The ABC site (the "abc full episode player") isn't even silver light, it's some kind of half-assed, totally custom plugin. From the site (when browsing on linux):

Oops

Our new video player is only available for:

* Windows XP/Vista - Internet Explorer, Firefox * Mac - Firefox, Safari.

To watch, please download the appropriate browser.

You can just run FF in wine and watch it from there. It works for me. Sometimes the video doesn't appear, but if you hit full screen then return it to normal, it starts working.

The ABC player does blow, but I manage to run it on Firefox in XP. I really hope they just move to the Hulu player.

Why fight with this when you can just get the episode from Usenet or the Pirate Bay?

Because I really like J.J. Abrams, the writers, and many of the actors on Lost, and in some small, small way I want my act of watching their show to reflect positively on their compensation.

But they won't let you. If I try to give someone money, and they refuse, it's their loss, not mine.

Because pirating it takes more work than just sucking it up and using the player.