Way back when I first started watching Lost, I was drawn to the show because of all the mysteries. While the characters were somewhat interesting, I watched because I wanted to find out more about the Island. As the seasons progressed, sure, I liked the characters, but I wanted to learn more about things like the DHARMA Initiative, the smoke monster and the frozen donkey wheel.
Well, tonight was Lost’s final episode. And not all of my questions have been answered. But the finale was so emotionally satisfying, especially for the show’s characters that I find myself not caring about the mysteries.
Funny how these things work.
While other people have expressed despair about LOST ending, I’m not feeling it. I know I’ll miss the show once it’s not on the air every week from January through May. But this is a day that I’ve been waiting for since I watched the first episode on DVD during the summer of aught-five. Some questions will be answered, but more importantly, the story of Jack, Locke, Desmond, Sawyer, Hurley, Ben and all the rest will be over. I’m not glad that it’s over, but I’m glad that we’re at the end of the story (if that makes any sense).
I really don’t have any theories as to how it will all end. While I’m not as hostile to the Sideways universe as I was at the beginning of Season Six, I hope the story ends on the Island in the universe we’ve been watching these six years. It would be great to get some more answers to the 
In any Lost universe, Desmond Hume is special.
A few weeks ago, in Lost’s sixth season premiere, LA X, there was a scene between Ben and Fake Locke (henceforth referred to as FLocke) where FLocke said that the real John Locke was, quite basically, a loser. At the time, I felt sorry for John Locke, and 