We still watch "Lost", but I have to tell you - we have been liking it less and less. The focus on "the others" has been annoying, simply due to the fact that they have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I mean seriously - when you see a plane crash, what sort of person is it whose first thought is "let's go screw with their heads"? Apparently, we aren't the only ones up in arms - John Podhoretz has a great take on this at "The Corner":

Trust me. Lost can't "unjump the shark." It's over, and viewers have figured it out, which is why it's lost 40 percent of its audience over the course of this year. The show's central gimmick has been to lay out a mystery, leave it unresolved, then go on to layer a new one on top of an old one. There are, I think, at least 20 pieces of plot that have been left out there to rot. For you fans, they include: What happened to Michael and Walt? How did Eko's plane from Africa end up on the island? Why did the Smoke Monster kill Eko? And on and on and on. You just can't do this to an audience. It's a giant con game, and eventually the people you're trying to con get wise and turn on you with savage anger.

Ultimately, I think it's like "The X-Files" - the writers don't actually have a grand plan, or - worse - the one they have is deeply stupid, and they've come to realize that themselves.