Something of a family tradition by now

In case you hadn’t been paying attention, Lost comes back tonight. This will only have relevance if you have been a Lost follower. I did become a Lost follower only because Wendy started watching it when it first was aired and, since I’ve gone along this far, I may as well continue.

Wendy started watching because she’s a sci-fi and fantasy aficionado. I’m mostly not. But, I got sort of hooked fairly on, despite how patently ridiculous some of the scenarios are. But, otherwise it’s really well-scripted and very well acted, and you end up liking some actors and loathing others. It’s sort of like Survivor but with a good script and not so many assholes.

And, it’s got Kate. The divine Kate makes if for me. With her freckly nose, amazing beauty, and ‘bad girl’ backgound, what could be better for a middle aged fantasist?

Lost is one of those maddening series, however, that is in fact a serial. That is, if you miss bits, it’s difficult to catch up, and it’s well-nigh impossible to come in at the middle. Consequently, I have never watched 24, and I didn’t watch X-Files. Well, I mainly didn’t watch X-Files because I thought the premise was stupid. But, that’s just me. As I said, I’m not a big sci-fi buff.

I don’t eschew all science-fiction, mind you. I like the concept of time travel; I get enchanted by afterlife scenarios, psychic phenomena and the like. I don’t necessarily believe in those things, but they do leave room to speculate. It’s kind of like God, if you get my drift, and I don’t mean to be blasphemous at all. I really like the idea of God, and think it would be just splendid if it were so, but I’m not always sure about it.

The kind of sci-fi that doesn’t enchant me much is that which involves aliens. Well, except for Alien itself, but that was mainly because it involved Sigourney Weaver.

Back to Lost. I am interested to know where they are going to take it. With the surprise flash-forward at the end of the season we saw that tiresome Jack and yummy Kate got off the island. But, they don’t seem to be together. Jack is bearded like the pard and hitting the sauce with a vengeance, and says he has to go back. OK. Good place for him. What of Sawyer? Sawyer’s the genuine dude. Corrupt as they come, but smart, and with a distinctive hillbilly charm.

Guess I’ll find out.