The Great LOST Spoiler Debate
It’s a matter of great controversy amongst LOST fans. Do LOST spoilers have a negative impact on the shows success, and if so, how?
I’m at a loss for a source, but I recall during late season one, when LOST spoilers were very mainstream, the producers were on the record (somewhere) as saying that the spoilers were damaging to the success of the show. It’s from that claim that this debate pivots.
In the beginning, E!Online published MAJOR plot points well in advance of the air dates. At some point, ABC and the LOST crew, as it would seem, bartered some sort of truce with the chief offenders and bought themselves a little editorial control in exchange for… what? Set visits and fruit baskets? Who knows. What I do know is that suddenly the spoilers slowed down, and seemed to carry with them an ‘approved’ stamp.
This is genius. Spoilers do, in effect, do a lot to excite viewers if delivered in the right way. Probably one of the most infamous spoilers to go viral in the LOST community was Kristin’s clue as to what was in the hatch. A three letter word, and a word that begins and ends with the same letter. Perhaps not that much of a spoiler, until the cast list was revealed and a ‘Man’ named ‘Desmond’ was mentioned, but proof as to how a little vagueness can carry a spoiler from the world of ‘ruining’ to ‘promoting’ a hit show.
Yesterday we published a detailed synopsis of "Tricia Tanaka is Dead". Many consider such a total spoiler as a ‘ruiner’. My argument is that as a show that demands multiple viewings, such a synopsis is merely a phase of the cycle. Personally I will watch episodes of LOST regardless of how much I know in advance of them. As someone who tries to feed every segment of the LOST fan community, I make the decision to post LOST Spoilers to keep that crowd enthused.
The question I ask of you all is this: do the spoilers do harm to loss or not? I ask you to answer in two ways. One, vote, and two explain why you think this way. Let’s start with a poll:
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The worst spoiler was seeing Cindy talk to Jack in the promos and lost “moment”. It was a shame because there really wasn’t anything more to the scene than just seeing Cindy. I mean the actual episode did not give us anything more than the promo did, so it was basically spoiled, and consequentially I enjoyed the episode less.
Comment by Charlie Lesoine — February 27, 2007 @ 9:49 am
Charlie’s right, that’s why I’ve stopped watching all the AOL/ABC promos–I was finding since the return from hiatus that I was seeing whole blocks of the show and I didn’t like that.
As for spoilers, I’m a total spoiler ho. However, there’s a difference between “Secretagentman says ep. 22 will have a Ben flashback” and someone getting an advance copy of the episode and doing a scene-by-scene description. I don’t mind the former, the latter I avoid.
Another thing to consider is TPTB shooting their mouths off with hype, the kind of thing like “We have a cliffhanger coming up that will blow everyone’s minds”. Just put a sock in it Cuse and Lindelof, please?
Comment by Jeremy Bender — February 27, 2007 @ 10:07 am
I don’t know why people are complaining. If there is a “Spoiler Alert” and you have to click on a link to get that spoiler, you can choose not to read any further or not to click on the link. As for the previews, you can assume there is going to be a spoiler and change the channel.
Comment by Pete — February 27, 2007 @ 10:14 am
Doesnt matter to me, i still watch the damn show.
Comment by Jimyy — February 27, 2007 @ 10:22 am
I have a small LOST fan club(about 180 members) and I use this site and others like it to help decipher hidden meanings, theories, easter eggs and spoilers. I siphon that info down to the fan club and the members CHOOSE to read the info I provide.
That being said, episode spoilers help me prepare my thoughts for my updates to the club. The spoilers are rarely fully fleshed out and for me, take away nothing of the experience of actually watching it.The only thing that could take away is actually SEEING the episode, but then I’d take that as well..:)
All said, people come to this site and those like it to learn more about the show. The Tailsection has done a good job of warning where spoilers may be and it’s up to those who visit, whether or not they want to read the spoilers.
I also come to this site to get into fights with like minded individuals over quantum physics, time travel and tattoos. I am waiting with high anticipation for the day that we learn Alvar Hanso was actually a little person, so that I can say the word “midget” and set this whole place afire with a much heated bigotry debate.
Keep up the good work, Doc!!!
Comment by El Prez — February 27, 2007 @ 10:26 am
I was a bit wary of this poll as I don’t think it hurts ratings. I do however, know that fans that are wavering, see the “synopsis” or are in the know sort of what the next episode is about, while are looking forward to a Hurley episode, they are not expecting answers becasue of what they think is going to happen. Quoting a fan from another site..
>>”Daniel Dae Kim reveals: “Jorge’s got a great flashback that was so much fun to do, and it’s me, Jorge and Josh. It’s a lighter episode, and I was really happy to do it.”
(to which the fan’s response is) Yay, a “lighter episode”"<
I think it might build up expectations of either how good it is going to be or not. I can tell you that if any of the fans see the words (Kate Centric) you’re gonna see a lot of backlash just from THAT description.
Spoilers I like: I like spoilerfix, which gives the right amount of stuff, yet doesn’t really get to the details. Much of thier info comes from Kristen from E Online and Assuiello (sp). Pretty lite stuff.
Then there are the DIVX previews, which like Spoilerfix, give a taste. I am amazed at how unspoilery these are and most are from the first 2-3 minutes, so I never feel as though I am spolied.
The Spoilers I don’t read: The rundowns that I see here. Not that I don’t like them, but I really have to make the conscious choice of not clicking on them as I don’t want to ruin the episode for me. I think I know quite a bit with tomorrows episode, but not too much.
Comment by downthehatch — February 27, 2007 @ 10:41 am
I am torn- I don’t think they hurt the show and I do think they generate excitement. However, sometimes for me it would be more exciting if I just watched an episode without reading so many spoilers. But it is my own fault because I can’t help myself so I will click on the spoiler links. But I think spoilers can easily be avoided if you want to avoid them.
Comment by Shiloh — February 27, 2007 @ 10:47 am
I’m more in favor of “how” stuff happens than “what” happens. Reading a spoiler tells me what happens, but watching it unfold is a completely different experience for me. I mean, I read spoilers. But the joy of Lost is the “how”. That’s what keeps me coming back. Plus, no spoiler reports that I’ve read have revealed anything that I’ve REALLY wanted to know.
Comment by Matty — February 27, 2007 @ 10:48 am
I don’t think spoilers ruin anything. Personally, if someone tells me that an episode is going to absolutely blow my mind, I’m going to watch it regardless of whether or not I know what happens. When movies like The 6th Sense and The Village came out, if you didn’t see it in the first weekend, someone told you the twist. And people went and saw it anyway. I think the same holds true for television.
Comment by disco — February 27, 2007 @ 11:18 am
My feeling isn’t as much about the spoilers as it is about how ABC actually handles their promotion of Lost. They need to be on the same page. The way they’re going now is embarassing. Great show, crap marketing.
Comment by rutkowskilives — February 27, 2007 @ 11:23 am
Personally, I don’t like to read spoilers. I’d rather watch the actual show and be surprised, and I do have enough willpower to wait.
However, I think the whole basis of this poll is flawed. The subset of viewers who actively seek out spoilers on the internet is almost wholly contained within the set of “LOST superfans.”
That is to say, since the only people reading spoilers are LOST superfans who will watch the show no matter what, how could the existence of spoilers have any substantial effect on viewership?
Comment by Cutter — February 27, 2007 @ 11:52 am
I read spoilers because I have a busy schedule and can rarely manage to watch an episode multiple times after the initial airing. Spoilers outline what’s going to happen, and so I can focus on what makes the show great: the nuances of the performances and dialog, the little details, and the allusions to what’s to come.
That said, ABC’s promos are hurting the show. They shouldn’t show Joe Average viewer the payoff moment from the forthcoming episode, and likewise, they need to drop the misleading narration in these promos.
Comment by Richard Lennox — February 27, 2007 @ 12:01 pm
Spoilers are great, and I think it has alot to do about your personality. If you think seeing a certain promo or reading a certain spoiler will ruin the experience for you, leave it alone and look away.
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Personally I love them and read them daily. It makes me think of a few years ago waiting for Revenge Of The Sith to come out. Logging on to Hyperspace for any little tidbit of information, behind the scenes stuff and all the cool Knollvision sets, Ie anyway wrong topic
I read and seen everything about Revenge and still watched it 8 times in the theater and countless more at home, as I do all LOST episodes because even by watching it a few times you still miss all that was intended to be seen.
That’s my two cents.
Comment by OtherProphet — February 27, 2007 @ 12:01 pm
Hey Prez, what’s your fanclub site? I’d love to check it out. By the way I look forward to your comments here and your keen perception. That being said, I’ve made my 1st official theory in a previous thread (the one with Juliet’s “scientologist” like marking). I’d greatly appreciate your feedback (and anyone else’s for that matter). It’s at the end of the thread and starts with “The cap10’s 1st Official Theory.”
Comment by cap10tripps — February 27, 2007 @ 12:14 pm
What exactly is meant by “spoiler” here? I consider a spoiler to be actual, secret, revealing information leaked too early, like if someone were to tell us that Desmond was in the hatch before season 2 began.
But many people also seem to include the previews of the next week’s show as spoiler material. I don’t really agree with that, but I do think the previews are damaging as well. They get our hopes up, just as ABC wants, and then when we are let down we take it out on the writers, as if they are the ones who promised us more than we got.
So having said that, I think a lot of preview material is detrimental because we get false hopes, but as for real spoiler material (like a summary of an episode before it’s even aired!), I simply don’t understand how people could want to read that. It’s called a spoiler for a reason: it spoils the fun of discovering everything as your supposed to, i.e. watching it unfold.
Comment by John Salerno — February 27, 2007 @ 12:42 pm
I think they only hurt when they allude to something very super cool and great but the show doesn’t live up to it. But previews do that more than spoilers. I still watch even if I know some spoilers since there is usually more to the story than the big shocking secret.
Comment by AnotherOther — February 27, 2007 @ 1:09 pm
(I accidentally posted this in the wrong place, so I’ll try again)
Personally, I love the spoilers. The more, the merrier. Like many Lost fans, I’m a bit obsessive compulsive about the show’s mythology so discussing plot details before a show airs has no impact what-so-ever on me actually wanting to see the episode.
One other point I often consider. I strongly believe that the creative minds behind the show pay close attention to reputable fan sites and blogs. It’s their job to stay one step ahead of the viewers in order to continue delivering a captivating story. I wonder how many times details or entire plot-lines have been scrapped because the the Lost viewership has been too smart? Anyway, as a few people have already mentioned, if you don’t read the spoilers, you won’t have to worry about being spoiled.
Comment by James — February 27, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
Hey Cap10-
my site is more of a blog, a Andy Rooney style commentary on LOST and how it ties in with my life. I basically slim down all the things I read on these sites and give a Cliff notes impression on theories and interject my own style into it.
I liked your theory, especially the idea that we the viewers are involved…That would be a hell of a twist and very outside of the box thinking on the part of the writers but if anyone could pull it off, they could.
As far as episode description spoilers go, I have to say again, that I’m not bothered by them. They never capture the glory of LOST in HD, where so much of the experience is visual. When I stop and think about how well this show is produced, I’m baffled. It is the best produced hour of TV, bar none. Visually it’s stunning. There’s a lot going on and they capture the details of all the mythology pretty exactly. Those rare misses are fun to spot(2 different Penny’s in the picture)but still fail to take away my love for the show.
Comment by El Prez — February 27, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
Appreciated Prez. Just an update on that theory, I believe the cable Sayid finds (going out into the ocean) will be the explanation to how we are involved. I still can’t come up with a sturdy answer to my fav question, what the hell is Smokey?!
Onto spoilers, I’m in agreement that they’re fine and never really take away from the viewing experience. In fact sometimes they heighten your awareness while watching. Doc and other spoiler dudes/dudettes usually do a good job of giving you the info while leaving out the important plot points that we eventually discuss in thetailsection. Again, you can always ignore that thread. I know it’s hard when the spliffy’s being waved in front of you, but it can be done.
Comment by cap10tripps — February 27, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
My 2 cents… spoilers don’t hurt the ratings in any appreciable way. How many people that care about the show enough to hunt down spoilers will skip out on actually seeing it just because they found out what happens?
For me personally, I learned the hard way that I prefer to stay away from all but the most minor spoilers. Way back when Shannon died, when it was so very anticlimactic because I had known for weeks, I decided that I would avoid spoilers and be surprised.
Comment by LostMyMarbles — February 27, 2007 @ 2:13 pm
I think what constitutes a “spoiler” is highly subjective. See, a simple guest cast list from ABC Medianet for say, listing John Terry starring in a Claire flashback, seems a deeply profound spoiler to us, but to the average joe, it’d mean nothing. The more we think about what we have seen on Lost, the more we learn to connect the dots on what’s to come on Lost - based on a variety of intel gathered online. Therefore getting truly “spoiled” is really only a sympton of fandom, and ends the second a fan exercises their personal choice to read/not read. Of course, I’ve burned myself a few times. I’ll read everything *except* for synopsis’s or death identities, but trying to skim that line by visiting spoiler sites or forums does now and then ‘flash before my eyes’ information that I immediately regret.
Comment by Dusk — February 27, 2007 @ 2:25 pm
Spoiler’s do not spoil the show as it is personal choice if you go looking for spoilers. I agree with what someone has put above about people who go looking for spoilers are die hard fan’s who will watch it regardless..myself included.
The imagine the U.S promo’s for the show however are hard to ignore as they are on every other ad break and have been very misleading ( I’ve seen them on the net )of late promising thing’s which don’t really materialize. It doesn’t bother me personally , but i could understand how people could get annoyed.
I have recently mentioned on the board’s that over here in the U.K, Sky one screen’s lost, and when advertising the next episode of Lost it uses the “previously on lost” tagline and recaps the previous episode, showing nothing of the coming episode. The only place to get information on lost is on the net,hense you have to go looking for spoilers.
There has been no talk of a rating’s slump over here in the U.K or anywhere else for that matter outside of the United States (as far as I’m aware). This is why i believe it is the ABC promo’s which are the problem, not spoiler’s.
Comment by Markus.darkus — February 27, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
Good point about the ABC promos darkus. The frosties are getting real upset over professed “answers” that never come to fruition (I think there’s plenty of answers in the new questions, but that’s another subject). In one promo you can see Patchy and what appears to be his abode. This was a promo right before “Flashes.” While this was one of my fav’s we still haven’t seen the seen with Patchy. It’s this sort of thing that gets the frustrated fans in a tizzy not the spoilers.
Comment by cap10tripps — February 27, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
Yeah the promo that aired after Not in Portland totally made me think that “flashes” had some building on the island exploding in a ball of fire. But it didn’t. They shouldn’t have shown that. I think someone is just not paying attention when editing this stuff together.
Comment by Charlie Lesoine — February 27, 2007 @ 3:34 pm
People who don’t want to know what’s going to happen should simply not read spoilers. I mean it’s not like they just pop up on your screen, you have to seek them out.
I don’t get how this is even an issue.
Comment by Rain — February 27, 2007 @ 3:34 pm
I don’t think spoilers hurt the show. As others have said, I think the way ABC is promoting/advertising is far more harmful.
I always resist clicking spoiler links initially but I know in the end I’ll give in. It’s fun for me to see how long I’ll resist. I don’t recall ever being disappointed by spoiler info and I think reading spoilers helps me to relax more and just get into watching for all the little details and enjoying the way everything unfolds. I would never miss an episode of LOST anyway, spoiled or not.
Comment by Lance — February 27, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
Yes spoilers makes people hoping for REAL answers, which I know mow we will never get. Creators are playing with us the cat and mouse game (anyway Lost is a game I am sure of it now) and I’ll watch it until I get fed up to see all my favourites characters dying one after another, and then I’ll quit….
Comment by Lise C — February 27, 2007 @ 4:59 pm
After reflexion I think the promos for the official podcast makes it much more frustrating for viewers than the spoilers, because they seems to promise more than they deliver And they are so condescending to their viewers when you see them in interviews, big smile on their face (sorry for the english),as I said they are playing with us…or laughing at us…
Comment by Lise C. — February 27, 2007 @ 5:38 pm
NO! Spoilers usually aren’t accurate enough to impact the viewing experience.
Comment by Turkey Sandwich — February 27, 2007 @ 6:41 pm
Come on. First of all, this site is basically a spoiler site. If you are here in the first place you have no right to complain at all about the spoiler content. Yes there is some news and some follow up easter egg posts, but for the most part, spoilers abound. They are usually hidden beyond cuts too, so no one is forced to read anything. If you answered yes to this, then the simple answer is to stop reading them. No one here is shoving them down your throat.
The second thing is that with the truce involving fruit baskets, the spoilers are minimal and abstract. The complete synopsis of Tricia Tanaka is Dead is not exactly riveting reading and I’m sure anyone who did read it will still be watching on Wednesday night. There is nothing wrong with making a healthy buzz. I’ve read all the spoilers here since coming back from the hiatus and it was still a shock when we found out that it was Charlie that Desmond was protecting, or the Mittelos Bioscience connection to the island. It’s not spoiling it because even if you know what happens, LOST seems to be always about the delivery of the information. It was great when they opened season 2 with Desmond in the hatch, season 3 likewise with the amazing pullback to Otherville, and especially with Desmond telling Charlie he was going to die. Just because you know what is going to happen doesn’t make the how any less enjoyable.
Keep up the great work!
Comment by David Harrison — February 27, 2007 @ 8:08 pm
I believe that spoilers can hurt the ratings for the show (although I have no idea how much or how little). This actually happened yesterday. I’m at work with a friend of mine. He is on this site and reads the write-up for this week’s episode. After reading it, he says “Well, this episode looks pretty boring”. Then he states that he probably won’t watch this week.
I wouldn’t consider this person a “rabid fan” as many of us are that take the time to read every section on this site and take the time to post. The question is how many of us “rabid fans” make up Lost’s total viewers, and how many “casual fans” like my friend are there? Are “casual fans” not tuning in as often because they read spoilers to decide whether or not it’s worth sitting through an hour long episode this week? I think the answer is sometimes, yes. All episodes are “must see” when there is no info about them. When you know what’s coming, you can decide whether or not you want to actually watch how it plays out. This may be part of the reason that Lost’s ratings have declined.
All of that being said, I personally don’t mind the spoilers. Lost has me hooked either way. I wouldn’t really have believed that spoilers have much effect on viewers before I actually saw it happen. Now I know better.
Comment by Shaka Igloo — February 27, 2007 @ 8:40 pm
Spoilers and too much insider information made me hate the season finale of season 2. I was watching it with, what was in effect, my nose against the screen. With a little distance I could have enjoyed it more. I have tried to limit myself this season in an effort to re-enjoy Lost the way I did in season 1 without the aid/deficiency of the on-line community.
Comment by No offense intended — February 27, 2007 @ 8:47 pm
HAVE YOU NOTICED!
There are 3 islands. In the 1st ep. of S3 as the camera tracks into the sky above the Others village you can see that they are on a different island from the crashes. You can tell that the tailsection is closest to the Others village island which will be important later. Ben showed Sawyer that the Hydra station is not on the Main island. In “Stranger” the Others reveal that they do not live on the Hydra island, they only ‘work’ there. That is 3 islands, the Main island, the Others village island, and the Hydra island. The tailsection being closest to the Others village island is apparent in that camera shot I mentioned above is important because it explains how Goodwin came out of the jungle shortly after the crash. I could not find a shot of the crash showing Ethan in the first episode. It took him longer to make it across the Main island.
Comment by swamphollow23 — February 27, 2007 @ 11:34 pm
no idea how it affects viewers…but your poll does mention the only reason i dont like spoilers…they take away the ‘wow’ factor..being suprised is one of the main reasons i love lost
Comment by carlos — February 28, 2007 @ 12:57 am
IMO, the way Kristin “teases” us is benefical to the show, i enjoy her spoilers. I’m not a fan of the “ruiner” spoilers, which describe the whole episode just before it airs, because then the whole meaning for me to watch it is jeopardized. I like the surprises and twists to be revealed to me in real-time as i watch the epis.
Now, about the way ABC promotes the show with impact phrases, that’s just silly to me… “Three big misteries will be revealed”, c’mon… That, i believe, is the source of MOST of MY frustrations.
Comment by Lost_in_Brazil — February 28, 2007 @ 4:00 am
There needs to be another choice on the poll. “Spoilers may be okay for some, but they aren’t for me.” My personal experience with spoilers goes back to the episode Dave. Pre-Dave I got a fair amount of them and enjoyed the show, but on a relatively slow episode like Dave when you already know the guy is imaginary and that Libby is in the asylum, there’s not much left. Since Dave, I’ve tried to avoid spoilers, but it’s hard to stay pure yet connected with the community. For example, I know some casting news that I wish I didn’t for the next couple of episodes. I don’t know how these people will interact, but their appearnce, like Cindy’s won’t be a surprise to me which ruins at least one potential OMG moment.
Comment by Memphish — February 28, 2007 @ 4:15 am
SPOILER ALERT!! In this post I make mention about something from tonight’s UN AIRED EPISODE!!!
The marketing department at all the major networks contribute to the problems most people have…They tease an episode so much, with cut edits and false implications…In the promo for tonight’s episode, Kate tells Locke and Sayid that she’s going to get “Jack”…In the LOST moment, aired by the same damn network, the same scene, she says she’s going to get “help”…It’s this type of stuff that leads audiences to be mistrustful…what if they edited it together to say that she was going to get Alvar Hanso?!?!
This has to be frustrating for the writers as much as it’s frustrating to us, the viewers….They work hard to deliver quality, surprising storylines and then marketing goes ahead and makes a LOST moment out of them…While I’m not blind enough to think that the producers have NOTHING to do with what’s promoted, I’m sure their hands are tied in some instances.
Look no further than the Heroes tagline Save the Cheerleader, save the world…..that took almost all season to develop into a truth..
If anyone from LOST reads this, tell ABC to quit f’ing you up!!! If we find out how Locke lost his legs in a damn 30 second promo for the show, I’ll be seriously pissed…angry enough to write a very distasteful letter with many swear words….
Comment by El Prez — February 28, 2007 @ 4:20 am
For me, the spoilers do ruin the show. So I have decided to avoid the in-depth spoliers (like episode synopsis) for the remainder of the season. But spoiler should remain for those that want to read them. Everyone has a choice to simply not “read on” as I have chosen to do.
Comment by carmela — February 28, 2007 @ 6:05 am
On the point of the “Cindy spoiler…” I’ve heard a lot of complaints about spoilers showing her scene and that it ruined the surprise. I think you guys are missing the point on this one. There have been so many questions regarding the “good ones” being taken. Now we see that perhaps it wasn’t necessarily the good ones but the ones who were more susseptable to “the others” way of life (kind of a cultish theme). Also, when Cindy says, “we’re here to watch,” we have since deciphered that she meant the trial (keen observers found her in the courtroom). This also may have been a hint that it was this group of “good people” who were watching the hatch from the pearl station. It’s these points to ponder that was the point of that scene. Spoilers often show you the scene but don’t really show you the depth of it.
Comment by cap10tripps — February 28, 2007 @ 9:39 am
i don’t know about anyone else but spoilers do ruin it for me. i’ve gotten to the point where i don’t even like coming onto this site anymore because most of the time i see a spoiler that i don’t want to see. people put things in their comments that don’t have a spoiler alert and i accidentally read it. someone mentions that there’s a ben flashback coming up and even though that doesn’t tell a whole lot i still don’t want to know that until i see it. i don’t like knowing an episode is going to be “claire centric” until the show comes on and i find out for myself. in the old days of t.v. no one had spoilers. if the producers wanted us to read about an episode on the internet then they would release a book instead of using television as their medium. i love almost every episode of lost because i have no idea what is going to happen except for the preview they showed at the end of last week’s show. that’s the way it should be. some of the best episode’s of lost were great because i had no idea what was going to happen. there was no,”uh-oh, someone might die this week”, before anal and libby died. and that was great. now every other article on the front page of the tailsection is about what is going to happen. i love talking about what has happened and speculating on the future and i love finding out if i’m right or wrong by WATCHING the show. who wants to see what they are getting for christmas before they open their presents other than a 5 year old? it’s like a bunch of gossipy old women: “guess what i heard is gonna happen this week.” in season 1 we didn’t have this many spoilers on the internet and it was great. now every single lost site tells key plot points of unseen episodes and it takes away from the surprise FOR ME ANYWAY.
Comment by longnose — February 28, 2007 @ 1:10 pm
For me, there is a great thrill to be found in hunting out Lost spoilers. It’s great to know bits and pieces of upcoming episodes (Like what SpoilerFix does with their spoilers). HOWEVER, there are some spoilers which are very much detrimental to that experience. When an entire (detailed) synopsis of an episode is published days before it actually airs, it cheapens the thrill of discovery found in watching an episode for the first time.
Granted, I love spoilers. And I’m all for people writing a detailed synopsis with theories, insights, and easter eggs, for a new episode; I just think that the really big bomb-dropping be held off until either the time the episode airs, or the day after. It’s a lot like the situation in “Memento.” When you have all the right answers in front of you, it’s not as fun anymore. You have to “black out” a few things to keep it interesting.
Comment by Mikey — February 28, 2007 @ 9:02 pm
The problem with spoilers is that they are put on by the network, not the show’s writers or producers. And ABC is interested only in one thing- revenue generated by ads and increased ratings. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to understand that when they over-hype an episode or make wild claims about what we’re going to see (i.e. “The reunion you have been waiting for” about Sawyer and Kate’s return to camp) it turns viewers off.
Comment by wednesday_addict — March 2, 2007 @ 2:44 pm
I love spoilers and I really feel that they only give me an idea of what to look forward to. I didn’t read this synopsis because I didn’t want to know every detail. I don’t know why people complain… just don’t read it!
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