Will There Be A Big Payoff In "Lost"?
I've just started to watch "Lost". I've caught up on some of the storyline through popups. I'm a great fan of "The Twilight Zone" in the 1960s. I can see parallels there in this TV series. There was a TZ episode where spacemen discover themselves dead on a planet. They try to escape this fact by flying away from planet, but fail. In the end, they loop back to the "discovery incident" of the crash site.
In Lost, there are many flashbacks to meaningful events in the losties' lives. Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" is a good example of that when the souls in the graveyard relive their previous lives.
When Lost began in 2004, it looked too much like a soap opera. In 2007, a big fan wrote about this and the lack of emphasis on the mythology of the island.
By 2010, the mysteries of the island and complexity of the storyline had increased enormously. This awakened my interest in the TV series and how things will be resolved.
Here's my prediction of the final show based on what I've seen so far. I hope there's a big payoff for the fans.
We all know that "flashes"(back, side and forward) have become part of the storyline. Hugo's flashback(side? forward?) on meeting Libby in LA confirmed that both were on the Oceanic plane flight. The memory at first escapes Hugo, but as Libby persists it's revealed in his mind. Hugo begins to see his life in LA as an alternate reality. There's also more wish fulfillment flashbacks (sides?,forwards?) from the other characters.
The island seems outside of time. Remember the incidents of 1974 and Richard's 19th century origins. Conclusion: Whoever gets stuck on the island has only one way out: "The Quantum Leap". This leap would be just prior to the trip that got them to the island. I can see Hugo quantum leaping in the final episode and stopping himself and Libby from taking the Oceanic flight.
The magnetism on the island that Whitmore is trying to harness supplies the power for the quantum leaps.
Richard will leap back to his dying wife in Spain in the 19th century. This time he won't go after the bogus medicine from the quack doctor.
Some losties will quantum leap off the island, but end up taking the same route that got them there. Locke would be one of them. Some learn from their mistakes. Others don't and they're doomed to repeat them.
P.S. There's an interesting post on the person of "J.A.C.O.B" in Lost. Check it out.
Posted by qualteam
at 10:35 AM EDT
Updated: Saturday, 1 May 2010 11:14 AM EDT