The End

Last night was a hard night.

Last night was emotional.

Last night was the end of Lost.

If you haven't already guessed, Lost is my favorite show of ALL TIME. No other show has made me feel or think the way this one does, and I doubt any other show ever will. Lost has done things and has ventured to places no one else has dared to do or go. The characters have almost become real people in my eyes, and I am sure for most of the Lost fan base.

The show has been running for six years, airing it's Pilot episode on September 22, 2004. At this time I have heard of the show, however I did not start watching it until about 3 years ago (when season 3 was about to air). My brother burned the first 2 seasons on disc for my mom and I to watch, and we got hooked. We would watch 3-5 episodes before going to bed in order to catch up before the next season launched. We could not believe how intense the show would get. We would constantly pitch theories to each other, and we would discuss what we think the outcome would be. I am really going to miss that. Not to mention just getting pumped for a new episode every week, painfully anticipating answers and even some new questions. And let me tell you, there are SO many questions that I doubt a good handful will be able to be answered. Although, the writers have a knack for answering things in a swift and diligent way, then they move onto the next question and answer that one. So basically every episode is an information overload.

After the finale, I was a complete mess, I'm not even going to lie. It might be kind of weird to say, but I sort of feel empty now that it's over. Almost as though I feel like I need the island, just as the characters did in the show. There is this sort of gravitational pull that this imaginary place has that really makes you wish there were someplace like it in real life. Even if it was full of death and misery, there was also life and a mystery to it. Basically like reality and life itself. I guess I could just live in the tropical forest of Oahu, but it wouldn't really be the same.

There are still so many things I want to know! But I know that they will never be answered, which is fine. When I watch the show again there will still be that lingering mystery that they left for us to figure out on our own. That was what made the show so alluring. But I'm not going to talk about the finale anymore because a) I don't want to spoil anything for anybody, and b) I might start crying again. In fact I'm just going to stop here.

As Desmond Hume would say, See you in another life, Brother.

Or as the Dharma Initiative would say, Namaste.