Its lost, so I still have to give this episode a 7 out of 10. This is the best drama on television. But them getting off the island offered little interest to me, or relief, the plot closing up on Desmond wasn't as exciting as I had hoped for. Overall this season was somewhat underwhelming, while still being far better than any other television drama. The main problem is they had to jam in 16 already congested episodes into an even shorter 14 episode run. A Lost season requires 24 episodes, end of story, so having 10 less made this season feel somewhat vacant, and while I wouldn't admit it til this finale I can now see that is what happened.
I am going to go into some spoilers here, the death of Jin and Michael had little dramatic effect since you could see it coming a mile away. Of course Jin's death was mentioned in an earlier episode, but you could tell Michael was going to get it. The whole redemptive Michael story arc was of little interest, they weren't allowed to develop him as a character at all this season.
My main complaint is this, you cannot RUSH lost, you have to allow the story to grow, over time. This season felt like a recap you see at the beginning of each of these episodes. While I do have to admit that "The Constant" was a wonderful episode. I was upset with how little were able to explore other characters backgrounds. Usually in a season, the main characters Jack, Kate, and Locke are allowed at least two flashbacks / flashforward episodes. This season they all got roughly one, and I mean roughly.
Also after this episode I could tell that the Lost that I loved, the one of season one and two, where everyone works together as a quasi family was over. Now its entered into a different realm of despair and confusion. Nevertheless this is better than anything else on TV and I will gladly watch it until its over.
I am going to go into some spoilers here, the death of Jin and Michael had little dramatic effect since you could see it coming a mile away. Of course Jin's death was mentioned in an earlier episode, but you could tell Michael was going to get it. The whole redemptive Michael story arc was of little interest, they weren't allowed to develop him as a character at all this season.
My main complaint is this, you cannot RUSH lost, you have to allow the story to grow, over time. This season felt like a recap you see at the beginning of each of these episodes. While I do have to admit that "The Constant" was a wonderful episode. I was upset with how little were able to explore other characters backgrounds. Usually in a season, the main characters Jack, Kate, and Locke are allowed at least two flashbacks / flashforward episodes. This season they all got roughly one, and I mean roughly.
Also after this episode I could tell that the Lost that I loved, the one of season one and two, where everyone works together as a quasi family was over. Now its entered into a different realm of despair and confusion. Nevertheless this is better than anything else on TV and I will gladly watch it until its over.