The Sun-Sentinel's Article on Lost

For those who haven’t seen this on other LOST blogs, the Sun-Sentinel recently published an article by Tom Jicha saying that LOST had finally gone too far by revealing that something on the island had cured Rose’s cancer after the plane crash. The writer of article listed off all the things he was apparently previously okay with, including polar bears on the tropical island and the mysterious healing of Locke’s paralysis. For some reason, Rose’s cure pushed him over the edge.

Of course, everyone is entitled to his or her opinion and I do not begrudge Mr. Jicha for saying that LOST is overly unrealistic. What surprises me is that he made it this far into the show when he obviously has a problem with suspending disbelief. Why didn’t he quit watching when Locke wiggled his toe for the first time, or when Sawyer shot the polar bear, or when the monster first made noise and shook the trees in the season premier? Even if he were okay with all that, shouldn’t he have quit watching when he learned that someone in an underground bunker had to push a button every 108 minutes? Rose’s cancer cure seems pretty insignificant compared with some of the other crazy stuff that has occurred on the island.

Mr. Jicha concludes his article by theorizing that the show’s writers have no idea where the story is going. I strongly disagree with that idea. We have received multiple assurances from the show’s creators, producers, writers, and cast that there is a complete story and that LOST is not going to wonder off into Twin Peaks territory. The producers of LOST make fun of the theory that they have no idea what is going on by routinely joking about upcoming zombie attacks in their podcast. This is not to say that I believe that every single bizarre element of the show will be scientifically explained (instant healings of cancer and paralysis are at best pseudoscience) but as long as they work within the context of the story, then I am fine with them.