I'm in the UK, but I'm one of those guys whose been downloading Lost since the beginning.
Season 2 fiished here just over a week ago, but me and the missus watched 3.01 tonight. The text I sent to a friend of mine sums it all up...
...."the first episode of the new Lost changes EVERYTHING!!!"
I'll be honest, I was worried that it was gonna get messed up, but those first 5 minutes of that first show makes me feel that there really is a masterplan, and its not just written on the fly