Sawyer was instrumental in uncovering the Man in Black's plan to destroy the island, and in helping Jack figure out a way to defeat him. However, after Juliet was killed in their attempts to prevent the "Incident" and Sawyer was transported back to 2007, he became determined to leave the island by any means necessary. He subsequently was transported to 1974 with a group of other survivors, where they wound up joining the DHARMA Initiative, and he and Juliet fell in love. On the island, after pursuing Kate romantically for the first few seasons, Sawyer gave up his chance to escape the island in order to allow Kate and the rest of the Oceanic Six to leave. After Jack saved the island and everyone he loved, he finally succumbed to his wounds and died. In his final moments, he said goodbye to Kate and Sawyer, appointed Hurley as the island's new protector, and replaced the cork in the heart of the island that temporarily turned the Man in Black mortal, while also threatening to sink the island and destroy the world. He briefly agreed to take over from Jacob as the protector of the Island, after which he immediately fought the Man in Black to the death. Jack may have died in the final episode, bleeding to death of stab wounds inflicted by the Man in Black, but he made some hugely significant actions in his final hours. So it's understandable to be uncertain about what really happened to Jack and Lost's other central characters by the end of the series. However, the afterlife narrative wound up confusing many viewers due to the show presenting it as an alternate reality for the entire last season. Ultimately, of course, all of the Oceanic 815 survivors wound up reconnecting in the afterlife in the final episode of Lost, including Jack. So in a way, Desmond caused the crash of Flight 815, but considering that Jacob was the one who brought Desmond to the island, arranged the circumstances that required him to push the button, and carefully selected the passengers on the flight, the electromagnetic surge and the subsequent plane crash were all part of his plan. Desmond was able to fix it, but not before the system unleashed an immense electromagnetic charge, which in turn caused Oceanic 815 to break apart while passing over the island. But likely the most significant single piece of the equation was the arrival on the island of Desmond Hume, and the subsequent three years he spent pushing - and becoming increasingly disillusioned about - a button.Įventually, Desmond accidentally killed his companion in the Swan station and allowed the timer to run down to zero, resulting in a system failure. Many factors contributed to the crash of Oceanic 815, most of which had been manipulated by Jacob, from the DHARMA Initiative building the Swan station in the first place to the careful arranging of circumstances that led to DHARMA's eventual departure from the island. Suffice it to say, wrapping it all up over the course of two hours was a tall order, and fans came away with all sorts of different interpretations of exactly what the finale meant. By the final season, the show had thrown time travel, alternate realities, and immortal beings into the mix. But while the series' first season was mostly focused on the Oceanic survivors simply trying to stay alive in their new tropical home, subsequent seasons became increasingly more convoluted as the show delved into the bizarre history of the island, its strange electromagnetic properties, and the mysteriously intertwined histories of the survivors themselves.
For years, those who tuned in every week to check in with the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 have wrestled with the implications of a feature-length final episode - aptly titled "The End" - which was jam-packed with mind-bending twists and ambiguous answers that only seemed to set up more questions.įrom its very first episode, Lost made no attempt to hide its fondness for perplexing mysteries.
Since airing its two-part finale in May 2010 on ABC, the polarizing ending of the landmark television series Lost has been a point of fierce contention among fans.