Lost Season Finale: Sci-Fi Fact vs. Fiction

Thanks to Germán for the link.

Lost's third season ender may have left you with more questions than answers. But as experienced in debunking as we are here at Popular Mechanics, the ABC drama's theories of time travel, alternate universes, smoke monsters and invisible men are pure science fiction. What we can offer is a reality check: Writer, filmmaker, military adventurer and former dynamite wrangler Robert Young Pelton weighs in on the good, the bad and the fake from Wednesday's mind-bending finale. (If you have not seen the two-hour episode, stop reading now!)

1. Is it possible to ignite dynamite with a gunshot?

The Others vs. the Castaways battle on the beach began with a bang-literally. The clever beach dwellers set up piles of dynamite and, when the Others launched their attack, used rifles to detonate the sticks. That much holds up to Pelton's expertise, but it might not be as impressive as the Lost creators would have us believe. "Dynamite in an open space is not that impressive," he says, "and the blast would probably scatter the pile before it detonates it all." And that's not the only falsity: Pelton doubts that product from the 1800s would even explode. "The outside wrapper would be paper and the powder would dissolve [in water]," he says. Maybe the island's mysterious powers of healing work on dynamite as well.

2. Would a grenade really work under water?

Never mind his nine lives: It was one-eyed Other Mikhail's grenade assault on the Looking Glass communications station-and rockstar Charlie's subsequent drowning because of it-that had us talking. But it's probably not plausible, says Pelton. "Grenades would have a much diminished effect in water compared to air," he says. The two products of a grenade detonation, shrapnel and blast, could both break a window. However, according to Pelton, most underwater windows are made of thick plexiglass that tends to be the strongest part of a sealed vessel. But, because Mikhail was so close to the blast - putting his lungs and internal organs at risk - maybe he's finally made his way to the big hatch in the sky.

3. Can you really break someone's neck with your legs?

It was hard to believe that Iraqi interrogator Sayid allowed himself to get captured, but he redeemed himself when he tripped an Other and, hands tied behind his back, broke the man's neck with his legs. Pelton says the move is definitely possible: "It's taught in combatives, but obviously difficult to do." Still, as we've seen in the show's first three seasons, there's not much Sayid can't do. Except maybe control his temper.

4. Would Rousseau's radio transmission really have blocked the sat phone's signal?

Once Charlie turned off the Looking Glass hatch's signal-jamming devices, the Losties still had one more obstacle to overcome before they could make the call that would get them rescued: Rousseau's distress message, broadcasting for 16 years from the island's radio tower. But that, says Pelton, is impossible. "Sat signals are only blocked by jamming devices or solid objects that block the line of sight to the satellite," he says. "Radio signals would have no effect."

Source: Popular Mechanics

Lost Season 3 Announced for Blu-ray (*Updated*)

Update: 1st June According to TvShowsOnDVD their sources at Disney say that the Blu Ray set is not going to happen. We will keep you updated on any updates.

Walt Disney Pictures Buena Vista Home Entertainment has revealed that they will release 'Lost: The Complete Third Season – The Unexplored Experience' for Blu-ray on December 11th. As one of the most anticipated TV releases on Blu-ray since being hinted at so many months ago, this is a welcome announcement from Disney. No official specs have been released at this time.

"Lost: The Complete Third Season -- The Unexplored Experience" follows December 11 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The 23-episode, seven-disc set comes with a one-on-one with star Matthew Fox, a featurette on "The Others," a documentary chronicling 24 hours in production and a selection of never-before-seen flashbacks. Also included are behind-the-scenes looks at 10 episodes, audio commentaries, deleted scenes and bloopers.

Source: Reuters

Who is DarkUFO?

I've been getting a lot of emails over the last year from people asking about me and what I do etc. One of these people (Janey) I respond by asking them to send me some interview style questions so that I could answer stuff once and for all. We did most of this over IM and I then tided up the post to what you see below. If you have any other questions that you'd like to ask me feel free to leave me a comment to this post.

What's your real name?
Andy

Where are you from?
Bedfordshire, England

Are you Married?
Yes, to the lovely Annie. No Kids but 2 black cats.

How come you have so much free time?
I'm a Professional Poker player

Seriously..
No seriously I gave up my job in London 3 years ago to play poker full-time, hence the spare time I have to spend on the Lost site.

What made you start the site?
Being involved in Web Design as part of my Job in London (Project Manager and Developer) I've always been interested in Web technology and creating sites.

I started by posting spoilers over at the IMDB messages boards however the boards are pretty unmoderated and posts would get deleted after a while and you could not embed photos,polls, videos etc. At the same time I started posting Spoilers over at the Tailsection for my friend Jon (aka DocArzt).

The site just really grew from my posting a few spoilers, trailers and listing the outstanding mysteries etc As the site became more popular people started to request other sections which have slowly been added. We recently passed the 20 Million hits mark in one Season alone, something I still can't quite comprehend.

What other forums do you post on?
I still post over at IMDB, but this season I've been posting over ABC Boards and I've met some really good people over there who help out with the site and contribute findings and screencaps etc. I've also just started to post over at the TWoP. I wish I had more time to post on the other big forums like Gertie's Lost-Forum, The Fuselage and Lost-TV Forums.

Jater or Skater
Ha! I know a lot of people think I'm a skater due to me publishing the FishBiscuit reviews and that fact that I forgot to add Evi and Matthew to one of the recent poll options but I'm not really interested in the Love Triangle that much. I'm more of a Mystery and Mythology person although I think the best couple would be Kate and Juliet ;)

Favourite Character
Well Season 1 it was Locke, Season 2 was Eko and Ben, and Season 3 Juliet and Ben. The actors who play these characters simply deserve every bit of praise that they get.

Favourite Episode
Dear Lord, that's a tough one. If I had to pick one and only one I'd pick The Man behind the Curtain, but it's not really a fair question!

Paulo and Nikki - where did you stand?
Ha, I thought they were fantastic insomuch as they were so bad LOL. I actually loved Expose and whatever anyone says, that episode forever etched them into the psyche of every Lost fan, whether you love or hate them.

Lostfan108 - Final Thoughts
I'd rather not say too much as the whole affair was a bit messy. Personally I'd have preferred Lostfan108 not to have revealed them at all, but once they were out there I tried my best to release them as best I could. I still don't know if I did the right thing or not.

Season 3 Hiatus - What to look forward to
Well we've just started the Prediction league which should be a lot of fun and make watching the episodes even more interesting especially as we all have our predictions invested in them. Hopefully the prizes add a little extra spice.

Also we have the Season 3 DVD and Soundtrack to preview, although it's a little disappointing that the DVD is not due until Dec. We will also be running some articles from resident recapper Vozzek69 and hopefully a season recap from Fishbiscuit along with some other articles of interest.

I've also been posting a Weekly Deleted scene and I've enough of these, if my maths is correct, to take us up to the S4 premiere

Also as we approach August time, we should start getting some nice spoilers from our people on the ground over in Hawaii and filming starts up and casting calls are released.

Is there a rivalry between the Lost sites
LOL... People seem to think there is, and I've no idea where this started. Myself and DocArzt (The Tailsection) are very good friends, and we chat a lot and find a lot of the posts about DarkUFO post this... The Tailsection posted that , really funny. I'm also good friends with some of the Sys Admins over at the excellent Lostpedia site, which I use constantly.

Each of the sites offer something different for the Lost fan and should be considered as complimentary services. DocArzt is a great writer and I love reading his ideas and thoughts about Lost, and his over take on things. Lostpedia is simply a stunning resource of Lost info and fun as well, you can spend hours clicking around. And DarkUFO I'd like to think that we provide a fast and up to date Spoiler service with lastest videoes and trailers along with some great looking screencaps etc.
I'm also good friends with SpoilerFix, BuddyTV, Lost-Media and Humpys. So no there is absolutely no rivalry between the sites.


Are you going to be around for Season 4
Hell yeah! The site is a lot of hard work but I've got so many good sources and so many helpful people who really help me out a lot. I'll list a few here and if I miss anyone sorry. Jeebs, Lyly, Sawyer840, Hum Hum, Luanne, Stephen, Chitowncubs, DocArzt, Insiderscoop, Ryan, Y2J plus my "sources" and soooo many others. Without these helpers I would really struggle to keep on top of things :)


Favourite Book, Film, Music, TV Show (not Lost)
Book = The Holographic Universe, Film = The Thing, Music = The Chameleons, TV = Fawlty Towers. Although, ask me that again tomorrow and you will probably get 4 different answers.

Early look at S3 DVD (*Updated*)

Thanks to Jeebs over at SpoilerTV for this info. You can see Amazon's page for S3 DVD HERE

Update: 30th May 2007 : The Release date has been set at December 11th 2007 by Amazon.

The newest (May 21st) issue of Video Business trade magazine has an ad with a small sneak preview of the art for several upcoming TV-DVD sets from ABC and Disney/Buena Vista Home Entertainment. One of the box sets shown is Lost - The Complete 3rd Season: The Unexplored Experience, the art of which you can see to the left. Can't read that small print, and wondering how we could? We couldn't! The exact title comes from a trailer currently showing at Disney's new TVonDVDHits.com website (and don't think that we didn't notice it sounds a little bit like our own URL...so don't get confused, okay?). So, when will this release hit the store shelves? The street date hasn't been revealed yet, but expect it to come out timed to help promote the next new season of the show. Disney/Buena Vista is planning to announce each of these on May 31st, so stay tuned for more developments! Our thanks to readers like longtime friend Scott Lovelace, who helped us spot the art in the ad, and like Nick Sebek, who tipped us off about the trailer.

Source: TVonDVD

The Weekly Deleted Scene - "What's Your Story"

Hurley and Libby are washing/drying clothes in the Swan and Hurley finds some of Libby's underwear in his, and holds on his finger, saying "Oh, erm, I think these are yours." Libby asks is he is sure they are not his, and Hurley laughs but is slightly put out. Hurley then talks to Libby, who reveals she is a shrink specialising in marriage and family relationships. She reveals, including annulments, she has had three marriages but now "knows what not to do." She then asks what Hurley's story is, and he tells her he won the lottery, and is pleased she believes him. Hurley then asks Libby out on a walk, who agrees on the condition he does not stand on her foot- a reference to before the flight. This scene was deleted from "Fire + Water".
Thanks to Lostpedia for the outline.

Ausiello Q&A

Thanks to Hum Hum for the info.

Question: Curse you, Michael Ausiello! I had to wait a whole week to get my AA fix regarding the pants-crapping greatness of the season finale of Lost. Please, please reveal what you know about Season 4!— Antonio Lopez
Ausiello: As anyone with an Ausiello Report bookmark can tell you, I had a smorgasbord of Lost goodies just waiting for you the moment the end credits started to roll on last Wednesday's pants-crapping finale. (Truth be told, I had the story up a few seconds before the end credits, but that's our little secret, K?) Of course, being the multiplatform slut that I am, I saved a few tasty morsels from my exclusive interview with Carlton Cuse for this week's AA — including a bit of scoop about the return of two major characters in '08. "The four-toed statue is something we will get to next season," Cuse revealed. "Sometimes we're surprised by the things people get fixated on. We tried to answer a fair number of questions this year, but that's one we just didn't get to." Benry's barely visible boss man will also be back, he confirms. "There will definitely be a lot more of Jacob in Season 4."

Question: OK, after the Lost finale, I am officially Darlton's vincent.— Emily Dunbar
Ausiello: Haven't we been over this? I'm their vincent; you're their hussy. Get it straight.

Question: You are my hero for not spoiling Lost's "rattlesnake in the mailbox."— Kenny
Ausiello: Yeah, well, some would say the damage had already been done. As many of you know, a very detailed synopsis of Lost's season finale — rattlesnake included — was leaked onto a certain spoilery website about two weeks ago. And like some kind of evil cyber-terrorist plot, the link quickly found its way onto Lost message boards far and wide. Luckily, many of you headed my warning to steer clear of all rattlesnake-related spoilers. I only wish I had had such restraint. As awesome as the finale was, it would've been that much cooler had I not known that Jack was flashing forward. (Unlike many of you, I never would've picked up on the Razr phone. I'm just not that bright.)

Question: Does ABC know how the rattlesnake leaked?— Justin
Ausiello: Not yet, but it sounds like an investigation is under way. "Disney security is trying to establish a full and complete list of all of the people through whose hands the show passed," said Cuse, who admits "it's incredibly frustrating" that the secret got out, even if the number of people who had the twist spoiled is miniscule when compared to Lost's overall viewership. "We did everything we felt we could do. There were only four copies of the rattlesnake that were distributed. Damon had a copy, I had a copy, Jack Bender the director had a copy, and Jean Higgins the producer had a copy. We even sent someone to [ABC president] Steve McPhersen's office with the pages. He read them and then they were taken away and returned to our office. I think it got out during the post-[production] process, because that's when it broke [on the Web]. The finale is like a feature film, but as opposed to having six or eight months to do the post on it, we do it in about three weeks. As a result, multiple copies of the show are circulating to various people who do everything from sound design to color timing to visual effects. So it's kind of out there, and it's hard to say where it got spoiled from. Unfortunately, it might not even be somebody who works on the show. It could be somebody who plucked it off the desk of somebody who was somehow involved in the show." Cuse said he was heartened by the "backlash among the loyal fans of the show against these spoiler posters. I think once people realized what was being spoiled, they were very upset. That's why we work really hard to try to keep the show from getting spoiled, because I think it really does diminish your ability to enjoy having the revelations land on you while you're watching it. It's analogous to going to see Sixth Sense and having somebody tell you what the twist is at the end of the movie."

Question: Elizabeth Mitchell's performance as cold and creepy Juliet on Lost this year was smurftastic. What do you think her chances are at the Emmys?— Ryan L.
Ausiello: Well, she crossed the first hurdle: She made it onto our Dream Emmy Ballot!

Question: The Lost season finale was sooooo great! Here's my question: In the last scene, Kate talks about somebody who's waiting for her at home. Who is he?— Claire B.
Ausiello: My guess? It's someone we haven't met yet.

Question: People keep saying that Lost's apparent change in format is due to the fact that the show will no longer film in Hawaii. Have you heard anything about this?— Cory Skelton
Ausiello: Not true.

Source: Ausiello

DarkUFO Readers make the News again

Seems like we're generating a bit of a buzz in the mainstream news sites. This time from the NY Mag.

‘Lost’ Obsessives Decode the Obituary?

Over on the fabulously detailed Lost fan site DarkUFO, the Lost obsessives are having a grand old time blowing up HD screen captures of the season finale and perusing them for clues. Most interesting is a new theory on the subject of the obituary Jack weeps over in the show's flash-forward. Thanks to a post on another fan site — rumored to be from a show insider — and careful perusal of screen caps, many now think the obit is not for anyone named after philosopher and Panopticon inventor Jeremy Bentham but instead for someone named John Lantham (or Latham), who has hanged himself in Lost's future.

Mostly, this site makes us want to buy an HDTV. God, do these screen captures look pretty.

Source: NY Mag

From Daniel Dae Kim blog - The Joys of Editing

Due to the wishes of Daniel Dae Kim I have respectfully deleted this article.

The DarkUFO Season 3 Awards - Nominations and Categories

We will shortly be starting the Season 3 awards, but before we get cracking on the voting I wanted to give everyone the chance to help out with the categories.

So far we've got the following categories but was wondering if you all had any other suggestions for categories that you would like added? If you do nominate a new category could you also suggest your options for the poll.

I'm hoping that the voting will be open around the middle of next week, stay tuned. Current Categories are:

Best Episode
Worst Episode
Best Flashback(s)
Worst Flashback(s)
Most Underused Character(s)
Favourite Other
Best Newcomer
Worst Newcomer
Best Death
Most Despised Other
Favorite Character of the season
Best Male actor of season
Best Female actor of season
Most Missed Character
Favourite Couple

ADDED
Best Title
Best Reveal
Best Plot
Worst Character

Feed Your Head - Through the Looking Glass recap by Fish Biscuit

FEED YOUR HEAD

What did you do, Jack?



Let it out, man, what's killing you?



How bad could it have been?



From the looks of things, Jack Shephard has fucked things up so royally, his only purpose left in life is to try and find a way to die. And even that doesn't seem to be going so well. He's driving around oxycozoned out of his head, guzzling booze and reading obituaries rather than watching the road.



But the L.A.P.D. has a lot of people like Jack to keep an eye on, so he hasn't caught his DWI yet...or his ticket to oblivion. He is flying on planes, hoping they crash.



He even gets as far as the ledge of a bridge



but the poor guy is such a loser now, he can't even do something as simple as jump. His display causes a traffic accident, leaving people that must be fixed, and apparently, incredibly, there's one tiny place left in the melted jello of his brain that still responds to a thing that must be fixed.

Only not everything is fixable, as we learn in this episode. Jack is experiencing the ultimate nightmare of a control freak. Something has happened, something that is in the past, that is immutable and beyond his ability to fix. In between the end of our on island story and wherever poor crazy Jack is at now, something horrific happened. Was Jack responsible for the horror? Could he have changed it had he been a different kind of man, a different kind of leader? A leader must make decisions. Decisions have consequences. And whatever the consequences of Jack's decison were, in Jack's mind at least, he deserves to be killed for them.

Taking a long step back, into the way this Reluctant Leader assumed control of this group, one is left to wonder. What made Jack the best choice to lead? He was a doctor, and that was a huge godsend to everyone, but doctors don't lead armies. Doctors don't lead nations. Remember Bones McCoy from the old Star Trek series?



Remember how he used to say "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not an elephant trainer"? That guy knew his place. He had humility. He knew better than to project his superior intelligence and skills into some presumption of general superiority. I am going to guess that Jack Shephard maybe wasn't that much of a McCoy fan. But what we learned this episode - incredibly, given the golden light this character has been painted in up until this one pivotal episode - is that, as a Leader, reluctant or otherwise, Jack Shephard was a spectacular failure.

A big problem was that there really were no other likely candidates for the position. The ideal choice may have been Sayid, a hardheaded soldier with a brilliant technical mind and a lion's heart. But in the aftermath of 9/11, it's easy to see how a group of mainly Westerners wouldn't have accepted an Iraqi to command them. (Which makes the fact that Jack ended up looking like Saddam Hussein's lost brother



just a little more comical.) So Sayid was relegated to Sergeant and maybe that was the first mistake.
Certainly this hip move with the Assassination by Ankle reminded us how deep Sayid's skill set really is,



and hinted at what a badass leader he might have been.



But...bygones must be bygones, as Jack now knows all too well.

Sawyer couldn't have been the leader, not that he'd ever have wanted to be. His psychic agony was all there in real time this episode. His head is still in the brig with Cooper's corpse,



and when Kate finally showed enough compassion to ask him what had happened, all he could do was lash out at her, feign indifference



though his torment, as always, is painted all over his expressive face.



However unleaderly Sawyer is, he does have one asset a leader needs, that Jack lacks.



He doesn't bargain with the enemy. He knows they lie.



So when he plugged Tom, there was one less problem that would ever need to be fixed.

Here's one guy who could never have been the leader: Bernard!



Seriously, dude, name, rank and serial number! Or at least make something up. This guy spilled his guts quicker than lostfan108! He gave every detail. If the Others had an Air Force they could have just asked Bernard for the coordinates and called in an airstrike. But at least Bernard has enough McCoy in him to realize he's a dentist, not a Rambo. And next time you go to the dentist, think about how true that really is.

And Juliet wasn't around to become the leader in the early days, though she has a lot of assets. She's as smart as Jack and a hell of a lot cooler under fire. Who knows what's being set up for Juliet?



Have to wait and see, but clearly things are changing when it comes to Juliet's status in the story.

It might have been a good move to woo the noble savage Rousseau a little more gently. As crazy as she appears, she knows the lay of the land. She's invested in the place



and she knows how to handle Ben.



In his way, Locke tried to be a kind of leader. A kind of crazyass way that no sane person would follow. But Locke has entered some zone with access to secrets a leader might have found useful.



When he was laying in the skeleton pit, it looked like his wound was glowing, almost healing as we watched.



And then who should appear with some magical healing incantation but



WAAAAAALT !!!! - who didn't leave in that boat after all. He got abducted to a hormone therapy clinic where they've been pumping him full of high octane testosterone. Maybe he realized he needed to grow up fast so HE could be the leader these people have never actually had.

If courage and self sacrifice were all it took to be a leader, then Charlie could have been one. He took a beating, kept his head, resigned himself to his fate and determined to make it count. Did he need to die? Could there have been another way out? Apparently not. Fate is what it is on Lost. Causes have Effects. We've been shown this again and again.

So Charlie died.




Beautifully.



With great dignity



and poignancy. With a shout out to Spock





and a very important message



that no one will get to hear until it's way too late.

The point is that no one could probably have led these people in this mystical place. The Island is in charge of this story.



There are a lot of people in the play, but none of them as beautiful or compelling or mysterious as the Island itself.



Reminded of that this episode, one must hope that this story never strays too far from it's most fascinating and vital character, the Island.

Matthew Fox gave a bravura performance in this episode. I've heard it described as "balls to the wall" and even though I really prefer not to think of Matthew Fox's balls up against any walls (what is it with men and their testicular metaphors anyway?), I have to admit it was spectacular.

Jack Shephard has failed.



For a man whose main driving force in life has been competitive success - being better than his father, finishing medical school a year early, being recognized as a premier surgeon in one of medicine's most elite specialties - Failure is the most frightening of spectres.



And Jack was so afraid, so ashamed of, so horrified by this failure, he had to hide his soul from even himself.

Narcotics are the ultimate attempt to control reality.



And addiction is the ultimate punishment for that arrogance. The addict has to resurface into society



occasionally and keep trying to scam the cognizant world.



He tries to pretend he's fine.



But his shame is unbearable,



because he knows exactly what he has become



and he knows that everyone can see it.


The storytelling was masterful. As we witnessed Jack's utter disintegration



we were flashed back to the moment on the island that this disintegration began.



Jack is leading his people up to the signal tower. He doesn't clue in when Naomi - smart girl! - flatters him as Moses...



and makes sure he knows only one way to use the phone. When Ben confronts him, and pleads with him not to call the rescuers, and blackmails him with death threats against his friends,



Jack can't cope.



He loses his shit, as Jack so often does. This is not the way great leaders react. But Jack has failed as a leader...he just doesn't know it at that point.

And in all fairness, how could Jack have done differently? In the words of the great poet Donald Rumsfeld, Jack was faced with three things:



the known knowns: Ben is a liar.



the known unknowns: Everything loony Locke says.



and the unknown unknowns.

Who is on the other end of that phone? A new character has entered the story. There's a gun on the table in the middle of the stage. We can see it now but we don't know yet why it's there. Whatever is coming to the Island is going to unleash a new hell on our Losties. And all we have to go on are the clues we were given - loaded all of them - in the two final scenes.


"I know exactly what I'm doing", says Jack.



Ummm.....No, you don't, dude. This here seems to be your first mistake.

"You are bringing people here that will kill every LIVING person on this island" says Ben.
And who pray tell isn't a "living" person? Well, for one thing this guy isn't



In order for one to be living it has to be possible for one to die...which he cannot. And I'm not too sure about this guy either...



or this one any more.



"You're not supposed to do this", says Locke. There is no way in hell Jack is going to listen to Locke. He even sounds like a whiny schoolboy telling him "You're done keeping me on this island." But Locke does know something. Jack's hubris starts right here, in dismissing this mystical maniac. And all the oxycodone and whiskey in the world isn't going to let him forget that.

Game Changed?



The kicker here didn't kick all that hard, but it was cool. Anagram it out to see the flashbacks did a FLASH FORWARD for the first time. Which is how we know that Jack's self-medicating is all about something horrific and unbearable that we have yet to see. The final scene,



where Kate steps out of her sweet ride looking all glam and synthetic, reads like a list of cryptic clues. I believe we are expected to talk about these all summer, so get out your notepads.



"Why would I go to the funeral?"
Who was in the coffin? Why did Jack care and Kate not? Is Kate just a hardhearted bitch? Or is Jack just whacked out and going to random funerals these days in his courtship of death?



"I'm sick of lying."
What lies is Jack telling? Did they fabricate a story about what really happened on the Island? Is that how Kate has escaped justice? Did some powerful syndicate swoop in and rescue them, installing Kate in a witness protection program to keep her yap shut? And if so, why are they letting Jack barrel around L.A. driving drunk and babbling like a madman?



"We made a mistake".
We? Was Kate in on whatever decision Jack made that put him in this condition? Or is he just playing the addict's game of sharing the guilt? And of course - what mistake? They've got three years to explain this to us, but seeing how it has made such a total wreck of Jack, it had better be a doozy.

"He'll be wondering where I am."
Who is Kate's man?



Face it. It's a possibility. This one was for the shippers, yo. Got to keep them at each other's throats, so...nice one, guys.



"We were not supposed to leave."
How much must it kill Jack here to fully realize Locke - friggin' Locke! - was right all along?



"We have to go back."
How? Does the Island have a fixed location now? Why? Does Jack realize the only way he'll ever kick his wicked habit is to do what Charlie did? Does he think he can fix something by going back? Were there people left behind? Or is he just raving, the way maxed out dope fiends are wont to do? That seems to be Kate's opinion on the matter. But things are never that straightforward on Lost.



What a wonderful season of Lost this was. And a very fitting finale. I don't think any games were changed. I don't think too many minds were blown. But it was SOLID entertainment, two exciting hours worth, and Matthew Fox got the chance to redeem himself after a sleepwalk of a season. Showing Jack humbled and ruined gave layers to the character that three years of pompous posturing failed to even hint at. It will be fascinating to come back next year - in *sob* February - to see what painful pleasures they have in store for us.

Recap by Fish-Biscuit