Lost!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

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).

I disagree. I think it was clear that they'd discover themselves in a limbo-like place, that would turn out to be something more. That in the end it would be saying, "The concept of Limbo is a convenient and simplistic summary of what goes on here, but misses the REAL point and detail." That's what I felt the show was promising, and I truly believe they thought they could pull that level of intellectual interest off. So yeah, I consider it a lazy cop out to just fall back on, "Nope, literal Christian Limbo is all we've got for ya'." It's just like MP's link said, 6 seasons to end up at, "When you die you see all your loved ones and walk into the light." I've read that book. Yaaaaawwwwwwwwn.