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$\"\"$ Nikki Stafford, whose wonderful blog became known to many of us during the era of LOST but also focuses on many other shows and topics, created Lostaholics Anonymou<\/a>s a while back. Have any readers of this gone back (as I still hope to do at some point) and rewatched the show from the beginning, knowing how it would end, to see what that would be like (and whether some mysteries sorted themselves out in the process)? Have you found another show that provides the same sort of experience \u2013 from personal enjoyment to online conversations and speculations? To focus on the question central to Nikki\u2019s recent post<\/a>: Should we hope that there will be such a show, or should we let LOST be LOST and move on? Is there a LOST-shaped void in your life, and if so, are you seeking\u00a0fulfillment, or have you learned to accept the restless angst of post-LOST existence?<\/p>\n

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