Graduation time is upon us. The television show Lost turned in its Master’s thesis last night by way of a two and a half hour series finale. Lost - the committee has met, and weighed the pros and cons of your compelling argument. Unfortunately, you have failed.
The committee was most impressed with the overall story idea and the plot twists and turns. While at times the story started to drift, you always managed to move forward. Most importantly, throughout the series you kept the story interesting and thoughtful. Passengers in the tail section lived and were reunited with the main group. Michael goes rouge. The flashbacks got meatier. Hugo breaks his curse. The Others led to the back story of the Dharma Initiative. Sawyer got happy. And Ben Linus always got a good beating. Good television all around.
The committee, however, always worried about the loose ends. So many loose ends. Lost, you always prided yourself on answering one question then asking two more. Again, that approach makes for great drama. At some point, it had to end. That end was last night. The committee did not expect everything wrapped up with a nice bow. But we did not get a box, nor any pretty paper, or a bow.
Lost, you wimped out. The finale was all warm, fuzzies, hugs, and tears. All shot with warm light and soft focus. Instead of answers, you gave us nonsense like: Jack and Smokie as Locke marching to the magic cave. Desmond pulling out the cork of the island without a reason. The immortal Smokie as Locke dying with one bullet in the back. Sideways Desmond getting everyone to the benefit gala without a reason. Jack getting all teary-eyed with ole dad – is that considered redemption for Christian? Jack figuring out he is dead in a sideways timeline that had no point except to confuse the viewers. To end it all, Christian Sheppard walking into the light. Bullocks.
Lost, you could not make the show make sense, so you didn’t even try, You have failed.
