Lost in translation … again …

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Lame.

That’s the word that comes to mind when I think about last night’s season finale of Lost. So totally lame. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, you might want to skip this post (rant).

The first hour was fine … until a very grown-up Walt comes to the wounded Locke and tells him to get his butt in gear. Is it really Walt? The smoke monster? Does anyone care anymore?

And kill off the one-eyed guy already. He’s been beaten, had his brain electrocuted, and shot with a spear gun. But somehow, he manages to put on scuba gear, find a grenade, blow up part of the underwater hatch, and drown Charlie. Is he a superhero in disguise or something?

And Charlie … poor Charlie died, and he didn’t have to. Charlie, why didn’t you put on the scuba gear before you disabled the jamming system? When you saw one-eyed guy with the grenade outside the hatch, why didn’t you run to the other side of the door and shut it so you wouldn’t drown? Or try to swim out the porthole afterwards? At least Charlie managed to tell Penny that Desmond is alive and learn that Naomi isn’t working for her before he died — and he told Desmond too.

And then, there’s Jack. I really can’t stand his character anymore. He’s so smug and self-righteous. Sayid is a much better leader. And we got two hours of Jack flashback going over the same ground as before — wife left him and now he’s turned into a pill-popping alcoholic, just like his father.

Only the twist was that the Jack flashbacks weren’t flashbacks — they were flash-forwards, showing the future. Evidently, he and at least Kate get off the island. Jack goes to someone’s funeral (I’m thinking it was Locke), and Kate has to get home to someone (I’m thinking that’s Sawyer). And Jack mentions his father too — like he’s still alive. Please don’t tell me that the island magically heals a dead guy. I know this is supposed to be a fantasy, but that’s just sloppy world building and not following your own rules.

But in the future, Jack wants to go back to the island, spouting the same destiny crap as Locke has been the last three years. This was supposed to be the major thing that completely changed the show? A flash-forward? How over-hyped.

The only part of the show I found entertaining was Hurley running over the Others with that old VW van he found earlier in the year. That was cool.

Lost capped what has been a disappointing May on TV. In general, I’ve been underwhelmed by TV season finales this year.

Grey’s Anatomy was just depressing, with everyone dealing with their personal crises. And how unrealistic is it to have Derek and Meredith break up now, after he’s gotten divorced and she dumped her vet boyfriend? Geez. Talk about dragging something out just to drag it out. Just let them be happy for a while. Or let somebody on the show be happy.

CSI was appropriately creepy, but the Miniature Killer also underwhelmed me. The chick is obviously crazy, but nobody’s going to call the cops on her? Nobody thinks she’s weird and suspicious? And they’re going to let her work at the police station? And they never really explained why she killed those people. Because she cleaned their homes with bleach? Again, kind of lame.

Heroes was a bit of a let-down as well. I knew Nathan would swoop in at the last minute and fly Peter out of the city so he wouldn’t kill everyone. And again, just kill Sylar already. It was cool to see all the heroes at the end, though.

I’d have to say out of all the finales I’ve watched, My Name is Earl was the best — with a twist I didn’t see coming with Earl taking the fall for Joy and going to jail. I haven’t watched the last two episodes of Veronica Mars yet (I’m a bad fan, I know). But I’m hoping it lives up to its usual excellence.

What about you? Did you enjoy the Lost finale? Hate it? Inquiring minds want to know …

10 Responses to “Lost in translation … again …”

  1. Edie says:

    Was I the only one surprised by the Nathan/Peter ending on Heroes? I didn’t see it coming, and I’m usually good at plot twists–although usually mysteries and romances. Maybe it’s because you’re the superhero expert. 😎

    I hope Peter makes it back next year, although since he’s supposedly been blown apart, I don’t know how. That’s tricky, even for someone who can regenerate.

    I saw the last two Veronica Mars shows. They were good season-ending shows, but since they expected to be back, a lot of ends were left untied. I’ll miss the show. 😥

  2. Jennifer Estep says:

    I was pretty sure that’s how they’d end it, since they started out with the two brothers. It brought things full circle, so to speak.

    I read somewhere that both brothers are back next year. I just wonder how they’re going to explain that, though. Peter can regenerate, but how did Nathan survive?

    I’m going to watch VM this weekend. I can’t believe these will be the last two episodes *ever*. Sniffle.

  3. celeber says:

    I don’t watch a lot of tv. I have one night a week that I really sit down and watch tv. They did all the finales last week. Bones, Criminal Minds and CSI NY. Which has been dubbed Crime Night at my house. Love Wednesday nights for it. Otherwise I am off doing something, or reading. I read a lot.

  4. Chasity says:

    The Grey’s Anatomy finale left me sitting there thinking what in the hell. I was expecting something spectacular, or a least good. I was sorely disappointed. Last year I was left with my mouth hanging wide open saying out loud “Oh My Gosh”. I couldn’t wait until September. The whole “it’s so over” with Mer/Der just ticked me off. The man poured his heart out to her and she totally ignored him. It just doesn’t make sense to me.

    I liked the ending of Heroes. Kinda. I knew that Nathan would play some role in the ending, but had no idea that would be it. I thought it was awesome to see everyone together at the end. The whole Sylar kinda, maybe dying, but not really (that nice little blood trail leading to a manhole and no body around, makes me really shake my head) made me happy. Kinda. Sylar is kinda cute, for a crackbrained ubervillian.

    The only show I was happy with was Law & Order: SVU. It let me saying wow, can’t wait to see what happens next.

  5. Jennifer Estep says:

    Celeber — I watch way too much TV. I’m really going to cut back this fall. I need more time to write and read myself.

    Chastity — Grey’s really disappointed me too. I figured Burke and Christina wouldn’t get married, but they should just let Derek and Meredith be happy already.

    I don’t watch any of the L&Os, except when I catch a rerun on TNT. That show is always on!

  6. Chasity says:

    I am a firm believer that no matter what time of day, you can always find an episode of L&O on tv. SVU is the only one I watch religiously.

  7. Brian says:

    I disagree with everything you wrote about Lost. Well, I did think that Hurley in the van was cool.

    Veronica Mars had a great season finale. I just wish that wasn’t the end. It raised lots of great questions for another season.

    Heroes didn’t blow me away, but I’m much higher on the show than I was at the start of the season. I thought Sylar was a great strength of the show, and I think his character was the best villian on TV this past year.

  8. Jennifer Estep says:

    Hi, Brian. Hurley was the highlight of the show. Everything else … not so much. It did not live up to the hype. So they’re going to do flash-forwards now. Whoo. Color me unimpressed.

    I think they should get everyone rescued (for real), and then follow the survivors for the rest of the season and see how they adjust to being back in the real world. That would be interesting to me.

    The VM finale was really good. Although Veronica should have just told her dad what she was up to and why. I like the fact that it put Veronica back in the same situation we first saw her in — the social outcast trying to right a wrong (and fighting the Kanes). I’m hoping they do a TV movie to wrap up the loose ends. Fingers crossed! 😎

    The Heroes episode set five years in the future was completely awesome. The finale was a bit of a letdown after that, but overall, I thought it was one of the best shows on TV this year. I’m interested to see how next year will shape up.

  9. Edie says:

    What a great idea about a VM movie! I’d see that.

    I don’t know why the station dropped it. It seemed to have a ton of loyal fans.

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