Whisper Words Of Wisdom

I've never been a person who needed closure when it came to films and never been wrapped up in a series enough to care, so the fact that Lost didn't really tell us anything other than what we already kind of knew and instead raised a couple more questions, I was neither disappointed nor appeased by last night finale.

So they were dead. And the whole sideways universe thing was purgatory. We had kind of thought the island was limbo, so joke's on us I suppose. The island happened. The crash happened. I don't think they all died in the crash. I think everything that happened on the island, happened. Whatever happened, happened right?

I'm gonna say that the finale made it seem like the the show wasn't about some mystical island at all but instead these individuals and their private struggles with imperfections. While five out of six seasons focused heavily on the strange happenings on the island, around the island, leading people to the island, the island the island the island, the finale seemed not to be concerned with addressing that whatsoever, not explaining a thing. You'd think that the island was the background all along and that it could've been anything really. Almost as if they came up with two show ideas and just squished them together, using one to distract from the other. I dunno. This is giving me a headache.

I'm guessing the end scene happens in a timeless scenario, accepting that Kate & Sawyer and crew got off the island and probably died decades later, and then met up with their buddies in pre-purgatory psycho-sideways land in their island age selves. Hurley and Ben and maybe Desmond if he lived were left on the island to protect it from who knows what. That's why Hurley tells Ben he was a great #2. And then people like Michael & Ben & Mr. Eko, all those guys weren't ready to move on so, they didn't. They couldn't let go.

So credit is due for creating this elaborate ruse to throw everyone off the scent and have us all think there was a lot more going on. From the Dharma Initiative to the smoke monster to the whole Jacob/MIB thing, it seems like the more imaginative and therefore make believe part of the story is the stuff we are meatn to believe "really happened", while the sideways world, where people are living normal lives and going about their business is in fact the non-reality where everyone is dead and waiting to be woken up so they can let go. Another interesting twist that I guess we didn't see coming. It doesn't really explain why everyone was so mixed up in purgatory, Hurley was lucky, James was a cop, Locke felt guilty about his dad, Jack had a son. None of this was true in the real, island world, so that didn't really make any sense but.... I need not try and make sense.

In the end they tied up emotional loose ends, reconnecting all the loves with their special someones, having Locke die in a pretty awesome fight scene for TV, and kid of resolving the whole candidate thing. I knew it was gonna be Hurley but after last week when Jack stepped up I didn't wanna say anything. Still no idea what the island is or what's down that hole. Is it hell? Is it the essence of mankind? What does that mean? And it's held in place by a rock? But I guess a bunch of other questions were sorta of answered. Not really tho.

I got a text from my sister halfway thru the finale asking whether or not she could enjoy "The Ending" after never seeing a single episode and only viewing the two hour "catch up" episode prior to the big finish. I'd have to say yes, because apparently, these past six years, all those twists and mysteries, for the most part, had nothing to do with anything and was just meant to mislead and entertain and confuse. While this has infuriated a few people, I think the fact that the writers never intended on explaining these things gets them off. So while it may not have been as entertaining/frustrating/intense/confusing/thought-provoking had you not seen every second of every episode, the overall message can be understood after a quick catchup and watching the finale scene. Once again, maybe the message of everyone in the show "letting go" and moving on is more a message to us to let go and let it be. So whisper words of wisdom...