Following LOST

I have never watched the first episode of LOST.  I got into the show when I was dating Liz and she wanted me to watch it too, so she made it so we were always together on Wednesday nights.  "Just watch it!  This is the best show."  While we didn't last as a couple, she was right, it is one of the best shows I have ever followed.  I know she has a family now and as I'm only an hour from the finale of the series, I wonder if she is as excited as I am for the end of LOST.  The combination of mystery, characters and the island was inspirational as much as it was captivating.  Good art motivates me, and LOST always gave me ideas for my own writing.  I will miss LOST and while I was never a hardcore 'msg board' LOSTIE but I appreciate the efforts and passion they shared.  My Mom became a fan of the show and it was always fun to exchange our reactions and theories of where LOST was going next.   We do that with Survivor but it is not the same interest or intensity.   Since I started following LOST I have tried to watch a better class of TV, not just mundane fluff and I've found shows like The Shield, Rescue Me, Breaking Bad and as soon as I get around to it, I'll Netflix The Wire.  I was listening to Bill Simmon's podcast with LOST's Carlton Cruz and they were talking about how TV shows may never go into the detail and effort that made LOST special.   In ten minutes the LOST finale starts, I love the feeling an anticipation and excitement.  I hope they are wrong about the future of TV, I want this feeling again...