need the story to go a certain way. I also don't think it was made up entirely as it went along but some of the foreshadowing is bound to be recontextualising existing story beats. Which is a fine thing to do! It's one of my favourite parts of writing when I realise I left something on the table and I can pick it up later with new meaning.

Imagine if this show had come out ten years later from 2014 to 2020, when sharing and overanalyzing scenes and freeze frames was not only more obsessive but was basically firmly established online practice for the fandoms of ongoing series than what had existed from the 2004 to 2010 period the show actually aired in. And even back then the sharing and speculation was already pretty feverish.

Finally got through this. This is far and away my favorite installment of "Increasingly unhinged Florida Man talks about a cult TV show from 20 years ago." I just want to mention that (1) I miss the Rod Sterling bit (2) the briefcase B-plot in this installment is the best of the series. The increased production value and practical effects compared to prior installments really shines.

So glad someone is doing a detailed retrospective. My 18-year-old self was so deeply offended by Alex’s death that I rewrote season 5 with her as the protagonist 😂

Jorge Garcia was honestly the GoaT in this whole show, him and Dominic Monaghan, 2 of the honeatly best actors in the whole show.

Whenever I struggle with what I'm writing or I'm bored I watch the previous two Lost videos. Thank you Billiam!

I'm 71 so I've watched quite a lot of TV over the years. LOST was the only show which I've ever watched from start to finish --every single episode--, including buying DVDs of all the seasons. It positively hypnotized me. Thanks for reminding me of so many of those peripheral characters who'd since become LOST in my memory!

58:33 this moment had me on the floor, the hopeful music getting cut of as everyone just gets completely BODIED by the huge wave, then there’s the quick shot of Billiam resurfacing as it smash cuts to the chapter title, it’s great I love it

love how throughout the series billy will just lie about the really big fakeouts or plot twists right up until he gets to the twist part, to incorporate them into his recap and giving first time watchers experiencing the story thru this channel a taste of what the show was like live

WE HAVE TO GO BACK!! Thanks for the shoutout Billiam!

Charlotte Staples Lewis is almost directly C.S. Lewis's name, Clive Staples Lewis, who wrote the chronicles of Narnia. I don't know enough about lost to draw any reasons for it, but I did notice it immediately

It's wild to hear you say that you've been working on this for 3 years bc that's hard to fathom but yeah so far, this series spans 12 hours, 46 minutes, and 23 seconds (I can only imagine how fried editing all of this must have made you, rip and thank you for your sacrifice for our entertainment)

gotta say I was surprised and a little sad when you said part three would be covering the remainder of the show, but now that I've seen the final product, I like the direction you took. here's to three more three hour videos, cheers.

This show really just has that special something that makes you love all the characters and keeps you invested through all the insane twists and turns. No show has ever come close.

Hell yes it was INSANE. From start to finish. I'm on my second re-watch, this time with my kids. It's amazing TV. I can't believe this show got made, and I am so glad that it did.

I haven't watched any lost analysis before because I was afraid that people would just be shitting all over my favorite show. I'm so glad you're as fascinated with the show as I am. It's not perfect, for sure, but it's very close to my heart and I love it, flaws and all. Can't wait for the last video

These are the definitive Lost breakdown/analyses on youtube, nothing even comes close. Really appreciate your hard work!

Ah the unhappiness of my childhood is rushing back to me while watching this series. Fantastic work mate, keep it rolling.

Almost 4 hours after editing! We dont say it enough Billy the lengths your go through to research your content, Thank you very much😢🎉❤

Thank you so much for this. Lost will always be a huge touchstone in my life. I remember having watch parties at college and hours wasted theorizing on internet forums. My long distance partner (who I'm still with) would call me after every episode 😂 it really redefined what tv could be, plenty of problems and jank AF at points, but so amazing and outside the box, nothing compares

I can’t even tell you how excited I was when this came out. I legit jumped out my seat and ran around my couch for 5 minutes. I am more than a die hard fan of LOST, I have seen all 121 episodes 9 times, and I am so sad that hardly anyone talks about it. Thank you so much for doing this, you just earned a subscriber.

This series you've made is pure 2000's euphoria. I love it so dearly and you should be proud of how well this is produced. It's something I can revisit as legitimately as the show LOST itself. Keepin' dis shit on in the background for a LOOOOOOOOONG time (after I watch it intently several times).

This is still my favourite show of all time. Nothing beats the theorycrafting between seasons. So many great memories...

This series has become my Rome, I watch your videos on it at work over and over again. You’re commentary is amazing and being able to dissect the show like a book is so therapeutic to my ears. Thank you for spending your time on this and I hope you’re no longer burnt out 🙏

I actually have a theory that the wheel wasn't frozen originally. There's not really anything to back this up, but something about the set dressing makes me think it was a place built similar to the temple by people from long ago, but maybe around the wheel which already had been there. But I somehow just don't see that happening in this weird frozen place. Instead, I wonder if the Dharma Initiative didn't freeze it in place to stop the island from moving through time and space. Like if it maybe turned entirely on its own once upon a time or at least was more easily turned. But then they got to the island and one of their first tasks was to do something to stop that wheel and their solution was to literally build a big refrigerator to freeze it. Random weird thought to throw into the comments down here.

Yes Billiam! You know you can put out a 3-4 hour video on LOST because the watchers will all be people who absolutely hate themselves and have therefore watched LOST several times at least all. the. way. through! I count myself as one of those insane people..

I remember fondly how I binged the first part of this deep dive series of yours when I was pregnant and stuck at home all day. Now I’m still watching while I’m taking care of my toddler 😆

I don't know how Billiam continues to get me to happily watch so many hours of content about a show I've never even seen. Somehow he did it again and now I can't wait for the final part!

Your first lost video got me hooked on the show, ended up watching it with my dad and getting him hooked as well. It's an experience I'll never forget. One of my favorite shows of all time now.

My mental health today is just not it, so I'm really glad you posted a new Lost video! It's a wonderful distraction from a meh day

its been 86 years... but its worth the wait!!

"Cause Jack's a ho." I had to pause while dying from laughing

The underwater sequence at 1:57:49 is maybe the best underwater skit I’ve ever seen on KZfaq. You’ve outdone yourself!

THE RETURN! Welcome back and thank you for your hard work!

just finished watching lost (for the first time) and now im binging all of your videos. its so interesting to learn about all of the behind the scenes and also about yours perspective, cause youve loved this show for many years. its especially interesting regarding last 4 seasons because i really didnt enjoy them, yet you make me look at them from a different angle and i start to appreciate some things about them. cant wait for the last part!

The problem I've always seen with shorter seasons to add more seasons is that some of these shows seem rushed. They cram too much into too few episodes because they have to get certain story beats or information out. It takes the viewer out of it a bit because they're given less time to connect to the material or the characters. You have 3 seasons, 24 episodes each, and full picture of what you want to make with good pacing, but then you're forced to split 3 seasons up into 1.5 seasons each in order to drop it down to 2 seasons or cut content because you already had a full plan for 24 episodes in a whole other season. A lot of time it just kills momentum and throws off the writers. Networks need to learn to keep their filthy hands out of the pot >_

I was in the military when you started this series and I am no longer in the military. That s*** is wild.

I was hoping the ghosts were recordings of people made by the island. The electromagnetic island is like a blank tape and the longer you are there the more that gets recorded.

Desmond was my favorite character from the first time I laid eyes on him. I was 12 watching the show as it first aired - and I dont know why I liked Desmond so much, but his episode "The Constant" immediately became my favorite when it aired. His character, his story, and this episode were just so important to my experience of the show.

Shouts out to the editor! They’re clearly having a lot of fun-THURSDAY!

This is probably my favourite retrospective series on KZfaq. Can't Wait for the next one!

I literally screamed when this showed up in my feed!!! Oddly, one of my must awaited videos and I wasn’t even a big Lost fan😅 Cheers from México!

Let's do this everyone! ITS HAPPENING 🤗

Has it been year already? Must be time for another Billiam's Lost specials! HURRAY! Still loving these, because I'm one of those who missed the train when comes to Lost. I knew of it and saw some, but when I was old enough to seek for the series (as someone outside USA) - it was kinda too late to catch up everything. Now I can finally know everything what I was interested in!

I love that scene in the Orchid when John and Ben are in the Orchid and Ben sits down John to watch an educational video and then John tells him: "...but you're in all the metal." And Ben just gives him a sarcastic look saying "You don't say!" 😂

Been looking forward to this one for a while, love to see it finally released from the shackles of copyright :) S4 is easily my favorite of the series, and still goes so hard for me upon rewatch. The latter half of the series has so much to offer when it comes to worldbuilding, setup, and payoff. The pair of Seasons 4 and 5 make for such a striking story told from both perspectives of the ones who left and the ones who didn’t. (S5 onward) Ji Yeon and Cabin Fever come to mind with how strongly they were contextualized by the end of season 5. Ji Yeon’s structure being a mix of flash forward/flashback hinting at Sun and Jin’s separation via time and space was wild to me. Cabin Fever’s flashbacks were a great setup for learning that John essentially created the *idea* of himself among the Others when he was flashed to the 50s, and we even see how Jack can be partially credited for pushing his legend given how he advocated for him to Richard (after Sawyer also sorta did a few years before that). Painfully ironic considering how the attitudes *end up* when they first arrive there in 2004. As great as the fifth season is, I’m especially excited for your take on the final season. It was a bold move for what it was, but it ended up resonating with me quite a damn lot, and spoke beautifully to the show’s themes on individual perspective and connections. Excited for the next part!

This was a really fantastic addition to your Lost series. I have enjoyed all of your other long videos. I am a strange person who likes 9+ hour videos so this series has been a dream. Lots of love for the effort you do for these. Lots of appreciation for all your work! Will you do Fringe next? It seriously is the BEST show out there on so many levels that I feel that you'd have impactful analysis of how it does Lost and X-Files with a family drama at its core justice. Do Fringe eventually is all that I am saying. Great job again!

Your first 2 videos made me start watching the show again for a third time and realize that it still is an awesome show. I was also reminded about how my wive started watching it with me on my second time through and how she couldn't get enough of it. Thanks for doing this.

I like the video but something I also caught in the last video, is that there are a lot of redundancies and repetition(the writers strike gets introduced like 3 times before it gets talked about, reiterating how the flash forwards change the show, etc), I feel like the script could have been a bit tighter, even if it meant the video would have been shorter.

I cannot fully describe how upset I was when he started saying "Lost" instead of "Loosened" but it was deeply upsetting nonetheless.

I literally binged both your LOST videos yesterday (for the fifth time), didn't expect this to pop up so soon. Thank you Billiam!!!

This show was more addicting that H back in the day. I'd even miss work to catch the latest eps. Brilliant show; the way they left every eps was genius.

I recently got into your channel, loved the first two lost videos and got super bummed that you hadn't released a third yet. I had lost hope of a third and saw this rn. I thought I was dreaming. Thank you for this.

When I was a kid, I would watch random Lost episodes with my older sisters. I was a little losened on a lot of Lost's plot details but was engaged nonetheless. With little context the "Jin is dead" episode hit hard. Since you are looking at supplementary Lost material, can you look at Lost Parody by The Fine Bros. They deleted the videos when they became a reaction channel but it has been reuploaded. It really was The Fine Bros making fun of Lost with their large collection of action figures.

just wanted to say, bc I've recently learned this myself, "trauma bonding" is not a term for two people bonding over trauma, it's actually a term for a victim developing a one-sided attachment towards their victimizer

3 and a half hours and I sat down/laid down and watched it all. This guy makes cinema

You keep knocking these Lost videos out of the park, dude! You're really bringing me back to being a teenager and being obsessed with this show, I definitely need to give it a rewatch after your final video to see if I'm able to pick up more with my grown adult brain that my younger self just skimmed past.

I hope you allow yourself to feel extremely proud of the videos you’ve made for Lost. I hope you think you’ve done a great job on them. It was really, REALLY good and I loved every minute of them!

Billiam, you are amazing. I’ve been anticipating this video for a while now and you did not disappoint!! Thanks for being so awesome 💜

Zetus Lapetus! Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century I’m old 😂

I have never seen lost. These 2 video Essays are my favourite on the platform

The fact I have never seen an episode of Lost, but have watched every video Billiam has made on Lost...

i just binged all your LOST content and now you have more!?! THANK YOU

The amount of times I've watched this just in the background of of whatever I'm doing on the computer, or, more seriously, a way to distract myself when my anxiety and panic rises. Your passion and enthusiasm and genuine want to share your excitement about this show is what makes this series so good. Thank you for all your effort and time and everything else you've put into this retrospective. I'm not even a LOST fan, but if you can keep my attention about a show I've never seen, there's gotta be something in what I'm watching that compels me to watch it again and again. So thanks.

Desmond’s and Penny’s phone call makes me cry... this show makes me cry many times... I love it.

ITS TIME BILLY BOY !!!!! THANKS FOR THE FOOD

Ah yes, another lost video by billiam -- this is my shit. I've watched the others all the way through. didn't watch lost when it was airing, but did watch it through entirely about a decade ago or so, and was very obsessed for a while. This takes me back to that :) I love the way LOST felt early on, before a lot of the mysteries were solved. Super cool vibe, right? The hatch, the island, the monster, the others, it really gave you a feeling of being on the cusp of figuring it all out for a while.

I watched all of lost after the first video and might end up starting a rewatch after your final video. Its a part of my life now, thank you

I was so excited to see this got uploaded! Excited about another part too! My sister and I were in the LOST train, watching every episode too the end. Good memories, you document it well.

This series has been so captivating. Thank you for this retrospective. I was obsessed with LOST when it was out lol. I can’t wait for the next video!

I really appreciate you explaining the mechanics and reasons for both strikes. Most people don’t get that, and it’s really important

Incredible, love watching people talk about their passions and this entire series of videos has been a joy to take in. Well done on this momentous achievement in content creation!

Thanks for helping me understand the Lil B lyric "Don't red shirt me, this is lil Berkeley" from Always Been Alone Band Freestyle.

i love reading the parallels with Desmond and Billy Pilgrim of slaughterhouse five. "unstuck in time". not sure if it was on purpose but its a beautiful nod to Kurt Vonnegut.

I am wondering, did ol' Billiam intend to make this whole vid feel like he was the DM running us through a campaign? The three pieces of taped together carboard Infront of the camera gives off that feel and I am here for it

I have almost finished rewatching Lost since finding your first two videos. so hyped to see you back!

These videos are brilliant. I hope the final video or a bonus video goes over every answered/unanswered question there is regarding the series to help fill people in on what they either missed or didn't know they didn't need an answer for.

I've never seen any of Lost, but I enjoy these videos so much and have watches them so many times

I got to see the premiere of a new Billiam Lost episode within the first 55s of it being posted. Glorious. The time has finally arrived!

I’ve been making people watch Lost at work and telling them “fun facts” from your videos. Thank you for small talk content for my job.

What a coincidence! KZfaq just recommended me the second part of your lost series (watched the first one a while back) and you uploaded the third part a day later! Makes me very happy, can't wait to watch it.

Thats crazy, I legit just finished watching the Lost part 2 video yesterday. Thank you papa billiam

Season 4 is my second favorite, but I think 5 is peak Lost. Beyond the cool time travel shenanigans, that season drives the theme of fate vs free will better than all the others. There’s such strong consequentialism, and cause and effect. The characters make significant decisions that have tremendous ramifications but because of the stable time loop, they are following their “destiny”. They cause The Incident, but not knowingly but through their actions, which they were always meant to do.

Billiam, my guy, thank you for being one of the few retrospective channels that puts just as much, if not more, analysis into your videos as you do recapping shows. Lost was the show that ignited speculation at my family’s dinners and awakened my media literacy and analytical abilities, so this series has been incredibly nostalgic and provides new interpretations. You and Quentin are probably the only Recap channels that really feel transformative and insightful instead of a wiki audio book. Love your content and love you brother, be easy.