A clarifying summary from Dark’s site…and a wonderful send off from HawaiiRyan!

Lost 25 May 2010 | 0 Comments

A summary of many of the nuances from the Finale…thanks to RevelFire for helping us out in our stupor! I’ve heard many fans state they have been having trouble thinking and sleeping…perhaps a nod to Darlton for their brainwashing abilities! lol

And more thanks than can ever be adequately expressed to Andy and partners at DarkUFO…you’ve proven yourselves to be the glue for almost everyone who follows LOST! A multitude of kisses from the Sistahs here on the CusickGallery!

For those who didn’t get it. A quick explanation to the ending of LOST by RevelFire

And a most excellent article from Ryan on Oahu! You’ve also been an incredible resource for and promoter of this show we all love! Our eternal thanks to you and Jen for keeping the fire burning, and for being so generous in sharing your photos and encounters! We appreciate the time, the talent…the overall commitment you guys have had to the show and to the fans! Your latest article says so much of what is in all of our hearts and minds!!!

‘Lost’ might be over but it’s not the end

The TV show’s finale leaves fans with plenty to ponder and discuss

By Ryan Ozawa / Special to the Star-Bulletin

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 25, 2010

“LOST” is over.

The sprawling, epic story of a mysterious island and the people who came there — an unlikely success on prime-time network television — saw its finale on Sunday. The finale was titled “The End,” and as a historic final chapter it was rich, gripping television. From the beautiful opening montage to the very last, symbolic image, the 2 1/2-hour episode was fast paced, technically brilliant and wonderfully acted.

But now that it’s over, what did it all mean?

In its broadest strokes, “Lost” was a familiar exploration of the battle between good and evil in the world, and within each of us. But it also added smoke monsters and polar bears and mad scientists and a glowing golden light. Among fans the sharpest divisions have always been between those who were obsessed with those clues and mysteries, and those who cared mostly for the people that navigated among them.

The series finale felt as much like an epic battle between mythology and character as it was between light and dark. In the end, the writers obviously sided with the characters. And I’m satisfied with that.

Did the show explain all the mysteries it introduced and answer all the questions it raised? No. And the sci-fi nerd within me is feeling wounded. The morning after, I’d already compiled a list of significant loose ends. But did the show bring resolution to the characters we’ve been invested in since that spectacular plane crash in 2004? Yes.

Actually, the finale took a bold step way outside my comfort zone, and those of many fans, with a final mind-blowing reveal in the last 10 minutes of the series: In this sixth and final season, we had not only been witnessing the end of the story of the people on the island, but the final fate of their very souls. We had been watching the show’s big climax and poetic denouement, unfolding in parallel.

The what-does-it-all-mean “flash sideways” world, where the original flight landed safely in Los Angeles, was purgatory. So as our hero Jack dies in the very spot his journey began in 2004, we see that in the end he — and all of our beloved characters — finds peace and fades into the light.

Cheesy? Probably. Necessary? Maybe. A misstep that ruins everything? No way.

Everything that happened, happened. Oceanic Flight 815 did crash, our survivors did try to escape, only to find their destiny was on the island. The battle over its vital energy brought the defeat of the monstrous Man in Black, accomplished through Jack’s sacrifice, and the grand cycle continues with the unexpected anointing of the island’s next guardian: Hurley.

For all the twists and turns we’ve had in “Lost” — flashbacks, flash-forwards, time travel and even purgatory — the cycle was always there and confoundingly simple. And when we finally saw Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick) extinguish the heart of the island, then saw Jack resurrect it, I realized that the plot was never enough. The magical pool with its magical “cork” was almost an answer too far.

Frankly, this season has brought explanations that often fell short of our own imaginations. So what really mattered most was that I cared for these characters and what they’d been through together.

Indeed, being together might turn out to be the ultimate, fundamental theme of “Lost.” And in that, I’m gratified.

For this fan, the best part of the show came from outside the show itself: a vibrant, creative, sometimes contentious fan community that spanned the globe, spinning theories and living lives that were often more fantastic than anything we saw on screen. I’ve made more friends than I can count thanks to this little television show. We all now have the whole of “Lost” to savor, revisit and deconstruct.

And thanks to those pesky unanswered questions, we’ve got a lot to talk about for a long, long time.

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Ryan Ozawa is a local “Lost” fan and blogger who, with his wife, Jen, produces “The Transmission,” a weekly podcast devoted to the show.

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