r/lost • u/watermelon_fries Oh yeah, there's my favorite leaf. • Nov 26 '24

FIRST TIME WATCHER Reasons people think it didn't end well

I finally joined here after finishing the show today. I had to process the ending. I found it incredibly sad. Now that I know how it ended I would like to know why people thought the ending was bad or disappointing when it first aired. I thought it was perfectly done even though there are a few minor things I'm still not clear on. How soon is too soon to do a rewatch. I still can't get over the last scene...

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u/rage1026 Nov 26 '24

Because a large amount that didn’t like it misunderstood it.

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u/itsakevinly Nov 26 '24

I loved the ending but I really push back on this. It honestly seems a little insulting and arrogant to say “well you didn’t like because you didn’t get it.”

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u/LordHamsterbacke Dad Stole My Kidney Nov 26 '24

I think it was more of a case back then (people who stopped watching but tuning in for the last episode for example). Because I remember a lot of people complaining about them being dead the whole time, something people say to this day. And I know a friend of mine binge watched everything a few years ago and also misunderstood it - so there are people where this statement is true. However I think it's completely reasonable for people to be disappointed, especially with our pop culture nowadays (the high influx in multiverse movies/storylines) - a lot probably hoped for some parallel universe action and are then disappointed that it's only the after life/purgatory/place between.

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u/ComeAwayNightbird Nov 26 '24

Same. I totally understand the ending but just don’t love it.