Danielle said:
cheaptrickfan said:
I saw it. All I can say about the finale is that although it was satisfying on an emotional level (I cried), it was far from satisfying on an intellectual level (still lots of unanswered questions and incongruity).
yes I cried too... but i also feel like there were so many unanswered questions.... for instance.... did they actually die from the plane crash.... and is that why Ben did NOT go into the church... because he wasnt on the plane? I'm just confused. I need to talk with someone and get some answers!
My interpretation: those flash-sideways this series, was NOT an alternate timeline as a result of Juliet's detonation of the H-bomb at the end of season 5. The writers led us to believe that that was the case, but it was a red herring.
In the series finale, Christian appeared to explain to Jack that this was instead a separate reality where the souls of the departed would wait before moving on. So, kind of an anteroom for the dead who can't let go yet. They were all living some reality, right, until they remembered their true life. It was also set entirely outside of time. For all we know, it could have been centuries after they had all died before Jack finally accepted that he was dead, so there is no use in trying to establish WHEN that was happening.
He also said that they were all dead, but that some had died before Jack (like Charlie, Boone and Shannon) and others at some point in time after him (presumably Kate, Sawyer and Hurley), but that they were waiting for Jack before moving on. Jack was the last to "let go" of his previous life and accepting the fact that he was dead.
Ben waited outside because even though he had accepted the fact that he was dead, he was not ready to move on yet.
Hurley told Ben that he had been a "great number 2," which I think is evidence that they had indeed lived a long time, co-administering the island after Jack had died.
Now there were a few inconsistencies like baby Aaron in the church. There is no good reason for him to be there as an infant, but whatever.
