Even if you think Lost is about 'the stories' and not the mystery, this wasn't even a good story. In fact, it was the only episode to not have a single character from the original cast. As soon as the tunnel of light made an appearance I knew exactly how Smokey was going to be created. It was terrible storytelling and something a 12 year old trying to copy Rowling and Tolkien would write. If you thought that was a good story then you should go read some Dan Brown novels. They'll entertain you for days.

There is a way to use supernatural stuff without making it over the top and utterly cheesy. Lost has been more of the cheese as of late but in this episode they shot straight for the moon without looking back.