As I tuned in last Thursday to watch the finale of Lost my expectations were high. After being less then impressed with the season finales of The Office and Ugly Betty I knew I couldn’t take another disappointing finale. Luckily the last two parts of the three part finale “There’s No Place Like Home” were anything but disappointing. The fourth season of Lost ended with several bangs and one of the biggest reveals yet.
Before I review the finale, which I warn now is riddled with spoilers, I feel it is necessary to briefly recap what happened in the closing moments of part one. By the end of the episode Jack (Matthew Fox) and Sawyer (Josh Holloway) resolved that they had to rescue Hurley (Jorge Garcia) from the mercenaries that were now hunting him, Locke (Terry O’Quinn) and Ben (Michael Emerson). Jin (Daniel Dae Kim), after arriving on the freighter with Sun (Yunjin Kim) and Aaron, discovers alongside Michael (Harold Perrineau) and Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick) that the freighter is wired with a large amount of C4 explosives. Kate (Evangeline Lilly) and Sayid (Naveen Andrews) were captured by The Others during their attempt to rescue Jack and Sawyer. And Ben, after leaving instructions to Locke on how to get to the true Orchid Station, turns himself over to mercenary leader Martin Keamy (Kevin Durand).
The finale began with the final scene of last season, in with a drug addicted Jack pleads to Kate that they have to return to the island during the series first flashforward. Only this time it continues from where it left off and much more information is revealed. We learn that three years have passed since the Oceanic Six (Jack, Kate, Sayid, Sun, Hurley and Aaron) were rescued from the island. And that during that time both Kate and Jack have been approached by a man named Jeremy Bentham, who we learn is the mysterious man in the coffin, who wants them to return to the island. Kate angrily tells Jack that she can’t believe he would listen to him and that it is an insult to ask her to go back after everything they went through before she leaves Jack to wallow in despair. After seeing Jack so assertive and sure of himself on the island it is still a revelation to see him a completely broken individual. While the events in the episode “Something Nice Back Home”, in which Jack is visited by the ghost of his father and Kate leaves him after he angrily reveals to Aaron that he and Kate aren’t related, are indicated as being what makes Jack broken I personally think there is more to this transformation that will be revealed during the next season.
The action then switches back to the island, where the mercenaries and Ben arrive at the helicopter just as Kate appears to warn them that The Others are chasing her. This proves to be a ruse as she was really meant to distraction them before The Others attacked. What follows is an impressive display of guerilla combat as The Others use the cover of the jungle to take out the more experienced mercenaries. The battle ends, after an exciting hand to hand fight between Sayid and Keamy, with Keamy being shot and Ben successfully rescued by his people. Afterwards The Others reveal that Kate and Sayid agreed to rescue Ben if they would be allowed to leave the island. When Ben hears this he has no objections and very simply exclaims that they can go. Knowing Ben I’m sure he has a reason for allowing them to leave, as he has proven that he always has a very distinct reason for his actions.
This concludes part one of my review of the Lost season finale. Tune in tomorrow for part 2.
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