I personally get tired after so many cliffhangers. They leave us hanging for months and months... to leave us hanging again? You're right, there is something very Lost-like about that. Really, I wouldn't have minded the cliffhanger if 23 hadn't had such a hanging ending as well, or if perhaps they had launched right into the second season after 25. But as it is, the long periods of leaving the audience hanging will eventually lose any strength, and instead leave fans annoyed.