Interestingly enough, Sayid is always an example that comes to my mind of character development and thematic interplay taking precedence over mythology. Even before Season 6 aired, it was clear to me the direction his character arc was taking. His moral struggle was key to his character arc since Se...

TwinPeaksFanatic, the majority of what I wrote, I corroborated with references that can be fact-checked. And I actually already answered a couple of the questions you just asked me. I'm not here to debate the quality of a specific episode like Across the Sea. I just explained the series' story. And ...

Yeah, I tend get lazy myself with trying to defend the series. There are so many pervasive misconceptions about the story and the production floating around in popular culture. Most of the time, I don't even bother. But I guess seeing this on a Twin Peaks forum compelled me to say something. Coincid...

I understand how you feel and I respect it. As I said, I may be in the minority - the larger public seems to adore the show and venerate it. I just feel how I feel. I gave it a more than fair shake, but it never coalesced for me. That's interesting. My experience with the larger public with respect...

The show did not and should not have had an "ah ha" moment because it already answered a lot of its mysteries individually, sometimes with their own individual "ah has". Like Twin Peaks, many mysteries were ends to resolve in themselves, but also helped to expand our understandin...

I've actually created an account here solely to comment on this, but respectfully, I think you're all repugnant-ly off-base in your grasp of Lost. I've actually lurked on this forum before and assumed posters here would appreciate Lost's approach to the mythology, as it is similar to Twin Peaks'. I ...