If You watched any television last night, then you were most likely one of the millions, including myself, who tuned in looking for answers to the mysteries of the tv drama that was called Lost. I for one, was not disappointed.
I have to admit the acting on this show has always been stellar. Mathew Fox was superb last night. Jack taking on Jacob’s part to protect the island from destruction worked out really well. It showed his fear disappear, and gave the impression that he was meant for this job his whole life. He seemed so confident in all his decisions He was reminiscent of Master Yoda, Thanks Hurley. I really liked the idea that this show was about Jack from the beginning. He was chosen for the island to die for the island. Even the fight with John Lock/Smoke Monster was well done complete with Kate saving the day.
But this was only 1 half of the show. The other half followed the rest of the cast, including Jack, Kate, and Sawyer, as they journey to remember themselves on the island. With the help of Desmond,Who was the first to remember, They one by one begin to understand what we as an audience have been trying to figure out for 6 years. That they are all dead.
Now don’t get me wrong. I don’t think they died in the pilot episode. I am going to have to agree with Jimmy Kimmel, (Oh god did I just write that!), I believe all the sideways/flashback type scenes took place after the characters were already dead and they were just waiting for everyone to die so they could meet together and “Move on” to the next journey. They may have died at different times, even years apart from each other, but there was no sense of time where they were waiting.
Which brings me back to Jack who was the last to remember. With the help of his Father, He relizes that his Father is not visiting him from the grave, but Jack is visiting his Father from the living. The last scenes seem to cut back and forth from Jack on the island as he bleeds to death, to Jack in the after world as the rest of the cast waits for him to relize he is dead and join them.
This was a great character show. I don’t think you needed to follow the crazy stories and twists to watch it. The characters have always been interesting. This show and its characters will truly be missed by it’s always rivited audience. Someone close to me said it best, “I watch for the interesting characters. I have no idea whats going on in the show.”
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sorry about the unedited post hit the submit button by accident LOL
Ok so I agree and disagree at the same time. I have been a diehard LOST fan from the beginning and have loved the show. Usually it’s the acting that carries show more than the story line. This show was no different. If the show was based solely on the Jacob and man in black character this would have lasted 2 episodes.
The characters are what forced us to watch week in and week out. The acting kept us waiting for Wednesday to see if Hurley is truly crazy, if Kate will go to jail, if Ben will twist another tale to get the survivors to do the things they don’t want to. But the finale left one giant hole in the story that I can’t shake.
What is the island? That was the original story line as a plane crash on a mysterious island out in the south pacific. Equipped with a monster lurking out of site, whispers in the woods and a set of native intent on keeping the island there’s. When we follow the story line that takes us through time and space to decades in the past to alternate realities, or so we thought. But the fundamental question still remained which was what is the island.
Following the opening scene to the end scene the action plays out in the eyes of jack Sheppard. If this was his tale and this was his test for entry in to heaven. Then where does the island stand? Was it all fake? Did they all die in the crash and there were no survivors? If so then the island was merely a testing ground for jack to play out his final role and either wins his spot in heaven or continue on oblivious to the greater beyond.
If you follow what jacks father told him. It was all real. The island the survivors the story was all true. It’s when the flight did not crash when jack died and all the people and places and things before and after were all part of his purgatory. They were a part of him giving in to fate and giving into the fact that he was dead. They all figured it out by their memories of the island some before and some died long after. They were each important parts of each other’s lives so they all went together. Rather than pass on alone.
With that being said then jack died on the island, Hurley was the new Jacob, and we are left no closer to the burning question. What is the island? How did the others know about it? And why does everyone know what the light is, except us, and know how to use it. Yet we never find this out. From a character stand point the finale was by and far a great tale a perfect end to the story of the survivors. From a stand point of the show itself the ending left more questions unanswered and we will never know the truth.