Just now, for shits and giggles, I decided to attempt watching an episode of Lost. This was fun for a number of reasons: although I had no idea what was going on, everything seemed pretty similar to when I last saw it.

Lost is, of course, legendarily complicated, so I'm sure something has actually happened in the four years since I last watched a full episode. (Along with, I suspect, a fair proportion of former UK viewers, I lost track around the time it switched from Channel 4 to Sky.) But the sensation was the same: not really having any clue what was going on, yet somehow finding the sensation faintly enjoyable.

So apparently the man with the bug eyes the found up a tree was really evil, but is now apparently alright, and they've stopped flashing backwards in time and started showing us a "what if?"-style parallel universe, or something. Still, with less than ten episodes left, I imagine they'll have to start explaining stuff fairly soon. If they manage it, I'll think about going back and catching up on what I've missed. If they don't, I'll just be glad I spent the time watching Desperate Housewives instead. Oh, wait a minute...

Entertainingly, this guy is recapping the entire season having never seen an episode before. The pictures are particularly amazing.