Another frustrating "Lost" episode

I mean come the freak on, Sun's still hesitating?

Any normal person would so completely be over this by now: If you see an Other, shoot them.

Don't wait, don't talk, don't torture, don't play with the food machine, don't break rocks, don't eat breakfast, don't drop the gun.

I'm just sick of this cycle of stupid. OK, the Red Sox joke was funny. But the correct response to Henry/Ben saying "Do what I say and you'll go home?" is to say "How many people will I have kill to get there?" and then to hit him until he makes you stop.

If your plot depends on your protagonists making the same dumb mistakes over and over and over, I think it's pretty natural if your audience gets fed up and finds something less annoying. Another episode like this and I'll be doing just that.

UPDATE: Warren, my boss, thinks I'm off base here (see comments), but I think hard core fans often get swept away by their enthusiasm... just sayin.'

Also, "The Nine" last night. Another pretty good episode, although the characters are feeling less real to me as the show goes on, which is odd. I still can't see how anyone expects this thing to go multiple seasons. There's just not enough mystery to be unveiled there, it seems to me. I haven't seen the ratings, so multiple seasons may not be a problem the producers have.