I think I watched until the middle of the 4th season. Then I decided to stop for a while because nothing really made any sense. But I plan to restart and finish the whole series some day. The first season was very good.

after watching this the ending of lost does actually make sense:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHGuF9f0PNM

A musical recap/guide to Lost season 1:

http://youtu.be/N31MGIfIICE

http://www.ripten.com/2010/05/29/if-lost-was-1987-point-and-click-computer-game-would-you-press-the-button/ on gog please.

I watched the whole thing, but I only enjoyed seasons 1 and 2. I thought the characters were very interesting.

LOST is a series I consider as a typical example of how not to do something.

They basically used the Stephen King Method (or SKM) by basically making the viewer/reader encounter all these mysteries which makes our imaginations go wild trying to find an explanation, being hooked to find out what causes them ... only for the end to suck, make no sense and not explain most of the questions raised throughout the story. It sucks, it's lame, it disappoints and it makes you feel like you wasted a part of your life by being suckered into watching or reading this crap.

The trick is basically to write something without knowing the ending - just make things up and when you near the end, come up with a shitty deus ex machina to explain it all, even if it makes no sense and pisses off most people.

So yeah, screw LOST. I stopped watching it halfway through series 2 when I saw the telltale signs I encounters in Stephen King's books and knew they were stringing us along. It took longer for most others but yeah ... a waste of time as far as I'm concerned.

Yeah, I believe the writers of Lost have actually cited Stephen King as a major influence on their work.

What's funny/tragic is that some people devoted a lot of time and effort over the years trying to analyze Lost, researching literary and historical references, using computer programs to examine still frames and audio clips from the show etc. in order to find clues to the show's mysteries. I bet they're feeling pretty stupid now.