Laura Seabrook's Ramblings

From  TVFix:

With only a handful of episodes left before Lost wraps up for good, the masterminds behind the cult drama have finally confirmed what the series is really all about: love.

In an interview with co-executive producer Damon Lindelof, E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos asked whether it's "safe to say that at its very core Lost is a love story".

"You are the very first person ever to get the meaning of the show," Lindelof said. "It is a love story. Always has been, always will be."

Lost has had several sweeping love stories, including Sawyer and Juliet (Josh Holloway and Elizabeth Mitchell), Sun and Jin (Yunjin Kim and Daniel Dae Kim), and Desmond and Penny (Henry Ian Cusick and Sonya Walger).

But Lindelof warned fans that not all of Lost's couples will ride off happily into the sunset when the series wraps up for good in May. "It's gonna get painful before it's over," he cautioned.

Some Lost fans are so worried about accidentally finding out what happens in the final episode that they've started a petition asking other viewers not to spread spoilers about any of the plot twists. [my bolding]

[RANT]

I came back to watching LOST after a gap of 3 years, and am keen to see the conclusion. For me, watching one episode a week is like eating a really spicy meal and savouring the taste bite by bite. I hate that some people download episodes of TV shows well in advance of their screenings locally, and then discuss it in such a way that it's nothing but spoilers for the rest of us. I've carefully screened out such comments about the new Dr Who, and this year I will have a media blackout for the Eurovison Song Contest. (last years got spoiled by comments on Facebook which I read). This is why I was annoyed at someone last year who revealed  how Dumbledore died in the most recent Harry Potter film. Yes, the books had been out for a while and it may be common knowledge that the character is killed, but not everyone's read the books and it was discussed while the film was still in the cinema. Grrr (mind you, I never got around to seeing the film either, and will wait until it turns up in the library)!

Unlike some folk I know, I don't claim not to watch much TV. I watch a a lot, but it's very selective viewing. It may just be me of course, but part of the fun in watching some of these shows is in the waiting, which is why I don't download the things in advance. It's not about watching as many episodes in as short a time as possible - it's about enjoying each episode one episode at a time, and spoilers can wreck that.