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Things That Are Driving Me Nuts, In No Particular Order.

1. No one on the island seems capable of asking a followup question. I don't think this actual exchange actually occurred, but it's the kind of thing I'm talking about.

Sayid: Maybe if we go around to the other side, we can infiltrate the camp from over there.
Rousseau (ominously): No, we must not go over the other side.
Sayid: _________.

2. The scene that's had me most apoplectic all season was when Juliet was digging up the medical supplies and got cornered by Sayid and Sawyer. They say she's not going anywhere until they get some answers. She points out that one of them's a crook and one of them a torturer, so they have no moral standing to ask her anything. They hem and haw, instead of saying, "None of my crimes/torturing was against you*. You, on the other hand, have kidnapped Walt, used Michael to kill two people, kidnapped god-knows-how-many people from the tail, kidnapped Claire, almost killed Charlie, caged Sawyer and Kate, screwed with the minds of Jack and now Locke, beat up Sayid on like twelve separate occasions, and almost kidnapped Sun. Now some answers, please." *And yes, I know Sayid tortured Ben. This still would have been a better answer than NOTHING.

3. Dropped hints that are never follwed up on. The four-toed statue? Nobody seems curious what happened to Mr. Eko? I know, all in good time, but it's frustrating.

4. I'm not feeling the flashbacks the way I did the first two seasons. Kate got betrayed by her mother? We knew that. Desmond was in a monastery? Interesting, but seemed like it was only useful to set up the Jacob/Isaac analogy. Jack's tattoo? Who cares?

5. I've about had it with new characters (hence the Harlem Globetrotter reference). OK. Who's on the parachute? Is it someone Penny sent? Is she related to the chess players? Can we see more of Penny? How did Penny know to have the chess players looking for magnetic duisturbances? Can we please see more of Penny?

OK. That's some of it. While I was scouring Lostpedia to get some background for this post, I remembered that I really do like this show, and I really am going to stick it out to find out what the hell is going on. My belief at this point is that the Hanso foundation is working on time travel - it would explain Desmond, it would explain how they could make Locke's dad appear, it would explain...well it would raise a lot more questions than it would answer. But whatever. Just so long as it's interesting.