Severance is a lot like Lost — that’s a good thing

As the second season of Separation Broadcast, relief filled the air-Mahboob was finally sarcasm of science-fi workplace, Finally But as it collided in weeks, some of the long -awaited eyes began to fall. Social media dispersed frustration and ceasefire, as many audiences felt that the show was not measuring with a long cultivated hype.

This is one of the inevitableness of our current series. It takes many years to film and broadcast short seasons, causing huge intervals in the middle. These intervals are spaces, which naturally hate. They are filled quickly with speculation and expectations, and reaches such a high level at a level with long wait that too much Not The new season, no matter how good it is, can be fulfilled.

SeparationHollywood’s 2023 actors and authors’ strikes were uncertainly extended, which was watching the watchmen during its production schedules, so there was more time to make this hype more time than usual. While Separation Finally returned, it was more famous than that it was the first period: The most visible showing show On the Apple TV Plus, an unusual data was revealed by the streamer, as well as the anniversary of the third season’s renewal. He has also placed it above Apple’s previous Jaggirnat, Ted lasuAnd its quality expectations are even higher.

It’s a lot of pressure for any show, especially following in the footsteps of a giants – inevitably, Separation Comparisons to target the “mystery box” shows of the past, and especially Lost. The show also created an undeniable amount of big fan theorizing, huge ranking, and fans’ expectations. But 20 years later, a lot of entertainment industry and TV fandom have changed a lot. There is no way Separation Ain is going to walk on the same path Lost What – In fact, both its similarities and its differences show how far we have come.

In spite of protests about “being tired” from the endless mystery of shows Separation Only based on ratings, people clearly don’t get tired of the “mystery box” series format Lost One was an important innovator. When the basic setup – people were trapped together in a strange place operated by a mysterious existence, which can lead to their escape – they are well performed, it can be great, it can be amazing: a watercoller phenom, a city talk. Lost Not only became the most prominent example of the TV format, but also became the Internet format for discussion, which, in the social media era, has given rise to a very severe and faster side. LostThe covenant of the covenant was the topic of the grip of many potential heritage, such as shows Below And Flashforward, Whose airdates are overlaps with OG, Like modern mysterious box updates Black, from, And Yellow jackets It has shielded various elements while the same fans have intended to give birth to the same. LostDigital Heights.

Of all these shows, Separation Probably the most worthy candidate for a successor LostSo far the Throne is because it manages the same buttons to hit even more tough and more attention and intentions.

Comparison Lost In 2022, it was already affected by its sect during its first season, but often in the negative side. “Can we stop comparing the separation from the lost?” A Redder had pleaded. “Severies is a masterpiece, let’s not make it compare the debris of this show of a show.” Many people expressed hopes Separation Will not repeat the mistakes of Lost – as referring to this state of endless mystery FatigueArgue that its permanent revelations and the endless tampering of the plot and the resolutions were never as satisfactory as the audience built.

But is Lost Really compare such a bad thing? Certainly not – and many fans and critics in fact compare as a definition. People liked Lost When it was going on because things were always happening. Lost There was a mega -hit cultural trend that introduced the global audience with the power of Lor. Taking indications from the previous successful movies X filesWhose early monster of the weekly shape provided a way to get stuck in the season “Metharan“” Lost Presented a novel mix between two juicy and irreparable TV formats: a complex science -fi metharak, And A soap dress is filled with sexual stress, tragic back stories, and an amazing person.

Lost‘The endless series of metharites and greed was certainly a carrot who kept watching people, and filled the forums with speculation and argument, but from the beginning, the show was the main character and the relationship between them.

This is a point in which many people have tried to imitate LostDegree of degree in the years later Separation The combination of this particular charm draws with the aploomb – and with an additional dose of compressed packing that is necessary when only 10 episodes are given to tell its story. LostThere is a more wide 20 plus. This means that when the goods were done it Really Hua: We have received answers to the mystery of delay about Kobbal’s back -story, Mark and Jima’s relationship (in an event) Compared to Lost Fans’ favorite “Permanent”), And the most sustainable question of Season 1 exposes – What are the mysterious numbers doing MDR “refining”?

The latter was something that was definitely indicated already, and so the revelation-they made the mind of every falsehood of JEMA overall-the carpet was logical rather than itching. Separation It is a show that you have to focus on catching Easter eggs, indicators, and subtle revelations, and instead of punishing the fans, he rewards the detection of the goods.

And the show brings the side of the things that are stated as satisfactory but yet human IllogicalChoice Lost, separation With the naturally controversial trump of the triangle of love, around around around around around around around around around, around around around around around, around around around around. Versions of the same people. This is like a cateanap for fans who are forced to discuss online relationships: Separation Fandems permanently works on the inwardness of the central three And His complex love was arranged in hexagon. For those fans who care more about love more than lore, this setup is very much engaged – often with stress – and certainly improves it before traditional TV romance. The guards of Gemma Warriors and Helena have a far more context than Jack/Kate and Saver/Kate factions that returned in the day. In addition, they have a more area for defense. While LostFunds played on forums and live journals, Separation The platform is a complete spread of social media to take advantage of.

Creator Dan Erickson has Went on record In contrast LostWho often flies on the seat of his pants with the entry of his own exhibitors, has everything to plan for seasoning, and it is clear what the end of the Lumon is. But he’s killing all Lost Buttons are very effective, as seen on both sides of the fondam on social media: widely, Reddit is for its heads, where every frame is analyzed for indicators, and Twitter and Tumblr are a plane’s paradise (or more often, their arguments). Though the world of the world Separation Is slightly smaller than the wide island Lost, The fan universe is more far -reaching.

Something Lost Dye Hards turned Separation Fans may feel that it would probably be better if Separation There was a bit and room to rest and discover, to rotate a little bit and hit the kind of serindatty made by Lost One time TV stand out. During the second season, fans lost the solidarity of MDR Corps, and the strange state of the world of Devon and Rican’s family life. A mysterious box show requires new elements when old people are effectively resolved, and SeparationThe second season certainly moved the needle. But are these questions as important as the initial questions started?

Now that we know what MDR does, what goats are for, why is Ms Huang a baby, and more, what has been left to find out what has been left? After the second season, the basic delay question seems to be fully characterized: Haley/Mark/JEMA equation solution (if such a thing is possible). This may be the best bone to chew on the ship -based fans on endlessness, but may not be more satisfying to more methane -based fans as Lemon’s conspiracies remained with them after the mountain of Season 1.

LostHis legacy was influenced by its controversial end, which raised many non -response questions in favor of focusing on the role of less or less fully. Fiction tone of Lost The fundaom, which was permanently tantalized through six seasons on Islandold Island, felt a bit torn.

But the people who cared less than the relationships and the characters (such as your really) felt dynamic and satisfied with the end, which proved to be more shaking tears that love means more than any villainial equation.

Like for a show SeparationWhich has to compete with less screen time and long break LostMore in making the stake All Viewers happy, primarily to start with impossible work. It doesn’t matter how many questions are answered, if the fans feel that they are not taking so much time with their favorite characters, they will be unhappy. On the contrary, if the myths are kept far away in favor of romance and relationships, the head of his head will be upset. All this comes on balance between man and fiction.