The finale came and went and I feel like finally we’re starting to get some answers. Answers to questions we’ve had for a long time. Who is Jacob? What was the statue all about? Why did Oceanic flight 815 crash, and why were those select people on the plane?

SPOILERS
The finale took an approach that I wasn’t expecting. The episode was focused mostly on Jacob and we see him present at every character’s turning point (e.g. Jack’s first operation, Locke’s fall, Sawyer’s parents wake). What I’m wondering is if Jacob somehow influenced them to end up on the island. I’m sure this is something we’ll find out next season, but I like where that’s going.

I think the only thing that left a bad aftertaste was “impostor” Locke. At the beginning of the episode we see Jacob and someone else who “would love to kill him” but for some reason can’t. They mention some kind of loophole which I’m guessing is the fact that someone else has to kill him, but that of course is left unanswered. If Jacob doesn’t age, why isn’t this other man in the same situation, and why can’t he kill him? Finding out that Locke has been dead all along, and that the Locke walking around is this other man left me with a confused blank stare on my face.

Jack, Sawyer, Kate, and the rest are as usual up to no good, trying to blow up a hydrogen bomb. I really didn’t know what to expect here. Will the blow it up? If they do, will they show us what happens afterwards or will that be the cliffhanger? I have mixed feelings about this. I like the fact that they blew it up, but I don’t like the fact that it was the cliffhanger. In my opinion it should have been the way the series ended, perhaps with some cheesy piano and slow motion shots of them arriving at LAX. It felt too much like the end of season 2 when Desmond turns the key and blows up the hatch. It sort of cleared the slate of any crap and it let the producers do whatever they wanted in season 3. I have a feeling this is the same case, in which season 6 is gonna be some crazy shit not having to abide by any the rules they’ve set and story lines they’ve started.

So the airplane with the new group of people that has crashed is pretty much filled with members of every tribe. We’ve got Others, regular passengers, time travelers, returnees stuck in the present, and who know what else. I’m looking forward to the Jacob story line though. I’ll leave you with the extremely vague teaser for season 6, and I’ll see you all in 2010.

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