So, I have this confession to make - for a while I didn't have tv. I mean I had a television set, I just didn't have cable service so I could watch the TV shows that everyone was talking about. Mr. No Couch Bouncing had an altercation - well, a loud disagreement - with the local cable company and since they were the only game in town (in that town at that time), I didn't see anything the same way other people did.  Which is why I started watching "24" on DVD only. I couldn't even try to watch that on TV now. To stretch that out and not be able to sit down and just watch a few episodes at at time; I'd go batty.

Same thing with "Lost". Got hooked on that one on DVD, and even though we have cable now and I could watch it weekly, I don't; I'm waiting for Season 3 to be released on December 11, and in anticipation of the release I'm doing something really over the top. Mr. No Bounce and I are marathoning our way through Seasons One and Two back to back. It's pretty intense and you forget how intense a show it is in the first place. It's supposed to be intense in one-hour-blocks each weeks, but sitting down and watching it non-stop, well, except for Diet Coke refills and pee-breaks, it's kinda overwhelming. You end up sitting there saying "holy crap" to yourself a lot.

Now, don't get me wrong, you don't get so bowled over that you can't see the little winks and nods this second time around that you might have missed the first time (The pilot of the plane is "Heroes'" Matt Parkman, J.J. Abrams real life best friend). You're aware that it's gonna leave you hanging on that hook at the end of the last episode, and you're prepared for it...kinda. And it's fun to sit there and get lost in "Lost" for a couple of hours; I admit, it feels really good to escape reality that much!
 
And it's nice to re-acquaint yourself with the characters again, before you watch another year and see who is expendable this time around...

So I haven't seen anything new for a few days. I've been watching some familiar faces and the scheming and planning of some really great characters.  And I remember now why I like this show - it's just really freaking good, man.

I can't wait for the 11th.