Wow. Just wow. You think that after 6 fucking years and thousands of mysteries, smoke monsters, polar bears later the LOST creators would find a creative and fitting finale for the series.
I am writing this while seriously pissed off, so if you want to spoil the Series Finale of Lost, stop reading. Wait till you watch it yourself and make your own conclusions. This post totally spoils it for you — and from the viewpoint of a _hardcore_ Lost fan that watched all seasons several times. Though I probably won’t watch Season 6 again, because it’s a disaster.
Now, how does Lost end?
[Final Scene]
Jack is lying in the bamboo field, dying. Vincent (the dog) is near him. He sees the Aljira plane flying through him, he dies.
[Meanwhile on the other side]
Jack and the whole gang is sitting at a Church. They’re all happy and reunited. Christian (Jack’s dad) walks by him, exits the door and a bright light floods the whole church.
[Cut back to Island Jack]
Jack dies
THE END.
But there must be more to it, you say? No, that’s about it. They didn’t bring the show to a logical conclusion. Here’s a rundown of what happened over 2.5 hours of the finale:
- Jack meets Smokey, they and Desmond go to the Light
- Desmond pulls the Cork (a rock out of some sort of hole in the ground); whole island goes to hell
- Smokey becomes mortal, Jack kills Smokey, gets wounded
- Jack/Hurley/Ben go back to the light source to fix it
- Sawyer/Kate go to the plane which is being fixed by Alpert (who is also mortal now), Lapedus (did I spell that right?) and the I-Talk-to-Dead-People Asian guy.
- Jack promotes Hurley to be the new Jacob; makes Ben his deputy
- Jack fixed the light, rescues Desmond
- Jack dies
[The Other Side]
- Everyone gets [flashbacks to the island], remember everyone else. Everyone is happy and decide to have a meetup in a church.
- Everyone is smiling at the church; light floods it as Christian exits the building.
[That's it]
No, seriously — that’s it.
While I understand the emotional aspect of the finale — which was executed very well, I feel I just lost 6 years of my life hoping for something special and all I got was a Battlestar Galactica (no, I actually didn’t watch that show but I assume their series finale was somewhat similar).
So yes, we understand the show was all about the characters. And I couldn’t help but smile when I looked at Charlie reuniting with Claire on the other side.
But come on! Why was WAAAAALLLTTTTTT special? What’s up with the numbers? [insert your list of 50 questions here]
I really feel like I gave my heart to Lost and it just threw it all away. This reminds me somewhat of the X-Files cheap finale.
Lost, you broke my heart. Sincerely, faithful fan.
