At the end of the first season of Lost, I was willing to call it my favorite show of all time. I was in love and I couldn't wait for the next season.
Over the next two seasons, the show had its twists and turns, but I never once really had a problem with it as the end still felt lightyears away (plenty of time to deal with the numerous plot threads being opened) and the show had yet to dip into jump-the-shark worthy subject matter. (outside of, perhaps, flashes) Besides, any problems I did have were erased from my memory by the brilliance of the season 3 finale, still one of my favorite episodes of any show ever.
Season 4 came and, with it, the news of the end. I was pleased, figuring we'd start to see everything come together and relieved the pressures of the medium wouldn't drag out the show or creatively compromise it. And despite how the length of season 4 had been compromised, I really enjoyed it outside the Constant, (to much ridicule in GAF's thread) which I felt uneasy about due to the heavy time travel elements. The best paced of all the series and the beginning of the end, it kept my love for the show going.
Then we got season 5 and 6. Where once I would have been bittersweet about tonight, now I just want to see it all end. I don't feel any sadness and I'm beyond the point where I can be disappointed- that's already happened. I've said time and time again over the past two years about various problems that while I didn't like them at the time, I was willing to give Darlton the benefit of the doubt and see where they were going and I guess that still extends to tonight, but I honestly cannot fathom how the next 2 and half hours could redeem the show's last third. (and consequently, the whole show, given how the show's beginning seasons' openings of various plot threads will be tainted by their endings.) Oh well. Here's to you, Lost. At the very least, you've provided me with some great entertainment and here's hoping tonight will be no less.
Lost has been one of the best things for the both of us. We talked about it for hours straight on our first date together. That's what led us to get the tattoos. We first met between season 1 and 2. It's been one hell of a ride. 
