So, my opinion, seriously, as far the mini-season concept is concerned it is a failure. They really dragged everything out to an extreme that was neither pleasurable nor revealing. In fact, you could watch episode one and episode six without everything in between and have very little trouble understanding what is going on in the others compound. The intent was clearly there, the execution was just a little off. At one point, about four episodes in, Jack says "Are you going to tell me what you want, or am I just going to sit around and watch cartoons?" A sentiment many LOST fans were echoing themselves. On the other hand, if we forget the mini-season concept, and the promise of explaining the others, you have a handful of enjoyable episodes that are on par with some of the best LOST episodes to date; I know I picked up a few new all-time-favorites!