Lost – The End

Wow.

For me, last nights episode of Lost was pure….wow. An emotional roller coaster that ended what I can now safely call my favorite show ever. For me personally it was always Sopranos at the number one spot, with Lost number two, but last nights finale pushed Lost past Sopranos in my all-time favorite list.

SPOILERS AHEAD by the way if you have not seen last nights episode yet

I am sure that last nights episode, just like the show itself, will have a wide range of reactions from the viewers. Some of you will have loved it like I did. Some of you will be a little bit disappointing. Some of you might have just flat out disliked it. And that’s cool. But we can all agree that Lost, and everything that came with it, was a once in a lifetime type of show. The huge, frustrating mythology, and the questions and lack of answers is so unique to this show, and something that was so enjoyable, and again, also so frustrating. But if you needed some final answers last night, I am guessing you might have fallen on the “disappointing” side of the fence.

For me personally, I didn’t need answers. Truth be told, I stopped needing them a while ago. There was a time in the Lost saga where I was just about ready to give up on the show, early season 3 to be exact, but something happened to the way the Lost story was told around that same time. Once the producers of Lost set an end date, when they announced Lost would end in season 6, the storytelling itself shifted from a very slow, snail moving pace, into a more urgant vibe, and all of a sudden every episode and storyline had more direction. Getting off the Island, stopping the time shifts, blowing up the island, stopping the MIB… It all had more focus and urgency after that end date was announced. And for me, it had become more and more about just watching and enjoying what it was that they WERE giving me, instead of what they were NOT giving me. IF you went into last nights episode with a check-list of questions you needed to be resolved, then you would have been disappointed. I have not had a check-list for a few seasons now, which is why I have enjoyed every part of this season including last night.

Last nights episode was very season 6 specific. What I mean by that is, last night was about two things, everyone coming to the realization that they were dead, and finding a way to kill the MIB. Two story lines that were created in season 6 (or end of season 5 for the MIB thing). Very little else, storyline and mystery wise, from previous seasons was dealt with last night. And again that was ok for me. Watching the losties have those awakenings was mind blowing, especially the ones for Jin/Sun, Locke, Claire/Kate/Charlie, and of course the final one for Jack. It’s funny that even up until Jack spoke with his dad, I was still confused by what the heck the flash sideways was. And it’s even more funny that after a season where the flash sideways seemed pointless and slightly boring (with a few exceptions of course) the Flash Sideways stuff last night was easily my favorite part. PLUS, I did have the theory that it was an epilogue, which was sorta true (I thought it would be one event that sent them all to the flash sideways. It was one event, death, but not at the same time).

Now, back to the answers thing, I understand some peoples frustration by the lack of answers and explainations. The way I look at it is if the creators wanted to present a mystery, they also need to present an answer. And it seemed like they just got in over there heads in the amount of mysteries they created. That they could not deal with every little issue they brought up, and still tell the story the way it had always been told. So yes, that is one fault that this show will always have. But it’s just not a fault that I am that bothered about. Because I rather them tell the story the way it had always been told then to go and answer every question I had. It was the storytelling that has hooked me, and thats what I care about the most. Last night delivered that in spades.

I am going to shortly start to review TV show seasons. And Lost is certainly going to be something I will be reviewing in the months ahead, so I will get into more specific details at that point. But let me just say, that for me specifically, this show is one of the all time greats, and last nights ending is what put Lost into that “all-time” great spot.

SEASON SIX MVP- Before last night I was going to go with ether Locke, Ben, Hurley or Jack, and truth be told I would have picked Ben, because while he was not a HUGE part of this season, every time he was involved it was magic to watch. BUT after last night, how can you go with anyone else then Jack. Jack went from being slightly annoying the past few seasons, to being neck and neck with Locke as the best character this show has produced. Seriously, watching him die in the jungle in the same spot he “woke up” in after the crash way back in season one, episode one…amazing.