It begins in mid-September 2009, where I found myself armed with a nagging curiosity about the show Lost – a show I had never once watched. For various reasons, the idea of the show intrigued me greatly. Somehow, in all the many Lost conversations I had overheard in years prior, I strangely managed to remember practically nothing in the realm of spoilers. Time travel, something called the smoke monster, and that someone died in season 3: these were the only items of baggage I had accumulated. Not bad.

The final season was only months away from airing. I knew that I had better take action soon if I ever wanted to take part in the experience of watching it live. It was the discovery that the whole show was available on Netflix’s Watch Instantly which spurred me to action. One rainy Saturday later, I was five episodes in to Season 1 and not looking back. In the end, it took me quite a big longer than expected to get fully caught up – but I was able to do so less than two weeks after the premiere episode of Season 6. And tonight, February 17, 2009 – I shall tune in live to watch LOST, fully caught up, for the first time.