According to surveys that haven’t come out yet and that I won’t read, a lot of Americans probably tuned-in to see the season finale of Lost which aired last night. It answered some questions and managed to raise even more. I, however, refuse to watch again until they explain a couple of things to me.

  1. Why does Kate always turn her back on people she shouldn’t trust. 15 times out of 10 she manages to get herself captured, knocked-out, or have her gun taken away from her. I’m beginning to think that they would have been rescued weeks ago if it weren’t for her.
  2. “the others” seemed to be living a relatively normal life….right? So when everyone merged and mingled, why didn’t Jack find someone to wash his shirt for him. You just know he’s got to be stinking by now.
  3. Why did Smokey-the-monster all of a sudden become friendly with the Losties? In the first few episodes, he was eating captains and sending people running all through the jungle. Now these people traipse around the island like they own the place. I think when the show comes to a close, we’ll realize that smokey just needed a good belly rub…and I’ll bet that Locke was the man who did it.

At any rate, there was the season finale in all it’s glory. I, however, am a firm believer that this type of entertainment is cheap and ridiculous. I will not have my emotions drawn out from week-to-week as these writers toy with my mind. No sir! I demand instant gratification. None of this “plot line development” or “character depth.”

I found the perfect show. It’s basically a bunch of stand-up comics, which is good because these guys are trying to keep you laughing constantly. But they’ve gotten a way to streamline it even more…

Usually a comic has to keep you laughing, so he/she caters to the ADD within the crowd. But on this show, they only have about 7 or 8 seconds to impress the judges, so now they have to go into ULTRA-ADD mode and throw out a lot of stupid jokes in a very small amount of time. Even when they go into their “long” segments, the producers only show about 30 seconds of it. That’s the way I like it.

So, while my wife was stretching her brain and trying to figure out this incredibly tough puzzle, I was sitting in an adjoining room enjoying a bunch of cheap laughs. Does marriage get any better than this? I submit that it’s nearly impossible to top this relationship.