I left this post for a while on purpose, just so I could let things sink in.
Overall, I think the ending could have been much, much worse. At first I didn’t mind the whole church ending scene as I was a bit shaken by all the slow montages of the Islander’s remembering their time on the island, and watching Vincent lay himself down next to Jack as he was dying. After sleeping on it, I realised that creating a shared dimension between this life and whatever comes after it was quite a cheap way for a relatively happy ending. Christian Shepherd’s line “Everyone dies eventually, kiddo” went some way to softening the blow, but it did feel a bit preachy.
I was also a bit annoyed that Mr.Eko wasn’t in the final scene – I guess he moved on pretty much straight away as he found peace with his brother, Yemi, just before dying on the island. Also, I would’ve liked to have seen Claire reunited with Aaron, and what role Kate would play in their future. It would’ve been interesting to see how Sawyer reintegrated himself into society, maybe finally meeting his kid. I guess because Richard finally got a grey hair, his immortality had “worn off” because Jacob was gone, it would’ve been good to see him come to terms with his new found mortality. I’m not too worried about Lapidus to be honest, he never seemed to have any problems going to or from the island, so I’m sure he’d be fine. It would’ve been highly amusing to see Miles chuckling to himself as he cashed in Nikki and Paolo’s diamonds, and I would’ve loved to have been witness to Hurley and Ben slowly falling in love whilst protecting the island.
Still, it was better than the ending to Star Trek: Voyager!
Overall, taking Lost as a whole, I enjoyed it. Figuring out the mysteries every week was great fun, and trying to guess what would happen after a season finale was mind-boggling. Even trying to explain things to my Mum was brilliant, and speculating with my Brother and the guys on the forum about what the fuck was going on was brilliant (surely it’s the mark of an entertaining show that you think about it even when you’re not watching it), and I can honestly say that I enjoyed it even though the ending was a bit rubbish and not all the questions were answered.
It’s the journey, not the destination, that made it for me.
Now, you may be wondering what these two screenshots are all about, so let me explain. It’s something that it seems I may have been the only person to have picked up on.
You know in the Ben centric episode where everyone is in the 1970’s, the one where Charles Widmore (as leader of the Others) tells Ben to kill mad old lady Rousseau and little baby Alex, I’m sure Sayid is there, sitting with the Others (or the Hostiles, whichever you prefer). It was never explicitly explained that he was with them, there were never any episodes that featured him working or living with them, only one or two shots that didn’t focus directly on Sayid. The first shot I took is vague, from far away, but you can see it could be Sayid. Then, when Charles hands his plate to Sayid, it’s clearly him, even though there is no trumping fanfare to indicate that Sayid is with the Others, and it’s never mentioned again, he’s never shown with them properly and there’s no acknowledging there was ever any kind of connection.
It makes sense I guess. If Sayid couldn’t be with the Dharma folks (after shooting young Ben), he could only be with the Hostiles.
