You've LOST me

Last night brought the conclusion of the fourth season of LOST. No spoilers, I promise.

I can't say the episode was a disappointment, only because it had everything a LOST-watcher once looked for, but the problem is just that, they've been on this straight line trajectory for a long time. Now, the actual plot may have many twists and turns, but quantitatively, we keep getting the same.

What really drew me to the show was the vagaries. Now the religious and sci-fi connections are painfully obvious.

I guess maybe I thought they were cleverer than they turned out to be.

The first season will forever hold its place in my mind as the most captivating storytelling to ever come out of a television screen. Back when I would eschew going out and instead hang out with the roomies to watch and debate the newest episode-- it was an event, as were the couple of marathon rewatchings I had.

But sadly, the thrilling promise of reinvention that last season's format-busting finale never transpired. I'll probably still watch, I do after all consume a ridiculous amount of content, but the bad feeling I got watching the first episode of this season turned out to be right, they've lost their way.