This is my list of the top 10 Lost moments in the history of the show. Emphasis on the MY. These are the moments that made the most impact on my memory — some are “holy shit!” moments, some are plain old “*stunned silence*” moments, some are jump out of your seat with joy moments. And I know there are still 3 1/2 hours left to air and I’m leaving the final chapters out. But I just got kinda weepy reading some Lost stuff on EW.com, so I don’t want to wait any longer. Gimme a break, I’m a nostalgic gal and I get way too invested in this shit. Humor me!

10. Ben lets Alex die

He could have surrendered and saved her life. But our selfish friend Ben (remember when we used to call him “Henry Gale”?) called Keamy’s bluff and it didn’t pay off. The look on Ben’s face when he realizes he just caused his daughter ‘s death is just so awful. And poor Alex’s body, just lying limp like that on the ground. I was shell-shocked. Later on we find out the risk Ben took to ensure baby Alex’s survival, which makes this scene even more heart-wrenching in retrospect.

9. The map in the hatch

This was the moment that first opened my eyes to just how grand, how epic the mythology of the show was going to be from here on out. Those fleeting 5 seconds that we see the blacklit Dharma station map were OFF THE HOOK! “WTF is that question mark????” This was before DVR and Hulu, so I actually had to search fan sites to find the image. FAN SITES! Wow…so 2006.

8. The starting of the Dharma van

One of the first (and only) moments in Lost where something super awesome and fun happens. Watching Charlie, Hurley, Jin and Sawyer ride around and around in that van, you’d think they were four 10-year-olds on the Tilt-A-Whirl at Great America. A moment of pure triumph and joy, with “Shambala” playing in the background — our heroes finally got to forget their troubles and just have fun.

7. Juliet falls

After all that Juliet and Sawyer went through — several failed relationships, initially hating each other, then falling in love over the 3 years in Dharmaville — we were all rooting for them to be the couple that made it to the end and lived happily ever after. But this is LOST, so of course they had to pull her down a well by magnets and chains. Thanks a lot, LOST! That final scene where Sawyer is holding her by the wrist as she dangles to her death, and he says, “I’m not gonna let you go!” OMG. *heart melts into a pool of tears!*

6. Ben in J. Crew and the first glimpse of ”New Otherton”

Another WTF moment: The first time we see where The Others live! And we learn they live surprisingly well for a bunch of dirty, bearded ragamuffins! In fact, they dress in khakis and well-pressed cotton shirts, live in cute little suburban homes with white picket fences, and they bake muffins for their book clubs! In this moment we learned that there was so much more to The Others than we ever could have imagined.

5. Sun & Jin, together forever

It was particularly harsh to see Sun and Jin die after a whole season apart, and after just being reunited in the previous episode. But the way that they died was particularly tragic and beautiful. We’ve been with this couple through so much change (remember when Jin was a total asshole and almost killed Michael over that watch?) — we watched them grow together, conceive a child, search for each other for literally YEARS. And when they finally found each other, Jin vowed to never be apart again. And Jin kept his promise. WAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

4. Locke in the coffin

For an ENTIRE YEAR we speculated, “Who’s in the coffin? Those bastards cut away from the finale without showing us who’s in the coffin! For the love of Christ, just TELL US WHO’S IN THE DAMN COFFIN!!!” Everyone had their own opinion on who was in the coffin — Ben? Michael? Vincent???  The producers shot 3 or 4 different variations of the coffin scene with different characters in the coffin, just to throw off the spoiler-people. And when we found out it was Locke, *COLLECTIVE GASP*!!! WTF??? If Locke is dead, how is Jack going to get everyone back to the island to fulfill their destiny??? Ben said, “We have to take him too.” WHAAAA??? Loved it. Classic Lost.

3. Penny picks up Desmond’s call from the freighter

Another OMFG moment. He told her to answer the phone in the future on this very date! And he got Sayid (is there anything he can’t do? Oh yeah, throw a bomb and slam the sub door. Damn it, Sayid!) to fix that phone on the freighter so he could make the international call, without a calling card! And after about 30 rings, she answered! And then his brain didn’t explode! YAAAAYY!!! *sniff, sniff* This is one of the top romantic TV moments of all time. *sigh*

2. The light in the hatch

The light. That brilliant, beautiful light shining from The Hatch. After all of the struggle Locke went through to figure out why the hell he was brought to the island, WTF that metal shit was in the ground, and what does it all mean….FLICK! A light. A sign. He’s supposed to be there. He IS there for a reason. It’s the first “light” in a long series of lights throughout the entire show that have real significance.

1. “Not Penny’s Boat”

It’s a phrase that will bring an audible reaction from every true Lost fan: “Not Penny’s Boat”, the haunting and cryptic message written on Charlie’s hand as he gave up his life to save them all. Many fans complain that they didn’t understand why Charlie didn’t try to swim out of the hole that Mikhail blew up. It’s simple: Charlie knew that he was doomed and it was just a matter of time. This way, he got to end his life on his own terms; saving Desmond in the process so he can save everyone else, especially Claire and Aaron. And the final bit of heroism, to warn Desmond that the boat they thought would save them all was not what it seemed to be, was another major turning point in the epic story. Just a few notes of that chilling “Life and Death” theme by the brilliant Michael Giacchino sends chills up my spine and tears to my eyes. I still miss ya, Charlie.

Whew! That was hard. I wanted to be clever and just do my top 8 (Get it?? Like The Numbers?? Did we ever really figure out what the numbers meant? My brain hurts.) but I just had too many to do only 8, and not enough hours in the day for my Top 42. So pipe in, Lost fans! What are your top Lost moments? And am I right? Which should be the “Top Moment From LOST”? Vote on the poll below!!

So yes. Last week we saw a few characters head into the great beyond. At least one version of them. And although it was sad to see Sun die, it was more frustrating to watch the writers throw up their hands and say, “We have no fucking clue what to do with Sayid either!” And have him grab a bomb and run to the other side of the sub in a last ditch effort of redemption.

And, it has finally, without a doubt, been revealed that Smokey is the bad guy. I remember everyone saying, “Ohhhh I think Jacob is evil, and he’s the bad guy, and the other guy, Mr. Black, Smokey, whatever is REALLY the good guy…” You know who you are. Feel kinda silly now, don’t you?

Well, as the stakes continue to rise, and we see Jack become the savior of the world, and Aaron and Ji Yeon become the “Adam and Eve” bones we saw in Season 1, I give you this fun little video:

Personally – I just like this one because it includes the secondary/dead characters. Anyone who makes a credit reference to Charlotte wins.

Lost were a sitcom? I know you came here asking that, and fortunately, I have an answer for you. Namely, what if Lost were a sitcom from the early 90s and they used the Full House font and theme?

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Tonight’s episode, according to all the promos, will have “All the answers we’ve been looking for…” Whatever that means. All I know it has to do with Guyliner himself, Richard Alpert. Let’s hope that it’s more than what we’ve already been able to put together: He work(ed)s for Jacob; he’s been around since the Black Rock crashed; he made some sort of “impossible deal” a la Dogen to stay young; he’s gay.

Ok, that last one, Adam told me about. Of course, I don’t see any contradicting material…. So….. You make up your own mind.

Any bets – the over/under on Jack in this episode is 3 minutes 42 seconds – who’s taking action?

It’s the Final Season, and, there are currently 3,256 different loose ends that need to be tied up. Or else people are gonna be pissed. Like ALIAS pissed (anyone watch that? seriously? that’s how he chose to end it?). I mean, this is gonna rival Seinfeld proportions. Facebook is even asking me if I’m gonna watch the Season Premiere. That means it’s big.

So – here are the important things that need to happen either tonight, or within the first 8 episodes of the Season. And I mean NEED to happen.

1. Juliet and Kate will have a lingering kiss before Juliet dies to go do V
2. Kate and Sun will have a longer kiss before Jack looks all pouty
3. Kate and the Smoke Monster will try to kiss, but then a polar bear will “interrupt the moment”
4. Penny and Kate will have an “across the time” kiss, before Penny disappears in the time vortex to go do Flash Forward
5. Flocke and Locke will get together to conspire how they can get in on the NEXT JJ Abrams show
6. The numbers will never be mentioned again because the writers/creators are unsure exactly WHAT to do with that whole McGuffin.
7. Kate will find out the Claire’s baby is really Jacob, and Jacob’s Enemy is Jacob from a different timeline
8. Jack realizes that there is no such thing as free will, and there is no such thing as a career after LOST
9. Boone shows up in 3 flashbacks because we miss him
10. Desmond appears to die twice, only to come back each time with the realization that he IS Jacob
11. Kate from 1977 meets Kate from 2001 – and they kiss (sweeps week)
12. Sawyer goes shirtless for 34 out of every 42 minutes each episode for the rest of the season
13. Hurley makes 5 “geek” references (ie. Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings)
14. The psychic guy – can’t remember his name – does whatever anybody on that show tells him to do because he’s grateful he has a career
15. Fisher Stevens is happy to be relevant again
16. Kate looks pouty towards the end of the season because there are no more women to kiss, and she’s tired of the “men in her life” – leading her to time travel back to when Ana Lucia and Libby were alive. *ahem*

Anyone else?

Locke/Flocke, Ben, Richard, Ajira Flight, and it’s all good! Damn, this is some exciting stuff! Tuesday can’t come fast enough!

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