I really enjoyed the ending. Greatly executed in a way that Across the Sea really wasn't. I too was expecting more of an answer other than "the island is a cork that keeps in the evil", but was still very satisfied and ultimately came to the conclusion that whatever further explanation they could have come up with what exactly the 'evil' is would have been pretty corny (or MORE corny to some people).
On a little sidenote about some of the less relevant stuff:
Loved the fight between Jack and Locke but it was too short and shouldn't have ended with Kate shooting Locke. This was their fight. Also, the storm was awesome, it didn't need to be over so quickly.
I was surprised that the flash-sideways was their own purgatory. I was sure since a few episodes ago that it was a way for the characters to bleed to through to a more happy life (like Desmond thought in this ep!)
It was very good however and the fact that the end of the show is them all being dead is far from a cop-out.
Kinda sad that it's over.
Last edited by Croyles; 05-25-2010 at 02:09 AM.
Maybe when Richard died he didn't need to let go like all the rest of the losties still did. He got a shortcut through to the other side without the in-between life in the way.
The answers are there and all the pieces have been layed our carefully if you can notice them now. The in-between world it isn't a cop out since they've been showing us the in-between world over the course of season 3.
Last edited by McLovin'; 05-25-2010 at 04:01 AM.
I loved the fact that in the end Kate was the one who killed the big baddie of the show, if only because of the fuel it would add to the Kate Hate bonfire.
The actor who played Eko allegedly wanted five times the amount he was offered to come back for the last episode so that's why he wasn't present probably.
And Daniel's mother did ask Desmond if he was going to take her son away, and he said no. Maybe because Daniel (like Ben) wasn't ready to move on yet.
"Excuse me Miss, do you like pineapple?"
No, Daniel never got the flashbacks or anything, while Ben did. Ben knows where to go when he's ready - he just wasn't ready yet. Richard, and others I imagine, will all move on when they feel the time is right. Daniel and Charlotte, for example - you know something is going to happen there, and when it does, I'm sure they'll move on someday, too. I think Desmond knew he didn't need to do anything there. For the most part, I guess I think Desmond took the people he wanted to go, not so much the people that Jack or anyone else wanted to go.
What I possibly loved about this episode more than anything is Hurley & Ben being "#1 and #2". That was just... kind of perfect, actually. I couldn't have scripted that scene better. Fantastic. It's about time that Ben got to have some kind of special status on the island and it's also a great idea to have Hurley be the "future #1" and for him to change the rules and make it about what's right rather than what's "sacred" or whatever.
I do wonder, though, what happened to the island in the distant future. Maybe there will be a sequel series with all-new characters! *runs*
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I want to know what happened to Ji-Yun. They said they would address that.
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Died in a car accident at the age of seventeen. Tragic.
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i love all the little memes that have popped up because of this show
As another discussion point, now it's all over looking back what were your favourite episodes from the whole show? I think my top five were, in no real order:
Through the Looking Glass
The Constant
The Long Con
The Shape of Things to Come
Expose (I just liked how cruel this one was to be honest)
"Excuse me Miss, do you like pineapple?"
Yay! Aw man, it would have been so cool if that was part of a flash waaaaay forward at some point.
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I totally wished I'd kept on watching this after Season One, Episode 4.