LOST fans

I applaud the effort but the powers that be have said numerous times that the island is not purgatory so i doubt this whole thing is religious based.

Liked the episode. Ben sounded angry that he, King Manipulator, was manipulated by MIB. So, I think, he is looking to return the favor. However, I think that in some type of scrum, he will be accidentally tossed into the light by Jack and the cycle begins again. MIB will be killed but I am not sure who will do it or how it is going to be done. My money is on Sawyer with MIB's dagger. 

two things on richard

 

maybe hes not dead or maybe he wanted to die because he hadnt seen his wife in so many years and was just ready to go (thats why he went looking for MIB)

Don't think Richard's dead, Smoke Monster would of had so many chances to kill Richard over the years.  Unless he couldn't do it w/ Jacob alive.

Richard has been wanting to die for awhile now so i think he is probably dead. it would be great if he came back to save the day but i doubt it

I think Richard is dead. It seemed like MIB thought for a while he could use Richard and therefore kept him alive until now. At this point, I don't want to see any characters that are presumed dead to somehow be alive.

I don't mind that Ben went back to his old ways but I didn't particularly like how it happened. It almost seemed too easy. Would have liked more provocation. I like idea of him becoming the new smoke monster.

I think there will be a lot of unanswered questions when all is said and done. Things like, what exactly is the light at the center of the island and why is the fate of the world dependent upon it. In my opinion that is sometimes better than providing answers that are disappointing. A huge part of this show's intrigue has questioning the meaning of things and I don't have a problem with letting some of that live on beyond the life of the show itself.

Here's a few questions. If that light at the center of the island is essentially good then why did it turn Jacob's brother into something evil? Was it because of Jacob's intent when he sent him down to it? And if Jacob's mother was the previous smoke monster, how was she also the protector of the light? Seems contradictory to the current order of things. Who or what was she protecting it from if she was the smoke monster? Mankind?

Real interested to find out what Whitmore mission and motives were.

 

 

been doing a lot of thinking about this show this week.......in light of the series finale and all............some thoughts:

(1) Richard is most certainly dead.....not all characters will get a grand exit, nor should they really (even if fans of that character feel he/she warrants it)....he wanted to die and, most importantly, FLocke couldn't turn him (despite multiple attempts)...he was useless to MIB...its over; 

(2) I also believe Ben is scheming and pulling the ultimate con on MIB......he simply won't let the island be destroyed......and IMO will likely wind up the new Smokey to Jack's new Jacob;

(3) still haven't entirely figured out the LAX sideways........but we know it most certainly is immensely important, else there wouldn't have been near the focus all season on it...........some how there will be a merge with what's going on with the island........but which one controls whether people live?.........have to side with the island here;

(4)  Widmore's plan has failed...........he had a rather weak plan to kill MIB....lobs bombs at him.......fence went down with ease....then he just shows up unarmed on the main island (thought this was beyond bizarre).......all he has left is his fail-safe option (Desmond);

(4) Desmond obviously will have a huge role....but what exactly?....can't believe he leads to the island sinking......again, don't see  Ben allowing that to happen..........I see some sort of confrontation at the "light"/cave/well whatever..........with MIB attempting to get Dez to go down it.......and then maybe Ben sacrifices himself by throwing himself down, saving the island....yet becoming the new Smokie

Here's my only theory:

The reason Des is there is because he can "transform energy."  He's there because he can figure out how to get the light into all of the remaining candidates, and they can pass around to people forever.

If Des does that, it doesn't matter if the island blows up.  As long as the candidates escape without being killed, the MIB will be stuck there forever.

Remember - in the first episode of this season, the island is underwater, and they fly over it.  So something definitely happens to the island.

 

 

10 mins 

I got a fucking thunderstorm knocking out my dish feed.

how fucking wild is this ride

too many commercials

wow.

Did Penny die at some point and I had forgotten?

She WAS there in the last scene.

Pretty plan bs ending...

For 6 years of anyones time that was bullshit ending...

But I did like the show it just gave no answers and was just a long review of the shows history...

Wondering the same thing myself, don't remember her dying

Christian told Jack that some died before and some died after so I took it as when they die their timelines connect.  So while Penny is still alive in the original timeline when she dies she will be connected with the current timeline.  Like when Jack dies on the island at the end he is finally connected to everybody in the flashsideways and he remembers everything.

Big fan of the show and wasn't too happy the way it ended either.  Just a bunch of corny reunion flashbacks and a ton of commercials.  Was expecting a big battle w/ Flocke/MIB...

Might have to rewatch to see if I missed anything or watch the alt endings on Kimmel

yeah same thing with Juliet.

 I thought the ending was weak as well.  Will be interesting to see what endings they scraped to get to this one.

We'll go with that then unless someone says different. 

Didn't see Michael or Walt either though.