Lost Found?

I gave up on Lost this season. I couldn't handle the long, stagnant stretches. My favorite characters were nowhere to be seen. New characters were introduced without a hint of where they had been. With the exception of Desmond's episode after the hiatus, I was incredibly disappointed. The straw that broke the camel's back was [SPOILERS] when they find the bunker with the dude with the eyepatch. Sayid's episode.

First off, the flashback had no bearing on anything. The main story was OK. More mind games, but at least we were getting some...what? You just blew the building up? Then I hear that you kill eyepatch dude in the following episode?

Pointless. Wasted time. There were a hundred different ways to handle that exposition better than introducing a building you're going to blow up and a character you're going to kill off. I couldn't stomach it and I didn't have the time for it. I realized that I had been watching the show to get angry at it. I can't be doing that when I'm 27. Call me when I'm 80.

So, I read today that the show has an end date set. Shorter seasons. No hiatus. This just might save the show. We'll at least be able to see whether these guys can actually write. There will be no more excuses for them. The studio can't be blamed for running it into the ground. The long season can't be blamed for forcing them into holding patterns (do you remember Kate, Sawyer, and Jack in cages? How's that for a visual metaphor?).

So guys, I'll be back next season. It's your job to keep me there. You've got no more excuses.