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The End Recap

May 24

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So, this is the part where I usually recap the entire episode and pull vital data from various websites and search for Easter Eggs to find out exactly what is happening in the Lost Universe.  I’m not going to do that today.

After reading quite a bit, as well as talking with lots of people who watched the Finale, it seems as though fans are almost split down the middle.  Those who wanted to see the characters fully realized got what they wanted.  Those who wanted more “scientific” answers to the Island’s mythology, well you got hosed.

I loved it and thought it was a near perfect ending.  Others disagree with me.  But there has been some confusion as to what exactly happened last night.  Check out this link at TvFinale.com.  I think they nailed down everything.

Here’s a quick summary:

All the Losties really did crash on an Island, the Hatch was real, The Dharma Initiative and everything related to the Island was real.  The did skip through time and all that.  The Oceanic 6 made it off the Island, returned, and the only ones to physically escape again were Lapidus, Miles, Sawyer, Kate and Claire.  When Jack dies in the end scene and sees an airplane fly over, that is the Ajira 316 plane with the escapees.

Now the “flash-sideways” universe we’ve seen this entire season, well, that’s up for a little debate.  Here’s a quote from the website I referenced above:

What was the “flash-sideways”?
Christian Shephard tells his son that it was created by the group as a way to find each other once they’d all died and were ready to move on. These people were all connected and experienced the most important time in their lives together. It seems like a purgatory where they could also work out their issues. Jack worked out his daddy issues via his son (who wasn’t real). Christian also tells Jack, “Everyone dies sometime,” and that some of the people died before he did and some died long afterwards.

Was it purgatory or some holding place between life and death?  I think so.  That part will be pondered for quite a while I think.

What did you think?  Did you love the ending? Hate it?  Well, Jimmy Kimmel shows us three alternate endings below.

If you were less than satisfied, you are not alone.  Check out i09.com and see if this sums up how you feel. The author states that Lost is the ultimate Long Con.

If you like the Lost: Untangled videos, here is the last one.  It basically is a commercial for the complete DVD series, out 8-24-10.