Anyone Else LOST?

I couldn’t get it done last night. Each Wednesday, I tune in to ABC to see whether or not those castaways finally created a coconut radio to get off their island, and each week I am continually disappointed. I’m not disappointed that they can’t get off the island; I’m disappointed because I feel like to watch this show I need a pad and pen in front of me with a reference guide so that I can look up what picture was tattooed on the whale’s back in episode 17 and how that relates to the stick figure on the cave wall in episode 82. What?!?!?

Don’t get me wrong, I still watch, but it’s hard to call some “entertainment” that you have to be so intellectually invested in. Some nights I just don’t think I can handle one more plot twist or one more crazy flashback or one more encounter with a polar bear/ smoke beast / dinosaur. This is where I think the “Lost” guys have missed the boat. They have dispensed too much information without drawing any conclusions. Instead of narrowing the sphere, the cirlce just keeps getting wider and wider. That’s okay for a while, but throw me a bone! I need some answers. Heck, I’d settle for “an” answer. Just tell me what the deal is with that freaky kid named Walt.

Heroes—now there’s a show that’s learned from this mistake. They introduce a question, and they answer the question - at least in part. At least in a way to satisfy some of their fans. Unfortunately for me, it seems like I will have to wait until the end of time to know whether or not Hurley actually spent time in a mental hospital with that psychologist lady who died. See what I mean? Where’s an episode of “Bosom Buddies” when you need it?