LOST: Season Finale Musings, Part 1

Oof. The 2-hour season finale of LOST was a mind bender. Since there’s so very much to discuss, Melissa and I have decided to take it slowly, topic by topic/character by character. Buckle your seatbelts:

Regarding Michael and Walt:

Joan: I heard that the actor who plays Michael is not contracted for next season. So, we can assume that Michael and Walt do indeed sail off into the sunset and don’t attempt to rescue their friends. At least until their agents decide to renegotiate. ;)

Melissa: I would be very satisfied with Michael not coming as I hate his freakin’ guts, but there is still a huge mystery that surrounds Walt. From the fact that he’s got some sort of powers, to why Others’ took him (probably to eventually get Jack, Sawyer, and Kate, who they now have), to Mrs. Klugh asking and knowing that Walt has powers and can be seen in places where he really isn’t. But that conniving piece of shit Michael can drop off the planet and I wouldn’t care. Also, we need to know what happens on their boat getaway and where they end up.

Joan: You’re right. I would hope the writers wouldn’t leave the Walt plotline a loose end. Since they spent so much time developing it. Which is how I kinda feel about Ana-Lucia being killed off: How will they find out the connection she had to Jack’s father and Claire’s paternity?

Melissa: It has to come out that Jack and Claire are half-siblings. There are way more connections now than there ever were! With Kelvin being the army guy who made Sayid torture the other guy and who gave Sayid money when they dropped him off in the desert. Libby giving Desmond the boat, which is named Elizabeth. Tons of stuff. Charles Widmore, Penelope’s pop, who is a business man of epic proportions.

Regarding Jack, Kate, Sawyer:

Joan: What is the connection between Jack, Kate and Sawyer? What would be the reason The Others wanted to separate them from the other survivors?

Melissa: I’m stumped there, although what was that look that Jack and Kate gave one another before the bags were put over their heads? Was it a code of understanding? Do they have something up their sleeve? Or is a look of “We’re in this together?” Don’t know. If we go by what fake Henry Gale said and they are the good guys, then they sent Hurley off without hurting him. Hurley is a gentle soul and wouldn’t hurt a fly and they spared him. And we know that Kate and Sawyer have done bad things in the past, and Jack kinda did a bad thing by screwing his dad (but he thought he was being righteous). But further than that, I’m not sure what their connection is.