Lost: New Airtime, Same Nonsense

If you haven't ever watched Lost, skip this article because you'll have no idea what i'm talking about and get your hands on a copy of the Season 1 dvd, or tune to ABC tonight at 9 to get the recap.

Let's face it, the first six episodes of season three were atrocious.

There was a lot of hype and build-up for the beginning of the new season. The creators promised that the show would explore what's going on behind "the others" (real original name, by the way), as well as numerous other facets of the Lost mythology. I, for one, have always been a big fan. I was hooked when i saw the pilot, plowed the show through its slow points (mid season 1 and 2) and was so excited for the new season that it was almost unhealthy.

Despite all the hoopla, here's what we learned:
(WARNING: SPOILERS OF MEDIOCRE UNINSPIRING PLOT AHEAD)

1) "The others" have a little village.

2) Ben is their leader (real shocker there).

3) They are somehow involved with the Dharma initiative or are at least using their old stations to conduct their shady experiments.

4) They live on a seperate island than the crash site survivors.

WOW. Really breathtaking stuff.

On top of the six hours of really half-assed plot development, the dialog between the three captives (Jack, Kate and Sawyer) was about as informative as staring at a brick wall. Really. It was that bad. I treated this show like the second coming of Jesus and all that season three proved was what we had been afraid of all along: they're making this crap up as they go, and milking it every step of the way.

It's no surprise that the show experienced a ratings dip in the fall. It's bad enough that the plot answers questions with new questions, but when the character dialog does the same thing, i want to throw something at the TV.

I'm still going to watch every episode - because i have faith that the show will rebound from it's half-assed performance once it realizes that if it sucks any harder, it might get cancelled - but i still have every reason to gripe.

Tune to ABC tonight at 10pm (EST) to check out the continuation of season 3.