I’m Lost

***Possible spoilers from past episodes in this post. Read at your own risk***

I’m having trouble following the convoluted, twisty plot of Lost. As much as I loved this show in the beginning, it’s become too much, too complicated for my tired brain to keep up with. I find I don’t care about the characters anymore. I miss Charlie. Ben just isn’t that evil to me. Sawyer’s lost his sarky edge now that he’s all googly-eyed over Kate. I can’t tell whether Locke is some sort of prophet/saviour or just some loser who thinks he’s a prophet/saviour. I’ve given up caring who Kate really wants. I still love Hurley though. He’s the gentle voice of reason amongst all the madness and chaos.

I think I’m done with it. Which is kind of sad because the show really had something in the beginning. Then it seemed to delve a little deeply into its own mythos. When a show has to play a recap hour before it starts so that the people will know what’s going on, there’s something wrong.

I think it was the third season when my interest began to flag. I was tired of a flashback per episode with the hidden little ties between Oceanic passengers and the increasingly complicated and mysterious plot that didn’t (and still doesn’t) look like it will ever be solved satisfactorily. I watched out of loyalty though but the only thing that “got” to me was Charlie’s death (hey, if you haven’t seen last season’s episodes by now you probably never will.)  When the new season began, I forgot that it was coming back on and missed the premiere. And I found I wasn’t all that broken up about it.

If it was up to me, I would wrap up all the mysterious stuff so that fans are happy and then I’d let the show go.

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