# Lost: Epilogue **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-epilogue/549446 "2010-08-06T19:50:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 54
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-epilogue/549446/54 "2011-01-24T05:12:55Z")
I didn’t care about the inconsistencies, but I did think the writers chickened out toward the end, as I’ve said before: > [@LOST 6.17 "The End"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-6-17-the-end/540459/528): > > 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”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundown_(Lost)) 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 didn’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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-epilogue/549446)._