The End (23 May 2010)

Locke searches for Desmond to achieve his goal of destroying the island. Jack, the newly-appointed "protector" of the island, sets out to stop him. In Los Angeles, the survivors slowly reunite and recall their island experiences.

Director:

Jack Bender

Writers:

Jeffrey Lieber (creator), J.J. Abrams (creator),

Stars:

Sam Anderson, Naveen Andrews, L. Scott Caldwell

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Sam Anderson	...	Bernard Nadler
Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah
L. Scott Caldwell	...	Rose Nadler
Nestor Carbonell	...	Richard Alpert
François Chau	...	Dr. Pierre Chang (as Francois Chau)
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Desmond Hume
Jeremy Davies	...	Daniel Faraday
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton
Michael Emerson	...	Ben Linus
Jeff Fahey	...	Frank Lapidus
Fionnula Flanagan	...	Eloise Hawking
Matthew Fox	...	Jack Shephard
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Maggie Grace	...	Shannon Rutherford
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford

Storyline

Locke searches for Desmond to achieve his goal of destroying the island. Jack, the newly-appointed "protector" of the island, sets out to stop him. In Los Angeles, the survivors slowly reunite and recall their island experiences.

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Plot Keywords:

series finale

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 May 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, ABC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min 110 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Like the rest of season finales in Lost, this was a double episode set to run for 80 minutes, but Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse asked ABC to grant them more time to finish plots properly.

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Quotes

Jack Shephard: Are you real?
Christian Shephard: I sure hope so. Yeah, I'm real. You're real. Everything that's happened to you is real. All those people in the church, they're all real too.
Jack Shephard: No. They're all... They're all dead. I'm dead. You're dead.
Christian Shephard: Everyone dies sometime, kiddo. Some of them before you, some... long after you.
Jack Shephard: But why are they all here now?
Christian Shephard: Well, there is no "now", here.
Jack Shephard: Where are we, Dad?
Christian Shephard: This is a place that you... that you all made together so that you could find one another. The most important part of your...
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Connections

References Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

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Soundtracks

"End Title"
Written by Michael Giacchino
Performed by Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra

User Reviews

A fitting ending to Man's ultimate journey, although a season too soon

First of all i have to say that i have been crying my eyes out during the finale. When it comes to the emotional part of the series, this finale gives great closure. Having said that, i am left with the feeling that it could have been so much more then just a happy ending. During the 6 years Lost has raised so many questions about the meaning of the island, the forces behind it and what the exact purpose of the oceanic survivors are, the Others, etc etc. This final season i feel like all those factors have been turned from vital parts of the storyline (and possible plot) to nothing more then faded memories and incidents. It was as if the writers had a choice to either work up to a solid closure or hold true to the mystery and suspense of the previous seasons but leaving viewers with a lot of unanswered questions. I really feel if they had added another season (or two), the current ending would have been more then just a happy end, but actually a closure which would have done the previous seasons justice.