According to Sci-Fi Wire JJ and DL claim to know the answers already.

If you were them, would you tell everyone you didn't know the answers?

I ended up being Sawyer. Heck, I don't want to be him, I just want to screw him.

I know for a FACT that they are making it up as they go along.

See, now, if I were a writer, or creator, which I am just very not... on a show like this, I think that would freak me out. I have control issues, though. But, I mean, people have expecTAYshuns. Then again, he's got ratings, and a contract, so, I suppose other people's expectations can only mean so much. And, you know, I don't mean that in a nasty way. That's how I'd feel. I'm betting. Were I a writer. Which I am not.

I enjoy the pretty. Some threads will likely play out. It's enough.

Eh, I'm less worried about Lost being made up as they go along than I am about 24. I mean, this is a JJA show -- if they get backed into a corner, I'm sure he can find something to blow up.

Lost is the cover story for the new TV Guide

DH wrote the episode guide in there! So if any of the phrasing sounds Buffista-ish, that's why.

and a sound trouncing in the ratings by "American Idol."

Which managed to drop it from its previous average of 18 million viewers to... 18 million viewers. I'm sure the network execs are diving out of upper story windows as we speak.

also fan backlash is so last year. if people can't wait to find out the answers, they need to go find a reality show to watch.

Before you get too energetic in dismissing anyone with criticisms of the show, consider that some of us here have issues with it. I think the blasé treatment of Claire's kidnapping for two episodes/several days is a plot hole big enough for Lostzilla to skip through. I can accept mysterious and unlikely events, but if the people stop acting like real people, it all falls apart.

I don't think we've shown anything on the show yet ... that has no rational explanation in the real world that we all function within.

Say WHAT?!?

I think the blasé treatment of Claire's kidnapping for two episodes/several days is a plot hole big enough for Lostzilla to skip through.

This is the one thing about Lost that really bugs me. Not only do they not seem very concerned about Claire, but they don't seem very concerned that she was apparently taken by someone who was not on the plane.

Not only do they not seem very concerned about Claire, but they don't seem very concerned that she was apparently taken by someone who was not on the plane.

I know. They have around 40 people who could actually be out searching for Claire, or hunting for that matter. But no, they're all sitting around saying "I'm bored, when's dinner". Jack broke from his whole, "I'm the hero, I must save everyone" shtick over a pregnant girl! It seems he should care more about Claire, as a doctor, than anyone else there.

Yes. I mean, I can buy self-preservation instincts or common sense preventing a bunch of city folks from traipsing through the jungle looking for Claire, particularly if Locke and Boone are making a show of continuing and therefore give others an excuse to avoid doing so. But the utter lack of concern about a psycho that's kidnapped one survivor, beat up another, and almost killed a third for no apparent reason still being out there requires more disbelief than I'm capable of suspending.

But the utter lack of concern about a psycho that's kidnapped one survivor, beat up another, and almost killed a third for no apparent reason still being out there requires more disbelief than I'm capable of suspending.

I'm annoyed at the storylines for the last couple of episodes because of that fact. I'm hoping that the writers will get their act together and continue with the suspense and build-up. I feel, for the most part, that the last couple of episodes were more stand-alone eps rather than fitting into the larger storyline. There seems to be a lack of plot continuity.

If you look at season 4 of Angel, only one episode (The House Always Wins) was a stand-alone (but that was for a good cause because Lorne needed an ep). The rest of the season was mainly about the season arc with each episode's plot being a secondary priority. This is how I've been viewing Lost up until episode 11.

I understand that all the episodes won't all have the season arc as the main plot, but when they left us with this big cliff hanger after ep 11 and barely touched on it for the next 3 episodes I feel cheated.

Before you get too energetic in dismissing anyone with criticisms of the show, consider that some of us here have issues with it.

i've seen the criticisms here and other places, but i know you guys are smart enough to wait it out. if it turns out that the show gets sucked down into the toilet by crappy writing and plot holes big enough to fly a fuselage through, then you can all say "i told you so".

I think the blasé treatment of Claire's kidnapping for two episodes/several days is a plot hole big enough for Lostzilla to skip through.

honestly? i'm not too happy with this either. i was possibly even more annoyed that people continued to call her "the pregnant girl". i'm sure the island was full of "pregnant girl kidnapped" gossip. couldn't they, at least, learn her name?

i'm not sure that the characters aren't acting human, it's just that i think we're supposed to draw conclusions from certain actions within the group. i'm sure most of the people think that Locke and Boone are out there looking for Claire and if Locke can't find her, what good would they do? we've seen how the characters revere and fear Locke. also, i'm sure they've heard what Ethan did to Charlie and are just assuming the worst about Claire.

think about it...Claire is a virtual stranger to most of these people. if they don't believe she has much of a chance of survival, why would they be out in the jungle risking their lives to "save" her?