I could probably come up with lots to say about the season premier of Lost, but I’ll hold off for a few episodes before going crazy about it. Watching it both allayed and heightened my fear that they aren’t going to be able to keep the quality of the show up. It’s a fallacy to assume that the longer something doesn’t happen, the more likely it is to happen, but I can’t see how they’re going to stay at this level. Fortunately, as Alias showed in seasons two and three, J. J. Abrams is entirely willing to make huge changes to his shows as soon as or even before the storytelling gets stale (though admittedly last season did disappoint a bit).