The End…is Near
Hi there. It’s been awhile. I hope you’re well. I’m good. Consider this post as simply a placeholder. With only four episodes of Lost left to air, I will soon need a safe place, somewhere I can rant, rave and ramble about my musings on the end of Lost. This will be that place.
If you saw last week’s episode, you know that we got a taste of how painful these last few episodes are going to be. Goodbye Sayid. Goodbye Frank Lapidus (maybe?).
Goodbye, Jin and Sun.
Whew, even to type it now, it stings. I was talking Lost to a friend of mine two weeks ago, before I knew what was going to happen in that damn sub. I remember saying to friend, “I know this show has at least one more epic “Charlie death scene” up its sleeve.” At the time, I didn’t literally mean another ungodly painful drowning death, so much as I meant just a scene that totally sucks the air (pardon the pun) out of your lungs.
The death of Jin-Soo and Sun-Hwa Kwon was just such a scene. Gripping, moving, and brilliantly shot and acted, this scene will leave a mark on everyone who saw it, whether a fan from the beginning or someone just getting into the show now. I know we’ll get at least a few more epic scenes in the last few episodes, but I wonder if any of them will have the gut-punch power of watching Jin and Sun die together.
And before I go, can we just agree that Michael Giacchino is a ridiculously talented musical composer? For six years now, he has NAILED every necessary musical beat in this show, while also giving context and subtext to even the most minor set pieces. You should check out his work from each season and also his film score composition, especially for Pixar’s Up. If you were one of the countless thousands who cried during Carl and Ellie’s montage at the beginning of Up, you have Michael Giacchino to thank for that!
Anyway, that’s all for now. I’ll be back at some point, soon-ish.
