Let’s talk about The Event. To make things clear, let’s agree that this is not the next Lost. NBC may have tried to tout it as such, or perhaps the entertainment media, in an effort to fill the void left in their lives, decided that this was the closest thing to stylized drama they could find and made it their great white hope. Either way, The Event is definitely not the new Lost.

The Event, regardless of where this show is going, is based on a very unlikely premise. No, I’m not talking about the possibility of aliens or super-humans who don’t age, or anything along those lines. What I’m referring to is the idea that a young man would find that his girlfriend has been kidnapped from a cruise and then repeatedly risk his life to find her, whether he knew about “The Event” or not. Nearly every man I’ve ever known would have responded to the kidnapping with, “Oh, dude, this sucks, but I, uh, gotta be back at work on Monday or they’re gonna can my ass.” Heh. Seeing our young hero run from, well, everyone in hopes of finding his girl is far less believable than the intrigue of the 97 (give or take a thousand).

Regardless, I’m enjoying The Event but I’d put it on the same level as Persons Unknown, another pretty cool recent NBC offering. If you haven’t yet caught up with The Event, head on over to Hulu and check it out.