[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Silock

Oh, and I just now got to watch it. I'm disappointed. I get it that they wanted it to be a character-driven show, and it was. That's fine with me. But what pisses me off is that you don't bring up all of these questions about Dharma, the numbers, fertility, polar bears, etc., make them the focus of the show for 2-3 seasons, and then ultimately say "It doesn't matter; spend time with your loved ones." That's lame and it's a cop-out.

They KNEW that what was driving a lot of people to watch wasn't ONLY the characters. People were ALWAYS asking questions about what all the science-shit meant, and to just leave it all unanswered is lazy writing. If you're ultimately going to dismiss the questions, you should never bring them up in the first place. But then, they, as writers, knew that they wouldn't have been able to keep people watching without weaving these elaborate time-travelling questions into the storyline because it wasn't strong enough on a pure-character basis.

It was a good episode, and I liked it from the character standpoint, but leaving huge, gaping holes in the storyline sucks. Many of the questions were central to the development of some of the characters, like Juliet and why all the women on the island died during childbirth, or Ben and moving the island with a giant wheel and ending up in the desert. Good episode, bad finale.

Pretty much my feelings as well.

Probably one of the most well made series ever, but in the end, being extremely hollow.