LOST Jumps the Shark

Man, I hate LOST.  No, actually, I hate the producers of LOST.  The show is great, but the producers are the scummiest that ever ruled the airwaves.  What is this new deal with flip-flopping between new episodes and re-runs?  Insanely annoying.

And what’s with the mindnumbing repetition.  We saw that scene with Jack pointing the gun at Locke in the underground bunker a full FOUR TIMES before we actually got to see what happened.  And what happened?  Absolutely nothing.

The show has completely fallen apart this season.  Nothing makes sense and entire plotlines have been abandoned.  Um…. whatever happened to the MONSTER that dominated the first season?  Hello!!!  Why are the castaways now able to roam the forests unchallenged?  Whatever happened regarding the Polar Bear incident?  We see one strange animal and that’s it?  And that whole I-Ching symbol thing was obviously created on-the-fly this season because it wasn’t imprinted on the Polar Bear, as it was the sharks.  And it wasn’t on the outside of the bunker hatch as one might expect.   And I love how Charlie’s heroin addiction comes and goes whenever it’s necessary for an episode.

With each passing episode, and by that I mean once every 2 or 3 weeks, the show relies more and more upon the worst dramatic device ever created… LACK OF COMMON SENSE COMMUNICATION (LOCSC)!  If you find yourself yelling the following phrases at the television screen while watching a show, then that show is utilizing LOCSC…

1. Just tell him!  What’s the big deal?
2. Just tell her!!!  What’s the big friggin’ deal?  Spit it out, man!
3. Ask them what happened!  It will just take 5 seconds!
4. God!  All you have to say is, “Why are you doing this?”
5. Dammit, just say… “What do you mean by ‘How many people are sick?’  Take 15 seconds and explain this!”

LOST started out cool and exciting because the characters acted like real people.  They did things the way you or I would do them.  They have strayed so far from this it’s ridiculous.  When they found that bunker, the first thing anyone would have done was go back and get the rest of the people and bring them down there.  The bunker is FAR safer than sitting on the beach.

And what’s the deal with the “jobs” like making Hurley responsible for the food.  He protests and they are like teaching him a “life lesson” by telling him that he has to do his job.  Give me a friggin’ break.  He doesn’t have to do crap if he doesn’t want to.  And give me a double break when his “solution” is to go grab some dynamite.  NOBODY WOULD EVER DO THIS.  The correct “solution” would have been for him to shut himself in the food room with a casual, “Okay, well screw you guys!” as he kicks back and chows down until they bother to check what’s going on.

Get lost LOST, you lost me LOST.  Frig you LOST.