Lost - The Complete Second Season (DVD, 2006, 6 - Disc Box Set)

Any Lost fan knows it is great to have the entire season on DVD. I've been waiting since the season ended back in the spring! As I watched the whole season back to back, I caught things I missed the first time, made connections I'd not seen before, etc. So that was great. But in reviewing the item, I'd like to focus on the DVD extras.

Their were several extras on the 7th bonus disk that I liked. The "Fire + Water: Anatomy of an Episode" is a 30 minute featurette which takes you through an episode from conception to filming to post-production. It has interviews with cast and crew, on location footage, and even the revelation of an "Easter Egg" that I had completely missed when the show aired AND when I watched it on DVD. The "Secrets of the Hatch" featurette was also enjoyable. It also includes lots of interviews, shows how the hatch was conceived, designed, built, and how it fits into the story as a whole. My favorite of all the features, though, is definitely "The World According to Sawyer." This is only about a 5 minute segment, but it shows numerous clips of all of Sawyer's nicknames and one-liners. As funny as they are in the show, they are hysterical when strung together. I found myself laughing out loud. The only thing that I did NOT like was the "Lost Connections" feature. The way it is set up, you navigate from one character to another to see how they are all connected to each other. GREAT concept. But I found it difficult to keep track of where you've been, which character connections you've already seen, and which direction to go next. I thought it could have been created so it was easier to follow. But if you have the patience to navigate it, you will learn some new connections you may have missed before (did you catch that Locke inspected Nadia's house - that would be the woman Sayid loved and lost.... I missed that one)