Written by Bob Sassone
As last night’s episode of ‘Lost’ showed, this season really is giving us a lot of answers. And even if the show isn’t giving us all the answers we want/need, at least we can now feel a forward momentum driving us towards the end. There are only five episodes of the show left, can you believe it?
The show can’t possibly answer all of the questions, small and big, that have come up since the show started in 2004. I think they’ll answer enough of them for most fans, but you and I both know that 37 seconds after the season finale ends, some people are going to go online and complain. That was a lame ending! They didn’t even answer the question I wanted them to answer! I wasted six years for this?!
I won’t be one of those people. They’ve answered the question of the numbers enough for me, and several other mysteries don’t bother me. Unless the show ends in a WTF ‘Sopranos’ fade-out, I’ll just go with what the writers give us. Of course, that doesn’t mean I don’t want some questions answered:
1. What is the island? This is the big question, right? Although I have some problems with Jacob touching everyone and bringing them to the island and causing them so much pain supposedly under the guise of “good,” the show seems to be a good vs. evil battle between Jacob and Smokey. The “candidates” were brought to the island to see who would replace Jacob. How this will happen remains to be seen, but the larger question is what is the island?
Last night Michael said that the dead people are the ones providing the whispers we’ve been hearing since the show began. They can’t move on. That sounds rather Purgatory-ish, but didn’t Cuse and Lindelof at some point say that it wasn’t? Maybe it’s a spaceship and there are aliens involved or maybe it’s just, you know, an island. Albeit one with a giant frozen wheel that can make it disappear.
Chances this will be answered: Excellent.
2. Who are the skeletons? No, they’re not Nikki and Paolo. I have no idea who the skeletons in the cave are. Since we’ve jumped back and forth in time so many times and it’s hard to keep track of who was in what year and why, there really haven’t been any big clues. A lot of fans think the skeletons are Rose and Bernard.
Chances this will be answered: Excellent.
3. What happened to Rose and Bernard? We know where Rose is in the alternate timeline, but where are she and Bernard on the island? Didn’t we see them last a while back, older and living happily in the woods? I think Rose and Bernard have always been supporting players, but they’re supporting players that also happen to be two of the biggest fan favorites on the show.
Chances this will be answered: Excellent.
4. What’s up with Walt, Aaron, and Christian? Locke tried to get him to go back to the island, but he was busy with school and his life. He’s older now, but we need to find out what his part was in all of this. Why did the guys on the boat want him? Why could he see certain things, why/how did he visit Locke after Locke was shot by Ben, etc.
We’ve seen Michael now, but no Walt. Will the writers just assume that fans will be happy that the last time we saw the kid explains his story? And what about Aaron? He was major before but now he just seems to be a “Claire is going to kill Kate because she raised her kid” plot point.
Chirstian Shepard? Still not exactly sure what happened with him. Still dead? Taken over by the Smoke Monster? A ghost?
Chances this will be answered: Fair.
5. What’s the whole story with Ben Linus and Charles Widmore? We know what happened decades ago and we know that they’re enemies. But what exactly is their battle about and what does Widmore intend to do with the island? Is Widmore actually good because he wants to get rid of the Smoke Monster or is that just part of the plan? How does Eloise fit into all of this? And Annie?
I know a lot of this has been answered already, but I need more, because I think this is one of the more interesting aspects of the show.
Chances this will be answered more thoroughly: Very good.
6. What is the sickness? Sayid has it and it looks like Claire has it too. What is it exactly and how do you get it/get rid of it?
Chances this will be answered: Good.
I think if we went back and watched the entire series again, we’d see 3000 inconsistencies. So hopefully fans will be just accept what happens and enjoy the overall story. What’s the big question you want answered?
The big question I want answered is: how did so many people manage to survive the plane crash in the first place? I mean, realistically, survival rates on that sort of crash aren't all that high.
The series will end with Gov. Schwarzenegger waking up in a chair with a doctor hovering over him saying, “Welcome back, Mr. Quaid”.
The series will end with Jack waking up in bed, walking into the bathroom, and Hugo peeking out from behind a shower curtain while Jack says, “I just had this strange dream…”
The series will end with Peter Griffin interrupting the final battle sequence between Jack and Locke and farting the notes to the Mission Impossible theme song.
The series will end with all the guys on the show taking off their shirts, jumping in the ocean, and hugging each other while all the women in the world simultaneously die from hyperventilation.
The series will end with Kate, Claire, and Sun all showing up at my house in the rain in desperate need of using my shower.
The series will end with John blowing up Locke on the island from the air as Han Solo says over the intercom, “Great shot kid, that was one in a million!”
The series will end with everyone in a stand-off shooting each other, and while they all lay on the ground immobilized from bullet wounds, Steve Buscemi runs by in the background carrying a briefcase and a few moments later we hear police gunning him down. Meanwhile, Locke pulls John close to him as John reaches for Locke's face with bloodied hands. Locke and John embrace one last time before Locke empties a single round into John, ending his suffering. The police burst into the Dharma station and immediately open fire on Locke as he sits in remorse, petrified, holding the gun to John's lifeless head.
The series will end with Curious George laughing at Locke, and a bunch of kids at the Met learning about Dinosaurs.
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