I'm not going to spoil it before other time zones get to watch, but let me just say it was the best finale of the year, IMO, and also the best Lost finale ever....I cried several times - brilliant television :sohappy:
Agreed!
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Really?????
Honestly... I mean, don't get me wrong, please... I love the show, obviously, and I loved last night's episode, absolutely loved it... in terms of entertainment while watching...
however... I think it was easily the weakest finale for the Lost... which, isn't saying much considering how fantastic (IMO) all of them have been, so... I just thought it wasn't mind-blowing enough...
here are my thoughts, and please tell me how you feel about it...
I think the show has peaked... :zipit:
let me rephrase that; I think the show MAY have peaked....
Season 1 was entirely new and groundbreaking... it was a little slow looking back, but at the time is was so original and refreshing at a time when everything on TV was either reality or a gameshow...
the Season 1 finale was absolutely fantastic (not comparably, but... time-comparably it was... if that makes sense); like... the whole show was just laying the ground work... and then the people on the raft find the "others" on a boat... and they take Walt, and then Locke blows open the hatch... Russo steals Claire's baby... and again just the whole "others" thing was HUUUUGE then... it was pretty mind-blowing at the time... and left a lot to think about in the off-season...
Season 2 was an absolutely fantastic season... and then the finale was absurd... I mean Michael helped to have Jack, Sawyer, Kate, and Hurley kidnapped... and then we find out Michael and Walt can leave the island... "wait... just like that, they can leave the island... NO WAY..." Also, they don't press the button in the hatch... WHICH WAS HUUUUGE... the thing blows up and something bizarrely crazy happens... definitely mind-blowing (IMO)
Season 3... honestly... Season 3's finale and it's affect on its fanbase is something that no television show will EVER emulate... no way. There was simply nothing like that on television... ever... it was such an unbelievably incredible plot-twist I almost didn't sleep that night... and I called everyone I knew he watched the show... and even everyone who didn't... I was so blind-sided...
plus... i HATED charlie... couldn't wait for him to go... but the way they did it was unreal... I was actually sad and it was just an incredible scene...
So... then last night... I was hiiighly entertained, definitely... the show flew by... i wanted more... but at the same time.... eh...
there were things we already knew going into the episode that happened and therefore weren't very crazy... I don't know if some people haven't scene the episode yet, if they haven't... they shouldn't be on here to be honest, but just incase...
*****SPOILER*****
We knew Jin died... we knew that... I mean you could argue "we didn't know 100% whether he was dead or just still on the island..." but... basically we knew he wasn't gonna get off that boat the whole time that scene played out... which just kind of ruined it. I loved Jin, and so I was really sad about it... but I knew it was coming... not entirely like Charlie where Charlie kept escaping death, and you figured he'd eventually go, but you didn't know... we were told Jin died so...
We also knew who the six were so... you knew when Peppitis (spelling?) said "i wish we were 200 pounds later though..." why 200 pounds???? why that number... regardless... you could figure... immedietely... Sawyers jumping out...
Locke being Jeremy Bentham and being the guy in the casket AS THE SHOW PROGRESSED became apparent to me too and so... while yeah i feel like "okay, so Locke's dead... how??? why??? did he do that intentionally... will ben get back too? even though he said he can't..."
I don't know... I'm not trying to sound like I'm complaining or like I'm disappointed... more or less what I'm saying is... I feel... pessimistic??
Like I said... I fear the show has peaked... that's all...
I really would like to hear some other's thoughts though...
