Another Lost Blog?

Yes, I'm going to do it...just like everyone else did all over the web. The difference is that I don't have any answers to theories. I just know what I saw on my computer. Let me explain.

I haven't had cable television for about a year now. I can't afford it anymore. I watch everything I want to watch on my computer for free. Yes, I'm a cheapskate.

I didn't watch Lost when it first aired. My mother had been watching it and would tell me a little about it, but I didn't think much of it at the time. Then I asked to borrow her DVDs. She had seasons 1 thru 4 and I watched every episode. I was interested from the point that this was no ordinary island and they were there for a purpose, but they would have to figure that out for themselves. Then I watched an interview with the guys that created this mystery and they said they always knew that at some point this would have to end. They said they had been planning an ending from the beginning. Not sure if I believe them at this point. Then I watched season 5. More and more people died and things didn't seem to be going so well. Here's what I mean.

From the beginning these people wanted off the island. When 6 of them finally did make it off the island their lives were not so great. Each had a different reason for going back. Kate went back to get Claire, Ben went back to see if he could run the island, Jack wasn't sure but knew he was needed on the island, Hurley did what everyone else wanted to do, Sayid went back without choice, and Locke was the dead body they needed. Sun went back to look for Jin. They needed to create the same conditions because technically they were not invited. Of course all of us watching are thinking why do you want to go back to a place you so desperately wanted to leave? The island wasn't done with them yet, as Ben kept saying over and over.

So what's done is done and there are no do-overs. We come to the finale event. I think that most who watched wanted things to end in a way that made sense to them. I just wanted to see what they chose and how they would end everything so it couldn't come back and still keep some people alive. They found a way. From the beginning of season 6 we saw what we thought was an alternate reality. The reality if the flight had not crashed. Then Richard started ranting in one episode that they were all dead and this is hell. I didn't believe what Richard was saying because he had visited John Locke when John was a small boy to test him. And Richard was just angry because Jacob was dead and he felt he no longer had a purpose. I had a hard time accepting the alternate reality. No one seemed like themself and since when did Jack have a son. Even if the plane had never crashed, what are the odds that Jack would have a child with Juliet before the flight? These things did not make sense. and then it was all explained in the final event.

The alternate reality is these people in purgatory waiting to find each other and remember before moving on. That's why everyone was so happy when they did actually remember their lives and everything that had happened to them. It is believed that a soul is in purgatory because they can't move on. Who knew that all these people needed was to remember every experience they had on the island in order to let go and move on. I liked that the writers left some things unanswered and chose to end everything by showing that everyone is dead now. No one can ever bring this back to life again. No one is lost anymore.

I was surprised that Jack died, but they needed a hero and he had to die to be the hero. I was surprised to see that Hurley would be taking over and Ben would be like Richard. I didn't think Hurley was mature enough. I liked that Desmond was the key to everything all along. Just like he was inside the hatch. Where it all began.