Lost is the best show on television. Besides the usual reasons like great acting, beautiful locations, and inventive scripts, here's one more: it treats complex medical issues well. This is a small sample:
- The opening sequence of triage after an apocalyptic plane crash
- The story of Locke, the disabled -- and reabled -- hunter
- The heroin-addicted ex-rock star
- The father & son surgeon team, alcoholism, and malpractice
- Deception and living related kidney transplantation
- Pregnancy and the single mom
- Aggressive interventions and medical futility