I can't even remember which eps were which backstories. I guess I'd have to study up a bit before I could take this poll. Maybe I'll have time tonight.

Bah, this is where owning S2 on dvd would come in handy. Or you know, seeing most of S3 *face palm* I'm a bad fangirl.

Funny how almost all of the ones I picked were from S1. I guess that's to be expected since they were all fresh then and we were just getting to know the characters. I had a hard time with a couple (Michael, Sun and Jin) because all of their flashbacks have left me cold. I wonder if the flashback format is going stale. (I'm tempted to say yes.)

In my opinion, the execution of the flashbacks, and what they meant for the characters, seems to have been done better in the beginning. However, I'm not entirely sure that isn't just because we were just getting to know the characters so we assumed everything they told us about them was relevant to the story and to what was going on on the island. As time wore on, the flashbacks seemed to connect less. Which is why, I believe, the on-island flashbacks was a genius idea, flashing back both Michael and Claire to events that took place during their absences on the island. It was smart, and a good cure for the, lets face it, tedium of those two character's off-island backstories.

I did, however, pick a few seasons two and three backstories that I feel were done very well, in particular: The Hunting Party and I Do. I adore both episodes, and feel they told me very important things about both Jack and Kate. They're among my top favorites for each season.

What an eye-opener: Eko seriously had THREE episodes?

I seem to be in the minority on some of the rest of these.

Interesting poll idea!

I find myself picking the first backstories for most of these.....except for Kate (I'm not a big fan of her backstories because they don't really answer anything and I only choose "I Do" because OMG!CaptainTightpants!). I find it absolutely hilarious that Claire has had only two episodes in three seasons. She has as many as Desmond! LOLz!!!!

Yay! Polls!

And a cool poll idea, though I think I broke my memory by setting myself the task of remembering the backstory without looking the episodes up. Too taxing for a Monday night, but it serves me right for being too lazy to click the handy link at the top. :(

Is it wrong that I picked "I Do" for Kate purely because Nathan Fillion was in it? Or that my Jack choice was based on Christian love. heh.

Also? Eko had 3 episodes???? I so don't remember that! I mean, I loved the character to pieces but yet...

This was a toughie trying to remember all the eps. =) The results are interesting. Look how some of the characters are no-brainers like Locke and Eko. Most of the others look entrenched in S1.

Harumph, looking at the totals of fbs., a certain someone doesn't have enough . ;)

I kind of feel bad about being so confused about Jack's backstories. I remember The Hunting Party (but that's thanks to Gabriella, not because of Jack), Stranger in whatever because it's the last one (and that's the politest thing I can say about it). Everything else is a blur of Christian being creepy and bad wigs.

I guess one could say the same thing about Kate's, but at least I Do was pretty good. Same goes for Sun & Jin, except the Glass Ballerina is the last one and it was pretty creepy.

Sawyer's ... always conning, but always looking pretty with bright signs to tell them apart: Confidence Man is the first one and its got the torture scene, Outlaws has Hibbs, him killing fake!Sawyer, Long Con has Cassidy and Every Man for Himself has prison boxing. I'm a happy fangirl.

No, I don't have a point :(

I am not at all surprised that the majority of responders liked the first season backstories the most.

Man, that last one is tough, as they all suck, heh.

Who said that thing about three eko back stories, cause yeah...

hmm, SOS was quite popular (or least least unpopular) I have no idea what that even was. This was interesting though.

Note how a lot of the favorites seem to be the earlier ones. Honestly, writers...*shakes head*

I chose a lot of 1st season flashbacks, but not the first ones.
It seems that I like more the second flashbacks, if the characters intrigues me. Perhaps I need time to get to know them.

And I liked a lot the on-island flashbacks, because at the time it seemed that we were learning something more on the island and on the others, and it intrigued me a lot.

However, I agree that the flashback thing is starting to get boring, mostly because the writers keep repeating the same themes over and over.
Since the on-island story is strange and intriguing, perhaps they don't want to introduce new inexplicable things in the flashbacks, but I would really love to discover a new side of a character in a flashback.
Usually it doesn't happen. It happened at the beginning but I think it was because we didn't know the characters very well.
Now the writers, for fear of going out of character, are making them behave always in the same way.
And sometimes it is annoying, just like when the authors didn't make Jack behave in a darker way in his last flashback.