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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lhorgrim" data-source="post: 2305048" data-attributes="member: 12222">I enjoy "Lost", and I'm looking forward to next season.That being said, I think that there is a payoff issue with any type of "plot twist" style drama.  You have to be interested enough in the final outcome to stay with all the ups and downs and twists.  If the story doesn't appeal to you, it's not likely that you'll put in the effort to "hear the final verse".I'm that way with several types of media.  I gave up on Robert Jordan, because the payoff just isn't worth it to me anymore. :\   I watched "The Blair Witch Project" to the end of the credits, and waited til they turned on the house lights, because I was waiting for the definitive answer about what was really going on in those woods.  I was ... disappointed with the payoff such as it was.If the idea doesn't grab you, there really isn't any reason to watch the show.  I don't particularly enjoy professional womens basketball.  It would be a waste of my time to watch, because no payoff will ever be worth it to me.  I'm watching "Lost" because I enjoy some of the characters, and I want the payoff at the end. I hope I'm not...disappointed <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>