Lost - The Complete Fourth Season

Ive been a fan of the show since season 1 and have bought each dvd when they came out to one day watch every episode straight through. Season 1 was great, seasons 2 and 3 were good at best but season 4 was great. Still not as great as the 1st season but still. They did a lot of good things while making it less confusing. We now see Flash Fowards and learn 6 of the survivors make it off the island, we get new bad guys, new allies and more.

The dvd is loaded with special features:

Commentaries- Listen to the cast and crew discuss certain episodes while you watch the episode
Right to Bare arms- Learn about all the guns they have on the show
The Freighter talk- Learn about the new faces seen on the Freighter
Lost in Hawaii- See how the turned Hawaii into the island on Lost
The Oceananic 6: A Conspiracy of lives- A Mocumentary questioning the survivors' story
Offshore shoot- Behind the scenes on the Freighter
Sound track of survivoring- See a performance of the show's orchestra
Lost on Location- Behind the scenes of the show
Course of the future-Look at the flashfowards
Bloopers- dont need to say anymore
Deleted scenes- See what scenes were lost

Buy if you love the show

Seldom have I seen a series so well developed.

From the first Season to the Fourth it managed to remain true to itself - no sudden changes, no artificial last minute plots but a steady buildup, that creates a coherent and believable story.

A must have.

Season 4 is full of twists. Hold on for the ride that is LOST!

Have not watched it yet. But, if you are into Lost it's a must have. Loads of extras. We have the first three seasons. Very nice so far. If you are curious about Lost get season one or rent it. The story is far to complex for just a passing glance. Enjoy.

In my review of Season 3, I wrote that the series had become silly, relying too much on convenient, contrived coincidence to move the plot along, and had lost its sense of adventure.

Season 4 remedies these problems, and also fixes my main gripe with Seasons 1 & 2; namely, that the show didn't advance quickly enough and kept you in suspense for too long... long enough to milk the commercial sponsors, perhaps, but too long for the viewer, whose sense of anticipation dwindled and patience quickly wore thin. It's almost as if the producers finally sat down together for Season 4 and said, "Ok, we've got a hit show on our hands, we can't make it last forever, so let's really get down to business" and shifted the series into high gear. In my opinion, this the best Season thus far, with Season 2 a very close second.

Many viewers of Season 4 on this site have complained that there isn't enough "value" in the DVD set on the basis of the fact that there aren't as many episodes as the previous seasons. I can only surmise that for these folks the mere ACT of sitting in front of a television is a source of entertainment... maybe it gives them enough time to polish off an extra bag of potato chips. True, Season 4 deprives them of this. Yet it still manages to produce all the suspense, intrigue, plot development and emotional punch of any of the three previous seasons.

What it does is condense these values, and miraculously, it feels natural, not rushed. I think the reason is that the other seasons were thinly stretched out at the direction of ABC Studios, even though the producers didn't have enough material to justify the duration. Season 4 strips away scenes of our protagonists drawing patterns in the sand with twigs amidst the flickering firelight, set to irrelevant background music, where nothing occurs except blank stares off into the distance, gratifying hugs, pats of appreciation, and protracted vacant glances at the other characters. Why anyone would have a problem with this is beyond me.

Benjamin Linus is by far the most fascinating character of the series, and his presence is even more formidable this season. I miss the balance provided by Charlie's character (he provided relief, not necessarily comic, but relief from the show's intensity in general) and he should never have been cut. I am starting to resent Hurley's presence more and more, and his continued inclusion during key plot sequences is the entire reason why I'm not giving Season 4 five stars. The actor who plays him is incredibly weak, his character is completely uninteresting, and I have a hard time chanelling this triumph over adversity that the producers want me to feel when Hurley's greatest achievements are: a) tripping over Jacob's cabin, b) belly-flopping into the ocean, and c) sharing half of his candy bar with Benjamin Linus. At least he doesn't have a completely gut-wrenching romance for us to suffer through this season.

Desmond transforms into another pivotal character this season, which is welcome. Kate continues to impress and the actress that plays her is improving to the point of making her character one of the strongest links in the show. The members of the "rescue ship" are flawlessly cast and I found myself completely impressed with the well-developed and expertly conceived complexity of the dynamic between its crew, the Survivors of Oceanic flight 815, and Benjamin Linus. I am now more confident than ever that Lost knows exactly where it's going, a sense that had almost disappeared by the end of Season 3.

I would say to anyone hitting a rut with previous seasons or episodes of the series that they ought to endure the dry spell, and stick with the series long enough to earn the privelege of watching Season 4. Excellent work ABC.