However, should this writers strike ever come to an end we can expect the final episode of "Lost" to air in 2010 as ABC has promised three shortened seasons with 16 episodes each beginning with season four in 2008. While I thought the first season of "Lost" was far from the exciting show I expected thanks to all the hype, I felt the second season really improved in terms of giving people more to work with as opposed to keeping things so secretive. Unfortunately season three goes back to the days of season one and doesn't offer a lot of new insight, but considering there are only 48 episodes left it should certainly get interesting from here on out.
Season two of "Lost" ended as the mysterious hatch exploded and Kate, Sawyer and Jack were captured by the Others. This season is divided between the repercussions of those two incidents, relying heavily on the Kate/Sawyer relationship as well as Locke, whose story may be the key to the whole island.
Even though the season tends to lag, I have to say there is one episode that is pure genius and that is episode fourteen called "Exposé". I won't reveal anything about this episode for those of you that have not seen it, but it is really the only episode that pushes aside a lot of the relationship and "get off the island" drama to the side and creates an intriguing story between two relatively new castaways, all ending in a highly morbid fashion. It is a fantastic episode and if there is one to watch more than once this is the one.
As with all DVD releases of "Lost" this baby comes packed with all 23 season three episodes and a healthy dose of bonus material and easter eggs. On top of all that you get the normal deleted flashbacks and deleted scenes, a featurette on The Others, behind-the-scenes looks, audio commentaries and bloopers. There is a feature called "Lost in a Day" that details everything that goes on over the course of one day in the production of the show, detailing just how many episodes are actually filming at once and how it is all juggled. And finally there is a feature on the books used in the show and their significance to the storyline. This final one is probably the most interesting for those like me that are no longer intrigued by the normal behind-the-scenes looks.
On a whole I still think the second season is still the best, but the third season has several great episodes and classic moments such as the episode I mentioned above and a season long storyline involving Charlie and the island's new fortune teller Desmond. While this season is a bit of a drag, the promise of only 48 more episodes certainly ramps up the anticipation and I hope the creators can live up to the massive expectations.