First of all, what's the deal with Ben? Was it not like four or five episodes ago that he was swearing off helping the Smoke Monster? Now he's all "Let's go kill more people" after blowing Charles Widmore to kingdom come. And Richard, who I hope to God is not dead, got launched by the Smoke Monster just minutes before. I expect that if he has to die, they'll at least find him in the jungle and give him a proper, emotional death. I doubt they'd just kill him so hastily without any proper warning, especially after devoting an entire episode to his back-story. Part of me thinks that Richard should die though. It would be a final reprieve from being "Island Advisor"; a reprieve I'm almost certain he would like to have.
Where's Miles going? What part does he have left to play? I'd like to think he still has one, and that he's not just a loose string in the fabric of this narrative; the one character they forgot to kill off once he became useless. But who knows? Maybe his role is more than just main character mitigation. He is, after all, the Dharma Initiative leader's only son. Miles has always been a bit of a mystery to me. Of the team of "experts" sent to the Island by Widmore, he's the only one remaining, even counting Widmore himself. So since he's still alive, wandering through the jungle, he's got to have a part to play in the finale.
Meanwhile, Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley are walking through the jungle boiling for Smoke/Locke's blood. Then Hurley runs into little Jacob, who later leads him to big Jacob. He tells Hugo to gather them all up, because he's going to have a Q&A session with the remaining candidates. While this Q&A answered a lot of nagging questions, like why Kate's name was crossed out, it felt a little too short lived for me. Not that I expected more questions to be answered; it all just felt a little rushed. Not that I blame them for doing it that way. They have a lot of show left to cover, so they might as well put Jack in charge now since we all knew that was going to happen anyways.
The alternate universe came to a head as well, as all of the characters found their ways together through Desmond. He sprung Kate and Sayid out of the slammer via Ana Lucia (nice cameo, b-t-dubs), beat the living crap out of Ben, and through this "message" delivered to Ben, got Locke to visit Jack again. There are still many questions I have as to how the alternate universe is going to shape the real universe. The two will interweave somehow, but only the finale is going to be able to answer how for me. I know a lot of theories are out there, but as I've said before, I'm not a huge fan of speculation. I like to just let this show do its thing and let me soak it in. It's way more fun that way.
As for this finale event of the decade (it's seriously being marketed that way), I hope it's everything we all want it to be. I'm thinking that the last 10 minutes are going to be the most important minutes of the entire series. If they can execute those last few scenes well, then the show is a success, whether or not they answer every question. It's going to be a jaw-dropper either way, I'm sure. They've just built this show up to need that sort of a finale.
I'm going to be posting my thoughts not only on the finale, but also the whole of the series sometime after the finale is over. I'm not really sure when that will be done, because I'm hoping to go into some serious detail: exploring major themes, postulating on any remaining mysteries, character studies, etc. I love this show, and I hate to see it go, so I'm going to spend a good deal of time in order to dive deeper in. Maybe I'll see more of the big picture that way. In any case, Sunday is the day we've all been waiting for, so I hope everyone can kick back, relax and enjoy the show.
See you after The End...
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