In two days, the final season of Lost will be launched and we’ll find out if the brilliant trip so far isn’t all a ruse. It’s the journey that counts, right? Well the story is complex enough that it may be necessary to play catch-up on all the interpersonal connections and heavy allegory alluded to in the first five seasons. The New York Times put a Lost timeline together, including short video clips and commentary from the show’s producers.

For a more detailed breakdown on the characters, if you have the patience, sit through this bad song:

Then relive the plane crash from different perspectives (including its cause), 24-style.

Of course…

Final Season Of ‘Lost’ Promises To Make Fans More Annoying Than Ever

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