The End (23 May 2010)

Locke searches for Desmond to achieve his goal of destroying the island. Jack, the newly-appointed "protector" of the island, sets out to stop him. In Los Angeles, the survivors slowly reunite and recall their island experiences.

Director:

Jack Bender

Writers:

Jeffrey Lieber (creator), J.J. Abrams (creator),

Stars:

Sam Anderson, Naveen Andrews, L. Scott Caldwell

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Sam Anderson	...	Bernard Nadler
Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah
L. Scott Caldwell	...	Rose Nadler
Nestor Carbonell	...	Richard Alpert
François Chau	...	Dr. Pierre Chang (as Francois Chau)
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Desmond Hume
Jeremy Davies	...	Daniel Faraday
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton
Michael Emerson	...	Ben Linus
Jeff Fahey	...	Frank Lapidus
Fionnula Flanagan	...	Eloise Hawking
Matthew Fox	...	Jack Shephard
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Maggie Grace	...	Shannon Rutherford
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford

Storyline

Locke searches for Desmond to achieve his goal of destroying the island. Jack, the newly-appointed "protector" of the island, sets out to stop him. In Los Angeles, the survivors slowly reunite and recall their island experiences.

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Plot Keywords:

Series Finale

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 May 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, ABC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min 110 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the shooting, Matthew Fox and John Terry were the only actors who knew the proper finale. The rest of the cast in the church had no idea about the real sense of the scene.

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Quotes

[Locke has just remembered his time on the island after Jack healed his legs]
John Locke: Jack... I hope that somebody does for you... what you just did for me.

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Connections

Referenced in The Simpsons: Judge Me Tender (2010)
On the chalkboard, Bart writes: "End of 'Lost': It was all the dog's dream. Watch us."

User Reviews

A perfect ending, in a Lost sort of way

I'm not going to give an overly-long analysis of the series.

I'm only going to say that The End is probably the best end to the best T.V. series I've ever seen.

For six years Lost was the only thing I watched. For six years I have been blown away, frustrated, entertained, satisfied, and emotionally exasperated by Lost.

The End is the best episode of the series. It satisfies emotionally, and for the most part, answers questions. It takes a good deal of swallowing The End whole and reflecting upon the series to understand exactly what happened, but I believe I understand most of the series now. In my opinion it wasn't cheesy, it was the only way Lost could possibly end, and,in a very Lost sort of way, it made perfect sense.