A Prayer to the Smoke Monster

Please, please, please make tonight’s Lost the best season finale ever. This spring has felt more like sleeps then sweeps. There have been some good, some bad and some ugly and I’m really hoping Lost is great. Here's some quick thougts on a sampling of what we've seen so far:

The Good
The Office- Obviously the final 20 seconds were great to JAM fans everywhere but the credit segment also set up some interesting stories for next year, not to mention the continued dysfunction of Michael and Jan was insured. Great finale with no true cliffhanger but enough to make you eagerly anticipate next year.

Scrubs- The finale once again showed how Scrubs took the typical sitcom relationship and flipped it on its head by having the audience screaming at the TV for its star crossed characters NOT to hook up. Genius.

My Name is Earl- For a show that I’ve pretty much given up on Earl really surprised with not only a cliffhanger but a return to top comedic form. Sending Earl back to the slammer gives the show many avenues to explore next year and hopefully they don’t go back to status quo within a few episodes.

The Bad
Survivor- Not only did the best contestant get screwed in Yao-Man but the vote was anticlimactic to say the least.

Heroes- When you spend all season building to one moment you better know what you’re doing and sadly it seems like the Heroes writers didn’t. A rushed hour of TV that left few questions for next year and ever fewer reasons to care. It goes to prove that for the people that complain about the lack of answers on Lost there is something to be said for maintaining some mystery.

24- For a season that started with such promise, it’s sad to see it finish as the worst season of 24 ever. The end of day 6 was 20 minutes too long and we’re left with Jack once again disappearing on his own ala day 4. Oh and the big news in the finale: Chloe’s pregnant. Gack! If I wanted to watch Grey’s I’d watch Grey’s!

The Ugly
Top Model- The crazy Russian or man-thing Jaslene? How ultra qualified Renee was sent home before either of these two is beyond me. I know that models as a rule don’t have to beautiful but they should be able to speak and not look like a drag queen (unless that’s the gig). Tyra you have failed me for the last time!