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"The Tailies? Obviously not that important, 'cause they all dead now."

NO! Goddamnit. I know I took a gamble when I read your comments (not having seen any of S3 yet), but SPITFUCKSHIT. It's not so much the spoiler I gave my own self, here, as it is learning that Echo is leaving the show. "Lost" won by casting the incomparable 'Adibisi' from "Oz"...he will be missed.

(And Bernard, too? Jesus, it's a bloodbath.)

Lost lost me this season with their refusal to have any scenes including Rose & Bernard, the forgotten tailies.

Man, did that whole Rose and Bernard thing completely wash out.

Fuck you Lost indeed.
They've been throwing away the proverbial carrot at the end of the pole instead of feeding us with it, each time. And I've not been as interested in the new things they dangle just out of reach for many more episodes than I should have watched.

I am with ya on Criminal Minds! That is the only show I make a point of watching each week. I was heartbroken to find out DLM had been cancelled (but at least I have DVDs!), so finding out that Patinkin was in a new awesome show helped heal the pain!

I have to say that I'm happy Elle is gone though. But otherwise I love all of the characters, especially Garcia.

OK, I agree with all you say about LOST. And yet, I cannot stop watching!!! I freaking love it. It drives me insane, I hate most of the female characters and want them to die (Die, Kate, die!!!), but Wednesday nights, I find myself inexplicably glued to my tv. And I know I'll be going crazy by February, waiting for a new show. Damn you, LOST!!

Second your (and Stef's) motion about Lost. You know you're watching bullshit without any direction. But you've already given it so much of your time and attention, it would be pointless to quit the thing now.
It's like a good friend you met on your first day in college, that later turns out to be an yawn-spawning bore, but.."hey, he's a mate, what can you do? I still want to do his sister."
Luckily enough we have the break, so I can catch up on my Dexters.

I, like most of you, now have a love/hate relationship with Lost. I probably should never have even started watching it but alas I'm screwed now. I won't even go into all the untouched and unanswered questions from both seasons 1 & 2 but suffice to say they will not be addressed any time soon. There simply isn't enough time. And don't get me started on this 3 1/2 month hiatus.. ugh.. I used to watch Criminal Minds but sometime last year I got sick of procedural crime dramas..
Maybe I should revisit in Lost absentia..

I stopped watching Lost the third episode in the second season. I was a diehard fan the first season but hell, it went no where! That and they killed off my favorite actor (not character). Bastards.

Another lover/hater of "Lost" here, for all the reasons the reviewer gives. But for me the real insult this season was the sudden, totally inexplicable and unnecessary inclusion of the "redshirt" couple, Paulo and Fembot. WTF??!!! It's like they decided that Rose and Bernard weren't appealing to the male 14-24 demographic, because they're old and fat, so they focus on these two instead. Basically, this mini-season was all about the fascinating *not* Kate/Sawyer romance. Total waste of time. Of course, I'll keep watching the show until the day it, or I, dies.

I started watching Lost in Season 2 (I caught about half the first season on reruns) and had no problem catching up. That should've been a red flag, but my wife LOVES the show. But she loves puzzle books and actual puzzles, so this is perfect for her. I've been making fun of the show this season while watching it because, as has been metioned, it is sooooooooo fucking empty and pointless!!!
On top of the previous complaints, I have a couple of others:
1. With all these people dying everywhere, sometimes very graphically, why isn't anyone cracking up? You're telling me that dozens of people are stuck on this island in the middle of nowhere, people are dying left and right, there are monsters in the forest, they're being attacked by an unknown group of psychos called "The Others", and no one is losing it? Really? Hell, if I spend 3 nights in a hotel and the ice machine on my floor breaks I'm ready to start regressing like William Hurt in Altered States. The writers really need to focus on people losing touch with reality to bring some realism to the story. Speaking of . . .
2. What is going on with the people on the beach? It's like they're not important anymore. Hurley was on the verge of becoming a breakout star and they shoved him to the side, only to pop up suddenly and say something snarky around the word "dude".
3. I don't care about The Others. They're weird, their actions are completely ridiculous, and they're stupid. Follow me on this one: You know you have a tumor on your spine (and don't get me started on the obvious nature of this twist) and you know there's a top-notch spinal surgeon right over that ridge. So instead of making nice and asking him to please save your life, you proceed to harass, terrorize, imprison, kidnap, and generally mind-fuck the people that include the one guy that YOU NEED ON YOUR FUCKING GOOD SIDE!!!!!! How does this make sense???
O.K. I'll put this soap box away now. I could go on like this for about 5000 more words. I need good news here people.
And just to end this off with a whimper, the writers have admitted that they just throw shit into the episodes not knowing where it will lead or if it means anything at all.
Jerk-offs.

WTF, are you guys watching a different Criminal Minds then I am??? Sure, Mandy Patinkin (oh and my tv boyfriend Matthew Grey Gubler) but that show has the WORST plotting on television. The season finale... the fisher king's online anagram name being 'sir kneif'? What. Every episode surprises me with how badly, obviously contrived it is. They're like short stories written by Grade 9 English students.

Oh and yeah, fuck you Lost.

okay, everyone needs to listen up and listen good. I once had the same issues with Lost that you all have. You know what I did? I came to terms with it! I realized that Lost is probably never going anywhere, and now I can just enjoy it as an hour of entertainment with characters I've grown to love (except you, Jack). Just stop looking for a coherent plot and enjoy it while you can (before it crumbles a la x-files). Because damned if it isn't fun.

on another note, who else thinks those two new characters are utterly pointless?

and as I write, Rosemary seconds my opinions. haha "fembot!"

Wow, Seth, you have a knack for drawing out the commentor in me.

I gave up on "Lost" after last season. I made plans for the night of the season finale and figured I'd DL it later or something. A month went by and I still hadn't watched it. That was when I realized that I just didn't care anymore.

Anyone out there who wishes they could break their "Lost" addiction? Just quit cold turkey. Before you know it, you'll realize that you're much happier watching "America's Next Top Model" on Wednesday nights.

i watch lost when it comes out on dvd- so that i can watch it all at once. otherwise, i couldn't stand it.
the same with 24 and alias.

I can't help but see parallels between Lost and The Prisoner, a television show that aired from 1967 - 1968. That particular show also featured a mysterious community with a lot of unknowns. I only know about it because my father watched the whole season, on the edge of his seat, and was forever tramautized when the show was cancelled and the writers took out their vengenance by making the final episode completly irrelevant(in his opinion) to the mysteries of the plot. NONE of the mysteries were solved in a way that was satisfactory to him and he(obviously)still talks about it to this day with tears in his eyes.

I am going to be mighty peeved if Lost ends in a similar manner, grinding to a halt in an insane asylum in New Mexico that borders on Roswell and all the characters are really aliens, with the exception of Aaron, who is the second coming of Christ.

And yet, I still would watch.

Ive definitely stopped fighting Lost on a majority of the ridiculous things that happen except theres one thing I just cant get around, the Others. Just as everyone else has said they dont even try to act like normal human beings(aliens?) supposedly just so he can have his surgery. And who gives up asking "Why are you doing this?" or even attempting to get some explanation. A great example was when the "leader" is asking Jack to save his life. For the love of God you're getting quality face time with him, hes talking to you probably at his most vunerable and you dont even try and squeek in some questions? GEEZ!

Oh yea and fuck you Lost.

Re: Lost, that Brazilian soccer dude has to go. They should just do what they did with the science teacher in the season 1 finale, blow him up, real good. Ratchet up the gore quotient a bit, lets see the chunks of Paulo or whatever the hell his name is fly. Keep the girl around, though, the show needs more jiggle anyway.

Another Lost question no one asks-where the fuck did the dog go? That dog was not on that boat at the end of last season. Where the fuck is it?

"I can't help but see parallels between Lost and The Prisoner, a television show that aired from 1967 - 1968."

I remember my partner and I making those same comments during S1, Rachel. So maybe there is something there.

I quit on Lost halfway through S1, then gave it a try for all of S2. Now, with this endless hiatus, I think I'm giving up for good. It's just too frustrating to watch. They need to take a clue from Heroes, and actually answer some of the questions every now and then.

Oh, and how come Evangeline Lilly's pits are still sans stubble? Don't get me wrong, she's in my Top 10 and I'd hate to see her all hairy and gross, but they aren't even trying to make it realistic.

KBalls stated one of my main concerns in recent Lost plot developments: Why hassle the spinal surgeon and his buddies for more than two months, before begging him for surgery?
I'm feeling more and more aversion with every post added.
Crappers.

Totally true about Lost. I can't get into that show anymore because I can't keep track of the plotlines. If I have to hear about that damn Jack/Kate/Sawyer love triangle anymore, I'm gonna scream. At this point, I could give a shit about who ends up with who. What happened to Hurley? Or Michael and Walt? Are they gone from the Lost Universe forever? Didn't Walt have some weird power or something? Where are all those great quirky characters they teased us with earlier?

But the worst thing is this mini-hiatus. It's a cheap ploy by the writers (or ABC, I'm not sure) to keep the viewers on the edge of their seats and return in a few months. What the hell for? So we can get more of the absolute nothing they revealed?

Sorry for the rant. But I've had it with this show.

Gasp! I think you forgot to mention Medium in it's two-hour premiere glory!

With regards to Thomas Gibson (Criminal Minds), he's the worst part of that show except for maybe the black guy. There's too many fucking people on that show for no justifiable reason. Maybe it's some bonehead exec's idea of having "pretty people" who are just dead weight (Shark suffers from this as well, why couldn't they just focus on James Woods).

So, keep the Patinkin, the nerd, and one of the chics, 86 the rest.

Yeah, one big Whiskey Tango Foxtrot to lost for the introduction of new characters out of the frikkin' blue. And killing Eko? I didn't even turn in for the mini-finale--forget it.

So it's Medium for me tonight! And not just because I have a girl crush on Patricia Arquette...

ABSOLUTELY DEAD ON concerning Lost. Lost is a incoherent, sprawling, fucking mess. The characters are imbeciles who seem to experience both short and long term memory loss. Almost everyone I know who watched Lost has quit. The people who are still watching are pissed and think the show has become a pathetic soap opera.

I hope Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse never work on a show again. Those two jack offs are intolerable on their podcasts.

I hope Lost does quickly to save people the pain of enduring season after season of this lame-ass bullshit.

Lost has become total shit. I wish I never would have wasted my time and I'm embarrased that I ever told friends to watch. J.J. Abrams screwed up Alias and seems to have learned nothing. Why do they keep giving this hack shows? He comes up with what seem to be great concepts and then can't follow through.
I'm done watching Lost after this uneventful miniseason.

Fuck you J.J. Fuck you Lost. Oh and a special fuck you to the mods at the fuselage. You know who you are.

Regarding Jericho. I had high hopes in spite of Skeet Ulrich but was quickly disappointed. I do however keep up with the program by reading the recaps at Television Without Pity. An added bonus is the recaps are done by Strega, without a doubt the best recapper on the site. She has a great way of pointing out how ridiculous the show is while recapping the action.

THANK YOU for saying what I've felt about Lost since the middle of season two. The show has imploded under the weight of it's own nonsensical mythology. I'm giving up. If I hear that Lost turns things around, I'll catch up later (but I'll be damned if I'll buy any DVDs or pay one cent for an eppy on iTunes).

Whore!

I knew there had to be a meaningful reason why I enjoyed your articles so much... even though you've never seen Firefly (which to this day I'll never understand as it is displayed across your banner?) As a fellow Eagles fan let me give you some solid man-love. Huzzah! Now start watching Firely... NOW! Beyotch.

Sincerely

I was never that into Lost, and after the second season premiere, I just gave up. I tried to keep track incase it got more coherent, but now I have just given up.

I am glad there are people who watch, let alone like, Criminal Minds. And I agree that Gibson has pretty much washed the horrendous memory of Dharma and Greg from my mind. And I also agree: Mandy Patinkin is the MAN. He had cred with me since Inigo Montoya, and has yet to lose it. The geeky kid is entertaining, and I love Garcia and how she and the black guy flirt back and forth.

But seriously, you really do need to watch Firefly. Just sayin'.

"Fuck you, Lost" indeed. It saddens and sickens me to see what a heaping pile of shit this show has become (the reasons have been explained above, so I won't rehash them here).

A note to Naveen Andrews and Terry O'Quinn: Take a page out of Adewale's book and abandon this sinking ship. Your talents are far too wonderful for this fucking mess.

Ben Barlow - I want to marry you for that lovely shout-out to the Fuselage.

Actually, that was redlocks. I'll marry you, too!

And Lost is still fucked.

At last, Criminal Minds! I'm almost afraid to say that I'm glad you like it, because of the whole lemmings situation... Oh, what the hell: I'M SOOO HAPPY YOU LIKE CRIMINAL MINDS!!!!!!!
I'm totally in love with Reid, Garcia is the funniest character I've seen in ages and best thing ever, Elle left! I almost danced on my mom's kitchen table when "The Boogeyman" was over.
But now seriously, why did you have to bring up "Lost"? Is it an inside contest of which one of you guys gets most posts in the comments section? Cause in about 2 days, you'd have won by far... :))

You are right that Marino can do no wrong. I am not sure why a Philly fan thinks so, but whatever. As long as you acknowledge it.

The only thing I have to watch on Wednsdays is South Park. It might be an aquired taste. But more often than not, it is clever and hillarious. It seems like they were tripping acid when they come up with some of the plot lines. But even under the influence of drugs, they come up with some really funny and thought-provoking episodes. I would say at least give it a try.

Author's Note: Man, I love "South Park," and I don't know how it snuck past me. I blame "Lost."

I have one tiny requirement of Lost in the next season and that is for the whole Libby/Hurley thing to be addressed. They made it seem like it was this whole big deal that she was in the hospital with him and i just won't let it go.

although dave mentioned it already, i gotta second the point with greater emphasis: if you're not watching South Park, you are missing some of the best writing ever on TV. the last two seasons (and now this one) have been transcendent in terms of cultural criticism wrapped w/in side-splitting hilarity. time and again, this sophomoric cartoon captures the essence of today's political and social controversies MUCH better than any news show or pundit ever could.

Blasphemy!
You must have faith that the benevolent island gods will one day reveal their grand design to you, the lowly viewer. Do not question them. They move in mysterious ways, you know.

For some one worn out with cop court and DOCTOR dramas they all seem like the same boring crap.. nothing original.. LOST WAS FUCKING MAGICAL.. I`LL BE THERE febuary with much lower expectations,sawyer should be gone then..SOUTH PARK is at the top of the mountain the flag is planted..and ray your mom and sister are alot of fun here at retard class ,

I agree with Matt, who said he hated Jack. THANK YOU!!!! He is so awful. I was hoping he'd be the one to die this mini-season, instead of Eko. Maybe someone will kill him in Febuary and Ben will magically be healed...by the island...or something...and no one will need a doctor and we can forget that Jack ever existed.

Ps- Is Claire his half-sister? They kinda forgot that they brought that up in S2.

I still love Lost, but I totally miss some of the other characters. Sun? Jin? Haven't seen them since they went overboard in a hail of bullets. Hurley? One of my favorites! I completely agree with a previous poster, I just wish Kate would die. She really gets on my nerves. Bad.

But I am very happy for the return of Medium. But I also watch CM, so if all three end up on at once I am totally screwed (and my DVR will be working some serious overtime!).

Oh, Lost. Why oh why did you (seemingly purposefully) jump the shark? You seem to be trying to suck. This is exactly what happened to the X-Files... it began to take itself far too seriously and got totally caught up in its own hype. Not to mention the best characters disappearing parallel. It just took a few more seasons to do it.

I think it's good that we've agreed to take this break. I think (I hope) it will be good for us. Last year was a bad time for us, Lost. You would be there for a week or two, and then you would just disappear for a few weeks. You tried to satiate me with reruns, but it just isn't the same. I think it will be better for us this way. Perhaps, when we meet again, you'll realize what a catch I am and stop taking me for granted.

I'll give you only one last chance when you return to me. Oh, who am I kidding? THis is like some unrequited love affair... the worse you treat me, the more I want you. But even so, eventually, one gets tired of being treated that way, and gets over the object of one's obsession... I'm beginning to be tired, dear Lost. The next step is the getting over you part. It won't be easy, and I'll always love how you were in the beginning. But I deserve better. I deserve to not be taken for granted. I deserve a nice present once in a while, like an answer to a question... It's like you don't even listen to me. Well, enough. We'll take this break, and we'll see other shows. And when you come crawling back to me in February, if i don't sense a change in your attitude towards me, I'm going to have to give up and let you go. I simply cannot go on this way.

You know what really gets me about Lost? I'm not even much of a TV watcher. That shit has to be GOOD for me to even be interested. But a friend got me season one on DVD and I was abso-fucking-lutely MESMERIZED. I have never ever fallen in love with a TV show so fast or so hard.

I became a Lost dork, talking about it with friends who were watching it, STRANGERS who were watching it, ANYONE.

I went from that to this: God, I hate this. Fuck it. Shit. Assholes.

Way too many unanswered questions and when they keep piling on more, I just don't care about the new ones. I'm giving Lost one more chance in February. If things don't get a LOT better and fast, that's it. I'm not wasting any more time on it. I've got seasons one and two on DVD. That'll be the end of it.

way way way to many things to keep up with . season 1 season 2. i`m sure much has just been forgotten or dropped which SUCKS !(SUCKS like ray his mom and sister)even a broken LOST is more fun than 90%of the crap out there,,, right dog

Thomas Gibson may have washed off Dharma and Greg, but he's still got one problem: the fact that he's a horrendous actor. I don't believe a word he says. Ever. He's flat, bland, and without any sort of emotion. I realize that might have something to do with his character, but I somehow doubt that he was written as "agent without personality".