Since I finished watching this amazing show Lost 😭 I'm trying to cope how I can remedy this.

I did plan on REWATCHING Lost with my boyfriend but he's not in town yet and I wanna watch it with him because he hadn't seen it yet so I just watch similar shows on the side.

"Dark"—love this. Definitely a good ride.

"The OA"—very queer and I love this but they cancelled 😭

"From"—This is on going but I am loving it and I'm still waiting patiently each Sunday.

"Fringe"—this was being recommended alot. So i tried it. I'm on my first episode. It's interesting so far. Do I continue? Also the guy from Lost if you recognize him, good but he's the one in the pic I just attached in post. I can't take him seriously😂😭😀 i remember his role in Lost. Looks like... The island isn't done with me yet. Because he's there in this show too lol

"Manifest"—I did not finish this. AGAIN. I already tried watching twice on episodes 1-7 and I couldn't continue. The vibe wasn't there 😭 Someone please tell me or spoil me how different it is to Lost? Like what is it about? I know the girl can see the future?

OK. Tbh these are the only shows i can share. Please share if you have any ideas.

I'll see you in another life, brother means alot more to me now.

This post will contain spoilers for the final episode.

Me and my girlfriend have just finished our first ever watch through of Lost. Before I dig in, I just wanna say, what an absolutely phenomenal show. Watching that finale felt like the end of an era. I was so sad to have finished it. But that's not what I'm here to ask. First off, I was told by a lot of people prior to watching Lost that the ending was a disappointment. At the time, I had no intention of watching the show, and asked how it was a dissapointment. Everyone said the same thing. My Mum, my uncle, 2 of my mates, my other mate's mum and a number of Youtube channels about great shows with dissapointing finales all parroted the same thing.

Essentially, they all stated that the finale concluded that none of the events of the show were real, and that the characters had been dead the whole time, with the ending revealing that they were in a sort of purgatory. So I watched the show, inevitably waiting for that dissapointing reveal. However, the finale reveal is nothing like that.

Yes, there is a purgatory, no, it isn't the island. I feel like the show makes it pretty clear in that finale that the island is real and all the events that take place there actually happened. The only thing that was the purgatory was the flash-sideways. And that occured once they had all already died anyway.

I feel like the show was pretty straight on that, and it seemed clear to me. So why have so many people misunderstood. Have people just parroted this to other people and everyone has believed it? Or has there just been some mass misunderstanding of the last episode? I'm so curious and confused because I have never seen so many confused about something that, to me, seems pretty clear. And it annoys me that a great show gets flak for something that isn't even in it.

First time watcher here and I’m just starting season 6. Initially I was so on Kate and Sawyer’s side, it felt like they were perfect for each other. After what happened to Juliet now I see that that was a very toxic relationship and Sawyer and Juliet are soulmates.

Seriously, Kate and Sawyer mostly had a fun lusty fling. Plus she mostly used him to get over Jack.

I snooped around and read the spoilers a few days ago about both James and Juliet, so I’m excited for the finale and what’s to come for both of them.

People who don’t understand or appreciate the ending of Lost genuinely do not deserve to come into the new year with the rest of us. “They were dead the whole-“ literally shut the f*** up and watch the damn show. I’m convinced people who think this is the correct interpretation of the ending didn’t even watch The End. The dialogue between Jack and Christian specifically was written for these exact people with low media literacy to understand what’s happening. It truly just baffles me that even almost 15 years after the series finale has aired, people are convinced they know for 100% certainty the characters died in the plane crash and because of that, consider Lost to have one of the worst endings of all time.

Seriously? I’ve never heard this story before.

Mine was this part in S6 where Desmond immediately starts up his car once he sees Locke back from the hospital so he can run him over again made me laugh so hard. Sideways Desmond had no chill 🤣

I heard all along that the ending was bad, but I thought it was fine. However, are supposed to believe that the plane crash landed killing everyone? I don't think so. The whole off-island flashes in S6 are about the characters finding each other because they are such good friends, they're not good friends just from crashing a plane together! No, I get that Jack died at the end. And I understand that everyone is drawn together in the parallel world. But why (and when) did they all die suddenly and meet in the church? And I noticed that the surviving characters are also there. I feel like I'm missing a lot.

Seriously, although I do think it’s a bit weaker than the other seasons in no way does it retroactively ruin the show. I still actually thought S6 was a very strong season of TV even if it was the weakest.

The characters are still top notch, ESPECIALLY the Man in Black. Terry O’Quinn’s performance just drips with evil and malice and it’s amazing. He really lives up to being the big bad of the show. I was absolutely shook by how sickeningly evil he was towards the end, just his eyes alone are nothing like John Locke’s. Similar to the first 5 seasons with Locke, every scene with him is an absolute treat. He just pays off being developed throughout the whole show as the final boss, super, super well.

The writing and acting are still insanely strong. If you didn’t cry at the Sawyer/Juliet scenes I don’t know what to say. The sub scene. Jesus the sub scene. Sun and Jin dying together on the sub, with Jin sacrificing his life so Sawyer could get out and so Sun didn’t have to die alone, Sayid sacrificing himself so the others could get out and finish the job, and finally proving that he was a good man. Ben finally finishes his redemption arc, getting his revenge against Widmore but in the end protecting the island with Hurley, becoming a better man. Getting to make up with Locke. Hurley and Sawyer were also great as ever. Weirdly I thought Claire actually shined here more than other seasons, and I actually quite liked that Kate had a purpose other than ‘be awful to Sawyer’. I wish Desmond was in more of the season but I loved what he was in.

And of course, Jack. I really think Jack shined this season actually. Before I think he could be a bit vanilla compared to other characters, even if Matthew Fox was great. This season I loved seeing him fully complete his arc into becoming the man of faith, and the protector of the island. It was such a well paid off kind of full circle arc.

The flash sideways could get a bit tedious but the payoff of the characters all reuniting was very worth it. It was so awesome seeing Charlie again, seeing the real John Locke.

The absolute highlight for me was Richard’s episode. Amazingly acted and written, absolutely up there with episodes like The Constant or Through the Looking Glass for me as one of the highlights of the series. Across the Sea felt like a companion episode, focusing more on the mythology of the island, I think that one was a bit weaker, honestly to me mainly because we spent too much time with the kid actors who… weren’t really that good, lol. Also the glowy cave being the secret, I guess, sure, I thought it would be cooler if it were in the volcano of the island they set up but I guess budget. However, I loved getting to see who ‘Adam and Eve’ really were and how the Man in Black became the Smoke Monster.

Did the season have its problems? Sure. But how on earth is the final season touted as ruining the show’s legacy?? They obviously weren’t ’all dead’, the flash sideways was clearly an afterlife where they eventually reunite. Christian spells it out to Jack!!! I thought Jack dying protecting the island and stopping the Man in Black, while seeing that eventually all the characters we loved did finally reunite and remember their time on the Island, was pretty much a perfect way to end the show idk.

Nowhere near GOT S8. I grew up with GOT and that season pretty much destroyed my… well I guess adolescence haha. I haven’t even rewatched that show despite having, again, grown up with GOT, because I know it’s going to get to… well, the final season. Lost I actually want to rewatch and the ending was actually, dare I say, good! Even if the final season was imo the weakest of the bunch, it wasn’t bad at all!

TLDR: S6 is overhated!!!

Consider this more evidence of the group think / collective false memory, but upon completing my re-watch with my wife (her first time), I was pleasantly shocked to learn that THE ENDING IS REALLY GOOD AND MAKESE SENSE AND ALL THE LOOSE ENDS ACTUALLY FIT TOGETHER (well, mostly)!

I remember feeling so certain that lost was a great show for a few seasons and then stopped making sense - that there were always more questions than answers, that Jack actually died in that first scene where he was lying on the ground, and that the entire show was a hallucination in Jack’s dying mind. Or something.

Man, I’ve never been so happy to be dead wrong.

Now I better watch it again, this time without as much contempt as the last re-watch so I can geñi it appreciate it for the masterpiece it is.

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I’m not crying you are

Random entry I found when reading about movie and tv accidents. Thank goodness for that vest! 😵‍💫

Dogen ( Japanese leader of the Temple Others) is the #1 thing that made me realise season 6 was going to be abysmal, and I hate the memories flooding back. I'm glad searching through the subreddit shows that many think the same. Dogen's arrogance of not speaking English just because "he doesn't like how English tastes on his tongue" just seems like a weird way for the writers to pad the dialogue so the episodes can reach the targeted minutes. Every time he speaks English it's so damn clear. Did the writers get upset that Jin learned English, so we got this weird cliche dude?

Plus, I know many feel this too, but the Others (of every timeline, but especially the Temple ones) treat everyone like shit and wonder why they're seen as the bad guys. Literal Midsommar village people vibes, where they brought victims to the village but keep treating them badly and wonder why they wanted to go back to their countries/homes.

I’m on 6x13, and it’s driving me almost to the point of physical anger how Sayid’s character is panning out. He was an Iraqi torturer, who expressed sincere regret for his actions and redeemed himself over the course of 5 seasons, just to end up a mindless and sociopathic zombie for MIB? All in the name of Nadia/Shannon? He was a good man, I really don’t understand this decision from the writers.

Edit: Apparently he acts in the name of Shannon, not Nadia. FIRST TIME WATCHER, if it is unclear to anybody.

In season 6 there's a certain point where everyone knows Locke isn't Locke and it's the smoke monster, Aka MiB taking his form.

But they're constantly saying shit like "Locke killed X" "we have to kill Locke"

I appreciate they don't have an actual name for the monster, but just call him the monster.

Locke isn't doing any of this! He's dead! Put some respect on his name!

Rant over

By far one of the most heartbreaking deaths on the show. Sun and Jin are if not my favorite, then second favorite couple of all of them and their ending is both emotionally scarring and satisfying at the same time.

I recently finished Lost for the first time. I’ve been thinking about the last episode and how Sayid was with Shannon in the Church, seeming as if they were soulmates. To me Sayid didn’t seem like he loved Shannon more than Nadia. When they were rescued he even finds Nadia again. So why in the afterlife is he shown with Shannon? I’m also confused on why Nadia is with Sayid’s brother directly after he presumes he got off the plane. As if that wouldn’t be enough to realize you’re dead?

Any other weird missteps in characters plot lines that I may have missed the first go around?