I was never a serious ‘LOST’ addict. The hit ABC TV series was never more than light entertainment for me, but after having just watched the series finale I find myself thinking ‘was that is?’
Plenty of people said that the finale of the series would inevitably be a disappointment that would answer few of the shows intriguing mysteries. I was expecting that, but come on, the ending could’ve only been a fraction more anticlimactic if Pam Ewing from TV’s Dallas had appeared in some dodgy looking 1980’s night frock to announce that the whole thing had all been one of her convoluted dreams.
Maybe I’m a little slow on the uptake, but I was still none the wiser as to what the heck was happening, even as I was half way through the finale episode. Desmond was running people over, Ben was a nerdy teacher, Sayid was coverting his brothers wife, and Sawyer was a cop! It was all a little confusing, but surely headed for a real head-bender of a finale.
Sure, I had already accepted the fact that there would be loose ends. I didn’t for one moment expect the script writers to tell us what the DHARMA Initiative was and why it had branded sharks. I knew that there would be no explanation as to why Walt had special powers, why polar bears were on the island, and how it was that everyone seemed to have the tracking abilities of Pocahontas.
I did, however, at least expect some of the bigger more pressing plot lines to be addressed. Like what the heck the island was, what was the infamous black smoke that somehow became Jon Locke, and who was Charles Widmore and what the heck was he after?
In the end though, while it wasn’t a dream, it wasn’t much better. Everyone we have been watching for the one hundred and fifteen hours that I spent following the show was in fact dead!
There wasn’t so much of a mention about all the other people who perished on Oceanic 815, not a whisper about ‘the others’ or indeed the other ‘others.’ Instead the whole series is wrapped up with some cheesy soft focus flipping back and forth through realities with people crying and saying “I remember” while Jack (and I) struggled to grasp what the heck was going on.
I can only imagine the dissapointment of the die-hard ‘LOST’ fans out there, crushed that there their complex calculations and theorizing were all for nothing. I’m not among them, in part because TV rarely pulls me in that much, and also because my brother told me when the show first started that the script writers had already got one disastrous series finale (Alias) under their belt so this was likely headed in the same direction.
But come on, ‘they were all dead’ … Really? The collective imaginations of the people who led us all down this make believe path, introducing us to the black smoke, the hatch, the diversionary sub plots, and ‘the others,’ couldn’t have come up with something just a little bit more imaginative than ‘they were all dead?’ For me I think that is far more disappointing than the ending itself.
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Wrote the following comment on Jun 4, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Hmm, it would seem you really haven’t taken in many of the answers that have been given over the course of this season.
They haven’t been all dead for six years, the six years on the island happened, some died on the island, Jack, Charlie etc, some escaped and died later, Kate, Sawyer. The flashes sideways were a kind of holding pattern were they waited for each other to remember so that they could all move on together. Black smoke was Jacobs brother, he turned into the smoke when he touched the heart of the island. Black smoke could take on the form of those that were dead, hence Jack seeing his father in the forest back in season 2. The whispering in the forest was also explained. Polar bear was explained gapes ago, Dharma were using them for experiments.
I think you need to read a lost answers page as many of the things you mention have already been answered.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 4, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Simon, you know I think the story of lost has always been character driven which is why I thought the ending was so good. The Island mythos is secondary and always has been. All the viewer needed to know was why the survivors were chosen by Jacob, which was sufficiently answered.
PS. That’s a funny caption on the picture :)
Wrote the following comment on Jun 4, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Check out my blog to see why I loved the Lost finale.
They weren’t all dead. Everything that happened on the Island was real. It just didn’t matter much in the end. What mattered were the relationships they formed.
Also, many of the questions were answerable from earlier on in the series.
(Edit: don’t think the link to my blog showed up, so here it is: https://www.rattiganwrites.blogspot.com)
Wrote the following comment on Jun 4, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Thanks Dave, really useful link in your blog, explains it nicely I think. The relationships were the real story, not the mysteries.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 4, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Simon, never mind six years of Lost. I’m wondering how they’re going to end Coronation Street!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 4, 2010 at 11:34 pm
I am disappointed that so many of the shows fans are just giving the writers/creators a pass on this. They changed the game this last season and had created a show over the years with so many mysteries that they just didn’t know how to write their way out of it. Creating mysteries and questions takes no discipline–answering them logically and/or faithfully is where true brilliance comes through and a satisfying conclusion can be reached. In the end, it continues to show the lack of storytelling ability in today’s entertainment community. The end does matter!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 12:00 am
I think you need to maybe recap the last season again Simon and this time pay attention boy! ;)
I wasn’t too upset by the not very inspiring end to the show. Like your brother I suspected it would always end up ‘doing and Alias.’ But I’m ok with that. It’s just a TV show, and there are so many more things i could get animated about.
Having said that though, I keep finding myself coming up with new questions like your one about the Dharma sharks (I too wondered that. They appeared at least twice!) I also wondered why Hugo was a lottery winner with those special numbers that Desmond and Locke tapped into the computer on the island every day. What relevance was that?
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 12:20 am
The ending was only good for catholics…what about the rest of us??
It looked like they had to come up with a super quick ending and didn’t put any real thought into it, it just seems the likely predictable ending.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 1:48 am
Luckily I didn’t spend six years on the series, just a few months. For those like me it was the mystery of the island and its many enigmas that kept us watching. I never truly expected everything to be fully explained but I certainly think the writers could have given the viewers more into what empowered the island. I don’t mind some need to reflect upon difficult concepts of a story but there needs to be a basis of understanding that can be reflected upon.
It is easy to defend the ending and it easy to abhor the ending but all in all the writers should have understood the range of their own show. Many people found the characters and their struggles at the heart of the show and many clung to the need to understand the island.
Throwing any one of these groups to the wolves was a mistake. They might as well have said that no one survived the 815 crash and the 6 seasons of the show was a near death hallucination by Jack before he died.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 2:18 am
I watched the series and understand that not all questions will be answered. Happens in every book you read and every movie you see. It was a confusing ending, but we were able to figure it out. I have one question (that I think may never be answered), how was it that the Asian dude who headed up the temple people was able to keep the MIB/Smoke Monster from entering the temple area? It was only after his death that the Smoke Monster was able to kill everyone at the temple.
Otherwise, a great series unlike anything seen on TV. Thanks to all involved for the memories.
In the future, producers and writers of this type of series should not get caught up in the hype. If the story is a 4 season story, write the story to wrap up in 4 seasons rather than stretching it out to 6 seasons.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 4:41 am
They all died in the crash, however, if you are a long fan and watch all the series. The only way it works is that they died IN the ocean. (flashback: the Oceanic was found at the bottom of the ocean with ALL passengers on board but the bodies were to deep to be recovered). If we are to believe that : this was limbo – using the news media information that the plane was IN THE OCEAN, than when it went down, Jack’s last thoughts – nana second – could have PLACED him in “limbo” of an island and then went from there. IF these writers had a clue – then when Jacks eyes shut, it should have panned out to the airplane underwater and the last air bubble escaping from Jacks mouth then continue while the credits start to come up to the other passengers IN there seats.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 5:36 am
WORST FINALE EVER
I am so disappointed that the writers couldn’t respect the intelligence of their fans enough to give us a decent finale, and instead put out this drug store romance novel drivel!!
They’ve spent 6 seasons crafting an intricate story that dealt with issues of philosophy, myth and metaphysics. Episode after episode, we were led to believe that this Island was the center of the series and brought meaning and purpose to the lives of the survivors (how many times did Jack and Locke tell us that they were “brought to the Island for a reason”).
And just when the writers have a golden opportunity to use the Island as a backdrop to give us a glimpse into their own notions of time, space and existence, they turn the finale into a Wednesday afternoon soap opera that could’ve been written by any lovesick teenage girl after watching Twilight (“ooooooohhhh, it would be so CUTE if Sun and Jin lived happily ever after!!!!”).
These writers should be ashamed of themselves for their pathetic, mainstream and diluted finale to an otherwise amazing show. The chance for true TV brilliance has been Lost forever!!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 6:07 am
Fact of the matter is, no matter what questions were answered or not, not all of the questions that viewers have thrown out there were to be answered in 2.5 hours. This show had huge religious overtones from the beginning, and just as nobody can truly answer what happens when you die, if there is a heaven and hell, what does God look like, or are we alone in the universe, the writers cannot explain every little thing in the show. This is especially true since a lot of these questions are the same as those that we cannot answer in our own lives.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 6:48 am
Simon, you knew leaving comments like that you were always going to get people to click on your name now didn’t you.
PS, nice hat!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 7:15 am
My partner and I felt had off by the finale. With a Christian Sheppard leading everyone into heaven the religious overtones were so sugary I half expected a burst of Hallelujah to burst from the light.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 8:00 am
The religious overtones were interesting, but I would hate for people to become confused about how a person gets to heaven. NOBODY, not Jack, not Sawyer, not Hugo, or anyone get to heaven in any way other than by the acceptance of our Lord Jesus Christ.
It was a great show and I hope it has challenged some people to think about what comes after this life.
If you found Lost exciting and intriguing then get yourself a copy of the Holy Bible and start reading the word of God. You’ll be hooked into that ongoing story very quickly indeed I promise you.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 8:51 am
I enjoyed the entire series of Lost, which became my favorite program from the first episode onward, and including the end which, as I predicted to my brother in advance, I knew was going to disappoint me, regardless of how it ended. There are no perfect endings, in life or on TV (okay, The Bob Newhart Show excepted). It surprises me how many fans (short for fanatics) actually came to think of the show as somehow representing some metaphysical or religious truth. It was just a TV show, people, not Moses on the mount! Enjoy it for what it was, an incredibly entertaining and thought-provoking series gifted with an amazing cast. I loved it, and my only regret is that it had to come to an end.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 9:19 am
I love that duct tape fixed the Ajira Airline plane!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 11:12 am
Come on Simon, you want the truth? YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Okay, so I clearly didn’t get it. Maybe I’m dim or just wasn’t paying close enough attention. But I think that’s the point of my slight disappointment at this shows rather overly emotional and simple ending. The writers went to all the trouble of weaving some complex web of deepening plot lines and mystery, only to finish it all off with some kind of soft focus interpersonal ending that concentrates nicely on the characters, but ignores the mystery that was the shows initial appeal.
Yes, I could read endless sights about lost, or visit a few forums as I have done over the last day or so. But really? Is that really what the set up was for? To just let everyone get drawn in and then make up their own conclusions after six years.
For me the finale just felt like a quick tie up of the characters, with slow motions fuzzy replays designed to remind us of our televisual affection for these people we invited into our living rooms like guests every week. But I wasn’t watching Lost in the hope of seeing Jack and Kate have a sly smooth of loving embrace. I didn’t spent 115 hours trying to figure out if Sawyer and Juliet would find true love, for me at least, that stuff was the aside stuff, aside to the intrigue of the island.
In the end I think that the truth of the matter is that there was simply no way that the writers would have been able to write a finale that would have successfully tied up all of the plot lines they had cast out over the years.
The truth is the show was, as my old English teacher might have said, “all mouth and no trousers.” That is to say, it seems that the writers of Lost were in effect building an elaborate mystery in the same way a child might build a web of lies to cover up one untruth, and to that end I suppose it was never going to end all that well.
So to all of you who want me to go back and watch it again so that this time I can correctly understand it, I hope you’ll understand when I respectfully decline that request.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 2:34 pm
I think the writers didn’t want to leave the viewers with definitive answers.
They wanted each of us to come out of it however we felt…….good, bad or indifferent.
Not everything in life has clarity…….there are always unanswered questions.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 3:51 pm
William, THEY DID NOT DIE IN THE CRASH, the writers couldn’t make that any clearer. As for the plane on the ocean floor, this was clearly explained as being down to Whitmore to preven the authorities from continuing the search.
Hollywood often gets criticised for treating audiences like idiots and spoon feeding them the answers, list hasn’t done that. I’ve said for a while, lost is all about the journey, not the destination. The last 6 years have been a great journey with these characters, so what if I don’t know what was special about Walt.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Clearly for some people, like
TypoWilvo, the series wasn’t about the mystery in the same way that Strictly Come Dancing isn’t really about dancing.However, for a great many people who enjoyed Lost, its attraction was at least as much about the mystery as it was about the charachters, and in fact nobody can deny that the mystery of the show was very much its biggest pulling power and the ‘hook’ of the show.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 5:00 pm
I was very disappointed . The show appealed to two groups of viewers from two aspects. The character relationship aspect and the sci-fi and mystery aspect. The finale catered to the first group with plenty of emotion stemming from characters reuniting with hugs smiles and kisses. However the second group of viewers, the people more interested in the mystery aspect, were cheated out of their payoff. The promos each week would announce “the answers are coming”. Well we are still waiting and find ourselves practically empty handed.
A few examples would be, who built the sky scraper size statue and how did they build it with no or little resources and on a remote island no less? How was the crazy mother of MIB able to destroy his village and kill all his people by herself? How did she fill in the well in such a short time by herself? What power did the ash have over the Monster so he could not cross over it? These are only a handful of major key parts of the island story. This remains a story that begs to be completed.
They baited our curiosity each week and then left us holding our breath with no satisfaction except a cheesy cheap quickly thrown together ending that was weak to say the least. They did a wonderful job explaining a few mysteries with episodes such as Ab Aeterno and Across the sea. If they produced more episodes like these that satisfied our curiosity then this would have been a great great show. Instead they disrespected the viewers who waited and waited and continued to watch faithfully every episode including reruns for years.
The sugar coated hugs and kisses finale wrought with strong emotional appeal was a red herring designed to distract people from the fact that the so called writers were unable to skillfully and creatively tie in all the ends together in a fulfilling and satisfying way. It was shoddy ending that pandered to the more simple selection of viewers.
They could redeem themselves if they had the decency to do something about their error in the form of a special or a book that would address all the mysteries and unanswered questions. It would be a win win for the writers and the fans. But I won’t hold my breath again
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 5:06 pm
I didn’t say I didn’t enjoy the mystery, I enjoyed the way it made me go WTF on many occassions, it’s just that i don’t have a desperate need to understand everything, I know enough to keep me happy.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 5:38 pm
What?!!!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Moral of the story. If you’re a bad mother your child might turn into a smoke monster.
Simple really.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 8:38 pm
I think the ending was great if you ignore everything that happened in the middle. In a way, overall it made sense. Everything that happened on the island happened. Everyone died, but at different points in time. I don’t know why everyone was not in the church (Miles? Lapidus? I mean, c’mon, I’d prefer them over Boone), but at least it ended on a good note with everyone moving forward with the people whom they have a special bond with.
But it would’ve been nice to answer the detailed questions, especially since they relied so much on details throughout the entire series.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Rick, I’d say, why does it matter who built the statue? The history of the island goes back a long way, it’s simply not important to explain everything. For what it’s worth, the statue is of an Egyptian god, so it may have been built by Egyptians at some point. MIB’s Mum must have been a smokie too, it’s the only explanation as to how she did the things she did. Why does it matter how the ash protects people, it just does.
The writers answered the questions that they believed were important.
I’m watching it all again from the beginning, I think I’ll understand it much better second time round and you can’t say that about many shows.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 2:06 am
It was a terrible ending. I don’t understand all of the defenders claiming that it’s Lost’s style to leave us guessing about meaning. No, it’s not. We invested a lot of time into this program. There were big questions that needed to be answered in order for us to care. Before anyone gets on his high horse and snubs his nose at me like I’m some anti-intellectual, let me remind you that for 6 years you accepted that if the man in black succeeded, it would be “all over for everyone” or words to that extent. Really? If that’s all anyone needs to be placated with a story, then I should start writing.
There are questions that really should have been answered. Lost was true TV greatness until the last 10 minutes when that greatness was lost.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 3:33 am
Wow, you people need to get out more. It’s only a TV show and there’s a real world out there with real drama.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 3:39 am
AJC, we know there is real drama in the real world, and its for that reason that people like you and I watch TV!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 4:19 am
Lost means nothing at all–there was no deeper meaning. It is as real as the farm on Farmville.
But stay tuned for the DVD series with tell-all interviews with the writers and cast that will come out for the next few years and for the movie that tricks everyone into believing that all of the loose ends will be tied up. Of course, there will be a reunion.
If you enjoyed it, good for you! And congratulations on the success of the creative team who dreamed up what turned out to be an awesome money-making scheme!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 4:28 am
“A money making scheme?” Really? For heavens sake, it’s television. It requires money to make a TV show. Shows like Lost aren’t funded by 419 scams, they’re paid for by advertisers. So in that respect, EVERY show is a “money making scheme.” Brilliant huh!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 6:48 am
For those unhappy, what ending would have made you happy?
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Wilvo, I think that the people who aren’t happy with the way it ended are dissatisfied that the mystery elements of the show were left largely unaddressed, and that they were in effect, just pointlessly included in order to keep everyone watching for six years. How would I have ended the show, well I’m not sure really, I’m no write for sure. I do, though, read quite a bit. Years riding the train to London from Milton Keynes would make a keen reader of anyone, and in all those years I haven’t encountered a book that set up such an intricate and layered story only to leave so much unaddressed in the end.
I didn’t really get all that involved in the Lost board over the years, but I did dip in and out of it to amuse myself with the various theories and suppositions. I was often amazed at the detail those people would find in the show, like the branded sharks Simon mentioned. I find it hard to believe the writers just included that amount of detail to throw us all of the scent, that this was really just Beverly Hills 90210 on a lost island.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Plot points matter. For me, what made Lost so intriguing all of these years was not the characters, by and large, but the wild and abundant twists and turns — and the always wondering if I’m going to have figured any of it out. This ending was so bereft of the basics of good storytelling, it struck me as a cop-out by writers who probably never had a full story arc in mind when they began the countless threads that were simply left hanging.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Well I think the major mysteries were answered weren’t they? Who was Jacob? Why was he on the island, why were the survivors brought to the island? You don’t come out of a Harry Potter movie wondering how a certain spell worked, you accept it’s fiction and simply accept the spell worked, so why does there have to be some deep explanation as to how a mysterious ash can somehow repel smokie.
I think people took lost WAY too seriously, it was an interesting and entertaining show whose ending was always going to dissapoint, part of the enjoyment of lost was trying to figure out what was going on. As a child I thought many things in life were magical, when I grew up and understood them, they weren’t magical at all.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Come on Wilvo, people took the show as seriously as the show wanted to be taken. I hardly think the depth and deliberate painstakingly planned avenues of Lost can be compared with a spell from Harry Potter.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Argh, I only watched the finale last night and I’m online looking for answers. So many questions! :-)
Wasn’t there an episode with a flash forward of Sun giving birth in one hospital while Jin was running around trying to buy a giant panda bear stuffed animal (which he lost) and then ends up in another hospital at another birth? Wouldn’t that assume he survived? Or is Sun having a flash forward while we are having a Jin flashback?
Simon, I’m with you in the confused club. Six years, six long years! I even subscribed to Sky for this!!! :-/
Oh and hey, Simon I just want to say I’ve had a little look around your blog. Lovely pictures and words, and though I am sure you hear that a great deal I thought I would add to that chorus.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 9:40 pm
phenomenal ending to an epic series. watched from day one and enjoyed tuesday nites for the last six years. i think the ending was well thought-out, answered questions and i believe what we dont understand or cant figure out was meant to end exactly the way it did. the writers are brilliant, the casting and acting was fantastic and i hope that some day, Lost can return to tv again. not a big tv watcher, not a fan of movies as i feel most of them are just a waste of time, but this surreal, spiritual (esque) series was a complete success and i enjoyed it thoroughlly. i dont think we’ll ever experience another show like this again. too bad :(
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Actually I think the comparison with Harry Potter is entirely appropriate. Both are a long running narrative, with complex story arcs that people care passionately about.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Simon. Dude you BADLY need to get laid my man! This was a TV show you worrying bout sucker! Get a fuckin grip dude! Seriously, you need to get out more and get laid once in a while if this shit is all you got to worry about!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 6, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Q: How does a fatty stay stranded on an island for 5 years and not lose a pound? Didn’t anyone see Cast Away?
A: Stupid writers.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 7, 2010 at 12:32 am
Dear Simon. I thought the show ended well. From the very begining I thought they were very probably all dead. The island is “real” BUT for their soul+spirit… their physical body is dead since the crash. The soul is a vessel for the spirit to experience and learn beyond previous incarnation in a physical body…
Then based on their awakening level…. their soul/spirit can move on to higher dimensions or re-incarnate to continue the learning/purification needed…
I realized that Lost writers seems very inspired by reading Journey of Souls by Michael Newton… soul group planning is very well explained in this book and will help you understand how the losties soul group had designed this experience to help each other move forward.
More importantly, this is what we are doing in this real life and several of our friends/familly members certainly belong to our primary soul group…. other people in our life playing adjascent roles… still helping us to return to the True Source of Love and Light!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 7, 2010 at 3:23 am
Ridiculous story. Endless cliffhangers and an aimless plot. The whole premise of people running around like this after they die is absurd. The worst part is all the self agrandizment of this show by the producers and networks trying to make us believe this was a great series. Reminds me of the fable “The emperors new clothes”.
The only plus side of this show that kept my interest was the great acting and character development and the fact that we were as perplexed as the characters in the show and wanted to find out what was really happening. But we really never did. We were lead around like a donkey chasing a carrot on a stick. In a way, the writers made fools of us all.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 7, 2010 at 4:06 am
The only real question is which one of the cast would you want to be on a desert island with. I’d be fine making happy times with Evangeline Lily.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 7, 2010 at 8:08 am
Jo, you obviously don’t know Simon that well ;-)
Wrote the following comment on Jun 7, 2010 at 8:10 am
@mark and Freethinker for the love of god they were not dead! The flashes when they were off the island with alternative lives were when they were dead, the scenes on the island, they were alive.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 7, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Some people might be interested in this book.
https://books.google.com/whatcanbeoundinlost
Wrote the following comment on Jun 7, 2010 at 9:06 pm
For 6 years I watched this show and had discussions with a few people at work. In the end the finale was the one of the worst endings I have ever watched. If you think about it this show was all over the place and we all went along for the ride because the writers and producers knew eactly what they were doing. We wanted to see where this was going. Some people who tuned in at the beginning stopped because they figured out that this show was confusing. We who stuck it out to the end have a “got to see it to the end” psyche and the writers and producers figured that out. It’s like when you go grocery shopping (products are placed on shelves because someone figured how consumers shopped) they knew what they had after the first season, that there would be people who would get hooked and would watch this show no matter what, they knew that people to see what was going to happen next (does that not sound like a soap opera) . In the end I don’t even believe that the writers knew what to.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 7, 2010 at 11:21 pm
I’m just sad that Vincent didn’t get to go to heaven. Heaven wouldn’t be much of a place if you couldn’t walk a dog now would it.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 8, 2010 at 1:56 am
You may have a point there Shirl, but I take some peace in the knowledge that there won’t be any dog shit in heaven. ;-)
Wrote the following comment on Jun 8, 2010 at 2:32 am
Weak. Too many reasons to list. It takes little talent to lead viewers down a path to nowhere. One or two loose ends left untied would be acceptable, but the writers phoned this finale in. Like rats in a maze, we trustingly followed down apparently dead end paths for no reason, finally lead to the end to discover there is no cheese. Great, they all love each other. Next time make a three-part mini series and save us the six-year carrot chase. What a trite ending to what appeared to be a well thought out storyline. Epic fail.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 8, 2010 at 7:26 am
I love Lost and sexy Sawyer for me is yes thank you! :-P I lik him many ways! Ends sad in cry but happy for love yay!!! x x x
Wrote the following comment on Jun 10, 2010 at 5:09 am
Sorry Simon, never cared about Lost. But the names of some of your readers, like Donnie Lighto? Awesome! (And Jo obviously doesn’t know you… ha!)
Wrote the following comment on Jun 10, 2010 at 10:04 am
After watching the finale I was pleased that the charachters were reunited. It is true that in heaven we will indeed be reunited with loved ones, but I am grateful the Bible doesn’t suggest any Lost style detours (i.e. purgatory) along the way where we must atone for our sins before we enter paradise.
Despite its strong spiritual themes, many of them quite biblical, Lost ultimately embraces many religions. Without Jesus as Messiah, we are left with a do-it-yourself path to salvation, and no matter how many religions statues, symbols, and icons you pile upon one another, as Lost did at the church in the finale’s closing moments, it lacks true hope and any inkling of radical grace.
The joy of heaven will not be the presence of friends and family, it will be the beauty of living in the presence of Jesus the Liberating King.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 16, 2010 at 12:51 am
So I’m confused? Was Hurley dead on the island? I mean he must have been, right? The island had to have been his heaven, because lets face it, even on a desert island there would be no fucking way that supersized walking heart attack would have ever gotten a girl like the blonde he supposedly made it with! And don’t give me any shit for writing this, you know I’m right! The only reason fat men get hot girls is because they’re rich!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 16, 2010 at 1:52 am
Toby, Hurley was rich!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 20, 2010 at 2:12 am
Yeah but she didn’t know that.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 20, 2010 at 10:54 pm
I believe you’ll find that females are able to smell money from great distances. ;)