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[rainherder]

So I scrounged the internet looking for reviews of "The Constant," the most recent episode of Lost.

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[phamos818]

Sometimes I'll read reviews or commentary about Lost that seriously leave me with my jaw hanging open. People miss such major plot threads that I seriously don't understand why they even bother to watch. Which is why it bugs me when people are like, "Oh, Lost never answers any questions," when really they answer questions all the time, you've just forgotten that the question was posed in the first place. That's the viewer being a dumbass, not the writers failing. I have an amazing respect for the writers on Lost -- they know everyone is basically watching and waiting for them to fuck up royally, and as of yet they haven't. They keep a ludicrous number of balls in the air at any one time, and I still have faith they'll pull it off. Kudos to them.

Lost writers

[rainherder]

I don't even get what the problem is with asking three (or more) questions for each one answered. If they answered questions and didn't raise more, how would they keep the show going? It's not a fucking procedural.

One of the things I've always loved about Lost is that the characters are really seriously deeply flawed (even Jack, though his flaws are more mild than the others). Some shows have "flawed" characters, but there's a bit of a wink-nudge about the flaws--they're really good people at heart, and this "flaw" is really just a "quirk." Lost's characters have real flaws that make them more human. The writers aren't afraid to make their characters unsympathetic, and the actors aren't afraid to play them that way.