You know, I used to really love this show, but I refuse to watch it now. ABC is playing everyone for fools in my opinion, and it's so obvious. This show should not run for any more than three seasons, maybe four, but the network is gonna milk it for every single drop.
First of all, I think the writers are changing the original story from when they first wrote it. The first example is that the character Henry Gale(don't remember his real name on the show,but the leader of the "others")was only supposed to be on the show for like three or four episodes,now he's one of the main characters in the plot.Second is the sudden departure of Mr. Eko. He claims that he wanted to spend time with his sick mother or something like that. Third, Micheal and Walt leaving was not in the original plot. Harold Perrineau decided to film the sequal to 28 Days Later. Maybe he saw the writing on the wall and jumped ship(no pun intended)before this shit starts spinning out of control.
I think ABC didn't expect this show to be this wildly popular so they told the producers to stretch it out for as long as they can. Now I have not watched a single episode this season, but a couple of people say that it has been lack luster so far. While I don't really know if this is true, I tend to believe them because of how slow season 2 was.
I will eventully watch it when season 3 is released on DVD,but I won't envests any more emotional energy into this show anymore. The thing that really pisses me off is that I championed this show early on, and now I think it's just as bad as American Idol as far as how they are playing their audience.