Lost: worth it?

I spent lots of words to interpret the finale, but I didn't answer the most basic question: did I like it or not? Now that is over, was it worth all this time?

Yes. But I don't intend to ever re-watch another episode. It's since the finale of Season 5 that the plot has progressively fallen apart and crumbled. I've already said that I started to enjoy the show only from Season 2 when the mythology was being flashed out and hint at the possibility of it not being a fraud, but in the end it's the mythology that got dumped in favor of empathy with characters, letting just the emotion to drive the show to conclusion. I have zero interest to rewatch it because I consider it a closed experience. I enjoyed it, but the show exhausted its meaning for me. Evangelion, for example, I always gladly rewatch because every time I discover something new, some nuance, or it gets me thinking. This happens because I believe it taps into something "true". Lost also taps into something true, but in a kind of superficial way that doesn't make it flourish. Lost exploits more than makes thrive. And in the end I don't enjoy much its "carrot on a stick" model that ultimately lead to something entirely different than what it promised.

Maybe with the exclusion of the finale: I think the finale was probably the most honest and truthful part of the show. But it was also optimist to the point that for me felt too gratifying. And I always distrust gratification.

Re: Lost: worth it?

I see it this way. I cannot take back all the time I wasted on the show, thus I must ACCEPT what happened in the end.

Here is my take away.

If you are a Christian, or a person with religious beliefs that are fervent...you will accept and even love the end.

If you are scientific in nature, and feel the cosmos must be explained...you will NOT accept the end.

If you believe in a higher being, not exactly God or other entity, but feel that life should be more..You are happy they are happy.

If you are an Atheist 100%...you will deride and slam the ending and the whole series as a waste of time.

For me, I am a logical believer of science, that needs explanations, yet believes there are some things that cannot be explained, and there MAY be a higher power.

I hate the ending for not answering my deepest concerns, yet enjoy that as characters, the players left happy.

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