I am just getting ready to start watching Lost for the first time. I hate waiting for new episodes of great series' , so I have been waiting years for Lost to finish up so I can watch them all back to back on DVD. Plus I was little worried that they'd never finish the series and it would die off unfinished (like so many other great series have done) that I wanted to wait and see if it ended coherently or not.

So as soon as this last season is out on DVD me and my GF are starting on a serious Lost marathon.

Any plot points I should pay special attention to as a first-time watcher?

I have a bold prediction: Ben will kill Locke (black monster) because Locke promised to hand over the island to Ben upon his departure, but upon the escape of Desmond from the well, Locke figured out that this works out to his advantage and that he can destroy the Island through Desmond. If he destroys the Island, then Locke's promise to Ben will be worthless. In addition, Locke will off guard to Ben's reaction to his betrayal.

By the way, I have watched the entire first five seasons only recently--all because of the posting of the Hurley automated strategy. In researching the Hurley strategy, I decided to continue the research... Thanks to Big Mike!

OK, I got it wrong. Kate killed MiB who was impersonating the deceased Locke. Kate had already killed her biological father,