Review of Lost 2.08

YAWN.

Okay, I have to admit that I had the episode of Survivor: Guatemala, that I missed due to Turkey day commitments, queed up for download at the time. This episode made that download seem to take even longer than it did.
Ana Lucia has been fairly unpopular with the fans, and I don't feel like last week's episode helped give us anything more to make us like her. The writers said we'd understand her more, and we do. But understanding why you dislike someone is not the same as coming around and actually liking them. To like them, we have to like what they do. Speaking of which, when is the last time we saw something likeable out of poor Said? What made his torturing of Sawyer so difficult was that he was so likable around camp. Further, what made us hate Sawyer from the start was that he started a fight with Said, who was so likable. Stop putting Said through the wringer all the time and let us see him act like a normal human being. Must he always be either doing something supremely devilish or supremely saintly?
In terms of what made this show alluring in season one, I'm starting to fear that it has lost the thread a bit. Please, more parts of the show like the golf bit, less people shooting people and then have them flash back to shooting other other people.