Debate: Was the Lost finale genius or a total cop out? I still can't decide.

I was at a friend's house in Denver when the Lost finale aired back in 2010, and half the room was crying while the other half was yelling at the TV. The whole 'they were dead the whole time' thing felt like a betrayal after six years of mystery. Do you think the ending respected the journey or just took the easy way out?

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shane24429d ago

The thing nobody mentions is how the finale completely ignored Walt. That kid had weird powers, got kidnapped, then just disappeared from the show except for one random cameo in Season 3. The smoke monster stopped him from leaving the island but nobody ever explained why. If the whole point was about characters finding closure, Walt's story was just left hanging. Felt like the writers forgot about him until it was too late to fix it.

miles58129d ago

I mean I get where you're coming from for sure, Walt definitely got the short end of the stick as far as screentime goes. But I guess I see the finale a little differently than you do. That cameo in season 3 was supposed to be a bigger deal, but the actor grew up too fast and they had to rewrite his whole arc. The showrunners actually admitted they planned more for him but the kid's voice dropped and he shot up like 6 inches between seasons. So it's not really that they forgot him, it's more that real life got in the way and they had to pivot. Plus the whole point of the island's connection to Walt was left mysterious on purpose, like a lot of the bigger supernatural stuff. It reminds me of how they handled the cabin or the lighthouse, some threads just stay loose.

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