Episode 17 of the Final Season of LOST « The Final Season of LOST as Seen by Someone Who Has Never Seen LOST

Overall What is Happening

Jack’s dead.


More Detailed Episode Recap

Get excited, the woosh woosh woosh transition is back! But selectively.

Nice, slow pretty montage showing the characters double lives. Jack’s dad’s coffin arrives in LA. Which is an incredible coincidence that Desmond pranked him to say it was arriving and it actually was and the airline didn’t call Jack to inform him. Jack is looking at a head X-ray, trying to figure out what’s wrong with this guy’s knee. Locke is being wheeled on a gurney about to have surgery on his spine by someone who probably shouldn’t even be allowed to give a tetanus shot. Sawyer walks by a mirror he punched earlier and says “there’s more where that came from, mirror.”

Over at a building...

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Miles and Ricardo are riding in a canoe, heading to the other little island. While rowing, they see Salty Pilot clinging to a flotation device. I guess he’s survived out here for days. To be clear DAYS. Make an effort to get to shore, Lazy Pilot. He points out that he’s a pilot and can fly them off the island. How could anyone forget, he’s wearing his uniform all the time.

While walking through the jungle, the good guys and bad guys run into each other. Sad Day Monster finds out that Jack took over Jacob’s job on the island. “You’re the obvious choice.” “He didn’t choose me, I volunteered.” While technically correct, I believe Jacob was laying game on you pretty hard. He might have even said that he was happy you volunteered, so let’s not get too cavalier about this, Jack.

The talk in the Team Protagonist circle is that Dez has special talents and can be used a weapon.

Three minutes later they come across the light in the tunnel. Ya know, the light that Sad Day Monster has spent a century trying to find in a finite area but has had no luck until right now? Desmond is going in. He tells Jack it will send them to be with the people they love and not worry about the island. Can I go?

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Sayid goes to help up Blonde Girl. They start having The Flashbacks.
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Kate comes up and touches Jack. Based on his face, Jack has some issues. Why is Jack the only one who doesn’t just roll with these flashbacks?
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Jack’s dad is there. Jack says “what are you doing here?” His dad says “What are YOU doing here?” Good comeback. This is all Jack needs to realize he’s dead.

Miles and Ricardo are nowhere in sight. My guess is that they had much cooler times than the time they spent on the island. They’re at some church across town with cool people.


Thoughts I Have

• How does this work? People don’t die until they move on? I’m unclear on how Mrs. Whitmore knows what’s going on and wants to prevent it.
• I stand by my 5/15 Theory that you can watch the first five & last fifteen minutes of each episodes and know everything you need from the episode. Expanding out for the extended episode, you would have watched the first 13 minutes & last 37. Theory works again.
• My above theory was also confirmed for me by Radio Askew with whom I did a podcast over the weekend (www.radioaskew.com). Someone put my theory to the test and got all caught up before the finale. Science wins again.
  
• My assumption is no one ever threatened the island again and they just went on about their business for eternity.
• For the record, I was able to follow this season fine. I enjoyed the finale.