Before I get into the meat of the matter, I have to ask this of the folks out there who didn’t like the finale of Lost last night:
You didn’t like the Battlestar Galactica ending either, did you?
I ask that not to accuse you of just not liking finales to shows you’ve loved. I ask that because in both cases, I believe the ending was absolutely the culmination of everything that came before.
The endings MADE SENSE. Yes, you can nitpick and complain about little things here or there that didn’t make sense. When you’ve unraveled as much string as both of these shows did, it’s hard to get it all back into a neat little ball of yarn.
Not all questions were answered, and in some cases that was infuriating (from both shows).
But, in the end, the show was what it was always about: The people. Love. Fate. Free will. The afterlife.
The only way to tackle last night’s action-packed ending is by bullet points. I’m emotionally exhausted and I still have two hours of 24 to watch tonight, and that promises to be as equally emotionally wrenching. Read full story
