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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
And I disagree.
I don't think there's ANY proof that they happened, just as I don't think they "created a purgatory" for themselves in Season Six.
The only "proof" is that it was shown on network television.
But that in itself isn't enough to convince me that 60 people miraculously landed on a lush tropical island alive after dropping more than 35,000 feet in the air, only to find Egyptian ruins, the Dharma Initiative and a pair of Machiavellian immortals.
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Um, you do realize that it's FICTION either way, don't you?
At the end of the day it doesn't really matter how strongly you feel that this fictional story all took place in a split second in Jack's mind, it doesn't really matter how many logical fallacies you use to support your position, and it doesn't really matter if you think that anyone who doesn't agree with your interpretation just doesn't get it.
The only thing that really matters is that most people DO feel let down by a shitty end to a great TV show. The writers worked extremely hard over the years to create a very complex mythology, and they flushed it all down the toilet in Season 6. I would have been a lot happier with the show if they had ended it after Season 5 by telling us that Jacob and the MIB were timeless near-deities conducting an experiment about the nature of mankind. When the writers decided to tell the back stories of Jacob and the MIB they made them too ordinary.