I'm not going to talk about any specific character or episode or plot line. I am surely not going to discuss shippers (see my tweets with @brunablack tonight, that's about as much as you're gonna get). I wanted to give a few personal thoughts as we are about two months removed from the series finale.
About halfway through Season 6, I also began rewatching the entire series from Season 1 with my 11 year old daughter, Susie. I didn't know if she would be hooked or not, but a couple of weeks ago, we finished Season 6 together. Her computer wallpaper now consists of a picture of Desmond (her favorite character). Her favorite season was Season 5 (and she has almost talked me into it) and she cried at the finale (but not as much as she did when Charlie died).
I do not believe that there will ever be another show like LOST. Not only did LOST entertain me and my daughter, but it opened up some pretty serious discussion about real life issues. Wasn't that what LOST ultimately ended up being about, people who are on the journey of doing life together? As a pastor, I spend my life trying to help a community of people do life together. As a husband and father, I desire to see my family do life together. I think this was one of LOST's greatest appeals.
As my other two children get older, I look forward to watching LOST again and again. I also look forward to continuing the friendships that I never would have made if not for LOST, the #LOST #WFTB tweet ups, and LOSTblog.com. I feel like I have a whole new group of people to learn how to do life together.
Live together, die alone (notice the "do life together" theme!)
