Do NOT read on if you have yet to see the finale–it’s worth watching EVERY ‘whoa’ moment unspoiled!

Honestly? My list of ‘whoa’ moments is about 2 miles long, or roughly one ‘whoa’ moment for every other moment of the entire 2 hours of tonight’s finale. Not to mention that ‘whoa’ just doesn’t cut it. It should really be ‘WHOA!!’

(btw, in case you were wondering, the Kahuku graduation was awesome. Congrats to my brother, Evan, for a job well done. How was the party? Inquiring minds–ok, just mine–would like to know.)

Anyway, the point is that I’m not even going to attempt to write out an entire list of ‘whoa’ moments for this episode. Instead, I think a list of the most interesting things we’re going to deal with next season will give us more to chew on:

-The return of Walt. Does he have to go back to the island with all of them, too?
-Was the island moved in TIME, SPACE, or BOTH? And more importantly, where is it now?
-Ben: good guy or bad guy? He ‘always has a plan,’ and yet still lost it (or did he?) when he killed Keamy and sentenced all the freighter folk–not to mention Jin (NOOO!) and Michael–to death by C4. And then immediately chooses to banish himself from the island forever. What?!
-Where WAS Charlotte born, and why are she and Miles so eager to remain on that island?
-Sawyer finally has his true hero moment when he jumps out of the chopper. What role will he play on the newly relocated island (wherever/whenever it is)?
-What about Desmond and Lapidus? Do they, too, have to return with the Oceanic 6 + Locke’s cadaver?
-We still need to learn more about Widmore. And Sun’s ruthless new game to seek vengeance for Jin’s death.
-What ever happened to Faraday and his 5 zodiac passengers?
-Why does Claire ask Kate NOT to bring Aaron back to the island?
-And my final question: WHY DID LOCKE LEAVE THE ISLAND?

For me, it was a night of ‘hero’ moments. Not only do the major characters sacrifice themselves in big ways–Sawyer, Sayid (how AWESOME was his fight with Keamy?), Jack, Kate, Ben, Jin, Michael–but the less-dominant forces in the finale really saved the day. Faraday and Juliet saved the beach folk, Lapidus came through for the Oceanic 6, the Others took out Keamy’s team, and Penny followed Desmond’s signal. If it wasn’t 1 a.m., I would cheer that those two are finally reunited!

Here’s my take: the show’s ‘present’ has finally connected with the future. This means that next season, we are going to have to go into a new mode of storytelling. I’m not sure how it’ll play out, but the old method of flashforwards and flashbacks just isn’t going to cut it anymore. Not to mention, we are going to HAVE to find out where and when that island went! What do you think? Time to digest and theorize!

All I know is that we’ve come a long way since season 1, when the Losties fell out of the sky. 2 more seasons to go!

I thought it was weird that they’d plan 2 different days to air a single, THREE HOUR season finale. I remember when shows were only half an hour, and you’d be really excited to get a whole entire hour for the finale–this is just getting out of hand! But I’m not complaining. There are so many threads to follow this season, it makes complete sense to take an entire hour just to put all of the pieces in place. What’d you think?

Whoa moments

-Kate’s mom didn’t come to the reunion =(
-They’re headed to the Orchid–finally, we get to learn more about this mysterious station!
-Faraday knows about the Orchid? How?
-It’s Sawyer and Miles
-Kate takes Aaron from Sawyer–a foreshadowing of things to come?
-The island is named ‘Membata’
-Press conference: rough crowd! All journalists aren’t like that, I promise. =)
-NADIA!! The best reunion of them all…yay!
-Sun buys out her father! Talk about the ultimate payback; maybe Jin DID die, after all…
-Hurley’s new car–THE NUMBERS!! And a rabbit’s foot as the keychain
-The Orchid can move the island?
-None of the first raft group except Sun and Aaron make it off the island. What happens to them?
-Christian’s funeral: CLAIRE’S MOTHER shows up. Jack finds out that he’s Claire’s brother…and that Aaron is his nephew
-The freighter is loaded with C4!!
-Richard Alpert and the Others catch Kate and Sayid. Why?
-So many cliff-hangers…SO not enough time!!

Quotables:

“We are in shock, Jack” -Sun
“Don’t bleed to death, Jack” -Juliet
How to move the island? “Very carefully” - Ben
“Jesus Christ is not a weapon” -Hurley’s mom
“How many times do i have to tell you, John? I always have a plan.” - Ben

Lost in Hawaii locations:

HONOLULU AIRPORT!!
Where is the hangar of the press conference?
First Hawaiian Tower - Paik industries staircase
Hurley’s mansion - Kahala?
Christian’s funeral - which chapel?

There will be a break next week, and then a 2 hour final offering on the 29th. The suspense is already killing me…