It was a man in the casket.

Whose first name starts with J and last name ends with (L)antham?

Ooh, I just upped my bet on Jacob.

Could be John Locke, but he changed his name to Lantham.

I'm still processing. I'm going to have to watch it again.

Love the flash forwards. The only thing I said to myself when I saw the beard was "ooo cool! Jack grew a playoff beard" We know where my mind is these days.

Poor Jack. So pained. Still. Is his dad still alive or was he too drunk to remember that his dad had died? It was a recent prescription. Did he leave everyone else on the island?

Can the future be changed or is that what will happen when they get off the island? We don't know that Kate still isn't on the run.

We know that Penny's dad is working for Whidmore who is working with Dharma. Her dad must know the money she is spending to find Desmond. Did her dad send Naomi to kill everyone (the Others) and Desmond in the process?

I think Charlie is dead. Probably because Dom wants to go back to film. That would be my guess. But why in the heck doesn't Mikel die? Is he immortal?

Walt - Walt was cool. Not sure if they showed him from that angle to make him not look as tall as he was (if so, they failed) but still love him none-the-less. I also don't think it is really Walt.

I love how the story is arcing. I love that questions are being answered in the show (vs an internet outlet) and that more are coming up.

From New York.

Do we know anyone from NY?

We're also assuming that we already met the person.

Over at Television Without Pity, they are speculating that the name is Jeremy Bentham (and that it is someone we haven’t met yet). There was an 18th century philosopher by that name, and we all know that the producers of Lost have a thing about naming characters after 18th century philosophers….

that does look like either an 'o' or an 'e'......

Refresh my memory, Stan4dSteph, where does 'Lantham' come from? Was that his fathers' name?

Maybe Jeremy is at the other end of the sat phone.

No one has yet asked the most important question of all:

Sorry I'm late to the post party....whew, what a ride.

No one has mentioned Kate's profuse makeup and perfect hair in the flash forward. I found it very suspicious. Why would she look like that, never mind for a secret midnight meeting by the airport with Crazy Jack? I think she's not as fine as she says she is. I suspect that anyone who gets off the island goes nuts in some way.

I totally cried when it was revealed to be a flash-forward. The idea of Jack, who had redeemed himself so much on the island, had not only returned to his crappy ways but was way worse than before, just about broke my heart. I'm really hoping it's a "one possible outcome" thing. Sniff. :(

Charlie's last ep (maybe?) was beautifully done and he came out a hero (problems with whether he needed to die or not notwithstanding). He was so annoying for so long that I'm glad they fixed his character before sending him off. Not Penny's Boat! Beautifully put together. I just love the filmmaking in this series.

Sayiid using those legs, Hurley driving the bus and making that great report on the walkie, Sawyer hurting people verbally so they wouldn't get hurt physically - most characters had great moments in this one, as if to remind you why you love all of them. The only one that came out as less than awesome was Bernard, who needs to totally die. Puss.

Sleepyjeff - seriously, if you want answers, you will not be satisfied by this show. I adore the ambiguity, the possibilities. Oh, and didn't we already get the french transmission explained? Not that I remember the answer...

Love this show, and love that you guys watch it, because none of my coworkers do!

'Till next year - adieu, LOST.

Oh, CP and I both felt that the score was a bit over bearing for the finale. Was that just us?