This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes...again
The Doors
The TV show LOST premiered in September 2004
Liam was not yet born, but his parents were immediate Losties and we were there for the first 3 seasons. Liam was born 08/01/07 and adopted by Paul and me on 01/01/08. Yes, I know, an often repeated sequence of events. Liam joined in watching LOST with us during the last 3 seasons, 2008. 09, 10. We never reviewed the first 3 seasons with Liam, so he did not have the background we did. The last LOST was this past Sunday, May 23, 2010, one reviewer wrote "a feast of a finale" http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2010-05-24-lostreview24_ST_N.htm The first episode was repeated the day before, Saturday, May 22 and Liam joined us in watching it.
Liam noticed something right away. The first scene has Jack opening his eye. What prompted Jack to do so? A yellow lab, named Vincent trotted by, licked Jack, waking him up.
ABCJack is a doctor and has a mission. People need fixing. Liam was barking with joy that the opening scene contained a canine friend. As we reviewed the episodes this week we found that Vincent the dog played a crucial role in helping, protecting and comforting the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 throughout all 6 seasons.http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Vincent
And who was in the very last scene with Jack? Vincent. Jack lay dying in the same bamboo field in which he has was licked awake by Vincent in the very first episode, Vincent came by to comfort him, licked his head and lay down beside him Jack and Vincent at the end.
So Vincent started it and finished it with Jack. He was there when Jack saw the plane leaving and he stayed 'til Jack closed his eye in death.
Vincent did not go to the sideways world. No need. He had nothing to atone for, all he ever did was help. He retired on the island with Rose and Bernard and lived a happy life there with them until he died a natural death.
He moved on. Liam knows that Vincent was united with the other survivors in that special memory that linked them for eternity and pulled them to each other. Being a Leo Dog he did fantasize about the role of a lifetime and imagined himself in Vincent's place in the last scene. There was a character named Liam, Charlie's brother, so Liam was represented at least in name. Jack and Liam-at the end
So hopeful, so spiritual, so profound-the thought that we are connected to certain people by our shared experience and the memory of this will bring us together at some point is so powerful
as Jack's Father said:
Well this is a place that you all made together so that you could find one another. The most important part of your life was the time that you spent with these people. That's why all of them are here. Nobody does it alone, Jack. you needed all of them and they all needed you."
and this article summarizes the meaning of LOST http://designwoop.com/2010/05/lost-finale-explained-well/Thanks to a good friend for forwarding-could not have found it alone. Live together.
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The End
