And I have a lot of respect for Lindelof in saying "That was the worst thing we did."

Then Desmond somehow gets over being shot for long enough to beat the shit out of Ben and toss him in the water.

It was clear that More With The Freighter was part of the plan that got scuttled. Otherwise much of the Freighter crew seems strangely upcasted— especially Fisher Stevens and Gina Bell.

"As for the rest of the survivors who don't have cancer and want nothing
more than to leave that god-forsaken pace and return to civilization?
Fuck 'em! That's right, FUCK 'EM!"

"If I ever visit Sydney, I assume I will run in to literally everyone I know there."

I never quite understood why so many of the Miscellaneous Survivors were so uninterested in, well, anything.

I really liked her as well, but I've always enjoyed Michelle Rodriguez doing her thing. I think she's great here.

I think that's true. It's frustrating, but I don't think there's hidden depths. Perhaps you could find some stronger tendrils of how the Island was their destiny, since she's a solid link between Desmond and Hurley, and how they both came to the Island.

And what a strange "ghost" appearance. I mean, it's literally one line and two seconds. I'm presuming Wattros was just a really good sport about showing up, because it seems like it would be a waste of her time.

I find a LOT about the Jeremy Bentham episode frustrating, but it's pretty clear that the Locke/Walt scene is ONLY there because they had already established that "Bentham" had come to talk to Walt, so they had to follow up on that.

"everyone recognized them as gimmick characters and disliked the gimmick"

"You killed two of us. Good people who were leaving you alone. You're. The killer. Ana Lucia."

Yeah, that's the thing that gets me: Alex Jones claimed to be 22 in 1997 when I bump into him at APA, but at the time he would have been two years younger than me but looked like he could have been my dad.

Maybe, maybe not. My point is there were four people who had also spent 100 days on the beach with the rest of the 815 survivors, including and not limited to going on the whole hike out to the transmitter tower, and coming back and staying with Jack— and no one even gives a bit of lipservice that they give a damn…

I agree, in that I felt the series had largely fallen apart since Season Three. So, yes, the ending fit.

Oh, Steff knew. He liked it.

It also helps that Eric Stolz plays it like Watts is his good friend who he trusts and cares about, while Molly Ringwald plays it like Ducky is this nuisance she barely tolerates.

That, and the razor sharp blades he's attached to it.

Plus it works as a metaphor for how little the rest of the 815 survivors matter to our core people, and how not being involved will get them all killed.

Hurley's arc is mostly about coming to terms with the idea that he is a a good person who can accomplish things. It's clearest in Season Six, where he takes charge of things, and is a little freaked out that Jack follows where he leads.