Skyjedi said:

"When JJ Left Alias and Lost in other hands the quality of the shows suffered. Their first seasons were brilliant."

I really have a hard time finding much of anything in Lost season one that was all that worthwhile. It is good in retrospect, but for the most part it just felt like a silly soap opera version of survivor with a few mysteries thrown into the mix, which probably would have had lame answers. Back then they said that by the end of the show, everything will have scientific answers. After Abrams left they kicked that idea out and let it be a fullout sci-fi show. For my part, I think it is now the best sci-fi show currently on the air.