But you can't look at it as real - I know the producers and writers have said that they try and keep it as scientifically real as possible, but there is a black smoke monster - that is not realistic - there is an island that seems to have a life of its own - that is not realistic. I DO think that only 80 days is important, it is a short amount of time to become acclimated to anything after living a lifetime in a civilized society. Our Losties have gone through different stages - when there was the parachute drop of food and everyone came running, and Sawyer was shouting to take it easy, there was a little anarchy going on there. Hurley complained about being left out of the loop. Nobody knew what Locke and Boone were doing going out into the jungle everyday, and obviously, we didn't know about or what Nikki and Paulo were doing. Jack tried to organize an army without Sawyer or Kate's knowledge. Bernard did become frustrated with no one trying to get them rescued and tried to build an S.O.S. signal. I don't think I want it realistic... we get character flashbacks and those are realistic, how everyone realistically acted back in civilization and our Losties did not fare very well. But now you are here on a mysterious island, "everyone gets a new life" - there are no codified laws that our losties have to follow, plus they all are obviously broken people who are struggling with getting that new life which is a more subtle struggle to show but no less powerful than some anarchist uprising against ??? They did all agree with "Live together; die alone" and they are finding there place in that. I really like season three!

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