365/365

These cards lay beneath a giant, wooden carving of a bear outside of J.P. Bullfeathers and just so happen to be my favorite poker hand. Fate or coincidence?

365 of 365
365 of 365

This marks the 365th and final daily picture, my friends. I hope you’ve enjoyed the experiment. I may try it again sometime, perhaps with a better camera so I can capture some breathtaking shots of the drunk guys wandering up and down Elmwood Avenue every weekend. Adieu.

Happily Ever After

A perfect end to a beautiful episode. Lost is complete. I’m relatively certain many will not share my sentiments, as that wasn’t a Matrix Revolutions-style Architect explanation of an episode that’s going to answer every little facet of every question we’ve ever had on the show. There are significant questions that were not answered explicitly, and more still that weren’t really answered at all. As much as my recaps have dwelt on the “little stuff” that constitutes much of the show’s mythology, the majority of Lost’s best moments–the truly great ones–have been about the characters. Electromagnetic energy, Egyptian hieroglyphs, polar bears, food drops, names scrawled on a wall, lighthouses, mirrors and giant smoke monsters aren’t trifling elements to be cast aside, but dwelling on them can make it easy to lose sight of the bedrock thematic elements that have truly sustained the show. Faith, destiny, choice. What gives your life meaning?

jack at peace

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The End

I’m planning to finish a draft of my recap sometime this morning but will hold off publishing until I get a chance to polish it a bit. “It only ends once” so I best try and provide you all with something worth reading, yeah? In the meantime, here’s a taste:

A perfect end to a beautiful episode. Lost is complete. I’m relatively certain many will not share my sentiments, as that wasn’t a Matrix Revolutions-style Architect explanation of an episode that’s going to answer every little facet of every question we’ve ever had on the show. There are significant questions that were not answered explicitly, and more still that weren’t really answered at all. As much as my recaps have dwelt on the “little stuff” that constitutes much of the show’s mythology, the majority of Lost’s best moments–the truly great ones–have been about the characters. Electromagnetic energy, Egyptian hieroglyphs, polar bears, food drops, names scrawled on a wall, lighthouses, mirrors and giant smoke monsters aren’t trifling elements to be cast aside, but dwelling on them can make it easy to lose sight of the bedrock thematic elements that have truly sustained the show. Faith, destiny, choice. What gives your life meaning?

I loved it and hope you all did as well. I’ll be back tomorrow with more.

Lost Reading

Some of the more worthwhile articles, videos and interviews concerning Lost I’ve read over the past week. This should tide you over ’til tomorrow (literature-wise).

Lost-ions – My updated list of the “Answers” we’re all looking for.

Locke Around the Clock – Former Newark Star-Ledger columnist Alan Sepinwall recaps “What They Died For.”

AICN Interview – An interview conducted with show co-creator Damon Lindelof shortly before the pilot aired in 2004.

815 Sentences About Lost – You get the idea.

The B.S. Report – ESPN columnist Bill Simmons chats with show-runner Carlton Cuse.

Totally Lost – A very entertaining video chronicling Jacob and the Man in Black in therapy.

May Lost Mysteries Never Come to an End – L.A. Times columnist Robert Lloyd does a good job verbalizing the true source of the apparent dissatisfaction many fans have had with the “Answers” that’ve been given this season.

The Men Who Made Lost – The New York Times did a great interview with show-runners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Expect it to be the last one you’ll see with the pair for quite a while.

Countdown to Lost – “Entertainment Weekly’s” Doc Jensen does a good job at describing the thoughts of those of us just weird enough to continue analyzing the infinite facets of the show’s mythology.