It’s the last episode of LOST ever. “The New Man in Charge” is a little mini-episode that follows the events of LOST‘s series finale, and it totally defied expectations while at the same time meeting them head-on. First of all, I need to clarify something: the spoilers that DarkUFO posted of the epilogue which claimed a Locke appearance and a Walt disappearance? It was almost entirely false, so consider yourself relieved if you had any spoiler-anxiety going on about having ruined your last LOST experience for yourself.
Instead, the twelve-minute vignette can be described as almost a two-parter; the first seven minutes are dedicated to one scene, while the second half is dedicated to another. If I had to describe the two, I’d call the first half the answer-fest, while the second half is more of a character resolution for one character we haven’t seen since season five (three guesses who).
I’m not going to spoil any of the answers for you, but the answer-fest answers a ton of questions through one really nice appearance by Dr. Pierre Chang. A lot of fans’ burning questions are answered, and we got some answers to questions we didn’t even know we had. It is a little chopped-together, though, and that half of the video seems like a checklist of questions being rapidly marked off. Is that a bad thing? Not for the mythological purists, who are, after all, who this epilogue is really geared for. Character lovers, you got your payoff with “The End,” so don’t expect any forgiveness or redemption to go on here.
The second half basically returns a character to prominence, though I can’t say too much without ruining the whole thing. In fact, the only thing I really have to say about that second half is that they really cleaned up that old DHARMA van.
Intrigued yet? You should be. The entire epilogue is sure to keep fans talking for at least a few months more with all the answers it hands us — and there are a few surprises that should have even the most casual fans grinning like maniacs. Lostpedia should be seeing a huge amount of DHARMA-related edits when the DVD sets hit on August 24.
All in all, I’ll give “The New Man in Charge” an A. If you didn’t like “The End,” you’ll probably love this. And if you liked “The End,” well, you’ll still probably love it.
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I really liked it, but the second part really teased more than it gave answers, but since the first half was all answers, its hard to complain. If I had a complaint its that those teased answers are far more major and important to me than a bunch of lingering season 2 and 3 stuff. I want to know how the man in charge, who was formally Jacob, get's to and from the island.
At the end, I half-expected the DHARMA van to vanish into thin air as it drove away, to suggest magical teleportation as a tongue-in-cheek answer to that question
It was alright. Still can't picture Hurley as an effective leader. He was a sloth who displayed minimal leadership skills the entire run of the show and has shown on numerous occasions that he is incapable of making tough decisions.. Plus, I still think Ben should have died and not given the honor of being the island number 2. A job he did not earn. He got off way to easy for the multitude of sins he committed (especially the murder of Locke), probably as a result of the writers catering to the fans.
It was good. I think this could have been integrated into the final season without having detracted from the story. So, in that way it was too little too late for me.
Not enough resolution to the Walt storyline. I didn't expect a lot, but was still left disappointed. I just thought it'd be more of a mini-episode, rather than the equivalent of a long promo, like the ones they showed online each week with a clip.
2 minutes of them talking about going to the island..then going to the island..? come on.. give us something with substance.
I'm with you, but if anything.. I think this gives a lot of hope that Lost isn't done yet. This might be the last bit of TV produced for Lost, but they have way too much story to give and even more answers and resolution not to put a bunch of things into their plans for an Encyclopedia.. or even maybe release a mini-series of graphic novels.
I liked the epilogue.
I think most of Season 6 was unnecessary, the flash sideways was pointless and a waste of time (why should we be more invested in the afterlife of characters?), the spiritual allegories were heavy handed, the dramatic and sudden introduction of a central, deity type “villain” was just an easy cop-out to keep Terry O’Quinn on the show, any of the “answers” that the writers deemed fit to include were often just tacked on and contrived (i.e. “the dead people are the whispers”).
Season 6 of Lost does not fit very well with the canon of the series. Lost had a chance to create a truly timeless piece of science fiction. After viewing Season 6 several times, I still think that it would have been much more satisfying for the series to end with Season 5 rather than completely tarnish the legacy of the entire series with Season 6.
Because I was so disappointed with the final season (and maybe even just the last half of the final season), the epilogue was a welcome breath of fresh lost air. It “felt” more like the lost that I knew and loved in Seasons 1-5.
You do not have to answer all questions to create a relevant and satisfying piece of work (i.e. anybody see Inception?), just choose artistic and thought provoking ways to keep the viewer engaged and thinking (of which I think the epilogue did, but the finale did not).
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seems like season 6 fit in appropriately,
the island was a special place for all the characters to lead their lives, not accessible to the rest of the world, but a place where unnatural events occured and characters were redeemed, while they got to think and flashback to their past lives off the island.
season 6 took it to the ultimate flashforward, they are in this special place and reflecting, redeeming themselves as they come to grips with their past lives.
lol they answered no questions really lol
except for is walt dead or alive