PersonallyI think can be at least one of the alternative futures for them, given that certain things would happen and that certain decisions were to be made. It feels somewhat sad in a weird kind of way that they will actually leave the island and its secrets that we all have got so attached to, but at the same time it feels comforting with a future where they actually make it.
It is announced that there are three seasons left, and that they will each consist of 16 episodes. Each season will be broadcast between February till May each respective year. To me, the time lapse will really damage the series, with a three-month long season, and nine months wait in between them.
Charlie didn't just die. He met death face-to-face with a smile. On top of all that bravery, he even managed to warn Desmond that it wasn't Polly's boat. What can I say, the character got a suiting goodbye.
Also, when James (sawyer, should we still call him that? haha) shot Tom and said it was for taking the kid in the boat I jumped in joy! Seemed like everyone had forgotten all the bad things those guys have done to them.
I too think Dharma is connected to Naomis ship. I found this season rather disappointing compared to the other. Too much time-streching to avoid moving forward. Let's hope the next season will be more on-the-point.
That's how I see it going (bound to be wrong tho). One thing you seemed to have over looked Robert is that the "flash-forward" is not in order (sine of a Desmond premonition). Jack tells the head doc guy that his phone is broken (when he says that he left him three voice mails), but then at the end he uses it to phone Kate.
I've seen the ending again and I think you right. I forgot that he showed Kate the peace of new paper. I was thinking that they where talking about a different funeral and that the coffin was Kates (would explane why no family showed). Also noteiced that he had that plaster on his forhead that he got after he was on the bridge (thought he was thinking about suicide because of Kate dieing). So I'm back to having no ideal lol.
Ok, now that the rest of America has had a chance to watch the Lost finale or is currently watching it, I'll give my thoughts on this great piece of story-telling. I don't know about you, but I spent most of the episode literally feeling like anything could happen... and with a big grin on my face for most of the time. BIG BIG Spoiler Alert - please only read on if you watched what happened!
I think it was a brilliant move to make Jack's flashbacks actually flashforwards. After establishing flashbacks as a literary device for three solid seasons, I bet there were very few people expecting that move on the writers part (especially considering it means the survivors left the island while we still have 3 more seasons to go). No wonder Carlton and Damon were so excited about where the story was going.
So at the very least, Jack and Kate made it off the island, but I'm going to go ahead and guess that everyone who wanted to get off the island did - and maybe some who didn't want to leave (see below). This would line up with Desmond's vision of Claire & Aaron getting onto a rescue helicopter too. Yay! Sun didn't die!
Obviously by the end, we learned it was a notice of somebody's death. I thought it had to be a survivor of Flight 815, which would be one reason it would be on the front page of the newspaper instead of the obituaries.
My first guess was that it was John Locke committing suicide (presumably his legs would not work once he left the island). He's someone that would not have any friends/family to come to his funeral. However, I have a hard time believing he would willingly leave the island. Also, when the funeral director asks if Jack was friend or family of the deceased he says "Neither". After all they've been through, I think Jack would still consider himself a friend of John Locke's. Plus, I simply don't want Locke to be dead.
One outside possibility is James (Sawyer) dying in some way. Being an orphan and a drifting con-man, I can't see him as having very many friends/family. Though why Sawyer's death would upset Jack so much (to the point of him considering suicide) is beyond me. Plus Kate does mention to Jack that she should go because "he'll be wondering where I am". I think Kate is talking about Sawyer here and that he's alive and well and living with Kate.
Now I'm thinking that the most likely option is Ben dying of cancer. He would have no friends/family on the "outside", Kate would really be puzzled as to why Jack would think she'd want to go to his funeral, and Jack would feel guilty for having pulled him away from the island and causing his cancer to come back - on top of whatever else happened after they made contact with the ship.
By the way, both my wife and I felt there was something odd about Kate in that last scene. Something about her makeup or some digital effect - did anyone else notice it? Maybe it was just the odd lighting and the fact that she was wearing makeup, hiding her freckles.
I thought this whole storyline with the underwater station was well done. Charlie got a serious beat down by two chicks, but he really handled himself remarkably well for someone not used to those types of situations. I guess accepting your inevitable fate can change your whole outlook. He's come a long way from being an ex-rocker, smack-head getting hanged by an Other...
I also loved when Bonnie asks him what will happen to him when the station floods and he just grins wickedly back and says "I die". That was kick ass. I really hated to see Charlie go, but his parting message to Desmond and making the sign of the cross before drowning was a classic death scene. I was sad... That's what the Lost writers wanted...
Ben is brilliant. Upon learning who was captured, he immediately assesses who he needs to threaten to shoot (Jin). He knows that, of the three, only Bernard will talk (Sayid is an experienced torturer and Jin doesn't speak English). He also knows that, of the three, Jin is the one with a young wife that is pregnant. He realizes instantly that this is the only way to get Bernard to talk.
It also turns out that Ben was apparently telling the truth about who Naomi was/wasn't. Ben revealed another outside faction trying to find the island for sinister purposes, which does change the whole mythology, really.
That was cool - who else was hoping that Desmond would be able to see his long-lost love after so long? Who else is trying to figure out how Penny sent a video transmission straight to the island that was compatible with that old equipment if she was not on the boat right next to it? Oh well, at least Penny learned for sure that Desmond is alive and on an island...
Sawyer loves Kate. Jack loves Kate. Kate loves Jack. Kate probably loves Sawyer. Juliet really likes Jack though she's not doing him yet. Neither is Sawyer. Liked the interplay between Sawyer and Juliet this episode, that was different and fun.
As everyone I'm sure will be saying - it's going to be a LOOOONG 8 months for Lost Season 4 to start. I'll be looking forward to learn what exactly happened to the survivors after Jack finished talking to the person on the boat.
Maybe next season will take place in 2008 (as opposed to 2004 when they left the island). Maybe the first several episodes will be focused on Jack trying to round up some of the key survivors to charter a plane back to the island. This would also be an opportunity to give each character more flashbacks to show us what happened in their lives since they were rescued. Maybe Jin will be fluent in English (I hope so)? Knowing what Charlie told him, did Desmond leave the island at all? Did Locke? Did Ben or Richard? Most of all, Season 4 better be providing some answers to the nature of the island, Jacob, Richard Alpert, the numbers, Dharma, the Hanso Foundation, and the other sinister faction that was searching for the island all this time.
Consequently, it seems like once you show one selfless act of kindness you get off the island by dying. examples are, the brother who cared so much for his sister, then when his selfish, vain, sister (the blonde girl) showed unconditional love to Sayid, she died. Desmond sacrificed his life to turn the key in the hatch and save humanity. And when back to his life before he made the mistake that got him on the island which was to blow off his engagement with Penny. But, since he blew it again, he ended back on the island again.
I semi-agre with Found. The flashfowards are a trick to deceive the viewers, they will not be rescued, although I do think that a merger of some kind between the more moderate others and the usuals will happen soon.
Ok, they WERE rescued and for some reason Jack seems to be badly effected since being off the island. Ben did say there are mysterious powers at work on the island and that everyone had a reason for being there. Remember everyone on the plane was specifically targetted and pre determined. Ben and his people had info on ALL of the survivors. Namois people had no clue about the plane crash, remember that too! When they found her, what did she say to charlie when he told her they were survivors???? So obviously her people want something to do with the island, perhaps once they rescued everyone they stayed there to carry out whatever it was they were looking for.
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