Daryl Tay.net

First off: There will be spoilers in this blog post, so if you haven’t watched the Lost season five finale, don’t read this until you have!

Wow where to even begin? I guess the best way would be to tackle 1977 and 2007.

1977:

Lots of stuff here. Pity Sawyer didn’t kill Phil, but glad he died anyway.

I never thought I’d say this, but I really felt tormented when Juliet was falling down the Swan shaft. I mentioned after four episodes that I like how they’re making her a sympathetic character, but I never thought I’d feel real emotion when her “death” was about to happen. Poor Sawyer. He should know no one stays happy on Lost for long.

Jack, this season, has been the man for me. Finally throwing off his “man of science” ways, I’m liking how he’s just doing what he thinks he should do.

Hurley for me, is the mystery. Why was he the only one Jacob spoke honestly to? What’s in the guitar case?

All in all, I had a great time in 1977, meeting Horace, Radzinsky, Dr. Chang and the rest of them, but it’ll be great to get back to our core Losties and the battle that is certainly coming.

2007:

Nice part reaching the Losties old camp. I liked Sun’s role in reaching over Aaron’s cradle and finding Charlie’s old Drive Shaft ring. Sun hasn’t had enough to do this season but I’m glad she had that moment to shine.

I guessed the revelation of what’s in the cargo box, but it was still a shock. I guess we unfortunately have to accept that John Locke is dead, but will it be for the better?

Jacob:

Watching Jacob meet Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Sun, Jin, Sayid, Locke and Hurley was really nice. For awhile I was thinking “Why just them?”, then I realised they’re the only survivors of the original Losties on 815 out there. RIP Boone, Charlie, Shannon, Michael and the rest of you. Another question is why did Jacob choose those moments to meet the Losties? Why while Kate shoplifted? While Sawyer was writing his letter? Why Jin and Sun’s weddings? Perhaps there’s no significance…. But nothing on Lost happens without a reason.

Okay who the hell is pulling who the hell’s strings?! If Jacob helped Locke when he was thrown out of the window, did he know he would one day be “possessed” by his enemy? And if Charles Widmore (and Abaddon) helped Locke to get back to the island, was he helping Jacob, or his enemy? If Smokey told Ben to follow “Locke”, is the Island on Jacob’s side? Oh my mind explodes just thinking about it.

The only weak parts of the episode as a whole were the emotional flip-flopping of Juliet and Kate. “No Jack’s got a bomb we must stop him” “Yes I’m with you Jack”. I mean, come on already. Kate has really been a character that has no use anymore and I would not be sorry if she dies.

So what next? Now that Juliet has triggered the bomb, what happens? I have a feeling we’re going to see the 1977 Losties reunited with the 2007 Losties, but what happens then? Will they be back on the plane? Back on the beach? Did reality “reset”? How will Jacob’s death affect the upcoming battle? Who will be the players? Team Richard? Team Jacob’s enemy? Team Widmore?

Gone are the days where it was as simple as Team Jack vs Team Locke for moving into the caves vs staying on the beach. It’s bigger than any of us would have thought back in season one. It’s madness, and I can’t believe we have to wait till 2010 to find out.