The End

Well…where to begin?

First, I want to thank everyone who came to the series finale party. It was a lot of fun. JY and TG flew in from Portland to attend – wow! SC and RS came in costume – cool! And RH and LM made some bomb-ass salads which sadly there were no leftovers for my post-Lost mourning meal. We had a great time with a rousing game of LOST Scattergories. Thanks SL for trying to keep it organized and AB for constantly shouting out of turn. Honorable mention to FCL and NC for some really good answers and KK for his hilarious gasps every time the timer went off. For those of you who couldn’t make it…you were felt in spirit and quite honestly there was no more room in my 400 sq ft living room…so it was all good!

The responses from all over the internet and radio is very mixed regarding the finale. Some are still stuck on the absence of answers even though they were warned repeatedly for weeks. Others think it was the best finale ever and are calling it the best show of the last 20 years. I am more in the middle with it being the best finale I could have hoped for. It was a good end and wrap up to the season…but I need time to really reflect on “best ever” statements. At this point I give it an 8. It would have gotten a 9 if it had Walt. A 10 if…I don’t know??? I am not sure what more it could have given me. At least 9 people came up to me and asked if I was going to be alright. I think I am. I feel complete with the series. I am mentally healthier than I am after a typical season finale and I think its because I am resolved. The writers finished the saga on the island and also gave us a nice epilogue to the story about the characters we had grown to love. I don’t think it could get any better than that.

Summary

So Jack was the true protector of the island. He believed that Desmond was the key to saving the island and defeating the SM. Desmond moves the stone from the light turning it red and causing the island to begin to self-destruct. In a sense, the magically essence of the island was disconnected. The SM became mortal in the body it was inhabiting. Jack was able to kill the SM but then had to repair the island. Also the storm instantly passed once the SM was dead. Jack understood that as the protector of the island, he had to give his life for it. So he passes on the power to Hurley, who was truly pure of heart. Once he put the stone back, island power was restored. Sawyer, Kate, Claire, Miles, Richard and Frank were able to leave the island. Rose and Bernard never wanted to leave and Ben and Hurley felt they needed to stay. Everyone else is presumed dead. Desmond, in theory, was able to leave the island in the future because Hurley was the new protector with new rules.

The questions that most people had regarding what the island was were answered. The Dharma Initiative was a research group that was studying the magical properties of the island. They were in constant war with the Others, led by Jacob, to continue their research. They were also at war with the SM, since his intent was to use them to get off the island. The Losties caused most of Dharma to leave by detonating the hydrogen bomb (the incident) after the time travel. Those that stayed were later killed by Jacob, using Ben as a young man to poison them. As Jacob continued to bring more people to the island, the SM used Ben to stop them. Ben was jealous and petty and allowed his own will to override the needs of the island. As a result, the SM was able to manipulate the Losties and ultimately assume the body of Locke and push Ben to kill Jacob. Once Jacob was killed, he needed them to kill each other so that there would be no one to protect the island or stop him. But I think at this point Widmore tricked SM Locke. I thought it was off that he would so easily tell him the secret to destroying the island. Not only could Desmond withstand the light and destroy the island, but it also made SM Locke mortal. And that was ultimately how he was defeated. Had he just killed Desmond, he might have made it off the island. But his blindness to destroy the island was his undoing.

Desmond thought if he moved the stone that there would be a flash and he would go to the flash sideways he saw. But what he didn’t understand was that that was death. He told Jack about his son and I believe that was why Jack later created his world in which he had a son. There is an old saying, “Fatherhood is a second chance at a quality father/son relationship.” You may not have had one with your parent, but you can create it with your own child. Each of them were given what they desired. Sayid wanted Nadiya alive. When SM Locke asked him what he wanted most, it was that she was alive, not necessarily with him. Sawyer wanted justice which he was never given so he became a policeman, just as he worked security for the Dharma Initiative. Him and Miles were partners there too. Claire found a family. Jin and Sun were together, although in secret, but there was always love. So Desmond was wrong, however it turned out better because Desmond was able to live his life with Penelope and his son.

The flash sideways is the epilogue to LOST. It was what happened once they all died, their after life. If you re-watch the Flash Sideways, people kept telling Jack to “let go.” He mentally created this alternate life. Because he had resolved his issues on the island, we seem as a better man in the flash sideways. But he had to let go of his pain and then was able to move on. Ben, for example, wasn’t ready. Locke had forgiven him, Hurley commented on how he had been a good second in command. But Ben had to resolve it for himself and accept the choice to move on. I have read people say, “oh so they were dead. It was purgatory. The entire series of Lost.” No, just the flash sideways. I compare to Bruce Willis in the Sixth Sense. He had created an entire existence because he could not accept the fact that he was dead. Once he did, he was able to move on.

I can accept that even though for us it seemed as though everyone woke up at the same time, time is irrelevant in death. What time do you think it is in death? When thought of that way, it makes sense that they all converged at what seemed like the same point. Time was sped up at different points to illustrate the time was not real. Locke was hit by a car, recovered, back at school, spine surgery and then at a concert walking in the span of 2 days. I think that was used to show that time was irrelevant in the flash sideways. Kate had said she had been waiting for Jack for a long time. I believe because he kept rejecting the flash sideways and leaving in the life he had constructed.

If the series would have just ended without the flash sideways, I think it still would have been okay. But the flash sideways allowed us to have closure with the characters and that those who died were able to find happiness in the after life. That was illustrated by Juliet. She died due to the hydrogen bomb. Miles channeled her once she was dead and she said, “it worked.” She was in her moment in time when Sawyer eventually died and met her at the candy machine. “It worked” is the same thing she said when he unplugged the machine and the candy fell out. They were reunited. It was a moment for us, but perhaps years for Sawyer. Again, time is irrelevant in death. And it allowed us to have our happy ending for the characters.

Questions

I did have some residual questions. The Losties didn’t take the plane because it was rigged with explosives. Frank, Miles and Richard didn’t mention the explosives at all. I thought they would at least have to dismantle them. They just got in, fixed the hydraulic system and took off.

I am still annoyed about the whispers. The answer that it was spirits that couldn’t move on doesn’t sit with me. It’s still pointless. Since the flash sideways is their death and there was never a coexisting alternate plane of time, the whispers served no purpose but to be spooky at times.

I know I’m a broken record about Walt, but I would have supported him being re-cast just to have one more scene with him. I would have liked a small shot of him like we got with Ana-Lucia. Or even Michael. That is really the last loop I thought they should have closed.

Okay…I just started reading comments from people all over the blogsphere. Glad to see that my review is pretty much the consensus.

I read that SM Locke took the explosives off the plane and those were the ones that were in the backpack that they took down to the sub. I thought it looked more complicated than that, but that would explain why the explosives were gone and why he himself was headed for the plane to get off the island (before the detour to destroy it). And how the remaining survivors were able to use it.

Also the reason that Ji Yeon was not in the flash sideways is that Jack never saw the baby and the flash sideways was from his perspective. Also Jin and Sun didn’t raise her. They died before they could so their reunion was about their love. She had a whole life separate from them. I believe her flash sideways would include those closest to her. That’s similar to explaining why Walt was not there. Walt was also raised by another so there might not be that reunion with Michael. Michael is still a whisper on the island. Whether or not he gets his reunion in the after life with his son, I think if it was John Locke’s flash sideways, then Walt would have been there.

Finally I want to separate 2 things though…I loved the finale. I think it was pretty perfect. What I didn’t like is that the writers didn’t use all of season 6 to answer the questions I wanted answered. I didn’t need it in the finale. I needed it earlier. When Jacob was explaining the candidates, I would have loved if someone would have asked about and gotten an answer about Walt. I think along the way we could have gotten some of the answers and it shouldn’t have been left for the finale to do so. Much like a football game resting on the skill of the kicker, I think it takes a whole team. In this case, seasons. So I wish people could separate their disappointment for not getting answers with the quality of the finale. If purgatory is not your thing, that’s something else altogether. But I am against hating it on the basis of lack of answers from the previous 6 seasons. But then again, when they did answer some questions directly, I didn’t like it. So maybe some things are better left to ponder. If I have learned anything about this show, what makes sense to me is completely confusing to someone else. The mythology of the island is not definitive.

Final Thoughts

I thought the show was an absolute wonder. I loved the touching reunions and the humor that it often brought (Sawyer calling Frank “Chesty”). I want to remember the show for those moments and not the missed opportunities to explain the mysteries. Even as Jack comes flying down in a flying punch for his ultimate fight with SM Locke, the scenes of survival and often times, brutality were gripping. And I haven’t spoken much about the musical score, but it left me crying at times (Charlie’s death etc). I loved this show and it will leave its mark for many years to come.

Conclusion

I think that’s it. I want to thank you all for the YEARS of positive comments, emails, and discussions about LOST. I don’t think there will ever be a show that moves people and our culture the way LOST has. So when we jokingly say, “what’s next?” I don’t think there will be another show to fill that void. So we go back to our tv’s, movies, books, friends and family. We move on from a shared consciousness, much as the Losties did. Connected in a way we could have never predicted and forever changed. I welcome thoughts and opinions in the comment section about the series finale and the show as a whole. I am putting my notebook away for now. It really has been great! Take care and until we meet again, c-ya!

What They Died For

I am going to be completely catatonic on Monday, May 24th. I cannot believe I am so emotionally tied to this show. As I reflect on tonight’s episode, I feel at ease knowing that they are going to end this right. I felt the answers that we got tonight were what we needed to know. I am not sure how it is all going to fit into 2 ½ hours with about 90 minutes of commercials (or so it seems!), but however long it takes to tell the end of this story, I believe I will be satisfied. LOST will go down as one of the best shows ever.

Summary

WE knew the minute Richard stepped outside and that he would “reason” with SM Locke that he was dead. I would have been more satisfied to have that confirmed, but logically if you were picked up several feet in the air and thrown at a high velocity…kind of makes it damn hard for you to walk away. Besides I think Richard’s part in this tale is done. I liked Sawyer’s line, “And I thought the guy had a God complex before”. Even with his heart breaking and things out of control, he was still true to form. When Desmond was arrested and walked into the cell in between Kate and Sayid I almost cheered. I really wish we had more time with Desmond in the Flash Sideways! That part of the story has gone from confusing and strange to one of the best arcs in the show.

Connections

Many of the connections were links between the original timeline and the flash sideways. We see that Hurley is now working with Desmond based on him remembering life on the island. Ana-Lucia was corrupt in the original timeline and is also corrupt in the flash sideways. Everyone is coming together at the museum gala which is similar to them meeting in the basement church with Eloise the first time around.

A big thing has been made about the identity of Jack’s ex-wife. In a perfect world it would be the actress Julie Bowen, as it was in the past. Everyone else is who they were from Rousseau being Alex’s mom, Anthony Cooper being Locke’s dad and Roger still being Ben’s father in the Flash Sideways. I think to toss Juliet, who has still yet to re-appear, in the role is cute but not consistent. I think she will appear in the Flash Sideways to reinforce her message through Miles that “It worked”. I think she will run into Sawyer and they will have a connection. Not sure who Kate ends up with.

Questions

I think there were major key points this episode that really resolve what is going on here.

Ben got back to his old bad self again. I didn’t like how he was muted this season, like all his power was for nothing. We see that it wasn’t for nothing as he aligns himself with SM Locke. He was a believer of Jacob and then was corrupted by the SM. In his comment that the door was where he was told he could summon the SM, but really he was the one being summoned, he realized that he has always following the wrong man. I don’t believe that Jacob had reached out to Ben at all, ever. In the cave before he stabbed him and Ben asked, “What about me?” Jacob responded, “What about you?” I think Ben finally realized what he was meant to do. But I wont ever believe that with Ben things are what they seemed. He is smart and cunning. SM Locke tells him he will be the leader of the island and then later tells him he is going to destroy it. Ben knows he is disposable. So what will be his end game? He’s already killed Widmore and gotten his revenge. What else is there left to do?

Another key resolution was the war between Widmore and Ben. For years fighting for control of the island and using their children as pawns. I was glad that Ben killed him because it stayed true to the story. Never would they align themselves especially after Ben was reminded of the death of Alex.

Candidates – I liked the resolution of why they were chosen to be candidates. Flawed, alone, searching for something. And Mothers would want to raise their young and not protect the island as they must. Jacob’s mother proved that by killing his brother to protect the island. Jack was always meant to be the new protector. But it wont be in the way Jacob did it. Jacob protected the physical island. I think Jack as the protector will do so in a different way. It’s the end. Not of Jacob, but of the world as they all know it. I think this is where the Flash Sideways comes in. I also have my suspicions about the who new candidate ceremony. It didn’t seem as though Jack changed at all and that it was more mind over matter. But either we assume he really is or isn’t is really not important. It is how things end with SM Locke.

Fail Safe - Desmond is the light where SM Locke is the dark. Desmond is the key if all else fails. He is working to bring them altogether in the Flash Sideways. They are have flashes of the island, not the other way around. So the flash sideways has to happen next. I can’t clearly see how that is going to happen, just that it is. Why was Ana Lucia not ready? Was it because she was still flawed where everyone else seemed healed? Is this really the end of does the story keep going and going with new Losties?

Conclusion

The time has come for all of us to come together and celebrate the ending of a really, really, really great show. But not just the show but the sharing of thoughts, feelings and good times over the last few years. Can you believe it…years! The LOST series finale party will be held on Sunday, May 23 from 6:00 – 11:30 pm. The link to the Evite is HERE.
All are welcome! I know some of you receive the link to the blog and we don’t know one another. But we are all part of the LOST family so join us!

I will post things as I see them this week. I am trying to stay away from any spoilers/hints until the big day. I read about the LOST convention in LA and was glad that I ended up not going. Although it looked like good times, there were too many cast members that have long since left the show (Dr Artz, Bernard, Yemi, Racinsky, young Ben Linus to name a few), and I am ready to move on to my next obsession. Any ideas when I’m done with my mourning period?!? Let’s discuss on Sunday. So until then, you all have a great week. Take care and until the 23rd….c-ya!

More Thoughts about LOST - Wed 9pm

See….told you I would have more to say!

I forgot another great line from Miles when in the closet and being shown the secret room and looking at the other door with Hieroglyphics, “Is that the secreter room?”.

And perhaps Richard isn’t dead just injured. I still don’t see his purpose to the storyline anymore so it really doesn’t matter.

I am not sure if I said this in the blog but I think it was Miles that freed Desmond. I think the spirit Alex told him what he had to do.

I think there were never actual rules between Widmore and Ben. We thought that they couldn’t kill each other because of “the rules.” Ben realizes that he was following SM all along and that Widmore was able to break the rules by having Keamy kill Alex. He then realized there were no rules and kills Widmore. I think the way he did it was to impact SM Locke.

Jacob told Jack that The Source was in the bamboo fields he first landed on when he got to the island. Could he be guiding Jack to the place where it all started? Just as Desmond is taking everyone to the portal at the museum? Eloise said there were times when whatever aligned and they could cross over. That is why they had to be on that specific Ajira flight with the specific people. I think it’s more about connecting the time lines then protecting The Source. The Source is supposed to be the source of Life, death, rebirth. The Flash Sideways certainly feels like a rebirth of the Losties. I also think the best way to protect The Source is to sink the island. Much like Atlantis. It stops the SM and anyone else from ever accessing it again.


What they died for – They died for each other. Sometimes to protect each other (Sayid, Charlie, Boone, Daniel, Juliet) and other times by each other (Ana Lucia, Libby, Shannon, Jin and Sun). They all had choices and its what led them to make the decisions that they did. So it makes sense that Jack would be the new Jacob. It was his progression. I remember in Live Free or Die Hard (Die Hard 4), the kid was running behind Bruce Willis and saying that he couldn’t believe the danger he was putting himself in. Wrong place at the wrong time guy. The kid kept saying that he was not that guy. At the end, the kid helps Bruce save the day and Bruce thanks him. The kid says, “well, what was I going to do?”. Bruce turns to him and says, “That’s what makes you THAT guy.” I think of the Losties in that way as well. They seemed to have opportunities to leave and focus on their old life. Much like Michael did when he left the island. The major theme about Lost is choice.

Across the Sea

Okay…so we were WAY off. The hint I read online was that this week would prove that the writers knew the direction of the series years ago. Uhhh…maybe. Learning the identity of Adam & Eve doesn’t prove that. It just means they found a good way to connect the dots. I know...cynical. But I’m just not buying it. I still like the explanation and it does fit because of the black & white stone. But Jack had said they were less than 50 years dead so do we just assume he was wrong? I didn’t like the way they hit us over the head with it either. The minute he laid them to rest we understood who they were. The flashback to Kate/Jack/Locke was a bit much for me. Like, “See, we did know what we are doing!” But as Sawyer would say, “Hold on, Hoss.” We’re not there yet. I am getting the sinking feeling that there is going to be A LOT of things not answered now. Like why could baby no name see dead people? Doesn’t that suggest another higher power or entity to allow that to happen? Or is it simply because “he’s special”? I’m jumping the gun, let’s slow things down and take this piece by piece.

Summary

Good episode if it had come 2 weeks ago when they had that repeat. But now it’s just scary since we have 1 more episode before the finale. We got more story and more questions. Every question leads to another question? More like every answer leads to more questions. I can see the analysis going on and on for years!

I needed the day to step away and take a break from the episode because I think I was judging it too harshly. I think its just anxiety about this almost being over. Or maybe Darlton deserve a swift kick in the gonads for encouraging all this dissecting of the show and now running out of time for answers. I think to say that they ran out of time is giving them too much credit. They had time to creatively craft an ending but it seems like it was just all crammed in there. We were given the origins of Jacob, Jacob’s brother, the smoke monster, electromagnetic force, why people are brought to the island, Richard, the Temple, Cindy and the kids, the numbers, the whispers, why Walt and Aaron were special, Adam and Eve, and the origin of the frozen donkey wheel…all in 15 episodes. They also introduced another time line that is not supposed to be an alternative one, but extremely important and valid to the series. I just feel rushed. I want more time to digest what we’ve learned. I think that’s why I am feeling so melancholy to what otherwise would have been a great episode.

Connections

The use of white and black were everywhere. Jacob = blond hair, white baby blanket, white clothes, white rock while his brother was emphasized in black. The dagger, wine flask, and stones are seen thousands of years later. The Senet box is an old Egyptian board game. Jacob and his brother were 43 years old (the numbers) when they stopped aging. Jacob by becoming protector of the island and his brother by being killed/becoming the smoke monster. SM Locke referred to the fact that he had a crazy mother. I thought he meant Locke’s mom who was committed. He actually was referring to his “adopted” mother. Jacob’s mother told Jacob “It’s going to be you”, which is the same thing Sayid said to Jack before he died.

Questions

What we don’t know – I have some lingering questions about the episode. We will never know who or what came before the mother. We may never know why some people can see and speak to the dead while others can’t. Other than the island containing The Source of life and death, that is all we will understand about the specialness of the island. We may never know the importance of Walt and Aaron. I was beginning to think that they were Candidates. They were either brought by the Temple people or Ben for Jacob to determine that they were candidates. I believe they were not and that was why they were allowed to leave the island. I would love confirmation about this but we may never know for sure.

The Smoke Monster - Is there just inherently a malignant force that wants off the island? The vision Jacob’s brother had of his true mother seemed to want to manipulate him into learning about his people and getting off the island. Was that HIS nature or was it the SM that wanting to be released? Jacob’s brother’s body was dead. Was his spirit reincarnated into the Smoke Monster? Or did it need a dead body to reanimate himself? As I work through it, I think it is Jacob’s brother suspended between life and death.

What we do know – How Jacob came to be the protector for the Source. Why he chooses to bring people to the island, in part to find candidates and in part to prove his brother wrong about the nature of man. We know why SM Locke is so evil. People are a means to an end for him. Vessels to be used to get him off the island. I would also say that living among them he was able to see them at their worst. I think all of the islands questions have pretty much been answered.

What’s left – Does the SM get off the island or does Jack become the new protector of the island’s source? How do things end for the Losties? What is the significance of the flash sideways?

Darlton did an interview after the episode aired. This was one interesting thing I thought they had to say:

“We knew it would be an episode that would be divisive. We've been talking since the beginning of the season about the idea that the great thing of doing a show on your own terms is you have no excuses, but it's also slightly terrifying that if you're a mystery show, there will inevitably be episodes that answer mysteries. That has the potential to frighten, terrify, make people hate. This was going to be the season where we said, "Whatever your theory was, our presentation of the endgame of the show may disprove your theory, so we're sorry if you don't like the fact that you don't get the Man in Black's name, but you don't get it." So that's going to piss some people off, and it's their right to be pissed off. In terms of what the specific reactions are, it's too hard to say 12 hours after the fact, and without seeing where this episode plays in the grand scheme of the series. That's all we can say.”

They also emphasized that it always their intent to do a mega episode download of information and focus the remaining time on the characters. The characters, not the mysteries, are more important.

Well fine then! I will put away my tablet and pen and watch the next show as it is. Without looking above it, below it or through it. Perhaps then in some strange way it will all make sense. I think what’s most important about what they said is that what we know is what we know. There is not another explanation or rationalization. In some ways that is a relief because maybe we wont have to wonder weeks from now what it was all about? But something tells me…they have more mysteries left up their sleeve.

Conclusion

I now no that come Monday, May 24^th I am going to be in a catatonic ball, shaking and whimpering in the corner of my home. Either because it was so good, so bad, or ultimately so gone. The title of the next episode is “What they died for.” Intriguing. I would love for that to be the answer to why so many people died on the island. Or perhaps their connection to still being alive in the flash sideways. Whatever the answer in 6 days we will know either way. I am going to try my best and just enjoy what is going on now. Entertainment Weekly has an awesome review of all 6 seasons, theories, characters (past and present). I would suggest you go out to your local bookstore and get it prior to the season finale. An Evite will be sent by Friday about the Finale Party. I hope most of you plan to attend. That’s it for this week. Take care and until next time, C-ya!

The Candidate

Sorry, I am so out of practice. LOST takes a week off and I am completely discombobulated. But I will get back in the groove next week, I swear! I am so excited about the coming weeks I can hardly stand it.

Summary

WAH!!! I cried in the final moments of the sinking sub as the music played in the background, red light flashing ominously, Jin and Sun’s linked hands slowly separating as death consumes them. I balled like a baby! I think this was even sadder than when Charlie died. I wanted to kill Sawyer! He is really the fly in the ointment. Every one of his decisions, plots or plans goes wrong. I know there are masses of Sawyer fans…but I wish it had been him. It would have been sad, but he deserved it.

I just read this from another site so I’m giving them credit. There were 4 candidates left from the list that did not have their name crossed out - Kwon, Ford, Shepherd and Reyes. We didn’t know if they meant Jin or Sun. But we can assume that Jin was the candidate because if a candidate cannot be killed, Sun drowned but Jin chose to die. I would not be surprised if Sawyer, fed up with constantly being wrong and missing Juliet, does the same thing trying to be a hero. It seems to be his theme.

Connections

At this point, most were pretty obvious. Jack running into Bernard. The Apollo candy bar in the machine. Jack telling Locke, “What ever happened, happened.” The role reversals: Anthony Cooper being responsible for Locke’s condition on the island and the reverse in the flash sideways. Jack is a candidate on the island and Locke is a candidate in the flash sideways. The list goes on and on.

Questions

Widmore – I am still unclear on his purpose in all of this? If he wanted to help them, then why lock them up? It didn’t seem to help anyway. Instead of being straight with them since he knows the truth about the 2 timelines, why not share and end this? Or is that part of the rules? I am quite frankly frustrated with him at this point.

SM Locke – I believe Jack was right that they all have to die for him to leave the island. SM Locke seemed to confirm this when he realized the sub sank and nothing had changed. He knew that some made it out alive. I like this idea since his manipulations seem to have been consistent with them all along. Claire hurting Kate didn’t matter since Kate didn’t matter. But she is necessary to manipulate both Jack and Sawyer. I believe SM Locke needs them all to die so there is not a candidate to balance him on the island. I believe Widmore needs them to die so that he can merge the timelines. I think they need to die to get out of this. I like the fact that Jack seems to have become the true candidate as expected. I hope with him saving Desmond from the well that it will all come together.

Resolution for the characters – I think some have already gotten it. For those that died on the island, their journey is over. I feel they have to die on the island to be reset in the other one. In the flash sideways they seem to be experiencing memories. So the island has already happened to them even though they are living in the past. I am again reminded of the theory that what we are seeing in the flash sideways is the end.

Answers

There has been a lot of talk about what answers will or won’t be given within the next 3 weeks. Below is my list of must haves for this whole experience to have been truly worth it.

Walt – I need to know why Walt was so important. There were several seasons focused on him and to just let that entire storyline go will kill me. I either need another appearance by him or some sort of reference on the island or in the LA timeline. Something! Without that then the first seasons were just filled with empty promises. I think a connection could be made when you think about the little boy in the jungle taunting SM Locke. Seems about the age of Walt. Perhaps both boys are tied somehow to the mythology of the island. Or maybe I’m just grasping at straws! But something to think about.

Aaron/Claire – Why couldn’t Aaron be raised by another? I want that tied up too. It seems that he will be right now if Claire doesn’t make it off the island. I again just need a reference on the island or her giving birth in the LA timeline. I would take the fact that Claire goes into labor and has to be life flighted to the hospital, thus fulfilling the vision Desmond saw about her being in a helicopter to make Charlie’s death worth it. Charlie is still looking for her in LA so I can see a resolution possible.

Whispers – It was alluded to that the whispers were just the remnants of people who hadn’t resolved their issues on the island. So I need a previous person to come back or make some more connections to that point. I would like Mr. Echo or Shannon…but I’m not picky. I think it was too quickly revealed and needs a little more reference. This is a minor annoyance and without it I will survive. But it would be great if they would.

Ben/Miles/Richard – They have to meet back up with the group and make some kind of contribution. I want a confrontation between Ben and Widmore of some kind regarding their war. I also want Miles and Richard incorporated into the final episodes. They have become a part of the Losties family and to leave them hiding out in the jungle is ridiculous.

WHY??? – I think we will get the answer to the why this is all happening, resolution of Jacob and SM Locke, merging of the timelines and what it all means. I will be most happy if I get an answer and it makes sense.

This quote was from Wired magazine and an interview with Darlton explaining the non-answers that we will be given about the show:

"I assume that as a physicist, you say, “Force equals mass times acceleration,” and you can explain why. But when you spend time with a 3-year-old, you quickly find out that one question just begets another—there’s a “why” in the wake of every “why”—and the only way to end the conversation is to say, “Oh look, a Chuck E. Cheese!” The show is doing its best to say, “Oh look, Chuck E. Cheese!” For example, we’ve now given the viewers as much as we’re willing to say about the numbers, and we’re moving on. The characters are going to ask “What is the island”, and “Why are we here”, but more importantly, “How is it relevant to me.” They’re not sitting around in smoking jackets talking about the theoretical notions that we are, as audience members."

So what I take from that is that the characters will get the answers they need and deserve. They will get the answer to why them, was it worth it and what now. Only the answers the characters want and need….not us the viewers. They are not wondering about why the Others were so interested in Walt or if Desmond’s prophecy about Claire comes true or what were those funny whispers before they saw the SM or the Others in the jungle. They want to either go home or figure out why they needed to be there in the first place. I can respect Darlton being true to the show as long as its clear and rings true. If they can do that, then my 5 years were worth it.

Conclusion

Well, only 3 more episodes left. I am having a LOST season finale party at my house Sunday, May 23rd from 6:00 – 10:00pm. This is mainly so we can talk, reminisce, play a final game of LOST Scattergories, eat, drink and be merry before the 2-hour season finale. Another post with directions and more specifics coming later….just put it on your calendar. It’s the final one EVER – so if you have never been….now is your chance! All are welcome!

That’s if for now. Have a great rest of the week.

Take care and until next time, c-ya!

The Last Recruit

Okay I am back in love again. How could I ever doubt Lost? Last week fell flat for me and tonight’s episode restored my faith. Mainly because the episode moved both the flash sideways and island story line further. I was so afraid that the sonic fence was going to hinder Jin and Sun somehow. I am glad that there are finally reunited. I thought it was a little quick but it was nice to see them together.

Summary

I thought tonight was a solid episode. The recaps showed most of the key players flash sideways so you knew it was going to be good. There were some good lines from the cast. Sawyer: “Thought we might want to avoid huddles.” And “…pilot that looks like he stepped off a Burt Reynolds movie” as he refers to Lapidus. He really does! I missed him calling him “Chesty.” But my personal favorite from Hurley, “I mean, Anakin?” as an example of someone who comes back from the dark side. (That’s Darth Vadar’s true name for you non-Star Wars fans…Dark Lord of the Sith for the geeks). This episode really had it all. Humor from Sawyer as always. Romance with Sun and Jin reuniting. Camaraderie until Jack jumped off the boat. Philosophy between Desmond and evil Sayid. I wanted a little more danger, I’m just not afraid of Widmore. I think Locke has a lot of power, enough for Sun to be afraid of him when she was near death in her flash sideways.

Connections

The numbers were around in small ways. Ilana the lawyer was on the 15^th floor. The building address was 4434 and the sum is 15. The explosion on the beach causes Jack to react the same was he did when he first awoke after the plane crash. Locke’s injury is also the same operation that Jack did in the original timeline but he made a mistake, panicked, and counted to 5 before he finished. The sailboat is called the Elizabethan and was the same boat Libby sold to Desmond. Most of the other connections were obvious and the work of Desmond putting people together.

Questions

I don’t have many questions this week. I think it was pretty clear that Sayid didn’t kill Desmond. I hope he connects with the Miles, Ben and Richard group. I am not sure if Desmond needs to get all the Losties together in LA or for them to just meet each other. Desmond in LA is a man of action where Desmond on the island is allowing fate to play out.

I think Sun got her English back because her separation from Jin was resolved, both on the island and off. The reunion was short but I still enjoyed it. I think that it was also the knowledge that her baby survived the gunshot. That piece connects both timelines.

The episode’s title was called the Last Recruit. That recruit being Jack. Jacob’s team are the candidates, SM Locke’s team are the recruits. Jacob's position is presented more as an honor and SM Locke as forced. SM Locke has been able to speak to everyone else at their most vulnerable point. It's now Jack's turn.

My ultimate question is still how does this all get resolved? Sun and Jin are together and have a baby, Claire meets a her long, lost half-brother, Locke may be able to walk again now that Jack is doing the surgery. If someone told you that you belong to another plane in time, would you let go? Again, this brings to mind the show Journeyman. He had a son in the original timeline and a girl in another. He went back to the original timeline. But what if that's not what happens? What if the joining of everyone in 2007 allows yet another option that has not been presented? Maybe Desmond is actually improving their lives in 2007 with the knowledge of their connections in 2004. Maybe they don't have to go back in time but ensure that 2007 happens the way its supposed to. At this point, I would be happy with Walt's arch being truly resolved either with us seeing him and Michael together or them connecting why the children in general seemed integral. That and the resolution to the timelines and the last 5 years not being for nothing. That’s all I need.

Conclusion

4 new episodes remain. The schedule is as follows: Next week is a re-run. They are replaying Richard’s episode. Why they felt it important to rerun that one is odd to me. Then Lost comes back the following Tuesday for 3 weeks straight and then the finale that same week on Sunday, May 23^rd. There will be a 1 hour clip show, 2 hour finale and then Jimmy Kimmel is doing a 1 hour closure show with the cast and Darlton. I guess they can wrap things up in the next 5 hours they have left. Of course with the long sweeping scenes, pauses and traipsing up and down the beach and through the jungle, who knows! I’m not sure if you have ever noticed, but it takes 9-10 minutes for them to show the opening credits. So the scenes from last week, opening, Lost whoosh, commercial break, its already 9-10 after the hour. Check it out for yourself. They know how to milk it. And that’s okay…staying true to form. As long as I get my answers.

Well that’s all for this week. Take care and until the week after next, c-ya!

Everybody Loves Hugo

An early blog! About damn time. I think its because this episode was not hard to process. So let’s get to it.

Summary

Fail. I am just going to come out and say it. I am disappointed on how things are going based on this episode. Lazy, rushed, nonsensical, irritating…those are the words that came to mind. And it could have worked! I thought the scenes of Desmond in LA were great. But back on the island the story just dragged. Not too mention blowing up Ilana?!? What was the point of that? That seemed to be thrown in at the last minute. I think the entire crew of the second plane of “good guys” was pointless. I think the worse offense was the explanation of the Whispers. I had always thought it was people on a different plane of time. They were observing them and commenting on what was going on. I would have even liked as the characters were flashing back to the island that those comments were the ones they were hearing on another plane. But no. It was basically lost souls commenting on them. Would have been more bang for the buck if the camera slowly panned and we saw Boone. That would have been a better use of his guest appearance. And it was so mater-of-fact! A major piece of the Lost mystic and it was “Oh, the Whispers are you guys, huh?” Didn’t like it.

At this point not sure where the story is going. Jin is on the boat being held captive so no reunion with Sun. Miles is with the barracks group so no more quipy lines. Ben seems relegated to side comments. Sawyer was just plain annoying with his faux bad boy stance. Didn’t like it.

Connections

The previous episode was entitled Everybody Hates Hugo. I had no idea that there was really a restaurant chain called Spanish Johnny’s but there is. Dr. Marvin Candle/Pierre Chang introduced Hugo at this Man of the Year banquet. Desmond’s chicken order was #42. Ilana is blown up by the dynamite much like Dr. Arzt was. The red book Hurley finds is called Notes from Underground and was Russian book written in 1864. Some boards have mentioned that Locke’s eyes changed colors. I didn’t notice that so I can’t comment any further but it may come back in regards to the SM and Locke combination.

Questions

SM Locke – I thought he was pretty impotent this episode Like we couldn’t see him tossing Desmond down the well a mile away. He seemed confused when in previous episodes he appeared to be the one with all the answers. We figured out that he needed all the Losties to get back off the island so he is gathering them all together. Again, I am not so sure him getting off the island is a bad thing. I am curious to find out who the boy is who seems to be taunting him.

Desmond – He was great as he orchestrated visited with Hurley and attempted to get him to meet with Libby. Even the cold way he mowed down Locke. But on the island he just seems to be creepy and in a trance. Sure, he knows more that he is saying, but the time it is taking to get to the end game is painful. I do like the idea that Desmond somehow knew that Locke is bad and chose that way to give him his near death experience. I hope Darlton work with that. I think we can guess that we are about to connect Locke, Jack, Jin and Sun at the hospital. Perhaps Claire can be there too for good measure.

What next? – Okay I have given this episode a good drumming. I think because I am starting to really like the flash sideways and they will all too soon be over. I would have liked to have been more invested in them earlier on with clues that they were going to link sooner. I remember from my earlier posts I wrote that I just didn’t care. But now I like them way more than life on the island. I don’t really have any idea how they are going to make it all make sense in the end. I didn't have a chance to really talk this episode out so once I do and I have any updates, I will be sure to post.

Conclusion

6 more weeks and it is all over. Please have a good plan, please have a good plan. I am starting to get sad to think it’s almost over but more afraid that it will end on a low note. But I am going to try and stay positive and read what you all have to say. I’m curious to see if I am the only one disappointed with this episode. That’s all for now. Take care and until next week, c-ya!

Hapily Ever After

I don’t have the words to express the way I feel about this episode. Desmond ALWAYS brings it. And LOST…it has been brought! I just keep sputtering. I am going to take a walk, have some juice, collect my thoughts and then try to engage in an intelligent conversation about this episode. Right now, words fail me.

Summary

Episodes like Happily Ever After is precisely why this show is, in my words, off the chain. Epic at times. Am I over stating it? Maybe. But let me tell you why. Desmond’s presence in this series was genius. He is the hero without always seeing the “costume”. Jack, good guy, it’s clear. It’s overt. But Desmond part in this has always been the dark horse. His previous episode, The Constant, was a turning point into the timeline and fate vs. destiny arch of the show. And here again, at the end, we see the pieces coming together. Chills when Charlie transforms to a different place and time and shows his hand with the message “Not Penny’s boat.” Chills when Desmond asks for the manifest of the Oceanic Flight 815 and crazy stare as he says that he has to show them “something”. There’s not enough episodes for him to collect them all?!? To get them where?!? What is the significance of the timeline in relation to the island?!? AHHHH!! Let’s take this piece-by-piece and perhaps we can make it all make sense.

Connections

So many but to be expected in a Desmond episode. Many times the characters, things said and experiences overlap. George Minikowski was Desmond’s driver. George was the Communications Officer on the freighter that Charles Widmore sent to get Benjamin Linus. He began suffering the effects of time travel and eventually died because he could not get his mind and body back to the same point in time. We see a white rabbit, named Angstrom after a novelist who wrote books with Rabbit in the title and centered around themes of life, death and redemption. In the flash sideways, Charles and Eloise are married. Charles has a relationship with his son Daniel, who is now a musician. Daniel knows about Penny and Penny has a relationship with Eloise, since she was invited to the party. The luggage carousel was 4 and the numbers were on the MRI machine as well as the board at the airport. Charlie and Desmond go to Jax’s Bar. Charles freely offers Desmond his MacCutcheon scotch and says he’s worth the 60-year-old scotch, which he specifically said he wasn’t in the other timeline. There is a model of Libby’s boat that Desmond used to sail around the world in Widmore’s office. The painting in the background of Widmore’s office was of the scales, evenly balanced, with black stones on the left and white stones on the right. Eloise says, “What ever happened, happened”, to Desmond as she did in the previous timeline. Daniel says, “We need to talk,” to Desmond as he did in the previous timeline. The other connections are that Daniel remembered setting off the bomb, he had a connection with Charlotte at the museum and Charlie had a connection with Claire on the plane.

Questions

Widmore – So is he bad? I thought he was there to exploit the EM power of the island. Seems like he just wants to reset the timeline and remove the flash sideways. So if island Widmore knows that, why would he try to get Desmond to try and change it? So he doesn’t have a grandson. He has a wife, a son, a daughter. I’m not sure what is motivating island Widmore. Widmore seems to have the life he wants in the flash sideways.

Desmond – What is the sacrifice he must make? Is it that Penny lives with their son and he can never be with them? Or could it be death? Not sure what his cryptic smile meant and perhaps he knows more than Widmore thinks.

WTF – What the frick is going on?!? Although I applaud the episode for the WTF moments as well as giving us more Desmond and what seems to be answers, I am still confused as ever with all the stray pieces. Stay with me now:

The Flash Sideways are what occurred once the bomb went off. It is not the result of either Jacob not touching people or the SM getting off the island. It is happening in real time on another dimension of time. Juliet saying it worked is her being dead and seeing the Flash Sideways, the same way when Desmond was near death, he saw the current 2007 timeline which includes the island. Desmond will try to contact all the people on Oceanic 815 and they will either have to choose to live in the new timeline or exist in the other one. I don’t know if they all have to decide of just some of them? But without knowing all the details, how can you really choose? Charlie can choose to return to the other timeline and experience life with Claire, but he is dead. Is loving and losing more important then not finding her at all? How does SM and Jacob fit into this? 5 more episodes. I am holding out hope that this all will make sense.

Eloise - Who is orchestrating all this? Eloise spoke about the rules and she obviously knows about the alternate timeline and has made a choice to stay in the current one. But do the others then affect your reality if they choose to make a switch? Of course because they are all interconnected. So do you shift your life even though it could mean bad things and death for someone else? I am reminded of Doggen. If the flash sideways was his life and then he meets Jacob after the accident and is sent to the island where he eventually dies. Making the flash sideways the before and the island the after. How many times can you choose again?

Ben - At some point it seemed as though him and Widmore were on the same level. But Ben is now in the dark and Widmore has more answers. It kind of makes Ben's presence in all this irrelevant the past seasons. And that worries me because I hate to think we will get an ending that is not closely linked to the very beginning. At least the major pieces like Ben and Walt. It even seems as though we drifted from Jacob and SM's importance in this episode. So I hope they bring it all back together. Somehow!

Conclusion

The only hint for next week’s episode is that we will probably get Hurley’s flash sideways and hopefully more information about Libby. She is the one most wish to learn more about, after Richard. I am going to sit back and enjoy my final days of Spring Break. Wherever you are I hope you are relaxing too. Until next week, take care. C-ya!

The Package

Hello all! I am currently on Spring Break so forgive me for my delay in completing this in a timely manner. I was hard at work doing absolutely nothing and I am exhausted! Actually having a 10 & 12 yr old girls running around fighting over invisible looks that “bother me” and constant requests for to be fed kept me occupied. But their fighting is now at a low roar and no one has drawn blood (yet) so I am going to try and get this out before I have to make meaningless threats of physical violence and taking away their remote controls. Yeah…like I want to be around them with no tv! Oh how I love stay-cations! Anyway...on with the show.

Summary

It’s hard for me to say this was a good episode after Richard’s flashback. It was nice to see Jin and Sun together in the flash sideways, although not married and still under her father’s thumb. They still don’t know that her father was trying to kill Jin since it was said in English and there is no indication that either know English yet. Sun learned it in the original time line to get away from Jin, but that wasn’t the case in this alternate version. I think it’s easy to assume that they go to the nearest hospital and Dr. Shepherd is on call. Although according to what I have gleamed from Grey’s Anatomy, an OB surgeon would take the case not him. But we shall see how that pans out.

For those of you who guessed Desmond was the package (me included!), congratulations. Now keep your ideas about the ending to yourself! ☺ I thought it was pretty obvious that it was him because it had to be someone important to the story that got off the island. Michael is dead, could have been Walt but I wasn’t feeling that. I hope Walt is destined to be a bigger part of the ending on the “good” side. Could have been Aaron or Ji Yeon but then you would have to have a nanny and that’s too complicated. Had to be Desmond, he was the only one left alive. I don’t know why Widmore would jeopardize his relationship with his daughter by taking the man she loves, but we shall see.

Found two great quotes from tonight's episode:
Sawyer: "Why don't you just turn to smoke and float over there?"
SM Locke: "James, I can't do that."
Sawyer: "Oh right, that would be ridiculous."

Also:
Miles: "Are we supposed to believe that she's suddenly lost her ability to speak English?"
Frank Lupidus: "...says the man that communicates with the dead."

Sawyer and Kate seemed pretty useless in this episode as well as Ben and the Others on the beach. I hope Lost picks things up because it is getting harder for me to defend where they are going and the time its taking to get there. Nonetheless, I am still a big fan.

Connections

Mikhail who was on the island as an Other at the Flame station and now is in the Flash Sideways to translate for Keamy. Mikhail is shot in the eye by Jin and on the island he wore an eye patch over that same eye. Sun’s hotel room was on the 8th floor, room 842. The brainwash room is #23. Both SM Locke and the original Locke enter Sun’s garden and say, “Bad day?” to her.

Questions

Desmond – Why was Desmond brought back to the island? He met Jack back in LA and bought Libby’s boat. He was Daniel’s constant and existed for him as a focal point in different timelines. Daniel’s mother spoke to him about fate and how it would course correct if he interfered. He had visions of Charlie’s death and tried to stop it repeatedly to no avail. He married and had a son with Penny, Widmore’s daughter. He was told he could save the world by pushing the button in the hatch. He turned the key that brought down Flight 815. What is his significance to the island and why was he seemingly a package delivered to it?

Cease to Be – Interesting choice of words from Widmore. If the SM gets off the island, those that we love will cease to be. Does that mean those that they love will no longer be those that love or will they not exist? I am starting to think it’s that it will change their reality and thus the flash sideways that we are seeing now. Basically SM gets off the island and time is changed to the flash sideways. So those that they love will no longer be in their lives or be there in a dramatically different way. I think the fear has been that it means death or destruction or evil in the world. I think it just means different. Much like I don’t see good or evil, just fate and choice. And fate puts them in each others lives anyway based on their new set of choices.

The Candidates – So I was correct in a way that SM Locke is looking for candidates too. He needs the ones that are potential Jacob candidates to turn and join his side. The other people are just peripheral and some are to lure the key people to come. Having one Kwon means the other will come too. Having Claire means he gets Kate. Having Kate means he gets Jack and Sawyer. Ben is a master manipulator and having him on his side is an asset as well as Richard, although neither are required. He already has Sayid. I think he needs them for balance. I think ultimately Hurley will be key. We could guess he needed a body to make the transition off the island. It will be interesting to find out how it all works.

The War – Widmore predicted the war in the first place and now he is here seemingly the cause of the war. It’s clear by him bring scientist before and now to the island that he wants to get the electromagnetic and other special properties of the island. He also cannot let SM go while he does that, for reasons like the one I suggested above. Is it all just as simple as that? If it is, would that be disappointing? Since Jacob is dead, how does the Candidate fit into this war?

Conclusion

Only 6 episodes left. If you watched the promo for next week, you will notice quite of few things will be resolved. I won’t get into it, of course, but I am glad to know that they are going to kick it into high gear. I am ready to move this train to the finish line! We should also see more familiar faces from Season 2 as promised and I am excited to learn how they will be introduced. Again, stay away from those spoilers…only 7 hours of this show left. That’s less than a normal workday. Not my normal workday…but I’ve heard things. Anyway until next week…take care. C-ya!

Ab Aererno

I was so excited after seeing last night’s episode that I stayed up to get the pulse of the fans about it. I was surprised that it was as mixed as it was with some thinking it was good and others very boring. I personally thought it was great. I think we are getting more and more answers each week, but still focusing on the characters and the story. I think everyone needs to accept the answers that are given and stop trying to make more than it is. Yes, this is an epic show that will go down in television history…but I’m not sure if the anxiety about it ending is getting to people. An example is that one person on the podcast was upset the Sayid’s cat wasn’t explained. WTF?!?! That is so random. I think the big answers will get answered; the smaller ones are just simple going to have to be let go. Is it really their responsibility to satisfy our needs to this show? Some people actually watch the show, enjoy the entertainment, never to analyze or read about it after viewing it. So it’s a fine line the writers have to walk between satisfying our need to understand the show and those that watch to just follow the story. Okay…on with the show.

Summary

We finally got Richard’s back story. We knew he was on the Black Rock and possibly a slave of some sort, and now we more he was more of a prisoner/indentured servant. I loved that the Man in Black (MIB) said, “It’s good to see you out of those chains”, when he saw Richard in the past and again as SM Locke. It was SM Locke’s way of letting Richard know he was the MIB reincarnated. No wonder Richard was so scared. I noticed the butterfly coming into the Black Rock as Richard was chained. I wasn’t sure what the symbolism of that was. Maybe changing, turning, a shift between Jacob and MIB just existing and the MIB trying to kill him? The butterfly was big and prominent so it meant something. I think it’s interesting that this was the first episode that didn’t have a Flash Sideways. Is that because Richard doesn’t exist outside the island because he is immortal? Does his connection to the island, now that it is underwater mean that he doesn’t survive? Is it because of the ultimate change that will happen he is not immortal and died years ago? Would be cool if we met a descendant. Something there…just don’t know what it is.

Connections

Ab Aeterno is Latin for “From eternity”. An example of its use, “A long time ago (from eternity), in a galaxy for away” (for you Star Wars fans). The episodes title is in reference to the Vulgate Bible, Catholic, in Proverbs 8:23, “Ab Aeterno ordita sum et ex antiquis antequam terra fieret.” That translates to “I have been established from everlasting, from the beginning, before there was ever an earth.” Richard is looking at Luke Chapter 4 verse 24 in the bible, a connection to the numbers. Also that chapter in the bible references Jesus return from the desert where he resisted temptation from the Devil. Jacob dunks Richard 4 times in the water, which is similar to a baptism. Richard gives the MIB a white stone. It seems that Jacob and the MIB pass these stones back and forth as indications of people they claim onto their side. Jacob is wearing gloves when he visits Ilana and touches her. He does touch Richard with a bare hand and gives him immortality. The MIB tells Richard that he must stab Jacob in the chest before Jacob speaks a word. This is the same thing that Dogen said to Sayid when trying to kill the Man in Black, and with the same dagger. Magnus Hanso now owns Richard and the ship the Black Rock. We know that Alvar Hanso, great grandson of Magnus, founded the Hanso Foundation is responsible for the Dharma Initiative that once was prominent on the island. The Black Rock destroys the statue of Taweret, and now we know why there was only one foot left when the Losties discovered it.

Questions

MIB vs. Jacob – I think we better understand the relationship the MIB and Jacob. I thought last week that MIB is a prisoner on the island, Jacob is trying to keep him contained and Widmore wants to exploit him. I think that might be close to accurate and I’m calling my shot.

The people on the island are part of this big experiment. Jacob brings people to the island to prove to the MIB that they are inherently good. MIB interferes to show that man is bad by nature. As people come to the island, they create their own chaos. Ben used his power as the leader of the Others for his own gain. Most of the bad things that have happened to the Losties was of their own free will based on the circumstances.

But why would Jacob tell Richard to tell Ben to kill the Dharma Initiative and live with the Others? Was the Dharma Initiative so far off track the Jacob decided to start over? Hate to throw in a bible reference, but isn’t that what God did in the bible? And does this make Jacob good or bad?

I think typical definitions of good and bad don’t apply to Jacob and the MIB. I think neither are purely good or evil. I think it’s your perception based on how they have influenced your life. Is Jacob good by giving Richard purpose and immortality? Is Jacob good by manipulating people to the island to test their will? What has Jacob done truly that’s good? The MIB has killed, but he is trying to get free. Is that just the natural will of man to kill to be free? Think of the parallel to why we go to war now? Some do view it as evil, while others think it’s a part of our existence. I think that this is Jacob’s struggle with humanity. The Losties are the most recent pawns.

MIB – Was he once a man with mommy issues? I was puzzled by his claim to Richard that Jacob, “took my body, my humanity.” Why was he chosen to be part of this? I think that answer won’t be given until the finale. Also, SM Locke needed to kill Jacob to get off the island. He also needs to leave before a candidate ascends or he will be stopped once again. But he doesn’t kill the remaining 6 candidates. I am not sure if it’s because they can’t be killed or if he needs them is some way. Can he simply get on the sub and float away? Again, I think this will be answered in the finale. The ultimate question, as they answer the reason and purpose for the island is what do the Flash Sideways mean? I know I am just repeating the questions we have had this season, but we have gotten so many answers. We know what the numbers stand for, what the island is, why the Losties are there, who brought them, in general everyone’s role on the island, and that they can get off.

Jacob – He seemed truly pissed that the MIB was trying to kill him. We can assume up until that point they both were playing the game. But the MIB changed the rules and wanted to be free. What will happen if he is set free? Jacob described the island as a container to evil, malevolence, death and darkness. So the island is like Pandora’s box, or jar as Jacob used to illustrate. There is already evil in the world so what will the SM release really do? I am glad that they answered the old question as to whether the island was hell or purgatory. No…but it could be perceived to be based on your perspective. To some, the island is hell. To others, it’s paradise. If your definition is that it’s a place for the devil and the SM is considered evil, then yes. I’m just glad that it wasn’t hell in a traditional sense.

Going home – People have left the island. But it really has been their free will to come or go. Juliet had a choice. Ben had a choice. The Oceanic Six once off, had a choice. Michael had a choice. It has been made to seem that you can’t leave or your prevented from leaving. But it really is their own doing. From trusting Ben as the leader of the island, to returning once those who got off were free. SM Locke is trying to convince them that they have free will and can go. But they are so afraid of the unknown that some stay. Only Rose and Bernard seemed to stay because they chose to live their life differently. Everyone else are like victims.

Conclusion

So next week we are finally going to get the Sun/Jin storyline. I am so ready for them to be reunited. I am also curious about how their flash sideways with Sayid is resolved. I think it will get back to the formula of flash forward and island. Again, stay away from spoilers. Only 8 weeks left. I am going to be sooooo bummed. I know they hoped Flash Forward would fill the void but I am just not into it. I still watch..ugh…waiting…hoping. Have a great week. Until next week, c-ya!