Since this thread is still alive, I’ll say something I’ve been thinking recently: I liked the final episode when I first saw it, but the more I think about it the more I think the writers chickened out. To me, “Sundown” was the point where Lost seemed to be taking a very dark, apocalyptic turn. I really thought that somehow fake Locke was the devil incarnate, and had corrupted the souls of Sayid and Claire. And the creepy voice of Claire singing “Catch a Falling Star” to her boar skull baby as Locke and his new followers march out by torchlight to bring Armageddon to the world . . . that sent chills down my spine.
And then they pulled back. Sayid and Claire weren’t really infected with darkness. Locke was just this guy, you know? And Jacob was a bit of a dunce.
I didin’t care about the hatches and rabbits and getting answers to all that crap, but I do think Lost was going in a certain direction artistically and then didn’t have the courage to follow through.