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I was pretty stoked for this series when I first heard about it. It was filmed in and around Albuquerque, so part of the fun for me is spotting the locations.
The concept is one that I jumped on immediately because it reminds me of an TV series I watched years ago whose title I can't recall.
The concept of The Lost Room is that there are objects in the world with strange abilities, and all of them trace back to a motel room in NM. There are various people trying to track the items down, either private collectors or secret societies dedicated to getting all the items.
Spoilers below?
In the first episode we meet Joe Miller, a Detective and single dad who is in the middle of a custody battle with his ex. During the course of an investigation he ends up with a motel key in his possession. The key, it turns out, is the most powerful of the items (there are about 100 we learn) because any door you use it in opens to the motel room.
Unfortunately every time the key leaves the room and the door is closed the room resets to its original state, anything left inside vanishes. At the end of the first hour Joe's daughter ends up in the room without the key and the door closes.
Joe then enlists the help of a criminal who has been collecting objects to get his daughter back. He finds out that items used together often have very different powers then when they are used apart.
By the end of the 2 hour premier Joe has broken into Kevin Pollack's house (he is a rich guy who collects objects) to steal an item that the criminal tells him will get his daughter back. It doesn't work (if it did the series would be really short). Joe and his partner decide to go to the authorities with the key, because Joe is believed to have run off with his daughter to avoid the custody battle. In the end Joe is framed for murder by the object obsessed medical examiner and goes on the run using the key.
The ending really bothered me. Joe watches the medical examiner shoot his partner, uses an object to knock the ME out, then PICKS UP THE MURDER WEAPON and holds on to it long enough to be seen by a witness. Aside from that gripe I think this was a pretty strong opener.
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