i agree with you. it's too slow paced for some people, i mean the second episodes continuity ran concurrent with the first episodes. we're not farther along in the main story, but we got to see what happened to Sawyer and Mike which was critical. then seeing Jin tied up on the beach being chased by the "others." STINKING AWESOME! every episode is an insane cliffhanger. i've got a lot of questions about Desmond now. like HOW? WHY! WHO ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! WHY ARE YOU THERE? HOW LONG? WHATS THAT MACHINE? WHAT KINDA "SICKNESS" IS ON THE ISLAND?! HOW DID YOU MEET JACK WHEN IT APPEARS YOU'VE BEEN IN THE HATCH SINCE THE SEVENTIES! GAH! it's frustrating and exciting and fun. so hot right now.