Lost: Season 5 [Blu-ray]

Season Five of LOST was the first that provided more answers than questions. The first four seasons had raised questions at an extraordinary pace, providing the occasional answer. But while the end of Season Five raised a couple of massive questions of huge cliffhanger proportions, we nonetheless got more of a sense of what is going on with the island, its inhabitants, and its visitors than ever before. There are still some major unanswered questions, like the origin of the island and what the deal with Richard Alpert (the ageless wonder) is and who built the statue (and what brought it down), but we still are getting an overall picture of things.What held true of LOST after Season One holds true of the show after Season Five: whether this turns out to be a great show depends on how well they manage to wrap up the overall story line. There have been very, very few shows in the history of television that have set out, from the very beginning, to tell a self-contained story with a beginning, middle, and an end. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (the new one, not the old one) was one. BABYLON 5 was another. Many other shows have more or less ended up telling a story, but in a way that wasn't crucial to the structure of the series. This was even true of a show like ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. But for shows like LOST and BSG, our ultimate judgment will hinge on how well all the loose ends are wrapped up at the end. The final answers will have a retroactive effect on the rest of the series. If we are left at the end feeling that the secrets of the island have not been adequately answered, this will undercut all that went before. If we don't accept the way the stories of the characters are resolved, it will weaken the series as a whole. I loved the way that BSG ended (though I'll grant that not everyone did) and I fully hope that LOST will end similarly well. We've gotten five great seasons and I doubt that Damon Lindelhof and Carlton Cuse will suddenly lose their ability to tell a great story. Plus, they will continue to be assisted by some great writers like Drew Goddard and Elizabeth Sarnoff and Brian K. Vaughan (who got a great shout out this season when Hurley is seen reading in Spanish one of the volumes of Y: THE LAST MAN, the famous graphic series written by Vaughan).Season Five began with the survivors of Oceanic 815 and their various allies split into two groups. The Oceanic Six are back in the real world, but Jack and Ben are determined to lead them all back to the island. The rest back on the island - at least those that are still alive, most having died - have, like Billy Pilgrim in Kurt Vonnegut's SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE, become unstuck in time. They find themselves moving from one year or decade - heck, from one century - to another. And when the Oceanic Six return, they find themselves stranded in a different time themselves, back in the seventies with the Dharma Initiative and the Others. Most poignantly, Sun has found out that Jin is till alive, but they are stuck thirty years apart.But this wouldn't be LOST without a host of twists and turns. We are barraged (in a good way) with a never-ending string of shocks and surprises. Things constantly turn out not to be what we expect. That is especially true of John Locke, but true of just about everyone else as well. The amount of detail is almost overwhelming, though in a good way. It keeps the show fascinating and ever fresh. And of course, this being LOST, there are a host of deaths. The only series with a larger body count is BSG.The best thing about Season Five of LOST is that it continues the excellent pacing that was established after the Season Three hiatus. I'm sure everyone will recall that fans were outraged and disappointed after the first six episodes of Season Three, which were broadcast a few months before the show resumed in the winter. Fans felt that the show was dragging, as if they were trying to stretch the series out an extra season or two instead of getting on with the story. When the show resumed, the producers responded to the fans' complaints and significantly stepped up the pace of the storytelling. By the end of that season it felt like a new and completely refreshed show. And Seasons Four and Five have maintained that pace. One thing that definitely helped them maintain the pace was the announcement at the end of Season three that the show would end after Season Six.And so we come to the beginning of the end. For five seasons LOST has been one of the most intense, involving shows on television. I'm already starting to get sad about its end. I still haven't quite recovered from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ending this spring and now LOST ends next spring. It has been a great story from the very beginning and we can only hope that things remain just as good as they have been.

Purchased this to help complete the set. Lost is always good to rewatch, even the Third time!

Yes, it can! [zero spoilers]Can the best get any better, the stunned viewer (me) asks himself (see the brief answer in this review's title). One possible answer comes from watching LOST's Season 5 and, in this viewer's opinion it's a 'yes'.I keep hearing that Season's 6th, 121 episode it's going to be the last and that's such a pity. Season 5, finally, provides SOME hints of how SOME of the mysteries may be explained in the end but, unlike most TV shows, 5 years later, LOST isn't one bit tired and, if anything, the there is as much potential in the plot lines and as much enthusiasm and talent on display as in the beginning if not more - the actors are seem to have gotten actually better and there is so much substance and background associated to the characters they play.LOST is a masterpiece of a complex story - and now we know that there is one dedicated person in charge of making sure that there are no contradictions or time/space/identity inconsistencies across over 100 individual episodes. LOST delivers some of the most striking images in the history of a TV series and LOST takes full advantage of high-definition television - it could not be what it is in the pre-high definition era. LOST is just fun to watch, highest quality escapism, the kind of show you can watch over and over and almost never get tired of it or feel like fast forwarding to the next scene or to the next episode.And the awesomeness of LOST extends to the special features. Unlike many 'how did we do this' extras found on other movies/shows, these are almost always interesting to watch and there's also something to learn. Specific to the Blu-ray version, BD-Live takes us to the LOST University - classes are forming now so go register for some. You can learn about philosophy, time travel... many topics and, if you are an A student you WILL make it to the Dean's list. Non-Blu extras includes the exquisitely well-made (80's style) TV episode of 'Mysteries of the Universe'. So well made, in fact, my kid kept asking if THAT was the real-life inspiration for the show - watch it and decide for yourself.Here's a list of the 'extras' to be found on the various discs:- An Epic Day With Richard Alpert - see how LOST was made, last day of Season 5 shooting.- Building 23 & Beyond - more on how LOST is made, this time see the writers at work.- Deleted Scenes - I'm not a fan of these but some may enjoy more of LOST.- LOST 100 - more of 'the making of', this time it's 'episode 100'.- LOST Bloopers - funny, actually.- LOST On Location - Go behind-the-scenes, on-set of seven episodes from Season 5.- LOST UNIVERSITY - a BD-Live feature. I'm still working on my admission as I failed my the test - 17 out of 23 wasn't good enough.- Making Up For LOST Time - the logistics of keeping track of everything across all of those timelines.- Mysteries Of The Universe - quite believable 'documentary' done 80's style.There's not much more to say other than, 'get the Blu version if you can' because LOST was shot in HD and you will lose some of the sparkle if you look at the world of LOST through an upconverter - however, the DVD editions - I had episodes 1-3 on DVD before upgrading to Blu - have probably some of the best DVD picture quality ever seen on a DVD short of the Lord of the Rings movies._____________________________________Note:I received 'Season 5' inside the  Lost: The Complete Seasons 1-5 [Blu-ray ]. This may be a good way to upgrade to Blu but I would watch for a 'sale'.

I don't understand why there were 2 filler recap episode with a narrator, that seemed completely unnecessary and hand hold-y. The triple timeline was also a little thin, so I'm looking forward to season 6 to see what happens

This box set covers the fifth series of the 2004-2010 TV series in which some passengers of a plane crash find themselves stranded on a mysterious Island. The finale of season 4 showed that Jack and Kate both managed to make it off the island and in what seems a future scene, jack definitely wants to return. I guess the question is….Why?There is good recap ABC which explains the story so far -in a dry humorous way. Quite engrossing from the start this maintains a steady pace as the new twist shows real world scenes as well as the usual flashbacks and current events as they happen.The 17 episodes are held on 5 discs which are in individual slim-line cases within a stiff card outer carton. Disc 5 hold the final 2 episodes and a host of extras. All the disc open to a menu offering English and most northern European or Scandinavian languages, then goes to main menu offering play all, episodes, set-up and some extras. Rated as a 15 these discs do contain some graphic action violence and, there are more sexual themes than previous series.Despite veering away from what seemed the main themes, this does show it’s not always good to get what you wish for as we learn even more about the new ‘Oceanic 6' and the Dharma Initiative, this still remains a good piece of ***** entertainment.

The X-Files use to be my favourite television series, I have every season on dvd, and honestly believed that nothing would ever replace it as my no 1 show; and then Lost came along and completely blew me away.The first season was impressive and it has just gone from strength to strength. I doubted that it could get any better after the first season and wondered how the story could continue, but every season has been consistently good, and the way the story has been unfolding, has just been mind blowing.Presumably you have already watched previous seasons of Lost, if you are reading this review; in which case, what are you waiting for?! If it hasn't captured your imagination already, then words fail me.If however, you have never had the privilege to watch Lost, I would strongly suuggest that you watch the previous seasons before embarking on Season 5, as they put everything in to context. It might seem at the time that the producers are just making things up as they go along but everything fits together like a jigsaw puzzle.In essence, the series is about a group of people who survive a plane crash on an island but it's not an ordinary island, it's practically invisible to the world and has unusual qualities, such as polar bears (in a practically tropical climate!) and the ability to heal wounds quickly. As well as the story that unfolds on the island, the survivors have flashbacks to their lives before arriving on the island and it seems that they are all connected in some way, with many of them unknowingly crossing paths with other survivors.There are also a lot of 'main characters' in the show, it's difficult to choose a favourite as there are so many contenders. I can only describe the show as jaw dropping with some of the revelations. I can't articulate how brilliant this show is, it has to be watched!In terms of Season 5 itself, it's a great season which provides a lot of answers! I was a little bit confused at the time it was on television, with all the time travel that goes on, but it all becomes clear after a while. It's going to be emotional when the last season airs in 2010 as I feel like I've been on this epic journey with the characters and I don't want it to end. Having said that, every season has been superb and I would hate for the producers to let the quality slide so let's hope season six ends with a bang!

After series 4, this had run its course but they kept it going on life-support. Series 5 and 6 are produced with yet more characters from the dim past, or is that future ... and events still to occur happen after the present, or is that the past ... there's plenty of blood and gore, some pornography, violence ... people get killed but don't really die -- one warning, though, about an unsavoury couple who murder and rob a kindly old Hollywood producer (really ... ) and get buried alive ... some good acting but two stars is generous.

Hoping that the last season makes up for season 5. The plot has just got silly, random and irrelevant. What I thought where the main characters seem to be replaced by strangers, they don't look like they can speak their lines with conviction as they will start laughing. It should 've called 'confused' not lost. If you missed one episode you would not have a clue what is going on as the plot is off on so many tangents.

Season five comes along like a turning point in a adventure journey , a light in the dark , revelations , fantastic adventure , and philosophical questions about destiny and fate ,AND NO FRIGGING RIDICULOUS , USELESS , BORING( accept for DRUGGIES AND MANCUNIANS -CHARLIE PACE ) . The acting is amazing , especially from Terry O`qin and sawyer character . The flashforwards and back is awesome and going back in time to the 70s with the losties being part of the dharma initiative is a blast . Its exciting , its philosophical and Kate was starting to become more attractive to me in light of her coming outta the comma in real life of dating that Mancunian hobbit , charlie pace . Fantastic !!