Seriously, what was the Lost promise?

Gus, I'm loving Veronica Mars. I've just started rewatching S1, straight through. When I'm done, I'm going to watch s2 straight through, and see how much of the pacing problem feels internal to the story, and how much was due to the wacky scheduling.

I'll agree on the Chris Carter-itis of Lost. Why am I still watching it? I don't really know.

With Veronica Mars it's not so much that the arcs were slow, as they were badly paced, and often scattershot. (There's also the problem that I seem to be the only one online who a)doesn't care for Logan b) doesn't want Logan and Veronica together and c) is really sick of the Logan-the-woobie pile-on. Hmmm, I think I see a pattern emerging :) )

I've had enough TV to keep me busy. I dropped a few shows with either a resounding clatter or nowt but a whimper (Desperate Housewives, Smallville, Without A Trace), watch some with mitigated enjoyment (Veronica Mars, Lost, The OC), and look forwards to others (Grey's Anatomy, The Unit). I was sad for a cancellation or two (Kitchen Confidential rankled), but it's not significantly better or worse out there than it ever was for me.

I'm looking forward to the summer season: The 4400, Dead Zone, Eureka, etc.

I don't remember the details (like I said, it became dead to me) but they said that they were going to answer questions in the finale. I fully expected new questions to be raised, but they really didn't answer anything at all.

Also, I like Medium too, but it's not quite must-see for me.

I've just started rewatching S1, straight through.

Beware, O, Buffista. Watching a season straight through is akin to reading a novel, rather than the serialization of the novel. It leads one to think that the novel is the better form. Along this path lays a madness that angers the Network PTB's.

Sheryl: If Logan didn't come back next year, I would tune in twice.

Seriously, what was the Lost promise?

Didn't they swear that viewers would find out what was in the hatch in the Lost finale? Which was not technically a lie, if "a ladder" was the answer, but it's not a good idea to play those kinds of games with your audience.

Well, not that they care, but they lost at least one loyal viewer.

Now, I must take advantage of my day off and watch some Buffy. Or maybe Angel. I already watched my favorite Firefly ep. After that, I may have to go outside, as it looks like we might actually get sunshine.

They also promised (or stated) that there would be a non-supernatural explanation to everything. So far it seems unlikely, and that's not helped by their statement that they have no explanation (of any sort) for the numbers.

Oh yeah, but I think the hatch thing was specifically about the S1 finale. I read spoilers for it because of the hype, and then figured that people were gonna be pissed.

I believe that there will be an explanation that doesn't involve the supernatural. I do not believe that it will be a satisfying explanation, but they seem good enough at semantic games that they probably didn't promise that.

Strega, how do you believe they can explain the numbers without the supernatural, or do you think that not explaining the numbers counts as not involving the supernatural?