Lost

I adore the show, but why, oh why, did they have to bring back Michael? And if they just had to bring him back, why did they have to devote an entire episode to him? Yes, I know there were plot points that his story explained (and yet more questions it raised), but surely there could’ve been another way to go about it. Gah.

I really don’t like his over-the-top character. Watching him is like listening to a Celine Dion song, where it starts on a super emotive note and just builds and builds and builds, with no relief. Yes, Michael, we know your heart will go on and on and on and on and on. Enough! You’re making me tired. I also find his character’s actions to be unbelievable (an Island with an agenda? Sure! But someone who kills two women in order to make a deal with someone he clearly cannot trust, and who later feels so guilty that he tells his son about it? A son he’s never had a meaningful relationship with, and who doesn’t need any more reasons to distrust and resent his father? And then he’s suicidal because the son rejects him? And then he’s so remorseful about the murders that he’s willing to become re-entangled in Benry’s schemes? Not so much.)