LOST gives me a headache

I am a LOST fanatic. I read the blogs, talk about it with my friends, and try to get my head around the craziness that is LOST. As I read the blogs, I realize that either I'm not smart enough or I don't care enough to really understand what in the world is really going on. I mean theories about time travel and philosophy and all that stuff gives me a headache. Here are my impressions of the season finale. If you haven't seen it and read this blog then you probably won't see it so you won't care about any spoilers.

First, let me tell you how I got to see it last night. I had a presentation in Cookeville at 6:00. Cookeville is about 85 miles away and I finished my presentation at 6:40. Let's just say that I drove with haste. When I got home I had to give Jeanette her heparin shot and I sat down to watch on the couch right at 8:00 as the "Previously on LOST" began. Perfect timing.

The storytelling is awesome. A common complaint is that as answer one or two questions, they ask 5 or 6 more, but since the meandering 2nd season, they've really gotten into the business of tell one heck of a story. Even putting aside the whole moving the island stuff and other logic suspending requirements, the drama and action can't be beat. I think the best thing for the show is that there is a conclusion in sight. Instead of working in an unstructured nebulous blob, there are boundaries in the storytelling. A structure will do wonders for lots of things.

At this point, as I'm watching the show, I'm trying to catch the little easter eggs that get thrown in there. When they mentioned Jeremy Bentham as the dead guy in the coffin, I wikipediaed (is that even a word?) it and I'm annoyed with myself that I didn't read it close enough to realize that it HAD to be Locke. (Bentham was a 19th century English philospher and educator who was greatly influenced by 17th century English philosopher John Locke). In fact, I guessed that it was Desmond and it took me a minute to realize it was actually Locke. He didn't look like himself. Incidently, what obscure philosopher/ theologian/ economist/ scientist are they going to reference in the next two seasons? I'm holding out hope for Schopenhauer. I also caught the octagon global recruiting ad and tried to find it, but apparently every else watching it caught it too and the website was down.

The loose ends are tremendous and I can't wait to see how they work it out. What happened to the people on the island that aren't a part of the others- Sawyer, Juliet, Charlotte, etc. What about the folks in the motor boat? I did notice that it was only a bunch of spares who got in the boat with Daniel so if his role is down, it wouldn't be a big loss for them to kill off that group. But Daniel being on it makes their fate a little more questionable. What is Claire's role in all this? Why is "the island" trying to get everyone back, but seems to be pushing Kate away?

So Michael's dead. Jin's dead (we assume). Locke's dead. I thought Christian showing up to send Michael into the next plane was a good touch. Too bad for Jin that he didn't get such as gentle departure.

I'm supremely annoyed that we don't get to watch it again until January when I'll have a 5 month old who will probably not let me stop down for an hour of LOST on Thursday's, but I wouldn't miss it. Even with the headaches.