The Lost Thread (Starts 2-2-10)

[Sanka113]

Might want to put that in spoilers until the day's up (All regions haven't aired it yet).

My response to your question :

Spoiler: Show

Yes, they're all dead. The present timeline was part one a type of purgatory. The characters were all flawed in some way or another, or what we can call Lost. The good and bad events that transpired on the island in the "present" universe helped them resolve their issues so that they can finally let go of the living world. Finally, part two of the purgatory, was the alternate loop that was created to help them find each other so they can finally move on. To where? We'll that's up to you. For me, it's a type of heaven where each character gets to enjoy their idea life.

PS: These are just my ideas. The show ended in such a fashion where you can interpret in a number of ways and be "right". It's all up what you believe. That's the beauty of the show.

[IdolEyes787]

Keeping true to the series the finale didn't answer any questions ,which is fine since as the producers previously commented ,what the fans really wanted to see was what became of the characters( which for the most part we did).
It also didn't really make any sense( Granted my attention wasn't always perfectly focused so I might have missed it but how'd Ben get out from under the tree? Miraculous reappearing presumed dead characters anyone .The whole pull out the rock put the rock back thing - OK arguably the light needed to be turned off to make Flocke mortal and it made more sense than the wheel contraption that got Ben off the Island so maybe I shouldn't complain).
That said and despite the fact that if you think about it very little actually took place it had a lot of emotional substance and I admit to getting pretty blubbery by the end .Actually when Vincent lay down beside Jack -a really nice "human" touch by the writers I choked back more than a couple tears.
I don't know if it was a good finale but for me at least it was a satisfying one.

[Detale]

Hmmm, my interpretation was that the stuff on the island actually happened and the "present time" flashes were part of the purgatory. Jack's father said when speaking about the people waiting in the church for him that. Some of them died before you and some died well after you. He also said your time on the island was the most important time of your life which leads me to believe that was supposed to be reality.

Overall I thought it was OK, I mean has any series finale of a worth while show been any good or acceptable to the masses? Not as I recall. Nothing they could do would exceed our expectations if you think about it. My issues were still too many unanswered questions out there. Like Why didn't Ben go with them? Is he hanging out in the purgatory to get to know his daughter and her mother?? What about Frank the pilot and the Asian guy who speaks to the dead? Did they not die yet in the real world?? What was clair's 2nd baby delivery all about then? Was the baby dead as well? Lots of loop holes though decent ending IMHO overall.

[IdolEyes787]

Like Why didn't Ben go with them? Is he hanging out in the purgatory to get to know his daughter and her mother?? What about Frank the pilot and the Asian guy who speaks to the dead? Did they not die yet in the real world?? What was clair's 2nd baby delivery all about then? Was the baby dead as well? Lots of loop holes though decent ending IMHO overall.

Obviously some facts don't add up like the absence of certain characters at the church( Frank,Miles,Richard,Daniel,Charlotte,Danielle,Alex even Widmore - not mention Michael and Walt who at one point were central to the plot) and Jack creating a son for himself when everyone else's storyline was played out more or less as an extrapolation of their real lives.
Anyway the final group was very Jackcentric which seeing as the whole thing could be interpreted as Jack's personal ascension and given the way the series chose to go out I guess is appropriate .

I liked the tip of the hat to Ben in his remaining behind as was fitting someone who essentially was always apart and a law unto himself.

[Skiz]

Great episode.

Horrible series finale.

[brightsid]

The worst series finale ever made

[IdolEyes787]

Hardly.It had resolution at least.

Also such all encompassing statements require some reasoning .

[brightsid]

For 5 (and more) season the show was like a puzzle. We were looking for the missing pieces, expecting answers in questions, mysteries and theories a really fascinating journey. From the others of the first season, to the time travels of the 5th there were things to discuss. And I'm sure it was not just me, even the producers were talking about these things promising answers and analyzing the theories

As mentioned last week I didn't expect a finale answering every single question. The good thing in mysteries is that each one can have a theory. I wasn't looking for the meaning of life but this "we are all good friends" ghost party was really lame. And before that there was the battle between good and evil that was even worst. In my opinion even the battle in Heroes 1st season finale was much better than this one. Not to mention the dialogues like "I saved you a bullet" after killing the ultimate evil. All these are just examples

Probably is my fault expecting an impressive mysterious finale that would make me to watch the whole six seasons again. Well the good thing is that now I don't have to watch it again, I have a lot of questions but I know the producers don't know the answers. It was a good show but I was expecting much more for finale.

Shift+Delete and a lot of free space

[Rart]

Granted my attention wasn't always perfectly focused so I might have missed it but how'd Ben get out from under the tree?

That confused me as well. Can anyone shed some light on this?

After thinking about the finale for a while, did anyone else feel like they were a little cheated by it? It just felt like a complete cop out. I always felt like the flash sideways as being an alternate timeline - the obvious choice - but a sensible choice, at the least.

But we don't get even that - we get something even worse. A "they were dead the whole time" excuse. Pretty much a super flash forward (considering that Hurley and Ben had died). It doesn't tie into the original timeline at all - why was it introduced at the beginning of season 6? What relevance did it bear to the explosion of the hydrogen bomb? Why did Juliet claim it "worked"? How does this tie in to Desmond's time travelling abilities, and the flashes he received when Widmore blasted him with EM? Does this mean he's literally traversing the boundary between the living and the dead, rather than time? Furthermore - why did Desmond feel the need to bring the survivors together in the alternate timeline? How does that tie into Desmond's ability to be the failsafe, protecting the island (or the rest of the world) from smokey? Finally - I was also extremely disappointed that Smokey had no relevance to the alternate timeline. He almost felt like simply another hastily introduced character introduced to provide some sort of a foil to Jacob - but at the same time, killed off in the finale with little to no impact on the rest of the show.

The Lost finale didn't have to answer all of our questions - and it was clear that it wouldn't. However, there were many things - that in my mind - were fundamental question that needed to be answered in order to logically tie in the ending of the 5th season timeline - the beginning of the 6th season timeline, and the beginning of the alternate timeline. What were the consequences of the H Bomb? Why did it trigger the the alternate (or so we thought) timeline? Why did the producers choose to display this timeline next to the island one? What relevance, if at all, did it have have to the present timeline other than providing a super super flash forward? Was smokey ever intended to have a greater impact on the show itself, and not be simply picked off in the finale with no affect on the flash sideways?

I felt if they had managed a way to describe the alternate timeline as a parallel universe - with somehow Desmond being able to traverse between them to stop Smokey by ultimately relating/merging the timelines - would've been a far more satisfying, albeit more obvious choice. It actually ties together the concepts introduced in this season - and provides a much more logical sense of closure. To me, at the least, this finale did none of that - and simply feels like a cheap and sloppy cop out to end the series without prior planning. One of the quotes by the producers in the recap episode was they they "hoped the viewers could walk away from the finale fully satisfied that they had invested 6 years into this show". I'm not quite sure I am

However, I do realize one thing - that this is, as well, a character driven plot, and in that regard Lindelof and Cuse executed excellently. However, this quote pretty much sums up my response to that perfectly:

... This was the ending Cuse and Lindelof crafted when they repeatedly said "Lost is all about the characters."

But the problem for Cuse and Lindelof is, despite downplaying so many of the mysteries of the island and this universe they created, they accidentally created a scenario where we cared about the mythology just as much—and in most cases even more—than the characters...

[cinephilia]

johnny dies in the last ep.

or maybe it was mike