LOST BY THE WAYSIDE

If there is one continuing problem with the LOST conclusion is that it did not solve the biggest issue of all: what was the big premise of the series?

Was it purely a real life drama of survivors of a plane crash?

Was it a science fiction adventure story about survivors of a plane crash?

Was it a fantasy story, like the Wizard of Oz, where people are transported to a different time, place, dimension, reality?

Was it a surreal to absurd hybrid of various elements of drama, science fiction and fantasy?

Depending on how one views the story premise, there are different answers to the big remaining questions.

Readers of quality fiction demand that the author give me believable characters, in realistic situations, reacting naturally to harsh events, solving problems within their intellect or means, and finding a final resolution to their adventure-quest-issues.

LOST gave us none of that.  No one can tell us (and TPTB refuse) what the story was really about.

If one takes every character and every back story as a puzzle piece, the resulting pieces do not fit together. It is a jagged mosaic of conflicting facts and circumstances. There is no clear, direct conclusion to any of the story plots. There is no great "ah ha!" revelation of character development in the end. Season 6 muddled and whipsawed through new character back stories in an attempt to get some substance to end the series, but those tangents had no material bearing on the final scenes.

So viewers are left to their own devices, their own opinions, and their own questions.