Setekh wrote:
I saw the new episode wednesday, and it was really cool.
It was the one where nothing happens but we get loads of flashbacks that don't really explain anything at all, and then this new character weve seen once or twice was fleshed out, but I reckon she'll die. oh and then loads of new Questions were raised, it was Boss. Anyone else see it?
My sarcasm aside, I think I lost interest somewhere in season two.
Will I ever get a satisfactory answer to Anything in this show?
Big Will-o-wisp would be enough, just
something.
Although it's your opinion, it's a sort of unfair take of the episodes.
We did find out a lot about the Others in this episode. We know that they were doing some kind of research on babies, we know (I think) why they wanted Claire, etc.
And, this show has
always been about flashbacks. And only a select few of them have
ever really had a major impact on what's happening in the present (i.e. finding out the Island cured Rose/Locke, finding out people are connected). They're always meant to just flesh out the characters. This show isn't just "people are on an Island and things are happening let's find out what it is!!!!" It's a character drama, and the flashbacks are an important part.
And I think it's pretty unfair that no one ever gives the new characters a chance. Juliette is pretty damn interesting, and her conflicted character fits well with the rest of the characters. The same thing happened with Nikki and Paolo. Okay, maybe they were not interesting at all until they died, but that's beside the point. People were hating them before we even knew that they were boring, just because they were suddenly introduced and we had never seen them before. Well hey: how many people survived the plane crash? 42 from the fuselage? Our main group does not make up the entirety of the survivors. We have 40 some other people that are also there for a reason, and the only way we are going to find out about them is if they are introduced. It may seem a bit random, but there's no other way to do it. I think that Nikki and Paolo's episode did a really good job at showing how they fit into everything that has happened.
And, hey: we were introduced to the button in the season 2 premiere and really didn't find out ANYTHING about it until thee season 2 finale. That's just how the show works. We'll find out everything about the others by the season finale, and then something new will come along.
Hopefully you didn't take this the wrong way. It's kind of late, and I hope I didn't come off as though I was criticizing you. You are totally allowed to not like the show anymore, but I felt it was necessary to point out that the elements of your sarcastic remark were a bit unfair, given what this show has always been about.