Yes. I had a Lost marathon, from Season 3 to 6 in just 4 days. Since I was down because of a bacterial infection, I had no choice but to enjoy this mind boggling series once again. The series finale was good but it should have been better. Why? Because it left so many questions left unanswered.
First question that popped into my head was, after building the conflict between Ben and Charles for 4 long seasons, how was the conflict between them got resolved? Yes Ben got his revenge in the end but why did Charles dogged him for that long in the first place? Im just a lay man so what I got was Charles wanted to go to the island because he wants to stop the Man in black from leaving the island. But was Ben helping the Man in black escape? No. So why the conflict? As far as I got they dont have no conflict at all. Ben was trying to stop the people from leaving the island thus he was really preventing the Man in black to escape, so in essence Ben and Charles are in the same team. Yes, Ben banished Charles from the island but that was not really emphasized. Charles got banished, so what? He wants to go to the island again yes, but why hire mercenaries to kill Ben for that? Somehow this conflict got lost in translation.
Second, what happened to the rule of the island that no babies can be born on it? Again this was lost in the series. It did not get answered, it was simply put aside and got forgotten.
Third, what happened to Miles, Richard, and the pilot? They escaped the island yes and then?
Fourth, in the flash sideways that now we know as time of the afterlife for the people on the plane. Where were the other characters? Some of them died on their stay on the island but they were on the church. But a bunch of them were not there, does that mean they skipped the reunion of souls because they dont care about the other people on the island?
Fifth, whats the numbers for? Yes we know that it was suppose to represent to candidates, but why did the Dharma people stenciling it on the door? Why was it bad luck for Hurley and not for the others? Wha?
Sixth, so all the time travel that happened on the island true? If it was true whats a valid explanation for it? Because the island is mysterious? Is that a valid explanation?
Seventh, the island disappeared, it was hard to locate, spin a wheel and the island changes location...why? Can we just let them say that it was a mysterious island and we swallow it hook, line and sinker? Explain please.
To make the long story short, it seems the island and the mysteriousness of it all got pushed aside for drama between the characters. Man i know that what keeps the people happy but the island is what kept me from watching the show. Sure, the island got its importance because it was like a cork that keeps the man in black or the smoke in check but why? It just make no sense.
Dont get me wrong, I like the ending. But so many questions were left unanswered. Or maybe I was just not paying attention.
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