The finale aired last year on this date. Over the weekend I watched bits of it and was reminded of the extraordinarily moving effect it had on me then, what it had to say about life, death, and the insanity of the series it was closing. I also read a number of posts here from the days and hours leading up to the finale, and the hours and days immediately following it, and was reminded of the great deal of fun we all had fighting over the meaning of it all. The consensus that seemed to be reached was that the journey was more important than the destination...a conclusion typically formulated by people who don't much care for the destination once they get there, but that's beside the point. We were the only people to watch the show as it was meant to be watched, waiting a week, or two weeks, or eight months between hair-pulling cliffhangers; future generations will have a markedly different experience, having the ability to instantly queue up the next episode without having the time to argue about the previous one on the internet.
In the intervening year, I've forgotten about Lost. It actually seems like it's been longer, like the memories have more in common with my distant, hazy childhood than they do with my modern life. I haven't re-watched the series as I'd planned; in fact, I neglected to get the box set, or even a regular copy of the final season. I'd like to go back to it, but that's a thought that hasn't gained much traction yet, and may not for quite a while, but when it does, enough time may have passed that I will have forgotten a lot of it and it will seem exciting and fresh instead of a chore I'm forcing myself to endure in order to regain some piece of the past I think I might be missing. For now, right now, I'm content with it being left on the shelf. I'm not ashamed of it; all things eventually become part of the past, and whatever part of that past affects your present cannot be changed and can never again be experienced the same way. The show was great and will always be among my very favorites, but when I think back to the show and remember it fondly, it's not the show I'm remembering, it's watching the show and sharing it with others. That experience can never and should never be resurrected. And that is as it should be. Don't cry because it's over...smile because it happened. Then step on through the church doors.
But seriously, why couldn't they reveal who was shooting at them from the other canoe? It would have taken all of ten seconds. My primary theory is that when the Others from the Temple were looking for
In the intervening year, I've forgotten about Lost. It actually seems like it's been longer, like the memories have more in common with my distant, hazy childhood than they do with my modern life. I haven't re-watched the series as I'd planned; in fact, I neglected to get the box set, or even a regular copy of the final season. I'd like to go back to it, but that's a thought that hasn't gained much traction yet, and may not for quite a while, but when it does, enough time may have passed that I will have forgotten a lot of it and it will seem exciting and fresh instead of a chore I'm forcing myself to endure in order to regain some piece of the past I think I might be missing. For now, right now, I'm content with it being left on the shelf. I'm not ashamed of it; all things eventually become part of the past, and whatever part of that past affects your present cannot be changed and can never again be experienced the same way. The show was great and will always be among my very favorites, but when I think back to the show and remember it fondly, it's not the show I'm remembering, it's watching the show and sharing it with others. That experience can never and should never be resurrected. And that is as it should be. Don't cry because it's over...smile because it happened. Then step on through the church doors.
But seriously, why couldn't they reveal who was shooting at them from the other canoe? It would have taken all of ten seconds. My primary theory is that when the Others from the Temple were looking for
