Lost - SERIES FINALE! - 5/23/10

A new thing to ponder: Hurley's vision of dead people (at least, off-Island), is that the sideways verse trying to communicate with him?

I say just cause the vision of Charlie Hurley saw when he got off the Island looked the same as Sideways Charlie. Of course, that is mainly because Dominic Monaghan decided to shave his head before his resurrection scene in S4.

Oh, something funny from last night: the local news had their lead story as the finale of Lost. They sent a reporter out to broadcast from a Lost party as they watched the finale. The reporter said he was a few episodes behind so he had to ignore the finale. Then they had him interview someone to get their opinions and he again said he hadn't watched the last few episodes yet.

How much does that stink? Some people hate going into work because their coworkers might spoil an episode they missed. For this guy, work was forcing him to be spoiled!

Haven't commented on a Lost thread here since about season 3, but been an avid watcher of the show and reader of these threads. Going to miss them both.

Couple of thoughts I wanted to toss out there for the discussion.

1) Brilliant ending to a brilliant show! I could not have asked for a better ending.
2) Syaid's death on sub, saving as many as he could by taking the bomb and running. Not only was this evidence of Hurly's statement in the Flash Sideways about Syaid being a good person, but a very nice statement socially. A suicide with a bomb that was meant to save lives, not take them.
3) John's statement to Jack in the Sideways, "I hope someone does for you what you just did for me." meaning the remembering. On reflection later it was pure brilliance that it was his father's casket that really brought home his remembering followed by a visit from Christian. Christian was Jack's major relationship throughout the show and it definately should have been him that allowed Jack to remember.
4) I did a little research after "Across the Sea." The name Claudia, Jacob and MiB's real mother, has a historical reference as Vesta Virgin in ancient Rome. She was a senator's daughter who saved his life from an angry mob. I then looked up Vestal Virgins. Very interesting. They were priestesses of Vetsa, the goddess of home and hearth. She, the goddess, was responsible for keeping the fire of the world burning. Just an interesting tidbit there.

So many other profound moments in this finale. I just wanted to toss in my two cents on a couple of them. Thank you all for the last six years of thoroughly enjoyable forum reading. I will miss these threads as much as the show.

Ladies and gentlemen, this finale was what it was due to, IMO, a conglomeration of things:

1. The writing. Wasn't always good; even its "best" may not rank anywhere near the top of television writing excellence. Even so, the writers and creators (here I'm including all creative forces behind the camera) delivered an experience to be remembered.

2. The acting. Again, wasn't always good. But the actors also delivered that special experience. We came to know these people enough to care about what happened to them.

3. The audience. And here I'm not just speaking of the people who post in this board's Lost threads. I can't put into words, exactly, how the viewing audience contributed to making the show what it was, but perhaps it was the love of the true fans.

All of these things combined into something that was actually more than the sum of its parts. Maybe it's the melancholy talking, knowing that it's over, but I recall only a very few shows that are in the same category as Lost. An earlier poster mentioned a few television shows, M.A.S.H. among them. Again, I'm not saying that Lost was the best show on television ever, but it IS, again IMO, one of those rare shows that come along only once in a lifetime. Although, *heh*, I just mentioned that it's not unique in that regard...nevertheless, I stand by my statement. Once-In-A-Lifetime-Shows is a category, not just "The Best Show Ever and Nothing Like This Will Ever Come Along Again."

You meet thousands of people during the course of your lifetime. Only a precious few do you hold dear.

You watch hundreds of TV shows during the course of your lifetime. Only a precious few do you hold dear.

Thank you, thank you, to everyone ever involved with Lost, whether behind the camera, in front of the camera, or in front of a TV screen at home. I'm hopeful that another show will mean this much to me in the future, I'm sad that my relationship with this show is at an end, but I'm very happy and thankful that it was a part of my life.

/drama king sentimentality

P.S. I cried during the finale more than my wife did. I'm pretty sure it's one of the reasons she loves me, but I dunno; women are still a mystery to me.

I enjoyed the final episode, but I need some help with something:

How did Jack get out of the cave? When he was shown laying on a tree by the river it seemed similar to the MiB getting expelled from the cave. Did I blink and miss something?

This is slightly off topic, but I'm curious as to which of the actors/actresses will be able to move past the characters they played on Lost and go on to be successful elsewhere. Particularly, if any of the stars of the show will be a break out success in films, who all do you think it would be?

Now, obviously, Michael Emerson and Terry O' Quinn are the two most talented actors but that won't necessarily translate to major big screen success.

If I had to put my money on just one of them, it'd be Josh Holloway.

Well Terry O'Quinn is a long time TV actor going back well before he got involved with JJ's shows. I remember him fondly from Millennium and Harsh Realm.

But you have to remember that shows with large ensemble casts, it's difficult for a single actor to stand out beyond the character type they were originally chosen to play. Terry O'Quinn tends to play authority types, a natural leader that people would choose to follow. Those are the rolls he played in the past, they'll be rolls he'll play in the future.

Oh...hasn't been mentioned, but needs to be:

Juliet in that black dress.... O.O yowza!

Carry on.

Now I've seen nearly zero of Lost. I think I caught one episode of season 4 and it was confusing as all get out so I decided I couldn't simply "drop in" to the show and get it. But I did watch the finale and it was still emotional to me. The vision flashbacks to the island was enough to set into context the various relationships that had developed over the duration of the show. At the very least the finale was well written and edited to convey the emotional backstory for all of these characters and it was truly a pleasure to watch.