Greetings, all … I’m new to these boards, though I’ve lurked for quite a while.

This isn’t a request or anything like that – just a more a thought that occurred to me while watching the season 3 finale of " Lost". So here it is: can people see any possibilities in cutting the TV series ’ Lost’ so you eliminate most, if not all, of the flashbacks, and still retain a viable show? The “breadcrumbs” approach to plot development on the damn show is really starting to burn me, and I’m wondering if with all the crap you could cut from the show whether you’d wind up with about twelve to fourteen episodes of solid on-island action?

If so, whose plotlines do you leave in? Who do you eliminate?

Thoughts, class?