Which season reigns supreme?

[losty09]

As we approach season 3 (it needs to come faster!) i thought it would be fun to discuss which you liked better, season 1 or 2? And What are your favorite episodes?

I liked everything about season one better. It had much more of that sense of the unknown, the fear of the unknown. Like the monster, it was such a mystery, and then we finally saw it in the finale.

I didn't like how season 2 was all about Dharma. I am so sick of dharma and hatches by now. Season one was about the island, and the personal relationships between the island and the characters. I thought that was so much cooler, because the island was one of the most intriguing characters of all.

As for favorite episodes, i think i have most enjoyed the epis that have self contained storylines, with bits of on island humour thrown in. I loved whatever the case may be, and outlaws, for those reasons.

But as far as action and excitement went, Duex ex machina, two for the road, and the one where shannon died are very good. (shannons death was for me the saddest by far. Sayid's reaction, and the scene preceding the one in which she get shot, actually made me cry when she died. As much as i liked libby and hurley together, i didn't get the same emotion from hurley, and i didn't know libby well enough to be that upset).

So what about you guys?