After swearing that they wouldn’t send the season premiere of “Lost” out for review, ABC in fact made it available as streaming video on their press site over the weekend. I went back and forth about whether I wanted to watch it (since I’d already written my big story, which ran Sunday) or wait for the total “Lost” experience Thursday night.  Was I kidding myself? Of course, I couldn’t wait,  so I jumped through all ABC’s hoops — new registration, multiple promises of secrecy, even agreeing to a list of stuff I’m not supposed to tell  you — and watched it Sunday.

What CAN I tell you? Very exciting. Emotional. Lots of forward motion to the plot — especially the intriguing opening, which spoiler sites have reported but I won’t (it was on the list).

If I enjoyed it so much on a four-inch video player that wouldn’t expand to full-screen (it was supposed to) and in fact seemed to be cutting the right side of the picture off, it must be a great episode. Meanwhile, if anybody hasn’t watched “Lost in 8:15,” do — it’s amusing and also a great cheat-sheet. It’s available on ABC’s main website, but I couldn’t watch any of that video from the office because of the firewall, so others may have the same issues.