Going along for the Ride

I, too, simply enjoy the ride while watching some of the intricate TV shows out there (Lost, X-Files, etc.) I think that's its only when the demands of TV (endless shows for endless profits) interact with the story (need a defined beginning, middle, and end) that these formats run into trouble, as we're seeing right now with Lost, as characters start to do things that just don't make sense so that the plot moves along.