Lost without "Lost"

I decided to follow Anwyn's advice and not watch the current season of "Lost" since I haven't seen the previous seasons. We watched Season 1 and got hooked. I bought Season 2 at a going out of business sale at the local video store. We finished Season 2 on Saturday night. That sent me further into town to Blockbuster to rent Season 3 yesterday. This stuff is like crack.

Blockbuster is missing the first three discs of Season 3 and had only one copy of the whole season. Somebody checked them out and didn't bring them back -- and Blockbuster isn't going to replace them. I'm feeling like Charlie here. Addiction! I'm breathing faster, starting to sweat. What? No "Lost"? If I had a statue of the Virgin Mary with a copy of Season 3 in it, I'd be clumsily breaking it open with my junkie-withdrawal hands.

So I got the semi-helpful Blockbuster employee to call the next closest store. Theirs is gone, too. What's with these people? And they want me to join online, which I tried but couldn't make the web site work. Surely they could mail me "Lost." But that might take too long. I need it now. Now now now.

Knowing that one day Season 2 would end, I've been bidding on it on e-bay for a couple of weeks. Losing, too.

Blockbuster would sell me an unopened set for $50 (note: why don't they open the set and rent it since theirs is missing?). But I knew I could get it on Amazon for $38 and free shipping.....if I could hold out.

So -- I'm embarrassed to admit this -- I drove to Wal-Mart, pretending we needed food that I almost forgot to buy (I had to go back in the store for it). Wal-Mart had Season 3 for $48. I might be an addict, but I don't want to have so much 'splaining to do when I get home. "You spent $50 for a TV show because you had to have it NOW?"

I really couldn't defend that, not even to myself. And I do know that I could watch "selected episodes" streaming from the "Lost" web site. But this has been such a fun family affair. We don't want to be crowded around a little screen while my husband cusses about Vista. (Note: There is probably a way to hook the laptop up to the TV. Tell me about it later.)

So, since I've been working out with such regularity, I decided that my reward is to get Season 3, since the other Lost Crack Addicts have stolen them from the Blockbusters and left me hanging. My very own legal copy should arrive tomorrow from Amazon.

Watching TV on DVDs is great. No ads. You can sit there like the junkie you are and watch two episodes a night. But what do you do when you run out? I can't go back to watching Paul channel surf.

I rarely watch TV. I don't even know what shows are out there. I got hooked on "24" last year and look where that got me. What's next? Help!

Comments

[Angry]

Oh Anne, you really do need help.

[Anwyn]

Oh. My. You do not want to ask me this question. Oh, too late, you just did!! :) Well, on the other hand, some stuff I like you may hate. Some of my favorites of TV on DVD:

1) I believe you've already watched _Firefly_, no?

2) Veronica Mars. I love love love this show, but your mileage may vary. Three seasons' worth of a girl detective, her father, her best friend and a couple of different boyfriends. It's a bit uneven--the first season had a terrific plot and I think the creator had that all planned out and then ... didn't know where to go for season 2, so the "big mysteries" are not that great in the second and third seasons (it's one big mystery per season but lots of smaller ones to keep you happy and "closured" while you wait for the big reveal), but the individual storylines and dialogue are great. Also cancelled; just the three seasons.

3) House. I seem to remember you may have watched a little of this with mixed results? Not sure. If you don't know, it's about a doctor who gets his results but is as abrasive to everyone as he can be during the process (mostly by apalling truth-telling and cutting through nonsense and sometimes just plain viciousness). Hugh Laurie is amazing, positively amazing.

4) Not sure if _Chuck_ season 1 is available on DVD yet, but it surely will be before it starts up again in the fall. Parody secret-agent show about a "Buy More" (Best Buy) employee who accidentally gets the contents of a CIA computer downloaded into him and what ensues when two agents are assigned to protect him. Bonus: one of the agents protecting him is Adam Baldwin (Jayne Cobb of Firefly).

That should get you started ...

[Anne]

Angry, yes I do need help! I appreciate your concern, but more than that, I appreciate the "fix" that Anwyn gave me.

But maybe I should reconsider reading. That was a fine thing to do in the evening and I did it for decades. But now.... I justify my obsession with Lost as a good family thing we do together. Not so sure it's the greatest family show, but Lily will need to go to a shrink about something.

Thanks, Anwyn. I'll check those out as Firefly is the only one on that list I've seen.

I think the problem must be too many channels, too many ads. I can't watch TV. But I can sure watch TV on DVDs.