Going on the record

I'm just going to come out and say it.  I think Lost has jumped the shark.  When it's canceled at the end of the season, you can say you heard it here first.

I have been a Lost fan from the very beginning, which is somewhat unusual for me, since I tend to jump on bandwagons that are already careening around the information superhighway at full speed.  I've seen every episode of Lost, from the very first day that poor Oceanic Air flight crashed on The Island.

And yet, I am so confused.  I have so many questions.  And because it's Friday, I'm going to go ahead and give myself permission to do the rest of this in list format. 

1. If Kate was married to that cop guy and that was after she was arrested and robbed the bank and killed her dad and became a fugitive, who is the guy who gave her the little plane toy?  Has she been married more than once?  I seem to remember her screwing over her one true love in the bank robbery.  She did rob a bank, right?  And then she was in love with Jack.  And now she is in love with Sawyer?
2. The Others are supersmart, and have all this great technology, and yet Kate can climb out of her cage in under 15 seconds -- in a dress?
3. I won't even get started on the creepy porn implications of the cameras everywhere, and Kate and Sawyer having sex IN A CAGE.
4. Are we now supposed to believe that the whole motivation behind all of The Others' actions for the past 3 seasons was getting Jack to do the spinal surgery on Ben/Henry Gale?   It didn't occur to them that 1) Jack might try to kill Henry/Ben on the operating table 2) THEY COULD HAVE JUST ASKED HIM, and avoided two seasons of kidnappings and intrigue?
5. Who is the new blond chick?  Does she have a name?
6. How many people can they kill before there is no one left on this island?  Boone (crushed by plane), Shannon (shot by Ana Lucia), the guy Ana Lucia put in the hole because she thought he was An Other, the teacher dude who got blown up, Ana Lucia and Libby (shot by Michael), Ecko (beaten to death by smoke)... All they need is to bring back Boone, and make up a story about how he wasn't really dead, he just faked his own death to go and search for Shannon, and they'll officially be stealing from Days of Our Lives.
7. Please bring back Boone.  I miss him.
8. Hell, I even miss Shannon.
9. Their semi-incestuous love affair was more believable to me than magic black smoke killing Ecko, who has previously survived a plane crash and an attack by a polar bear.
10. I don't miss Ana Lucia or Libby one bit.
11. Are they really dead?  Did Ana Lucia really kill Shannon?  Maybe it was just an illusion created by the magic black smoke.
12. MAGIC SMOKE?
13. Hey, remember Walt and Michael?  I hope that rinky dinky boat it had a really big gas tank, because this island is supposedly 1000s of miles from anything.
14. What happened to Walt's dog? 
15. How is Hurley STILL fat?
16. Let's get back to Sawyer for a minute.  He has "given up hope" because The Others revealed to him that they're on a different island.  The original island, where all his friends live, is visible, and it's not even far away.  And this causes Sawyer to give up hope of ever escaping?  He's a professional con artist.  He survived a plane crash.  He GOT SHOT IN SHARK INFESTED WATERS.  He was tortured by an ex-Iraqi soldier.  He's been workin' on the chain gang all day long, but he can't even try to swim a mile or two back to the old island?
17. What has Sayid been up to this entire season?
18. What happened to Jin and Sun?
19. Hey, wasn't that Desmond guy supposed to be clairvoyant or something? 
20. Who's the dude with the eyepatch?

What is going on? Do I even care anymore? 

All I know for sure is, if they kill off Sawyer, I am going to stop watching. I mean it.   And if they kill off Kate, I just might forgive them for all of the plot holes and red herrings.  Or maybe Sayid could just torture her or something.  Or they could brainwash her and make her less annoying.  Hey, it worked on Days.

Comments

[Isabel]

Okay...my only think to add to this (awesome) post is this...

Did you see the cell phone that Kate was talking to his husband on about "taco night"? Yeah, it wasn't some old style cell phone. It was like a 2006 model. So, what up with that?

[HollowSquirrel]

Yes and Yes. I also told someone at work on Friday (because we watched it on Tivo on Thurs... not that I need to really explain but argh!) that I thought Lost had jumped the shark and then they jumped down my throat. The whole Kate/Sawyer doin' it in a ANIMAL CAGE with the DOOR OPEN when they could at least TRY to escape because um MAYBE the Others showed him a different side of the island overlooking a different island. Why would you stay? And have sex? Filthy, unshowered, unbrushedteeth sex? In a cage? No. Sorry. No. And yes on your other points.

I heart Sayid and Sun, btw. There is no point to that statement. But I had to get it out there.

[alyndabear]

Lost can bite me.

I lost (Hee) interest in Season 2 because WTF? Nah. My poor brain can't handle the strangeness, repetition and jumping around everywhere. Phew.

[Jemima]

I've seen exactly three episodes of Lost now, while my husband's seen them all. And he is no less confused than I am.

I tell you what else is going to the dogs is Grey's Anatomy. Now it's just getting silly, and is anyone actually practicing MEDICINE in that hospital now?

Sheesh!

[Lisa B]

HI.... Sorry but I'm "lost" when people talk about that show. (HA. Pun intended.)

[Lisa B]

Oh and Departed WAS awesome!

[Lisa]

Totally with you on this one. Its like the slowest moving movie you've ever sat though. Very frustrating and confusing and, well who cares anymore? Check out this article, I totally agree. I've been wishing Lost was a miniseries for the past two seasons!

http://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/23763/index.html