Lost - SERIES FINALE! - 5/23/10

Just a reminder: The finale and Jimmy Kimmel's Special reairs tonight on ABC, starting at 8 PM.

While I watch the finale a third time in a week? Possibly.

The only thing about the flash sideways I kinda didn't like is I don't think it will help illuminate anything when someone watches Season 1-5 again. Unlike previous flashes, it doesn't really tie into the main story.

Now, that would be the case even if it was a more straightforward epilogue as well. However, it does now cry out for a rewatch of Season 6, based on what we know now. And I think, in time, more people who come to accept the flash sideways as it own separate story, one that you can easily ignore, if you wish.

I cried when James and Juliet were reunited. That could have been the whole entire final episode and I would have been happier.

I think "Across The Sea" will play better when it is watched coupled with "What They Died For" back to back on the DVD. Jacob's speech at the end of WTDF is much more powerful if you just watched his own struggles a few minutes before. And that is what ATS was supposed to show: the "God" of The Island was just a man, caught up in his own problems and faults.

I also think ATS perfectly encapsulates the problem with getting answers. Since Lost has always been framed as a "Characters against the backdrop of mysteries," we were never going to get a straight up Island history episode. Even when we learned about Rousseau's team in S5, it was through the eyes of Jin. So, to learn about the source of power of the Island, it was going to have to be against the backdrop of Jacob and Samuel. And since Lost has always been big in biblical allegories, of course they were going to be brothers who bickered and where one was favored over the other.

Now, ATS had some noticeable problems: some of the dialogue was painful and I think they stuck with J and S being kids for too long. But I think the overall theme and gist of the episode was typical Lost.

As far as the Sun/Jin reunion? Yes, too brief. But they had so many reunions over the years, it wasn't like we have never seen them reunite before. And, despite people's complaint re: Ji Yeon, I think their last "living" scene together was nicely done.

I meant future future stuff i.e. spinoffs or movies. The DVD stuff is already done/planned.

I certainly hope that there is nothing more. This is a series that really did tie up what it needed to and there is no reason to continue.

Although I do know what they could do.

Claire of course raises Aaron. Kate tells Sun's mother of the couples fate. When mom dies it turns out she has named Kate as the legal guardian of Ji Yeon. Ji Yeon and Aaron grow up together, fall in love, marry, and decide together to find the island. They go there, do some time leaping, and eventually become the replacements for Hurley and Ben.

Don't blame me if ABC decides to do this. I just realized it's one possible way to revisit the island with known characters.

Pardon if I am _the last person_ to discover/read about this, but back to the numbers thing: 4 8 15 16 23 42, the Tamam Shud mystery, first article?

Maybe the brains behind LOST thought it would be neat/funny/annoying to those of us who want to piece together the mysteries/etc to use that sequence of numbers, then later call it part of the Valenzetti Equasion?

Also, damn you cracked, I have been reading your stuff for two hours now. This is why I prefer to spend large amounts of time in art programs, rather than surfing the web. :þ

I stopped watching this early in the second season, so I have no idea what the story was like at the end. I just want to know one thing. What was the smoke monster?

If there is a complete and total answer to that, I'll be happy.

"What was the smoke monster?
"

What if I told you there were at least 3, possibly conflicting, complete and total answers to that?

Well most of the answer would only mean anything if you've watched the seasons that you haven't watched. And kitsune's answer was a bit tounge and cheek....there is a single answer but much like an onion there are layers to it.

Short answer: The smoke monster is the Man in Black (introduced season 5)

Longer answer: Jacob and MiB were born on the island thousands of years ago after their pregnant mother washed up on the island. Their mother was rescued by a lone woman (Mother- Allison Janney) who helped her with her labor and subsequently killed her after giving birth and raised the boys for her own. Mother raised them very strict telling them there was no other world besides the island. When they found there were other people on the island she forbade them to interact with the other people. The boys only activity was playing a "chess like" game with black and white rocks. MiB defied her and went to live with them, leaving Mother no choice but to eventually give shepherdship of the island over to Jacob and the job to protect the "Light of the Island" a hidden cave with a golden glow and mysterious properties. She eventually goes over and slaughters all of the other people, to which MiB kills her in retaliation. Jacob in despair throws MiB into the cave with the "Light of the Island" which immediately expels Smokie and the dead body of MiB. He then buries Mother and MiB in the cave (Adam and Eve from an early season episode) with his game pieces. Later it is seen that "Smokie" is in the form of MiB and seems to have memories and follow the rules that Mother laid out. One of which is that they can never harm each other. Whether Smokie is either the soul of MiB (or somehow the MiB himself), pure evil taking the form of the MiB, or even Jacobs guilt manefested or some combination of the those leads to the "3 possibility theory". Smokie has also shown to take the form of other dead people: Christian Shepherd (on the island from Season 1 on) and John Locke (Season 5 on) are two important examples. It was shown that over the years Jacob and MiB kind of played a real world version of their game with people. They both had fundamental differences in how they viewed people and how they approached "the game". Jacob for one chose not to interact directly with people's decisions. Kind of a fate v. free will thing. (But that is a very simplistic explanation)

Hope that helps.

Or, in another simplistic way, Smokey was the Devil Manipulator of the Island.

So I just got home from a friend's and turned on the reairing of the finale. So it is an enhanced rerun. Anything interesting pop up?