LOST Season Finale!!! (with spoilers) (Page 2)

OOOOOMMMGGG!!!!

BEST. SHOW. EVER.

Alert, SPOILERS ahead, if you haven't watched yet.

Jin can't be dead - he just can't be. There would otherwise be no reason for Sun to go back. Though he might be - Michael is probably toast. I didn't like Michael, though

HOORAY for Penny and Desmond! I hope this means we'll see more of him. Maybe he and Penny can battle her evil father together.  

What were the "bad things" that happened on the island after the 6 left? And HOW did Locke end up back on the main land???

Was Charlotte one of the Dharma initiative babies - who survived?? And please tell me we'll find out at some point who the hell that Richard dude is, how old he is, what his deal is. Same with Jacob. Who/What is Jacob???

And did anyone else think the little frozen lair where Ben turned the big magic wheel to make the island disappear was a bit cheesy? And who put that there in the first place?

yeah baby.  I admit, I did not like him at all until I watched the show.. but his personality helps make him. Did you ever see the DVD clips of him?.. how he came up with all the nicknames for the peeps on the show by himself... freckles, cupcake, etc.  He's awesome, as well as hot.. but he's married... oh well, one can dream

nope did not see Locke coming! wow.

as to cheesy frozen wheel, with the weird lettering...I thought 'aliens'..... 

In the coffin, I started to think either Ben OR somehow, Christian. And when Ben showed up in the scene, I thought Christian again. Cuz that would be a CRAZY twist. But Locke in the coffin was good too - and how they're going to have to bring his body back to the island with them!

Great episode...

My little dumb questions (since there's so many big things to obsess over I'm gonna nitpick)...why did Claire have an American accent in Kate's vision/dream?  It oddly freaked me out for some reason (as if this show doesn't do that on a regular basis).

I kind of figured it was Locke in the coffin once we knew he was joining the Others.  Since we knew "Jeremy" was trying to get them all to go back to the island and Locke was always preaching about how the island was the shiznit, it just made sense.

I can't wait to find out what happens on the island after the Six left.  There are still some cool people there...Juliette, Sawyer, the older couple whose names I can't remember because I've got early onset Alzheimers...

And neat that Charlotte might have been born on the island.  That opens another interesting can of worms...and how did the Ghost Whisperer guy know that? 

And from the last week's episode that was replayed all Pop Up Video style....I wonder why Boone, Libby, and Charlie were the 3 that supposedly survived but didn't make it off the island...and why did they even include that in their cover story....they could have just as easily said the 5 of them were the only ones to make it to shore...hmmmm....

Dang how I love this show!

Well, it's a more credible story to say "oh, there were others but they died" - a more realistic scenario, I guess. Kind of a coincidence that ONLY those 5 survived the crash and ONLY those five stayed on the island.

Though I'm not sure why those three were chosen. We know Charlie's been seen by Hugo and he's alive, but not. Libby was in the loony bin with Hugo back in the day. But Boone had no real connection to anyone off the island and he wasn't a big character - neither was Libby, but the whole "she was in the psych ward with Hugo" is interesting.

And to Claire's accent - I noticed that too, the second time she said "don't you dare" (take Aaron off the island). Probably just the way it came out - I don't think it means anything. Is the actress who plays her actually from Australia? Cuz if not, it was probably just a slip on her part.  

Yeah, that was nuts. Is Ecko really there? And only Hurley can see him? Kind of like Charlie? 

Libby was actually at the psych ward - before the crash, alive. Hurley knew he recognized her from somewhere, but didn't know where.

Oh, man was that episode intense or what?!? There were some answers given but so many more that were unanswered!

I don't know if this has been mentioned before but I know now that the name of the character John Locke and his psuedo-name 'Jeremy Bentham' are not coincidence.

WARNING: possible meaningless philosophy ahead.....

We have a book with an essay by the 17th century philosopher, John Locke, called "An Essay concerning Human Understanding." I've tried to slog through it on more than one occasion but it's wordy philosophy that is definitely a challenge to understand. Locke was an Empiricist and an influence on philosophers in the 18th century such as Kant, Voltaire and even Jeremy Bentham. From Wikipedia: "Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin for modern conceptions of identity and "the self", figuring prominently in the later works of philosophers such as David Hume, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant. Locke was the first philosopher to define the self through a continuity of "consciousness." He also postulated that the mind was a "blank slate" or "tabula rasa"; that is, contrary to Cartesian or Christian philosophy, Locke maintained that people are born without innate ideas." Thinking about John when he arrives on the island, he is given a blank slate in that he is able to walk and "start over" with his new life on the island.

The fact that John took the name "Jeremy Bentham" as his fake name is interesting as well. From The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophers: "Bentham is primarily known today for his moral philosophy, especially his principle of utilitarianism which evaluates actions based upon their consequences, in particular the overall happiness created for everyone affected by the action. He maintained that putting this principle into consistent practice would provide justification for social, political, and legal institutions." This would totally make sense as John tries to make decisions based on the "greater good" of the island and the people on it.

Ok, I realize now that most of you have probably already read this stuff because I found it on Lostpedia but I had not researched it further until this morning. Sorry if it's repeated.

LOST- Season Five: Weekend at Bernie's

Good call on the Desmond/Penny happey ending. Good to see the writers actually closing the books on something.

I still want to know where all the kids are...

The transformation of Sawyer and Jack continues. Jack is desperate and Sawyer is the good guy. Who would've thought that the guy horing supplies and stealing food,etc. during seasons 1 & 2, would jump out of a helicopter to save others?  What is the promise the Kate made to him.

I think Jin could be alive and Sun must believe it too if she's willing to go to Widmore.

Have the Others been watching everything transpire the whole time?

Any speculation on the other 2 alternate endings?  I got my DVR set this morning. My guess is that Desmond dies in one.

Thanks for the info - I figured there was a reason behind his pseudonym, but hadn't gotten a chance to look it up!

$10 says Sawyer, whom they find when they go back to the island, makes exactly that joke...

Something to do with his daughter, who he has by that girl he used to con with, I think.

I thought it was a Narnia thang.  And where the polar bears came from.  I wish Hurley didn't lie to Walt about Michael being alive, or did he?

I think Penny and Desmond are in for a long haul to get away from Widmore.  Their story line should be very interesting.

Jack is such a loser. 

The ONLY part of this show I EVER saw was last night while flipping channels and the small group is coming ashore in the raft.

I must say for being LOST for so long the one guy did an amazing job of keeping up the personal grooming.

Prior to that "coming ashore" they spent several days on Penny's boat. Plenty of time for said "personal grooming."

Now you may go back to the TAN where commenting on things you know nothing about is the standard.

Yeah, I agree - I know that Ben is going to try to kill Penny, and seeing as how he has hired Sayid as his hitman (now we know it's in order to get the 6 back to the island), Sayid is going to have to do it. But he's buddies with Desmond. So will Sayid's heartless side get the better of him, or will he be the good guy he actually is and spare her? I love the whole Desmond/Penny story, so they need to be safe at the end