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All parent reviews for Lost

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13
Parent
April 9, 2008
 
Great show
This is a great, complicated, entertaining, suspenseful show. I wouldn't recommend it for younger kids (10-?) because there are scary parts and several gory parts. There's a slight (and I mean SLIGHT, minimal) spiritualistic sense to the island in the first season, which might also be a minus for families, but it's well worth the risks. You'll love it.

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Teen, 16 years old
April 9, 2008
 

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Parent of 10 and 12 year old
March 10, 2010
 
How much violence is too much?
I loved the show but feel the violence is over the top for kids. Every other show has torture scenes...do we think this is ok? All arguments are solved by fists and guns, not a very positive message, and gruesome. My 12-year old is begging me to let her watch-don't know what to do. She can probably sort the values out herself, but the images are just plain gross.
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Parent
June 29, 2009
 
One of the best shows in TV history
LOST is an incredible show with a unique premise. You actually feel for most of the characters and care about them. Some episodes display uplifting messages which really make you want to be a good person. I recently got into the show and I've been hooked since. While LOST is a truly amazing show, it's not for younger kids. The two-hour pilot episode had very graphic imagery, bad language, and brief drug use. One episode in the first season suggested a semi-incestuous relationship between two half-siblings. Note that the graphic violence on this show is definitely not for easily-frightened children and young teens. For those new to LOST, I recommend starting from the very beginning as the final season premieres on ABC in early 2010. It's not a show where you can just start watching without catching up, like most shows on TV.
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Teen, 14 years old
April 9, 2008
 
This is the best show on television!
This has got to be my all-time favorite show. Ever since I was introduced to it when I was 12, it's been my favorite. Theres an extremely diverse set of characters that come from all backgrounds. The characters are courageous, and they stick together to help each other out. It's a very suspenseful show, and every episode surprises me with something I never expected to happen. For people who like a little scandal, there's lying, cheating and decieving, but they always come together and understand each others' problems. All teens will definitly enjoy this show, and adults will love it too. Younger children will have a hard time following what's happening, but it's still great for everyone.

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Teen, 15 years old
April 9, 2008
 
This show is cool
This is a good tv show for ages 13 and up. There is a few scenes that would scare younger kids most deffenitly. The things I would have to say are the only things bad about it is that there is quite alot of people not agreeing with each other on it, there is 2 or 3 scenes with 'Charlie' taking drugs, And there is lots of romance scenes. And be prepared to be annoyed and Lost not knowing whats going to happen!

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Teen, 14 years old
June 17, 2009
 
a must watch show for 13 teens
i love this show so much that if i miss a show than i go nuts !!!!!! i also put me in as a chariter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Teen, 14 years old
May 8, 2009
 
The best show EVER!
I love this show! Everbody says that it is very vonfusing, but I still love it^_^ I have bee watching this show ever since the first episode(I was nine) and I got hooked right away!I was a pretty mature nine year old, so if your child isn't very mature or has the average maturity of a nine year, they probably shouldnt b watching it.but it is still awesome!

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
AWESOME SHOW!!!
This is my fovorite show on TV. I love trying to figure out what is going on

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Teen, 15 years old
April 9, 2008
 
dgh
GREAT.

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Teen, 17 years old
April 9, 2008
 
You call this drama?!?!
Again, another stupid television show that's got the lamest plots and tries so hard to be "sophiscated" when it fails miserably. It doesn't make sense to me why people watch this, but oh well, it's your braincells you're wasting. Better shows to waste time with: Life On Mars, and Doctor Who- both shows are wonderfully written, which is not what I can say about this TERRIBLE insult to my intelligence.

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Teen, 17 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Loved it!
This show is great. I have to watch every episode. I dont think it is very good for young children though. It is more appropriate for kids in their mid teens. Me and my mother watch it all the time.

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Teen, 16 years old
July 25, 2010
 
I think it is a very addicting and fun to watch show, but it also has a lot of problems. Lots of violence, blood, gore. It has scary scenes, there was a side character with a bad drug addiction to heroin, it cusses frequently (not harshly, but frequently).
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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
Site review error
This site (not a parent reviewer) claims that Lost demonstrates sexual tension between half siblings. This is incorrect. The show suggests sexual/love between adult step siblings. The step sisters mother married the step brother's father when they were 16-18 years old. The father died soon after and there are no blood relations. Get your facts straight

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Teen, 14 years old
April 9, 2008
 

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
An amazing show!
A wonderful show that is already in its 3rd season. One must be advised that yound children probably shouldn't be watching it, but a yound teen audience would enjoy!

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Teen, 14 years old
April 9, 2008
 
by far the best show on television!!!
I am so addicted to Lost!!! I wasn't allowed to watch it when it first came out (with good reason) since I was like 11 or so at the time, but by the time I was 12 I was watching every episode. It is mysterious, sad, uplifting, romantic, and somewhat scary although I think the show has lost most of it's fear factor since the first episodes. there is a lot of bad stuff in it, not so much innappropriate to be watching, but just in the sense that the morals they teach on the show can be very messed up. for instance, about 1 out of every 2 people on the show is a murderer. That's not to say that there has never been innappropriate stuff on the show though. there is plenty of violence including a couple episodes incluing torture, drugs, and sex, including sexual tension between two of the leads, Kate and sawyer. I think one of the worst things is the drug use. however, they do not glority it at all, instead making the harsh reality of drug addicts known. One of the reasons I'm so addicted is because I always am waiting to find out who Kate is gonna pick, Jack or Sawyer. There is so much chemistry and passion btween the leads and it's very addicting. I Dont think the third season was as good though. Must see 13+

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
suspense and drama
Our family TiVo's this show each week so the kids who must be in bed by 8:30 get a chance to see what's happening on The Island... it builds each episode and we discuss what we believe to be the reasons for the crash and for this particular group of people to be stranded on The Island. The show evokes interesting conversations.

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
Addicting but Violent
Exciting and gripping, but not for kids under 11 because of the violence that may scare them. Lost makes you question things and try to find out the answers to the past and about the island.

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
Thoughtfull but only for older children
I find that the story line deals with many mature habits and issues, while not glorifying eather the good ones or the bad ones. I supect that the aim of the show is to present the issues in a nutural every day situation, while making an intertating story, after all, would you watch a program based on your life?

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