Lost Lost?

There have been a couple of shows that I have watched in marathon form. 24. Scrubs. And also Lost. At the beginning of the second season, we (my roommate and I) got the first season DVD and watched them through. It's a funny thing watching those kind of shows with another person. If you were doing it alone, you could knock out a couple of episodes and then go do something more productive. But when you're watching with another person who is as pulled-into the series as you are, you finish one episode, look at each other, give a small nodding grin, and hit play on the next episode.

The first season of Lost was great. There was a lot of well done twists and turns. The second season slowed down significantly. Despite having an island full of people, the first 6 episodes of the season (that is, the entire "fall" season)was about only three of the characters. Somehow, I just didn't care about that particular storyline, so it was quite agonizing for me. But since I've invested so much time and energy into the show, I kept watching.

I watched an episode of Attack of the Show (a digital media show on G4 [the video game channel] )and the host opened the show by saying that he finally felt justified in deleting the Lost season pass from his Tivo after last week's episode. For those of you not versed in Tivo lore, this means that he will no longer record Lost, and essentially he will therefore no longer watch it.

It's like in Castaway where Tom Hanks lets his oars drift away in the end after Wilson floats off.

I hadn't watched the episode yet, so I immediately stopped the show for fear of hearing something that I didn't want to hear. I watched the show on my own Tivo and I must say . . . I am tempted to do the same.

Here's what happened (don't worry about spoilers):

The big guy, Hugo, found a VW minibus on the island.

The end.

Okay, they told some more of his back story. but this was all that was in the episode. Nothing added to the story line. No character development (maybe a smidgen for Hugo). Nothing.

The worst part is they decided to push it and then pop the clutch to get it running. This seems all nice and nice (though a bit melodramatic) but there's one problem with it.

They did the exact same thing on Little Miss Sunshine.

You know, the movie that just won a ton of Oscars a few weeks ago.

It's one thing to say "hey, we're going to drag this out as long as possible and never really come to a conclusion. I think we'll add a lot of tangents and superfluous story lines to pad out the episode numbers."

But it's another to say "I know it's pretty obvious, but we're going to do that one thing from that big indie movie. C'mon we need something to show hope. They did it and it was hopeful. Let's do it too."

I know I could use the free time that comes with not watching Lost, but who'd want to actually do that?

FUN FACT: I just wrote two blogs in a row. Okay, that doesn't count. I can't touch clay pottery. or anything ceramic. It's like nails on a chalkboard. ::shudder::

MUSIC SNOB: Stay by Lisa Loeb