Lost without Lost: thoughts on the final season
Posted by The Skyliner on February 10th, 2010Tommy Lee
Entertainment Editor
Last week was the premiere of the final season of one of television’s most groundbreaking shows, Lost. This show’s premieres have always been highly anticipated and the season 6 premiere was no different. Lost has garnered quite a following of obsessed fans. I am one of those fans.
I admit I did not watch the show when it first began in 2004. I did not start watching it until the summer after the first season ended. However, I blew through the first season like an Oceanic airplane falling from the sky and since then I have not missed an episode. The mysteries, suspense and winding storyline of Lost always intrigue fans like me and keep us watching.
The story of an airplane crashing on what appears to be a deserted island has been done before. But the thing that sets Lost apart is the way the island this plane crashed on is actually considered a character on the show. The doomed Oceanic Flight 815 held passengers whose paths had crossed in the past and who had no idea that they would need to depend on each other to survive the nightmare of where they landed.
An interesting element in Lost is how its creators have always used literature as a medium to convey parallels to what is happening on the show. They have used everything from Of Mice and Men to Slaughterhouse Five to The Lord of the Flies to hint at what is happening or going to happen on the show. Here we are, in the sixth season, ravenous for the final pieces of the story to come together for the characters we have come to know and love (or hate) as Lost turns yet another leaf in its use of literary techniques.
Students have voiced their thoughts on the show’s final season. Pat Bailey, sophomore Christian studies, said, “I hope they answer all the questions we have.” Taylor Rumsey, senior broadcast media, said, “Lost has kept me entertained for years, so it is going to be a really bittersweet ending.”
In the past we have seen the characters’ lives through flashbacks and flash forwards. However, this season is unique in that it has introduced what the creators (Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse) have described as a “flash-sideways,” as there appears to be parallel timelines going on. Every episode to date has led to where the show is now and all we can do is watch Lost complete its story.
Tags: Spring 2010, Vol. 110 - Issue 3