The whole monster plot line seems like something they don't really know how to deal with. Almost like their thought when proposing the series to the network execs was "Hey, let's put a bunch of people (some of whom look good in very little clothing) on a deserted jungle island with a monster running around, and a polar bear, and a crazy French woman, and see what happens!" And now they've developed this whole other storyline with the Hanso Foundation and the Others, and have no idea what the hell to do with the monster that's mostly fallen off the radar.