a teenage wasteland

I am seven episodes into season five of Lost. Most of what happened, I thought was season four. Since I conflated seasons one and two like this, I suppose I shouldn't really be surprised at myself. I also think I watched more of S5 than I thought I did (I thought I watched up to The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham, but then no further, but I stopped the episode before Some Like It Hoth, if the IMDB's synopses are to be believed).

Naveen Andrews continues to be ridiculously attractive. So does Ian Henry Cusick.

According to my old lj entries, I enjoyed the beginning of S5, and then it got boring at some point, and that's when I gave up for good. So far this is holding true. It's certainly been less boring than a similar amount of episodes in S4. I said to mum that, even though we're into the stretch of less eps per season, I think some stuff is dragged out, and could have done to have been tightened up writing-wise. (Although certainly not as draggy or useless as some episodes in the previous series).

I have completely forgotten why ( this spoiler happens )

I also don't think the Widmore/Hawking swerve that this season/the previous season has taken. I don't get the point of it, given they already had the framework in place for [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] and why didn't they just keep up with that? They could've finished the whole series a whole lot sooner, I reckon. And I don't think it adds anything to the story. I suppose I may change my mind come the end of S5, but I doubt it.