Series Finale: Lost

[moonshayde]

I came to this show only two seasons ago, short seasons, so this didn't impact me as much as it might have others. Still, Lost, you had a good run.



Okay, so WTF? You know, I wondered if they were going to go with the whole dead thing and in a way, they did. I had always wondered if the show was about some kind of purgatory, about making the right choices to move onto some better place after you die. I always thought maybe the island was it. My guess is the writers purposefully made it not.

I guess the alt world was just some purgatory type holding place for those who have died. Only the cast of characters loved each other so much, they waited for each other so they could all move on together. Some died early, some died now, and some died in the future. Time was irrelevant because in that place, they all met.

Which is all very philosophical and poignant. And really the way they closed the story with Jack closing his eye to parallel him opening it at the beginning of the series was brilliant. Still, the way I am I am not wholly satisfied, but with these type of shows I never will be. That's just me ;)

I did realize something that I never realized before: this show ran on PAIRINGS like whoa. Really. Like every other flash of insight was someone touching or kissing someone else.

Didn't stop me from crying, though ;)

I guess the alt verse runs on fan service, eh? LOL

Lots of clues sprinkled throughout. Locke saying Jack didn't have a son. "Moving on." Some people not ready to go in to the multi-denominational church. Hurley telling Ben he "was" a great No2. real!Desmond's confusion. Earlier episodes pointed to this as well: Charlie seeing/feeling some great light and being pulled back. Daniel's mom's reluctance to let him go. Perhaps even the name Christian Sheppard. And of course Jack's injuries.

Guess why we know Hurley was all leaderlike this season.

They never answered half of the questions I had and I never expected them to. I suppose on a show like this it's bound to fall short of the hype and anticipation around it. But it was one of the better shows on TV and it will be sad to see it go. As a more casual viewer, I will even miss it. But I hope the cast and crew enjoyed the run and they move on to even greater things.

Comments

[ldyanne.livejournal.com]

I've been watching since the very first episode. I didn't expect them to end it, or answer all the questions (I would have liked a *few* more answers though!). I'm pretty satisfied in what we got.

I don't think the sideways world was purgatory in the way we think of it. Some people were happier, some people were in a worse place, it was just different. It was more of a waiting room until everyone was ready to move on together. Desmond was the driving force in that, bringing everyone together so that once Jack was ready, they could all move on together.

That last shot over the closing credits is the one that stays with me. I don't know if the wreckage was the plane with Sawyer & Company or if it was a new plane and the cycle is starting over again.

They certainly gave us a lot to think about and talk about! And I think that's what they (TPTB) wanted.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

See to me, the waiting room is a form of purgatory. That's the closest explanation or example I can give for it. Purgatory can be a happy place or not so happy. It's the place where you go before you are ready to move on and you have to work out some of your issues first. So that is why I use it as an example.

I wondered about that last shot. I didn't know if that was the plane that took off or if that was a new plane. I can't see Hurley being all, yeah let's crash some planes!! So I don't know.

[meg-tdj.livejournal.com]

Wait, did I miss something? What last shot? The only plane I saw was Frank and co's flying over before Jack's eye closed and it ended.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

In the credits, they showed the beach with plane wreckage. There seems to be some debate over whether it was just a shot of wreckage to remind you of how it all began, if another plane had crashed, or if Lapidus and crew didn't quite make it.

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think that was just pictures of the set they had used for years. A final farewell to their show.

The last "Shot" was Jack's eye closing after seeing his friends make it to freedom.

Perhaps rather than purgatory, "limbo" would be a better analogy?

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

That's what I think. I've just seen some debate about it.

Oh, and I'm not sure limbo works either. It wasn't really a non-state.

[meg-tdj.livejournal.com]

Wow. We just got an ad for Dancing With the Stars or something, so I'll choose to believe it didn't have anything to do with the actual story.