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DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FINALE!!

(I use such references as "Latin" and "Ltn. John The Flying Beaver" to describe what the afterlife could be. It would be too mundane to just say "Heaven" and "Jesus/God" plus everyone should have their own idea right?)


This is my 4th try at writing a blogpost on the finale of Lost and for the first time since I created this thing, I can't for the life of me put the words together that could describe the last 2 and a half hours of the most emotional rollercoaster on television that I've ever witnessed.

I still haven't come to terms with the fact that it's gone and never coming back. I'll never forget the first time I watched it, back on the day when it first aired in the UK...I just had this awesome feeling that I was watching something special and now that it's all over, it's very clear to me it was more than that, but I can't think of a fitting word. The ending wasn't bittersweet for me, I don't understand how people can describe it like that, is it the fact that everybody is dead? Like Christian Shephard says

Everyone dies sometime, kiddo.

In my opinion, it was more of a "....And they lived happily ever after" finish.

There is so much to go through that I'm going to do a rundown of some noteworthy major characters, so in no particular order, here they are:


Had I known what she would have done later in Season 6, then I might have been a little less harsh on the episode "What Kate Does", as that episode was necessary for the story to progress the way it did. She killed the MIB in epic fashion and for me, that totally redeemed her character. I've never been a huge fan of hers, always running away from her issues instead of taking responsibilty for what she did, regardless of her good intentions, she was still the reason for at least 2 people dying and then she even flat out refused to take the fall for it when she was making deals with the prosecution in Season 4. Her manipulation of the Jack/Sawyer situation didn't exactly do her any favours, but I was indeed happy that she and Jack ended up together right before he died...and then after...? From the very first episode I always knew that Jack and Kate were meant to be together and the Sawyer/Juliet stuff was just another bump in the road for them. Let's hope Kate doesn't become a homewrecker in Heaven/Hell/Latin.


Ah, his character was mysterious, exciting and in a way - loveable. Everything he ever did was for the good of the people on the island and that is ammicable. He's saved so many lives and yet...the average fan just sees him as that ageless dude that was taking orders from Ben/Jacob. His backstory shows that he has had the worst experiences out of all of the Lost gang and he never complained about it (that we saw). Jacob recruited Richard because he wanted somebody to communicate with the people that came to the island, so that the MIB couldn't manipulate them or even kill them. I'm not sure how successful that turned out to be (especially under Ben's regime with the purge and stuff) but essentially, I think it helped to have a 2nd in command. I loved the Richard character and it's a pity we didn't see more of him. Who knows what kind of life he ended up living after he left on the Ajira flight, but I'm sure after he died, he found his own peace with Isabella...in Heaven/Hell/Latin.


What a waste of a character, a shit one at that. Added nothing to the dynamic of the group and was essentially boring. Then she went and got herself blown up ("Blown up? You said my parents died in a car crash!!"...heh...had to.) Her character deserves a place in Heaven/Hell...but not Latin. Even though she was...was she Latino? I dunno. Who cares. Everytime I watch the dynamite scene from now on, I shall shout "OPA!" Just for shits and giggles.


They weren't exactly Adam & Eve (I was wrong...I know), but they certainly added a light-hearted feel to whole thing. When things are going shit for everybody (like Jack's gonna blow up the island) they give us a different perspective to the one we're used to. In their eyes, they really don't care if they die or not, as long as they're together why should it matter? They have faith and that's what makes them accept their fate; that they're going to die no matter what. As little as they were shown in the last 2 seasons, their appearances have always been, to some degree, important. They were like the Grandparents of the Islanders, always there when there is a need for good, heartwarming advice. I hope they give God/Ltn. John The Flying Beaver some good times in Heaven/Hell/Latin.


The big guy was certainly comic relief and in the finale he proved to be much more than that. The producers created the role FOR Jorge Garcia, something which is extremely believable as he is obviously such a tremendous character. Up until somewhere around the fourth season, Hurley was more of a background character, I never thought that he would be such a huge asset to the end game of Lost. He is most definitely one of my top 5 favourite characters as the show would have been extremely mundane without him...we totally needed him when the shit hit the fan. Who knows how long he lived as leader of the island or how he changed things, but I do know this; Ltn. John the Flying Beaver/God will be very proud to have him in Heaven/Hell/Latin.


Bringing Ben in was one of the smartest things the producers ever did on the show. He is truly the biggest cunt on the face of the Earth and yet pretty much redeemed himself in the last season, especially the Finale. He killed at least 40 people in the purge, murdered John Locke, was responsible for Sayid slaughtering all those men and women and yet...we still hoped that Ben was a good guy didn't we? He has alot to atone for and that's why I think he waited outside the church, to repent and hopefully one day join his fellow castaways to wherever they're going. John Locke's forgiveness of Ben and all of the wicked things he'd done was probably one of the greatest scenes in the entire series, emotion-wise. I hope he enjoys life with Danielle and Alex in the between life and I am glad that he and Hurley had a great time on the island, I always knew there was a certain chemistry (no homo) between them, especially after the Season Four episode Cabin Fever. To Ben: Give 'em Hell...in Hell!/Heaven/Latin.


I think for me, he didn't make much of an impact as I'd like in the grand scheme of things. I guess they didn't know what to do with him, too many cooks and all that. He went through alot of shit to be the good guy that he turned out to be, even when the love of his life perished, it didn't take long for him to stop blaming Jack and start getting on with what's important: Surviving. He felt great shame for what happened to Jin, Sun and Sayid, but luckily Jack reassured him that it wasn't his fault and it was this moment that I think Sawyer realised that Jack had only the best intentions at heart...just like him. Sawyer has been the victim of some really bad writing in the past (Recon), but it didn't stop him from being a great character. Do you think Ltn. John The Flying Beaver can be conned by him in Heaven/Hell/Latin?

Just how is he special? What exactly are the powers he possesses?

The questions above are ones that I never need to have answered. What's the point? Do you ask how magic occurs in Harry Potter? No, because it's fiction, just like Lost. That is why, when Jacob first appeared I knew that he would be an epic character. He'd been mentioned as early as Season 3, but we didn't really have a clue who this guy was, all he did was give "The Others" lists with people's names on them and they acted like they feared him. It was at the end of Season Five that we actually got to see this guy...and he didn't seem scary at all! His evil twin brother on the other hand was nutso, yes that's right, I said EVIL. Jacob to me was a good man with alot of flaws, his job as protector made him that way, aswell as the fact that he made a grave mistake when he popped his brother into the source and thus The Smoke Monster was born. I think Jacob has always had the best intentions, his campfire chat with the losties definitely gave us some closure on that even if some will disagree. If it wasn't for Jacob, I think Season Six would have sucked even more than it did. Let's hope he doesn't make Ltn. John The Flying Beaver a candidate by "touching" him in Heaven/Hell/Latin.

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Hi. Yeah I dunno how to start this blogpost off, which is a first for me because as you can tell by the others that I've written, I usually have a subject in mind. That being said however, I do have a couple of things that I want to ramble about, the first being...

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(If you haven't caught up with the latest episode of Lost Across The Sea then don't read this.)

I didn't expect to be doing another blog in regards to Lost before the Finale...but I think I've finally pieced some of it together.


So I really haven't figured out what happened to him in the last episode, whether he's the smoke monster or whether he was just another victim of the smoke monster, anyways I'm going to give an overall theory on a few things and why I think he has something to do with them.

Now we all know that pregnant women who concieve on the island have little to no chance of carrying the child full term, resulting in death of baby and mother, however that only started some point after "The Incident". Now we assume that the smoke monster has been trying to kill some of the potential candidates since it manifested itself as John Locke, I mean that's all we've been shown right? Wrong. I believe he's been trying to kill off the candidates since Day 1 and he is what caused the pregnancy issues somehow. He didn't want anymore possible candidates to replace Jacob's job, he wants a way off of the island by any means necessary so he'll kill whoever he has to to make that happen.

That's not all, notice how alot of deaths on the show have been somehow influenced by certain unexplainable events? Boone died because John Locke had a vision...could it be that this was the smoke monster playing with his mind? Boone's sister Shannon saw what we think was Walt, which led her to her death by Ana Lucia. Nikki and Paulo were paralysed by the Madusa Spiders (which were actually a manefestation of the monster) and this certainly led to their death. John Locke was manipulated to die by Christian Shephard (who the smoke monster admitted was him all along). Of course the monster has directly killed alot of people, could this be because they themselves broke whatever rules that were set by MIB and Jacob?


After his first encounter with the Monster in Season One, Locke stated,

"I looked into the eye of this Island, and what I saw was beautiful".

For me, this sums up that they have had "The Source" in mind for a while. I have no idea how Locke saw it from his experience with the monster; perhaps the monster manifested itself into an image of it, or even dragged him towards it...who knows if we'll ever find out. More proof that he possibly knew about the source is when he spoke to Eko and described his encounter with the monster as seeing a "bright light" and in the Season One finale, Locke wanted to be dragged by the monster into one of those vent things, remember? (Side Note: I really think it's a shame what they did with the Locke character, he had so much potential...no matter what he does in these sideways flashes, I don't think there is going to be redemption for the man we all knew and loved)

Which brings me to...


What more is there to learn about him? Well, I think we have seen all we need to...some of us may not have known it though. In the last episode "Across The Sea", it is quite clear that "Mother" intended MIB to take over her job, this is why he recieved the special treatment...however not all things go to plan as Jacob is the one who takes over eventually, after MIB shuns them both for life with another group of people and refuses to allow "Mother" to tell him what to do (in a nutshell).
What does any of this have to do with John Locke? Look at the parallels! I believe that he was "The Chosen One" by Jacob, he had the will and desire to protect and serve the island, even in death (which is exactly what he did)...however he was never meant to die, MIB used all of his energy and resources to get Ben to kill him (MIB couldn't do it directly because this would have been a major rule break). Jacob picked Locke as his main candidate, the others were just backups incase anything happened (which it did). Locke is MIB and Jack is Jacob. Jack is Jacob's replacement now, not exactly his first choice but he'll do. Which is exactly what happened with Jacob, MIB and "Mother". I hope I'm making SOME sense.


This is one of the things about the sideways flashes that I'm actually interested in! Wahay! LOL. I'm not sure what kind of impact this would have on Lost as a whole, or the current storyline even, but this is something that I hope gets cleared up before Lost is gone forever. David is Jack's son who's mother is still to be identified. I've narrowed it down to 3 choices...

1. Juliet
2. Kate
3. Sarah

Juliet because I don't think her time on Lost has come to a complete close, we have yet to see her in the sideways flashes and I think maybe we're going to find out what the whole "we should go Dutch!" thing was right after the Nuke...exploded(?).

Kate...well, I don't honestly think it's her as she has already met Jack in the sideways and they were strangers to eachother. However I thought I'd say her just in case, worse things have happened on Lost (Do I have to remind you of the whole temple shit that we had to endure for 5+ eps?).

Sarah is the one I'm really rooting for. She isn't the most popular character (by far) but she is DAMN hot...can't we get her back on Lost for just a few minutes? All jokes aside, I think it would be a great reveal if she was, I have no other reason to think she is though.

The other thing that I'm quite interested in is where the Hell Jack got that cut on his neck in the Season 6 premiere? What kind of significance does that have on the rest of the season? My thoughts? Knowing Jack, he probably cut himself shaving. Doughnut. Unless it's some kind of epic battle that he has with MIB then I have no idea.


The Island sinking is the end. It is the end of all the troubles that the damned thing has caused, I can't imagine the amount of people that have died for it. The end can't be Jack taking Jacob's place, that is not finite, that is a loop. There is a reason the show has been focused on the passengers of Flight 815, it's because they are the end of a game that has lasted since time began - Across The Sea proved that. We will never know how it all started, who became the first "Jacob", because before him there was "Mother" and it goes on and on... It's neverending...until now. I want resolution for my favourite characters, I want them to get away from that rock...what good is Jack as the new "leader"? What does it accomplish? We've seen it happen before! That isn't resolution. So here's hoping that the Island doesn't destroy anyone else's life... unless it's Kate's.

That's all I want to say about Lost right now, apologies for my lack of writing skill in this one, it's almost 1am, I'm boiling hot in this apartment thanks to the hot weather and today has been testing to say the least (if my Autism was The Source, then I went head-first in it this morning).

Who knows what I'll talk about in my next Lost blog. This might even be the last one before it ends. Scary. I'll try and do one before the Finale...yes infact I will!

(Another Side Note: You know, if I am right about my main theories, then that could mean that it's took me 5 years to figure out what Lost is all about..only a couple of episodes before the finale! Not exactly amazing stuff, but I would be satisfied)

'Till next time....

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It's late and my mind is working overdrive thinking of the tiniest little things...the kind of things that make you wonder whether you're crazy, dumb, or the smartest thing since Einstein. A random thought came to me, which was then passed on to my friend Laura who, bless her, somehow responded with some words of comfort, understanding, confusion, empathy and most of all *INSIDE JOKE ALERT!* "Haybo". My thought was on the subject of Lost and the fact that so many little things and so many big things have not been answered on the show, so I wanted to show off my own little theories on the things that I believe might be answered before the show is over. I really just wanna see if I'm right, wrong or just plain insane.

So here begins the mindless drivel of a 21 year old with temporary insomnia.
Let's start with what I would suggest are the bigger mysteries:

The Monster.

Since the Pilot, this has been the single biggest mystery of all, this is what made Lost different from all the other TV shows out there. The "unknown threat" as it were, has been a murderous villain throughout the series who has manipulated, murdered and confused the survivors of Oceanic 815 and even people before then ala Richard Alpert and the DHARMA Initiative. The monster is made of what looks to be smoke and static (?)... and he can shape shift between other forms like the Medusa Spiders and Yemi. Currently he is under the guise of a dead John Locke and apparently according to Illana cannot change anymore (apart from being that black smoke thing).

Verdict: The Monster has always been a huge mystery to me, even my best guess has sounded like utter crap to myself and everyone else. Apparantly he used to be human perhaps? Maybe we'll get his back story on that and why he turned into a creepy black smoke thing. I think it certainly has something to do with the Island's powers, if it has any? I mean, it does have time travel, why not the ability to turn the average human being into a big massive fuck off monster. Jacob and Dogen seem to think that he is the essence of all evil in the world...what does this mean? That he's the devil? They're in Hell? Maybe. Also, I'd like to suggest that in "The Man Behind The Curtain" when Ben took Locke to "visit" Jacob, perhaps it wasn't Jacob at all that went all crazy, perhaps it was the MIB all along...which has been suggested by alot of people, so this isn't completely my own idea, but it's a theory I tend to stick to.

Adam and Eve.

(This is something that IS going to be answered before or during the Finale)

The skeletons in the caves which were nicknamed by John Locke have been a mystery since the beginning of the first season, one of them had two stones in their pocket, one white and one black. The producers have confirmed that Adam and Eve are indeed important and are proof that the show has always been built around a certain theme that we may yet to have discovered.

Verdict: I'm not 100% convinced but I would place a small amount of money on the assumption that these remains are those of Rose and Bernard Nadler. We don't know where they've been since "The Incident" and their presense in Lost has been uplifting and helpful to the rest of the 815 survivors. There was an anagram in the Room 23 video: "Only Fools Are Enslaved By Time and Space" when jumbled is "Bones of Nadlers May Lay Deep In Lost Cave". This doesn't clear up the mystery at all as far as I'm concerned, maybe it would be too obvious? Or maybe they're hiding in plain sight.

Rivalry.

MIB and Jacob have had a relationship that is far from solid. While they seem friendly and civil towards eachother, there is an underlying hatred there as Jacob won't let MIB leave, thus in turn, MIB wants to kill Jacob...and does (with Ben's help). The nature of their lives are governed by a set of rules that each must follow...I think. There are loopholes (as proved by MIB when he got Ben to kill Jacob) and there are obstacles (MIB cannot ultimately kill any of the candidates). Which brings the question...candidates for what? Leadership? Eh. There are plenty of questions regarding this matter. Who made the rules? Why? Do the mysterious boys that appear to MIB have anything to do with it? What would happen if MIB were to leave the island?

Verdict: In regards to the questions above, it would be impossible to have any kind of theory really. I don't think I know enough yet to establish a credible thought, however I could take a guess. I believe the significance of the rivalry is the backbone of Lost, I believe this was well thought up a long time ago by the producers, at least since the end of Season One. The only thing that I can say is that I believe that Jacob and MIB are brothers, maybe even twins. So much for a theory.

Sideways Flashes.

To be perfectly honest, I want to say it right here, right now, in writing..."Expose" aside, I believe that this has been the weakest plot point of the entire series. I am not too happy about it and it's going to take alot in these last few episodes to convince me that these weren't a complete waste of fucking time. Once again, if you're a fan of the show, you'll know what I mean by "Sideways Flashes" Now that that's out of the way, what do I truly believe they are?

Verdict: They seem to be the result of Jughead exploding...however how does that explain the Island submerging? A nuke would not sink an island, an island is not sinkable, especially since only the core of the bomb was used, thus making it less effective if anything. Unless it's not your typical island - structure wise - like there wasn't a very sturdy bottom to it? Bollocks. There are a few other things that I think may be the answer, for instance maybe Desmond has something to do with it? Widmore wants to test this guy using electromagnetic machines and shit...fuck it, I can't continue with a feesable theory for it, I don't think I have all the pieces to the puzzle yet to figure out what it could be. So in short, it's anyone's guess.

P.R.D.

Once again the producers have confirmed that this is something that they will, in some way, clear up, however they also said that it might not be in the actual show (whatever that means). The P.R.D is the Periodic Resupply Drop. It is a food pallet intended for the inhabitants of the Swan hatch and possibly other DHARMA stations. The mystery here is that long after the purge the P.R.D was still functioning - somebody in a helicopter (or plane) had been dropping these supplies even though the DHARMA Initiative had been "defeated". Who was doing it and why?

Verdict: Well, I would assume it has something to do with Faraday as he spent some time in Ann Arbor, Michigan (DHARMA HQ), but that's a very loose guess. Another plausable answer could be the fact that the time on-island is different to off-island. So basically, while it's 2004 on-island, it could be 1974 off-island, therefore the pallet could be coming from a different time to what the "Losties" think it is...or thought it was...or could be?


How do I think it's going to end? Well ultimately I have a few inklings, maybe Jack will save the day like he always almost kinda never does? There has been alot of sacrifice, which I think is a major theme when it comes to Lost. Examples: Sayid blowing himself up (and not for the sake of Allah), John Locke and that whole hanging/killing/murder thing, Jacob when he let Ben stab him, Charlie when he drowned himself to unblock the signal, Jin when he drowned himself to stay with Sun, Boone according to Locke was the sacrifice that the Island demanded. There are plenty more examples of sacrifice, not all leading to death of course, but they've all had a major impact on the show as a whole. They were all game-changers. I believe there will be resolution, unsolved mysteries and a shit load of death. If Jack or Hurley die then it's kinda unfortunate as they have been the best characters in my opinion especially in this dire last season.

When all is said and done, I shall post another blog stating my theories on the things that they didn't answer. I really hope the producers have an Ace up their sleeve, because I'm having serious doubts as we're coming toward the end of the show, it's important that they wrap it up in a way that pleases most of the fans. I personally am looking forward to the next few episodes and really hope that they are well executed and in a word: Epic.

'Till next time...

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