So You Could Find One Another: Cultural Perfections in LOST 6.17-6.18 “The End” by Pearson Moore
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This analysis is for Ree Hines.
I write this for everyone disappointed, angered, or confused.
You invested six years. Give it one more shot. Watch the finale again; you’ll thank yourself for the effort. Enlightenment may not require a punch in the face or renewed sense in legs once dead, but it does require careful thought. Enlightenment was not intended for the already-dead inhabitants of the sideways purgatory. It was intended for us. For the thirty millions around the world, most of whom sacrificed a Monday morning to experience the end.
Give it one more shot. If anyone should be disappointed in the ending, it’s Pearson Moore. Not one of my grand predictions proved correct. But I can tell you this, after a third viewing:
LOST is the greatest piece of fiction ever presented on television.
You Can Let Go Now
“You can let go now.”
Rose’s words of comfort, her enlightened wisdom on the sideways voyage of Oceanic Flight 815, make perfect sense in the brilliant white light of the Church of the Holy Lamp Post. So, too, John Locke’s Season-One statement about his vision of the Island’s perfection. He described his first confrontation with the Smoke Monster, telling Jack, “I looked into the eye of this island, and what I saw… was beautiful.” A couple months later, talking with Eko, he described his experience as having seen a “brilliant light”.
The tomb was always empty. The tomb had to be empty. We knew, from the moment six years ago when Jack first raised the lid on that coffin in the jungle, near the cave of Adam and Eve, just south of the Light–we knew even then that Jack would never, ever find his father’s dead body. His body could not be separated from the full reality of the Island. I thought this fact was due to the mystical nature of the Island, that Christian Shephard somehow represented or was connected to the essential core of the Island. The reality of Christian Shephard was greater than the Island, though. He was connected to something more important that the lush green real estate moving hither and yon around the Pacific.
He Has Work To Do
When did Lindelof and Cuse know the ending?
I suggest the creators knew precisely the way in which the voyage would end at least in the weeks before January 28, 2008, when Mobisode #13, “So It Begins”, first aired on Verizon. If you are a casual viewer of LOST–maybe even if you consider yourself a devoted fan–you may not know what I refer to here. The “Mobisodes” were intended as non-broadcast episodes of LOST fully integrated into the canon of the show. Darlton said as much in several interviews, beginning in December, 2007.
Christian, acting on behalf of the Island and not as the representative of the Man in Black, summoned Vincent. Putting on his Doctor-Doolittle veterinary hat, the former chief of surgery gave these instructions to the white labrador retriever:
“Listen. I need you to go find my son. He’s over there–in that bamboo forest. Unconscious. I need you go wake him up. Okay? Good boy. He has work to do.”
Jack’s work, we know now, was his redemption, his reconciliation with his father, his unrestrained embrace of his Constant, Kate, his communion with the Island, his voyage from scepticism to faith, and his decision to hear Rose’s words and let go. Most of the other major characters had equally full slates. This realisation is critical to a deeper understanding of the series.
Twenty-First Century Odyssey
Did Darlton really intend that we view all the mobisodes, read Doc Jensen’s mammoth dissertations on every single episode, try to see, with Vozzek69, “Things I Noticed”, read the novels of Stephen King, the plays of Shakespeare, the philosophy of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, scrutinise and investigate the endless instances of symbolism and mirror imagery and references to literature, music, pop culture, ancient culture, religion, mythology, and history? After such a simple revelation? They’re all dead, the sideways is just purgatory. Hell, it might as well be St. Elsewhere’s snow globe, right? Wasn’t all this just a waste of the last six years of our lives?
No.
Darlton really did intend that we do a fair amount of homework. They really did intend that we spend not dozens, but hundreds, perhaps thousands of hours in trying to understand their creation.
We must understand the Iliad.
Anyone who has tried to read Homer’s masterpiece at one time or another, perhaps after the seventeenth instance of labouring through interminable lists of names of kings and sons of kings and sons of gods and sons of kings who are sons of gods–at one time or another we all have the same feeling. Why the hell am I reading this? I should just shell out five bucks for the Cliff Notes, read it, and get on with my life.
The point of Homer’s lists is not the memorisation of names. The point is that the names are connected to places and deeds, crucial locations and critical events: Kings, countries, and conflicts. They’re all related, they’re all necessary, they all inform Homer’s work. Take away those lists and there is no Iliad. The battles of the Trojan War have no significance without their relation to the men who fought, the lands they died for, the sons and fathers and flesh and blood they mourned for, their example of endurance and strength and fortitude and bearing, and all of this, every name, every relation, a connection to us, a reminder to us, an example to us of our own capacities for endurance, strength, and fortitude, proof of our shared humanity.
The fact that the coffin was empty back in Season One, that it was empty in Season Six, that in fact, it was always empty, is not the point.
The fact that all the characters in the church are dead is not the point.
The fact that we had to experience the repeated instances of misery and pain and death, again and again, on the Island, off the Island, and on the Island again–and understand the inter-relationships of leadership, life, and location before we could truly say we understand–is entirely the point. The complicated aspects of the tangled relationships provide the key to the essential message of the last six years. With Jacob, Jack, and Hurley, we must willingly imbibe the rich water-into-wine from Island streams, dine on mango and coconut, join Locke in hunting and feasting on wild boar, before we can claim to have seen, understood, and appreciated this human epic.
And What Is Good, Phaedrus?
Odysseus slaying Penelope’s suitors
We must study the Iliad and the Odyssey.
We must understand LOST.
The intention of the two statements is the same. Plato, in the dialogue named after Phaedrus, provided the rationale: “And what is well [written] and what is badly [written]-need we ask Lysias, or any other poet or orator, who ever wrote… to teach us this?”
Odysseus fought in a war, took a long, difficult voyage home, killed some men who were pestering his wife, and lived happily ever after. The End.
Jack Shephard fought to leave an island, took a long, difficult voyage back to the island, killed some evil men, and died happily in the jungle. The End.
The point of the Iliad and the Odyssey is not that Menelaus and Achilles and Ajax and Odysseus carried out great deeds in battle. The point is not that they properly mourned those who lay mangled by the bronze spear. The point is that they completed noble deeds of valour, ever aware of their station as kings of Sparta and Ithaca, as men of Greece, as examples of good and complete men. These were men who mourned those felled by the bronze spear, yes, but saw goodness and even excellence in the fact of their comrades’ pain-filled deaths. ”It is entirely seemly,” Homer told us, “for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair.” The Iliad is not an adventure story. It is a primer on the necessary qualities of manhood, fatherhood, and leadership. It is not a lesson learned over the course of a 150-minute television movie. It is something acquired through study and toil.
The intention of the Iliad and the Odyssey, shared with LOST, is to enrich our understanding of who we are, who we ought to be, who we can be if we take the time to understand the fullness–the length and breadth and depth and richness–of our humanity.
Darlton’s great work, like Homer’s, is a fictional portrayal of the complete person. As with a recitation of the entire poem, several sessions over a number of evenings are required to absorb the full work. Homer expected his listeners to converse about what they had heard during their daily labours between sittings, draw examples from history, from their own lives, from the teachings of parent and prince. Twenty-seven centuries later, Darlton expected no less of their listeners.
Jack Shephard slaying the Smoke Monster
LOST is about the essence of who we are as complete human beings. The show centres on our humanity, on the essentials of culture. It is not about good versus evil, for we are both good and evil. It is not about free will versus destiny, for we are all free and we all share a final destiny. LOST is neither adventure story nor study in psychology. LOST is about the mature integration of body, mind, and soul. LOST describes the adventure of being fully engaged, immersed–even overwhelmed–in our humanity, yet having abundant faculties of temperance, judgment, and prudence to execute responsibilities with mature bearing, confidence, and valor.
Jack’s Odyssey
Jack’s odyssey had to follow the hero’s journey to unknown lands, the suffering and agony and near-death of self-discovery, and the enlightened and aware return to plan and execute and successfully complete the hero’s task. His mission was nothing less than the complete re-building of every aspect of his broken self. He was obliged to seek redemption, reconciliation with his father, spiritual completion in his Constant, Kate, active communion with the Island, movement of mind and soul from scepticism to trust, and knowledge of when to act with resolve and when to surrender in faith.
This is not a journey summarised in two and a half hours on a Sunday evening (or, for most of you, a Monday morning). The most hilariously funny scene in the six years of LOST occurred in Season Five at the dinner table in Hurley’s mansion. There Hurley relayed to his mother, in less than fifty-eight seconds, everything that had occurred on the Island. Here’s what he told his mother:
Okay. See, we did crash, but it was on this crazy island. And we waited for rescue, and there wasn’t any rescue. And there was a smoke monster, and then there were other people on the island. We called them the Others, and they started attacking us. And we found some hatches, and there was a button you had to push every 108 minutes or…
well, I was never really clear on that. But… the Others didn’t have anything to do with the hatches. That was the DHARMA Initiative. The Others killed them, and now they’re trying to kill us. And then we teamed up with the Others because some worse people were coming on a freighter. Desmond’s girlfriend’s father sent them to kill us. So we stole their helicopter and we flew it to their freighter, but it blew up. And we couldn’t go back to the island because it disappeared, so then we crashed into the ocean, and we floated there for a while until a boat came and picked us up. And by then, there were six of us. That part was true. [Whispers] But the re… But the rest of the people… who were on the plane? They’re still on that island.
The passage is humorous, but Jorge Garcia’s perfectly-timed delivery of this speech in The Lie (Lost 5.02) was hilarious. Mary O’Brien’s “Everything you need to know about Lost in 8 minutes, 15 seconds” was equally amusing. Even as I sit at this keyboard, doctoral students around the world are busy crafting five-hundred-page dissertations on LOST. This will be going on for decades to come. Though I carry the not uncommon conceit of being able to distill into words the ideas presented by Darlton, I recognise my wordsmithing is almost entirely inadequate to the unusual demands of the task. I can only begin to scratch the surface of Jack’s epic journey. And I do all of this very much aware of my former confidence in Locke’s resurrection on the Island, and humbled by the much grander and entirely unique story the writers fashioned out of material I considered within the realm of my understanding.
A Clarification
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, circa 1990
In introducing this essay I said I was writing for the benefit of Ree Hines. I imagine she or at least some of her co-workers at NBC’s The Today Show will read all or part of my words and wonder why I singled out a most excellent television critic. I will clarify. I am not singling out Ree Hines so much as I am appealing to her readers, and to all who believe themselves disappointed or confused by the last episode of LOST. I will point out here that the critic’s mission is necessarily different from the analyst’s. My intention, as analyst, is to illuminate. A critic’s objective, the reason she is paid much more than someone like me, is that she is able to evaluate. The criteria for any valid criticism of artistic presentations must include some determination of the accessibility of the artistic creation, intrinsic merit of the piece, and many other factors that have no bearing on the more subjective type of analysis I have been engaged to perform. Ree Hines’ critique of LOST is entirely on point because she has taken into consideration all of these factors and has provided excellent criticism of the work. If you wish to read a valid, thoughtful, and well-written critique of LOST, you could do no better than by beginning with her essay, currently posted at MSNBC (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37308154/ns/today-entertainment/), among other locations on the web.
The Big Picture
LOST is not the story of a single hero working alone against all odds, conquering vast armies, vanquishing forces of nature, escaping the very snares of death to achieve godlike ends. It is the story of ordinary people working in concert with each other and in communion with nature and forces beyond nature to propagate very human goals. Our best and most noble virtues are those that require the happy collaboration of those committed to the common objectives of humanity and civilisation.
I predicted last summer that there would be Seven at the end. I was envisioning some close variant of the Oceanic Six, or the Six Candidates (I once included Kate but exclude her now, since Jacob confirmed she was not formally a Candidate). The writers chose not to echo Akira Kurosawa, instead creating their own significant numbers. In decades to come much will be made of Jack Shephard’s status as Prime Candidate (he bore the number twenty-three, the only prime number among the six Candidates), but the six coefficients of the Valenzetti Equation proved to have no significance at the deepest level of Island mythology. I concede the very obvious fact that no intrinsic significance attached to the number seven, and that no importance was given to any of the numbers existing at the end of the series. However, I do wish to acknowledge, as very minor footnote, that seven sentient intelligences existed on the Island with the last light of the final scene:
1. Hugo Reyes (“Number One”, Protector of the Island)
2. Benjamin Linus (“Number Two”, Advisor to Hurley–the “Richard” function)
3. Desmond Hume (angel of enlightenment)
4. Rose Nadler (enlightened guide)
5. Bernard Nadler (enlightened guide)
6. Vincent (intelligent; he understood and obeyed Christian)
7. Jack Shephard (Prime Candidate, Slayer of the MIB, Defender of the Light)
Progress
LOST reveled in disunity and conflict. These are of course the elements of good drama, but LOST took conflict to new extremes. The intent, I believe, was to demonstrate through contrast the good that might derive of collaborative unity. The building of the raft, the distribution of Dharma food, the sharing of button-pushing shifts, the united effort against the Others, the integration into the Dharma Initiative, and the final battle against the Smoke Monster were examples of the salutary effects of people surrendering individual objectives to work toward common goals. Collaboration is not only a benefit, it is essential to our humanity.
“The most important part of your life was the time that you spent with these people,” Christian said. “That’s why all of you are here. Nobody does it alone, Jack. You needed all of them, and they needed you.”
The characters of this series were lost. They were lost because they had not found a way to truly share with each other. Last season, with Penny and Desmond’s phone call, we began to understand some of the elements that would provide the foundation for united purpose. Love was shown to be the way indivisible spirits could achieve unification even across dimensions of time and space. Trust was a constant motif throughout Season Six, and was the foundation of social unity in the sideways realm. These are elementary components of civilisation, but they were almost entirely absent for much of Jacob’s two-thousand-year reign. With the ascension of Jack, who loved and was loved, who knew at the deepest core of his person that Kate was with him, was always with him, the Island was finally guided by a person of trust, faith, and love. After two thousand years, the Island truly became, in the words of Jack’s mentor, “a place where miracles happen”.
“This is a place that you all made together so you could find one another,” Christian said, referring to the sideways world, the antechamber to what lies beyond. It was here they found their Constants, understood who they were, felt in the depths of their souls their dependence on each other, their need to cultivate and enjoy every good facet of civilised life.
The Game
Two players. Two sides. One dark, one light.
No one sat beside John Locke inside the Church of the Holy Lamp Post. Almost everyone else was paired into a Constants-couple. But John Locke was not alone. His Constant was with him, the Constant that had always been with him. From the day Flight 815 crashed, he became the guide, the man who understood the game, felt the presence of the players, heard them in Jacob’s cabin. Most importantly, Locke knew the rules of the game. He struggled in his faith, because he trusted, even when others took advantage. But in the end it was Locke whose spirit prevailed. Man of faith, he knew belief provided a sure foundation for the trials of life. Knowledge, science, logic were corrupt illusions.
Locke enjoyed a place of honour in the first pew of the church, even without the physical presence of his Constant. As it was for the others, so also it was for him: he found his Constant, came into perfect communion with that place where miracles happen. John Locke’s Constant was the Island. It is fitting that his body found its final rest on the Island, fitting that his wisdom guided Jack and Hurley, and was source of inspiration and enduring respect for Benjamin Linus as “Number Two”. John Locke played by the rules. Thanks to him, all things on the Island are fair and just. In his death, all things appear fair.
With Jack and Hurley, Locke immersed himself in our common humanity, cultivating abundant faculties of temperance, judgment, and prudence to execute responsibilities with mature bearing, confidence, and valor. Of these three men, we can truly say they embodied the best qualities of men, showed us who we are, and who we might become. As long as we remember their example, we will find one another, delight in our Constants, no longer alone, no longer LOST.
PM
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May 25th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
You're too charitable, Pearson. And you don't give yourself enough credit. We all had ever-changing theories, but you stuck with the spiritual end as your base. You were right about Christian's larger role — and Hugo as a kinder, gentler Jacob. But for me, Darlton violated a rule of drama — Chekhov's gun law. They went into far too much detail and focused on elements that didn't matter in the end. They showed us an armory's worth of guns that never went off. I find that suspicious. I think there was a phase shift in the writers room at some point coming into this season. My main issue wasn't with what was shown but rather what wasn't. Even if you believe in the idea that Darlton promoted down the stretch (“It's about these characters.”), I can't see how anyone who isn't a True Believer could be satisfied with the resolutions of the character arcs presented. Poor John Locke. Poor Flocke. Poor Terry O'Quinn. I'll be interested to hear the actors reactions to this once the grace period has passed. I think “Charles Widmore” gave us an inkling to his feelings on the subject on the Kimmel post-show.
May 25th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Beautiful, Pearson. =)
May 25th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Hi Dave_8,
Thank you for contributing to the discussion.
Economy is important regardless of the endeavour. I readily concede a very tightly written version of LOST might be completed in four seasons. However, in addition to Chekhov's Gun (and St.-Exupery's Law of Engineering), the writers had to fill a full seaon's worth of slots every year, and they were pressured to deliver more episodes, not fewer. It is certainly true that some elements of the story were not used, but all the parts did seem to work well together. 24 had some similarities with LOST: serialised drama, events in the current episode dependent upon events one or two or seven episodes prior, an entire season of episodes required to complete a book in the series. But 24 had plenty of go-nowhere sub-plots and sometimes boring or meaningless contrived devices to keep the story going through the wee hours of Jack Bauer's long 24-hour day. Compared to other serialised television series, I think LOST came out looking pretty good.
May 25th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Hi Molly,
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
PM
May 25th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Well done PM.
May 25th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Pearson, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for all your writing here. You have touched my heart and soul and often have moved me – almost to tears. You have helped me “see.”
I was one of those who loved the ending. I wept and rejoiced and woke up with Jack (and thought, as he lifted the lid of the coffin, “why do you seek the living among the dead?”). We are all invited to the island – this Island Earth – and it needs each of us as much as we need it. In finding our redemption, we help redeem others – and perhaps redeem this world a little bit too.
We do it together or not at all. And it all matters – the choices we make, whether we tilt the world towards greed and corruption – evil – or whether we choose to tilt the world towards the good. It matters a very great deal.
We are all here for a reason. In this special place. And I'm grateful you are one of the people I could hear each week.
Namaste,
Maureen
May 25th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
I think many people are still absorbing the finale. I hope those who were unhappy will watch it again, maybe not immediately, but give it another chance and reflect on it. My son is one of those who is not at all satisfied because of the lack of answers, especially 'what is the island?'. He asked me what we had 'found out' from the finale and I replied “I found out that I didn't need those answers”. But I guess many people do, or feel they do. I suppose it all depends on whether you are a man of science or a man of faith….
May 25th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Thanks PM, for indeed 'helping me see', too. What is the island? For me, the island is an island. A piece of land surrounded by ocean. And for me, the smoke monster was the result of a 'chemical reaction' between the two main ingredients (water and light) for the island to have special powers, and a third ingredient that wasn't supposed to be added (the human body of MiB). The reaction stopped working as soon as the two ingredients were seperated for a while, so MiB lost his immortality.
This is my version of two answers, but I guess it's up to everybody to come up with a satisfying answer themselves.
Ofcourse there are loose ends, ofcourse there are go-nowhere subplots here and there. It's simply impossible and if it is possible, it will be very obvious and not surprising at all.
May 25th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Thank you for all your exceptional writing and analysis this season. Yours were definitely my favorite recaps to read and expressed a depth and appreciation that really helped to further my understanding of something that means so much to me, and every visitor on this site. Unlike Maureen, I wasn't almost brought to tears…you did just make me cry…and I'm at work! Anyway, I just wanted to express my gratitude and that I will be sharing this article with all the other Ree Hines out there in the hopes that they will find some solace even though they did not yet find what they were looking for.
P.S.- Gillyjay; “I found out that I didn't need those answers” = brilliant. Sounds like something straight from a LOST script. I am stealing that if you don't mind.
May 25th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
i believe the writers sooner or later realised the epicness of their work, Lost isnt just another serialized tv series for US citizens, or catholics or western world, it has a global impact and being such its ending had to be likewise…
we are all made of the same secret stuff that exists inside each one of us, thats the biggest secret of life we all have in common!
we all have the light inside us that renders us capable for better or worse
the meaning of Lost resemples the Olympic spirit, it embraces the whole world, the whole Universe, there is no other way to approach it especially if you are thinking selfisly
at the Jimmy Kimmel's post finale show, the guest actors where asked what was their most favored scene from the whole series,
i made the same question to myself
and my mind went straight to Charlie's “Greatest Hits”, although Charlie's character wasnt one of my favorites, i was moved by his human side and what that little man was capable of
imho if Lost could be compressed in a single episode Greatest Hits describes it better than anything,
in fact everything that happened before or after that episode till the end is just an enlargement of it in a way…
May 25th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
This was a well written analysis, like they always are, but I can't shake the feeling of disappointment. Redemption has obviously always been one of the core themes of Lost, and it's part of the reason I loved the show. I say part, not the ONLY part. I feel that just saying everything that happened on the series was just a step towards the characters redemption is not enough.
I've noticed a lot of commenters around the internet take the approach that if you don't like the ending, then you somehow don't understand it. Well I understand it just fine, I've read the odyssey. One of the major reasons I loved lost through the seasons was how lightly written it was. Not just the dialog and stories, but how they kept weaving the mythology of the island into the story throughout. Season 5 was the ultimate example of this, with the characters jumping around in time and seeing important events and time periods on the island. Then going online, reading recaps and enjoy the global conversation about where the show might be headed. The problem is now, I feel like I'm being told none of that was important. I feel that if i rewatch season 2, or 3, or any season except 6, anything that has nothing to do with character redemption mattered. It just seems too convenient to now say “oh well, that wasn't ultimately important to our characters, so it shouldn't be important to you”. I'm not saying I need all the answers. I don't need why Walt was special, or why pregnant woman died for example, but I do need to feel like everything I watched, cared about, and analyzed, boiled down to more than just redeeming these people in the end. Because that was only one aspect of the show I loved.
May 25th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
I truly think they gave us even more I could have asked and wished for. It's truly an epic masterpiece from the beginning till the end and again from the beginning. Darlton & Co made it an unforgettable and honorable finale and that for it's the show's best episode, so near to perfection it already has become over the last six years the bible of modern communication, and as we learned from history with the following years it will definitely become more and more honored.
It found an ingenious, brilliant, superlatively emotional and unique end. I became during the last episode more and more happier because every scene was a highlight! Plus all these really beautiful treatment of solutions and final reunions made me just cry with joy. And meanwhile this question how they will they and what will be the final scene to give it an end made me feel like I'm in an fireworks countdown of full pleasure.
AND ALL THIS, just to do it totally LOST style and reveal during the last minute this breathtaking, a bit ironic and revolutionary idea. I just felt harmonious and blessed since it ended. But realizing the next day, the best series of all time has ended, made me 1% nostalgic but 99% confirmed in what live means to me.
To all the disappointed people I can finally just say I'm sorry for you. What did you expected them to do? Reveal the secrets of the existence of live? So unfortunately you just weren't ready to understand what it is all about. I cannot imagine a more beautiful way to illustrate, metaphorize and compress our whole existent into some hours.
This is it! Thank you so much, Pearson and of course Damon, Carlton, team and actors!
May 25th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Pearson!
After initially watching the show, I found myself slightly confused. It took a matter of minutes for the meaning of the ending I had just scene to hit me. Since that enlightenment, I have found myself 100% satisfied and happier with the perfect ending we received for these characters. I have done a lot of reading, but told myself I would not rewatch the episode until Pearson's recap came up. You picked a great day, as I have the day off
Amazing recap, and I'm definitely glad I waited. Staying true to your previous LOST pieces, you provided a huge amount of insight that went far beyond what I had already interpreted for myself.
Though you cited a particularly negative critic, I hope critics as a whole can see what the ending of LOST truly meant and understand it before they start bashing it. Darlton deserve an Emmy, and they deserve their magnum opus to be recognized accordingly.
Thanks for your work this season! I hope you continue to write a couple more before you hang up your LOST towel. Much appreciated!
Now, its time for me to enjoy the best rewatch experience ever
May 25th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Everyone expected an end that is based on their perspective. For me the end is more on humanity and i'd loved the part of it co'z it ruled my emotion. Though I was a bit disappointed because I was hoping something else happen instead of it, I realized that it's maybe b'coz I couldn't accept the fact that a part that I hated is a part of a puzzle that made the finale good. And while reading this article I was relieved and I enjoyed the insights that Pearson Moore shared…Namaste Lost
May 25th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Feel free to steal – we're all friends here!
May 25th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Thanks for the recap
LOST end up pretty amazing as a character level, it was wonderful, but in my POV it doesn't need 2:30h to tell, for me I care about the mythology of the show and the piece of land that is the Island and I indeed need answers to it! not every detail or any questions should be answered but for instance the Smoke monster was introduced before half the main characters for god sake, and LOST End up and it doesn't gave the smoke monster a freaking Name!!
when I watched Across the Sea I absolutely loved every second of it and I thought it will be the setup episode for the finale, in terns what is the Island, smoke monster, Jacob rules and so on.. but now LOST is over what is the point of Across the sea?
Finally for me LOST is an unfinished story and I Loved how charters resolutions ended up such as Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurely, Sayid, Claire, Charlie, Juliette
HATED: LOCKE!, Charles, Richard, Miles, Ben.
LOST will always be the best TV show but for me I will consider it Canceled not ended.
May 25th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Actually, MiB's name was revealed by E!'s Kristin. I don't know if it would be considered a spoiler at this point or not, lol, but I'll say it anyway.
The writers gave him a name in the script, but it was obviously cut. His name was Samuel, hebrew for “Man of God”. Likely, his “mother” gave him that name as she did seem to feel that it would be him who would protect the island. I think that's probably the biggest importance that it had.
May 25th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
That was perfectly stated. I glad that there are some out there that understand the enlightenment this episode (and series) has presented. I am externally grate for everyone who worked on LOST, wrote about LOST, and loved LOST as much as I. Thank you, Pearson. I am forever changed because of LOST's beautiful message.
May 25th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Pearson, I can't begin to describe how grateful I am for you.
This piece was stunningly beautiful, and I am with you on it all… I almost have to absorb what you've said like I had to absorb the finale… i don't think I've completely stopped crying since Sunday night…been pretty much a wreck since the final flash of 'LOST'. I ADORED the finale, every second of it.
What gillyjay said about finding out that she didn't need answers is something i resonate with strongly. I've been saying all week, to friends and media alike, that LOST both captivated and confused me from day one, and drove me to hundreds of hours of research – philosophy, literature, mythologies, physics, theology, psychology, etc. Probably just my attempt at justifying what sounds like to non-LOST watchers a crazy obsession. “No really, it's made me more intelligent!” I said to my friends at my Series Finale Costume Party that i feel like I deserve a DEGREE for all the research I've done over the last few years. A MA in Lost Studies, thank you very much!
But after the finale, I realized, all those ideas, all that research, all the theories, philosophy, cultural references, were not why i loved, love, and will continue to love this most epic tale. I loved it because…well, you nailed it here:
“LOST is about the essence of who we are as complete human beings. The show centres on our humanity, on the essentials of culture. It is not about good versus evil, for we are both good and evil. It is not about free will versus destiny, for we are all free and we all share a final destiny. LOST is neither adventure story nor study in psychology. LOST is about the mature integration of body, mind, and soul. LOST describes the adventure of being fully engaged, immersed–even overwhelmed–in our humanity, yet having abundant faculties of temperance, judgment, and prudence to execute responsibilities with mature bearing, confidence, and valor.”
Could never have said it better myself. LOST was all about the people and their journeys. As Carlton Cuse said in the preamble on Sunday. “LOST is at it's heart and soul a character study. We were fascinated as storytellers by what makes people the way they are.” Damon Lindelof added, “These people were LOST in their own lives. For us the real mystery of the show wasn't “Where is the Island?” but “Who are these people?”
Thank you for being OUR spiritual guide on this journey, Pearson. I think your wisdom, insight, compassion, generosity and humility would make YOU a great Number 1.
May 25th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Pearson, I can't begin to describe how grateful I am for you.
This piece was stunningly beautiful, and I am with you on it all… I almost have to absorb what you've said like I had to absorb the finale… i don't think I've completely stopped crying since Sunday night…been pretty much a wreck since the final flash of 'LOST'. I ADORED the finale, every second of it.
What gillyjay said about finding out that she didn't need answers is something i resonate with strongly. I've been saying all week, to friends and media alike, that LOST both captivated and confused me from day one, and drove me to hundreds of hours of research – philosophy, literature, mythologies, physics, theology, psychology, etc. Probably just my attempt at justifying what sounds like to non-LOST watchers a crazy obsession. “No really, it's made me more intelligent!” I said to my friends at my Series Finale Costume Party that i feel like I deserve a DEGREE for all the research I've done over the last few years. A MA in Lost Studies, thank you very much!
But after the finale, I realized, all those ideas, all that research, all the theories, philosophy, cultural references, were not why i loved, love, and will continue to love this most epic tale. I loved it because…well, you nailed it here:
“LOST is about the essence of who we are as complete human beings. The show centres on our humanity, on the essentials of culture. It is not about good versus evil, for we are both good and evil. It is not about free will versus destiny, for we are all free and we all share a final destiny. LOST is neither adventure story nor study in psychology. LOST is about the mature integration of body, mind, and soul. LOST describes the adventure of being fully engaged, immersed–even overwhelmed–in our humanity, yet having abundant faculties of temperance, judgment, and prudence to execute responsibilities with mature bearing, confidence, and valor.”
Could never have said it better myself. LOST was all about the people and their journeys. As Carlton Cuse said in the preamble on Sunday. “LOST is at it's heart and soul a character study. We were fascinated as storytellers by what makes people the way they are.” Damon Lindelof added, “These people were LOST in their own lives. For us the real mystery of the show wasn't “Where is the Island?” but “Who are these people?”
Thank you for being OUR spiritual guide on this journey, Pearson. I think your wisdom, insight, compassion, generosity and humility would make YOU a great Number 1.
May 25th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
You say it better than anyone else, and i'm so glad that i'm with the group of people that do understand the finale, and is very satisfied with how it ended. I believe it couldn't have ended any better.
May 25th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Hey, I was just wondering what you meant with his unborn child? Was Kate reveled to be pregnant?
May 25th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
I absolutely agree with dave_8.
May 25th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I want to preface my post by saying that I don’t consider myself a Lost fanatic. I did enjoy the show and the finale, but I’m not one of those people who obsess over every episode.
I’m hoping that by sharing this sensation I’ve had with my fellow Lost confidantes, you can help me diagnose it like virtual psychologists or maybe even relate to it.
I’ve had this lingering feeling since the finale that I can’t seem to shake (and maybe I don’t want to). It’s not a particularly sad emotion, although I will miss the show. I have this profound feeling of sentiment. I don’t really know how to categorize this emotion other than to say that it’s a combination of joy, disappointment, excitement, peace, love, and a touch of melancholy. It’s truly a surge of feelings that has brought me several times to tears. Yes, I know, it sounds completely insane, but I’m certainly not depressed.
Perhaps the ending of the show was relatable to me because a close friend had a recent bout with cancer that she was able to overcome. I can imagine when her time (or mine) comes, being surrounded by family and friends to help make the journey to the afterlife. Perhaps it was Michael Giacchino’s gut wrenching music that in my opinion, rivals any academy award winning score. Perhaps I’m not ready to quite let go of the show (yes, I realize the irony here) and these feelings help keep it with me a bit longer.
Whatever the case, I can truly say that it’s been a thrilling and emotional ride and I can’t imagine any television show having this type of profound effect on people around the world.
Thank you Pearson for sharing your thoughts and insights.
May 25th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Hi Rich,
Thanks for joining the discussion!
PM
May 25th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Thanks!
May 25th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Thank you Pearson Moore.
We all had work to do and we all can't let go just yet. We can all be sure now (as we had before) that this show is meant to educate you. Enlight you. To restart some abstract issues in your intellect. To make you see. To get you (re)started.
LOST is not fast-food, it's not about mysterys. It's sexy. As you and the writers said, it's all about characters aka existence.
Education.
Sérgio Marafona
May 25th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
Hi Maureen,
Thank you for your very kind words, and for sharing your heartfelt appreciation of the series. I feel your thoughts are entirely on target and go to the core of what I understand to be Lost's message.
PM
May 25th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Hi Gillyjay,
Thank you for adding your comments. I suppose the questions unanswered are those that become peripheral in light of the hierarchy of relevance established by the structure of the series and the Island. Why is Walt special, and what ever happened to him? does not have to be answered because the greater structure addresses the question. We might as well ask “Why was John Locke drawn to the Island?” The response in both cases, I suppose, is that the Island has a persona, an ability to communicate with certain individuals. Why John Locke? I suppose for the Island access was granted because of Locke's trusting nature, and this was also the reason he was so easily exploited by the MIB and by Ben. I don't know what the connection was with Walt. The fact that there was a connection is relevant, but only because the connection indicates the Island had the ability to affect people directly. That the Island was a character in the series was a good enough answer for me.
PM
May 25th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Hi Crazysalvatore,
Thank you for joining the discussion.
I think you're right. Lost is big enough for all of us to draw our own conclusions. Questions about life, death, our connection with nature and with the Creator are not going to be resolved in a 120-hour television show. The journey's the thing, the thought and effort we put into the voyage are all part of that journey. The unexamined life is not worth living, so the thought and effort is necessary. But neither Plato (quote re unexamined life) nor Lost could ever provide all the answers. The journey's the thing.
PM
May 25th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
Thank you, Pearson… Of all the commentators and bloggers, you are my favorite. I've been searching for your post – as the experience (for me) would not be complete without your summary… You have a far more strategic perspective of LOST and a wealth of knowledge to tap into – and share with all of us. Not sure you remember my last comment to you, but “I told you so”, that the end would be about the collective souls of LOST, the couples and the main LOSTies we folllowed so closely these last six years. Unlike MIB or Jacob, our LOSTies were not all bad or all good but human and flawed and hungry for redemption and their place in the “world” they created. I, too, loved the ending. Remember the Velveteen Rabbit was told that “to be real” was to be loved. Our Jack, Locke, Sawyer, Kate, Hurley, Sun, Jin and all of our dear friends found one another and redeemed themselves and us, in the process. Namaste.
May 25th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Hi Wickes,
Thank you for your kind words. Many of us have been irreversibly affected by the depth of this show. It was a most memorable and rewarding journey.
PM
May 25th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Hi Mand1as,
What an insightful analysis! I'm thinking about “Greatest Hits” in an entirely new way, thanks to your words here. Christian Shephard thought building the sideways world was the central mystery, “so you could find one another” was the rationale at the core of human life. “Greatest Hits” certainly seems to support Christian's view, since this episode told us Charlie considered the most relevant parts of his life to be those that involved his intimate interactions with those closest to him. Great episode, excellent analysis. Thanks for expanding my understanding.
PM
May 25th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
Hi Salvatore,
I don't think you misunderstood the ending, and I don't think you need to have read the Odyssey to understand. Reading the Iliad or the Odyssey requires a certain attitude, a certain frame of mind. I think Lost requires a quite similar frame of mind. Some of the important questions went unanswered. Why couldn't women become pregnant? What was the genesis of the apparently iron-clad rule that said Bend and Widmore couldn't kill each other–and how was Ben able to violate this rule in the penultimate episode? Here's a suggestion which may seem kind of lame. I'm not saying its necessary, and not saying it's how I think about things. Here it is: Why does Athena do the things she does? Pallas Athena interfered on a regular basis with the events in Troy, helped Odysseus on his voyage home. Why? What were her motivations? What was her mechanism of action? And if she had almost unlimited power, why did she allow Odysseus to take such a horribly long journey back to Ithaca? One of the mysteries predates Jacob and Samuel (the MIB), as we know from the statue of Tawaret. Did the people who built the statue to appease the god of fertility understand why their women died in pregnancy? I suggest one way to consider the mystery is to say it is a mystery, has no answer obtainable by human intellect. One must climb Mount Olympus and speak with Pallas Athena herself to obtain the answer. It belongs to the cave of light, which is inscrutable. Another possibility: You can only come to the Island, you can't originate at the Island. Perhaps the true Incident is not the detonation of a nuclear bomb, but the safe birth of a healthy baby boy?
PM
May 25th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Hi Mrlafleur,
Thanks for your contribution! It was a most amazing end to the series. I imagine I'll take the journey again next year, this time seeing events with new eyes.
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 12:01 am
Hi Retro,
Thank you once again for your very generous response to my article. It sounds like you enjoyed the show as much as I did, and that's a lot of enjoyment! I'll have another article out next weekend.
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 12:05 am
Hi Fritzie,
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the article, and thank you very much for contributing your thoughts to the discussion. With you, I was caught off guard by the finale. I was expecting quite a different outcome. I was very pleasantly surprised to learn that I had not figured out the finale.
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Hi Juidas,
Thanks so much for contributing to the discussion.
One thing we can be sure of, as Darlton told us themselves many times, the show ended in precisely the way they wished. If they had wished to explain every detail, they would have. They would have simply gone to ABC-Disney and said, “We need three more episodes.” It's one of ABC's biggest shows; the executives would have said, “Fine. Take as many episodes as you want. Lost is WYSIWYG, and what we don't see, at least in Darlton's opinion, is not essential. I won't say I agree or disagree with that, but I'm pretty sure what we saw was Darlton's vision.
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 12:39 am
Hi Molly,
Thanks for adding to the discussion. I seem to recall reading that the original Man in Black auditions were for a person referred to as Samuel. It does seem a very fitting name indeed. As you point out, the MIB was the guardian-woman's favourite of the two boys, and she probably would have given him a name befitting her feelings about his important role.
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 12:41 am
Hi Jessadiemae,
Thank you for your very kind words. We share deep enjoyment of a most profound experience.
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 1:07 am
Hi Jen,
As always, you are too kind, and I thank you for your most generous words.
You have an enthusiastic but sober appreciation of the series, and I think this is accurately reflected in the fact that both CBC and CTV chose to seek out and use on-air your comments on the show. For that reason, among many others, I'm glad you've been on the journey with us. Thanks so much for your excellent comments.
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 1:09 am
Hi MainTh3_3nd,
Thank you for your warm response to my article. I'm glad you enjoyed the finale!
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 1:14 am
Hi Jdavistdi,
Thank you for your kind words. You are not alone in being deeply affected by the show. Millions of us were. Most, I think, were touched in a positive way. A fair sized minority, it seems, felt disappointment or even anger. I'm a member of that group of active viewers who enjoyed the finale very much, though I required two viewings before I appreciated it. Thanks for joining the discussion!
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 1:19 am
I have nothing else to say about LOST. You have summed up what the show is and always was: the greatest piece of fiction ever told on television. Thank you Pearson for all of your work and dedication this year. I speak on behave of everyone when I say congratulations. You have contributed to the final season in such a way to bring the most out of the show.
I read a previous comment you posted about 24 and LOST being similar in certain ways. Many of my friends are saying that they'll miss 24 more. Considering LOST always had an end game and wasn't canceled off of television, I was hoping you could help me convince them otherwise. Any thoughts?
May 26th, 2010 at 1:23 am
Hi Bruno,
(or maybe Sérgio?)
Thank you for your terrific comments! I very much like your statement that Lost is not “fast-food”. You're right on target here, I think. The finale, as with every previous episode, is intended to make us think. Those who expected the resolution of every mystery to be handed to them on a silver platter misunderstood the entire intent of the series. It is an excellent work of fiction, most of all, because it forces us to ponder at great length.
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 1:29 am
Hi Debra,
Your predictions were right on the money. You should have had this gig at SL-Lost, not me! What I especially appreciate about the way Darlton chose to end the series is their heavy emphasis on the essentiality of human relationships to finding our way to the Church of the Holy Lamp Post, to that final waiting room before we gain admission to whatever lies beyond. They take relationship to a whole new level of importance, and I think it is a most appropriate message. None of us accomplishes anything of merit on our own. We need each other, we need this little world of ours. Great message.
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 1:42 am
Hi Willieworkman,
Thank you for your kind words. As for 24, I loved Kiefer Sutherland, love his grandfather even more, but I felt the plot and writing on 24 were too contrived. The idea of non-stop, around-the-clock action is interesting, but I don't think it has yet been done well. Perhaps another television show will try something similar again soon. As for convincing your friends? Show them the pilot. If they aren't interested after that, they probably never will be. I don't think Lost is something one tries to explain. It has to be lived.
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 1:58 am
Ahhhhhh. This is *perfection*. Thank you SO MUCH for this. The post is beautiful and flawless. It has definitely quenched my thirst for a deeper understanding of a show that's more than just a TV Show to me. I'm having the worst time Letting Go myself!! I'm so grateful for your all your viewpoints and explanations. I will share it with my less enlightened LOST “fans” who hated the ending.
May 26th, 2010 at 2:54 am
yah I strongly agree with it PM, infact it's an Island where miracles happen. Many things many exist. Miracle is infinite and undefinable.
May 26th, 2010 at 3:12 am
I know what you mean. Yesterday, I was melancholy, re-watched, and sobbed even harder the second time. Today, Giacchino's music haunts me. I definitely feel the loss, and well up at the mention of specific scenes. Lost engaged me, it made me feel. It made me think, examine and re-examine. And it introduced me to a wonderful community of thoughtful people.
You aren't crazy, and you do not have to be a fanatic to be profoundly impacted by this epic tale.
That'll be 25 cents.
May 26th, 2010 at 3:21 am
Pearson
Thank you. We've been lucky to have you on this journey with us. The finale affected me profoundly, and I found myself sobbing for all the characters I have watched struggle, like the moth, finally come to resolution. I am tearing up just typing this. Even thinking about Kate telling Jack that she loved him before leaving him juxtaposed against her holding his face and telling him she missed him so much in the “sideways”. That isn't the Kate we met in Season 1. She has grown. Or Ben's redemption path, and his asking for forgiveness from our John Locke – these two powerful characters together, helping each other. I'm rambling.
May 26th, 2010 at 3:46 am
Hi La Toya,
Thank you for your generous comments. I believe anyone who enjoyed the ending must have enjoyed it because of the fact that it is not “just a TV Show”, as you said. It affects us deeply. It tells us who we are.
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 3:53 am
Hi Jstephane,
Thank you for your kind words. I too was struck by the growth of many of the characters, and especially Kate. Many have noted their displeasure in seeing Kate gun down the Man in Black. I was happy to see it happen. I'd been expecting something like that. Not that Kate is inherently violent, but that she is a woman of action. It was the right way for her character to end.
PM
May 26th, 2010 at 4:02 am
Yes, and, of course, not just Kate. Certainly Jack's growth has been the main artery of the season. His humility, faith, and trust enabled him to save us all.
May 26th, 2010 at 5:21 am
Hello PM,
I agree with you with everything you have been said, and I know LOST ended on the creators terms, they said it a lot, and they also said every question that matters will be answered. for me they did not answer anything. I'm not saying LOST ended badly, of course not, The End was without a doubt one of the most emotional episodes ever.
I'm not obsessed with the answers, but when You watch LOST, the Mythology of the show makes you care about the Island, more than the characters, and Darlton stated the Island is a character,
after the announcement LOST will have 150minutes instead of 120minutes I Thought wow they are really trying to wrap things up and the finale will be a blast. but after experiencing the finale, I didn't see why they needed another half an hour to tell the story or the vision.
finally Thank you PM for your recap it was amazing.
Cheers.
May 26th, 2010 at 10:40 am
I've been thinking a lot about Lost these days. Especially about Desmond.
I think he (as only one) had it all. He must be the most lucky guy of the series.
Since Hugo and Ben seem very satisfied with how they have run the island, I assume that Desmond indeed was sent home to Penny shortly after they took over. He, then, had already seen a glimpse of the purgatory world during 'Happily Ever After', which means that he'd have the life he wanted most first (with Penny and Charlie), would then end up in the life he wanted 2nd most (with Charles' approval), also knowing what his purpose there would be; reuniting. Ending up with everything and (almost) everyone he ever wanted and loved, and then moving on to the Greatest life there is; Heaven. Amen.
May 26th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Hi Pearson! I'm glad you wrote this article, I had been looking forward to reading your thoughts about the finale.
However, this time, I don't 100% agree with everything you said. Well, first the things we share:
Lost has been the greatest TV show ever. Already a couple of weeks ago I said it does not matter how they end the show, it will go down as one of the most influential TV shows of the 21st century.
Now my reaction to the finale was a rather strange one. I actually didn't know what to think. Watched it three times now. My thoughts about it are totally split. On the one hand I'm really glad they gave the characters such a great ending, most of them were highly touching and very moving. I cried many times during the finale, every time I watched it.
On the second hand, however, I'm really disappointed in the mythology part of the show. I might probably be one of the few who criticizes LOST here, so please don't be offended by whatever I'm writing, and don't forget I'm still a huge fan of LOST and I will definitely buy all box sets there will ever be.
I'm disappointed because they said for years now they actually know how the show is going to end. After this finale, however, I truly believe the only thing they knew was that Mathew Fox would die, his eye closing. That's it. That was the destination to which they were “flying” during the making of LOST. All the rest, the whole journey could have been anything. I feel like John Locke in his last moments alive: I don't understand…………
I will try to prove this with a couple of mythology elements they threw at us and never even thought about giving us answers. This is no problem if it concerns minor mythology pieces. But NOT if the audience is left in the dark about EVERYTHING.
1. Season 1. Claire: She is told she needs to raise Aaron on her own. Looking at that weird man's face, the audience thought the consequence of her NOT raising him alone would be horrible. This was honestly the episode that caught me. I started watching LOST from this episode onwards, bought the DVD set of Season 1 shortly afterwards. Now, after the finale: Was this at the slightest important? No. We don't even know why this was in Season 1. Aaron was not important at all. End of story.
2. Season 3: Man behind the curtain. Who was it that John Locke saw, or heard? Who said “Help me”? Why? This was the first time they started playing with the idea of Jacob. Now in the hindsight this was just a joke. If this was supposed to be the Smokemonster then why did Ben not hear it? And the scene where Hurley saw Christian in the Cabin, they actually wanted to have Hurley in the cabin! But the ABC Producers found it strange to see a character in there which is still alive on the island. This is the only reason Christian put in that chair and was now so important in the finale. Could have been anyone else. This was NOT planned to go anywhere, but was simply a coincidence.
3. Season 4/5: When John Locke was seen in the coffin Jack said that John Locke visited him before he died. Saying some very bad things happened when they left the island. Umm. What things? John Locke didn't even see anyone die when the other left the island. He didnt know about Charlotte. So what was this all about? Very easy: The producers throwing stuff at the audience they later didn't know how to handle.
4. Again: Season 5: For the first time (really cool) we see a progressing action, no flashbacks. Ben is trying to get everyone back to the island. If they don't go back to the island “GOD HELP US ALL”. How many times did they say this. Not only Ben but also Eloise Hawkings. Now in the hindsight: Why did they have to go back? I really have NO IDEA! If they had chosen to stay where they are, John Locke would have never been brought to the island. Smoky could never have accomplished his plan. So what was that all about? I have NO idea…
5. One thing about the tragic death of John Locke. Why did Ben kill him? I thought Ben was still following Jacob's orders during that time? Did Jacob say to him he has to kill John Locke? Did he just do it because he was “jealous” as he said in one of the last scenes of Season 6? Did Ben know Eloise Hawkings? They didn't even bother to go there and explain it.
6. Eloise Hawkings: Why did she know so much? Why was she in Desmond's first vision? Why did she want everyone to go back? This was set up as a MAJOR plotline. Who was she? How could she have all this knowledge? Where from? Was she human? Was she connected to the island somehow? Again: This is not tiny stuff. Those are the questions they raised, not bothering to anwser them because they didn't know the answers themselves!
7. Again Season 5: They all made it to the plane and flew back to the island. Why on earth was there a white light and why the hell were some of them sent to the 70ies and some to the present time??? Was there ANY explanation on that? And please, this is NO minor unimportant detail, this is serious stuff here! They didn't even care to explain this. Is Jacob responsible for it? Man in Black? The island? Eloise?
8. Great idea to introduce Jacob in the finale of Season 5. However, quite a pity they had him killed. Probably they were scared they would have to explain too many things. So he must die. Still, this was not the entire end of Jacob. I mean, this was Jacob. The god-like entity. Protector of the island. I as a fan was looking forward to finally find a person that personifies the island. Someone who is very old and knows a lot about the island and erything. However, as we saw in “across the sea”: Jacob was human once. And he actually (and this is true for the man in black) didn't even know anything about the heart of the island. He was simply told to protect it. But he didn't have any clue about what it is. And then: Swoosh: Smoky comes out after being thrown into the water-light-thing. Why? Don't know. How can he be killed? Not even Jacob knows. I mean the principal idea of the light was very strong. There was some big answer to the Valenzetti equation which was actually about the end of humanity. So they did justice to that aspect of the island being important. But the rest? They just had everyone who knew anything killed. Dogen and his servant, Jacobs mother, Jacob, Illana. Sure, why should someone who would have some explaining to do live in Darlton's world? And boom they were gone.
9. Season 6: Smoky. How great was he. I think there has never ever been a villain as great as Terry played Smoky. He was indeed evil incarnate. All season long he played the good guy until the submarine was blown up. From then onwards we knew: This guy plays dirty. All the more did it hurt my almost physically to see his end. He is shot by Kate in the back and then thrown off the cliff (reminiscent to Smoky throwing Jacob into the fire). And that was it. There le lay. Dead too. Not even a dramatic dialogue, nothing.
10. The main showdown: The heart of the island: the bright light. Desmond was special. Only he was able to go down there and do whatever was necessary. Useful that he knew the island was actually a bath tub. Just plug out the stone and this will solve all problems they have with smoky. But then the most horrible thing about the finale. No. Desmond was not the one saving everyone. It was Jack. But why didn't Jack go down there in the first place? All of a sudden after having Desmond introduced as superman-electromagnetism-freak we see Jack putting the stone back in which saved everyone. So this was it? All the pressure they built up, all the amazing Smokemoster scenes were solved by pulling the stone out and putting it back in? Sorry, but is this what they planned for the last 3 years? island=tub? This was one of the most ridiculous ideas I've ever seen in LOST (and I'm a big fan!!!)
Minor aspect: Ben, just after having killed Widmore in cold blood, after having been murderous Ben again (just after the Ilana-scene where we thought he was good) he is made “Number two” by Hurley. And is now doing good things. It's just a bit ridiculous, in my eyes and not at all to be believed…
11. Now the idea that this other world is not a parallel universe was great. Big surprise. I guess only a few hinted at that. However, they again used a technique that had the purpose to dissolve all answers to mysteries. So now it's all about character. But weren't we supposed to believe that “it all ends only once”? Even Jacob said before disappearing for good: We are very close to the end. The irony here is: There was no end. Jacob passed on his Job to Jack and Jack to Hurley. Hurley was new Jacob for a long time. Probably he passed on the Job to someone new again. So much to the “end” that Jacob was talking about.
12. Christian: One more time the producers made it really interesting. Why was Christian alive all of a sudden back in Season 1? Why did he try to visit Jack? But most importantly: Why did he say to John Locke he was supposed to go talking to Eloise Hawkings? How could he know her? Were there two Christians? Because the one Jack saw in L.A. could not have been Smoky. Again, we're left with more questions than answers. They didn't care to resolve this huge mystery. Because they didn't know how. It just looked cool at the moment of writing the script.
I actually expected something more spectacular. The island sinking to the ground of the sea. Or the island raising into the Universe. Or into another world. I expected a LOST typical ending which would be really cool and unique. I honestly would not have thought the end of LOST being: after that they all had to come back to the island (for reasons still unknown, it doesn't really make any sense??) some of them now can go home safely. Jack sacrificed himself for all of them. Is this it? I can't help myself but think that this is lame. Sorry.
And Pearson: I would have preferred John Locke coming back. All this time I felt there must be something cool coming. I really think it was a pitty to kill of John Locke like this. It still does not make any sense. It would have been a lot more fascinating to have a fascinating twist at the end or something unexpected.
All of this having said: I think that the character resolution was great, really moving. But LOST totally failed in answering. I know, it was always more about questions. But if you only ask question that you can't answer yourself then it's just a pitty. A real pitty. I hoped LOST would be different from ALIAS. However, it is exactly as vague as ALIAS was in the final episode. Really a pity…
May 26th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
thanks Pearson Moore , well said and written. A fine dot to the endings.
May 26th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Thank you for this great recap, Pearson.
I've just watched the finale, & i'm moved…I'm speechless.
It was beautiful & amazing…I understood what I needed to understand from the show.
Lost is definitely a Gem in the whole tv industry…have to start the rewatch now!
May 27th, 2010 at 1:16 am
Hi Adrian81,
Wow. I hope Carlton or Damon read your comments. You provide here an excellent summary of the major beefs I've been reading about the finale. I think everything you wrote here is valid, and you have certainly articulated in precise terms the feelings of disappointment that many have expressed. Your words have great value.
There are many components to Lost. The article I posted is studied and selective, neither spontaneous nor emotional, neither comprehensive nor objective. Overall, I give the series an “A” as a piece of fiction and an “A+” as a television creation. I don't see it on a par with Lord of the Rings or the works of Shakespeare or the dialogues of Plato. Five hundred years from now people will still be attending Shakespearian plays and reading Plato. Lost will have a following amonst those with an interest in early forms of virtual storytelling; it will be “second-tier” fiction, but top-shelf television (or whatever it will be called five hundred years from now).
I feel it falls short of an A+ because, with you, I don't feel the show sufficiently integrated mythology, plot, and character development and resolution. Over the last five years I've critiqued 1070 stories–everything from flash fiction to short stories to entire novels. Doesn't make me an expert by any means, but I have an idea of what I want to see in fiction, and what I think makes stories work.
Now, you may be questioning why I award an “A”. I accept some unspoken premises. Most importantly, I accept the idea that some of the important but non-essential mythology is up to each of us to resolve on our own. Why did women die in childbirth on the Island? I'll give my answer next weekend. We didn't receive a direct answer to that question, but I believe we have enough information to make a very reasonable interpolation. I believe the same can be said of many of the outstanding mythological issues, and I will tackle at least a few of these next weekend.
The apparent deficiency that is most difficult for me to reconcile in this manner is the question of John Locke's character arc. In fact, I have to believe that if at the last moment John Locke showed up alive, on the Island, a lot of the other factors preventing me from awarding an “A+” would have melted away to nothing in my mind. Locke was the central character through five seasons of the show. We were teased endlessly with Canton-Rainier through Season Four. Either it was a very nasty red herring, or Darlton intended that we accept the MIB's manifestation under Locke's form as the reincarnation they promised. I rejected that notion last summer because it didn't provide satisfactory resolution of Locke's story. In fact, my decision to write these articles was almost entirely a result of the realisation that no one else on the web was vigourously advocating what I saw as the only real possibility: Locke would have to return to the Island. I am left with the two minutes Locke and Ben shared outside the church and Jack's frequent statements regarding Locke's wisdom. Locke's was the most important legacy on the Island, and if I dwell on this, the nasty red herring seems to lose at least a bit of its sting.
You've provided a pointed, thoughtful, and very useful document, not only for discussions here, but for Darlton and for all who wish to read an informed list of perceived shortcomings. Thanks so much for posting this!
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May 27th, 2010 at 2:09 am
Hi Osiskars,
Thank you so much!
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May 27th, 2010 at 2:11 am
Hi Hygoniz,
You're most welcome. It was quite a ride, wasn't it? I don't imagine we'll ever experience anything like this again in our lives. Unique. Memorable. Priceless.
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May 27th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Hi,
Yes, definitely, for me everything was explained in two different ways; scientifically & philosophically – I mean there's a scientific side to the sideways world, which I believe, is what Eloise & Daniel told us in season 5, & there's a spiritual side, which is what Christian explained.
So amazing, perfectly done.
Thank you for all the great recaps throughout the season Pearson.
May 27th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Hi Juidas,
You and Adrian81 bring up excellent points, and from what I have been able to glean from comments across the internet, the two of you certainly represent not a small percentage of fans. I appreciate every one of your comments and I'm glad you've brought your feelings and ideas to the discussion.
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May 27th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Hi Crazysalvatore,
Thank you for joining the discussion.
Desmond became critical to the story, didn't he? We probably should have understood his great importance, if nothing else because he found his Constant earlier than almost anyone else. Jumping about in time proved more of a benefit that any of us ever guessed. A lucky man, indeed!
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May 27th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Thank you so much for your very kind comment. I appreciate it very much indeed that you understand my frustration. I am just horribly disappointed. One week ago I was 100% sure to get an amazing, breath-taking and revealing finale. I would have never ever in my life believed it to be such a cop-out.
I know it's my own fault. I believed in the producers who continuously said they have “a cool idea” for a TV show. They presumably knew exactly where they were heading. And the skeletons in the caves would prove they knew from Season 1 onwards where they were going. This might be a bit mean now, but my conclusion having seen the finale now: They probably crafted every season on its own. There has never ever been a real connection between the seasons. When they showed the Losties on the main land (Jack with his beard talking to Kate) they didn't really know how or why they would come back to the island. The same for John Locke's death. This was not prepared when writing the scripts for Season 4. In fact all they ever did was come up with fascinating moments. I admittedly enjoyed every single one of them. However, and there lies the big fraud, there had never been a real in-depth plan on why any of this would be going to be part of the show. They actually never had such a plan. This is what makes me so sad at the moment. I feel really stupid, betrayed, having believed in the greatness of the two main writers, who were, after all, not as omniscient in their writing as they always pretended.
I really feel that it was attempted that as many fans as possibl should be drawn to these emotional moments, the clear function of those scenes was to give many fans an emotional ending. The main hero – Jack is dying at the same spot where he woke up for the first time back in Season one. However, I almost can't believe that so many fans of the show which has always been about theorizing – I mean honestly, how many theories were there about the island, what it is, what the end of the show might be, what would happen next? – now simply parrot Darlton in saying: Well, it has always been abaout characters. (?!?!?) This was after all a MYSTERY show from the very beginning, it was never a weepy soap-opera like show. I remember a certain seriousness in Seasons 1-3. There was that dark presence, it's difficult to explain, a certain want for everything to be highly dramatic and really important. If we look at the finale now I can't help myself but to miss the seriousness of all of it.What we saw was in fact a tiny moment of this island's ongoing history. The characters they introduced were not even so important because the island history is going to continue, probably forever, or for a very, very long time. I hope this was not a spontaneous or necessary decision of the ABC studios who wanted the possibility to come back to the LOST universe at a later point in time…
May I mention one last aspect of the show which seems rather important: The Numbers. From Season 1 onwards this was a major issue of the show. Now they presumably explained the nature of the numbers. However, this too is a cop-out. Why was that madman at Santa Rose mental Hospital repeating the numbers? At one time I had the theory that this is Radzinsky (he looks a bit like him). That would have been a great twist, cool too and there would have been some potential in there to explain a couple of things. But somehow Jacob giving the candidates numbers is kind of silly. The real question is: Why were these numbers appearing everywhere?
Darlton said now that fans never have an idea about what a good ending might have been. Well, I have loads of ideas. I actually was hoping there would be a person like the architect in the Matrix in the final episode, down there at the light. Maybe an immortal entity, John Locke from another universe or parallalel timeline, just something or someone who would control everything, which would explain many of the unexplainable things.
To be honest I hoped for an ending that would make watching LOST all over again fascinating (which was also said by Michael Emerson in an interview a couple of months ago). I hoped watching it for a second time would show many new things that could not have been understood watching it for the first time. But again this would have meant that Darlton should have known what they were doing. But in fact they were, after all, making it all up on the way…
May 27th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
Hi Adrian81,
Thanks so much for expanding on your comments. All of this provides a nice starting point for discussions.
I have a suggestion. Please don't feel obliged to act on it in any particular way. You might think of it as just something to ponder. Lost raised a number of fascinating questions, though at least some of them went unanswered. My feeling is that a good part of the enjoyment of any piece of fiction is considering the questions that arise. The one I'm thinking about now is the proper role of science in society, and the response I'm remembering from Lost is Ben at the Orchid Station, referring contemptuously to the “time-traveling bunnies” of the Dharma Initiative. You mentioned that you had planned on re-watching the series, but the fact that the finale didn't address important questions now leaves you questioning your original intention to revisit early episodes. Well, here's the question: Do you enjoy pondering a question more after a definitive answer has been given, or do you enjoy the process more when you have no clear answer? It's just a thought, but maybe the fact that all questions were not answered could prove to be a strong motivator for taking up the questions once again, possibly with new eyes and ears. You might enjoy the show even more a second time around.
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May 28th, 2010 at 4:45 am
Hi Pearson! Thanks for your fascinating comment. Well, there are only a few books, you might know some of them, that are highly based on a certain context and on actions. But then, after a very surprising ending, EVERYTHING we read changed. If we read the book for a second time, everything changes. I f you know German literature, there a book called “Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts” by the German author “Joseph von Eichendorff”, probably exists in English too (“Of the Life of a Good-For-Nothing”). From all the books I have ever read this is one of the most clever ones concerning the end. Characters we met throughout the book suddenly are shown again at the end and we get to know that they dressed up and played someone entirely different. All the tiny details suddenly make sense. And reading the book a second times is so much fun.
This is of course also true for movies. You might have seen Christopher Nolan's “The Following”. One of my favorite movies of all time! You watch the movie twice and you actually watch two different movies. The end is so incredibly revealing, so mind-boggling, just absolutely awe-inspiring (despite being Nolan's first film, totally no-budget, I think he spent about 8000$ for it!
This is what I expected LOST to do. I thought they have an overall arc and all the tiny details would come together. It looked so much like it during all of season 6. This is why I'm so utterly disappointed.
Now your question: I honestly don't think I shall watch LOST ever again: I wouldn't know why. There IS nothing to be seen that gives me more insight because I know, all the scenes and all the cliffhangers were NOT written with an plan in mind. They were written without a soul. I am now wondering why they had to make 6 seasons. I really don't see the sense in there. They could have said after Season 1: Well, they found the center of the island and they “made” a place in their afterlife where they meet again. Still think the idea of “making” such a place is horrendously stupid. But if this was all they had planned, if this is the big revelation, then I just think the whole show was a huge cop-out. A wise man once said that being disappointed is always a consequence of having had too high expectations that were not fulfilled. So in fact it is ME who is to blame, I know that. I just feel a lot like John Locke at the moment: lost, not understanding anything.
But thanks so much Person for your always incredibly kind and thoughtful comments. It's always a pleasure to talk with you because I've always known that you are a serious listener. Thanks so much for your weekly comments, too. I enjoyed them (in the hindsight) even more than watching LOST. I would have simply hoped the writers would have read your theories too. They would have been a lot more interesting in the finale than this complete mess…
May 28th, 2010 at 7:49 am
I just want to highlight your discussion. You both made really really excellent points.
May 28th, 2010 at 8:31 am
I found it to be a great ending, to be honest.
I always loved what LOST was all about. From the very first season, which i have to admit i did not watch when it came out, i only watchted it before the second season started, for me it was always about the characters. I'm always fascinated about character progression. That's what floats my boat. It is actually the reason for which i started watching it. Once of my friends was watching an episode and i kept peeking. It wasn't the island that caught my attention. No, it was the flashbacks. I always saw the flashbacks as a backstage pass to one's skeleton closet, and being the voyeur that i am, that felt better than going to the candy store when i was five.
Don't get me wrong, i loved the mysteries. Back in the days of the first seasons, when one was actually lost in the abundance of unknown variables i would rant for hours about the physics involved in the show and what not. I had complete faith that all the mysteries of the island, even the smoke monster, will have a pure scientific explanation. What a fool was I. Anyway, they started with the time-travel and then for me it was like they had put too much oil into a bowl of mayonnaise, making it separate. And separate it did, at that point, i started slowly but surely abandoning faith that i will be seeing some scientific explanation for anything that's going on on the island, culminating with the introduction of Jacob and MIB when i abandoned all hope. From that point on, it was once again, just about the characters.
I loved the series finale for two main reasons: first, it was unexpected. I did not expect them to die. Or be dead, or whatever. No, i actually thought, they'll probably show how reality A turns into B only to turn into A again, and second: they did not bore me with things i did not need to know. I did not want to know most of the things that my fellow lost fans wanted to find out. No, i really did not. Any explanation, if it's not going to be pinpointed by scientific proof or some other solid fact, it's definitely going to be vague and subject to as many interpretations as possible. And we already had vague explanations to everything:we vaguely knew what the island was, we vaguely knew what the light was, we vaguely knew what the numbers are, and(this is my personal favorite) we vaguely knew what “now you are like me” meant. I always find it a real pleasure to be able to wonder about things. It itches that i don't know what both the mother and Jacob said when performing the ritual of passing down the job, but i'm kind of glad that i don't know. I wonder.
After watching it, i had a bittersweet smile on my face. It was over. All i had to say at lunch (yes, i watched it monday morning) was “it was nice”. I wasn't hating it, not at all, but wasn't uplifted by it either. However the next day came, and i kept hearing a tune in my head, a tune that coincidentally was playing in the last episode, so while at work i entered on youtube to see if i could find it and eventually found my way to this movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nfloYaf9YQ (if i'm not allowed to put links in here, i humbly apologize) and somewhere around the forth minute i had a flashback of my own. The whole seasons flashed before my eyes, and in the blink of a second i realized the magnitude of the journey I had taken alongside this throughout the last years. Just like Jack and all the others, the island had made me grow. I may not have had the chance to die for such a noble cause, but i surely did progress on my own path because they were progressing on their own.
All in all, LOST was just like life. Many people bicker about having too many mysteries that were abandoned, too many hot shots that turned out to be just another brick in the wall and so on. But so is life. Think of all those times you worried about something that seemed to bring down the apocalypse upon you only to have it blow over a while after with no real consequences. Think of how many people you met in your life that at one time thought were quite impressive only to be completely let down by them in the end.
There is not enough time for me to say everything that was great about both LOST as a show and its ending, so I leave you all in the hopes that one day someone does for you what that short video did for me.
Also, Pearson, i would like to give you a standing ovation for all the great articles you wrote here. While completely way off (I knew Locke wasn't coming back
) they were some of the most enjoyable articles I've read on the internet in a long long while.
May 28th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
I honestly admire you for your capability of “having let go” already in the past. My problem is that I admired the show for exactly the things that you let go. I started watching the show as what it was, a mystery show. I loved the scene where Claire was told she had to raise Aaron on her own. The reason fr me to start watching the series. When Jacob appeared for the first time (well, if it was him at all) saying “Help me” to John Locke, that was amazing. It seemes to point to the fact that there is someone who knows so much about the island and is responsible for all the actions. However, fining out then that he was human and he didn't even know what the heart of the island is and he just parroted what he was tolt by his fake mother destroyed the potential of this character for me. So often did they fascinate the audience with mind-boggling moments. I was looking forward to getting a finale that wraps the most important mythological ends up, that proves the audience they specifically entered some of the mythological elements with an overall-plan, an overarching structure over the whole show. I was unfortunately proven wrong…
May 28th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Hi Adrian81,
Thank you for your kind comments about my articles. Even though not one of my theories proved to be true, I feel richer for the effort, and most importantly because of the interesting electronic conversations I've enjoyed with people like you. You always bring fascinating ideas to the discussion, and it has been a rare pleasure indeed to exchange ideas with you.
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May 28th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Hi Robi,
You are much too kind in your comments, but I thank you for your generosity, and it has certainly been my pleasure to create weekly commentary. I have one article remaining before I bid adieu to Lost. It has been a most amazing ride, and I know I will miss being able to look forward to adventures on the Island.
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May 30th, 2010 at 8:17 am
I was willing to suspend my disbelief for strange plots or completely illogical characters, but not both. My biggest beefs came when the characters did complete 180s. Like trying to get off the island and then going back to it. Like Sayid loving Nadia 90% of the time and then going back to Shannon or switching back and forth between hero and goat about 10 times. Like Widmore and Jack and Locke converging on Desmond being the answer to all their plans out of some faith in the science of electromagnetic immunity. If Desmond was so special, why was Jack able to stumble into the bamboo forest and into the eletromagnetic pit???? The writers made up rules and broke them all the time. Value judgments on the characters are also all over the map: Jacob's mass-murdering stepmother, Ben arguably being more of a mass murderer than the smoke monster, killing to protect an island that is somehow vulnerable. Is killing an evil smoke monster who has possessed Locke's body a sin? One gushing reviewer at EW.com said that Jack needed to pay for killing the smoke formerly known as Locke. I can grant Lost its magical/mystical plot. I was just shocked with this character-based and rule-based whiplash no longer bought into them as fictitious characters to care about. If “coming together well” means that everybody just hugs at the end, then brilliant endings are just a church lovefest away. Last word: incoherent!
May 30th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Hi Dave_8,
Yes! Something like this would have worked beautifully, I think. It would have changed the entire ending. It would have meant the sideways reality was due to Faraday’s Boulder and was not limbo or heaven or (my choice) purgatory. It would have been a grand, traditional ending. I think the writers may have been reaching for something even grander, and I am working on an analysis of this now. I should have it done by early evening, so you should be able to read it tomorrow. Thanks for contributing this idea!
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May 30th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Hi Rich,
Yes! This is exactly the way my thoughts were leading me during and after my first viewing of The End. Canton-Rainier had to mean something, but when Jack closed his eye for the last time and the screen went blank, I felt we had all been robbed. Canton-Rainier (Reincarnation) meant nothing. Well, that was how I felt Sunday night, watching Jimmy Kimmel. Early Monday morning, after a second viewing of The End, I felt very differently about the series, and I am working now to put these thoughts on paper. Or… actually, a computer screen. You should be able to read it very late tonight or tomorrow morning.
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