![]() ![]() Remember that scene in the cult movie “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension” when Jeff Goldblum’s character asks about a watermelon in a complicated piece of machinery and Clancy Brown’s character says, “I’ll tell you later” but then never does? That did not ruin “Buckaroo Banzai” for me.īut “Lost’s” mysteries were so many and some were so largely unanswered. It’s not just the failure of the show to answer many of its mysteries that is so off-putting. ![]() If many people don’t “get” what you are trying to do … that’s the fault of your story. It was an unfair criticism, but consider this: You don’t spend six seasons-including a final season that for all intents and purposes played out in the minds of the characters as they awaited their eventual fate-building your story and characters only to let your final message be so muddled and unclear. That ending set the show up for viewers’ cries of “They were dead all along!” even though they were not. The decision to tread water through a confusing sixth season only to have a final reunion of the regulars in a warm, softly-lit church and to be told that they were all dead … well, it was just too much. We never found-at least in a satisfying manner-the answers to many questions. ![]() Many of those with the strongest reactions were disappointed that a number of the show’s mysteries went unsolved. When the sixth and final season of “Lost”-and especially the final episode-aired, the reaction from many was brutal. Honestly I kind of envy anyone who gets to watch “Lost” from the beginning, unspoiled, now. The offbeat plot elements that were so fun back then-the smoke monster, the polar bear, the Others, and especially the tantalizing mystery of the hatch-are still fun. The crash, the survivors, the early conflicts, flirtations and alliances were like rediscovering comfort food. Coming back to “Lost,” after 11 years, was comforting and satisfying when watching Season One episodes. ![]()
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