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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
Let me put it this way, yes it was bait and switch, but somehow I ended up at a Kingdom Hall last Sunday morning.
That is to say, as it stands alone, as an ending to the story of the characters we've come to know, it was quite good. As the conclusion of what the show appeared to be with all these machinations and schemes and plots and counterplots and tidbits and freezeframes etc. ad infinitum, it's disappointing that all of that was for naught.
I don't think I'm alone, as there seems to be a strong inclination out there to grade the finale twice, once as a standalone, and again as a conclusion.
Like I said, 'mattered' isn't the standard, those unexplained mysteries were the seedlings of what promised ['showed' promise, not 'we the creators' promise] to be intriguing storytelling. And it's hard to separate how much of what drew us in as a massive rapt audience was those mysteries and how much was the story of a handful of people in need of spiritual growth.
I know for myself, I cared relatively little about the love stories and the triangles and the temper tantums and the personality quirks in comparison to the mysteries surrounding them, and regarded them as an indulgence for a good bit of the ride.
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Perfect. I was there for the mysteries, which in the end were largely left unresolved. That said, the conclusion was good/satisfying on it's own terms even if it didn't satisfy the potential that made me a fan of the show in the first place. I never really cared whether Kate was going to end up with Jack or Sawyer. I cared about who built the four toed statue, why people who were crippled could walk on the island, and what secrets Ben, Whitmore, and Eloise knew that the audience didn't.