No One Gets Out Of Here Alive!

Did the Skipper, the Professor, Maryann, Ginger, the Millionaire and his wife really want off the island? If so, why did they tolerate Gilligan thwarting every opportunity they had to return to the mainland? Gilligan obviously preferred it on the island, and had no reason to go back. He was a glorified cabin boy, with no prospects in civilized society. If the rest of the stranded shipwrecked day cruisers really wanted off, they would have murdered the fool for the unrelenting havoc he inflicted on their efforts to escape. However, they tolerated his bungling, that is, if you choose to believe his sabotage was unintentional. They enabled it because they, too, all had their reasons to prefer their new island lives to their previous sordid unfullfilled wretched failed existence. They pretended to strive to find a way off the island, and denied admitting to themselves the dark simple truth: life in a civilized society is awful! Why did they go on a three hour cruise to begin with? To get away. Here were humans who stranded in a lush tropical wilderness regularly parodied what civilization offered in mock reconstructions to demonstrate how ridiculous our pursuits are and our lives have become. Life on the island was paradise regained, with tantalizing beauty and festering libidos. The stranded weren't stranded at all. They had managed to accomplish what we all desire. They managed to get off the planet, only to pretend to want to return just to pass the time. Eventually, when they all were rescued, they realized they had made a tremendous mistake, and they all wanted to go back. LOST was merely a dramatic retelling of the Gilligan sitcom. We all want off the planet. We all want to be on the island, to be somewhere else. It is always greener in someone else's yard. We all want to be somewhere greener, to be on the other dide of the allegorical tracks. The problem is: no one gets out of here alive!