A Bad Robot Take on Lost?

This is interesting. Makes sense it could be really for a writer. And if it's not, then, well, it still makes sense to me.

Lost

So this was a good weekend, but the first thing I have to write about was last night's series finale of Lost. So sad that this show, which has been so entertaining for six years, is off the air. However, here are a couple of links that synthesize all of the responses to last night's episode. The Chicago Tribune one seemed particularly on point. Doc's is coming up!

And this ranking of episodes is pretty cool, too.

So what did I think? In some ways, I felt like there were a lot of questions unanswered. Like the fertility of the women on the island, the polar bear, the time travel. But the religious undertones, the idea of heaven, purgatory/limbo, the idea of fate vs. free will--all of it came together. I think Christian Shepherd's speech at the end about what happens when you die--being reunited with loved ones and finding each other--I think a lot of it resonated because that is what you hope happens. All of the people you loved and lost and went on the journey with come together and you reunite and you move forward together to what comes next, which is heaven.

Some details made little sense. Nadia always seemed to be Sayid's true love, not Shannon. Why did Jack have a son? And did they really have to kill Jin and Sun???? I wanted them to have the happily ever after with Kate, Claire, Miles, Lapidus, and Richard Alpert. But I liked the Doubting Thomas-esque nature of Ben, waiting outside the church. I liked Hurley, the good-natured one, becoming the guardian. And it felt appropriate for Jack to die in a way, seeing the plan overhead and his eye closing. It harkened back to the series premiere.

Lostpedia does a good job of rounding things up. I'm not entirely convinced the creators knew all along what they were doing--perhaps they knew the destination if not the journey. But a fabulous show, and I'm sorry to see it end.

Lost!

Lost returns tonight for its final season. Definitely one of the most anticipated events of 2010. I'm really going to miss this show, its intelligent writing, its use of history and philosophy and science fiction and its fantastic actors.

Here's another fantastic Doc Jensen column. It would be interesting to go back through these at the end, to see how right he was, huh?

The anticipation is building!

The Return of Lost!

Lost returns tonight! Whoo hoo!

Here are some unanswered questions.
My favorites:

48. Will the WGA strike permanently disrupt the original plan to end the series with three seasons of 16 episodes apiece?

47. What is Charles Widmore's association with the Dharma Initiative?

46. Who were those guys in the icebound monitoring station at the end of Season 2?

41. Where exactly is the island located?

39. Who are the people on the rescue ship?

38. If Penny Widmore didn't send the ship, then where is her rescue crew?

37. Can Juliet really be trusted?

32. What did Jack mean in the flash-forward when he made a reference to his supposedly dead father being upstairs?

28. Why do all pregnancies result in death on the island?

24. What do the numbers -- 4 8 15 16 23 42 -- mean?

23. Why does the doctor in the Dharma Initiative-orientation films have different names in different films?

11. Who besides Kate and Jack got off the island?

10. Who is Kate's unseen mate in the post-island flash-forward?

8. In Jack's post-island flash-forward, who was in the coffin?

5. How did Mikhail (the eye-patch guy) appear to come back from the dead?

4. Why doesn't Richard Alpert age?

3. What is Jacob?

2. What is the smoke monster?

1. What is that island?

Doc Returns

After a three month or so hiatus, Doc Jensen has returned to posting his ruminations of Lost on EW. Half the time, I have trouble following his mind's meanderings on what philosophical undertones are behind the show's plot, but this time I could follow pretty quickly. What a great show. I finally went and saw the Orchid video, now conveniently on ABC's webpage. I am sure there will be more teases to come.