I watch a lot of television. It is my one true passion in this world. Often I catch myself thinking about all it has to offer. TV is not just a major cause of the increase in couch potatoes among us. It’s not just something to be fought over for financial reasons. (I’m looking at you NBC and Jay Leno!) It is a tool for teaching and a way to make learning and storytelling enjoyable. And occasionally, it offers mindless ways to pass the time. But I believe its original intent was to teach, inspire, and provoke change. It was a way to gather a majority of the nation in one place and share something with them, whether it be happy news like Neil Armstrong walking on the moon for the first time or sad like when JFK was shot.
My new plan is to use this platform to remind myself and everyone who reads it of the good in television. I was inspired by the forthcoming premiere of LOST’s final season tomorrow, a truly brilliant television show, to share my opinion on what I’m watching, why I’m watching it, and what’s worth watching in the future.
I hope the clips below can tide you over until tomorrow when LOST becomes the only thing people will be talking about until it ends in May.
