THE RETURN OF LOST!
Okay, guys, buckle your seatbelt because the ride is not over. Once again the writers have thrown us another curve ball, and set the series in an exciting new direction as we head into the final hours of the best show on TV!
All of the flashbacks and flash-forwards are over … now the world has somehow been split into two separate realities, all courtesy of the tiny-atomic-warhead-that-could. I won’t recap the whole show, because there is so much to tell, but let’s take a look at some of what we have learned, and the new mysteries we have to solve. I will try to keep the new realities separated as OTI (On The Island) and LAX (Oceanic Flight 815 lands safely in Los Angeles).
OTI:
Learned:
The Man In Black is also the Smoke Monster. I actually called this one noting that both MIB and SM were shape shifters. (MIB is now in the shape of Locke) but exactly why or how he can do it is still a question.
We finally got to see the temple that we heard so much about last season. It’s a pretty crowded place, populated with what appear to be the pre-Other-Others. Inside the temple is some kind of healing pool, which probably is the reason why Richard hasn’t aged a day in the past 40 years. There is a problem with the pool however, and it wasn’t able to heal Sayid, who has apparently died. Last year we heard Faraday say ‘dead is dead,’ so that may be it for our wacky Iraqi … until he sits up in the final moments of the show and asks what happened.
New mysteries:
If Juliette did manage to blow up the pocket of energy, why was the Swan Station still built?
Is Sayid really alive, or could Jacob have found a new home?
Why does the line of ash keep the Smoke Monster away?
Why does Locke/MIB say he wants to go home … is he talking about the temple? It appears they don’t want him there.
LAX:
Learned:
Posthumously Juliette told Miles, ‘It worked’, and in this storyline it apparently did. Oceanic flight 815 is still in the air and, in one of the biggest shockers, we see the island is now at the bottom of the ocean. Everyone is still alive, but there are small differences. Jack is the one who gets nervous during the turbulence and is comforted by Rose (instead of the other way around as in the pilot.) Also, Jack is now the optimist, even assuring a wheelchair-bound cynical Locke that he might be able to help him walk again, saying ‘Nothing is irreversible’ (like Sayid’s death perhaps?)
Other differences: Hurley has become a chicken restaurant mogul who brags about his luck and winning the lottery, while Sawyer warns him to watch out for scam artists. Artz is a geeky nerd instead of an arrogant know-it-all science teacher. Boone is back, but he was apparently unable to get his sister out of her bad relationship in Sydney. There are some things that haven’t changed, though. Jin is still domineering over Sun, and Charlie is still addicted to heroine.
New mysteries:
Why was Desmond on the flight, and why did he disappear? What happened with Jack’s father’s body, which also, somehow disappeared? Why was the island now on the ocean floor … and shouldn’t everyone in the alternate universes have goatees? (Star Trek reference.)
What did you think of the show? Any new theories about where this is all headed?

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