Susan Hated Literature

Last episode of season 2 of Lost was on last night. And can I just say that this has to be the most pointless telly watching I have ever done. I don’t like the characters. Even Charlie is annoying at this stage. I despise Jack with his “leadership issues”. Kate is a moany cow who thinks she is tough but all she ever seems to do is stare out to sea mournfully. Okay, so Sawyer is interesting on the eyes, but, characterwise he aint going anywhere except round in circles.

None of the characters are.

Sure, we have flashback after flashback after flashback telling us backstory and revealing the trials and tribulations they all faced, along with cool, neat^[1] appearances from other characters that they didn’t know back then.

But it is all so annoyingly pointless and irrelevant. There is no development of characters. None of them understand the others any better because while we may see the flashback there is no sense of them sharing their histories with each other. And showing Sun in the background while Jack moans at the airport? I mean it isn’t even really all that much of a coincidence, they were boarding the same plane afterall.

And I totally get that there is this one big arc that will be revealed when the entire show is completed, but you know what’d be nice, do you? Any fucking sort of resolution. To anything. but we never get that. Everything is so openended and open to interpretation that it is pointless to watch what happens, because none of it means anything.

So why am I still watching? Honestly? cause there is nothing else on at the same time. but I don’t think I care enough to tune in next season. I’m bored with their boring adventures. Even that Show Spoilers ▼

Because I just don’t care. Course it does provide me with moan-worthy posts, so maybe that’s all it needs to do?

The problem, I think, is that they are going in circles, and even when shit happens, it takes so long that it feels like nothing has happened. And, despite all the stuff that has happened, it hasn’t had an impact. Nothing has changed. And it is all so boring.

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Ep. # 11

You know Lost is starting to bug me. The storylines are interesting and the mysterious island is a great device. Throwing all these people together, the never knowing quite what to expect. All interesting and promising much.

But despite this I often just don’t care what happens. Maybe it is down to Jack. I’ve said all along I don’t like him, and I haven’t changed my mind yet. But there is also the fact that he is a total fool, and I don’t really know why the others think he is such a great leader. I’m willing to accept that he is a great doc., but his mad running around in the jungle in this episode. What was that all about?

Maybe I’m being too harsh?

Also, most of this episode seemed to provide an opportunity for more Jack flashbacks. Bored Now!
Still, there were some interesting developments. First off, that Ethan was pretty dangerous don’t you think? And Sayid and Sawyer seemed to have resolved at least some of their differences. Although I never bought Sawyer as the “bad guy”, he was too OTT at the start. Sayid’s character I do like, and i think his past is kinda interesting.

Of course the big development this week was what happened to Charlie and Claire. Claire is still missing, why do the mysterious jungle-people want her? As for Charlie, Show Spoilers ▼

And then there is that little kid. He seems very lucky, don’t you think?

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