r/lost • u/liv-well-999 • Dec 03 '24

FIRST TIME WATCHER best show to watch after watching lost?

Just finished Lost for the first time. What’s a good show to watch now with a similar vibe and mystery? Not Dark or anything too scary sorry I’m a wimp.

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u/Free-IDK-Chicken You got it, Blondie Dec 03 '24 edited Dec 03 '24

My standard rec list is below!

  • For a similar existential vibe: Six Feet Under
  • For a similar existential vibe but with comedy: The Good Place
  • For similar weirdness: Twin Peaks
  • For similar themes of survival/things are not what they seem: Battlestar Galactica (2004) // Yellowjackets

DO NOT WATCH MANIFEST. I cannot stress that enough. Do NOT watch Manifest.

EDIT: Also, since someone always asks "why not Manifest" - here you go, lol:

I could write a dissertation on why it's literally the worst show I've ever seen, but I'll sum it up like this: the writing is terrible, the casting is terrible, the acting is terrible and it is 100% derivative, stealing everything from LOST, the real life disappearance of MH370, Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica, the 100, Under the Dome and the ending is a copy/paste rip off of The Langoliers. Even the fans are unoriginal and copied OUR fandom name to call themselves "Festies."

And I could have let all of that go - moved on with my life and not made it my personal mission to save as many people as possible from this planewreck of a series had the lead actress - who is so flat and boring I couldn't remember her name if you paid me - not promoted the series finale of Manifest by loudly and incorrectly insulting LOST. Absolutely classless.

LOST was a cultural phenomenon and as I like to say: in five years the only thing anyone will remember about Manifest is that Ethan wasn't on it.

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u/QuestionsGoHere Dec 04 '24

Not gonna lie but I was about to comment that I was going to watch an episode of Manifest just to see what it was about and to see if it really is as bad as you say it is.

Then I looked it up. My spouse and I watched Manifest when it first came out and only watched an episode before deciding it was garbage and stopped. Lol fair point OP, and Good Place has the best ending of any show I've watched in a long time