Lost in Lost (contains SPOILERS!)

Good news everybody! After four epic, twisting, mind-tangling and all round head-f**king series, the question that all Lost fans have wanted answered has finaly been revealed! Yes, they finally, finally, FINALLY get off the chuffing island!!!

Now for more dedicated followers of the passengers of Oceanic Flight 816, this may not be the big whodunnit that they were hoping to get answered. No, for those of us who have been watching since the beginning we're more interested in the significance of the polar bears, Locke's new 'alias' of Jeremey Bentham, the mystical powers that allowed Walt's voice to drop an octave, and, of course, the ultimate question of how does Jim from Neighbours get so many cushy roles on TV?!

But, for your casual viewer, the question they have always wanted to know the answer to is simple - do they ever get off that bloody island?! And now you can answer them with a simple yes, and let them can go back their mundane lives, watching Holby Blue, or My Family, or whatever bland substitute for proper telly they occupy their evenings with instead. However, in a nutshell you have there, the reason for Lost's success, but also the reason why it is not an easy watch. Sure, it's the program that asks questions and keeps people on the edge of their seat for the next episode. However it is also the program that makes even it's most ardent of fans work for those answers, and sometimes they aren't exactly easy to find.

For hardened fan's it is often a battle of attrition to wade through the minefield of unanswered questions, half questioned answers and good old fashioned WTF moments (I mean, does anyone honestly have a reasonable explanation of the black smoke - didn't think so!). With 86 episodes in the can and other 2 seasons (of 16 episodes each) to go, then you have wonder just where the hell they are going with this show. However as long a they keep making thoughtful, intelligent and damn right brain-scramblingly weird TV, they will have me as a viewer (and season 4 has only helped to re-enforce that resolve!).

After all, isn't it a good thing that not everyone gets it. Just like the island itself, in order to reap the rewards of the show itself, you have to pesevere and find the secret of the island itself before it will reward you with it'sbountiful goodness. Let's just hpe that the final denouement isn't a collossal disappointment that proves all the naysayers right. There's enough msytery and intrigue to keep this show going for another couple of years and by then, even Kate might have decided which one of her boys she is finally going to end up with - but I doubt it! The island maybe be miraculous, but it's not that miraculous!!