If you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down.
The final season brought great expectations.
There was a coming war, people were time shifting, minds were time skipping, people had died, survivors had returned to save their friends, the smoke monster still terrorized the island inhabitants, and Ben was still a mad man.
Good times.
There was a large spectrum of expectations:
1. Some fans expected that the time travel would be explained.
2. Some fans expected that the island would be explained.
3. Some fans expected that there be an actual "war" on the island.
4. Some fans expected the Others and the survivors would have their final conflict.
5. Some fans expected a clear resolution between Widmore and Ben.
6. Some fans expected all the tangent story lines would be wrapped together in one neat package "wow" moment.
7. Some fans expected their favorite character(s) would get a happy ending.
8. Some fans expected that the smoke monster would be explained.
9. Some fans expected the temple, hieroglyphs, Dharma and the Others would be explained fully.
10. Some fans expected a monumental plot twist to climax the main characters journey to the end.
Fans received bits and pieces of those expectations. Season 6 did take on many strange and wild tangents such as the unclear sideways world stories and the deep background flash backs like with Richard Alpert.
But for those fans who wished just for a happy ending, they were the only ones truly rewarded by the final episode. The characters found a home, even though the script was not a home run.
