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Just finished watching season 1 of Deadwood and I was blown away. It’s very Shakespearean, but with four letter words thrown all over the place. I’ll be booting up season 2 later this weekend. I can’t wait!

I have one question, why aren’t men rough, hard, and willing to defend their honor any more? My guess is society. Men are so soft now a days.

My very first reaction to the finale of LOST was anger. I didn’t get the answers that I wanted, but after reviewing the finale a few more times (3 more to be exact) my feelings towards the finale have done a complete 180. I have come to love the finale. The finale didn’t answer any of my questions, but I came to the conclusion that LOST was never about the questions. The unexplained mysterious were just there to make the viewers come back again and again. LOST has always been about the characters and their journeys of letting go. Our characters were “lost” is so many different ways, and when it was all said and done, they all found their way to the promise land. Here are a few things that I took notice of from “The End”:

“No one can tell you why you’re here Kate.”

The flash-sideways have been a mystery all season long, which is why there are so many theories on what the flash-sideways represent. I didn’t comprehend it at first but after taking my time with this episode, and listening very carefully, the flash-sideways are (takes a deep breath) purgatory. Yes, Yes, I know, but let’s look at a couple of facts: everyone’s life in the flash-sideways is perfect (Claire has her baby and is united with Jack, Jack has a son and has a stable relationship with is ex, Desmond has the respect of Charles Widmore, etc.). I could keep going on and on but I think you get the point.

Another fact on why the flash-sideways is purgatory is because all of the dead characters are back (Boone, Shannon, Charley, Christian, etc.). They all have their own lives, and they all have to come together in the church before they move on into the “afterlife”.

The only reason that our Losties haven’t moved on into “afterlife” is because each of them have forgotten what they had been through together. They all needed to reconnect with each other so they could, finally, move on.

“Welcome to the club.”

Miles tells Albert this after Albert receives his first grey hair. This might be the worst thing in the world for a normal man but for Albert it’s a sign that Jacob’s gift, or cruse, is gone. Albert can now age and die but he doesn’t want to die. Coming to peace with his wife, earlier this season, has made him see the light and appreciates his life. This is the reason why Albert isn’t in the church with the other Losties at the end because Albert has gone through his own purgatory, living on the island for 150 years. It is his life on the island where Albert came to terms with himself and his wife’s death.

“I just gave them [tickets] to your mother.”

Juliet is Jack’s ex-wife. What a shocker (not really). But the shocking thing is that Jack and Juliet seem to have a respectful relationship with one another. That is something Jack and Juliet have never had with their ex’s while they were alive.

”..a place where we can be with the ones we love…”

Desmond has always been special. That is something that we have known for awhile now, but Desmond doesn’t realize that until Widmore shocks the daylights out of him in “Happily Ever After”. In the flash-sideways Desmond doesn’t realize his purpose until Charlie drives Desmond’s car into the water, earlier in the season. Desmond has doubted himself throughout the whole series of LOST, but he finally expects his purpose when he sees the promise land through his flashes, both on the island and the flash-sideways. He realizes that he must use his special gift to help his friends and loved ones move on into the great beyond. 

“Who’s rules?”

This is what Sayid asks Hurley, and Hurley replies, “Don’t worry about it; just trust me okay?”. The person that makes the rules, in the flash-sideways, is God. The reason Hurley doesn’t tell Sayid that is it God’s rules is because Hurley needs Sayid to make his own decision. Sayid needs to comprehend that you aren’t what people tell you. Once Sayid comes to terms with this is when he rescues and touches Shannon in front of the bar. 

“What happened to your neck?”

The reason why Jack’s neck was bleeding in the flash-sideways is because the real world (island time) was bleeding into the flash-sideways world. If Flock (fake Locke) would have sunk the island, the flash-sideways and real world would be been destroyed. It isn’t until Jack saves the island is when everything is positioned back to normal.

“You don’t have a son Jack.”

This is a line that threw me for a loop the first time, but after watching it a few times I finally realized that it is true. Jack, in the flash-sideways world, doesn’t have a son at all. It’s a figure of his imagination so he can deal with is own Daddy issues. David could even be Aaron (insert dramatic groundhog here). This is the reason why David isn’t in the church when everyone else moves on, because he was never real.

The real Adam and Eve

It was always meant to be Jack and Kate. Jators FTW!

“It worked.”

This is what Juliet tells Sawyer when Sawyer unplugs the candy bar machine so he can get his Apollo bar that gets stuck in the vending machine. Doesn’t that line sound familiar? Think all the way back to the first episode of season 6 when Juliet tells Sawyer the same exact thing. She tells him, right before she dies, that “it worked”. “It” being the a-bomb going off and placing the island back in its proper place/time. This whole “candy bar getting stuck in a vending machine” is a metaphor for the a-bomb situation at the end of season 5.

“I have something’s I still need to workout…I think I’ll stay here awhile.”

The reason why Ben wasn’t in the church with the rest of the Losties is because he still has conflicts and people to reconnect with before he can move on. Ben has killed, manipulated, and back-stabbed many individuals. John forgiving Ben, at the church, is the first step in the right direction. 

“And you were a great number one Hugo.”

This is another line that threw me off when I first heard it, but after thinking about it, it becomes clear that Hugo and Ben were together on the island, protecting it, for many years together. I bet whoever landed or crashed on the island, while Hugo was in charge, got a warmer welcome than our Losties did.

 ”I died too.”

Another reason why the Losties haven’t moved on the “afterlife” is because the flash-sideways Jack still doesn’t recognize what is going on. Flash-sideways Jack is being as thick headed as he was in the previous seasons. It is not until Jack touches Christian’s (his father’s) coffin and has an extremely significant conversation with his Dad that makes Jack comprehend where they are and what’s the next step. Their next step is to move into the light and finally let go.

The End

When Jack finally sees the Ajira plane flying across the sky is when he knows that he can rest and close his eyes for good. Jack knows that he has saved his friends, which is why he smiles/laughs before he closes his eyes for the last time.

The overall meaning to LOST is about life. It’s all about the journey, not the end point. If we never let go of the past then it will always control us and hold us down from what is in front of us. By never getting go we are creating our own hell on earth, which is something our characters have learned through their journeys. I realize that this is the perfect ending to an amazing show. 

Best part from last night’s Mad Men.

Since I did not have any thing do on Sunday I thought I would sit back and catch up on Glee, on Hulu, and I have to say that it is an awesome show. Very funny and the creator of Nip/Tuck is behind it, so there is no reason for me not to watch. Here is a scene of one of the performances that the glee club puts on for their school.

I did enjoy Season 5, but it was not my favorite season by far. There were a lot of weak elements and it felt as if some of the storyline was rushed. Here is a list of 5 things that I did not enjoy about Season 5 of LOST:

Kate’s character

-Kate’s reason for going back to the island was to find Claire, but what has Kate done, since being back on the island, to look for Claire? The answer to that is nothing. It seems as if Kate is just on the show to create love drama between Sawyer, Juliet, and Jack. Lame.

Jack’s character

-Jack’s character this season was odd. Since getting back on the island Jack has not been an active character, that is until Daniel tells him about blowing up the island. It seems as if Jack’s character took a backseat this season, because the writers wanted to tell other character’s storylines. Maybe next season Jack will transform into season one Jack.

The love crap

-In the beginning of LOST I was a bit interested in the love triangle, but now it seems as if the love drama is being shoehorned into the story to make the shippers happy. I do not care about the love crap any more, just give me the answers already.

Time Travel

-I am not a fan of time travel, and LOST went head first in it this season. Time travel is not an easy thing to write and understand and LOST is made sure of that. I just hope the time travel plot ended this season.

Daniel Fareday’s death

-The writers strike really hurt the writers of LOST. I remember hearing/reading that we, the viewers, were suppose to see Daniel, Miles, and Charlotte’s storyline last season,but since the season was cut short there was not enough time to write it, so when Daniel died, this season, it felt as if we did not spend enough time with him. Daniel had become one of my favorite characters and the writers decided to kill him off. I could see why they did, I guess, but that does not mean I have to enjoy it. Daniel and Mr.Eko are two characters that I wish were not dead.

Season 5 had its ups and downs, but I still enjoyed the season, even though the season finale was not all that great. There were some very interesting and awesome things that happened this season and I just wanted to point out five of them which I thought were awesome:

Locke becoming old Locke…sorta.
-It was pretty awesome to see Locke turn back to his season 1 days: hunting boar, talking trash, and putting Ben in his place. The only thing that was disappointing was to find out, in the season finale, that Locke is not really Locke, but either way, it was nice to see the old Locke back. Even if it is not really him.

Daniel Faraday’s back story.
-Faraday had become one of my favorite characters of LOST, and we finally got his back story. It was interesting to see who his parents are and understand the ins and outs of his character. He will always be one of my favorite characters that was taken away too soon.

Finally seeing Jacob.
-We have been hearing about Jacob since season 2. Even though the characters did not use the name Jacob he was referenced to early in the show, but it was so awesome to see the man behide the name. We still have a lot of mystery clouding Jacob, but it was nice to finally get introduced to him.

Seeing the statue.
-Ever since the season 2 finale I have always had a nagging thought on my mind: “what the hell is up with that four toed statue?” Now, that we got to see it the statue that nagging feeling has, some what, gone away. It took the writers 3 seasons to show us the statue but it was worth the wait.

Ben’s encounter with Smoky.
-I never really understood if Ben controlled Smoky or what, but now we now that Ben does not have any thing under his control any more, and to see Ben go face-to-face with Smoky was cool. Even though Ben did not get a lot of face time this season the times when he was on screen were great.