*SPOILER ALERT* Stop reading now if you have not yet watched the LOST finale.
And so we have come to the end. The responsibility of crafting an appropriate finale for any television series, but especially an epic one like LOST, is not something to be undertaken lightly. Mess it up and you ruin the entire series (Will & Grace) for fans forever. For LOST, a series to which fans have devoted countless hours re-watching, researching, blogging, discussing and dissecting, messing it up might well have left Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof with prices on their heads.
As the finale approached, I fervently hoped that Carlton and Damon would not let us LOSTies down. Little did I know that I should have been worrying about a monumental technical failure at my local ABC affiliate that pretty much ruined the experience for me, though perhaps I should be thankful that they saved me about $20 worth of tissues.
Overall, I'm more than satisfied with the LOST finale. My closest peeps know that I get about as excited about sappy love stories as I would at the thought of jabbing a dull pencil in my eye. In this case, however, after all of the heart-wrenching emotion, physical torture and loss these characters experienced, it was gratifying to see all the right couples together, happy and at peace, together at the end.
The highlights: Hurley's grin when Charlie opened the door to his hotel room, Sawyer and Juliet's reunion at the vending machine, Locke forgiving Ben, seeing Bernard and Rose and VINCENT!, Miles - "I don't believe in a lot of things, but I do believe in duct tape," Sun and Jin remembering and then being able to speak perfect English, seeing Boone
The lowpoints: I don't think Kate deserved to be the one to kill Flocke, Shannon's hair, the omission of Jack speaking over the water before Hurley took over his role as protector of the island
The questions: I knew that LOST would leave us with plenty of questions to ponder. These are the ones I would most like to see answered or further explored at some point: Walt's magical/supernatural abilities; Charles Widmore's full back-story and motivations; Charlotte's complete report on the archeological dig that seemed to be a discovery of artifacts from the island; who were the ancient inhabitants of the island that built the statue, the "glowy cave," etc.; the story of Eloise Hawking Widmore; what happened to Helen, Aaron, David and Ji Yeon.
My gratitude is forever due to the creators and everyone involved with LOST for having the courage to create a television show that required viewers to think; for giving us so many unforgettable characters (most especially for me - Sawyer, Charlie, Hurley and Locke); for raising the bar of the television musical score to a soaring height; and for remembering to include Vincent in the finale. Namaste.
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