spicedogs | My not-so-humble opinion

As I am posting my thoughts, it is 10:30 AM, Wednesday November 1. Tonight the 5th episode of Season 3 of LOST will air. I am dreading this episode because...

one of the main characters will die. I am so sick and tired of losing established characters. I have invested emotionally on a number of them, and I don't want them to go.

Many characters needed to leave in order to make room for new ones. Now they just added Rodrigo Sartoro and Nikki Sanchez to the pot. They should never have been added. They should be the ones to go. Let them go without a flashback. Like Ardtz was let go. I don't like these characters, and I don't want to invest my emotions on them.

It is obvious that Rodrigo was brought to the show to enlarge the Brazilian audience. LOST does not need to do that. Brazilians will watch the show anyway.

In fact, now that LOST is showing in Russia, are they going to introduce Russian actors to appease the Russian audience? Give me a break.

There is no need for fresh blood. The show is doing fine as it is. There are plenty of stories to be told. Where is Danielle’s back story. How about adding more Hurley story. Where are Rose and Bernard? Surely, there is more story to be told about Claire. How did Kate spend so many years hiding? What made her go to Australia? How did Ben’s family get to the island? Who are Danny and Colleen Pickett? How did they get to the island? How was Alex raised? What happened to Cindy? Who were Ethan and Goodwin? How did they find themselves on the island? These are a few of the questions that I can come up. I am sure that others can come up with more.

I don't want any of our established characters to die simply to give these two new characters space. I am sick and tired of investing emotionally on LOST characters, only to have them die because new characters are introduced. So either get rid of Paulo and Nikki, or keep them, but don’t kill off anymore characters.

Boone, in my opinion, was not needed to be sacrificed to the island. Shannon didn’t need to die to make us hate Ana Lucia. Ana was doing fine on her own. Did Ana have to die, because the actor (Michelle Rodriguez) was arrested for a DUI? Did Libby (Cynthia Watros) have to die because she also was arrested? Is Mr. Eko going to die tonight because he was arrested? What is it with Disney? Are they that unforgiving? Come on, this is getting ridiculous.

Now, I don't want to be a hypocrite. I do adore a new character who was introduced in Season 2: HenryGale/Benjamin Linus, also known as Benry. But that character was not supposed to have lasted longer than 3 episodes. It was Michael Emerson's acting ability that made Benry a permanent character. The audience loved him, and he stayed. I have no problems with such addition. However, I hear rumors that Benry may die. Why kill off a good thing going? Maybe LOST is jumping the shark.

Moreover, LOST has established something that no other shows have done previously: They were not afraid of killing off main characters. However, do it enough, and you may lose your fan base.

That's just my not-so-humble opinion.