Oh Lost... you couldn't have just answered the questions, could you?After years of analyzing, theorizing and debating, your last moments were an incredible let-down. Sure, the show is touted as being "character driven" but then why create such an intricate plot? Why weave Egyptian wall etchings and well-placed novel titles and characters named after philosophers into the plot if they didn't mean anything? Why force Hurley into a mental institution, separate Sun and Jin for two seasons or pay Ed Hardy to add to Jack's tattoo sleeve if NONE OF IT MATTERED? For six years you promised us lobster and we ended up with red herring.
I'm still processing how we left things, but know that I am disappointed in you. I expected more. How could you use purgatory as the catch-all to our questions? It doesn't even add up! You claim that everyone died as a result of the plane crash and have spent the years learning enough about themselves to move on as a collective whole. Okaaaay-but you are missing two major characters in this reuinion, not to mention the scores of extras who died on the beach that first day. And how can Penny and Desmond join the group in the afterlife when they weren't even on the plane?
Lost, you're making me look like a huge angry nerd on my own blog. It's okay because I did love you once, and despite how we ended, I will remember the good parts. I'll remember the time Hurley got the VW bus to start and Sawyer got to have some beer. I'll remember when I figured out you flashed forward and was left astonished, and later when you flashed sideways and wondered when I got on Willy Wonka's elevator. I'll remember Kate's freckles, Locke's bassinet and Charlie's love for Claire. I'll remember the feeling of wanting all the answers but knowing they came with the price of losing you forever.
So goodbye, Lost. I hope you're happy with Syndication.
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