Michael Dawson (Harold Perrineau) and his son Walt (Malcolm David Kelley) were both main characters for Lost's first couple of seasons before escaping the island at the end of season two. Instead, it was included so fans could "decompress," readjust, and collect themselves as the show transitioned to the 11 PM news. Not only do the Numbers make up the factors of the Valenzetti Equation, which was developed in order to predict the precise date that humans would eventually go extinct, but the Numbers also appeared in many more places and contexts than that during Lost's run, including being the numbers Jacob assigned to each of his six final candidates. We never get a clear answer about its mechanics, although it is implied that it has something to do with the island's powerful electromagnetic energy. Meanwhile, the true nature of this season's "flash-sideways" narrative device is revealed. The episode was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards in the categories of Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. [60] Danny Walker of the Daily Mirror listed the episode as one of the seven worst TV series finales, saying that it "left viewers with even more unanswered questions". Others, such as Eloise herself and Ben Linus, opted to remain in the flash-sideways rather than entering the church. After all, without the plane, they don't have a lot of resources for intercontinental travel. "[4], The resolution of the flash-sideways storyline as being a form of purgatory received considerable criticism: writing for Rolling Stone in May 2015, Sean Collins named "The End" as one of the worst series finales, and described the flash-sideways plot point as "corny". Desmond tells Jack that destroying the island and killing the Man in Black do not matter because he is going down to the heart of the island and leaving for another place. "[55] Some reviewers ended puzzled about the meaning of Lost. Jacob assigned a number to each of the candidates he drew to the island, and the final six candidates each synced up perfectly with one of the numbers: Locke was 4, Hurley was 8, Sawyer was 15, Sayid was 16, Jack was 23, and 42 referred to either Sun or Jin Kwon. [31] In Canada, viewers averaged over two million with the 7 pm special and the two-hour finale. Yet neither appears in the flash-sideways. The important thing ... is not answers. Like many of the more existential questions surrounding the ending of Lost, the show isn't really clear. The closest we get is Christian telling Jack that the people on the island created the flash-sideways together, rather than it just being a universal purgatory where they were cosmically drawn together. [42] Conversely, the TV critic Charlie Brooker, also writing for The Guardian, remarked that "The End"'s plot "made less sense than a milk hammock",[57] while the comedian Danny Baker called the episode "an outrage". A missing Pawhuska man is safe Monday night after spending the night stranded, lost in the cold and rain, after crashing his car in rural Osage County. On the island, after pursuing Kate romantically for the first few seasons, Sawyer gave up his chance to escape the island in order to allow Kate and the rest of the Oceanic Six to leave. After Kate, Sawyer, and Claire board the plane, Lapidus successfully gets it off the island. Presumably, Hurley and Ben did figure out a way to get him back home, although how they would've done it remains a mystery. The three main centre have season ending … Lost was the very definition of an ensemble show, with a large cast of characters who each received their own well-developed arc and fleshed-out backstory. [26] ABC charged up to US$900,000 for a 30-second commercial during the May 23 U.S. No Man's Sky Atlas Path walkthrough - how to reach the Atlas Path ending A pre-NEXT legacy guide explaining the mysterious Atlas, how to follow it, … It's worth noting that Hurley ultimately became the candidate chosen to become the new guardian of the island, suggesting that the numbers may have been tied into the idea of fate and inevitability — a prominent theme on Lost. Those already existed long before DHARMA showed up, and were in fact the reason why they came in the first place. After an emotional reunion, Christian opens the front doors, revealing another bright light that slowly envelops everyone inside the church. But whether Desmond made it home right away, or whether it took a while for Hurley and Ben to figure out how travel on and off the island works, we'll never know. Hurley asks him for help, and Ben is honored. The Man in the High Castle ending explained: Series boss unpacks the 'ambiguous' finale this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. The fact that both Claire and Kate regain their memories in the flash-sideways during Aaron's birth could subtly nod to the idea that they were both his mothers when they were alive. If you were thrown off because he’s missing part of his leg, that’s understandable. Eventually, the already convoluted narrative wound up incorporating time travel, with small groups being transported several decades back and forth in time. The two profess their love for each other and Kate leaves with Sawyer while Hurley and Ben follow Jack back to the pool. Then there are characters like Nadia, who had significant interaction with the main Lost characters during their lives, but who only play a minor role in the flash-sideways and never enter the church. The first episode opened on a shot of Jack's eye opening, and the series ended on a similar shot of his eyes closing, bookending the series on Jack's point of view. We don't know what happens to them after the Ajira plane takes off, but odds are that with Hurley in charge of the island, they're allowed to live out the remainder of their days in peace. What started as a seemingly straightforward show about groups of strangers surviving on an island together gradually evolved into something much weirder the longer the series went on. Later, his ghost appears to Hurley, who realizes Michael is now tied to the island and can't move on. See more. Was he just an illusion created by Jack or Juliet, or was he another real person tossed into a fictional afterlife scenario, who also needed to awaken to his real-world memories? When Nathan Bright discovers his middle brother Cameron dead by the gravestone of an unknown stockman—whose legendary tale lent weight to endless ghost stories—the scene penetrates his haze, but it doesn’t make any sense: why would Cameron stray … It seems likely that they probably all lived for a long while after leaving the island, since otherwise their final escape would ring a little hollow, but the details of their post-island lives are mostly left up to the viewers' imaginations. Since Claire was still on the island, Kate raised Aaron as her own. 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42 popped up in all sorts of places over the course of the series, from Hurley's winning lottery ticket to Kate's trial number and, of course, the sequence that Desmond spent two years punching into a computer every 108 minutes. [62], Writing in September 2014, Tom Eames of Digital Spy defended the finale, explaining that, although "divisive and controversial", it was "a beautiful piece of television". "The End" was watched by 13.5 million Americans and received a polarized response from both fans and critics. Collins felt that "this short-sighted decision [made] the series hard to happily revisit", and that the episode as a whole had "balked". However, after Juliet was killed in their attempts to prevent the "Incident" and Sawyer was transported back to 2007, he became determined to leave the island by any means necessary. It’s resolution. Or is this the true timeline, and maybe the island is just an elaborate "what if" scenario? [5], Reception of the episode, as well as later seasons of Lost on a whole, grew more negative over time to the point of infamy, regularly being considered one of the worst series finales ever. But time works differently in the afterlife. Reviewers from the Chicago Tribune and IGN called it the best episode of the season and praised its emotion and character. Further, "The End" takes pains to explicitly clarify that all the events that took place on the island were, in fact, real. Lost definition, no longer possessed or retained: lost friends. The problem, in that respect, is that Lost kept stepping in piles of shit it on its way to the ending: Eloise Hawking, and Katey Sagal's random episode, and being stuck in the '70s. Surely Christian's "most significant" period would've occurred well before his death, while Aaron's and Ji Yeon's would've likely been once they were adults.Â. Bender called at 6 AM to say the finale is completed exactly six years later. DHARMA was eventually wiped out by a group of people living on the island who were devoted to Jacob, known to the Lost characters as the Others. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje turned down an offer to return because of salary disagreements. Tales Of Ba Sing Se episode dedicated to Mako Iwamatsu whom passed away on July 21, 2006 after a long battle with esophageal cancer. He stated: "It had returning characters, tears, action, romance and as happy an ending as possible for a show like Lost. [27], In its original American broadcast, "The End" was viewed by 13.5 million households with a 5.8 rating/15% share in the 18–49 demographic, coming first in every time slot and boosting ABC to the highest rated network on Sunday. He added: "It looked like [Jack] was walking into a Hollywood wrap party without food or music – just a bunch of actors grinning idiotically for 10 minutes and hugging one another. The sixth and final season of the American serial drama television series Lost commenced airing in the United States and Canada on February 2, 2010. "[13] Emerson said: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, I have received the finale by degrees. That Ben was drawn to the church with the rest of them may be an indication that, cosmically at least, his service to the island was enough to redeem him for the horrible things he'd done in life, and that he could move on with the others. While it is certainly possible that Jacob had no idea what the Numbers were, and there was a larger hand of fate at work of which he was completely unaware, it seems unlikely that Jacob wouldn't have come across the Numbers during his millennia of life. Jacob's intent was to find a successor before that happened.Â, Jacob chose people who reminded him of himself — individuals who were alone and flawed, and who'd come to depend on the island as much as it would rely on them to keep it safe. Could it be possible that all of the conflicts on the island — the struggles for power, the shifting loyalties, the surprising love stories — were actually engineered? [64] Entertainment Weekly listed "The End" as the seventh best series finale ever, describing it as "a high-energy epic romp". [50] Peter Mucha of The Philadelphia Inquirer also spoke negatively of the finale, calling the series "one of TV's longest, lamest cons. Feb 05 2021, 7:30 PM. The Nation (Nairobi) ... My lost brother has returned back home," said Mr Okadapeo. The explanation given in "The End" is that they all died at different times, some way back in season one, and others many years after the end of season six. So how did that come about? Since Jacob was the one who granted Richard his immortality, it seems likely that his long life was actually tied to Jacob's, and that when Jacob died, his magic left with him. Well, in "The End," the flash-sideways is revealed to be the afterlife, where all the Oceanic survivors are brought back together following their deaths. [3][4][5] Chris E. Hayner of Zap2It named "The End" as the number one worst series finale, calling it "the king of disappointing series finales". I expect a mixture of satisfaction and consternation amongst the viewers when it airs. In fact, it was "the most important period" in the Oceanic survivors' lives. "[34] Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times also gave "The End" a perfect score, calling it "emotional, funny [and] expertly measured". [36] James Poniewozik of Time also praised "The End", calling it "full of heart and commitment";[37] Zap2it's Ryan McGee described the episode as "a masterpiece. Kenya: Man, 75, Returns Home After 46 Years, Ending His Family's Agony. It's also implied to have a form of consciousness, or at least self-preservation, granting immortality to the humans who are willing to take on the responsibility of keeping it safe.Â, While some of the earlier mysteries of Lost were revealed to have at least moderately plausible sci-fi explanations, the Heart of the Island requires viewers to accept some elements of the supernatural as well. [67] For the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, "The End" won for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series, while other nominations included Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score). [64] When he opts not to enter the church, Ben says he'll stay "for a while," indicating that it's not a permanent decision. He briefly agreed to take over from Jacob as the protector of the Island, after which he immediately fought the Man in Black to the death. But the DHARMA Initiative didn't create any of the island's "powers." He remarked: "[The Sopranos] was not about mystery, but its final scene was so inscrutable that fans are still squinting in an effort to figure it out. As for those on that Ajira plane — Frank, Kate, Claire, Richard, Sawyer, and Miles — we don't really know much about what happens to them. "Maybe there's another way. The group announced its departure Monday on Twitter, adding that they planned to reopen safely at some point in Las Vegas, New York, Chicago and Boston. Damon Lindelof, producer, reported on his Twitter page that the finale completed shooting in Hawaii on April 24, 2010, exactly six years after filming was completed on the show's pilot. [5] Maddie Crum of The Huffington Post selected "The End" as her choice for the most disappointing series finale of all time, saying that it was "a complete stock ending" with "cheap pathos plays". Home Mailbox Klopp howler was the real reason Liverpool lost to Man City ... the way things stand. Ultimately, it was made clear through several storylines (such as discussions of "the incident" in 1977, which wound up being largely caused by the Oceanic survivors trying to get back to the future) that there really was no original timeline or altered timeline; there was simply one timeline that had always existed, which certain people experienced in a nonlinear way. Even though Ben's presence in the flash-sideways seems to indicate that the Oceanic survivors were indeed the most significant people in his life, he elects not to enter the church with them. After I read it, I had to sit for five or 10 minutes, just reflecting and digesting, because it definitely makes an impact. [3] Writing for MTV in 2015, Josh Wigler called the episode "the finale that sucks", and said that it would live on "as the model for how NOT to finish your show". Is it maybe a parallel dimension created by the wonky powers of the island? After Jack leaves to restore the Heart, Ben also suggests to Hurley that he doesn't have to "protect" the island in the same way that Jacob did, and that maybe Hurley will find a better way. In the finale, he makes it off the island with the others in the Ajira plane, which is the last time we see him, since he never appears in the flash-sideways. He stated: "It had returning characters, tears, action, romance and as happy an ending as possible for a show like Lost." None of them lived on the island (or at least, not for long), so it couldn't possibly have been the most important time in any of their lives. It aired on ABC in the United States on May 23, 2010. "[38] Jason Hughes of TV Squad felt that "as finales go, 'The End' will definitely go down as one of the more satisfying ones". The church seems to symbolize that all of the Lost characters have said their goodbyes to their past lives, and they're finally ready to be at peace with one another. For a long time, it seemed likely that Oceanic 815 merely suffered some sort of tragic yet mundane technical malfunction. "[47] Max Read of Gawker was also particularly scathing, calling the finale "incredibly dumb" and remarking that "it ended in the worst way possible". During a prolonged fight, the Man in Black stabs Jack in the same spot where his appendix was taken out and almost kills him when Kate shoots the Man in Black in the back, allowing Jack to kick him off the cliff to his death. Pixabay (file photo). In the Lost finale, Miles observes that Richard has gotten his first gray hair, which is a subtle indication that he's started to age. However, in Lost's final season, we learn more about the way that Jacob has been pulling strings for years, traveling around the world in order to bring a group of potential "candidates" to the island, in the hopes of finding someone capable of taking over for him as the island's protector. So in a way, Desmond caused the crash of Flight 815, but considering that Jacob was the one who brought Desmond to the island, arranged the circumstances that required him to push the button, and carefully selected the passengers on the flight, the electromagnetic surge and the subsequent plane crash were all part of his plan. Before leaving, she told Claire she would help her raise Aaron, although we never learn what sort of co-parenting situation they eventually worked out, or whether Kate suffered any legal consequences for breaking her parole. The last we see of Desmond, he's unconscious after being pulled out of the Heart of the Island cave by Hurley and Ben, after the Ajira plane has already carried off the other survivors. But once they rewatch it, rethink about it and possibly look at the saga again, gradually they will feel like they have just read a good novel—but you have to chew on it for a while. The simplest explanation for their presence is that, like all of the other people in the flash-sideways who weren't survivors of the crash, those weren't the real Christian, Aaron, and Ji Yeon. Jack may have died in the final episode, bleeding to death of stab wounds inflicted by the Man in Black, but he made some hugely significant actions in his final hours. After five seasons filled with flashbacks and, eventually, flash-forwards, the first episode of season six included something Lost fans were totally unprepared for: a flash-sideways, exploring an alternate reality in which Oceanic Flight 815 doesn't crash, and the plane lands safely at LAX. Without the fateful crash of Oceanic flight 815 in the pilot episode, there would've been no Lost at all. But while the series' first season was mostly focused on the Oceanic survivors simply trying to stay alive in their new tropical home, subsequent seasons became increasingly more convoluted as the show delved into the bizarre history of the island, its strange electromagnetic properties, and the mysteriously intertwined histories of the survivors themselves. So it's understandable to be uncertain about what really happened to Jack and Lost's other central characters by the end of the series. [29] After its first broadcast, the series finale became the 55th highest viewed series finale ever in the United States. Although Lost gives us a pretty definitive explanation about what happens to the main characters from the show in the flash-sideways — or at least, as definitive as it gets whenever TV tries to tackle the afterlife — it's much less clear what happens to all of the minor and background characters who are there, or whether they were even real at all. The only thing they all had in common was that none of the characters in the flash-sideways died during the plane crash.Â, While we'd be here all day if we tried to list every death that ever occurred on Lost, here's what we know about the deaths of the people in the church. Additionally numerous returning actors are credited to the Main Cast. Lost's finale, though, was not too obtuse. From very early on in Lost's run, fans worried the show would end with a "they were dead the whole time" twist. However, the afterlife narrative wound up confusing many viewers due to the show presenting it as an alternate reality for the entire last season. Ben then meets Hurley, who says everyone is inside, motioning him to join them, but Ben elects to stay outside. [3] Discussing the final season as a whole, Indiewire described season six as "directionless" and "largely a 'miss'". Everyone is able to see, recognize, and remember everyone else and their lives together. However, there are some subtle hints that the church will be there as long as there are still characters left in the flash-sideways who may someday decide to move on. Kate, Rose (L. Scott Caldwell), Bernard (Sam Anderson), Sawyer, Desmond, Penny (Sonya Walger), and Claire all survive the finale, and presumably die at some point in the years afterward. All former series regulars who appear (Jeremy Davies, Maggie Grace, Rebecca Mader, Elizabeth Mitchell, Dominic Monaghan, Ian Somerhalder, Cynthia Watros) are restored to the main cast in this episode. [61] In 2019, Kelly Lawler of USA Today named the episode the third worst series finale, describing the ending as "easy" and "schmaltzy". However, Michael then returns to the island in season four, posing as a worker on Charles Widmore's freighter and ultimately sacrificing himself for his friends, making amends for his earlier betrayal. Considering that the island also has some sort of unspecified tie to all life and death on Earth, it wouldn't be outside the realm of possibilities that the island itself created the flash-sideways. He then encounters his father's coffin. Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox), Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) and Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia) head to the heart of the island, while James "Sawyer" Ford (Josh Holloway) goes after Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick), who was thrown into a well. Among the most perplexing elements of Lost's mythology are the ubiquitous Numbers that recur throughout the series. Ben tells him he should help Desmond get home and suggests there may be a better way of protecting the island than how Jacob did. "[51] Laura Miller of Salon.com suggested that the finale episode was a failure because of its fan base, calling the series "the quintessential example of a pop masterpiece ruined by its own fans. Along the way, they rescue Frank Lapidus (Jeff Fahey), who had survived the destruction of the submarine, and they decide to leave the island by using the plane. Further evidence used to support this claim was footage of the original plane crash that aired over the closing credits, showing empty beaches, which some fans thought meant there'd been no survivors.Â. House of TV Fanatic felt "bored" and "especially disappointed" by the finale, and that the show's resolution was "overarching". "The End" is the series finale of the television series Lost, consisting of the 17th and 18th episodes of season 6. Before arriving on the island, Hurley noticed the pattern recurring in his life and associated it with bad luck, while the other candidates remained oblivious to the numbers until well after they were already on the island. But as the series went on, it became clear that the plane crash was yet another circumstance that had been cosmically engineered by Jacob to serve his own millennia-long agenda. When I first read it, the ending wasn’t clear to me – but since then it’s grown more clear and I have to say, grown more satisfying the more I think about it. [33] Of the most positive reviews, IGN writer Chris Carbot gave the episode a score of 10/10, describing it as "one of the most enthralling, entertaining and satisfying conclusions [he] could have hoped for. Legendary and Master Lost Sectors aren’t necessarily a “new” activity with Destiny 2: Beyond Light but they do work a bit differently. Well, most likely, yes and no. Suffice it to say, wrapping it all up over the course of two hours was a tall order, and fans came away with all sorts of different interpretations of exactly what the finale meant.Â. Realizing Jack was dying, Sawyer persuaded Kate to leave the island, and they escaped together on the Ajira plane. At a glance, this might seem to indicate that Richard continued to live long after everyone else died, but that's probably not the case. [58] Daniel D'Addario, writing for Salon.com, listed "The End" as one of the "worst finales ever", describing the series as "a show whose twists and turns didn't always seem to be undertaken by people who knew what they were doing. [10] When interviewed about the finale, Carlton Cuse stated that it had a real, definite resolution instead of "'a snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black' kind of ending," referencing the series finales of St. As Hurley heads back inside, he says to Ben that he was a "real good number two...", to which Ben replies back that Hurley was a "great number one". As the smoke monster, he can't be killed, but he also can't leave. The series never gives us a satisfying answer to this. And as the new protectors of the island, Hurley (Jorge Garcia) and Ben likely outlive the other survivors by quite a wide margin, but at some point, they must eventually die as well.Â, A good portion of the finale focuses on the question of who will fill Jacob's (Mark Pellegrino) role as the protector of the Heart of the Island, which turns out to be a magical, glowing pool at the island's center. Desmond was able to fix it, but not before the system unleashed an immense electromagnetic charge, which in turn caused Oceanic 815 to break apart while passing over the island. It definitely seemed as though they were all free thinkers with their own agency, but if Jacob was pulling the strings behind the scenes the whole time, how can we know that their free will wasn't all an illusion? Response to the episode was positive and negative in equal measures, both in the United States and internationally. [63] Cory Barker of TV.com also retrospectively reviewed the episode positively, naming it one of his all-time favorite series finales, and describing it as "emotionally satisfying" and "jam-packed with amazing moments". The Man in Black threatens to kill Rose and Bernard if Desmond does not come with him, and he complies, provided the Man in Black leaves the couple unharmed. But is this all a dream? Walt is later approached by Ben and Hurley (in the unaired epilogue included with the sixth season DVD box set) after they become the island's protectors, offering him a job and saying he can help his father if he agrees to return to the island. The finale was written by co-creator/executive producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Carlton Cuse, and directed by executive producer Jack Bender. And when Eloise asks Desmond if he's going to take Daniel, Desmond answers "Not with me, no," implying that Daniel may still leave on his own eventually. [48] Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times gave the episode 1½ stars out of 5, saying that many fans would wish "for a time slip that would give them those 2½ hours and possibly six seasons back". Put plainly, if he already knew that these six people (Locke, Hurley, Sawyer, Sayid, Jack, and Sun or Jin) were going to be the finalists, why bother with the rest of the competition? >> but thanks to a stranger this story has a happy ending. Despite being killed off in the twelfth episode of the season and reprising her role only once more in the thirteenth, cast member Zuleikha Robinson received an on-screen, main cast credit for every episode. Jack and Christian go out into the church to meet the others. By Ryan Britt. Last year, the Crimson Tide lost linebacker Dylan Moses before the season and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa during it, with the latter injury contributing directly to … Lost had no shortage of ongoing mysteries that arose throughout its run, perhaps none greater than the enigmatic numbers that seem to follow the characters around like a curse. "That's how Jacob ran things," Ben muses. [56] Steve Busfield and Richard Vine of The Guardian spoke positively about the episode, saying that the series would "continue to baffle, infuriate and delight fans for an eternity". Bear with us here, because this one may get a little confusing. Although it's true that by the flash-sideways ending of Lost, literally every character we've ever met is dead, there are a lucky few number of characters that at least make it to the end of the earth-bound narrative still alive. Ever the enigma, Desmond Hume's earthly fate is left pretty open-ended by the end of the series. [46] David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun gave the episode a highly negative review, describing the final scenes as "wimpy, phony, quasi-religious, white-light [and] huggy-bear". The gray hair hints that once Richard leaves the island with the others, he will continue to age and eventually die like a normal person. Jack slowly comes to realize that he is dead as well. The circle closes", "Talking 'Lost' with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse", Comic-Con: 'Hawaii Five-0' cashes in on its 'Lost' & 'Battlestar Galactica' nerd-cred, "Lost: Daniel Dae Kim on Twists, Taking It Off and 'The End, "Nestor Carbonell and Henry Ian Cusick tease the end of Lost", "ABC Extends Lost Series Finale by 30 Minutes", "Final episode of LOST simultaneously with America", "Lost: Sky1 To Simulcast The Lost Finale in the UK!
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