why is the pinned comment always so dumb?

My man really spent like 6 minutes recognizing how under appreciated of a composer Michael Giacchino is. Respect 👊🏻

My grandma accidentally taped over the VHS of my birth with an episode of Lost and caused lifetime resentment of Lost inside my mother

I decided to watch Lost because of this video. I just finished the show and was sobbing at the ending. Personally, I don't know how they could have made it more emotionally satisfying.

This video single handedly responsible for thousands of new LOST fans. As a long time LOST fan, thank you. To me , it's the best show ever.

Seeing as Riverdale is a thing that exists, I can no longer comfortably say any show has gone off the rails unless its reached Riverdale's level of absolute insanity.

“You can’t wear jeans on the beach! I’d rather die!” Spoken like a true Florida man.

At the bar a while back the bartender and I had been talking about our mutual love of Lost when she decided to put the show on. A lot of the bar joked about it and talked shit about it, but before the first part of the pilot was over, we'd turned off the jukebox and put the sound on. The people that had shit on it without really watching it much or at all were suddenly invested and asking me all sorts of questions. When I finally went home I think they were on episode 6.

I think something crazy about this show is that even if you watched it when it came out and never watched it again, you would still remember characters, names, and major events.

12:35 - "They somehow convinced ABC to spend an unheard of amount of money on the pilot." No, Drew. If they had spent that much money on a pilot, the plane would've never crashed.

New title: "Michael Giacchino is underrated and also Lost exists"

I may be 2 years late, but I wanna say that this video is what finally pushed me to watch this show. My mom was pregnant with me while it was airing, and she used to tell me about how my dad would watch it while she went to bed early cause I had her up all night as a baby. She would mention the show a lot, how it was innovative and worked with flashbacks and forward flashes, always making me interested in it, but I never actually tried to watch it until I watched this video. I’ve now successfully completed the show, and I can truly consider it one of my favorite shows of all time. Thank you, Danny, for opening me up to Lost again.

"Lost is a show that needs to be binged" I agree it works well binged, but my favorite part of watching Lost as it came out was the theorycrafting, the podcasts that analyzed every frame of the episode to find all the little clues and Easter eggs and (more often than not) red herrings that the show provided. Granted the months-long hiatuses were killer, but the community that loved Lost really flourished because of the weekly nature of the show, not in spite of it.

Some guy: "Yeah I'm in the orchestra for Lost" Me: "Oh cool, what instrument did you play?" Him: "The gurney flaps"

Me, who’s never seen LOST: Interesting…

Lost is my favorite show of all time. It’s so weird and perfect and makes me cry like a baby every time. One of those shows that only gets better the more times you watch it. Nothing will ever come close for me.

To this day, I unapologetically LOVE this show. It's difficult to convey how much impact it's had on me.

Ah, the Arrested Development syndrome: Making a show that can only be truly watched as intended on a medium that didn't exist yet.

man between this and the video breaking down the tragic end of arrested development, it's so interesting to think about great shows that would have thrived in the binge-era but were cursed by the confines of cable

literally watched it because of this video and it genuinely was such a beautiful show wtf

LOST is the reason I properly learned English. Back then, VOD wasn't really a thing and the dubbed version that was on German TV was.. not horrible, but I didn't find the voices fitting. Also it was behind a whole season and I had to avoid spoilers like crazy. So I did what everyone did back then and put on my Pirate hat and sailed along. I had to re-watch every episode at least two times (I didn't want to read subtitles, I hate subtitles, they're annoying and reading is for nerds anyway). And now here I am, able to understand every insult people throw at me on the internet. In two languages. Thank you LOST.

babe... go to sleep... drew gooden just uploaded and I don’t want you to see him

The way he said “They’re all kind if lost in their own ways” made me think that Kurtis Conner had possessed him for those 3 seconds

I’m so happy when you were describing the soundtrack being emotional you put John Locke’s backstory. His backstory (and later this entire series) is the ONLY ever moment I’ve cried at a non-animated tv show. And i have to credit most of that to the soundtrack. Its so fucking heartbreaking to see a 40 something man sobbing about his dad while the most heartbreaking and emotional song you’ve ever heard is playing.

My parents watched Lost while it was airing and I was a little kid. I remember so vividly being scared shitless by the soundtrack because I could hear it from my bedroom while they watched. I never even saw the show but I was scared to watch it for so long. I went and watched the whole thing partly because of this video, and I knew I’d come back and watch it after I finished. Well, I just watched the finale about 5 minutes ago and here I am. Thank you Drew for focusing on the soundtrack and composer so much here, those songs truly scarred me as a child (in the best way possible). I’m still in shock at how underrated this show is, especially the ending. I’ve heard so many people saying over the years that the ending was terrible, so I had mentally prepared myself for that. I ended up being surprised by how amazing this whole show was. It was truly ahead of its time and a total game changer for the genre. I need a few days to process this lol

I love just hearing Drew talk about something he's passionate about

"Booneral" single-handedly convinced me to watch this show

I watched this video a while ago, and I want you to know that it, paired with my husband's encouragement, was the reason I watched lost for the first time! And I agree, what an incredible show!

I think that Charlie from LOST may genuinely be one of my favorite characters of all time. The first time I watched the show with my dad, I said to him “I like the way that he’s just so calm while everyone else is freaking out about the giant plane crash.” (little did I know he was on coke). While I know that he could be VERY weird and even more creepy at times, I always had a special place for him in my heart. I was heartbroken when he died and I still think that he’s a one of the best characters I’ve ever come across.

I swear this show doesn't get enough love these days especially on youtube, my 14 year old self appreciates this video.

"You don't end shows that people are watching" Netflix would like a word.

Started Lost a few weeks ago because of this video. Just finished the finale. One of the most beautiful, profound things I’ve ever seen that’s made me think about my outlook on life. Sounds dramatic but you’ll understand if you watch!

Lost was a stroke of genius. I don’t understand how someone can watch that entire show and not appreciate what the creators and writers were able to do

Nothing beats a Drew Gooden "I want to talk about some random thing I like" video. He's got such a talent for showcasing something he feels passionate towards.

the fact that a mainstreamed and produced show soundtrack has a song in it called something as stupid as “booneral” is brilliant and gives me hope for humankind.

I've literally just finished watching Lost yesterday and I cried like a baby. The ending was definitely not what I was expecting but I still liked it very much. Seeing everybody happy and reunited was truly beautiful. Lost is definitely one of the best shows I've ever watched. It made me completely invested in the story from the episode one. The constant drama, mystery, theories makes you addicted. The plot itself was genius and everything was so thought of. It's truly amazing

If you haven't watched The Leftovers (also Damon Lindelof who did Lost), you'd probably love it. I feel like he learned the lessons he needed to from Lost, and that's why it's probably the tightest 3-season TV arc of all time. Incredible show.

You brought up something 99% of reviewers overlook: the composer. They truly make or break shows, and often times they’re the reason a show/film is SO memorable.

"Booneral" isnt even uncommon, the man the myth the legend of Giacchino has at least one fantastic song name per soundtrack (my favourite being End Creditouilles from that one rat movie)

The Desmond time-travel episode was peak television. Nothing else comes close

This is a kind of serendipitous day. I saw this video in my feed around a year ago and clicked on it like the loyal Guy I am. I was fully ready to watch this whole video and have Lost spoiled, but as I sat through the intro I remembered the mysterious air the show had to me growing up; a strange show about plane crash survivors, and the way my dad excitedly babbled about it. I closed out of the video, and decided to watch the show, and come back when I was done. Little did I know that I was embarking on a year long journey. I began the show with my dad, and it kept us connected as I went off to my first year of college. I enjoyed watching it with the friends I made there. After long breaks between watching, I quickly remembered how invested I was in these characters. I saw the struggles of the characters in the show, and it made me feel less alone. Today, I finished the series. I sobbed as I watched what were once flawed and damaged people grow and complete their stories. As the series came to a close I felt that uncommon but welcomed ache when you say goodbye to a series and characters that resonate with you. I sent a text to my dad, and he made me aware that the day I chose to finish the show is the air date of the series finale 13 years to the day. It then only felt right that I finish the show on such a strange and almost predestined note. And now, after watching a full series recap (because this show is so fucking confusing) I am sitting in the dark at 1:42 in the morning getting ready to watch a video that I have traveled a long, sometimes arduous, but totally worthwhile path to see. All this to say, if you somehow read this, thanks Drew for being the Jacob to my flight 815. Maybe that was a bad analogy, but thank you for introducing me to one of my favorite shows ever. Such a fabulous, messy and heartfelt ride this has been. And if you’re a random internet traveler that decided to read my silly little story, I’m glad our paths intersected for even a short time. Just know that love keeps us all connected, and best of luck to you on finding your constant. See you in another life, brother.

within two minutes you’ve convinced me to binge watch this

When I was growing up with limited television time and not fully developed comprehension skills, I thought Lost and Survivor were the same thing, and I thought that if you won Survivor you got to be a character on Lost.

Lost is really a masterpiece. If you watch the first season knowing the finale, everything is so tied together

Lost was HUGE in ALL over the world. In almost every country. Here in Greece it was HUGE too! I remember I was watching this with my mom and even my dad who never watches TV saw it too. In fact a friend of mine who NEVER watches TV show this show too. LOST was so popular man!

I’m so freaking happy that Drew addressed the underrated genius of Michael Giacchino. He explained the exact reasons why he’s my favorite composer. -he’s done the music for my favorite movies -he matches the music to the story -he uses really weird percussion instruments -he makes beautiful themes that adapt to the emotion of the scenes -he names movie tracks so ridiculously

when drew referred to 2004 as “two decades ago” … that shit hurted

I agree about them using unknown actors. The fact that i only recognised Dom Monaghan from LOTR and Elizabeth Mitchell from The Expanse, honestly confused me sometimes, i would forget their names and just call them Dom and Anna. No fault of the show, just drives home how effective fresh faces are at establishing a character

12:15 I think you described here very well how I was able to enjoy the show a lot more than my teenage peers. I was part of an online forum dedicated to discussing LOST, so it was on my mind a lot between episodes and not just once per week. While I couldn't "binge" exactly, all the relevant facts stuck in my mind - or, if they didn't, someone would remind me about them within 36 hours after an episode.

I've literally never seen a single episode of this show, but Drew made me care for 20 minutes

I'm so glad you're giving some attention to scores and to Michael Giaccino. He's always coming up with interesting names for his tracks. The one in the Incredibles where Dash starts running from the guards is called "100 Mile Dash" and later on he would title a track in Ratatouille "100 Rat Dash". Another track in Ratatouille is called "Is it soup yet?" Which is an obscure line from the Goofy Movie. He also did the score for my favorite Disney ride, Space Mountain. Mad respect for this guy.

I remember as a kid my dad would watch Lost and Heroes every week. Since then TV hasn’t been the same.

No show will ever get close to the emotional core lost have. The arcs, the music, the tension, the twist just everything is on another league

“There were some disappointing character arcs” and looks directly at Sayid

Fun fact about John Williams music sounding kind of similar. The scene in Chamber of Secrets where Malfoy and Harry are chasing the snitch has the same score as the scene in Attack of the Clones where Anakin and Obiwan are chasing the bounty hunter. He was working on both movies at the same time and there was some kind of mix up, but you wouldn’t even notice cuz it fits both movies.

I’ve talked to so many people who say “they were all dead the whole time.” Ugh. It’s maddening.

I've often described Lost as the Millenials's Star Wars in the way it blew a generation away with wonder. It meant whatever you want to everybody, good and bad. It came out of nowhere too, a real organic creative bolt.

Oh we're reppin' Lost AND Giacchino today?! YEAH, TIME TO SHOW UP

“Each of the main characters in Lost has a theme song that’s centered around a specific melody”. Drew just discovered lietmotif

As a fellow music nerd, I really enjoyed listening to Drew talk about one of his favourite composers. I wish I had a friend I could talk about my love of music with. This was the next best thing. Thanks for making my day better 😊

I can't believe they poured more money in to the pilot than ever before, and yet he still managed to crash the plane 😭

They spent all that money on the Pilot and he still couldn't fly the plane without crashing?

Composers really need more credit, imagine Interstellar without Hans Zimmer's soundtrack, Up without the opening song, they would never be as memorable

The soundtrack comment is absolutely spot on, I don't think Twin Peaks would have such a recognisable atmosphere without Angelo Badalamenti's soundtrack. Just hearing any of the tracks makes you feel like you're in Twin Peaks, and it does so much work establishing the setting and tone of the show. I can't even think of any of the scenes without the tracks playing along in my head.

4:27 Literal goosebumps from that time in the video. I didn't know that man was responsible of so many iconic soundtracks. What an absolute genius, he deserves everyone's respect and what is to be an ideal composer.

One thing I love about Drew is he makes videos about topics he really enjoys, not necessarily what he thinks is most popular at the time. Like I've never seen Lost but I watched this video start to finish because he breaks it down so well and is so passionate about it. And now I want to binge Lost lol.

The fact they used the airplane parts as instruments for the music is so freaking impressive and genius. Wow

17:24 "No one asked for that!" That's actually, unfortunately, completely untrue. The origin of Jack's tattoos were a major source of conspiracy and theories back in the day, even though they were just Matthew Fox's actual tattoos that they didn't wanna bother covering up. I see the episode as a "fuck you, shut up" to those theorists.

I binged Lost on Netflix back in high school in 2010. It was my mom's favorite show and I wanted to see what the hype was all about. Glad I did. I still think about the show, its ups and downs, the emotional moments, what could have been had it been planned out from the beginning, had there been no writers strike, had the show had more time to explore the avenues they wanted to.

When he said they spent 14 million on the pilot, I completely thought he meant the actor that played the plane's pilot. Now, minutes later, I'm realizing I'm literally stupid.

IM SO GLAD PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO ACKNOWLEDGE MICHAEL GIACCHINO HES SUCH AN INCREDIBLE COMPOSER HES LIKE MY IDOL

the problem with current times is that i've become desensitised to spoilers, so i would've been much more convinced by a walk-throuh of one of the satisfying plots in there, secrets be damned but i guess its *shrug emoticon* will add to my binge list cause why not

Lost is still the greatest TV show of all time. People are still discussing and debating about it. And ... the ending was beautiful!

Fun fact: the writers actually had no idea which characters were going to get screen time and many actors were left not knowing wether they would have prominent roles. The set was such a mess that the writers got Steve and Scott’s characters confused accidentally killing off the wrong one- hence why it was a running joke in the series I know this cause the actor who played Steve was my ex boyfriend’s dad and he talked extensively about this

"booneral" had me absolutely crying laughing omfg

The constant is still one of the best episodes in television history. Love ya Penny ♥️

As someone who‘s spend a lot of time studying forms of serial narration in media, I can attest that in academic writing on that topic, there is no hotter shit than Lost. For like a solid decade, narratologists were obsessed with that show. Lost is pretty much where serial narration went from being just „quality“ (shows like The Sopranos or The Wire) to being „complex“ (aka constructed on different levels and dispersing information across all of them) which has kind of become the hallmark of almost all shows that we all rave about nowadays, as well as most transmedial francises. Even though active fandoms obviously existed before, the Lost fandom more than any other before it proved that people were willing to collect and remember all the dispersed information a show gave them over loooong spans of time. You could argue that that‘s when producers realized that mastering the complex lore of something wasn’t just a thing that nerds did because they‘re weird, but actually a fantastic way to engage an active and invested large audience. In many ways, the success of Lost could be seen as the birth of the age of complex narrative (which i personally would argue we are now nearing the end of, with francise-fatique and the growing popularity of simpler stand-alones).

Leitmotif is the word drew is looking for when talking about the melodies being reused in different context and different accompaniment to create different feelings. That recurring melody is the leitmotif and I personally absolutely love when they are used well. I think they're fairly common but I only really care about the music of things I already like so I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually uncommon but I just consume a lot of things with leitmotifs

Lost is my favorite show of all time, and I'm afraid to watch this video and have my heart ripped out

I had my son April 4th 2007 and he showed up in the middle of Lost. I remember calling people to tape it for me lol.

I keep coming back to this video over and over. I’m on season 4 and I no joke cried for about 3 straight episodes during one characters death.

hey drew just telling you, but a personalized sound for a character is called a motif ! theres character motifs, relationship, settings, ect !:D

"We don't end shows that people are watching." boy that aged like milk.

Thank you for this love video to LOST. This show was a gem my mom and I watched over the pandemic and I loved hearing all of these things about it I had not known, especially the music guy!

Lost became my new obsession after Friends finished. I joined in season 3 and stuck with it. Yes, it seemed to lose its way sometimes but I actually quite liked the ending. What you didn't mention though is that it had two endings - the one that happens in the real world and the other one that happened in the "flash sideways" world. It's that flat sideways world that people always consider as the "it was all a dream" ending.

Michael Giaccino rightfully calls himself the nerd composer...cuz he's literally done so much that has defined modern pop culture. I love that you spotlighted him!!!

I can't bring myself to finish lost, my dad introduced me to it last year during summer break, it was our little secret since my mom didn't want me to watch it. We would watch like 4 episodes a week during summer break and like 4 episodes a month during the school year. After my mom went to bed, my dad would come up to my bedroom and tell me to get the popcorn started with a grin on his face. It was always fun hanging out with him. But my dad passed away in December due to covid, it was crushing loss and very unexpected. I've tried to watch Lost since but I can't bring myself to do it because it reminds me of him. I miss him everyday (edit: just want to let yall know that I read the replies and your nice words mean alot to me. Thank you all for helping me through this past year)

Lost got me in into sci-fi and for that, I'm grateful for. Before, I had been watching romantic comedies, which were fun, but none challenged my mind the way Lost did at the time. I can tell you I spent way too much time on the Lost Forums after every episode, and don't get me started on the writers strike at the time. Wednesday nights were an event at my household. I liked the time travel, but I didn't care for the mythos as an answer, but I loved the flash sideways being their purgatory at the end (AFTER their real island experience). Their lives on the island were the most important moments they'd ever experienced, so it makes sense that they would see each other again after they pass away (some longer, some much, much longer (Hurley and Ben). It definitely was drawn out when streaming services would, well, streamline it, but for its time, it was a brilliant show. And let's give a definite shout out to that perfect musical score! Forgive me if I don't make much sense, I've had a few drinks, lol. I thank this show for sending me down the rabbit hole of sci fi. Black Mirror, Dark on Netflix, Westworld, Ex Machina all started for me with Lost... All so different, but all share thought provoking philosophy. LOST set the bar for me in the beginning

Thank you for this video. It made me want to rewatch Lost. Just finished binging it & cried at the finale. It hit me so much harder this time around. The music definitely elevates the show in a way I never appreciated before & it's so much better binge watching. I'm so glad I rediscovered it.

The sidebar about Micheal Giacchino is everything I’ve ever been telling people about him, I watch movies just because he’s scoring them, which is why I will be in theaters to watch The Batman, even though I haven’t seen a single Batman/joker movie in my life.

Me, emerging out of the shadows of a dark alley: "Hey kid. You like Lost, huh? You ever try Twin Peaks?..."

I think something else really cool that gets overlooked in this show by most everyone is the religious parallels, specifically Christianity. Locke referencing Adam and Eve, taking a leap of faith, being a believer, the two brothers symbolizing Cain and Abel, the smoke monster being referred to as the devil and finally that there is life after death and those characters in the show who constantly tried to do good ultimately ending up in heaven with characters like Michael and Ben being left behind. absolutely amazing show

Anyone else remember The 4400? I’m not going anywhere with this, I just remember my dad and uncle were obsessed with Lost and The 4400 when they were airing lol

I watched Lost religiously as a 12 year old. I just watched it recently as a 22 year old and loved it all over again

As an ancient and decrepit former Lost stan, it's interesting when you say the show needs to be binged to be appreciated. I actually think the drawn-out network schedule was part of the charm of being a fan back then, because it encouraged diehards to fill the gaps with tons of theories and speculation.

Lost is so gripping, I bought Disney because of Lost. This is the series I would like to watch back in sophomore but could not catch it all the time I am always out of the loop. Now amI got time so I binge watch it

I started watching Lost during the writers' strike of 07 online. ABC had all the episodes on their site, it was enjoyable, but when I caught up to the current time, I didn't continue watching because I kept forgetting when it was on. I would see friends post about it online and go "Oh yeah, I should catch up on episodes before the finale." Then, I got distracted by it being my senior year of university. Also, it is a little overwhelming when you know that there will be a lot of characters to pay attention to, along with the lore. Then my roommate asked if I wanted to watch a little show called RuPaul's Dragrace. It never appealed to me to go back post-finale because EVERYONE BITCHED ABOUT IT. Why would I invest my time to watch a show that everyone didn't like? It was the "How I Met Your Mother" effect.

Fun fact: a melody or phrase linked to a specific character or idea is called a leitmotif! Musicals do this all the time, especially the part where they transform leitmotifs to fit the changing narrative

I was actually gonna make almost this exact video. Everybody dumps on Lost now, and nobody ever mentions how great so much of it was. The ending wasn't even that bad.

"I think it would have been a much larger part of the pop-culture conversation." I really don't think that's even possible. I lived through that period, and holy shit, everywhere I turned, people were talking about Lost. It was in both the pop-culture point-and-laugh show The Soup AND the short-lived nerd-themed rip-off The Wil Wheaton Project even though it had been cancelled years beforehand. Despite never watching a single episode of the show myself, I knew more about it than I ever wanted to at the time, seeing people make parodies of it, references to it, and even videos using action figures to recreate scenes from the show. It so fully permeated pop culture in a way I wouldn't see again until the first few seasons of Game of Thrones. This video of yours is... Two years old by the time I'm posting this, you're 100% never going to read this comment, and I don't disagree with basically anything else in the video even if my feelings towards Lost are not as fond as yours. But... Saying that Lost could have been a bigger phenomenon, my guy, it was THE phenomenon of its day!