Are there better dramas on tv? Sure, probably. Are there better sci-fi’s on tv? Yeah, perhaps. But I don’t think there is any show, perhaps in the history of television, that combined the two any better than Lost did. Some people are frustrated with the ending and I can see that, mostly because this is theoriesonlost.com and most of the people on here pay more attention to the details of the show than the writers do (guilty as charged), but is that really their fault? Or maybe it’s our own prison we’ve created when we have devoted as much time and thought to the show than anyone else.

LOST ended up being a huge waste of time in my opinion. Great characters, great mysteries but in the end the writers managed to prove that they didn’t know what they were really writing about.

Sawyer would pretty much define the show in two words “long con”, because in the end that’s how LOST felt and what is was really about.

To end the way it did in a cheesy Ghost like manner that renders all of the previous seasons and mysteries plus the entire LOST Experience useless/pointless they could have ended it in the first or second season at best and have shown some respect for the fans.

Without the mysteries LOST wouldn’t have lasted a single season and ABC would have pulled the plug on the very first season. The smart one behind LOST was J.J. Abrams. He made it become viral and as soon his made his name he left the show because he knew it would be a bomb in the end and the they wouldn’t be able to keep up with all the non-sense that they were writing.

Mother telling bedtime stories would have been an excellent way to explain the island, the light, the Egyptians, etc. Too bad the writers didn’t take that route.

There were so many missed opportunities for the writers to explain the mysteries. They could have used Dogen to explain the Temple and healing pool; they could have used Jacob at the camp fire scene to explain more about why he brought people to the island and what the numbers mean; they could have used Richard and/or Ben to explain why The Others did the things they did, etc.

With all due respect, please don’t say “try to take the lessons we learned on LOST and apply them to your lives.” It makes it sound like some dumb message film. I hate message films.

You know what I learned from LOST? Always pack a toothbrush.

@bobt
Yes, that’s the question that really matters! “WHY COULDN’T IT HAVE BEEN BOTH?!!!”

Not WHY are we here? Not WHY was Dharma here? Not WHY must someone press the button every 108 minutes? Those are just questions that lead to other questions.. I agree with your frustrations with George Lucas defining the force. Lost had it’s moment of explanation of the whispers when dead Michael appeared, and that completely fell flat..Why tell us that detail? There was no depth in that scene..

I understand Lost is mainly about the characters. My question is, WHY did the writers choose Lost to be solely about the characters in the end, and sacrifice the story of science fiction and mythology? WHY did they have to sacrifice it? WHY COULDN’T IT HAVE BEEN BOTH?!!!

The thing is most shows are honest with what deliver.. I don’t watch “Greys Anatomy” not because I don’t like the Hospital-setting, drama, romance, or comedy – but because “Greys” is a show that puts these themes together in a way I don’t like..

However, given the success of the show – I imagine many Do in fact like it – just the way it is.

If they were to drop certain elements their fans would probably drop out as well.
That’s the way it works.

Now, in terms of briliant ideas – Lost will go down as one of the greatest.
Because Lost was about, Action, mystery, drama, romance, comedy(it has had it’s fair share of comedic pearls)and so forth – it choose to(like many shows these days)
combine themes.

And when Sci/fi-Fantasy is the one theme on your show that reaches into every other single element/event – then you can’t say in the End that they never mattered..

Now, when all is said and done – a dying Jack probably don’t give a shit about the Numbers – but Jack(and no one in the show)
wasn’t aware that the numbers have magically apperad around him all his life – that was shown to US – the viewers.
Jack doesn’t know that there was an entire ARG that was about tracking down a mysterious figure(Alvar Hanso)the founder of the Dharma Inititive – whose purpose was to change the “Valenzetti Equation”(the numbers)which was said to predict the End of mankind..

Jack didn’t know these things, it’s easier(though I can’t understand for the life of me – why the Losties – from the first night on the Island – haven’t been theorizing like we have..)
for the character who haven’t been exposed to all the mysteeries in the way we have – to swallow it all. Hurley was the only one really aware of the numbers – yet he didn’t see them as much as we did either – and finally after six years – they don’t matter at all – the job is still yours..if you want it..

As an episode – the End was awesome.. I’m a sucker for drama and tearful reuinions – I truly am.. but to end the show like that – HELL NO!

When the series were decided to go for 6 seasons I was happy to know that now we were going somewhere – and that the writers would bring most things together along the way – but instead they kept adding even more..

Do you know why..? Because unlike “Greys” Lost as a show is not honest..
If it never was about the mysteries but only the Characters – then why keep heading down that road..? Because if we the audience realized what was really going on(NOTHING) then we’d drop out.. So instead they decided to decive us – by adding more – what we thought to
be – clues – so that we wouldn’t abandon them(the very same way they abanded us)

Are you seriously Telling me that there hasn’t been a way to provide answers without it becoming a redicilous Q&A..?

How about Hurley asking the newly enlighted Jack any number of things(wouldn’t be strange or akward – but make sense and be long overdue..)

Want to explain the Island origins – the previous civilizations – how about a Mother Telling her children bedtime stories or something like that..?
No, instead we get a “One question simply leads to another..” Does that mean we’re supposed to stop asking – would anyone..?

And by that I’m talking about both us the audience and the characters…