Get Lost

As some may know by now, me, my wife, and the in-laws are spending this summer watching the first three seasons of Lost on DVD. Of course, we're totally hooked on the show, and we usually watch at least two episodes per evening, so we're getting through the DVD's prettyquick.


As much as I love the show, however, there are a few things that bother me about some of the characters:

Jack-The fearless leader of the castaways. He absolutely drives me crazy. I understand that he's the doctor, so somehow that means that he has a solution to everything, but come on. He gets way too headstrong about being in control and making every important decision. He's also too emotional and lets those emotions get in the way of making the right decision all the time. If there was ever a doctor who needed to prescribe himself the Chill Pill, it's Jack. Plus, lately he's been spending too much time with that harlot Juliette, and I have the feeling that within about two episodes, he's really gonna regret that alliance.
Side Note-We watched episode 18 of season three last night, and I actually wanted to punch Jack at one point. It was when Kate came to talk to him on the beach about the helicopter girl that the guys found in the jungle the previous night. Anyway, Kate wanted to talk to him alone, but Jack pulled the "Anything you need to tell me, you can tell me in front of her (Juliette)" routine. That junk hacked me off. Seriously, if I were Kate, I would have kicked him in the teeth and walked away. That was such bull. I need to move on. Speaking of Kate...

Kate-The little lost puppy of the show. Drives me nuts with how she constantly insists on going along with the guys on searches through the jungle. Honestly, how many times have you heard this conversation:
Kate: "Where are you going?"
Jack: "John found a hatch, we're going to check it out."
K: "I'm going too."
J: "No, you're not."
K: "Yes, I am."
J: "No, it could be too dangerous. Kate, you're not going with us."
K: "I'm going."
Sawyer, looking tough and agitated at the same time: "Hhhmmmmpphh"
J: "Kate, we need you here...on the beach...to look after everyone else."
K: "Jack. I'm going"
J: "Fine."

Gaw-lee, it's a good thing Kate is cute, if she wasn't, she would have been Medusa spider-poisoned and buried alive by now.

Claire-Another Lost-er who's fortunate she's just as cute as a button. She actually brings nothing to the table. At least Jack and Kate do things like try to rescue their friends who are captured, pick fruit, work the hatch (at least until, you know, it imploded). Claire has a child, yes, but that's no excuse to not pitch in a little here and there. Plus, for a native Australian, her accent sounds brutal, not at all like the locals on Real World: Sydney. It pains my ears when she says things like "Chaaa-leee! Thae stole mayy bay-beee! May bay-bee! Cha-lee, it's gone!"

I guess that's pretty much it for the characters who annoy me. I'm getting close to adding Locke to the list, though. I liked him at first because he had such a cruddy life before the island, and because he reminded me of a teacher I worked with this past year, but recently, he's made some very questionable choices. I've got my eye on you, John Locke, your getting close to my bad side, Sir.

On the other hand, I'm a big fan of Sawyer (even though he's clearly crazy and one of the seediest characters in TV history), Saiyd, Desmond, and Hurley, so hopefully they stay on my good side.

-Twig