Comments on: Story debt and Lost’s first season http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/08/story-debt-and-losts-first-season/ A distant chipmunk on the horizon Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:58:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ben Anderson http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/08/story-debt-and-losts-first-season/comment-page-1/#comment-3653 Ben Anderson Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:37:15 +0000 http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/08/story-debt-and-losts-first-season/#comment-3653 I would agree with you 100% up until the beginning of the third season (approximately) where, I assume, they got called to the carpet on this and set an end date. As soon as they publicly announced that they would have 7 seasons of Lost and then it was over, the story changed dramatically. No longer were they making it up as they went along, but they had a finish line they were marching towards. I implore you to get through Season 2 as it's the worst season. From Season 3 on it's an amazing roller coaster ride. Another good example of this type of storytelling is Battlestar Galactica. I would agree with you 100% up until the beginning of the third season (approximately) where, I assume, they got called to the carpet on this and set an end date. As soon as they publicly announced that they would have 7 seasons of Lost and then it was over, the story changed dramatically. No longer were they making it up as they went along, but they had a finish line they were marching towards. I implore you to get through Season 2 as it’s the worst season. From Season 3 on it’s an amazing roller coaster ride.

Another good example of this type of storytelling is Battlestar Galactica.

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