LOSTCasts 91: The End

Yes, this is our final podcast, for the season 6 finale of LOST, and indeed, the series finale. Join Matt, Robert, John and Tasha as we talk about the finale, overall impressions of the show, and the legacy of the series.

Download podcast #90 here
Watch live recorded video cast here

What, you expected links? This is the last podcast... it's all talk :)

Stay LOST!

Comments

[Ian (Liverpool, UK)]

Looking forward to listening to this one :-)

Massive thanks for many great podcasts guys (and gal) - it wouldn't have been the same journey without you.

Namaste.

[beatis]

You didn't even mention the numbers. Or why the others were so obsessed with children. Those mysteries drove whole seasons and they were never answered or touched again.
Finale sucked big time. Character driven my a**.

[Dan]

Wow. Been listening to you guys since I dicovered podcasts around the start of season 3. Its been quite a ride/ Thanks

Stay Lost

[Alex in Dallas]

Guys, great show as always. I've been listening for a long time and have never been disappointed. Just wanted to say that how much I've enjoyed LOSTcasts throughout the past several seasons.

That being said, I do you feel that you guys on the whole were little easy on the disappointing LOST finale. It's easy to dismiss the questions people have asked as the rumblings of a vocal nerd minority, but the truth is a lot of people felt let down, myself included. Thank you, Matt for being the voice of intelligent objection! Agreed with most of his points, the lazy writing especially (and I say this as a professional writer myself). Stay LOST!

- Alex in Dallas

[Joy]

Hey guys and Tasha! Blast from the past again, I'm just now watching the video of the finale LOSTCast. My fiance, Martin, and I have been trying to give ourselves a little dose of LOST every couple of days since the finale. We just can't believe it's over. End of an era for sure! I got all excited when you guys mentioned my name, thanks for remembering I was with ya'll that ONE TIME. Honestly I would have done more, for the love of the show, but it absolutely terrifies me to speak in front of an audience, even if they're not there at the moment and you can't see them! =P

Here's my take on the finale - we all know why we love LOST, it's that roller coaster ride of a mind-blowing, thought-provoking, theory-inducing and debate-ensuing show that takes us places we love to go blindly and leaves us thinking and feeling things we seldom feel from TV shows. I have always loved LOST for it's scientific mysteries element, dark, suspenseful and terrifying lost on the island survival element, but in the end it's all about the characters and the interactions between them that get them from one place to another, one day to the next, one life to the afterlife. Or so I thought....

I did not watch the finale until several days after it had aired, had to wait for the fiance who works night shifts and yes that's how much I love him...to wait to watch a 6-year long ultimate finale. So I had heard that many people were disappointed and left hanging, but these comments were coming from people who had not watched since the very beginning. When Martin and I watched, we were overcome with emotions. Embarrassingly so, but it was just the two of us so we let it all out. Each scene between two people, accompanied with their own theme music, brought out emotions, danced on heart strings that was so touching and sad but in an uplifting way that I had no idea...truly...what I was feeling yet (or maybe I was not ready to admit it to myself). Little did I know, Martin who lives and acts like a 12-year old most of the time had understood it much more clearly than I had and on a much more impactful note. We still argue today whether they were alive on the island or not. I guess my theory of denying that they are dead is the part of me that wants to hang onto the scientific realm of the show and it's plot of wormholes and alternate realities. The other part of me now understands, thanks to Martin, it is about realizing the important people that are in our lives and to make each moment count. Most of the characters had better and healthier interactions with each other after they had "died" and what a waste to not have had these better times while they were still alive. These living "moments" are infinite yet numbered and you never know when your time is going to come, the show is an underlying, understated reminder to those of us who are dealing with petty things, larger issues, fighting bigger wars to remember the people we love and to spend quality time with them. So in the end, yes quite a number of large questions unanswered but the finale makes me feel just fine not having an answer. The answer is not needed, alas the mystery box remains unopened.

I agree with Tasha!! Martin and I have been together 6 years, as long as LOST has been running. Someday we're going to sit our kids down and say "Son/Daughter...this is one show you've got to watch because Mommy and Daddy both LOVED it..together. Live together and there will be no dying alone!

Thanks guys!
Joy

P.S. - I'm SO game for a LOST movie, but it better hold a badass candle to the amazing TV show.

[Bill]

I wanted to say thanks for your excellent analysis over the years. You guys did a great job!

[Blaine]

I listened pretty religiously from Season 4 on, and JUST listened to the finale podcast. This was an amazing podcast and a great way to break up the weeks that seemed so much longer when waiting for LOST. I do miss those days and I will definitely remember you guys for the great opinions and analysis. A new long daily drive makes me really miss a quality podcast like this. I hope you are all well... thank you!