Lost!

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iSm... I urge you not to hold off. Starting around midway through season 2, I began to wonder whether there was any resolution coming. I was concerned that they were going into X-Files territory, with lots of twisty plot threads that would ultimately be unresolved.

Turns out that I was partly right. But now it's OK. From Entertainment Weekly:

The producers have a master plan — and an exit strategy. But that master plan couldn't be unleashed fully until Lindelof and partner Carlton Cuse negotiated a series end date during season 3, a.k.a. The Year Lost Learned a Show About Castaways Stranded on an Island Can Last So Long No Matter How Clever It May Be. ''The same way our characters were sort of locked in cages in season 3, when the show went awry,'' says Cuse, ''we felt locked in cages because we didn't know if our mythology had to go two more years or nine.''

They're answering questions now. And this could be the best season since the first... if you're a sci-fi geek.