Framework of the Finale

If you don't want to know the framework of what we will see on the finale don't read any further. I never look at spoilers. In fact, I make sure I don't see anything that could ruin the show for me. So what Im gonna tell you is based solely on what last year's finale through season 4 has set up and what that should tell us...but you may not even want to know that.

Last years finale ended with Jacks desire to get back to the Island. In part one of this years finale we see the moment he arrives home. So part 2 and 3 are going to sprinkle on the timeline all important information to whatever theme they are going to rest the dialog on. Look for an underlying theme to present itself--it will make the experience much more interesting.

It will show how the Island is playing with their lives in the real world and that no matter what they do they will never escape its pull. A very telling scene was that all the Oceanic 6 expressed some joy at being home in part 1--except Kate. She was all alone, no one to hug, and facing criminal charges. But we know from the rest of the episodes that Kate is really the only one who has her head together. Kate, alone, wants to stay home and is the last holdout.

It seems the flashfowards will begin to approach where Jack started to make his search for the Island, learn who in the coffin, and will eventually end with his plea to Kate that they must return. It is quite possible that the loop from where the season 3 finale ended and where the season 4 finale started will be closed.

I fear they will not go beyond this so there will be maximum impact from the closing of the causal loop.. but I hope that the extra hour they added will allow for this narrative loop to close at the end of part 2.

If it does, we are headed into uncharted territory and it is even possible that we will leave the Island behind for the rest of the finale. The reason I say this is it's exactly what everything has been heading to this season. If they picked up this season from where Jack makes his plea to Kate I wouldnt say this. But they did not..they went back and started approaching the ending of season 3. The only thing to do when they reach that point is stay off Island---because at that point in the story you want create uncertainty as to what is happening to their friends. It must be a mystery until they get back..at least in my mind. Make sense?. OK..so that my guess on the structure and I hope Im totally wrong..haha

Oh yeah..one more idea thats not related to structure. I believe it is right and makes perfect sense so dont read it if you dont want to know.


Ben is in the Coffin. Now you might say that this would mean the end of Ben. No it wouldn't. Ben arrived in the future late in 2005--however there is no telling when he left the island. Remember the Doctor arrived on the island dead before he was actually killed. The "time" that Ben puts on his snowjacket is probably much further in the future of the shows Island time.