Lost: The End

I have watched Lost, since the first episode, with mild interest. The first episode is epic. Season 1 is excellent.

After that, it's always pretty good. Many times in 6 years, people have tried to talk to me about Lost, but I never engaged. Yes, it's confusing. Yes, there's a lot going on. But, really, I just don't care that much. I'll just keep watching it and see how it pans out. I never developed any theories or spent any time exploring the hundreds of websites that delve into every nook and cranny. Ok, so there was a polar bear. Cool. That was season 1, and we're still talking about it.

Also, my attention was never 100% on the show. I'm usually working on the laptop when we watch tv, so I never fully appreciate what's on. Lost, which probably requires the most attention, didn't get any more than any other show. But I still enjoyed it.

In my opinion, the last season was excellent, and the finale was perfect. It was cinematic, touching, moving, etc. As far as I'm concerned, it's one of the greatest tv show endings that I've seen. Maybe the greatest... I can't really think of any others, so I guess it wins, at least for now.

When it ended, though, I was overcome with a sense of "What?", and went to bed. True story follows... I kept waking up and thinking about it, and falling back asleep. I very rarely sleep well, but I usually wake up thinking about code, then falling asleep. (Yes, I'm a super geek. Most of my thoughts are code oriented even when I'm thinking about things that have nothing to do with code. "if (jay == hungry) { Eat(); }") By the time I woke up, I was perfectly happy with the ending. It's not so much that I figured it out, but I came to understand it. In my opinion, there wasn't anything to figure out. They told us exactly what was going on, I just had to process it.

My lasting feeling of it, for the last 24 hours, has been "wow". Words don't do it justice. It was intense, surreal, cinematic... insert more adjectives.

When I woke up this morning and checked face book ( Wakeup(); Pee(); CheckFacebook(); }, some of our friends were talking about it. I responded to simply say that "I get it". She then asked for my explanation. I responded privately because I have avoided deep trivial lost conversations for 6 years, and didn't want to start at the last episode. If I made public comments, I would've been open for correction, and I really didn't want to get into it.

So, I stated my case as succinctly as I could. As the day progressed, it appeared that the masses agreed with me. Most people have a much deeper understanding of it than I did, and went into a lot greater detail. But, what I had was correct (or everyone is wrong), and was enough for my own personal satisfaction.