We get it. You don't like this show. Thank you for once again in your very cold and detached way, let everyone know they are stupid for not agreeing with you. Yes, I am a a big dummy. Let me watch Transformers 2 and revel in it. Woot. Woot.

i see LOST has become the new avatar. How many wildly successful TV shows have you made Devin? just out of curiosity..

I understand you didn't like it. I don't understand why you have to be an asshole about it. It's kinda sad.

Yeah, that just about sums up my feelings about the finale.

The 6 needed to go back because they were candidates and needed to die (the semi-successful submarine explosion). Locke's body needed to go back so Smokey could assume its shape and trick Ben into killing Jacob for him. Is that so hard to understand? Is it because they didn't spell it out for you? The pieces were all there for you to put together. It's called deductive reasoning. Try it sometime.

Funny bit. Am I the only one who wants to know what Stephen King thought about the finale? Its a little soon, but I really want to know what he thought.

Just because you didn't like it, you don't have to be disrespectful to the people that DID find it moving, exceptional, and poetic to the nth degree. Your opinion is just your opinion, not the final say on the matter.

Whew, I guess I don't understand how anyone can be so annoyed/ 'visibly' upset over a work of fiction beyond a reasonable length of time? Just walk it off and enjoy the real world around you. Heroes maddened me as much as Lost did to Devin, but c'mon man, who cares?

Also, a good chunk of those questions were answered or are answerable to the obvious clues left to its respective mystery.
I dunno guys, just think of Lost not unlike a David Lynch-esque mindfuck. Twin Peaks did fuck up in the manner in which it unfolded and 'resolved', but it ultimately became a celebrated piece of TV. Lost will probably follow suit.

You know, it's less the sappy bullshit that bothers me and more the lack of balls on lindelof and cuse's parts in revealing anything at all in this last season. Even Alpert's story was what the least imaginative viewer had to have expected/figured by that point. Glowy cave and everything else was dull and just so so generic. Saying afterlives exist in some form and leaving us to debate about whether they're in heaven or purgatory or a sideways reality that's not real or whatever is at least ANYTHING, and fits in somewhat in a show where time travel exists. Still is more than what they gave us in regards to the island. The more I think about that fucking cork….

Whoa, whoa, whoa, How the hell is this disrespectful? I don't see one disrespectful thing here and Devin is just a dude who really liked the show and is upset with the way it ended in one aspect at that! He very much liked most of the show/finale. He's not doing it to provoke you, he's doing it because it provoked him. We understand the difference right? I mean that's why I felt compelled to talk about it, because some aspects bothered me. He's just putting up a funny freaking video. Dear lordy. I mean talk about insecurity, you guys are ridiculous.

hey people who get angry at devin for voicing his opinion and like to point out that it is only his opinion.
OF COURSE IT IS ONLY HIS OPINION. these are his pieces. these are his stories. these are his opinions.
why do people put so much stock into what he thinks about things. if you had enough belief in your own opinions you wouldn't care what he thinks so much. he is disappointed by the finale and has every right to be. I mean why do you bother reading his articles if his voice annoys you. we know what to expect. he drives me crazy at times but what is he supposed to do???write lame down the middle puff pieces?
why don't you spend time writing rebuttals and arguing your side rather then jsut calling him a douche bag or an asshole or asking how many hit shows he has made which is the fucking LAMEST argument anyone can make.
I mean I have never made a hit show so what i have to like every hit show ever made until I make one? I guess we are all justin bieber fans then yeah?? i mean until we have released a hit song…….

I saw your appearance on Attack of the Show yesterday, Devin. I gotta say, you seem like the whiniest piece of baby shit on the Internet…even next to McWeeney! You
should listen to Rose, "You can let go now,
Devin."

It's not glowy cave of urine folk. It's a Kratos save point.

"Some people think it was sappy, ridiculous bullshit that dropped everything interesting about the Island. Other people are okay with it being sappy, ridiculous bullshit that dropped everything interesting about the Island." And with that, I bid farewell to what has become the most annoyingly snarky movie website out there. I'm only one guy, and I'm sure I won't be missed, but I truly hope that someday, Dev, you'll either get over yourself and get through this early-blooming midlife crisis you're in.

It's not the destination, it's the journey, stupid.

I agree with Ortiz, about half of those questions have obvious answers as long as you don't require things spelled out for you . The monster killed Eko because Eko was at peace with what he had done, and was therefore beyond manipulation. The monster didn't kill Eko the first time because he/it hadn't decided on that yet. Eko didn't say "you're next" he said "I have seen the Devil" and Locke lied about it because he didn't want people thinking the monster was evil.

Jacob decided to kill the Others in the purge because they were too close to exploiting The Light.

The cabin was never Jacob's. Think about it. In the past, he lived in the statue. In the present, he lived in the statue. The cabin was where the monster was trapped for a period of time by the ash ring. Ghost Horace directed Locke there because ghost Horace WAS the smoke monster.

Jack Kate and Hurley got to the 70's because they were candidates. Sun didn't because she wasn't? Why not? Because she was a mother.

Faraday left the island to get access to Dharma's mainland resources to study time travel.

Jacob can leave the Island because he is the protector and he always intends to come back. Smoke monster can't because he isn't and wouldn't.

"They're coming" refers to the candidates trapped in the 70's.

Jacob and the smoke monster's real mother came from the Roman Empire. She was speaking Latin. Jacob and the Smoke monster's "other" mother probably also came from Rome. She was ALSO speaking Latin.

Michael wasn't in the church because his spirit was stuck on the Island. Walt wasn't in the church because his actor had grown too much. Eko wasn't in the church because his actor demanded too much money for a guest appearance.

I'm not saying all the questions have answers. But a lot of them are really pretty obvious.

Comment 5 by Oy. You mentioned the 6 needed to go back because they needed to die (semi-successful submarine explosion). I thought for Smokey to escape the candidates needed to go with him…Jack had told Smokey he planned on not going, which then Smokey switched backpacks so Jack would blow up solo and Smokey could still leave the island. But there was a gunfight showdown and Jack accidentely ends up on the sub with the C4…

Yeah, Devin carries on a bit. Like with Avatar. And lines like "Some people think it was sappy, ridiculous bullshit that dropped everything interesting about the Island. Other people are okay with it being sappy, ridiculous bullshit that dropped everything interesting about the Island" are an interesting way to jam your opinions down our throats and leave us choking on them. Get a hold of yourself, Devin.

Newsflash to the Lost fanboys…it was nonsensical, pseudo-intellectual, piece of shit show that never should have made it past season 1. Seriously, I've tried. I've tried to watch Lost. So many times I've tried to watch it, after friends and family insisted that I just didn't "get it". Fuck that. David Lynch is one of my favorite filmmakers and I loved Twin Peaks. Twin Peaks made sense in a surreal way, even if you had to seriously suspend some disbelief. Lost has always been horseshit.

lol@LordEnigma

If you revel in Transformers 2 then that is a special form of Hell for which you only have yourself to blame.

The horse is dead, people, put down the clubs and move on to the next one that is in failing health and wait for its imminent demise.

I think he's spot on. That finale annoyed the shit out of me. It ignored 5 seasons to bring up new mysteries in the final 6th of the series and only answer THOSE questions. If you love your heartstrings pulled, it was great. If you wanted to watch a mystery show, it screwed you over. There's a reason I don't watch "Grey's Anatomy", and that's what "Lost" decided to become in it's final episode. Way to go, "Lost" writers.

I love how almost all of the finale defenders, rather than disputing that tons of questions were unanswered, resort to "Stop being mean to ME." As if criticizing a show they liked was criticizing them. And those that do try to answer the charges resort to "They answered most of those, it's implied" or the time-tested "How many shows have YOU written, anyway??" And of course, our new favorite mantra against creativity: "It's not about the mystery, it's about the characters." Great. So you're telling me that they could have used the same premise of survivors of a plane crash on an island, stripped out the Others, the black smoke, Jacob, time travel, premonitions, prophecies, secret organizations, all that stuff – that it would have been more or less the same result, with the same appeal, because it's all about the characters? Because that's what the defenders and apologists are saying here. It would be like making MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS and not showing Poirot solve the case, but giving us a nice slo-mo group hug with everyone he met on the train before they all leave, because the mystery of who killed Ratchett isn't what matters, it's the memories of the train ride that everyone took with them, and treasured for the rest of their lives.

No. It's about solving the fucking mystery. sheesh. Good writers can develop characters AND keep a plot moving. It has been known to happen. It's not either/or. Stop apologizing for their bad writing.

Hey Mike S., Devin didn't like the show. Devin likes stuff when it's cool to like stuff (i.e. the season 3 finale) and hates stuff when it's no longer cool (just about everything thereafter). Don't believe me? Go back and read his fawning review of the how brilliant the LOST season 3 finale was. He was, of course, right about that. Best two hours of television I've probably ever seen. Devin's the decider, you see? Just wait'll he really reps his street cred for hating Iron Man 3. It's coming. Just wait.

I don't think it's a bitch fest at all; Devin is damn well right. For all its vaunted high concepts, Lost went out on the cheap.

I understand it's the journey but to have invested well over 100 hours of my life into this cliffhanger wankery and not have a satisfying resolution is infuriating.

# 6. Hell yes on the Stephen King comment. Some might say he has his own trouble with ending epic tales, but I want to hear what he has to say. He's written some great pieces on Lost, and even wrote a speculation on how he would end it.

Dear Mr. Devin Feraci–

I think Lost is goofy. I thought so from the first episode.

But I think you're just great. Someday I would like to kiss you on your big sweaty forehead.

Thank you for making movies and internet better.

And the rest of you can suck it.

sooo…. your mad because they didn't spell out every answer in the simplest way.. here's a hint..all the people on the Ajira plane were CANDIDATES, start there, assuming it dosen't hurt your brain too much to THINK ABOUT THINGS. Whats so bad about thinking about movies and television Devin? are you just more of a "tell me what this means so I don't have to think about it anymore" kind of guy "park your brain at the door" as they say? didn't you write an article at one point saying…the exact OPPOSITE of that? At least don't act like people who loved the finale loved something that was horrible, your opinion isn't the be all end all, stop being such a jackass.

mike.s said "Devin is just a dude who really liked the show and is upset with the way it ended in one aspect at that! "

lol@ the idea that Devin likes LOST.

The problem many of us are having is that Devin comes across as very whiny and petty with his constant attacks on those who god forbid like the show. His hateful obsession with the show is almost sad. He's like a dude dumped by a girl who takes it upon himself to make the girl's life a living hell.

It's not only Lost, I used to follow Devin on Twitter but in most of his tweets he comes across as incredibly bitter and angry. The man needs to go out and smell the roses or something.

L O S T finale was worse than the Phantom Menace. All you kids putting the hate on people that DETESTED the finale will wake up in about 3 – 6 months time and realize just how wrong you were. Transferring your frustrations to people who voice their opinion (which lies in contrast to your faulty short-sighted one) is just making up for your lacking ability to process the raw horror you saw, trying to make yourselves feel better inside. It was crap, it was expected to be crap… enjoy the first season, move on.

Man, just get the fuck over it. For your own sake.

devin likes a movie where a guy sews someone's ass to another person's mouth

The finale worked for me. The island was explained as much as it needed to be, and the purgatory "letting go" theme satisfied me more than reams of exposition necessary to tie up the loose ends that could be mostly figured out in retrospect. The big church reveal teetered for me, but ultimately won me over. And for the record, I thought "Across The Sea" was the biggest misstep in the entire series, so it's not like I lack critical sensibilities enough to forgive the show for ALL its mistakes and inconsistencies.

um #24 the season 3 final was the series highpoint. why is it bad he liked it so much.

Lazy deceitful writing. They can't come to any interesting conclusion on the Island, and they don't want to end with Jack's suicide and an entire series without "real" Locke, so the writers drum up a completely unrelated story arc regarding some happy go lucky purgatory (where everyone is content to wait to start the party once everyone else on the island has eventually kicked the bucket) and give us a saccharine, dickless conclusion. A conclusion to THAT (and Jacks) arc alone, I should add.

Also, the amount of plot holes left unfilled was pretty impressive. I can't help but laugh at the folks screaming at Devin for not using deductive reasoning in regards to the Oceanic 6's return, yet providing absolutely no answer to the question he pondered other than "they were CANDIDATES!" (which itself doesn't answer the question, and in Jacks case wasn't true until they randomly changed the plot in season 6).

to litg – thank you very much.

Also, I do have to think you're a very bitter man, Devin. I don't think could have ended the series any better than that. I was having misgivings coming up to the finale, and then it won me over. You don't like it, fine. But you seem abit whiny about the fact that anyone who liked the ending is eficient in some way.

Family Guy and Transformers 2 WOOT WOOT!!!

Never have I seen a guy spend so much energy on something he didn't like. I wasn't at all fond of the BSG Finale but I don't spend endless amounts of energy talking about it. Same with Glee.

re Comment #16, the bit about Eko makes some sense and kind of fits when you consider how Smokie was playing Richard in Ab Aeterno

There´s another question: if MIB had lost his body and became the smoke monster, how come MIB and Jacob are shown talking (each one in their own body) in the beginning of season 6?
I loved the LOST finale review and this video. I am, like many people, frankly dissapointed. Everything seems SO improvised.

I really respected your well reasoned editorial on why you hated the finale, but it's over. Pushing this agenda through stuff like this just keeps it in your headspace. It sounds like LOST actively frustrated you in a really profound way. The only way to stop that is to just let go of the anger. I know that you make a career of holding on to your anger and honing it until it is an engine that drives massive self-righteous editiorials, but it's kind of silly to be so angry about a show when you really did know from early in the season that it wasn't going to meet your needs. But I would argue the producers had no obligation to meet your expectations.

Movieline responded to this video: http://www.movieline.com/2010/05/rebutting-losts-questions.php

A lot of the questions are answerable (a lot are not.)

The thing that's most irritating about you, Devin, is how you have to impose your view into EVERYTHING you write. Fans have every right to love the finale, and you have every right to despise it. But to dismiss them with your attempt at wit and humor disqualifies anything you have to say. I won't tell you which side I'm on (though you'll assume I'm a blind sheep-fan), but this has nothing to do with Lost. It has everything to do with you and your enormous ego. Either be fair, or just stick to sh*t you like. I can't take you seriously.

this finale sucked balls, simple as that. first and second seasons were great, third got shitty, fourth started to get back to the level of the first couple, fifth just shit the bed all over again. once that jacob mib origin story aired three episodes before the finale, you just knew it was going to end like this, some lazy, half-assed attempt at just finishing the series so they can go do other things. it becomes clear when the people involved in the story either lose passion or just don't care anymore.