I was looking for a particular picture from the now-dead show "Roswell" for a personal project tonight. Looking at some of the rabid fan-pages made me remember how *into* the show I was during the first season, and how quickly it got really, profoundly stupid. Their mistake? Bringing the sheriff in on the alien secret. Blew the whole show into a totally different direction, gave it a different feel. While I'm incredibly eager to learn the secrets contained on the island in "LOST"... what's down the hatch, what's with the black and white, what's the monster really made of?... I'm afraid to learn the truth. Not because those secrets might be scary or tough to deal with. Nope. Because it might cause the show to change into something I really don't want to watch anymore. Seems preposterous now, I know. But then I think of "Roswell" and remember how excited I was to watch it the first season, and then when they didn't need to keep secrets any longer, the whole show went to crap. I'd find myself realizing I'd missed two or three episodes, just because I'd forgotten. And this was back in the days when I recorded my shows with each one on its own VHS tape, and used pause to keep the commercials out; when I'd make an XML chart just to make my recording schedule easier to figure out at a moment's glance. JJ Abrams take note... leave a *little* mystery. Half the people are watching just to figure out what kind of show it is. Don't let us down.