Lost Will And Testament
- 29 May 07, 05:34 PM
In some Oriental religions, the say the life isn΅―t linear at all ¨C that it consists of individual, self revealing slices. A bit like watching Lost on TV, then. At least, that was my take on the series finale last night.
We΅―ve grown used to the sly grammar of the programme, how characters pinball across other people΅―s history, how old actions take a bite out of the present. And in the two part conclusion to series three, the time-space continuum got looser, virtually funky.
Jack was eating pills and getting suicidal. Charlie made a noble sacrifice under the sea and Locke hobbled out of a boneyard. There were flashbacks and throw-forwards and incidents that might have seemed absurd elsewhere. So yeah, it was contrived and the revelations were sometimes a bit bogus. But still it was a satisfying yarn.
Like those ancient editions of Star Trek, it΅―s a sure bet that Lost will circulate the cable networks and broadband lines for decades to come, all out of synch and context. Which might actually suit the zig-zag logic. For all we know, Eko is still communing with ghosts, Ana-Lucia is keeping the peace and the Dharma Initiative is in charge of the cosmic order.
Will everything be tidied up when Episode 117 is finally screened in May 2010? Most likely the end will deliver a mocking non-sequitur and so Lost will heroically consume itself.
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