I'm talking about pop culture.
I am addicted (which is a common result).
So, to couple my addiction, here is my ignorant (i am only on Season 2) understanding of the Emmy award winning drama.
Overarching Theme: Negative life circumstances shed light on hope.
Example: every character on the show.
Before getting to the Island (an isolated state which could also represent the emotional feeling coinciding with the negative life circumstance) every character experiences a life altering situation (ie. winning the Lottery, giving up a son for adoption, becoming pregnant, being arrested, killing a guy, family death, new job, addiction, etc.). After enduring said life circumstance, each character engages in a feeling of despair. Thus, the passengers of flight 815 find they have crash landed on an island where they have emotionally lived for some time. Despite the difficulty of the island, each character engages in some sort of Dharma, seeking to find hope beyond their blinding depression. While on the island, each character faces a testing situation, encouraged by the sage-like character John Locke (John Locke is famous for establishing the identity of the self and consciousness). Although characters try to escape the island, they are simply redirected back to the island in order to find their identity. Once each character finds his/her personal identity, they are depicted by hope.
Theory for Future Episodes: Characters who develop after experiencing a negative or challenging circumstance on the island will get off the island (either by dying, disappearing, or escaping).
This is the mild version of my theories. I also have thoughts about the numbers (4 8 15 16 23 42) and I'm developing a theory about character names (Locke, Rousseau, Shepherd, etc.)
Anyway, don't ruin lost for me. If you do, you will end up like Goodwin.
