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| J.J. Abrams | .... | executive producer (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Bryan Burk | .... | executive producer (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Kathy Lingg | .... | co-executive producer (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Jonathan Nolan | .... | executive producer (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Greg Plageman | .... | executive producer (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Stephen Semel | .... | co-producer (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Athena Wickham | .... | producer (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Patrick Harbinson | .... | co-executive producer (44 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Joshua Levey | .... | associate producer / co-producer (44 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Richard J. Lewis | .... | co-executive producer (44 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Amanda Segel | .... | co-executive producer / supervising producer (44 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| David Slack | .... | co-executive producer (44 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Denise Thé | .... | co-producer / producer (44 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Margot Lulick | .... | producer (43 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Noreen O'Toole | .... | associate producer (42 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Melissa Scrivner-Love | .... | co-producer (22 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Amy Berg | .... | supervising producer (7 episodes, 2012) |
| Gail Barringer | .... | producer (2 episodes, 2013) |
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| Robert Ludemann | .... | motion graphics / graphic designer: motion graphics (43 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Joel Reynolds | .... | assistant art director (41 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Jimmy Hays | .... | picture car mechanic (38 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Amy Dholakia-Jorand | .... | lead graphic artist / graphic artist (26 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Eva P. Davy | .... | chargeperson scenic artist / charge scenic (23 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Jessica Panuccio | .... | props buyer / prop buyer / ... (23 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Richard Tenewitz | .... | construction coordinator (23 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Jeff Mazzola | .... | property master (22 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Ruth DiPasquale | .... | property master (22 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Noreen Souza-Bailey | .... | shop manager (20 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Joanna Leavens | .... | props / assistant property master (18 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Kevin L. Raper | .... | additional graphic artist / graphic artist (18 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Dave Major | .... | property assistant (16 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Clayton Beisner | .... | art department production assistant (15 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Vincent Guarriello | .... | key construction grip (12 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Marissa Kotsilimbas | .... | art department coordinator / art coordinator (9 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Garry Pastore | .... | assistant property master (9 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Eric Pastore | .... | props (8 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Carl Baldasso | .... | assistant art director (6 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| David Branum | .... | props (4 episodes, 2012) |
| Erik Knight | .... | additional graphics / art coordinator (3 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Tom Firestone | .... | graphic artist: motion graphics / additional graphic artist: motion graphics (3 episodes, 2013) |
| Gabu Camilo | .... | props (2 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Sean Doyle | .... | set dresser (2 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Ted Altman | .... | set dresser (2 episodes, 2011) |
| Pele Kudren | .... | art department production assistant (2 episodes, 2011) |
| Kate Falzarano | .... | assistant property master (2 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Caroline Ghertler | .... | assistant set decorator (2 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Jeni Harden | .... | industrial / set dresser (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Michael Lee Nirenberg | .... | scenic artist (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Joseph Michael Tenga | .... | assistant art director (2 episodes, 2012) |
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| Keith Rogers | .... | sound re-recording mixer (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Noah Timan | .... | sound mixer (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Scott Weber | .... | sound re-recording mixer (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Marc Glassman | .... | sound effects editor (28 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Alex Ullrich | .... | foley artist (15 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Jay Fisher | .... | adr mixer (13 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Matt Sawelson | .... | supervising sound editor (12 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Amanda Jacques | .... | boom operator (8 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Geordy Sincavage | .... | foley mixer (7 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Daniel McIntosh | .... | sound mixer: tandem unit (6 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| J.P. Welgus | .... | foley cue (6 episodes, 2011) |
| Bret Scheinfeld | .... | sound utility (5 episodes, 2012) |
| Joe Savastano | .... | sound utility: second unit (4 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Billy Theriot | .... | adr mixer (3 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Lukasz Janik | .... | utility sound (2 episodes, 2012-2013) |
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| Andy Hay | .... | adr supervisor (unknown episodes) |
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| Joseph Bell | .... | visual effects producer: CoSA VFX (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Jay Worth | .... | visual effects supervisor: Los Angeles / visual effects supervisor (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Mark A. Davis | .... | visual effects artist / digital compositor (25 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Stephen T. Spurlock | .... | visual effects artist / digital compositor (24 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| O.T. Hight | .... | visual effects artist (23 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Christopher Scollard | .... | visual effects supervisor: New York (23 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Chris Wright | .... | visual effects supervisor: New York / visual effects coordinator (23 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Craig Edwards | .... | visual effects artist: Eden FX (19 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Jason Hearne | .... | visual effects artist / lead compositor (19 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Erin Perkins | .... | visual effects coordinator: CoSA VFX (19 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Carrie Stula | .... | visual effects assistant editor: Eden FX (18 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Seth Martin | .... | visual effects artist (17 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Greg Dora | .... | digital compositor nuke: CoSA VFX / visual effects artist: CoSA VFX (14 episodes, 2012) |
| Fred Pienkos | .... | digital compositor (11 episodes, 2012) |
| Jeffrey I. Kaplan | .... | visual effects artist: Eden FX (7 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Derek Serra | .... | visual effects artist (6 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Alicia Suggs | .... | digital compositor / visual effects artist: CoSA VFX / ... (6 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| William J. Cox | .... | digital compositor: CoSA VFX / compositor: Cosa VFX (6 episodes, 2012) |
| Ryan Purnell | .... | compositor: Cosa VFX / digital compositor (6 episodes, 2012) |
| Chris Olivas | .... | digital compositor nuke: CoSA VFX (5 episodes, 2012) |
| Eric Reinhard | .... | digital compositor (4 episodes, 2012) |
| Jared Otake | .... | digital compositor: CoSA VFX (3 episodes, 2012) |
| Greg VanZyl | .... | visual effects artist (3 episodes, 2012) |
| Jarryd Watts | .... | compositor: CoSA VFX / compositor: Cosa VFX (3 episodes, 2013) |
| Leon Nowlin | .... | compositor (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Sitha San | .... | effects assistant editor: Cosa VFX / visual effect assistant editor (2 episodes, 2012) |
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| Jeffrey Lee Gibson | .... | stunt coordinator (36 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Anthony Vincent | .... | stunt double: Jim Caviezel (15 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Aaron Vexler | .... | stunts (10 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Peewee Piemonte | .... | stunt coordinator (8 episodes, 2012) |
| Declan Mulvey | .... | stunts / stunt double: Kevin Loreque / ... (6 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Matt Triplett | .... | stunts / stunt double: Michael Kelly / ... (5 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Thomas Place | .... | stunts (5 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| David Shumbris | .... | stunts (5 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Pete Klein | .... | stunt performer (4 episodes, 2012) |
| Christopher Jon Gombos | .... | stunt performer (3 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Donald John Hewitt | .... | stunts (3 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Stephen Izzi | .... | stunt double: Pawel Szajda / stunt performer / ... (3 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| John Finnerty Jr | .... | stunt double: Sherman Howard / stunt performer / ... (3 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Jeremy Sample | .... | stunts (3 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Adam Wood | .... | stunts / stunt performer (3 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Airon Armstrong | .... | stunt performer / stunt double: Pablo Schreiber (3 episodes, 2012) |
| Greg Harvey | .... | stunts / stunt double: Michael Emerson (3 episodes, 2012) |
| Dean Neistat | .... | stunt performer (3 episodes, 2012) |
| Nitasha Bhambree | .... | stunt double: Sarah Shahi / stunt driver (3 episodes, 2013) |
| Roberto Lopez | .... | stunt double: Ahnaz Bekhti / stunt performer: Turk (2 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Steven Cachie Brown | .... | stunts (2 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Chris Cenatiempo | .... | stunt driver / stunts (2 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Raw Leiba | .... | stunt player / stunts (2 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Jennifer Torriero | .... | stunt double: Paige Turco / stunt double: Virginia Kull (2 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Drew Leary | .... | stunts (2 episodes, 2011) |
| Jimmy Hays | .... | stunt driver (2 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Bryce Burke | .... | stunts (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Kevin Rogers | .... | stunt double: Johnny Hopkins / stunts (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Zoli Dora | .... | stunts (2 episodes, 2013) |
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| Jim McCullagh | .... | gaffer (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Mark Cyr | .... | video/computer playback coordinator (38 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Manuel Billeter | .... | camera operator / camera operator: "a" camera / ... (24 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Robert M. Andres | .... | key grip (22 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Ted LeHane | .... | key grip (22 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| John Panuccio | .... | key rigging grip (15 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Alec Jarnagin | .... | camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator / ... (12 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Christopher Yoon | .... | camera loader (9 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Matthew Pebler | .... | camera operator / second assistant: a camera / ... (8 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Mike Sime | .... | video playback operator / video/computer playback engineer (7 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Robert Bullard | .... | first assistant: b camera (7 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| John Pirozzi | .... | director of photography: second unit / director of photography: 2nd unit (7 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| John Nasta | .... | grip (7 episodes, 2013) |
| Blake Alcantara | .... | second assistant: b camera (6 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Craig Pressgrove | .... | first assistant: a camera (6 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Alan Pierce | .... | additional camera operator / camera operator: "b" camera (6 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| John Oliveira | .... | grip (5 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Richard Yacuk | .... | best boy rigging grip (5 episodes, 2011) |
| Kathleen King | .... | video playback / video playback engineer (5 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Zsolt P. Haraszti | .... | assistant camera (4 episodes, 2011) |
| David J. Thompson | .... | "a" camera operator/steadicam (4 episodes, 2012) |
| Grady Bayersdorfer | .... | best boy electric (3 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Benjamin Relf | .... | video playback engineer (3 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Gabe Kolodny | .... | digital image technician / digital imaging technician (3 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Emily Millay Haddad | .... | computer and video playback operator (3 episodes, 2012) |
| Ben D'Andrea | .... | best boy grip (2 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Ben Cain | .... | digital imaging technician: tandem unit (2 episodes, 2011) |
| Eric P. Robinson | .... | second assistant camera (2 episodes, 2011) |
| Ron Baldwin | .... | camera operator: "a" camera / camera operator: "b" camera (2 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| J. Eric Camp | .... | digital imaging technician (2 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Jon Delgado | .... | camera operator (2 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Chris Cochran | .... | grip (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Hamilton Longyear | .... | a camera second assistant (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Tod Olivieri | .... | electrician (2 episodes, 2012) |
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| Alissa Wehrli | .... | costume production assistant (19 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Laura McCarthy | .... | set costumer / wardrobe supervisor (16 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Kevin Ritter | .... | costume supervisor (9 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Katelyn Mueller | .... | costume coordinator / costume production assistant (9 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Lisa R. Frucht | .... | assistant costume designer (9 episodes, 2012) |
| Kristine Bellerud | .... | costume supervisor (7 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Shana Goldberger | .... | costume coordinator (7 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Penelope Laughman | .... | key costumer (7 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Sarah Schaub | .... | lead tailor / master tailor (7 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Richard A. Zimmer | .... | key costumer (7 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Sebastian Jaramillo | .... | costume production assistant (6 episodes, 2011) |
| Patrick Wiley | .... | assistant costume designer (6 episodes, 2011) |
| Lydia Popper | .... | costume coordinator (6 episodes, 2012) |
| Thomas M. Smalley | .... | key set wardrobe (6 episodes, 2012) |
| Staci Greenbaum | .... | assistant costume designer (4 episodes, 2012) |
| Delvan James | .... | wardrobe (4 episodes, 2012) |
| Stev Taylor | .... | wardrobe supervisor (4 episodes, 2012) |
| Malik Summers | .... | costumer (3 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Kimberly Baird | .... | costumer (3 episodes, 2011) |
| Rudy Rojas | .... | key costumer (3 episodes, 2013) |
| Hollie Nadel | .... | wardrobe supervisor (2 episodes, 2013) |
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| Anthony Pettine | .... | script supervisor (45 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Paul Kramer | .... | location manager (44 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Nathon S. Lewis | .... | personal assistant: Jim Caviezel / personal trainer: Jim Caviezel / ... (39 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Sean Hennen | .... | story editor (22 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Erik Mountain | .... | story editor (22 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Wayne Petrucelli | .... | cast security / security / ... (21 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Sam Khatchadour | .... | first assistant accountant (19 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Jason Matthews | .... | production secretary (19 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Matthew Gooley | .... | photo double: Michael Emerson / utility stand-in (18 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Fernando Ziemer | .... | production assistant / office production assistant (17 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Melissa Marlette | .... | production assistant / first team production assistant (15 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Andrea Ulrich | .... | additional script supervisor (13 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Terry McAllister | .... | cast security (13 episodes, 2012) |
| Crista Barrasso | .... | location coordinator (12 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Jay Ferraro | .... | stand-in: Kevin Chapman (12 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Joshua A. Friedman | .... | paperwork production assistant (12 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Robert Spence | .... | second assistant accountant (11 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Dianne Mapp-Cheek | .... | production accountant / accountant (10 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Timothy Tzeng | .... | assistant: Richard J. Lewis / assistant: Mr. Lewis (10 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Jenny Lovin | .... | payroll accountant (8 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Matthew Roper | .... | set medic / key set medic (8 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Lucas O'Connor | .... | writers assistant / assistant: Jonathan Nolan / ... (8 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Ed Gately | .... | production secretary (8 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Estelle Francois | .... | office production assistant / assistant: Mr. Lewis (7 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Jacob Platt | .... | production assistant (7 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Buck P.B.D. Rodgers | .... | production assistant (7 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Yedeedya Mellman | .... | production assistant (7 episodes, 2013) |
| Steven W. Carbajal | .... | assistant location manager (6 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Christopher LeStrange | .... | location scout (6 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| James D. Dever | .... | military advisor / weapons specialist / ... (5 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Alexis M. Steinbach | .... | second assistant accountant / clerk (5 episodes, 2011-2013) |
| Erin Borel | .... | production coordinator (5 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Eric Rau | .... | assistant production coordinator / assistant office coordinator (5 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Patrick O'Hala | .... | location assistant (5 episodes, 2011) |
| Jason Michael Matthews | .... | production secretary (4 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Todd Baxley | .... | payroll clerk (4 episodes, 2011) |
| Ryder Washburn | .... | key armorer (4 episodes, 2011) |
| Gerry Kim | .... | assistant location coordinator (4 episodes, 2012) |
| Ellen Parnett | .... | production assistant (4 episodes, 2012) |
| Elena Beecher | .... | assistant: Greg Plageman / assistant: Mr. Plageman (3 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Brigitte Liebowitz | .... | writers assistant / writer's assistant (3 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Sam Arthurs | .... | armorer (3 episodes, 2011) |
| Al Krause | .... | stand-in (3 episodes, 2011) |
| Harry Lapham | .... | production assistant (3 episodes, 2011) |
| Chris Miskiewicz | .... | stand-in (3 episodes, 2011) |
| Salvatore D. Fasolino | .... | additional set production assistant (3 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Douglas N. Honorof | .... | dialect coach: Estonian / dialogue coach / ... (3 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Josh Mankoff | .... | location production assistant / production assistant (3 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Brian Matthews | .... | production assistant (3 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Pooja Singh | .... | paperwork production assistant (3 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Alyssa Schwartz | .... | production staff (3 episodes, 2012) |
| Rachel Hagadone | .... | accounting clerk (3 episodes, 2013) |
| Rich Moody | .... | production secretary (3 episodes, 2013) |
| Tony Camerino | .... | technical advisor (2 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Tiffani Gray | .... | assistant: Ms. Lulick (2 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Chad McQuay | .... | accountant / production accountant (2 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Aaron Hurvitz | .... | location scout (2 episodes, 2011) |
| Ray Utarnachitt | .... | script coordinator: Los Angeles (2 episodes, 2011) |
| Carver Diserens | .... | production assistant / production secretary (2 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Teddy Gibbons | .... | key set production assistant (2 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Avi Schraeter | .... | production assistant (2 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Drew Wood | .... | script coordinator: New York (2 episodes, 2012-2013) |
| Josh Brown | .... | script coordinator: Los Angeles / writer's production assistant (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Paul Jude Letersky | .... | stand-in (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Kristina Meccia | .... | production assistant (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Mindy Silberman | .... | set production assistant (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Steph Walthall | .... | production assistant (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Joshua Williams | .... | production assistant (2 episodes, 2012) |
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company.
So I don't have too many TV shows that I would say that I'm hooked on. I had LOST while it was on the air, and that was enough for me. Since that show ended, I've had a couple of shows that I've paid attention to, but none have ever really replicated the intensity and addictiveness of LOST. In fact, in those years, there have been shows that I have thought might have the "potential," but they all flopped and didn't get renewed. For this reason, I have a hard time when someone tells me a show is "the new LOST" or something to that effect.
The show that I'm writing about is not it.
Person of Interest is a new CBS crime drama that started airing last week. I didn't know much about it, but I saw that it had received some good reviews. I did some research and found it had some promise.
First off, it was created by two men named Jonathan Nolan and JJ Abrams. If you do not know who these men are, let me explain. JJ Abrams is the man behind LOST. That should be enough, but if you weren't a fan of that show (gasp!), then he also directed the recent Star Trek movie as well as this summer's Super 8. The other man is Jonathon Nolan. His brother is Christopher Nolan, who directed the last two Batman movies and is working on the third. Christopher directed them, but Jonathan Nolan wrote the screenplays. And he wrote the screenplay for Person of Interest.
Secondly, I noticed the cast. As I mentioned, one of the principal characters is played by Michael Emerson. I am of the opinion that Michael Emerson is one of the greatest actors on television. Benjamin Linus was such a complex, mysterious character and Emerson's acting really brought a lot to the show. The main character, however, is played by Jim Caviezel. I've liked this actor ever since he starred in 2002's The Count of Monte Cristo, but many people know him for playing Jesus in The Passion of the Christ. He's a phenomenal actor that is able to bring out the humanity in a character while at the same time portraying the raw nature of man. In other words, he can play a tough guy with a heart.
That being said, let's talk about the plot. The first thing that came to mind was "Minority Report." Both that movie and this television show are about preventing homicides before they happen. However, as the episode progressed, I thought nothing of that movie, as while the premise is not an original idea, here it is presented in a way that does not seek to imitate. Whereas "Minority Report" was about a futuristic "utopian" society in which crime is prevented through precognition, "Person of Interest" is more realistic and less science fiction. It takes place in present day New York City, a city still living in paranoia after the attacks of 9/11. Without spoiling much of the pilot, the premise is based off the massive security and surveillance undertaken by the government, and what would happen if that system were able to identify potential murderers and murder victims before a situation occurred.
It's obviously inspired by several other films and television shows. However, it doesn't seem like it, and from the direction to the acting to the writing, it's clear that this is a show that wants to stand on its own. It's not trying to be the next LOST; it's trying to be a good show. And personally, I think it'll succeed. It has the action, it has the plot twists, it has the suspense, and all the other things we expect out of a show like this these days. But beyond that, it has a passion behind it—which is what I think drew so many people to LOST, as well as other shows like Firefly and Arrested Development—that this is something that the people behind it want to see succeed and to be good.