Review of the last episode of Lost (with spoilers)

I have decided to rewatch the last episode of Lost because there were many things that had not been clear to me, and although there are still many that I still do not have, I would like to start by regretting that there are people who underestimate others for having their own conclusions about the end of this series. All of you who think that what you say is an absolute truth and call others ignorant for not sharing your opinion, you can stick your finger up your ass and then suck it to find out what I think of you.

Returning to the initial topic, there were many things that were not completely clear to me after watching the chapter, and after a second viewing, read the 50 comments that are already in the previous article that I wrote in the morning and chatting with some friends, I’m going to restate my opinions on it.

In my previous trial I assumed that the island was a “purgatory” to atone for sins. However, one would have to think that it is simply that: an island. It is possible that it had supernatural properties and that is why the Dharma Initiative carried out its experiments on it, and here is the problem, thinking that because a place has unique physical qualities it must necessarily be something scientific. Why couldn’t the island have both physical qualities (electromagnetism) and supernatural qualities?

The quality of Lost is to mix supernatural elements with scientific elements in the same series: “Man of Science”, “Man of Faith”, which we unconsciously think of as something separate, because in most cases we cannot conceive them together: either you believe in Darwin’s evolution or you believe in God.

The chapter also plays a lot with the concept of time. We also assume that the passage of time is the same in both “dimensions”, when Christian Shepard himself tells Jack that time does not exist there. This could explain the famous “It worked” that Juliet says in the first episode of the season and that she repeats in this one when taking the chocolate bar out of the machine, as well as “We will pay for it in half”, possibly because being on the verge of death there is a “crossing of lines” between the two dimensions.

This timeless concept that I speak of also explains why the characters realize that they have died in a seemingly random way. Since there is no concept of time like in the real world, it is likely to happen differently for everyone. And from here can come the confusion (totally intentional on the part of the scriptwriters) of showing us both dimensions at the same time.

And the polar bear? And Walt killing birds with his eyes? When the first season began and we learned about the existence of black smoke (although at that time it was not seen) we unconsciously assumed that if a monster appeared killing people it was because there would be something supernatural in the series, and not something scientific. This conditioned the rest of the perceptions of the island: to begin with, we saw Walt looking out the window and a bird crashing against the glass and we thought “damn, a boy with superpowers”; Then we saw that the child had a comic and that a comic appeared and we thought “damn, a child with superpowers”, even knowing that Dharma scientists were doing tests on animals and among them was, indeed, a polar bear.

And if they are not dead on the island, what happens to the others? When Kate meets Jack, she tells him that she has been waiting for him for a long time. To begin with, (I have noticed that) the plane that Jack sees before closing his eyes is taking off because you can see its tail a little above, so it is assumed that they leave the island and everyone rebuilds their life outside. Therefore, the entire rest of Kate’s life (that she can remember) passes when they see each other again, and that’s why she tells him. This would happen with everyone in the same way: each one lives his life and death when he has to die.

The important thing is the people, and not the environment. If we only see these characters “pass to the other side” together, it does not mean that the other passengers have not already passed or will not pass, nor that any other person could not do so. Simply by the fact that they have shared the most important part of their lives together and care about each other. Walt didn’t care about the island and decided to leave, so when his time comes he will go with his loved ones, and the same for Eko, Ana Lucía, Richard (who will have left with his wife), etc.

This second viewing has helped me see this ending with a more hopeful mentality and with much more good vibes than before. Because in the end everything comes down to happiness, and the characters end up together and happy.

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