Before you read any part of this post, know that there is an abundance of spoilers here, so if you haven't watched Lost, and are planning to, don't read this post, instead, go watch Lost.
Now it is over, and I have had a night to think about what was answered, and what was not, and this is what I've come up with (I'm going to try to stick to the stuff that was answered recently, or not answered, I won't go into any details on stuff that was answered a long time ago, like what is in that hatch):
Q: Whoah man, what is up with this sideways universe where the island is on the bottom of the sea, and flight 815 never crashed?
A: It is not really a sideways universe, or reality, it is the same one, just happening later, after everyone has died. Everyone is given a chance to live their lives slightly differently and see what kind of people they would have been if they never went to the island. It was a kind of limbo, where they all waited for each other, and to remember their past lives before they could move on.
Q: Ok, if it is the after life, why could the island Desmond see it?
A: Try to remember what happened the first time Desmond was exposed to electromagnetic radiation (when he turned the key in the hatch). The exposure gave him the ability to see flashes into the future. The reason Desmond could see the sideways story was because Whitmore exposed him to electromagnetic radiation again, which made him see a super glimpse way into the future, after they were all dead. He just didn't know what he was seeing.
Q: what was the light, and where did it come from?
A: Not really addressed. Here's as much as it is:
It is the same light that is in every man. That brings up an interesting point. At the beginning of the sideways storyline, The island was at the bottom of the ocean. Since this is the future, after everyone is dead, that could mean that someone eventually succeeded in sinking the island.
Q: What happened to Michael?
A: this one was actually answered a while ago. He died on the boat, and was doomed to walk the island as one of the whispering spirits.
Q: What was all that whispering in earlier seasons?
A: Doomed spirits, trapped on the island after they die. They sometimes serve as a warning.
Q: What was up with the Dharma Initiative?
A: They were a group of scientists who found the island, and set up shop to study its unique properties.
Q: Why did Jacob even bring people to the island if it could mean his death?
A: To prove his brother wrong about all other people being evil.
Q: Who were the Others, and how did they get to the island? How did the people in the temple get to the island?
A: Not really addressed, presumably they are people that Jacob had brought to the island in the past.
Q: Where did those polar bears come from!?
A: This was semi addressed a couple of times, but without a final, conclusive answer. At first the cause seemed to be Walt, and his "special" talents, which we will cover in the next question. The other explanation is that they were the bears in the cages on Hydra Island, though there is no explanation as to how or why they came to the main island, perhaps they swam?
Q: Why and how is Walt so special!?
A: This, to me, is the biggest non-addressed issue of the series. Everything else was kind of answered, but not this. From a writer's perspective, Walt got off the island because he was growing up fast, and didn't fit the role anymore. He was a 12 year old playing the role of an 8 year old, and it couldn't last long enough to explain his specialness. Here's what we do know: there are "special" people on this show. Hurley was special, he could see and talk to dead people. Miles was special, he could also communicate with the dead in a different way. Walt was special, because the show said he was. Here's my theory: In flashbacks to Walt's life before the island, we saw a stepfather who didn't want him anymore after his mother died, and even feared him because of his specialness. During one scene in Walt's stepfather's home. Walt summons a bird, which crashed into a window and died, or was knocked out. We are led to believe that Walt summoned the bird, because he was reading a book about the same bird. This brings us to the first semi-explanation offered for the existence of the polar bears on the island. We found that each time they showed up, Walt was reading his Spanish comic book, that he found on the island. After the second polar bear attack, we get to see a page from that comic book:
Q: How did Jacob get off the island?
A: Not addressed. If he leaves, can't the man in black leave? I have no idea.
Well, that's about all the questions I can think of now. Let me know what you got, or what you think of my theories, or what your theories are. In the mean time, I leave you with this touching recap of the series:
6 comments:
If they are all dead, when did they die? Did they actually leave the island the first time? What about the conversation Desmond had with the mother at the concert? Was hurley there at the end? Or on the island. Did the island actually exist in the beginning? I am sure I can think of a lot more questions.
Pretty good wrap-up. The only thing I'd take issue with is the Sideways World. I don't think it's the future. I think it's what we Mormons refer to as the Spirit World. It was a construct built by the dead castaways where they could all wait for all the members to be ready to "Move On." If you've read Haruki Murakami's Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, it's sort of like that. If you haven't, you should. It'll blow yr mind.
So in a way, all the theories of "The Island is Purgatory!" and "They're all dead but just don't realize it!" were spot on. They were just referring to the Sideways World.
@Summer: They all died whenever they died, some of them years later. You notice that everybody who died "on Island" remembered the moment of their death. Those who didn't, didn't. But if it helps, imagine that when, say, Kate "woke up" she remembered being in a nursing home and slipping in the shower and dying.
@ Dylan, yeah, I didn't really mean it as the future really, but a place after they were ALL dead. I should have been more clear, but yes, I think it is the spirit world, and they all died, so future meaning: a point after they all lived on the island and died, and Desmond's flash allowed him to see into this "future" or "spirit world". @ Summer, Yes, the island was real. Hurley went on to live as the island's protector with Ben as his right hand man after everyone else died or left. Then, in his own time, he too died, and joined the others in the "spirit world" to wait until they could move on. There were little hints in there toward some of the castaways living on after others, like Kate telling Jack how much she missed him (because she lived, and presumably got old, so their time apart was longer for her than it was for him), and Hurley telling Ben that he was a great #2, and being told by Ben that he (Hurley now) was a great #1, hinting that Hurley (and maybe Ben) lived on long after everyone else protecting the island until they died too. As far as the conversation Desmond had with Eloise, do you mean the one at the beginning of the season, or last night?
Doh! Hulu removed my video already!
I took the convo @ the concert to mean that Mrs. Widmore/Hawking wanted some more time with her son before Des "woke him up" and took him away.
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