Lost weekend

Finished off the last two parts of Season 2 Lost last night, and after some shaky middle episodes this mass televised confidence trick is still just about holding together. Good to see that the trickle of exposition hasn't made the show any less mad - if anything the Dickensian level of unlikely coincidences (referenced, perhaps, in the prominence of a copy of Our Mutual Friend towards the end of the season) has made me all the more interested to see how the writers intend to get out of it. And still no anti-climax even though we've seen what's in the hatch, what the mysterious monster is and (sort of) how Locke recovered the use of his legs.

TV-wise also became a huge fan of The Wire after powering through Season 1 (currently have 2 and 3 on standby). Series arc takes total priority in this show, with no "previously on..." and very little slack given to the viewer. I had trouble keeping track of the story and I watched it all over two days. Can't imagine following it weekl. However, that just makes the story all the more satisfying as does the Traffic-esque multi-layered structure following a criminal investigation into Baltimore's drug gangs on the level of both the police and of the dealers. American TV rules.