I give Lost two more years after this season ends before its ratings will no longer sustain it.
Naturally, ABC will try its hardest to milk the series for as long as they can, but I'd hope the creative team will have the smarts to "throw us a bone"--on the internet, perhaps--long before the series dies of atrophy.
I'm upset because the show now has, on an even greater level than before, some of the most ridiculous dialog I've ever run across in a TV show, fictional or not. Everything is so uneven, especially the confrontations between Jack and Mr. Friendly (as the writers like to call him). An example, you ask? Watch the show closely. When some asks a key question, the questionee will more often than not just let the question hang in the air.
Essentially, the questions are of the sort "What in the world are you doing here?" "Who the heck are you?" "Do any of us know each other?" etc. The point is, the writers are pulling a cop-out. Granted, the answers--if truthful--would be damaging to the mythology of the series, as they would likely spoil key elements too early. But you should have the characters answer with something other than a protracted silent glare. This unnatural dialog calls out, in my mind at least, that 1) the writers are conscious of where the fans' latest curiousities are (reasonable), but more important (and glaring) that 2) they can't frame a response (whether it be a lie or a simple "I don't know" or "That's for me to know and for you to find out."
Posted by stephend at February 12, 2006 2:06 AM