Lost 2/23/07 Season Finale w/ spoilers

[Asmo]

From lostpedia.com, easter eggs section:

The funeral parlor Jack visits is "Hoffs/Drawlar", an anagram of "flash forward."

The newspaper clipping Jack holds appears to contain information about a man from New York, who died after 4 a.m. in "The Tower" on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. The man's first name appears to begin with a J, with his surname possibly ending in "antham."


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[RigaMortus2]

I wonder if we will eventually find out who the musician was that programmed the Looking Glass station jamming code.

I don't know why I just thought of this, but in the movie Short Circut 2, Fischer Stevens who plays the character Ben (coincidence ?) gets locked in a freezer by some bad guys, and he uses a keypad to play the beach boys "Help me Rhonda" as a signal to his girl friend to get rescued (another beach boys song via keypad dialtones, used to get rescued, coincidence number 2 and 3?).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

So your talking about something like what they did in Dallas back in the 80s, the whole season being a dream?

St. Elsewhere turned out to be the same sort of thing. It's never been satisfying, except when it was played for laughs in the final episode of "Newhart," when it turned out the whole show had been a bad dream by the lead character from "The Bob Newhart Show." It even weakens the Wizard of Oz, IMO.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I may not be remembering correctly, but who did Locke kill? He pointed a gun at Jack and threatened to kill him, but then just walked off. Who was he person Locke killed? What scene was that in?

That same scene, Naomi has finally gotten through on the cellphone, it's ringing ... and she falls face-forward, a Bowie knife lodged in her back, Locke standing behind her, having just thrown it.

Jack grabs the phone and the conversation with the gun is all about whether or not Jack is going to complete the call she started.

 

[LightPhoenix]

The episode was... okay. I didn't think it was great, but it definitely wasn't awful.

The flashforwards were boring. Then again, it was about Jack, so that may have been part of it. While I agree with the sentiment that the flashbacks were getting stale, I don't think this is the way to go. Didn't care who was in the coffin, didn't care who Kate was with. Did not know they were flashforwards until Kate.

My guess is that Naomi and her team are from Dharma, trying to retake the island. I don't think her team is at odds with the survivors - on the contrary, we're shown Jack and Kate (apparently free) off the island.

Jack, Ben, Juliet, and Kate were boring. Everyone else was great. Rose needs to be on the show more, and Sayid definitely needs more screen time. I like the return of Evil Sawyer, and I loved Charlie's death scene with Desmond. Finally, Hurley with the van almost makes the previous episode worth it. Danielle hitting Ben and her first words to her daughter made me cheer/laugh.

I would have liked to have seen Charlie live, but I get the feeling he was supposed to die earlier in the show.

I find it highly amusing that Lost's numbers were much improved when they answered questions (story).

Nice point by Alex - why not just let them leave, if they're messing up the way the island works.

 

[LightPhoenix]

St. Elsewhere turned out to be the same sort of thing. It's never been satisfying, except when it was played for laughs in the final episode of "Newhart," when it turned out the whole show had been a bad dream by the lead character from "The Bob Newhart Show." It even weakens the Wizard of Oz, IMO.

I completely agree. It's the television equivalent of turning to your friends and giving them the finger while spitting in their face.

 

[BraveSirRobin]

I just watched it again on line and just noticed a line I thought interesting. When Mikhail first enters the looking glass and finds Bonnie and the other girl there, he says, "I thought you two were transfered to Canada?" or somethig along those lines. What the heck does that mean?

 

[Droogie]

I have to say, I really really enjoyed the episode. I've never cheered and screamed more at a TV show. Definitely more bang to it than the lackluster 'Heroes' finale.


The dynamite gets shot, 'others' flying in all directions: "YYYEAAHH!!!!"
JAck pummeling the living crap out of Ben: "YEAAHHHHH!!! KILL THE B*STARD!!!!!"
John Locke opens his eyes: "YEAH! GET'EM, LOCK! ARISE!!!! ARISE, LAZURUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Hurley saving the day, Sawyer going all dirty harry on Tom: "YYEEESSSSSSS!!!!!".

I just lost it. I was insane. So satisfied, I needed a cigarette, and I don't even smoke.

Sad to see Charlie go, and I, too, am frustrated by the shockingly small amounts of important information that is shared between characters. But damn. Can't wait for next season.

Observation: Didn't the casket seem a bit small to you? Maybe it's a younger person? Maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Droogie]

I just watched it again on line and just noticed a line I thought interesting. When Mikhail first enters the looking glass and finds Bonnie and the other girl there, he says, "I thought you two were transfered to Canada?" or somethig along those lines. What the heck does that mean?

They must be former Dharma, just like Mikhail and Ben. I figure whoever they couldn't "convert" got gassed in the end.

 

[Banshee16]

If he had opened the hatch, most likely he and Desmond would have died. At the very least they could have suffered from the bends if they would have taken deep breaths and tried to direct ascend to the surface. He decided to let Dez live. Well done, hobbit-man.

I honestly thought that Locke might shoot Jack. Heh, I was kind of rooting for it.

I meant, why didn't he swim out the window? The pressure wouldn't be pushing water in, once the amount of air in the room had decreased, so theoretically, he could get out and swim to the surface. He kept looking at that hole, like he was planning on swimming out it, and I was waiting for him to make a go for it.

As to the bends, would he even get the bends? I'm no diving expert, but I thought you only get the bends from compressed air in scuba tanks etc. Unless breathing air in a sub-surface habitat, and then trying to swim to the surface would simply cause the same problem.

Banshee