While I appreciate reading Mr. Lindelof's point of view regarding the writer's strike, I can't help but still feel extremely annoyed at him and other producers who have been jerking fans around for sometime now. I happen to work for one of those big "greedy" studios he refers to and I whole-heartedly agree that the writers definitely do deserve some royalties for DVDs and internet downloads. But everyone has known that this strike was coming for months and I remember reading about how shows were shooting early to compensate for the impending strike. Now I'm hearing that mid-season shows like Lost and 24 will be delayed even more than they already are. As a 30-year tv fanatic, and Lost-addict, I must say that my annoyance with JJ Abrams and the crew of Lost began well before the strike when they decided to make the public wait until February to air the show. Whatever happened to the good ole days of only having to wait 3 months to find out who shot J.R.? Or whether Sam proposed to Diane or someone else? Or if Ross and Rachel got back together? Now networks and producers are jerking us around more and more by making us wait 6 months for a new episode, especially when they know a strike is coming! As for Lindelof's assertion that television is free, I've got news for him. When was the last time he tried to watch network TV with rabbit ears? If I didn't pay for "basic cable" in my house, a whole 10 miles from the NBC studios, my "free" tv would consist of watching 3 or 4 channels through a very fuzzy picture. My cable company charges ridiculous amounts for me to be able to view 22 extremely frustrating episodes of Lost without fuzz. I understand the writers' plight, and I have my fingers crossed for a swift resolution, but Lindelof should know that if he is "dragged through the streets and burned" it will be because he could have given his fans SOME Lost episodes prior to the strike, instead of making us
miss the whole season!

Disgruntled TV Viewer