MAJOR SPOILERS! IF YOU DIDN’T WATCH LAST NIGHT, GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I went to sleep last night after watching Lost thinking that finally we had gotten some real answers as to what this island is and what we’ve been watching this whole time. I feel like the story is coming together at full speed now and we have plane loads more info now than we did at the beginning of the season. I loved last night’s episode, thought it was one of the most poignant, spiritual and meaningful episodes of the whole series.
Which is why I am stunned at the moment. I went over to EW.com to read Doc Jensen’s instant reaction column and I went on to read the comments from viewers and it was nothing but a hate fest with most of them saying this was one of the worst episodes they’ve done. Seriously people? This was worse than “Strangers From a Strange Land” or “The Other Woman”?
I don’t get it. We’ve all been waiting for answers and the end of this show for years and now that it’s here there seems to be this growing backlash against what the show has become. Yes, the light inside the rocks was a little hokey but are you really trying to tell me that you find a mystical light beneath the island unbelievable when there’s a freakin’ smoke monster running around these past 6 seasons? Come on.
There’s no way a show like this can end in a pleasing way to everyone. Some fans are going to want this to be a scientific explanation, that the island’s mysterious properties all stem from electromagnetic forces and that is the base for everything that has happened. Some fans are going to want total death and destruction and heartache because that’s what we’ve gotten the past 6 seasons.
From what we’ve seen so far this season though, that’s apparently not what this show has ever been about. Season 6 has shown me that Lost is a show about belief, that faith in something good can conquer every evil and every hardship that humans have to face out there in the real world. I think Jack is the leader of that, having taken it over for Locke who was an unfortunate casualty in the battle.
I mean, isn’t that what last night’s show was about? The island has special powers beyond imagination but if that power is exploited, as the human race tends to do with things like this, something very bad is going to happen. Jacob has to go on blind faith that he is protecting something worth protecting. He’s not happy about it but he doesn’t have to be. The Man in Black (how sad is it that he never even had a name?) wanted to exploit the power, and still does, for his own gain. His intentions are not necessarily sinister but that doesn’t make him any more right in his actions.
Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I’m so into this show and so sad it’s ending that I’m going to make myself like whatever they throw at me (for the record, I’ve enjoyed the Sideways stories). I don’t care. When I like something, I want everyone to like it and I can never understand why someone doesn’t. But I would love to tell all these haters out there that if you didn’t like last night’s episode and this season has been a disappointment for you, maybe you should just stop watching cause I don’t think Lost will get any better for you. Last night’s episode set us on the right path going into the finale so either suck it up and watch the show you love or get off the plane.
By the way, that MIB and his “mother” are Adam and Eve and that Jacob ended up alone with the monster he created was such a huge and heartbreaking revelation. Way to go Lost guys! Was not expecting that at all.
Thank you! My thoughts exactly for all the haters out there. I’ve rewatched the episode to try and figure out if I was just delusional in thinking how great the episode is; that I’d gotten so wrapped up into the fact we were given back story of Jacob and Smoke Monster that I missed the fact the episode wasn’t that great. Yet, after I rewatched it, I still love it.
I had a discussion (brief, thru twitter) last night w/someone who said this episode was terrible b/c it has taken away from everything LOST is about and what they love about LOST – that is, the Losties and the science behind the island. I was shocked, b/c I’ve always thought of LOST as not about science or religion or faith, but how they all intermingle and work together. That along w/mythology has made it awesome.
How any of this takes away from the story-telling of the Losties is beyond me. To me it has only enchanced it – in typical LOST fashion.
Now, onto the one thing I couldn’t stand about the episode – that is, the revelation of Adam and Eve. I’ve been saying for a few years that they were Jacob’s parents (kind right), and finding out they’re his mother and brother are absolutely cool to see happen. However, what I HATE about the revelation was how they chose to do it.
Not once, EVER, in 6 seasons have they re-shown portions of an earlier episode to trigger someone’s memory as to what they are explaining – and THAT has been one of the greatest things about LOST, the mysteries, the hints, the clues.
They took that away from us and instead blatantly connected the dots for everyone. Terrible idea, not needed, and just bleh.
Aside from that, and not knowing Smokie’s name (or does he not have one?), I loved the episode and how they constructed it. Can’t wait for the final two. Thank you Darlton.
I didn’t mind the episode’s plotting and revelations, but I didn’t care at all for the direction/execution. I found it to be awkwardly paced and did not think the unnamed Allison Janney character was portrayed well.