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I found the ending disappointing.
We got no answers to the interesting stuff that kept us watching week after week, and then a cop out ending that ignored all the science-fiction elements in favour of a wishy-washy pseudo-religious feel-good ending.
Up until the last moments it seemed like they were going to reveal a great ending based around the power of love in its various incarnations, but they kind of ignored that.
I think the ending would have made more sense if the show didn't keep going for so long. It was anti-climactic. It made the far-out elements of the story seem to be simply ploys used to keep people interested rather than actual parts of a planned story. I want those things to pay off eventually, even if they don't pay off in a way that I like. Anybody can create random events that seem interesting, but it takes a brilliant storyteller to actually make those things pay off, and the Lost writers just seem to have teased us into watching the show with the promise of answers. In Lost most of the mysteries remain mysteries even though they were dangled like a carrot in front of the audience very blatantly. They did a bait and switch. They got me watching for the interesting themes and quasi-science-fiction, then turned it around at the last minute and asked me to forget the interesting stuff in favour of an ending that could have happened three seasons ago and made a lot more sense.
That said, the 6 years of the show were fun, and I suppose I can now understand the complaints of those who didn't like the Battlestar Galactica ending even though I personally liked it for the most part.
Lost's strength was its characters and overall premise.
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