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The island was definitely not purgatory.

The alternate reality was purgatory.

If the Island was purgatory, they would have shown some bodies at the very very end when they showed the wreckage.

Then how the hell did Desmond "purg-travel" and know exactly what was going on simply because he turned a key a few years ago?

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05-24-2010 , 12:00 AM

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This annoyed me a ton.

Well then the final shot = Lepidus/Sawyer/Kate plane methinks. I figured I just forgot about the explosives being taken off, but if they never showed them then I think the plane blew up after Jack saw it.

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Originally Posted by skudroc

the writers should never get a job again.
its just horrible to create a story, add sideline after sideline and than drop them and let them unanswered. this is just horrible writing. they draw the viewers attention and then: hey, u thought this was important...haha idiot. everyone would think it was. but not for us. we just leave that unsolved. oh here comes another one. important, yes maybe. but no answers for you. we are a mystery show. mystery means....just make up something, figure it out yourself, read flogs, blogs and logs.
and even 3 show before everythings ends they come out with new stuff. totally absurd.

Well these writers had millions tuning in every episode for 6 years. That is about 4 years longer than most series last on network television these days....

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Originally Posted by NickMPK

I agree the island wasn't purgatory...the flash sideways was. So what was the island?

It was an Island, where they all became friends.

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05-24-2010 , 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by TheUntouchable

I mean, do I really have to put imo at the end of every post?

Fair point imo.

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05-24-2010 , 12:01 AM

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I thought the ending was really good. It made me realize that I didn't care about the island mysteries as much as I thought I did, and I cared about the characters more so.

I'm on board with those who think everything that happened on island was real, and that the alt. timeline was limbo. In fact, I think anyone who doesn't realize this either wasn't paying much attention or is a dumbass.

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05-24-2010 , 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by TheUntouchable

This annoyed me a ton.

Those were the explosives Locke put in the backpack/submarine.

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05-24-2010 , 12:01 AM

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I though it was interesting that the room where Jack met his Dad in contained items from all(?) the major religions of the world.

Goes along with the faith in general theme I guess.

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05-24-2010 , 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ZBTHorton

Then why did all of those people need to have the realizations? Why didn't they all just work together to make Jack have the realization?

I don't know, I don't really know how purgatory works. Maybe if there is no time there I guess it's possible. Jack died much earlier than Hurley and Ben presumably died though. Did they all just wait around for Hurley and Ben to die?

Or are we just to assume that the island sunk, Ben and Hurley died and then Lapidus crashed the plane and everyone was dead?

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05-24-2010 , 12:03 AM

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In a series that has given me many many "OH ****" moments, I present to you the one that I would have to say is #1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N7KO...ext=1&index=11

that was a great one, but the moment that Lost turned from great to legendary was the scene at the airport between Kate and Jack. That just turned the whole series upside down.

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Originally Posted by agdci981

Well these writers had millions tuning in every episode for 6 years. That is about 4 years longer than most series last on network television these days....

and how many of these millions were fckd up after season 4, 5, 6 ?
how long did it take to realize that the show had become huge BS ?

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05-24-2010 , 12:03 AM

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I think Michael isnt allowed off the island, he is still there being a whisper

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05-24-2010 , 12:03 AM

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The alt timeline was afterlife in general for this group (not Jack specifically). In it, they not only had to get back together, but also had to deal with their lives, and the things they were disappointed with. (Jack had a son, Lock became a teacher, Sawyer a cop, etc.)

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05-24-2010 , 12:03 AM

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The show's mystery and cliffhangers is what hooked me, the characters and their relationship was second to the island and all the weird stuff that went online . The ending didn't provide the closure i was hoping for. Screw the love triangle , give me answers dammit. What was the ****ing point

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05-24-2010 , 12:04 AM

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Then how the hell did Desmond "purg-travel" and know exactly what was going on simply because he turned a key a few years ago?

hes special.

i think we need to realize not everything has a "real life" solution, some stuff in lost-land have lost-land answers.

there was a smoke monster ffs.

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Originally Posted by sumpy

My interpretation is that Michael and Walt were there, we just didn't get a camera shot of them.

I thought I saw Michael in there, I would argue that Walt is not there because he's still living a long, fruitful life in NYC where he belongs.

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Another question for the "alt-timeline was purgatory" people: what was the significance of Jack's son? And Locke knew he didn't exist, but how would he know that?

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Originally Posted by NickMPK

I agree the island wasn't purgatory...the flash sideways was. So what was the island?

The island was literally what it appeared to be: the gateway to Hell.

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05-24-2010 , 12:05 AM

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Another question for the "alt-timeline was purgatory" people: what was the significance of Jack's son? And Locke knew he didn't exist, but how would he know that?

wrt Locke his memory of Jack was that he didn't have a son?

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05-24-2010 , 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by squeek12

This x1,000,000

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05-24-2010 , 12:06 AM

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time for kimmel for some answers lol

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05-24-2010 , 12:06 AM

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Whos gonna watch Jimmy Kimmel?

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05-24-2010 , 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by KneeCo

The all-powerful-indestructible smoke monster getting taken out in a fist fight was very meh.

My interpretation was that smoky became mortal and lost the smoke powers when Desmond turned out the light.

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Also, despite problems that will inevitably arise with how they ended it, I don't think they could have done any better give the size of the hole they dug themselves into. The ending was fairly consistent with the show's theme and makes sense logically given the rules of the universe they were a part of.