Lost 2/23/07 Season Finale w/ spoilers

[Cthulhudrew]

one question I haven't seen asked on here yet... just why in the hell was it Penny, of all people, who just happened to pop up on that communications system after Charlie shut down the jamming?

I actually asked that back on page 3, but yeah, does anyone else have any thoughts on the matter?

 

[Felon]

There was a quote by Harlan Ellison that I read yesterday to the effect that story writers these days have learned their craft too much from watching television and lack a genuine grasp of structure and pacing, with the result that the dramatic (or melodramatic) often rules over realistic behavior and common sense- things are shoehorned to fit the way the author wants them to play out rather than the author following them through to their logical conclusion. Ellison was specifically referring to comicbooks, and put it much more succinctly than I just did, but I think that's very much applicable to shows like Lost in general, and this episode in particular (even more apt when you consider that at least a couple of Lost's writers are comic writers themselves).

Love'im or loathe'im Ellison's your typical writer-turned-egotistical-blowhard by the rapt attention of devoted fans. Everything his says she'd be imbibed with a small amount of sodium.

 

[BlueBlackRed]

I think the guy in the coffin was Michael.

- He betrayed everyone on the island for his son. So no friends there.
- He has no family other than Walt, who I'm betting either stayed on the island or died.
- The area the funeral was in was not exactly a place where most other Losties would reside.

Nothing ironclad, and I'm sure someone will point out something small that shoots it down, but for now it has the right feel to it.

 

[Welverin]

The thing that got me with the viewing, was who paid for and wouldn't even bother showing up?

Jack was the only person who went to it, and since he only found out about it from the newspaper he certainly didn't pay for anything. So who cared enough to pay for a casket, viewing , and funeral, but not enough to be there for any of it?

 

[Demmero]

I think the guy in the coffin was Michael.

- He betrayed everyone on the island for his son. So no friends there.
- He has no family other than Walt, who I'm betting either stayed on the island or died.
- The area the funeral was in was not exactly a place where most other Losties would reside.

Nothing ironclad, and I'm sure someone will point out something small that shoots it down, but for now it has the right feel to it.

Yeah, that does feel right, except for one thing....
If Michael and/or Walt made it back to civilization, then Naomi's likely flat-out lying about the remains of Flight 815 and its passengers being found.

 

[bodhi]

The thing that got me with the viewing, was who paid for and wouldn't even bother showing up?

Maybe the guy in the casket paid for it, ahead of time.

 

[BlueBlackRed]

Yeah, that does feel right, except for one thing....
If Michael and/or Walt made it back to civilization, then Naomi's likely flat-out lying about the remains of Flight 815 and its passengers being found.

I never saw Michael and Walt make it back to civilization. I just saw them get on a boat and the direction that Ben told them to go.
And Ben never lies.

 

[Welverin]

Yeah, that does feel right, except for one thing....
If Michael and/or Walt made it back to civilization, then Naomi's likely flat-out lying about the remains of Flight 815 and its passengers being found.

Yes, why hasn't there been more doubting what she says?

Maybe the guy in the casket paid for it, ahead of time.

Yeah, maybe. Seemed really odd at the time though.

 

[Mark CMG]

Yes, why hasn't there been more doubting what she says?

She has a phone and is willing to let them use it. Despite the reports that she says exist about the demise of the flight and its passengers, she is not trying to convince them of their validity and even agrees that there must be some other explanation for those reports. I think the Lostaways are just as likely to believe the supposed wreckage is a trick of the others.

 

[Welverin]

I was thinking more of us, hadn't really consider the gullible isle suckers.