So I'm into the fifth disk of season 2 of Lost and I must say I'm really glad I don't watch this on weekly tv.  The first five episodes were not only dull, they were so stupid I had to convince myself to keep going.  I'm glad I did, as the action and interest level skyrocketed once the "tailies" from the other side of the island were introduced.

I'm still struck by how dumb the behavior of some of the characters is, however.  For instance, when Sun discovers she's pregnant, the first thing she does is tell her hubby, Jin that it wasn't her infertility that prevented them from concieving for so long, but his.

Why on earth would a woman keep such a secret from her husband only to tell him when it seems the news isn't true anyway?  What kind of a man would trust a wife who tells him "Honey, I'm pregnant and you don't have any sperm, but don't worry; I never cheated."?  It can't make any more sense just because it was spoken in Korean.

His reply?  "oh, I guess it's a miracle then!" 

Yeah.  That's the realistic response.

Also there's the problem I have with Claire and her baybee.  Here we are, planecrashed on an island.  Everytime there's a shot of the entire crowd, which with the tailies numbers over 50, we see many women are on the island.  Yet, every time we see Claire, she's alone.  THe only help she ever gets with her newborn (who's the size of an elephant, by the way) is from Charlie and Locke.  This is less realistic than Jin's reply to Sun's revelation of his infertility.  I don't care how old, young, traumatized or self centered they are, none of the women on that island could stay away from that baby. 

It was Charlie who told Claire not to wake a sleeping baby?

It was Locke who showed Claire how to swaddle him??

IT WAS JACK WHO REASSURED CLAIRE THAT BABY'S GET FEVERS AND RASHES AND IT'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT???

Believe me, people; for all the women on that island to ignore poor little idiot Claire and her darling newborn is about as realistic as all the guys on the island to ignore Angelina Jolie if she were strolling about the beach NAKED.  Yes, we can assume there might be one or two guys who were gay or intimidated by Naked Angie, but MOST OF THEM WOULD BE FOLLOWING HER LIKE A DOG FOLLOWING A T-BONE. 

I'm enjoying the show because it's exciting and the stories of some of the tailies are enrossing.  I especially like Mr. Echo.  But the behavior in general of the stranded population is so darn stupid that it'll probably turn out they've spent 50 days "stranded" on Malibu.

And the "others" are simply Barbra Striesand  and David Geffen, trying to rid the beach of the hoi polloi.

 

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