A few thoughts on Lost

[raloria]

I've been with this series since day one when Jack woke up on the island after the plane crash, so despite my frustration over the past 6 years, I knew I'd stick with it until the end.

I've also been saying the past few weeks that I figured the show would not be able to dig itself out of this convoluted hole they dug for themselves and that I wasn't really holding out much hope for a satisfying ending.

Turns out I was right...and wrong.

Initial reaction? I loved it.
However, upon a few hours of thinking and reading reactions from fans online, I'd like to change my opinion. I loved it...but.

Yep, there's a but. Emotionally, the finale was very satisfying. It gave me everything I wanted. I got to see most of the characters I cared about reunited and in a few cases make some amazing sacrifices. I started to tear up several times and was happy to see characters that haven't been seen for quite some time (Shannon!). Problem is, while emotionally I'm going "Yay!", intellectually, and logically my brain is going "What the hell???".

I think I've worked out that everything that happened up to the end of Season 5 was real. They were on the island, yada, yada, yada. But once Juliette banged that warhead, the island blew up, killed everyone and what we got was the island down at the bottom of the ocean. Everything in Season 6 was Purgatory. The Losties made up their own idea of where their lives went from there, eventually realizing they all knew one another from their life on the island. Meanwhile, they were still kinda "in hell" on the island and trying to figure out once again how to get off it. Yeah, I'm still not sure this idea totally works, but it's the best I've come up with so far.

* The best reunions? Sawyer/Juliette and Charlie/Claire. *sigh* Those two made me very happy. Honorable mention for Shannon/Sayid.

* Dammit every time Hurley cries, I cry! He did it twice tonight and I couldn't hold on. Hurley's such a happy go lucky guy, trying to make things better for others, and it hurts to see him so sad. I was happy when Jack entrusted the island to him.

* Hearing Sawyer say "son of a bitch!" and wearing that sexy black leather jacket made up for the fact that he didn't go shirtless at any time during the finale (which was one of my wishes). Sawyer *guh* I'll miss you. I would love to see Josh Holloway guest star on SPN in Season 6. What could be better than him and Jensen on screen at the same time? I'll surely die from the hotness, but what a way to go! *drools at the thought* :D

* Perfect ending with Jack closing his eye to bookmark how it all started with his eye opening in the Pilot. Kudos for bringing Vincent back! Nice to see him stay there with Jack in his final moments, too.

In the end there's still too many questions unanswered, which is frustrating, but like I said, emotionally I'm happy where it all ended up.

I'd like to make a special mention about my uncle who passed away a year ago, May 1st. He loved Lost and often referred to it as a "soap opera on an island". I'm sorry he never got to see the end of the show, but somehow I'm sure he knows all the answers to the questions that are now bugging the rest of us like crazy. Even from his hospital bed he lamented that he was missing Lost (it was a Wednesday when he suddenly ended up in the ER). I'll miss talking with him about it and trading theories. During the last half hour I got to thinking about him and what he would've thought about how it was all ending. I hope he would have enjoyed it. ♥