Lost!

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Frikitiki

Here is a bit of an explanation from one of the writers of LOST. It gives good food for thought.

Originally Posted by That Writer from LOST

But, from a more “behind the scenes” note: the reason Ben’s not in the church, and the reason no one is in the church but for Season 1 people is because they wrote the ending to the show after writing the pilot. And never changed it.

And that's the one reason I'm, on the other side of the equation, pretty cool with the ending. It was clear it was intended that the show end that way (not necessarily the sideways world being limbo, but the characters discovering themselves in limbo, and linked emotionally through their ordeals and growth, and then moving on). So on the broad scale, I'm ok with that being what happened.

But yeah ...

Originally Posted by Random Commenter on that Lost Writer's article

The way I saw it, the producers kept the viewers interested year after year because of new mysteries, new characters, new plots and intriguing scenarios. However, in the end they couldn’t (or chose not to) explain the big picture in full and changed track once again, ending on a spiritual redemption-alternate reality note. It didn’t really made a connection with all the mysterious happenings on the island and in my opinion it was a bit of a slap in the face. I felt that they stumbled at the finish line and didn’t deliver an ending worthy of the roller coaster ride they put us through for 6 years.

So there's that. And I think the ending was a great ending to Season 1, a crappy ending to Season 6, and a pretty lame ending to all six seasons.