This is ridiculous

Jack said it best to sum up this episode, “This is ridiculous”. At which point all of America shook their heads in agreement. They start and end the show with the same scene which makes the whole middle pretty much irrelevant. It’s not even worth recaping.

There is something I have been meaning to address. The biggest problem I have with the show now, in fact it should be placed on the original top 10 list, is that no one ever answers a question. If there is ever a chance to advance the plot by one character explaining something to another, they pass. Then the other person never even has a problem with it. Need some examples?

Jack: “Hey where’s Aaron?”
Kate: “Never ask me that again!”
Jack: “Okie dokie”

Jack: “Hey hurley, why are you on the plane?”
Hurley: “It doesn’t matter”
Jack: “Ok, I’m fine with that”

There are at least 5 of those per episode, and they seem to be growing in frequency. So now we have the sucky plot element that will heretofore be called “the non-answer”. These can easily be counted and tallied each episode, much like “the gun cocking” is presently. Actually that would make a good drinking game.

Written by on February 19th, 2009 with 127 comments.
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