LOST is one of the best shows to grace TV. The only people who think less of it are the people that let their expectations get out of hand. If you watch it with reasonable expectations its a great show. Its a TV show. of course they were making it up as they went along. All TV shows do that. Perhaps they have certain things planned out but you have a team of writers fill in the blanks. The ending and the last season in general could have been better but it was still entertaining the whole way through as a show.
The last episode was a cop out load of shyt and if you disagree you are an apologist, cognitive dissonance fukking with ya. My expectations were basically that the ending wouldn't be a load of shyt, if that is out of hand then I guess you're right.