I’m looking around at the some other reviews of the Lost finale and seeing a lot of people not really getting what happened. It’s an ending that leaves Lost fans with the thing they loved about the show more than anything else: Having something to chew over, but come on – it wasn’t THAT unclear.
As they always promised, it was going to be about concluding the character’s stories, not 2 and a half hours of wretched exposition. The one tiny bit of exposition we got was, truly, the most cringeworthy moment of the last 6 years for me, and that was when Christian Shepherd explained the ‘Flash Upwards.’
“You created this” he says, “so that you could find each other.”
A lot of people have said, “OMG PURGATORY!” but, sadly, these people are wrong. It’s not purgatory. It’s a specially created fantasy world and it’s their reward, and it’s happened because of their actions on the Island and the fact that Hurley is left in control of it. Whether you think it’s a good enough reward for the death and misery they endured I’ll leave entirely up to you.
But the point is the Losties cured the Island of a plague: Most of the pain and suffering was the direct result of Jacob’s rules and the Man In Black’s schemes and plans. That’s what’s gone. The Island is at peace, but the price that’s been paid by the Losties has been immeasurable.
Hense this attempt at a reward. Not much of a reward, really, but it’s the nearest thing to a happy ending these characters could ever hope to get considering they were, in effect, “collateral damage” in the big scheme of things.
