"Instead, we pose new ones, which are: Why does every single lady on
this show end up with a baby and a boyfriend and also occasionally
lethal injuries? Are we supposed to be sad that Sun escaped her abusive
marriage? (One of us is, actually! It is somewhat messed up.) Who
replaced interesting Juliet with Boyfriend-Centric Robot Juliet, and
why? And, was it really necessary for Shannon to redeem herself from
“heartless bitch” status with her vagina? (Before getting shot, obvs!
Ladies, do not date Sayid. You will get shot. Or run over, with a car.
He’s Just Not That Into Your Odds Of Continued Survival, apparently.)
And, most importantly: WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO KILL JACK???? Please,
someone kill Jack. Please. We are begging you.
And all-capital LOST has always had a tendency to dispose of characters
after their most compelling storylines have been drained, or before
even. I mean, a lot of people die on this show. What I want to know is
where this murderous impulse was when Jack was bloated on pills and
drunk at work and wouldn’t shave and was trying to make his fake baby
fly back with him to a magical island? I could have dealt with Jack
dying.
My problem with the “most interesting story lines” though, to be
troublesomely ladybusiness for a moment, is this: Claire’s most
interesting story line was having a baby and a boyfriend. Sun’s most
interesting storyline is having a husband and a baby. Kate’s most
interesting story line is having two potential boyfriends, between whom
she cannot choose, and also a baby eventually. Juliet’s most important
storyline was that her boyfriend might have thought for 1.5 seconds
about liking another girl so she had to fall down a mine shaft and
explode three times on screen.
I mean, Jack? Unstable, abusive, alcoholic stalker. With lady problems.
Who will not trust a grown lady doctor to do a basic surgery on him
without passing up anesthesia so he can be hyper-critical of her
operating moves the whole way through. THE ROMANCE OF KATE AND JACK
MUST NEVER DIE! Because… they gave each other sexy looks in the pilot
episode? With all the plot threads they have exploded or forgotten or
just plain shrugged and said “sorry, not going to happen” about, I
really am puzzled as to why THIS is the one that they will just never,
ever, ever drop."