i would really like an ending that answered the big questions (like who’s adam & eve, what the heck smokey is, & the island’s history). I would love it if all the puzzle pieces fit together tho.

Lost is a story with a beginning and an end. To deprive us of the end would cause riots within the zombified masses (hmmmm… maybe that’s how they’ll fit in the zombie season).

Of course, C&C pretty much don’t plan to end it that way regardless – they’ve said that they know what the ending was going to be and that it would be a bit sad but (what they hoped would be) satisfying – I’m paraphrasing here, I don’t remember the article. But they have repeatedly said they know where they’re going and they’ll give us a ride.

Having said that it’s funny how there doesn’t seem to be much middle ground amongst a portion of the fanbase. Either they have one ecumenical resolution, or they “copped out” and took the “lazy” way out. That’s it, already predetermined to hate anything that cant break through the blinders.

I think it would be unfortunate if the show ended as one unholy Deus Ex was eagerly crapped out as some suggest. Way to castrate 6 seasons of storytelling by having only a single episode be relevant! How is everything wrapped up nice and neat in a T.O.E. not “lazy” and “unfair”? Very one dimensional as it would suggest that the mythology trumped the thematic and character developments were sidebar. Everybody loses.

No, the end needs something powerful, lasting, and to do that it needs to be multi-faceted. Able to be seen from manifold angles without simply kowtowing to the hapless Answer Gestapo.

It’s a friggin’ tv show, but it’s one that matters more to the contemplative fan who’s willing to reevalutate their own position than it does to the grandstanding, demanding answer-chaser. I’m suprised that the show is still on the air if those that require their answers to be shallow and transparent comprise most of the fanbase. So i say please the former and take your lumps from the latter. At that point who cares what people will “think”, don’t compromise the vision by making it blandly palatable. If they can’t map out the careful steps that led up to the irresolute cliff then it’s their loss. Man too many metaphors here

If lost chooses this sort of open ended finale, they’ll not only have a lot of upset fans but I know I’ll certainly boycot any future shows either of them write for fear that they might do it again.