So much anticipation

The premiere of LOST Season 3 was on Wednesday night...after all the build-up from last season, I was pretty disappointed. There's a bit too much ambiguity and too much, dare I say, civilization. I liked it when everyone was barbaric and there were "mystical" creatures roaming the island. Every so often, they have an episode where the story-lines are what I call "mushy" - there's no suspense, no drama, and mushy music. This episode was one of them. Blah. Next episode better be good!

Here's an acceptable mushy exerpt from last season's finale:

Here's the set-up...
As Desmond contemplates his dismal existence with a gun in hand, he turns to the book, Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend - the last book he wants to read before he dies. As he opens the front cover, a letter from a long lost love falls to the ground. He picks it up and reads...

Dearest Des,
I'm writing this letter to you as you leave for prison. And I've hidden it in the one place you would turn to in a moment of great desperation. I know you go away with the weight of what happened on your shoulders. And I know the only person who can ever take it off is you. (Sorry to be so dramatic, but these are dramatic times, are they not?) Please don't give up Des. Because all we really need to survive is one person who truly loves us. And you have her. I will wait for you. Always.
Love you, Pen