Know why? Because then it could weed out all the annoying whiners who would rather watch some episodic piece of crap show than one that actually challenges you to use your imagination, draw you in and GOD FORBID keep you in suspense for awhile. Get back to watching the Simple Life and let the people who like to THINK when they watch TV have a good time.

Thank you.

I don't consider myself a whiner....although I guess whiners never do...

I just figure, they are holding a lot of cards. The Monster, the Others, The Hatch, cause of the crash, Kate's crime, the numbers....

I was just asking they explain ONE. Then they'd still have like 5 or 6 other HUGE mysteries.

Know why? Because then it could weed out all the annoying whiners who would rather watch some episodic piece of crap show than one that actually challenges you to use your imagination, draw you in and GOD FORBID keep you in suspense for awhile. Get back to watching the Simple Life and let the people who like to THINK when they watch TV have a good time.

Thank you.



While many could perhaps appreciate your sentiments, in future please try to express them without resorting to name-calling.

Some could interpret that you have flamed half the board with that post. :)

Well, I'd say we got a few answers, and a few new clues.

1) The Black Rock is a ship (we also found out what it was for).
2) The Others are people.
3) The comic book was Hurley's.
4) Uh... THE MONSTER!
5) The name of Claire's baby.
6) Alex is a girl.
7) The Others didn't want Aaron, they wanted Walt.
8) The source of the black smoke.
9) The Numbers were on the same hatch that they were trying to open.
And so on.

So yes, they gave up plenty of answers. Enough to satisfy me, at least. And if they gave away all the answers, there would be no Season 2.

I'm a whiner and darn proud of it! ;)

yeah, if the show entertains you and keeps you thinking, why do they have to feed us answers to everything so soon? I believe all these mysteries are just setting up for future seasons, we don't need to know everything right now!

I just figure, they are holding a lot of cards.* The Monster, the Others, The Hatch, cause of the crash, Kate's crime, the numbers....

I was just asking they explain ONE.* Then they'd still have like 5 or 6 other HUGE mysteries.


I think it's quite possible that many of those mysteries (say, the Others, the Monster and the Hatch) are interwoven and one can't be answered without greater knowledge of another.

Plus, I want there to be something for the next few seasons. If anything, perhaps the writers have revealed too much and now, overloaded with mysteries and questions, we want some answers. Personally, I'm happy with where we are.

The anticipation is a part of the fun!

Know why? Because then it could weed out all the annoying whiners who would rather watch some episodic piece of crap show than one that actually challenges you to use your imagination, draw you in and GOD FORBID keep you in suspense for awhile. Get back to watching the Simple Life and let the people who like to THINK when they watch TV have a good time.Too bad you used up your quota of thinking for the month while watching Lost and didn't save any for when you posted. Lost was a top 10 rated show in the beginning of the season and had dropped to top 15 by the end. Even with this good performance it still lost a half million dollars per episode. What will it's ratings numbers be like if all the disgruntled fans stop watching? And how long do you think ABC will keep it around once it really starts hemmoraging money? Face it, if you really do like Lost, you need to do everything you can to convince the disgruntled fans to stick with it. Otherwise the slick and beautiful Lost will become a cheap show filmed on a soundstage and shown on a fringe network. If you're lucky.

Too bad you used up your quota of thinking for the month while watching Lost and didn't save any for when you posted. Lost was a top 10 rated show in the beginning of the season and had dropped to top 15 by the end. Even with this good performance it still lost a half million dollars per episode. What will it's ratings numbers be like if all the disgruntled fans stop watching? And how long do you think ABC will keep it around once it really starts hemmoraging money? Face it, if you really do like Lost, you need to do everything you can to convince the disgruntled fans to stick with it. Otherwise the slick and beautiful Lost will become a cheap show filmed on a soundstage and shown on a fringe network. If you're lucky.


Yes, just like Without a Trace and Law And Order Criminal Intent and SVU which have come nowhere Near Lost in the ratings, huh...? Those shows must have some huge soundstages...

And despite Lost's apparent (to you at least) money troubles, they are enlarging the cast next year. Yeah, that makes sense.

"You can't please all of the people all of the time...." The real fans will stick with the show and I know at work of 2 people who plan to purchase the DVD and catch up before season 2 starts BECAUSE they got interested listening to us Lost lovers discuss the show. I'm sure there are other ppl out there too planning on doing the same thing.
And to emphasis what a good idea can do - the original Star Trek lasted but 3 seasons and should have died BUT the fans that loved it REALLY loved it - so instead of dying it spawned an sci-fi empire and the sappy original series still airs (I am a long time ST fan so don't anyone get on me about calling the original sappy cause in comparison to TNG etc. it was --- it also stays as my favorite!)
Back to Lost - while I wish I could get the answers I'd like to have I also trust the writers and JJ to tell us the story the way it should be told. And I have to agree with Key9191 we got quite a few answers and of course, some new questions. I'm sure as we get bored over the summer and our imaginations run wild there will be some interesting and down right odd theories posted. Bear tips her hat to all the original thinkers out there who will be posting them.

Know why? Because then it could weed out all the annoying whiners who would rather watch some episodic piece of crap show than one that actually challenges you to use your imagination, draw you in and GOD FORBID keep you in suspense for awhile. Get back to watching the Simple Life and let the people who like to THINK when they watch TV have a good time.

Thank you.



Yeah, that's really what you want out of an effective season finale, drive away a good portion of your audience.

Now that's usin' your noggin', genius! :lol2:

Yes, just like Without a Trace and Law And Order Criminal Intent and SVU which have come nowhere Near Lost in the ratings, huh...?* Those shows must have some huge soundstages...

And despite Lost's apparent (to you at least) money troubles, they are enlarging the cast next year.* Yeah, that makes sense.


Actually this does raise an important issue (albeit uncomfortable for fans of the show). At the start of the season Lost exploded out of the gate and was neck and neck with another new ABC hit, Desperate Housewives.

Yet, as the season wore on, Desperate Housewives went on to overwhelmingly eclipse Lost (heck Grey's Anatomy was beating Lost). That might not be such an issue, if it weren't for the fact that not only didn't Lost's ratings continue to climb, they actually shrunk all the way until the season finale (which, like a season premiere, can be expected to give ratings a nice bump).

For a show like Lost that's in its infancy, you want to see your audience grow as more and more people discover it. Instead, the opposite seemed to be true. Lost's audience peaked in January, and then shed viewers until the show was consistently reaching its lowest ratings in its brief tenure. Overall, I think Lost ended up losing something like 20% of its peak ratings.

Going back to the original poster's educated remarks, it could be that Lost's pacing and lack of answers might be to blame. If the original poster is correct and the season finale has the effect of shrinking the audience even more and the show's pacing continues to shed viewers into next season, well, then you really do have to wonder about the long-term prospects of a show like this.

I mean Joan of Arcadia was a surprise hit its first season and then plummeted during its second season amid creative problems and was shockingly canceled (i.e., a show that people felt would be on for years was ended after just two).

It feels like Lost may be at a bit of a crossroads. The season finale seemed an emphatic statement that the show's writers and producers intend on creating a firmly character-driven drama with the mysteries playing a back seat whose answers that they are not in any hurry to provide.

Will this approach result in an increasingly shrinking audience as the original poster suggest or will it somehow broaden its appeal? And if Lost continues to shed its audience, would the producers change the direction of the show to better match its pilot and first few episodes. It should be interesting to find out....

I knew from day 1 that it's popularity wasn't going to stay astronomical. The unabrowed mouth-breathers had to get tired of staring at Evangeline Lilly's chest and flip back to Fox eventually.

Lost will live until the story is concluded if I have to steal a hummer and drive it through a bank wall, steal all the money and deposit it on J.J. Abrams' doorstep with a note that reads:

"This money is for LOST. Use it for anything else and I will strike you down with lightning...or something.

-God "