so, apparently there’s this show called “Lost”
the funny thing is I remember liking all this stuff too (especially Desmond! omg Desmond, that’s like the worst thing about starting from the beginning is that I have to wait for him to show up and be awesome and hot at the same time!), as well as a bunch of other stuff, like Eko’s backstory (which, nice change from HEY DID YOU KNOW JACK HAS DADDY ISSUES? YES? OH WELL LET’S TALK ABOUT IT SOME MORE ANYWAY, not to mention THE FUCKING TOY PLANE). but I do also remember there being some notably terrible episodes (that one with Sawyer and Michael on the raft; anything centered around the Tailies who were not Eko; whatever the fuck that one was that contained an ENTIRE SUBPLOT about Sawyer CATCHING A FROG), and some notably irritating things (like Charlie’s gradual descent into unbearableness), and mostly I just remember getting pissed that we were now one and then some seasons into this show and they kept piling on the questions with no answers, ever, not to mention dropping plotlines left and right (like that time Jack wanted to start an army, or whatever, or that time Ana-Lucia and Libby got shot instead of doing anything because the actresses got caught doing like 110 while wasted out of their minds and ABC didn’t want to deal with them anymore - admittedly not the show’s fault, but still). now that I’m not waiting between episodes, and now that I hear they apparently started answering things, or at least giving better hints, after I dropped it, I suspect I might not mind the things I minded. but we shall see!Agreed, the tailies suck, except Eko and Bernard. Libby was alright, I guess. But yeah, Adrift (the episode on the raft) is an awful episode, especially because it comes in as the second episode of season two while we’re like OMG WTF HATCH IS OPEN THERE’S A MAN LIVING INSIDE OMG OMG OMG.
But yeah, you do start getting answers in season three, then shit gets really fucked up with a whole lot more questions in season four, and even more questions again in season five — but both also come accompanied by many answers! :)
ETA: Oh, and you’re totally right, Charlie gets outrageously obnoxious. No joke.
I think in my mind, I just focus on Charlie’s good moments and block out all the bad. The imaginary peanut butter for Claire, when he tells Desmond that it’s not Penny’s boat, um… I think that’s it… lol
I LOVE EKO! I really wish he could have stayed on the show. Ana Lucia kind of irritated me, as did Libby, so I was kind of glad when they died. I mean, I wish there were more women on the show who weren’t killed and whatnot, but those two were annoying as hell. If only they could write normal women characters and then keep them alive. That’d be a great mix.
