I'm re-watching all the episodes online for the first time since watching the show religiously as it aired on network TV and am surprised at my reactions. It definitely has a different feel watching Lost like a really long movie as opposed to waiting a week (or more) for each new episode.
This episode is the first where I just wanted to turn it off. It breaks the flow of the series pretty seriously and tries to replace the organic mythology built by the show with a hasty and uninteresting mythology which seems thrown together for the purpose of answering things which are better left as mysteries. Everything here (pacing, dialogue, characters, etc.) just works poorly for me.
This episode is the first where I just wanted to turn it off. It breaks the flow of the series pretty seriously and tries to replace the organic mythology built by the show with a hasty and uninteresting mythology which seems thrown together for the purpose of answering things which are better left as mysteries. Everything here (pacing, dialogue, characters, etc.) just works poorly for me.