Loads of Lost audiences appear to have given up on the TV show which took three seasons, discouraged with its vague plots, missing answers and lack of direction.
It seemed only like a few months ago (television time) that the plane crash survivors from Oceanic flight 815 were marooned on a mysterious tropical island in the South Pacific.
For us, loyal followers, it’s been an excruciating three years.
Released in 2005, the show was an instant hit, topping ratings for the Seven Network, with two million viewers avidly following to each episode in the first year.
Its popularity zoomed downhill from then on.
Viewers still have no idea about why the survivors are on the island, sure, they’re stranded due to plane crash, but we’re still not sure about the island‘s place in the map. Hazy flashbacks of characters’ lives have often instigated more questions than give light to the presently confusing situation.
Anyway, Matthew Fox, the show’s star who plays Dr Jack Shepard said that, everything is about to transform with the approaching fourth season marking the beginning of the show’s conclusion.
“The answers will come,” Fox said.
“In the beginning, some of the answers will come right away.”
Lost’s fourth season will premiere in the United States on January 31.
There are 48 episodes to go, with producers and writers speculating an end date in 2010.
Because of the writer’s protest, merely eight episodes have been fully accomplished this year, insinuating that the season might have to be reduced, and fans may perhaps have to hang around even longer for them to see the much-anticipated resolutions.
Season three’s closing moments gave viewers a flash forward glimpse showing Jack and Kate finally off the island, incidentally so, Jack’s now in the depths of despair and screaming that he has to go back.
Fox, admitted though that he has a clue on how the show would progress.
“We’ll start to find out who the other people that got off with Jack and Kate are, and that’s really exciting,” Fox said.
“(Writer) Damon (Lindelof) and I have periodic confrontations where we catch up with each other and we talk about Jack and talk about the show and he gives me ideas of where he wants to take things.â€
“We’ve talked about some of the last images of the show, and so I have little glimpses of stuff.â€
“As the story evolves to its conclusion there’s going to be people dying.â€
“And if that was what the story dictated for Jack Shepard that is what I would want to have happen.”
But can the audience still hold on? Will the plot still be plausible?
“Those people that are too anxious are going to get to the answers and feel like they didn’t take their time just enjoying the experience of getting there,” Fox said.
“When I read a really good book and I love what the story is and I love how well it’s written.
“I’m one of those people that would never skip to the end of the book or get impatient with it, I actually savor it.
“I think Lost is like that.”
