Trekkies are weird. There, I said it. But, I must grudgingly admit that I am able to connect with them on some level. I am a Lostie. For the past four years, Kim and I have caught up on and set our schedules around LOST. Sunday evening the show ended. I have a couple of thoughts I would like to share with you.
- The show was the greatest television series of my lifetime.
- The finale was the greatest ending for a television series ever.
- I suffered through the Seinfeld finale, which was pointless. It accomplished nothing.
- The LOST finale accomplished what it intended to do: answer the big questions (what happened to the characters) while leaving a certain amount of ambiguity and questions so we can continue to think and discuss the philosophical issues that were prevalent in this series. One of the big draws to LOST was the ambiguity that made us think and discuss. I think that many who were disappointed in the finale are forgetting what LOST was about.
- I think that all television series should learn a lesson from LOST and have a planned series life. I am actually ready to move on with my life without LOST (and at this point I diverge with my Trekkie friends).
- I think that LOST touched on the spiritual nerve of our world.
- I think that LOST intrigued Christians because of its allusions to the Christian metanarrative in its philosophical themes (good vs. evil; free will vs. determinism; faith vs. reason; etc.).
- I think that LOST made many people angry because it deliberately focused on ambiguity.
- I think that LOST made many Christians angry because it was not a Christian show, but they wanted it to be a Christian show.
- I think that LOST has and will open up a lot of conversations about the nature of faith, free will and good & evil in the world. The Christian metanarrative gives a consistent answer to all of the questions and tensions concerning these issues.
- I really like what Denny Burk has written about the show and the finale here.
As Grace Extends... 
May 26, 2010 at 10:50 am
While I agree with some of your points Ken, the finale was a complete disappointment for me. In fact I think this last season was off from the rest of the series. I think the writers rushed through explanations that millions of fans wanted, but weren’t able to effectively do so. The result? More questions were raised than answered.
Am I to believe that the meeting at the church was some stopping off point to eternity? If so, when did the characters die? I know some before, some after, but Christian Shepherd was dead from the start of the series, that’s why Jack was in Australia on Oceanic 815 in the first place. At the church, why was Aaron a baby and not a child? Why was Desmond and Penny there? They weren’t on the plane. What about Ben? Hurley said he was a good #2 indicating they spent some time on the island after Jack died . . . alone by the way. If Ben was there, why not Richard? Or Widmore?
Remember Anthony Cooper in the Black Pearl? He indicated that everyone was dead, but the producers of the show clearly denied that question when asked by fans.
I was left with more questions than answers. I totally agree that LOST was an incredible show and I will continue to watch the episodes on DVD. We have all five seasons and will purchase season 6 when it is available.