Not "LOST" Anymore

OK, I admit I was a "Lost" fan. Sort of. I watched faithfully for the first couple of seasons. I was cool with the flash backs and tried very hard to follow the plot line most of the time failing, but I watched anyway. About season three the producers promised answers but I just got more confused. When they started with the flash forwards they lost (pun intended) me. But I would still watch when I could hoping to figure at least some of it out. So of course I had to watch the grand finale seeking some answers but mostly closure. And I got it.

First, let me say I think the producers were brilliant. And if they ever need alternate careers they could probably be great politicians as they proved for 6 years to be very adept at answering questions while never answering a question. (That's a compliment in this context, by the way, for the producers.) They showed their skills again in the finale which is evident in all the online buzz in the aftermath as the "Lostie's" - and I do NOT count myself in that category - mull over what the ending meant.

So for what it's worth, for anyone who cares - and I'm not offended if you don't - here's my perspective on it from my somewhat unusual perspective.

All the characters were karmically connected before they got on the plane. When it crashed they all died except Jack and Vincent (the dog). The entire series was a jumbled hallucination on Jack's part before he died which he finally did with Vincent at his side, just the way the show started 6 years ago. They all waited for him to join them so they could go into the light together. So why were some characters who hadn't been on the plane or died in the series in the church waiting too? Because, as Jack's father explained, "we all die sometime". (Besides, some of them got a day off from their new roles on FlashForward.)

If you've read this far you must be wondering why on earth I am bothering with this blog entry. Well, I have to tell you because I had a good laugh at myself at the simplicity of it all and how obvious it was from the beginning, and I of all people, couldn't figure it out. Of course they all died in a crash in the middle of the ocean - DUH! Of course, they spent some time wandering through purgatory or whatever until they worked out their issues. And since linear time as we know it is only an illusion, time is different and doesn't matter over there.

Certainly there are people out there who would disagree with me and I invite you to. I was neither a writer nor a producer on the show so I don't know for sure this is what they had in mind but it's the way I see it.

There are a few things I think most of us would agree on. Josh Holloway is hot. Naveen Andrews is also hot. And Matthew Fox (hot again) absolutely deserves an Emmy for his physically challenging and emotionally demanding performance in this last and everlasting episode.

My only question now is, what's going to become of Vincent?