The End: Part 2

I'll take a few minutes to talk about Lost. What a show. What a life experience. Anyone who believes this is a bad ending is not smart enough and has to watch the whole show all over again, maybe they will understand the true essence of this television masterpiece.

I was young when I first watched this series (when it was first televised) I was confused by the ending, confused by the mysteries, and confused by the mind boggling plots. Yet lost still remained a great show.

12 years down the line I recently took the time out to re watch one of my favourite tv shows growing up. Safe to say I am glad I did, I understand now! I think rather than focusing on what the ending was, the real focus is on the journey I personally took with these characters, the amount of time my heart strings were pulled, and the genius character development behind each individual person. In my opinion lost was ahead of its time, this show paved the way for television series in the present day. From its heart felt moments both happy and sad, from its choice of music individually constructed to set the tone. Not to mention how connected you feel with the past and future of each character on your screen. The last episode is not confusing, it is beautiful. It is the only way for this experience to conclude!

Keep an open mind and let your thoughts run wild, lost is and will remain one of the greats!

I gave Lost a pass first time round 20 years ago after watching the first episode.

Forward wind to 2024 and for reasons unknown decided to binge it.

My yardstick for a quality series is The Wire, which for me is the best ever and my favourite.

I thought Lost was truly excellent: yes, there was the odd time ( towards the end) when I had to really concentrate to understand the time shifts. When I did that I thought of Hurley & Miles' hysterical exchange about time travel.

Drawing a lengthy continual series to a conclusion that doesn't rob the viewer who has invested significant time and emotion requires a high level of skill: the directors and writers of Lost nailed it pure and simple.

We thoroughly enjoyed watching Lost.

On an aside to the series itself what we really enjoyed was seeing so many actors who we weren't aware of in 2004 who went on to be in excellent subsequent series:

Alex: Bosch Ben:,Person of Interest Penny: For all Mankind Daniel: Justified

In summary: if you haven't watched Lost then it's highly recommended! Well worth the self imposed wait.

As someone who recently finished watching Lost, this episode was all I ever wanted. A beautiful and tearful conclusion to a wonderful show. They really did the characters justice here in the church scene.

I watched Lost back in '04-'10...having to wait every week for a new episode. Having to wait a year for the next season. And having some seasons break in the middle for several months.

I still enjoyed it overall, and also enjoyed taking a peek at the busy online fan communities at the time: everyone sharing feverish theories and building the show's mythology up into something it could never live up to. I was one of the many disappointed at the final season, thought the Flash-Sideways were a waste of time and groaned at the slow-mo cryathon ending. I guess I was hoping for an epic science-fiction sort of resolution.

Since it ended I've barely thought about Lost.

Fast-forward 12 years later, to Sep/Oct last year. Life has changed quite a bit: got a partner & kids now. During a bout of flu my lady fancied watching something addictive while recovering but wasn't sure what. For some reason I immediately thought of the first season of Lost (she'd never seen it).

Needless to say, she got hooked big-time...and so did I. Couldn't keep my eyes away despite knowing the main events. The mysteries, camera & music, acting, dialogue, humour, tension...it all worked perfectly.

Fast-forward a few months later and we're burning through Season 6 and I slowly have a little revelation...these flash-sideways have more meaning, as I know how it ends. And when the finale comes around, instead of groaning I'm feeling the emotion.

They've moved on, and with that realisation I feel like I've made my peace with this finale.