as the final season of lost continues on its merry way (now 1/3 of the way finished), i'm realizing more and more that it is nearly impossible to create a final season of any beloved television show that will satisfy both viewers and creators alike.

seinfeld couldn't do it. they left off with the predictable let's-bring-everyone-back-for-one-final-hurrah device. not only was the episode boring, it was highly unfunny.

the sopranos couldn't do it. though i, personally, enjoyed the ending, i understand the overall audience anger at david chase. as the audience, we devote time, energy and real human emotion toward these fictional characters. we want a real human ending, not an ellipsis.

arrested development didn't have to do it. i guess that's what happens when you're a self-referential, absurd and intelligent sitcom...you get cancelled after 3 seasons instead.

curb your enthusiasm hasn't done it yet. i have faith that larry david won't let me down.

30 rock and the office also haven't done it yet. i can't say i have the same faith in nbc as i do in mr. david.

i guess what it comes down to is that, at this point, i'm pretty relieved that lost is ending. i'm resigned to the fact that no, i won't be getting many answers. and yes, i probably have wasted a good deal of the past 5 years theorizing, reading lostpedia and allowing damon lindelof to "engage in vigorous intercourse with the squishy contents of [my] skull."