New commenter JBond passed the bottom link onto me. The author of this article argues against needing every mystery of 'Lost' to be spoon fed to us viewers. I get what he is saying and it helped me let go of my disappointments with the show.
I admit that I NEED to know the answer to every little thing - that is just the way my mind works. However, after reading this article I am able to let things go and just enjoy what I loved about 'Lost' in the first place - the characters and their development.
That is something I overlooked in all my analysis. Character was one element of the show that I was NEVER shortchanged on. All my favorite shows have awesome characters and character arcs. 'Fringe', 'Burn Notice', 'Star Trek DS9', 'NCIS' all brought me back each week to see what was going to happen to my favorite people. I realize now that the mysteries were always less important my enjoyment of the show than the chance to see what was going to happen to Hurley and Locke and Ben and the rest of the castaways. The mysteries were icing on an already iced cupcake. Take that all aways and you still have the best damn version of 'Gilligan's Island' ever. (At least the 'Lost' castaways built a damn boat!)
So Sunday will come and Sunday will go. I think I will miss this little show more than I realize. It made everything about the past five months just a little better in my life. That should be and is enough reward for me.
But can you please solve a few mysteries for me? Just to reward my new enlightened attitude.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/05/20/127009457/here-s-why-i-m-not-approaching-the-lost-finale-with-a-list-of-demands
