I have no expectations. In my quarter century of watching television I have learned better. How many shows have I enjoyed like this one? Thinking hard, I can say, “None.” I have had a deep, abiding love for Gilmore Girls since my mom introduced me to it at the beginning of high school (Rory and I were both class of 2003 high school graduates and basically hit the same milestones at the same time; I always felt that if you mashed her personality and her mother’s together you’d have a pretty good composite of my tendency to be long-winded, random, and filled with useless trivia) and I was terribly disappointed not only by the finale itself, but the last season or two of the show in general. But with that I had some expectations from the very beginning about where the show was going to go. When they changed a lead character’s personality and general decision making ability on a whim, I nearly checked out. There was some emotion to that ending for me, but the show had stopped being very important to me a few seasons before then anyway.
With LOST, not so much. Tomorrow I will be explaining my affinity for the show, but for now I will say that it was the first TV show that I got into on my own and really stuck with. I have been watching it longer than I have known my husband. That’s saying something.
There are some questions I would like them to address. The ten I list below are ones that I could imagine being answered tonight. The others I just can’t see them having the time for, or the willingness to touch with a 10-foot pole. There are plenty of examples out there of movies, TV shows, books, etc. that have left parts of themselves shrouded in mystery. Some of those have gone on to gain a cult following (think Star Wars, Twin Peaks, The X-Files, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) that thrives on what devotees can do with their imaginations, using the gaps that the writers left to theorize and create works of their own, building on the original work. I think that if everything gets wrapped up with a bow it will be doing a disservice to all the fans who have thrived on developing theories surrounding the mysteries of the show. Some things must be answered. Others, for the sake of the show’s legacy, can’t be touched. People will love this show for as long as they can talk about it. If you give them all the answers there is nothing left.
- Is John Locke (The Real John Locke™) gone for good?
- What is the alt-timeline and how does it relate to the on-Island timeline? Is it the “end” that these “means” are getting us to?
- What is Charles Widmore’s importance and is he really dead? (I do NOT believe he is dead.)
- How will Desmond act as a fail-safe this time?
- Who is David’s mother? (My guess is Juliet since they seem to be building up to it and she’s the only really important female character that we haven’t seen in the alt-timeline so far.)
- Will Jack be able to kill the Man in Black? HOW?
- Will Jack make it off the Island? (Guess: No.)
- Who will Kate’s romantic choice be or will there be one at all?
- Were any of these people really special or was it all just chance?
- What are they preventing from happening by killing the Man in Black?
And a few they could throw in there if they have a second to spare:
- Who is/was Annie and did she have any importance?
- Were ALL of the dead people we saw on-Island manifestations of the Man in Black?
- Is Jacob truly good and the Man in Black truly evil? (You could say that was answered in Across the Sea, but it wasn’t [pardon] black and white.)
- Does the DHARMA Initiative play any greater role than what we have seen?
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OH MY GRACIOUS, Elizabeth. Confession: Although I have been wondering about Juliet this ENTIRE season, I never connected that we haven’t seen David’s mother. HELLO! I am ashamed at the malfunction of my synapses…or something.
I want to know about Annie.
I am terribly excited for tonight.
@Melissa – My husband, with ever the close attention to detail, has pointed out to me that David has blue eyes. He believes this lends further credence to the idea that Juliet could be his mother.
GAH. Fact: Told Kevin that I’m just almost as excited as I was on our wedding day. And then I apologized.
I’m betting Juliet is David’s mother.
My question is: where are all the children survivors? The ones that were kidnapped in…what?… the second episode? Where are they? What did the Others want with them? Will we see them again? what have they witnessed? What about Walt?
@jedijson – Well, we did see them at the beginning of this season. Are they off with Cindy and some of the rest of Man in Black’s crew? Who knows.
I do not anticipate seeing Walt again and I think he grew up too fast for them to employ him and his fascinating storyline the way they may have planned in the beginning. Too bad, because I really wanted to understand why he was “special.”
oooh i forgot about annie.
these poor lost writers.
“Oooh, I forgot about Annie.” – Overheard in the LOST writers’ room.
Ha.
“If you give them all the answers there is nothing left.”
Perfect.
I’m not so worried about Annie, but that’s because I am conflicted about Ben, always have been. Is he good? Is he bad? We seem to have leaned back over to the bad side recently, with his shooting Widmore, but is he just playing the game? While he’s obviously involved and central to the plot, I have difficulty caring about/for him and have always assumed Annie was one of those characters brought in to try to get me to feel sorry for him.
I too loved Gilmore Girls and I also graduated in 2003.
The last few seasons did go down hill, but I always sob watching the finale. I actually became interested in Journalism from watching the show and ended up majoring in it… of course, no job market, hence why I am in nursing school.
Anyways, you definitely brought up a lot of things I keep forgetting about. I really feel like Juliet will be David’s mom and she might have an important role in the end.
I really want to know how these realities are connected.
I’m just so excited!!!
While I still have a lot of questions, I felt that it was the best finale that they could have given us. It was amazing, and I enjoyed it a lot.
I hope you did, too!
Um, did I miss something? Who is “Annie”?
Annie was Ben’s childhood friend who, by the looks of how they were building her up, might have been a big deal. Guess it’s just another one we’ll have to wonder about!