{"id":3964,"date":"2010-06-07T23:11:41","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T06:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2022-01-28T22:14:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T05:14:26","slug":"another-jack-bites-the-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/07\/another-jack-bites-the-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"another jack bites the dust"},"content":{"rendered":"

How is it June 7 already?! WTF. I don’t even know.<\/p>\n

Been too busy at work. Leaving no time for TV or blogging (cannot believe it’s been over a week since my last entry). HORRORS.<\/p>\n

Anyway.<\/p>\n

So… the Lost<\/i> series finale. After my initial viewing, I was a little underwhelmed. But now after multiple viewings and over 2 weeks to mull it over, I think I love it. I really, really do. (Or maybe I’m just easily manipulated). It was emotionally satisfying and that’s enough for me. I’ve never been as invested in the mysteries of the island anyway. The mysteries may have hooked me but I stayed for the characters, their personal journeys, and the relationships they formed with one another.<\/p>\n

I know I won’t be able to write a proper review of the finale (I’ll direct you to one of my favorite TV critics<\/a> instead) so I’ll just run through some of the great moments that really stayed with me…<\/p>\n


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Seeing Rose, Bernard… and Vincent too! So happy they were given a happy ending. I was a little worried Smokey was going to kill one or both of them off.<\/p>\n


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The first of the flashbacks between Sun and Jin. *sob* I never thought I would love them so much. I didn’t care for Jin at all at the beginning of the show.<\/p>\n


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OMG. I TOTALLY knew that Juliet was going to be Jack’s wife in the sideways-verse. I KNEW IT. Oh, show. Sometimes you are so predictable. I’ve always been a Jack\/Kate ‘shipper but this scene made me realize how good Jack and Juliet could be too.<\/p>\n


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Smokey\/Locke: “Jacob, being who he is… I expected to be a little more surprised. You’re sort of the obvious choice, don’t you think?”
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\nJack: “I’m gonna kill you.”
\nSmokey\/Locke: “How do you plan to do that?”
\nJack: “That’s a surprise.”
\nBWAH. Dun dun DUN!<\/p>\n


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BOONE! I was so sad when he died in season 1 so it’s been great to revisit his character again in this last season. And as much as I like Shannon\/Sayid, all I kept thinking during this scene was… what was Boone’s “moment?” You know, his own moment of clarity?<\/p>\n


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OMG. This scene was so beautiful. I loved that Kate’s moment came when delivering Aaron. Again.<\/p>\n


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“I saved you a bullet.” YES. Kate kicking ass! There have been times over the years when she’s disappointed me (*ahem* indecision over Jack and Sawyer) but definitely not in the finale.<\/p>\n


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SQUEE! Jack and Kate’s “I love yous.” Only one word to describe this scene… FINALLY. But so unbelievably sad knowing what happens to Jack. It upsets me to think that Kate left the island and had to live without him. *sob*<\/p>\n


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THIS reunion scene between Sawyer and Juliet was the one that really *got* to me. Just… so perfect and romantic. AND HAPPY! You can clearly see the joy in their faces. They’re so in love! Their relationship surprised me back in season 5 but I fell hard for them and was seriously heartbroken when Juliet died setting off the bomb in the season 6 premiere.<\/p>\n


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Jack’s confusion and hesitance to accept the truth and let go. Seriously, Matthew Fox KILLS me with his eyes. He is SO GOOD at being on the verge of crying… his eyes fill with tears and just a few of them roll down his face. It gets me more upset than if he was straight-out sobbing.<\/p>\n


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Hurley becoming the island protector with Ben as his second-in-command. I’ve never been able to fully embrace Ben as a character but I’m glad that he found what he’s been searching for — respect.<\/p>\n


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And finally… *sob* Acceptance and all the characters reuniting in the sanctuary. I have to admit — I wasn’t crazy about the explanation for the sideways-verse. I thought it felt too easy. I was expecting a huge reveal tying the sideways-verse with the “real” world. It took me awhile to realize that’s what I got. It was just less “Oh sh*t!!! WTF!” and more of an “Ohhhhh…” moment. LOL. Sometimes I’m slow. What can I say?<\/p>\n

And of course, Jack’s death. WAHHHH. I had a feeling Jack was going to die so it wasn’t a surprise. He was at peace, he knew his friends made it off the island and he wasn’t alone (Vincent!)… so as sad and twisted as it sounds, his story got a happy ending too. Love the callbacks to the pilot with the entire scene. Details like that make me happy. Total TV geek, I know. But seriously, this episode (and the show in general) gets better and better each time I watch it.<\/p>\n

Farewell, Lost<\/i>. I will miss you!<\/p>\n

Many thanks to Lost Media<\/a> and ABC<\/a> for the pics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How is it June 7 already?! WTF. I don’t even know. Been too busy at work. Leaving no time for TV or blogging (cannot believe it’s been over a week since my last entry). HORRORS. Anyway. So… the Lost series … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[58,291],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3964"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9306,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions\/9306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}