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Lost season finale recap: “There’s No Place Like Home” (4×13)

Started by Mike Olbinski · 10 months ago

Well it's come and gone. The Lost season four finale aired and now I feel that emptiness. You know it too probably. It sinks in when you realize there aren't going to be anymore Lost episodes for like eight months and really not much else on TV can fill the void.

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  • Jason

    1 year ago

    Definitely a good episode.

    I'm a little worried now, though, that next season is going to spend too much time off of the island. I hope that's not the case.

    I still say there's a time travel element involved that will allow some of the people we've seen die come back...
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  • doc's girl

    1 year ago

    They will take Locke back to the island where he will be resurrected.

    doc's girls last blog post..1
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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    @ Jason - The blog I posted yesterday about time travel stuff indicated that the Lost producers say that things can't be changed...they can only be corrected I think.

    So nothing can change now, but they can come BACK to the Island to set things straight.

    Still, like Doc's Girl said...I think Locke could come back and be resurrected by the power of the Island.
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  • Scotty Dub

    1 year ago

    First off, great episode. So much to digest over the summer. I think Michael is dead, but Jin may not be...time will tell. Also interesting that we're learning that there are others who have left and then returned to the island. Could Christian be one of them? Could his death and return in a coffin only to be resurrected as Jacob have been planned? Is that why he was such a drunken mess in real life? If so, could Locke be resurrected if he returns?

    So much to think about, but you gotta love it. Lost doesn't disappoint.

    Scotty Dubs last blog post..Casual Dress Friday; The Will Ferrell Job Interview
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  • AnaDVR

    1 year ago

    Great episode as always.

    I'm not so sure about Locke coming back to life. The Island LOVES Locke, but I don't think he'll be resurrected. People who are controlled by the island can't be killed until their job is done. This is why Michael couldn't kill himself when he was trying again and again. This was happening off the island so it has control everywhere. When Michael finally does die Christian tells him that he can go. As if giving him permission to die. Locke's dead, so the island must have been done with him too.
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  • The Trousered Ape

    1 year ago

    Good episode, but the creators had warned that it was not going to be a huge ending as in past seasons, so I wasn't expecting something amazing. However, it still beats any other shows finale's and that's all that really matters, right?

    @ Mike - as soon as the ship light shinning in the darkness showed up, the first thing I said was, "We're here for the the boy," but I had meant Aaron, not Walt - lol.

    Good stuff and as always, they leave us with a ton of unanswered questions. I'm really excited for the final two seasons. To fill the void, I'll be taking in J.J. Abrams new series on Fox called Fringe - which looks amazing in the trailers. Also, I've got the last 3 seasons of LOST to watch (again). Seasons 4 is targeted for a Dec 9, 2008 release date on DVD and Blu-ray!

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  • Jerry Willis

    1 year ago

    Greatest episode of Lost, ever. I was totally blown away. I deserves another viewing, maybe two more. I think this is the greatest drama TV has ever produced.

    I don't think Jin is dead. I bet that Danelle picked him up in the raft. Michelle, however, is as dead as you can get. But what a heartbreaking scene. Sun's screams were nerve shattering. My jaws on the floor, my wife's crying. Good stuff!

    Two lines that gave me goose-bumps:

    "So?"

    "Checkmate Mr. Eko"

    The thing that I love about this show is that is forever evolving. We've watched it since the very first episode and it's a completely different show now than it was in the first season. That keeps the show fresh and is the reason we've have never stopped watching. That being said, they've completely set up for season five. Kudos to the writers. They're brilliant.

    This is going to be a long eight or nine months. Bring on season five!

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  • Frank C

    1 year ago

    Michael is probably dead, given his release by Jacob/Christian.

    Jin is probably history too given that if he survived the explosion uninjured he was still too far away from the Island to swim to it before Ben moved it. He would have died in the ocean from exhaustion.

    Locke in the coffin became obvious when Jeremy Bentham got mentioned as the deceased. Him taking his rightful place as leader of The Others was interesting too.

    The Island moving was certainly a WTF moment. Jack still thinks denial is just a river in Egypt.

    Charlotte could have been born on the Island just like Aaron and Alex were with the mother arriving after the 'deadline'.

    Sun has turned to the dark side and will be a force to be reckoned with or redeemed in the upcoming episodes.

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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    @ Frank - How is Jeremy Bentham obvious? I missed that I guess.

    Also, Jin was probably surrounded by debris that he could have floated on for awhile...and we still don't know if he was caught in the wake of the island moving.

    Because remember...the Looking Glass station is underwater...so SOME of the surrounding area goes with it.
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  • The Trousered Ape

    1 year ago

    As well as the "sister" island that the Others were living on.
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  • Frank C

    1 year ago

    Jeremy Bentham, like John Locke, was an English political philosopher. Bentham expanded upon Locke's ideas in his books. Interestingly, Bentham's body was preserved and stored in a wooden cabinet that is currently displayed on the campus of University College London.

    Jin could have survived I guess but the chances would be rather low I would think. You just don't want to be that close to that much C4 when it turns a freighter into flying shrapnel. Somebody else mentioned the people on the launch picking him up. That would be a way to logically get him back to the Island.

    Will the remaining 815 and freighter survivors in the beach camp conflict with the Others now led by Locke? That's going to be interesting to see.

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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    @ Ape - good point. See, I think Jin is alive and Sun wants to get back because she thinks so too.


    @ Frank - Ah, I think I missed those key tidbits about Bentham.

    But I am curious about what we'll even see regarding the Island next year. With Locke dead, who will we "flash back" with to see what happened?

    I assume we'll now continue in the present...with their attempt to get back.

    The way I see it laying out now: Next season is about getting back, the final season is about the resolution to the entire thing.
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  • Scotty Dub

    1 year ago

    @Frank -good catch with the Bentham angle. I remembered Locke from poli-sci in college, but not Bentham, thanks for the refresher.

    @Mike -makes sense for next season to cover the return and then season 6 be centered on resolution. Can't wait.

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  • DadofIandI

    1 year ago

    Ben what a bastard. As much as he may have been upset with his daughter being killed he would have killed Kemy regardless.
    I think Jin is dead, going with the DUI angle, although he lasted longer than Michelle Rodriguez did.

    Sometimes I think the writers aren't playing fair, why wouldn't they refer to him as Locke, instead of Bentham or other descriptors. Also the voices you hear when the smokemonster, ghosts, or others appear, it was played during Hugo's party, but apparently there weren't any dead characters there.

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  • MadFan

    10 months ago

    I know this is an ancient topic, but I am hoping you guys still drop by from time to time...


    I usually watch each Lost episode 4-5 times until the next episode is aired. That gives me enough time to absorb all the details in the episode. But when I watched this Finale a few months ago, I was so upset. John is my favorite character on any TV show.ever. Seeing him dead in the coffin made me speechless. I really had no idea how and what to feel. I decided to stop watching Lost altogether and just pretend the show was terminated. So I get to remember the amazing show Lost used to be before this shocking moment. Recently I started reading some sites and interviews with the creators of Lost, turns out Locke and Jin will STILL appear in Season 5. As "Death" on the island isn't the same as the "Death" we all know and hate. That restored my faith a bit.

    Now I have the urge to watch the show to find some answers to these questions:

    Who killed John?
    Why did they kill John?
    How did he die?

    People keep saying that Locke died because the island was done with him. But I am not so sure about that statement. Keep in mind that John told the Oceanic 6 that "Bad things started happening" after they left. What if the Island / Jacob lost control of their power? What if the Island can't protect or change things outside anymore? And I thought of something else that made more sense...

    What if Locke dying IS the way for him to serve his purpose. Locke's death had a very huge impact on Jack and it is pushing him to get back to the Island. So maybe John being allowed to die will be reveresed when John gets back to the Island?

    This may have been mentioned somewhere, but uhhh, what happened to Desmond's visions? He told Charlie that he had to die for Claire to get on a helicopter and be rescued. The season ended, some of the Losties got on a helicopter and got off the Island. Claire was stuck in Jacob's cabin all drugged like... Did I miss something? Whatever happened to that? Charlie just died in vain?
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