Originally Posted By DAR The ew recap is up: <a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20313460_20386359,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0...,00.html</a>
Originally Posted By hopemax Yesterday's episode was better for setting up the finale, but fits a little weirdly with the mythology of the show. First, is the previously mentioned Smokey/Richard attack. Based, on what they spent an entire episode this year on...Richard can't die. So he better be alive in the finale. But I can't help but think he actually is dead, as they eliminate characters to wrap up the show. See Charles Widmore...they spend 3 years or so building him up as this big adversary; obsessed with the island. Then shot in a closet. Not exactly payoff matching the setup. I just realized how much they set up these mysterious Big Bads in the early seasons, only for them to just suddenly drop out of the story as if they were a minor subplot. Remember the first hints of the Dharma Initiative...who was this mysterious scientific group that mysteriously disappeared? While it provided some fun during the time travel portion, it didn't exactly live up to the creepiness that they were implying in the early reveals. Just remembering the "ooh ahh-ness" that everyone felt when Locke saw the map on the back of the blast door in the hatch. I miss that kind of excitement. I guess we still have Ben, but he is not nearly as mysterious as he was when he was first revealed. Wiped out Dharma, who was this strange and sad boy? I suspect he will be involved in the resolution of the island/MIB. But will that part of the ending be grand, or just a minor scene, cut short by the need to resolve the storylines of the Oceanic 815 surviors in sideways world?
Originally Posted By hopemax And another thing, just saw this. As far as the audience knows...from Season 4 conversation, Ben can't kill Widmore. They never tell us why, just that Ben can't kill Widmore....so who kills Widmore? Ben. What changed? Who knows? Just some internal consistency, please.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt I hope this doesn't have some lame ending & we have to wait for "The Movie" next summer!
Originally Posted By DAR ^^^ The creators and even Matthew Fox have said, the story they wanted to tell ends on Sunday, hence why the last episode is called The End.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Wow I'm a little surprised how little conversation there is about this show here now. I remember the first season and there were litterally about 700 posts about it. Even last season had over 300. I thought this being the final season would be bringing everyone out to talk about it in waves. I been watching, its pretty decent for the most part, but it has dropped the ball on a lot too. The answers have been so lame, I stopped caring about them a long time ago now. The characters are still running around and they JUST learned why they are on this island? And the whole Jacob/MiB storyline does nothing for me to be honest, I liked it when the show was moving closer to a sci fi/time travel plot. Its sad Dharma and the Others are basically just a footnote in all of this. That said, I'm looking forward to the finale. THe last episode was very good even if as someone said just wasted Widmores death (he was one of my favorite characters and I expected him to go out big) and I think the finale will wrap it up decently. We'll see but its been clear to me based on this last season LOST should definitely end after this season. It doesnt need to go on longer than this, but it has been quite a ride.
Originally Posted By hopemax > I hope this doesn't have some lame ending & we have to wait for "The Movie" next summer! < No movie, but you'll apparently have to get the DVD. <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/20/lost-dvd-extras/" target="_blank">http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05...-extras/</a> "EW has confirmed a TV Guide report that the producers plan to address a selection of baffling bits of unfinished business on the season 6 DVD, which goes on sale in August. An ABC insider says the set will include “new content that addresses some of the unanswered questions in an entertaining way,” though disputed reports that there could be as much as 20 minutes worth of mystery-resolution material."
Originally Posted By DAR Something tells me that's more ABC than the producers, oh who am I kidding, I'll still buy it.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Well, something i realize after Across the Sea - the conceit from the start was that everyone pretty much was going to die. If you had started the show like that, no one would have watched. And at this point i'm very much "might as well" which seems to be the consensus.
Originally Posted By mousermerf List-o-characters who were not given their due story resolution: Widmore Juliet Charlotte Lapidus Walt Eloise And of those the only one I see remotely being resolved is Eloise.
Originally Posted By hopemax I think we will get Juliet resolution in the finale too. The actress did shoot stuff for the finale, and the expectation is that Juliet is Jack's ex-wife in Sideways world. She and James can hook up for coffee, after the concert. But speaking of Juliet, does anyone think we'll find out why women who conceived on the island could not carry to term? Another big mystery set-up, setting up major angst for Sun to get off the island, that has just disappeared.
Originally Posted By DAR I don't think we'll get a Walt resolution. The only thing I want to know is what exactly is the light source and why does it need to be protected. I get that I'll be fine. I'm really excited and saddened for Sunday. Excited because I want to know how the story will end. Saddened because they may not be another show like this. It was one of the best written, best acted shows ever on tv. And it asked to do actually use your brain while watching. Sure it was frustrating at times. But for a show to cover, faith, science, time travel, alternate universes, who we are, where are we, what are we. This is going to be a show discussed for years and I'm grateful I was there from day 1.
Originally Posted By hopemax > The only thing I want to know is what exactly is the light source and why does it need to be protected. I get that I'll be fine. < This makes no sense to me. We didn't even know there was a mysterious light until 2 weeks ago. I could never be satisfied if the answers from Season 1, 2, 3 etc were skipped to provide an answer from something just introduced.
Originally Posted By DAR But that's the key to what the Island is. That's the explanation of why Locke could walk. Why Rose's cancer was cured. Why some of the women couldn't get pregnant.
Originally Posted By llanatoye and if the light source was revealed earlier there would be questions answered before they could be asked.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie I'm pretty sure we will be seeing Richard and Lapidas in the finally. Unless I see the body, I don't believe they're dead. (Ok, I'll make an exception for Sayid). I'm really not convinced that Widmore is dead. Too big a character to just die in a closet.
Originally Posted By DAR Did anyone ever watch the Sopranos? They left plot threads dangling all the time in that show? I guess that's why it won't bother me if some questions go unanswered. But I agree about Widmore, I want to know his purpose.
Originally Posted By utahjosh AAaaaaaaahhh!! Tonight is The End. I think I'll miss John Locke the most. The REAL John Locke. I'm expecting a bittersweet ending full of mystery and some good, haunting resolution.
Originally Posted By hopemax I saw terrible news about the Lost finale in a People magazine article...Josh Holloway will not be shirtless!
