More questions than answers

So the fourth season finale of Lost finally came round after a ridiculous amount of stringing it out. And thankfully it was as good as the rest of the season. Having been a fan of Lost since the first season, i was rather dismayed when the second and third seasons sagged heavily in the middle. Not so the case with Season 4. This had it going on all cylinders for pretty much the whole year. Thanks, i'm sure, in part to the writers strike giving the writers the chance to think things out a little more completely than they might have done.

Of course, the season finale of most series naturally bring with them the chance to get some of the long standing questions addressed and, if we're very lucky, then we'll get answers. This year was perhaps no exception, although in hindsight i'm not actually sure if we did get many answers at all. Okay, we got plenty of plot to sink our teeth into which is always nice. And, as usual, any answers that we did get (replies on a postcard) were offset by the posing of many, many, many more questions to tantalise us for the years to come. Or at least the next two years (if memory serves me correctly, then Lost will be ended). Still, i finally felt this year more than any, that the writers of the show DO know where they're going, there IS a big plan, and that the pay-off may actually be worth the patience. Only time will tell i guess. Watch this space.