FORMULAS FOR LIFE

A mathematical formula for happiness:Reality divided by Expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations. — Jodi Picoult

H (happiness) equals R (reality) divided by E( expectations).

H = R/E

The same formula could be applied to The Ending of Lost.
Depending on how "high" your expectations were, the reality (the finale) would drastically reduce your happiness toward the series. If you had no expectations, then you had no feelings about the end.

On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the highest value, then if you had expectations of 10, the ending only was a 1 in your estimation, then you happiness value would be 0.1 (0.1 = 1/10)

If you had high expectations and the show's ending was "perfect," then you would have a happiness value of 1.0 (1= 10/10).

Then if you put your number on a grading scale, like in school (multiply by 100), a happiness score of:

90 + would be an "A" or excellent;
80 + would be a "B" or good;
70+ would be a "C" or average;
60 + would be a "D" or below average; and
below 60 would be an "F" for failure.

But this life formula can be viewed in other ways.

For example, it could be modified to be restated as:

H x E = R

Does Happiness times Expectations equal Reality?

H x R = E

Does Happiness times Reality equal Expectations?

For example, if you were a diehard LOST fan, depending on "happy" you were about how Season 6 was progressing or not processing, then you could have high feelings and high expectations (10 x 10) or 100 = Reality.  I don't think even TPTB were ever at that orbit.

If you had high expectations (10), did the reality of the ending meet your happiness level to match your high expectations? It would take a 5 x 2 to equal 10, but that would it still would be a failure. A 10 and a 1 would infer some sort of brain aneurysm. 

Maybe a better way of looking at this is:

L = R /(H x E)

LOST equals Reality divided by the sum of Happiness times Expectations.