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I believe the finale repeats this Saturday night.
In case people didn't DVR it the first time.
It was available from iTunes really early Monday morning, much earlier than usual.
I believe the finale repeats this Saturday night.
In case people didn't DVR it the first time.
You know those Oceanic 815 plane crash images that ran after Jack's (Matthew Fox) eye closed and the "Lost" logo appeared on our TV screens? Some "Lost" fans and TV critics have wondered if they were a last Easter egg from the producers, a clue meant to lead us to conclude that no one survived Oceanic 815's crash landing — and therefore everything we've seen over the last six years never really happened.
Well, ABC wants to clear the air: Those photographs were not part of the "Lost" story at all. The network added them to soften the transition from the moving ending of the series to the 11 p.m. news and never considered that it would confuse viewers about the actual ending of the show.
"The images shown during the end credits of the 'Lost' finale, which included shots of Oceanic 815 on a deserted beach, were not part of the final story but were a visual aid to allow the viewer to decompress before heading into the news," an ABC spokesperson wrote in an e-mail Tuesday.
That means, Losties, that we were not supposed to think that Christian Shepherd (John Terry) is a liar. What Christian told his son, when they were reunited at the church, should serve as guidance for our interpretation of the series' ending.
So let's review: Christian told Jack that he was dead and everyone else in the church was too — some had died before Jack, as we already knew, and some died long after. The sideways flashes then were a step in everyone's after-lives, a way to reconnect before moving on permanently. While there still may be unanswered questions related to that religious and spiritual conclusion to the "Lost" story, the photographs were really just a nostalgic, transitional touch added by ABC executives — and not executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.
Love or hate it, that's the final answer.
— Maria Elena Fernandez
This is interesting. Apparently during the end credits Sunday night, some stations ran a split screen showing an image of the original 815 crash site. Some people are using this as evidence that either 1) the Ajira plane didn't make it off the island with Kate, Claire, et al, or 2) since the crash site showed no people, the entire episode meant that they all died on the original 815 flight. Now an LA Times blog has confirmed that this was simply stock footage of the 815 crash site that was inserted by ABC, and not part of the episode.
'Lost' exclusive: ABC sets the record straight about the series finale's plane crash images | Show Tracker | Los Angeles Times
I thought it was nice--kind of a confirmation that "they're gone now," or "they're not LOST anymore."
I think I just realized that Desmond's real purpose, this season, was to get the viewer to let go and realize that nothing mattered. "It's just a show, brotha. Don't bother looking for sense and resolution where there's none to be found. Let go. Let. Go. Brotha."
And then the last episode was him hitting us with his car.
It took you two days to come up with that?
Move along, nothing to see here...
I think deep is your constant. Hope you guys are able to find each other in your flash-sideways one day.
Probably also worth reminding yourself that like a month or two ago I said that Lost was the pinnacle of American television, based on what I've seen. And I'll remind you, myself, that I still agree with that. Might help you to chill out, although I have enjoyed your overreactions. They speak volumes about how insecure you are (for no reason) in your enjoyment of the show. (Not talking to you, Lance. I didn't know you watched Lost...?)
ROFL"...pinnacle of American television..." - You're kidding right? Half decent show with some brilliant moments and more filler than any show in history maybe. For "pinnacle" I suggest you try The Shield, The Wire, The Larry Sanders Show and Rod Serling's Twilight Zone. Oh, and probably the first couple of seasons of All In The Family as well as the first couple of seasons of Homicide:Life On The Street.
"...pinnacle of American television..." - You're kidding right? Half decent show with some brilliant moments and more filler than any show in history maybe. For "pinnacle" I suggest you try The Shield, The Wire, The Larry Sanders Show and Rod Serling's Twilight Zone. Oh, and probably the first couple of seasons of All In The Family as well as the first couple of seasons of Homicide:Life On The Street.
Probably also worth reminding yourself that like a month or two ago I said that Lost was the pinnacle of American television, based on what I've seen.
Maybe they didn't read the interviews too clearly.
(gvox, i think, was one of several hundred thousand people who initially thought the credits sequence implied that everyone died in 2004???? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH HIM, THAT STUPID PIECE OF SHIT??????);
gvox, if they actually died when the plane crashed how do you explain the Oceanic Six?
In your interpretation, did the six actually never go back?
What about Widmore's freighter? Did that blow up due to...?
What about Ben? Who's he been talking to the whole time both on and off the island?
What about Juliet being brought to the island?
Or did none of that exist? At all?
I'm not mocking you, I'm genuinely asking, especially since I haven't read any other online theories other than the ones posted here in this thread since the finale.
Also, if the island time wasn't real and they all died in the original 815 crash, they wouldn't have gotten to know each other, and thus, wouldn't have been important to each other, nullifying their need to meet again in the afterlife (and, the entire purpose of the show).