*** If you haven't seen the finale and don't want the ending to be completely spoiled, read no further! ***It's rare that a TV show actually gets to do a true final episode. And it's even more rare when the producers actually use that chance to wrap up the entire series. But luckily, both of those things happened with Lost.
Not every mystery was solved and that's okay with me. I'd rather still have some things left to the imagination. But I was very happy with the biggest mystery of all being answered and I think the explanation they gave was the only one that made sense. So I loved the finale.
My favorite scene in the finale: the final one (after his eye closing) where they showed the plane crash with no survivors. That was a cool way to end the series.
Now the confusing stuff.
The final revelation made the flash forwards from seasons 4 & 5 pretty much useless. They were still a part of the overall story, but I would have rather seen more island stories than those.
One thing that did annoy me with the resolution is the fact that all the characters who died in the plane crash were interacting with people who were still alive in the flash-sideways. There's no way all the people they dealt with in the hospital, police department, etc. were also dead. So that doesn't make any sense. In the flash forwards, that was okay because that was apparently just all in their minds anyways (like their lives on the island). But that couldn't be the case with the flash-sideways.
And I'm guessing characters like Frank Lapidus and Miles (who were on the plane that left the island but weren't from the original plane crash) managed to return home safely with no memories of the others from the island since no one survived that initial plane crash. Maybe they were never even there and were just imagined characters.
Not every mystery was solved and that's okay with me. I'd rather still have some things left to the imagination. But I was very happy with the biggest mystery of all being answered and I think the explanation they gave was the only one that made sense. So I loved the finale.
My favorite scene in the finale: the final one (after his eye closing) where they showed the plane crash with no survivors. That was a cool way to end the series.
Now the confusing stuff.
The final revelation made the flash forwards from seasons 4 & 5 pretty much useless. They were still a part of the overall story, but I would have rather seen more island stories than those.
One thing that did annoy me with the resolution is the fact that all the characters who died in the plane crash were interacting with people who were still alive in the flash-sideways. There's no way all the people they dealt with in the hospital, police department, etc. were also dead. So that doesn't make any sense. In the flash forwards, that was okay because that was apparently just all in their minds anyways (like their lives on the island). But that couldn't be the case with the flash-sideways.
And I'm guessing characters like Frank Lapidus and Miles (who were on the plane that left the island but weren't from the original plane crash) managed to return home safely with no memories of the others from the island since no one survived that initial plane crash. Maybe they were never even there and were just imagined characters.
This is now officially getting too confusing for me for a Monday.
Luckily, one mystery I was wondering about after the finale was answered during the Jimmy Kimmel show last night. Michael wasn't in the church because he was still one of the lost souls / voices on the island (that's what the actor who played Michael thought and I agree with that). Maybe that's where Walt was too.
Luckily, one mystery I was wondering about after the finale was answered during the Jimmy Kimmel show last night. Michael wasn't in the church because he was still one of the lost souls / voices on the island (that's what the actor who played Michael thought and I agree with that). Maybe that's where Walt was too.
A two-hour edited version of the final episode is scheduled to air Saturday night at 8pm with the Jimmy Kimmel "Aloha To Lost" special right after it at 10pm on ABC. The online Q&A with Jimmy Kimmel and the Lost cast can be seen on the ABC website.
Then get ready for the final season DVD on August 24th!
UPDATE: Star 102.5 listeners absolutely don't agree with me that all the passengers on Oceanic flight 815 died when the plane originally crashed on the island.
But how else can that final scene be explained with the plane wreckage on the beach? The moment I saw that scene, I understood. That seemed to make a lot more sense to me than what Christian Shephard had said.
But where are the bones / remains of the bodies if that's the case? That I have no idea, but that's still not enough to discount this possibility.
In order for everything to actually be real (well, kind of) and not total science-fiction (the time travel stuff, the smoke monster, etc.), this is the explanation that works. And if I remember right, back in the first season the producers said everything in the show is possible in real life. Christian Shepherd's explanation does not make sense then for that to be true.
And I'm happy to say I'm not the only person that thinks this! I'll admit it took a little searching, but I did find an article on TV Squad that says others think this as well. So I'm really not crazy! And I really was watching Lost and not Celebrity Apprentice! :)
Then get ready for the final season DVD on August 24th!
UPDATE: Star 102.5 listeners absolutely don't agree with me that all the passengers on Oceanic flight 815 died when the plane originally crashed on the island.
But how else can that final scene be explained with the plane wreckage on the beach? The moment I saw that scene, I understood. That seemed to make a lot more sense to me than what Christian Shephard had said.
But where are the bones / remains of the bodies if that's the case? That I have no idea, but that's still not enough to discount this possibility.
In order for everything to actually be real (well, kind of) and not total science-fiction (the time travel stuff, the smoke monster, etc.), this is the explanation that works. And if I remember right, back in the first season the producers said everything in the show is possible in real life. Christian Shepherd's explanation does not make sense then for that to be true.
And I'm happy to say I'm not the only person that thinks this! I'll admit it took a little searching, but I did find an article on TV Squad that says others think this as well. So I'm really not crazy! And I really was watching Lost and not Celebrity Apprentice! :)
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