Lost Finale (No Spoilers)

Sunday, May 23, 2010

The final mamoth two and a half hour episode of Lost ever airs tonight, with the time differences people in Hawaii will start watching it soon, then the East Coast so I am about to enter an internet blackout because I don't want to get spoiled by people.

I was unable to find a Lost viewing location in the Bay Area so I will be watching it myself, I went out and got supplies namely wine, mini powdered sugar donuts and kettle chips.  I'm actually happy to be able to watch it by myself, I will be free to yell, cry and do whatever I want without fear of embarrassment.  I will also not have to deal with people who are crying and yelling at the wrong time.

As to my feelings about the finale, there are few shows that had a set final (rather than getting cancelled suddenly) that I was still watching.  I generally stop watching shows before they end, mostly because shows, especially American shows keep going well after their time.  I watched the final Seinfield but I didn't like the show so the final didn't mean much.  I didn't watch the final Friends because it had gotten shit well before then, I have the final episode of ER on my computer and I intend to get to it one day.  Other shows like Firefly, Farscape, Arrested Devlopment I watched on DVD so never had the anticipation of the finale.
I still haven't watched the last episodes of Dollhouse for the silly reason that once I've watched them all there will be no more new ones, until I see them there will always be new Dollhouses.
I did see the final Battlestar Gallactica live and while I enjoyed most of the episode as I was watching, I found the ending annoying and stupid.

Will I enjoy the ending? Probably.  I have enjoyed every episode of Lost, even Nikki and Paolo, even Over the Sea, I really liked Season 2 and the beginning of Season 3.  
Here's the thing, Lost has captured people in a way most television doesn't, people are deeply invested it, people scrutinise every minute detail of the show.  I have not done that, I listen to a few Lost podcasts, I've had a few theories (Charlie is Charles Widmore's son), I've even lost a few nights sleep wondering what the hell is going on. 
There is something that I think people need to realise.  There is no way the finale can match your imagination.  There is no way they can answer everything.  You will not be 100% satisfied.   Decisions will be made that if you were writing the show you wouldn't have made, your favorite character might die or live in a way that you aren't happy with.

What do you think? Will you be happy with the ending?  What has to happen to make you happy? Or will you just watch and be satisfied with whatever happens?

I will be twittering the event on @tuttleTV if you want to follow along but I will probably spoiler things for you.

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