Lost: The Others Revealed, Sort Of...

Here is my plea to the gods of the island: Can one of the characters--Jack, Sawyer, Locke, anybody--ask a direct question of someone who has relevant information about the workings, purpose, and history of the island and get a direct answer? I think I could even handle a flat refusal to provide information if we could at least get the survivors to start being a little more curious about their surroundings and a little less mopey about their love lives and unimportant events from their past. But no, instead of demanding anything that could possibly be consequential to his current surroundings, Jack wants to know if his lost wife is "happy." He shows a good strong desire to take direct action to escape, but he just doesn't show much curiosity other than a vague "what's going on?" And Sawyer isn't any better. When Kate's put in the cage looking shaken and hurt, wouldn't you think his first response would be "What happened to you? Where did they take you? How did you get hurt?" You know, specific, relevant information. Nah, he just calls her "freckles" and throws her a bear biscuit.

If only I had the will power to stop watching.