Legacy
The ending, the arguments about it, and what Lost changed about television.
The mark: An eye opening. The very first shot of the show.
Contains spoilers for the whole series.
- How to Watch Lost in Release and Chronological Order ↗
Popverse · Article · thepopverse.com
A guide comparing the good and bad of watching Lost in broadcast or chronological order.
- LOST CHRONO: The Crash Teaser ↗
YouTube (Chronologically LOST) · Video · youtube.com
A teaser for a fan edit that cuts Lost in chronological order.
- LOST Series Epilogue: The New Man In Charge ↗
YouTube · Video · youtube.com
The 12-minute epilogue with Michael Emerson as Ben Linus, answering some open questions.
- Lost - 'The New Man in Charge' Epilogue Review ↗
Cultural Learnings · Article · cultural-learnings.com
A review of the epilogue and how well it answers what fans wanted to know.
- The Hatch: A Lost Podcast ↗
The Hatch (Rosalie Murphy, Sammy Roth) · Podcast · thehatch.libsyn.com
A podcast that rewatches the show episode by episode, with cast and crew guests.
- The New Man in Charge Epilogue Retrospectives ↗
Wikipedia · Article · en.wikipedia.org
Reviews of how the epilogue ties up loose ends about Walt and DHARMA.
- Lost Final Season Primer: Everything You Need to Know ↗
Old Millennials Remember · Article · oldmillennialsremember.com
A pre-Season 6 guide to the mysteries still unanswered.
- 10 Years of Lost, and 10 Years Without It ↗
Mashable · Article · mashable.com
A look at the ten years after the finale and Lost's effect on fan culture online.
- 15 Years After Its Finale: Lost Is Back With Special Revival ↗
ScreenRant · Article · screenrant.com
A piece on the fan art and comics keeping Lost alive 15 years on, and what could come next.
- 16 Years Later: This Lost Release Adds Another Layer ↗
Collider · Article · collider.com
The Easter eggs hidden in a Lost home video release.
- ABC TV Store Merchandise & Collectibles ↗
Lostpedia · Data or archive · lostpedia.fandom.com
Official Lost merchandise, from DHARMA apparel to posters and prop replicas.
More in this set: part 2
- ABC's Lost Is Ready for a Reboot & Perfect Premise ↗
CBR · Article · cbr.com
An argument that Lost's divisive ending makes the case for a modern reboot.
More in this set: part 2
- Blog: Sides Theory - Lostpedia ↗
Lostpedia · Wiki page · lostpedia.fandom.com
Fan theories that grew out of leaked audition sides.
- LOST: Back to the Island Critical Companion Book ↗
RogerEbert.com · Article · rogerebert.com
An excerpt and review of the critical companion book by Emily St. James and Noel Murray.
- Debunked Theories & Deconstructing the Island ↗
Lostpedia · Wiki page · lostpedia.fandom.com
The fan theories that turned out wrong, like purgatory, an alien simulation and a dream.
- Epic Pilgrimage to Iconic Lost Locations ↗
Reddit r/lost (mirror) · Fan discussion · reddit.com
A fan's photos from a trip to the places where Lost was filmed.
- Explaining Everything About Lost in 3 to 11 Minutes ↗
Brett's Thoughts and Seriesly (YouTube) · Video · youtube.com
Short videos that recap all six seasons.
More in this set: part 2
- Fan Theories Ruined Lost - Community Debate ↗
Reddit r/FanTheories · Fan discussion · reddit.com
A thread on whether all the fan theorizing ruined Lost for the people watching it.
- FringeMusic107 YouTube Channel ↗
FringeMusic107 (YouTube) · Video · youtube.com
A YouTube archive of music and ambient sound from the show.
- Games - Lostpedia ↗
Lostpedia · Wiki page · lostpedia.fandom.com
The official Lost games, including Via Domus and mobile puzzle games.
- Geronimo Jack's Beard - YouTube ↗
kuhpunkt (YouTube) · Video · youtube.com
A fan channel with humor videos and podcasts about episode lore.
- How Did Lost End? Breaking Down the Controversial Finale ↗
People · Article · people.com
Clears up the myth about the ending: they were not dead the whole time.
More in this set: part 2
- How Will Lost End? (Pre-Finale Speculation) ↗
IGN · Article · ign.com
An IGN piece from January 2007, midway through Season 3, guessing at how the show might end.
- Is Lost the Most Popular TV Show of the 2000s? ↗
Reddit r/lost · Fan discussion · reddit.com
A thread asking whether Lost was the most popular show to both start and end in the 2000s.
- Is the Valenzetti Equation a Real Thing? ↗
Reddit r/lost · Fan discussion · reddit.com
A fan asks whether the Valenzetti Equation, from the show's online alternate reality game, is real math.
- LOST MTG Deck - Google Drive ↗
Google Drive (fan upload) · Article · drive.google.com
A custom Magic: The Gathering deck built around Lost characters and places.
- LOST Was Weird: A Show No One Wanted To Make ↗
Billiam (YouTube) · Video · youtube.com
A video essay on why the network doubted Lost and the risks it took.
- LOST Retrospective & Television Wiki ↗
PopMatters · Article · popmatters.com
Critical takes on Lost as an early mystery-box show.
- Lauren Gets Lost Podcast ↗
Apple Podcasts · Podcast · podcasts.apple.com
A fan podcast about rewatching episodes and ranking characters.
- Libby Smith Theories - Lostpedia ↗
Lostpedia · Wiki page · lostpedia.fandom.com
Fan theories about Libby being at Santa Rosa Mental Hospital.
- Lost Wiki Profiles & EPFL Transmedia Study ↗
Television Wiki (Fandom) · Article · television.fandom.com
Academic and wiki pages on Lost's online fan community.
More in this set: part 2
- Lost Screencaps, Collectibles & Purgatory Theory ↗
Lost Screencaps (negasonicaps) · Article · lostscreencaps.weebly.com
Episode screencaps, prop auctions and arguments about purgatory.
- Lost Rotten Tomatoes & PopMatters Reviews ↗
PopMatters · Article · popmatters.com
A PopMatters critic looks back at the series.
- Lost/Trivia - All The Tropes ↗
All The Tropes · Wiki page · allthetropes.org
A list of the tropes, foreshadowing and visual motifs in Lost.
- Complete Lost Timeline Breakdown Features ↗
Looper · Article · looper.com
Timeline write-ups that run from ancient times to the flash-sideways.
- Pop Between Realities: Critical Television Analysis ↗
Eruditorum Press · Article · eruditorumpress.com
Essays on how Lost is built and how it plays with TV itself.
- Stuff U Crave Collectibles & Bedrock Minecraft Map ↗
Stuff U Crave · Article · stuffucrave.com
Fan-made props and a full-scale Minecraft map of the Island.
More in this set: part 2
- This Sci-Fi Classic Is 22 Years Old & Still Better Than Everything ↗
CNET · Article · cnet.com
A piece ranking Lost among the best sci-fi series ever.
- What Plot Holes / Crazy Fan Theories Existed Back in the Day? ↗
Reddit r/lost · Fan discussion · reddit.com
Two threads: the plot holes fans still wish had been explained, and the wild theories fans traded during the original run.
More in this set: part 2
- The Wrap: Lost Series Finale Retrospective ↗
TheWrap · Article · thewrap.com
The Wrap's report on how many viewers watched the series finale.
- The One Lost Mystery The Creators Will Never Answer ↗
SlashFilm · Article · slashfilm.com
Why the outrigger shooters stay sealed, and the box-set Black Rock journal fans read as the answer.
- The LOST Notebook - Mike Hanttula ↗
Hanttula.com / Spark3 · Data or archive · hanttula.com
A fan notebook Mike Hanttula kept while the show first aired, logging characters, items, deaths and open questions week by week. It stops early in Season 3, so it reads as a snapshot of what viewers knew and guessed in 2006.
- Lostified: LOST Show Autographs and Memorabilia ↗
Lostified.com · Data or archive · web.archive.org
A German fan's catalog of Lost autographs, screen-used props, crew T-shirts and merchandise, kept from 2010 to 2015. It is strongest on how the show was sold, celebrated and auctioned: Comic-Con giveaways, the 2010 auction, trading cards and figures, each with dates and photos.
- Finding Lost: The Unofficial Guide ↗
Lostpedia · Wiki page · lostpedia.fandom.com
Nikki Stafford's episode-by-episode fan guides from ECW Press, starting with Seasons One and Two in September 2006 and ending with Season Six in November 2010.
- The Gospel According to Lost ↗
Lostpedia · Wiki page · lostpedia.fandom.com
Chris Seay's book on faith and the show's characters, published by Thomas Nelson in December 2009.
- Lost Addicts Blog - Mike V. ↗
Blogger (lostaddictsblog.com) · Data or archive · web.archive.org
Mike V.'s fan blog recapped Lost week by week from Season 2 to the finale, kept two lists of open mysteries, covered Comic-Con panels and checked the Lost Encyclopedia a year after the end. It ran from 2006 to 2011, with one more post in 2015.
- LOST Solved (4-8-15-16-23-42 Execute) ↗
WordPress (4815162342execute.wordpress.com) · Article · 4815162342execute.wordpress.com
A fan site from 2010 to 2012 that read Lost as one long Egyptian and Greek myth. It matched about 280 characters to a god, Jack to Anubis and Locke to Osiris among them, and tagged every page with symbol themes such as death, the underworld and water.
