Is Lost X-Files 2?

This week Lost was much better, they are getting back to some mysteries that had been all but forgotten. It was also good to see Hurly again. My major complain was the single goal of the story this time around. It was good to see Charlie and John again, the entire mute thing was stupid, and he did not give a good speech. The flash back was a little interesting, but I also felt that it ended up unresolved. I hope that it is continued later. Desmond was back, I really like his character and hope that they do much more with him. The mystery about him deepens a little bit, which has a possibility to pan out a little better. My feelings for season three so far are not the best. This was a much better episode but I am feeling the series slide into “X-Files syndrome.” The biggest problem I had with X-Files was that the mysteries built on top of each other, so anytime they discovered anything there were five times too many questions, and at the end it was just too much. I felt that with X-Files there was no clear ending, the writers of Lost have said that there is a clear ending here which is a good start. The thing is that the threshold of mysteries is about at the limit, meaning that there will be too many to explain adequately. The episode with Hugo’s flashback in the insane asylum was the best episode yet, though I have a feeling the scene with Libby at the end will never be explained. I’m still a little pissed off about Libby though, I like her character a lot and can not shake the feeling that she is off the show because of the drunk driving thing (in her real life). There are unresolved issues there. So even with an above average episode (finally) I’m starting to get skeptical about the entire series.