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Tomorrow marks the tenth anniversary of theLostseries finale.
But the truth is that the reaction to the finale was much more mixed than its reputation suggests.
Many people, myself included, appreciated the emotional way it wrapped upLosts story.
I was a little, kind of, out of time, he said.
The End unfolds, like so manyLostepisodes, on two parallel narrative tracks.
It was likeThe Truman Show.
It hurts to think about that because were still not there yet.
(Okay, its fine if you still think that part is weird.)
Jack technically dies alone in the forest, albeit with Vincent the lab by his side.
No one does it alone, Jack, Christian tells his boy.
You needed all of them.
And they needed you.
Thats why watching The End again recently was such a cathartic and moving experience.
I didnt just tear up when I watched it again; I full-on sobbed.
We never know what day it is.
There is no now, here, as we once understood it.
Or maybe its becauseLostis more than just a show to me.
I would not be a TV critic now if it werent forLostthen.
It may be ten years gone, but its themes and messages are timeless.
You dont, to borrow Jack Shephards famous words from the season three finale, have to go back.
But you might find that if you do, youll see something different than you did a decade ago.
