Steve P's TV Reviews

One more episode and its life without LOST. I have missed only one episode since the series began ..amazing considering my busy life. The program is certainly addictive and for me its the "mystical aspect" of LOST that keeps me hooked (My all-time favorite series was the X-Files). From Locke's regaining the ability to walk, to Sawyer's (My favorite character) transforming from con-man-murderer to someone who genuinely has a soul (Sawyer threatening to kill Locke if Hurley is harmed? Who would have thought it?), to Sun (Wait, come to think of it, SHE is my favorite character ..or maybe I simply in love with her!) finding the inner strength to face all of her demons, the island transforms people and I like that theme. Except for a couple of seasons ago when the writers went astray and the "off and on" TV scheduling disgusted regular viewerers, the series has been simply amazing: great overall plot and subplots, fascinating characters, and the many twists and cliff hanger endings makes LOST the best television series in many years. My least favorite parts of LOST? Nothing major actually, though I do tire of all of the attention put on Jack and Kate when I find other characters more compelling. I am also tired - generally - with not only LOST, but so many other television series - feeling like they need to kill off popular characters for .. what purpose? I still have not gotten over the loss of Charlie and I fear that the always unfortunate Desmond - another of my favorites - will be gone by the end of this season and never again see his beloved Penny.

One more week, and once again it will be life without LOST.

This is my first year as a Dances with the Stars watcher. A friend had to drag me kicking and screaming to the television. And now ...I am hooked! I love it. And yes, Kristie is magnificent. In my opinion she won every week and only finished second on those weeks the judges purposefully downgraded her to make the make the show more "competitive." Does she have an advantage because she is a skater? Probably, but that advantage is over blown by her distractors. Week after week she hits the floor with a fire that no other dancer possesses. If they came out with a Kristie-only Dances with the Stars video, I would buy it! As for all of the "buzz" about Marissa. Guess what? The only reason she lasted as long as she did was because she was short, fat, and unattractive! The judges went out of their way to keep her in, often giving her embarassingly high scores ...at the expense of other better dancers who were sent packing. America loves underdogs and the "sympathy vote" kept her in until it was painfully obvious that she did not belong. Real simple: she can't dance. My main complaint about the show? The music is usually second rate and very often inappropriate for the dance. This has to be a big disadvantage to the dancers drawing the worst of the music. As the old Highlander slogan goes, "In the end, there can be only one." Kristie!