I myself am a huge Lost fan; in fact it is one of my all time favourite TV shows, but some people are judging the third season too quickly, and quite frankly it is getting stupid. Yes the season has perhaps been slow to get started but give it a chance! I am sure some people just wanted Jack, Kate and Sawyer to get away from the others straight away; but the suspense that has been made as a result of clever writing has made the season very good. The writers have needed to lay the foundation first. The storyline of Jack, Kate, Sawyer and the others is just about to get 10 times better now that Kate and Sawyer have made it back to their island. The other main storyline of Desmond being able to tell the future is also very interesting now that we know Charlie faces the inevitable. I feel that the reason it has not started as quickly as some may have thought is because time has needed to be taken in order to make the others more interesting characters. The Juliet centric episode was vital to our understanding of her character, and in my opinion the writers have done a good job making the others as interesting as they are in just 9 short episodes. I am very confident that this season is just about to become one of the most exciting, edge of your seat TV programmes ever, just wait and see.