Lost
TV’s finest entertainment of the ’00s is a testament to the art of the long tease. It began with a plane crash, a polar bear and some numbers; it led to a scientific conspiracy, a secret civilization and time travel. Along the way, we learned much about The Island, and uncovered even more questions. It was also possibly the ’00s show that coexisted best with the Internet, which built buzz for it and enabled the incessant theorizing and analysis that made it a Ph.D. course in TV sleuthing. All that would have made Lost a great puzzle; what made it a great show was its casting, its unforgettable characters, its humor, its romance and its irrepressible sense of play. We could wait six years for answers from Lost because, from the beginning, its people rang so true.
