Bender Helper Impact

One of the very best things about the New York B/HI office is the camaraderie.  During my three plus years here, I’ve been a part of many conversations in “the pit” running the gamut from the latest superhero movie to world peace. No, really, we talked about world peace once. Maybe twice.

The best conversations that don’t involve solving a global problem, though, center around our beloved TV series, LOST. It’s always the watercooler conversation on Wednesday morning after its airing, and I’m usually joined by Stacey Cusack, Dave Welch, JP Shields, Blain Howard and Brian Reinert. If you’re one of the three people in the world who isn’t familiar with the show and its pseudo-subculture, LOST is a little bit like crack — seriously addictive and likely to cause severe anxiety since it has unfortunately ended. 

We LOST enthusiasts gather to discuss theories on the Sideways World and which actors should be in the running for Emmy nominations for their performances (Terry O’Quinn as Locke/Not Locke, obviously). We compare notes about the last episode and call each other out on ridiculous ideas. Dave typically doesn’t even speak English – he’s developed some kind of broken gangsta dialect all his own that the rest of us just cock our heads at.  But he makes some darn good points and tells us every time he sheds a man-tear, so we have to let him participate.

There’s been a time or two that I wasn’t able to tune in to LOST live (blasphemy, I know), and it meant getting up 45 minutes earlier in the morning to watch just so I could participate in our discussions. And now that LOST is over, the end of an era in “the pit” is LOST too.... The Fall TV schedule better be good.... I’m just sayin’.

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