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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2609845" data-attributes="member: 151">I like the show.  I like it lots.Wendigos are commonplace, now?  News to me.  I've seen the Wendigo ONCE in my lifetime outside of a reference in a fantasy novel - and that was in the X-men comic where wolverine tracked one down in the great white north.  Things like references to Black Dogs (creatures almost certainly as obscure as Wendigos) and Anasazi markings are lots of fun, and show the writers have at least done a little digging into the material.The show's formula is ideal for getting viewers invested in the series without feeling that they can't just jump in.  There's plenty of time in the future for expanding the concepts, buliding a recurring cast and moving forward.  Shows as diverse as M*A*S*H*, The Fugitive, Buffy:TVS, Star Trek, Combat, The Rifleman, The Hulk, Law and Order, Magnum P.I., WKRP in Cincinnatti and hundreds of others have used it or a variant of it.  Because it works.Steveroo's suggestions for how the show could be done actually sound less appealing to me, as they automatically exclude new viewers.  how many people decided to avoid Lost until the start of the second season, when they could be brought up to speed?  Jumping into Lost or E/R or Babylon 5 is made doubly hard on those who weren't there from the start.  It's an equally valid format choice...but it has its own drawbacks.</blockquote>