As my wife an I watch another episode of Lost last night I realized that Lost has been on a long time. Last night was the 100th episode in fact. It has felt like a long time. Season 1 was so long ago that it is hard to remember what happened and what was even important. It seems like Lost is suffering from what I like to call the "Alias syndrome. " This involves a show with a good story that gains a lot of popularity. The network then decides that the show needs to last for as many seasons as possible and the story gets put on hold while they make a few episodes that fail to further the story. These episodes can last for as long as the network deems necessary or until the ratings fall and they are forced to get back on board with the story. Only with Alias this happened too long and the rating were not recoverable.
We started watching Chuck this seasons and rented the entire first season to catch up (if anyone is interested NBC will have all the season 1 episodes on April 23 on their website and other episode can be found on Hulu.com). Chuck is an awesome show with a great story and acting. Lost's story seems stagnant while Chuck is moving fast. Now don't get me wrong I love Lost but I found myself wishing Chuck was on. Just so you know I cannot stop watching Lost as I am now vested in the show having watched all 100 episodes and abandoning it now would make all the time I have put in more of a waste.
