At 5:16pm -0000, 05/07/07, Amy Guskin  wrote:
>On Mon, 7 May 2007 08:10:28 -0400, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>At 4:31pm -0400, 05/06/07, Josh Hill  wrote:
>>>On Sun, 6 May 2007 09:28:44 -0500, "Adam H. Kerman"
 wrote:
>>>>At 9:36am -0700, 05/05/07, Bill  wrote:

>>>>>Bear in mind that the continuing plotlines in Lost, 24,
Heroes, and 
>>>>>probably many other shows wouldn't have even had a
chance if B5 hadn't 
>>>>>had the fan support that it did. It took that kind of
fan response to 
>>>>>drill it through the suits' heads that people can
handle an ongoing 
>>>>>plotline with a definite beginning, middle, and end. If
B5 hadn't come 
>>>>>back from the dead by fan request, those other shows
would never have 
>>>>>happened.

>>>>There is no evidence that the plot of "Lost" has
an end to it.

>>>Except that they've said they're going to end it.

>>They said this before. Latest announcement is three more seasons, 16 
>>episodes each. Earlier this season, they said they'd conclude the program.

>>The producers will do anything to avoid advancing the story on a regular 
>>basis. A few weeks back, they wrote an episode around two non-recurring 
>>characters, giving us their backstory and then killing them off. Next week's 
>>episode is entirely based on the polar bear.

>Really?  Dang!  I think they should have given Vincent the dog an episode and 
>a flashback before the polar bear.  Sheesh.  

The dog will appear only in flashbacks from now on. The polar bear had a 
sudden craving.
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