^ I didn't realize it until they spelled it out for me. I feel kinda dumb.
And now without further ado, here's The Incident:
Oh look. It's a Lost finale that is freaking amazing and epic with crazy game changing twists. Geez, can't they ever do anything original?
So where do we start? There's a man dressed in white spinning some thread, then gutting a fish, and then sitting on a rock. There's a ship out off the shore. The Black Rock, I'm guessing? Then a man dressed in black comes and sits down next to him. Oh look, a recurring motif! The two men have an argument about human nature, and such. The man in black says he desperately wants to kill the other, and will find a loophole. Oh, and the man in white is Jacob.
It looks like Jacob has been a force in our heroes lives for some time, unbeknown to them. He helps young Kate escape a juvie shoplifting charge (even at a young age Kate was no good, it seems.) He gives a young James Ford the pen he needs to write his "Dear Mister Sawyer" letter. He....gives Jack a candy bar. That particular flashback moment disappointed me, actually. We see the actual surgery that Jack described in his story way back in the pilot. Instead of it being Jack's triumph over his fear, though, it's a story of Christian shouting at him to get it together. It cheapens the moment quite a bit. Jacob also crashes Jin and Sun's wedding to give them his blessing. He is possibly responsible for Locke's survival, as well. Locke seemed to wake up right after Jacob touched him. He also saves Sayid's life by distracting him from the crosswalk. Sadly, poor Nadia isn't as lucky. Finally, he gets into a cab with Hurley the day before Ajira 316, and talks him into returning to island. Also, that guitar case that Hurley has been toting around was given to him by Jacob. Something tells me it's no ordinary guitar inside. There's also one other random flashback with Juliet, where her parents are getting a divorce. Jacob doesn't factor into this one at all, so I question its inclusion.
Now, on to the island. First, the past. Sawyer, Juliet, and Kate decide they can't sit around on this sub anymore and they have to stop Jackl. They manage to escape, and bring the sub back to the surface. Once there, they run across Vincent, Rose, and Bernard. They've all been living together for the past three years. Awwwwwwww. They also want nothing to do with the stuff that's going down. "It's always something with you people," Rose remarks. So, if Rose and Bernard are staying in 1977, is it also possible that they are Adam and Eve from the caves? That would be really sweet, actually.
Jack, Sayid, Eloise, and Richard go down into the tunnels below the island where Jughead has been buried. Obviously, transporting the bomb is going to be a problem. They start dismantling it, to take just the core. Once done, Jack and Sayid are shown the way back up to the barracks. Richard smacks Eloise over the head to keep her from coming along, and tells Jack and Sayid that they are on their own. As the two try to escape through the barracks, though, Ben's father recognizes Sayid and shoots him. Well, shit. Jack and Sayid are saved by Hurley, Miles, and Jin in a van. They drive off towards the Swan.
Along the way to the Swan, the van crew is intercepted by Sawyer's crew. What follows is a knockdown drag out fight between Sawyer and Jack that has probably been stewing since day one. It's fascinating how far Jack has come. He is now acting solely on faith. A far cry from the man of science he was at the beginning. Juliet changes her mind about the bomb, and is able to convince Sawyer as well. Now everyone is on the same side. Off to the swan for the incident.
But before that, let's join our crew in the present. Illana and her people are hauling a big ass box around, and they are looking for Jacob's cabin. They show Frank what's inside, which gets a less than enthusiastic reaction from him. Once they reach Jacob's cabin, they find it empty. Illana says that someone else has been using it. So...wait? If Jacob hasn't been using it, then who has? Who was Locke really speaking to? They torch the cabin and leave. I guess it won't be used again.
Locke's group is traveling toward the statue, where Richard says Jacob lives. On the way, Locke tells Ben that he actually isn't going to kill Jacob, Ben is. Ben is rather taken aback by this, but Locke gives him a whole list of reasons. Ben seems convinced, and his vow to follow Locke's every order binds him to do it.
Once at the statue, Locke and Ben go inside. Outside, Richard is found by Illana, who calls him Ricardus, and asks him a question "What lies in the shadow of the statue?" Richard answers backs in Latin, which satisfies Illana. She shows him the contents of the box: John Locke's body. So who is that inside the statue? Well, we don't have to wait long to find out. Jacob deduces that Locke is indeed the man in black, after saying that he's "found his loophole." Ben throws a little tamper tantrum to Jacob about how slighted he thinks he's been. "What about me?" he whines. Jacob's response is pretty damn cold, but accurate. "What about you?" Ben flies into a rage and stabs Jacob repeatedly. Once he's down, NotLocke kicks him into the fire. Oh Jacob, we hardly knew ye.
So...what does this mean? If Locke is this man in black, then this means that he has the ability to impersonate people. Is the man in black also the smoke monster? Is he the one that was using the cabin, then? So is Christian also him? If so, does that mean the Locke was manipulated for whatever nefarious ends the man in black has? And what of Jacob? What repercussions does his death have? What is his relationship to this other man? Is he truly the good one, and the man in black the evil one? The questions raised by this are endless and intriguing.
Lastly, we get to the explosive part of the finale, literally. It's time for the titular incident. Radzinsky and Chang have been having a rather heated argument over whether or not to keep drilling. Of course, we're siding with Chang here since we know that there's danger here, and because Radzinsky is a douche. Jack's team arrives and a big firefight ensues. Jack drops the bomb down the hole, but it doesn't go off. Instead the electromagnetic pocket is hit, and all hell really starts breaking loose. Metal crap is flying everywhere, and Phil gets some rebars right through his chest. Serves him kinda right, I guess. But the worst is yet to come. Juliet is grabbed by some chains, and is pulled down into the hole. Noooooooooooooooo!
We also see how Chang loses his arm, as a piece of scaffold comes down on it. It would seem their plan has failed.
Or has it? Juliet survived the fall, somehow. She knows she's not making it back up, though. She grabs a rock and starts banging on the nuke to try to detonate. it. She tries, and tries, and tries, and then......BOOM! The Lost logo appears black on white, instead of white on black.
So what's happened? Has the energy been destroyed and the entire series negated? Or did it fail, and Juliet is now a pile of ash? I guess I'll find out as soon as the next season arrives. It came out today, so Amazon should be shipping it soon. Damn, this is going to be a long wait.
And now without further ado, here's The Incident:
Oh look. It's a Lost finale that is freaking amazing and epic with crazy game changing twists. Geez, can't they ever do anything original?
So where do we start? There's a man dressed in white spinning some thread, then gutting a fish, and then sitting on a rock. There's a ship out off the shore. The Black Rock, I'm guessing? Then a man dressed in black comes and sits down next to him. Oh look, a recurring motif! The two men have an argument about human nature, and such. The man in black says he desperately wants to kill the other, and will find a loophole. Oh, and the man in white is Jacob.
It looks like Jacob has been a force in our heroes lives for some time, unbeknown to them. He helps young Kate escape a juvie shoplifting charge (even at a young age Kate was no good, it seems.) He gives a young James Ford the pen he needs to write his "Dear Mister Sawyer" letter. He....gives Jack a candy bar. That particular flashback moment disappointed me, actually. We see the actual surgery that Jack described in his story way back in the pilot. Instead of it being Jack's triumph over his fear, though, it's a story of Christian shouting at him to get it together. It cheapens the moment quite a bit. Jacob also crashes Jin and Sun's wedding to give them his blessing. He is possibly responsible for Locke's survival, as well. Locke seemed to wake up right after Jacob touched him. He also saves Sayid's life by distracting him from the crosswalk. Sadly, poor Nadia isn't as lucky. Finally, he gets into a cab with Hurley the day before Ajira 316, and talks him into returning to island. Also, that guitar case that Hurley has been toting around was given to him by Jacob. Something tells me it's no ordinary guitar inside. There's also one other random flashback with Juliet, where her parents are getting a divorce. Jacob doesn't factor into this one at all, so I question its inclusion.
Now, on to the island. First, the past. Sawyer, Juliet, and Kate decide they can't sit around on this sub anymore and they have to stop Jackl. They manage to escape, and bring the sub back to the surface. Once there, they run across Vincent, Rose, and Bernard. They've all been living together for the past three years. Awwwwwwww. They also want nothing to do with the stuff that's going down. "It's always something with you people," Rose remarks. So, if Rose and Bernard are staying in 1977, is it also possible that they are Adam and Eve from the caves? That would be really sweet, actually.
Jack, Sayid, Eloise, and Richard go down into the tunnels below the island where Jughead has been buried. Obviously, transporting the bomb is going to be a problem. They start dismantling it, to take just the core. Once done, Jack and Sayid are shown the way back up to the barracks. Richard smacks Eloise over the head to keep her from coming along, and tells Jack and Sayid that they are on their own. As the two try to escape through the barracks, though, Ben's father recognizes Sayid and shoots him. Well, shit. Jack and Sayid are saved by Hurley, Miles, and Jin in a van. They drive off towards the Swan.
Along the way to the Swan, the van crew is intercepted by Sawyer's crew. What follows is a knockdown drag out fight between Sawyer and Jack that has probably been stewing since day one. It's fascinating how far Jack has come. He is now acting solely on faith. A far cry from the man of science he was at the beginning. Juliet changes her mind about the bomb, and is able to convince Sawyer as well. Now everyone is on the same side. Off to the swan for the incident.
But before that, let's join our crew in the present. Illana and her people are hauling a big ass box around, and they are looking for Jacob's cabin. They show Frank what's inside, which gets a less than enthusiastic reaction from him. Once they reach Jacob's cabin, they find it empty. Illana says that someone else has been using it. So...wait? If Jacob hasn't been using it, then who has? Who was Locke really speaking to? They torch the cabin and leave. I guess it won't be used again.
Locke's group is traveling toward the statue, where Richard says Jacob lives. On the way, Locke tells Ben that he actually isn't going to kill Jacob, Ben is. Ben is rather taken aback by this, but Locke gives him a whole list of reasons. Ben seems convinced, and his vow to follow Locke's every order binds him to do it.
Once at the statue, Locke and Ben go inside. Outside, Richard is found by Illana, who calls him Ricardus, and asks him a question "What lies in the shadow of the statue?" Richard answers backs in Latin, which satisfies Illana. She shows him the contents of the box: John Locke's body.
So who is that inside the statue? Well, we don't have to wait long to find out. Jacob deduces that Locke is indeed the man in black, after saying that he's "found his loophole." Ben throws a little tamper tantrum to Jacob about how slighted he thinks he's been. "What about me?" he whines. Jacob's response is pretty damn cold, but accurate. "What about you?" Ben flies into a rage and stabs Jacob repeatedly. Once he's down, NotLocke kicks him into the fire. Oh Jacob, we hardly knew ye.So...what does this mean? If Locke is this man in black, then this means that he has the ability to impersonate people. Is the man in black also the smoke monster? Is he the one that was using the cabin, then? So is Christian also him? If so, does that mean the Locke was manipulated for whatever nefarious ends the man in black has? And what of Jacob? What repercussions does his death have? What is his relationship to this other man? Is he truly the good one, and the man in black the evil one? The questions raised by this are endless and intriguing.
Lastly, we get to the explosive part of the finale, literally. It's time for the titular incident. Radzinsky and Chang have been having a rather heated argument over whether or not to keep drilling. Of course, we're siding with Chang here since we know that there's danger here, and because Radzinsky is a douche. Jack's team arrives and a big firefight ensues. Jack drops the bomb down the hole, but it doesn't go off. Instead the electromagnetic pocket is hit, and all hell really starts breaking loose. Metal crap is flying everywhere, and Phil gets some rebars right through his chest. Serves him kinda right, I guess. But the worst is yet to come. Juliet is grabbed by some chains, and is pulled down into the hole. Noooooooooooooooo!
We also see how Chang loses his arm, as a piece of scaffold comes down on it. It would seem their plan has failed.Or has it? Juliet survived the fall, somehow. She knows she's not making it back up, though. She grabs a rock and starts banging on the nuke to try to detonate. it. She tries, and tries, and tries, and then......BOOM! The Lost logo appears black on white, instead of white on black.
So what's happened? Has the energy been destroyed and the entire series negated? Or did it fail, and Juliet is now a pile of ash? I guess I'll find out as soon as the next season arrives. It came out today, so Amazon should be shipping it soon. Damn, this is going to be a long wait.
