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.
Desmond is a funeral parlor director? I wonder what he needs Christian Shepherd’s body for.
Hurley on Jacob’s ability to give clear directions – “He’s worse than Yoda”!
Charlie!! I love seeing Hurley’s huge grin.
hahhaa! Charlie gets shot with a tranquilizer!
Sawyer, Ben and FLocke all together. is this a conman convention?
Rose! Vincent! Bernard! so good to see them again! I guess Vincent isn’t Smokey after all.
Holy crap…Locke walks right into the camp! The pace this episode is awesome!
Desmond knows about the Light? How?
yeah! Richard isn’t dead. Ben is working with Miles? I knew Ben was playing a double agent.
At least Sun and Jin are alive in the Sideways World.
JULIET!! So good to see her again! Are there V’s somewhere in the Lost Universe?
Sun remembers because of Juliet doing the sonogram…never saw that coming. Awesome
Does Jin remember too? I can’t tell…I guess so! they are speaking English now!
“there’s always the chance I can kill you” Jack to Locke. that’s freakin’ awesome!
Richard is aging? Nice.
what? Lapidus is alive? No way jose. I cry foul.
Team Jack and Team Locke come over the ridge at the same time. So very awesome.
Big bad fugitive Kate really shoots a gun like that? I cry foul again. So awesome to see Jack and Locke in each other faces again. I love Jack’s calm confidence.
“Doctor?” “Doctor?” JULIET is JACK’S ex-wife? Sweet! This should be awkward with Sawyer walking into the hospital
“I believe in you dude” Hurley to jack. Why does this give me a sinking foreboding feeling?
what? Jack is helping Locke lower Desmond down the Heart of the Island?
Island Desmond is trying to get Jack to go to Sideways world? Sideways Desmond is trying to get everyone else to Island world? huh?
“There are rules dude” Hurley is awesome.
Shannon! She’s Sayid’s constant? Hard time believing that as they were only together a short while. Oh well.
Boone! good to see you homey!
hahaha…crazy Claire is guarding the plane. No, she wont go back? ??
The look on Terry O’quinn’s face as he looks down the Heart of the Island is one of pure rapture. What an actor!
“You disrespect his memory by wearing his face” – Jack to FLocke. what a great line.
Charlotte and Daniel sitting in a tree….She is actually kinda pretty with her hair all fluffed out 80′s style.
Charlie looks across a crowded hall….and Claire looks behind her to see what he’s looking at. then goes into labor! Is Kate gonna deliver Aaron in this timeline as welll?
speaking of wells….Desmond is in the heart of the Island….is that a shiny rock in the water? Nope, it is a big cork! he unplugs it, things get shaky….and then dark….evil red light, smoke, “It looks like you were wrong. Goodbye Jack” haha
“Looks like you were wrong too” Jack punches FLocke and he bleeds!
Can daniel not got with desmond because he is dead in the iSLAND WORLD?
Aaron’s delivery scene is almost identical to the Island delivery. Kate remembers now! Charlie fetches water and blankets!
Claire remembers now! I’m all choked up now!
Charlie looks weird with mascara. Now he fully remembers! Claire says “Chawlie”! Ah, just like old times!
“So now what?” indeed
The Light has gone out of the well…Ben is stuck under a log. Earthquakes…rain..I can’t contain myself
Here is the showdown we’ve been waiting for for 6 years
Clash of the Titans!!!!!
Punch him!! choke him!! stab him!! NO! not Jack! I meant Locke!
“I saved you a bullet” woohoo! Go Kate!
FLocke is dead….what a character.
Jack’s neck is bleeding again..Lock is waking up in the Sideways world….wiggles his toes! Great callback to season 1! and now Locke remembers! Locke’s back!!! I love that smile!!
“Jack, you don’t have a son” that has to sound very weird to Jack
Daytime, and the Island is still there, but Jack has a pretty bad knife wound.
oops…Still more earthquakes, is the island gonna sink?
Love love love Jins quirky smile as Sawyer walks into the hospital room. He has absolutely no idea what’s going on
Duct Tape – apparently will fix even an airplane!
Kate still can’t choose between Jack and Sawyer
“I’m with you dude” Hurley! no way he could make it down that ladder.
“I love you!” Kate to Jack. Where does that leave Sawyer? I’m sure he’ll take whatever he can get
I still have a hard time believing that they can get that airplane off the ground!
Tell Kate to Jump and Poof! she’s gone!
haha, Sawyer’s Apollo candybar is stuck. and there is Juliet! aw!
They make such a great couple. Both of them remember at the same time! WE CAN GO DUTCH!! finally! hoo, I think it’s a little bit dusty in here….
Can Juliet go back to the Island world since she is dead there?
Is Jack the last one to remember? Will Kate “rock his world”?
now that would be funny if Jack remembered Kate and Sawyer getting jiggy with it in the cages from season 3
the falling rocks all look pretty fake.
“It needs to be you Hugo” – what? Hurley is the man! Why is it so hard to see Hurley cry?
jack didn’t pronounce a magical incantation over the water that Hurley drank. “Now you’re like me”. Awesome.
I Could have sworn I heard the smoke monster noise as Lapidus started the airplane…
Desmond doesn’t look so good….
“I’ll see you in another life brotha” Jack to Desmond. Sweet
“Look at me! The Island has made me crazy” Claire speaks the truth!! I guess Kate is pretty persuasive
Now Jack doesn’t look so good..
Don’t die Jack! Don’t die!
We have liftoff! whew!
so……where did the water come from? Did jack make it happen? Hurley wasn’t so happy to see Desmond on the end of that rope!
Funeral parlor….Locke …Irony…
Dr Linus I presume….
Looks like it is an option to go back to Island world. Ben is going to stay behind?
“Jack’s gone” – saddest words ever uttered on Lost
“that’s how Jacob ran things?” another huh? Ben replaces Richard? double huh?
Jack’s back? same spot where MIB washed up…is he a good Smoke Monster?
Jack remembers! and there is an empty casket. Christian? Ghost? Dad?
“I died too” wow. Only Lost could get away with those words and make some of us tear up
“There is no ‘now’ here”
“Moving on” – was Sideways universe purgatory? Are they moving to heaven?
hugs….everyone finally in one room…crap my eyes are watering….
aw…vincent lies down with Jack! As if it weren’t emotional enough!
Doors open….bright white light…..
Island Jack sees the airplane fly over……..close with a shot of his eye…….black
what an awesome finale…gonna take a while to process it.
Lost ends its 6 year run of complete awesomeness tonight. It’s a bittersweet thing…finally we get some answers (I hope) but then the show will be over!!! Never has a show delved into so much mystery, science fiction, ethical dilemmas, spirituality, philosophy and humor. I’m honestly gonna miss Lost like I’ve never missed any other television show.
I thought it might be fun to write down my feelings as the finale airs, in real time. So, read on, and tell me how you felt about the Finale.
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Two hours before the Finale, Lost: The Journey is on. They are recapping the past 6 season, with Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindeloff narrating. Hear on my thoughts as it airs
–the darn little tribute texts from viewers saying how much they love the show is actually touching!
–It is very weird to hear Sayid speak in his native British accent!
–Sun and Jin! We miss you!
–Vincent! I bet he has been the Smoke Monster since Season 1.
–Speaking of the Smoke Monster, did he become Smokey in Season 1 when he looked into “The eye of the Island”?
–And there’s “Henry Gale”! Ben was sooooooooo creepy back then! Haha, looks like everyone on the show has beat him up!
–hahaha, Carlton Cuse says the “The Star Wars Trilogy” is an inspiration. Notice he didn’t say “Star Wars Prequels”.
–aw, poor Chawlie! <–said with Claire’s accent. He was a pretty cool character, but then again, I’m partial to hobbits.
–I totally remember being thrown for a loop at the Season 3 Finale. What do you mean, “We have to go back.” BACK? what the what?
-I was never a Kate and Sawyer fan….he totally belonged with Juliet.
–Poor Locke! That scene where he tried to commit suicide was powerful and intense. And then Ben caught me off guard and murdered him! another What the What moment!
–Poor Juliet! the scene when she fell down the well was some top notch acting. I actually felt Sawyer’s pain. Kinda funny to hear her use Sawyer’s catch phrase as she detonates the bomb.
–Now we get to Season 6. I’m getting sooooooooooo excited for the finale!
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