{"id":377,"date":"2007-05-23T22:37:48","date_gmt":"2007-05-24T04:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.codedread.com\/archives\/2007\/05\/23\/thoughts-on-the-lost-season-3-finale\/"},"modified":"2007-05-23T22:37:48","modified_gmt":"2007-05-24T04:37:48","slug":"thoughts-on-the-lost-season-3-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/05\/23\/thoughts-on-the-lost-season-3-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on the Lost Season 3 Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/object>Ok, now that the rest of America has had a chance to watch the Lost<\/a>\"\" finale or is currently watching it, I'll give my thoughts on this great piece of story-telling. I don't know about you, but I spent most of the episode literally feeling like anything could happen... and with a big grin on my face for most of the time. BIG BIG Spoiler Alert - please only read on if you watched what happened!<\/p>\n
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The Game Has Changed<\/h3>\n

I think it was a brilliant move to make Jack's flashbacks actually flashforwards<\/em>. After establishing flashbacks as a literary device for three solid seasons, I bet there were very few people expecting that move on the writers part (especially considering it means the survivors left the island while we still have 3 more seasons to go). No wonder Carlton and Damon were so excited about where the story was going.<\/p>\n

So at the very least, Jack and Kate made it off the island, but I'm going to go ahead and guess that everyone who wanted to get off the island did - and maybe some who didn't want to leave (see below). This would line up with Desmond's vision of Claire & Aaron getting onto a rescue helicopter too. Yay! Sun didn't die!<\/p>\n

What did Jack read in the newspaper?<\/h3>\n

Obviously by the end, we learned it was a notice of somebody's death. I thought it had to be a survivor of Flight 815, which would be one reason it would be on the front page of the newspaper instead of the obituaries.<\/p>\n

My first guess was that it was John Locke committing suicide (presumably his legs would not work once he left the island). He's someone that would not have any friends\/family to come to his funeral. However, I have a hard time believing he would willingly leave the island. Also, when the funeral director asks if Jack was friend or family of the deceased he says \"Neither\". After all they've been through, I think Jack would still consider himself a friend of John Locke's. Plus, I simply don't want Locke to be dead.<\/p>\n

One outside possibility is James (Sawyer) dying in some way. Being an orphan and a drifting con-man, I can't see him as having very many friends\/family. Though why Sawyer's death would upset Jack so much (to the point of him considering suicide) is beyond me. Plus Kate does mention to Jack that she should go because \"he'll be wondering where I am\". I think Kate is talking about Sawyer here and that he's alive and well and living with Kate.<\/p>\n

Now I'm thinking that the most likely option is Ben dying of cancer. He would have no friends\/family on the \"outside\", Kate would really be puzzled as to why Jack would think she'd want to go to his funeral, and Jack would feel guilty for having pulled him away from the island and causing his cancer to come back - on top of whatever else happened after they made contact with the ship.<\/p>\n

By the way, both my wife and I felt there was something odd about Kate in that last scene. Something about her makeup or some digital effect - did anyone else notice it? Maybe it was just the odd lighting and the fact that she was wearing<\/i> makeup, hiding her freckles.<\/p>\n

Charlie's Exit Strategy<\/h3>\n

I thought this whole storyline with the underwater station was well done. Charlie got a serious beat down by two chicks, but he really handled himself remarkably well for someone not used to those types of situations. I guess accepting your inevitable fate can change your whole outlook. He's come a long way from being an ex-rocker, smack-head getting hanged by an Other...<\/p>\n

I also loved when Bonnie asks him what will happen to him when the station floods and he just grins wickedly back and says \"I die\". That was kick ass. I really hated to see Charlie go, but his parting message to Desmond and making the sign of the cross before drowning was a classic death scene. I was sad... That's what the Lost<\/a>\"\" writers wanted...<\/p>\n

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Ben Plots<\/h3>\n

Ben is brilliant. Upon learning who was captured, he immediately assesses who he needs to threaten to shoot (Jin). He knows that, of the three, only Bernard will talk (Sayid is an experienced torturer and Jin doesn't speak English). He also knows that, of the three, Jin is the one with a young wife that is pregnant. He realizes instantly that this is the only way to get Bernard to talk.<\/p>\n

It also turns out that Ben was apparently telling the truth about who Naomi was\/wasn't. Ben revealed another outside faction trying to find the island for sinister purposes, which does change the whole mythology, really.<\/p>\n

Penny's Video<\/h3>\n

That was cool - who else was hoping that Desmond would be able to see his long-lost love after so long? Who else is trying to figure out how Penny sent a video transmission straight to the island that was compatible with that old equipment if she was not on the boat right next to it? Oh well, at least Penny learned for sure that Desmond is alive and on an island...<\/p>\n

The Love Quadrangle<\/h3>\n

Sawyer loves Kate. Jack loves Kate. Kate loves Jack. Kate probably loves Sawyer. Juliet really likes Jack though she's not doing him yet. Neither is Sawyer. Liked the interplay between Sawyer and Juliet this episode, that was different and fun.<\/p>\n

Sawyer to Kate: Let's hope you're not [pregnant]. Ooo, that had to sting!<\/p>\n

The Biggest Question Of Them All<\/h3>\n

Who will win Lost-vivor<\/a>?<\/p>\n