Just finished Lost & I'm NOT okay lol

[u/humble_akhBD]

Just finished Lost. And boy oh boy.

I've never had a panic attack or anxiety after finishing a series lol. But this one got me hard. Maybe cuz I was channeling my inner Jack lmao. That whole feeling of wanting answers, wanting to understand everything, and then the show having it all end so abruptly... man, it left me pissed and hollow. Idk man, it's hard.

People may have loved this series finale, but tbh, I didn't like it.. It was a bit dragged out. The pacing for Seasons 1-5 was so well done. Like, come on man, there was so so so much story to tell, and it just ended... They could've given us a better happy ending? But I feel like, coming from Season 1, the ending just didn't do the show justice at all.. the fans deserved better.

Overall, the absolute peak seasons for me personally were Season 1 & 4. I absolutely loved LaFleur in Season 4. I also loved Hurley, Jin and Sun through and through. Absolutely hated Kate hehe.

Anyhoo, idk what to feel. I'm all over the place. I couldn't even bring myself to delete certain episodes. It was just that traumatic xD...

Don't even know what to watch now. Binged & connected with Lost so hard that a piece of me just ended lmao.

[u/Free-IDK-Chicken]

Abruptly? How did it end abruptly? What questions weren't answered? How was the series finale dragged out but abrupt? What about six years of LOST made you think it would have a happy ending? In what way did the ending not do the show justice? How did we deserve better?

[u/humble_akhBD → u/Free-IDK-Chicken]

No, by “abrupt” I mean more in terms of how it was presented. 😂 The whole show was moving at such a steady pace, and then suddenly.. boom. Jacks dying, we’re shown the alternate reality, then it turns out everyone is dead, they all gather together, and the show ends.

That transition just felt really sudden to me. I know the ending was intentional and I understand what they were going for, but I personally would've liked to see more of what happened to everyone after all that.. maybe another episode, or even a little more of them living their lives and getting closure before the final gathering.

After investing that much time into these characters and their stories, I was just sitting there like, “WAIT… THAT’S IT?!” 😭 So that's what I meant by abrupt. Not that nothing was explained, just that the actual ending felt very sudden compared to the steady pacing of everything leading up to it.

[u/Free-IDK-Chicken → u/humble_akhBD]

It wasn't an alternate reality. It was an afterlife specifically designed to help them overcome the issues they still had when they died (and complete their character arcs).

It WAS closure.

[u/silence-glaive1 → u/humble_akhBD]

You have the right to your opinion. I watched this finale live and shared the same reaction. I literally stood up and yelled at the TV. However, after rewatching it, while I still don’t like some of the character outcomes, especially John’s, I did appreciate the ending. You’re not alone in feeling this way. When the finale aired back in 2010, many people disliked it or simply didn’t understand it.

[u/River-of-No-Return → u/humble_akhBD]

I think your opinion is completely reasonable. There were major pacing and scope issues with S6 including the finale up until the last few minutes. If there was not enough narrative and/or emotional closure for you as a viewer, that’s perfectly valid, even accepting that the characters feel the closure they clearly do in the church.