Loving the links!

I *think* that when they pulled the cork out of the island and it started shaking it eventually sank. We saw the plane take off and there were cracks in the ground (that reminded me of the Tommyknockers - no idea why) and Jack put the cork back in. The water reappeared with the light, we see Jack escape back into the forest and died. I think somewhere after that the island sank.

That's just my interpenetration of what happened, and it's probably completely wrong.

Then Hurley and Ben were Island guardians for an even shorter span of time than Jack?

No, Jack putting the cork back in stopped it from sinking. The island underwater was (according to the pre-show) just a way of saying, "This is what life would have been like if the island didn't exist."

I suppose that sometime along the way, Hurley and Ben failed to protect the Island like Crazy lady, Jacob and Jack.

Instead of treating everyone with the highest suspicion, maybe when someone wanted to tap into the Island's energy source Hurley, rather than go all "hostile" on them, instead just served sandwiches;)

Oh.



EH1812, you were right and I was wrong.



I'm still smug about me being right about the series all along, though.

Well, apparently they're overstocked on classic Hawaii 5-0 and Magnum P.I. DVDs. Once they get through passing those out, then they'll start on Lost. I hear that with every Lost DVD that they give out they'll also include DVDs from Jake and the Fatman and Byrds of Paradise (LOTS of those, I hear).
:D

Which is weak if you ask me.....they're trying to tell us parts of the sideways flashes were "what life would have been like if the island didn't exist" and other parts are a "place created to meet up with the people who matter most"???:confused:

Oof.

I do feel much the same way, though I enjoyed it anyway. It had a lot of appeal, though I guess that guy would say it was only pandering to the audience. Good job on the pandering! :snap: :)

No right or wrong! I keep going back and forth about how I feel...I talk to you and I feel one thing, I read this article and I feel another. Heh. At the end of the day, my initial reaction remains: Emotionally satisfied, intellectually deprived. Though his article makes me even question the former.

Yep, back and forth with me, too. I think CP had it best, good job on the pandering. The show hit many emotional and fun notes just right, so I enjoyed it. But I didn't realize just how weak it was storywise and intellectually - frankly because my memory of prior seasons is just vague.

I think I'm pretty clear on this though: Rather than leaving ALL those billions of Island story issues unresolved being "meh," it is indeed an unforgivable sin. And rather than the "twist" ending being a mild cop-out, it is the antithesis of all that went before it.


In other words, a completely typical beloved dramatic series finale. :p