Lost Finale

[chews2lose2]

Could it be Claire in the coffin? I definitely heard Jack say "either" to the friend or family question at the funeral home and maybe he pieced together that he was somehow related to Claire. And perhaps Kate wouldn't go to her funeral because she was rescued and left everyone else behind? Desmond only said he saw Claire and Aaron getting on a helicopter. Or maybe something happens in the upcoming seasons that leads Kate to view Claire with contempt?
After writing this, I'm probably way off, especially now that I remember reading that the newspaper clipping for a death referred to a "he." But then again, it wasn't an obit so that clipping could have been unrelated to the funeral?
Who knows...my head is spinning and that's why you've got to love this show.

I don't remember it ever saying he/she and it was an obiturary, at least they made it seem it was?

 

[chews2lose2]

How do we know the "he" Kate referred to wasn't a child?

How do we know it's not Jack's child with Kate?

 

[STLIrish]

Damn. Great episode. Great second half of the season, really.
Was a little disappointed that they offed Charlie; it took so long for that little room to fill that he could have easily gotten away. But his death was very nicely done.
And, yeah, Sayid with the legs was pretty hard core.
It seems to me like the Others are toast at this point. Be interesting to see where they take the show from here. I'm not sure I buy the "not really rescued by whoever it is on the other end of that phone" argument. Partly because they've already planted that idea in our heads.
Could be this eventually winds up to be sort of like "The Nine," about all these people even more lost back in the real world than they were on the island. I'm not sure they can sustain that for 48 episodes, though.
As for the man in the coffin: my guess is Ben. Locke's staying put. Sawyer's banging Kate. Ben has no one in the real world besides Jack to go to his funeral.
But, overall, wow. Great show.

 

[Hoo]

FWIW, closed captioning quotes Jack as saying "neither" at the funeral home, which makes more sense, anyway, given his overall reaction.

 

[LiveStrong]

Could be this eventually winds up to be sort of like "The Nine," about all these people even more lost back in the real world than they were on the island. I'm not sure they can sustain that for 48 episodes, though.

There are way too many questions about the Island for it not to get back there or stay there. I mean, we've not even scratched the Jacob surface.

 

[LiveStrong]

To answer those that didn't understand why Charlie didn't save himself, remember, he went down there specifically knowing that it was to save Claire and Aaron and that by changing anything in Desmond's vision, he would alter it and risk saving them.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

Here's a screencap of the newspaper clipping. The man's name begins with J and last name ends with "antham," which as far as I know isn't a name we've heard. But hey, there's three seasons left.

http://bp0.blogger.com/_RrObyQ3XzcY/RlUe-1YihSI/AAAAAAAAFkw/ucINFuG1jfo/s1600-h/newspaperclipping2.jpg

Also, it's been tracked down that the newspaper Jack was reading on the plane was the April 5 L.A. Times (the real one, as in the front page we see is a page from that day's actual LAT). If that's not an oversight (and on this show, what is?), it gives us a time frame -- the plane crashed in, I believe, September 2004.

Also, inside sources tell me next season they will have to play the Harlem Globetrotters to get off the island. ;D

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

And for a news brief to be written about someone, they must have been part of the survivors, as to warrant a news brief, no? So it has to be Locke or Ben or some other survivor.

 

[clarkington]

If it starts with a J ... could it be Jacob? He'd neither be friend or family. And if they find he was somehow keeping them on the island, no one would want to go. Of course, he's barely even a hologram, so who knows.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Excellent. ****ing excellent.
I'm looking forward to spending the summer watching Seasons 1, 2 and 3 and trying to piece together little things now that more has been revealed.
My jaw hit the floor when Kate got out of the car. By the way, how hot is future Kate? Damn!

I kind of like dirty Kate.

The episode was awesome. Sayid snapping dude's neck rocked.

I think the guy in the coffin will be Ben. I think he and Jack are going to forge some sort of bond, and that will screw Jack up after he gets off the island.

And who is the guy Kate is with? Sawyer I assume, but hey throw Hurley a bone here.

 

[HeinekenMan]

I knew something was up when Jack pulled out a razr and thought, they didn't have those in 2004, is he in the present or near future?
Charlie didn't have to do, but he thought he had to fulfill Desmond's vision.
The more important thing, who was in the coffin?

I caught that whole phone thing too. My wife was impressed.

 

[chews2lose2]

Here's a screencap of the newspaper clipping. The man's name begins with J and last name ends with "antham," which as far as I know isn't a name we've heard. But hey, there's three seasons left.

http://bp0.blogger.com/_RrObyQ3XzcY/RlUe-1YihSI/AAAAAAAAFkw/ucINFuG1jfo/s1600-h/newspaperclipping2.jpg

Also, it's been tracked down that the newspaper Jack was reading on the plane was the April 5 L.A. Times (the real one, as in the front page we see is a page from that day's actual LAT). If that's not an oversight (and on this show, what is?), it gives us a time frame -- the plane crashed in, I believe, September 2004.

Also, inside sources tell me next season they will have to play the Harlem Globetrotters to get off the island. ;D

Excellent on your part!! I used a magnifying glass for hours. It's not antham, there is a letter before the a. It looks like a C to me. As much as I could read,
it seems like the person hung themself from a fan on a beam. Someone just as unhappy to be back as Jack is? Locke or Ben perhaps. I never remmber giving anything so much thought with so long to waitfor answers.

 

[HeinekenMan]

I say that it's Jacob or John. I saw a suggestion that maybe John changed his last name to reflect the true last name of the conman who was his father. Then again, I don't recall Sawyer's real name, either.

 

[CaliforniaRed]

This show doesn't start up again until February? Uggh.

 

[Orange Hat Bobcat]

Then again, I don't recall Sawyer's real name, either.

James Ford.

 

[Hoo]

And for a news brief to be written about someone, they must have been part of the survivors, as to warrant a news brief, no? So it has to be Locke or Ben or some other survivor.

Not unusual for a "man found dead" brief to be written about anyone, I'd think.

 

[Jim Tom Pinch]

Noteworthy that Charlie fulfilled one part of Desmond's vision, but the other half. Claire and Aaron being lifted into a helicopter should still becoming right?

Walt's presence is interesting because wasn't there something dark about him?

 

[leo1]

Walt's presence is interesting because wasn't there something dark about him?

i think the something dark about him was that he's two years older and supposedly only 90 days have passed. so he looked a little strange.

you have to wonder if michael and walt will ever come back into the picture. i assume walt's appearance was all in john's head, right? but if not it means walt and michael are still on the island. or else they went home and restarted normal life, in which case they will have some 'splaining to do as to why they didn't send help.

 

[CaliforniaRed]

I took Walt's apperance to mean he's dead... at least hasn't that been the MO when the Losties (and Ben) see old friends/relatives that no one else can see?

 

[murciélago]

I think the smoke monster shapeshifter can take many forms ... based on the person it's trying to manipulate.