The End
May 24, 2010
Don’t read this if you haven’t watched the Lost finale yet.
Ultimately, I was satisfied. I still don’t really know exactly what it all was, but since when did we expect Lost to answer every single one of our questions? Come on, people. Of course I would have liked to know WHAT exactly the island was (Was it real, or did they all die in the crash?), and yes, I would have liked more from my favorite character, Ben, in the end. I’m sad he was rendered impotent by the finale, despite the fact that throughout the series, he became the compelling badass that Kate was supposed to be, but Evangeline Lilly couldn’t pull off.
I’ll acknowledge that there were big holes left in the plot, but all in all I thought it was emotionally satisfying, and the performances by Matthew Fox and Jorge Garcia were so beautifully gut-wrenching that they almost made up for the shortfalls. And did you get a load of that showdown between Jack and Smokey Locke on the rocks? I literally stood up off the couch and yelled. For sure one of my favorite TV moments in the last few years.
p.s. If Michael Emerson and Terry O’Quinn don’t get their own shows and/or win multiple Emmys after this, I will throw things.
