Unlike last year, I've managed to stay spoiler free prior to this year's season finale. Last season's finale featured a game changing shocker, though, which this season's is unlikely top. In fact, there are a number of things that need to or are likely to happen that I could see occupying the final frames of Lost's mostly excellent fourth season.
1) A big explosion on the freighter. This could work well on a number of levels. Lost alway features top notch production values, so this would certainly be a sight to see and hear with the proper home setup. Also, this could provide a strong cliffhanger ending. There are a few main characters on the freighter that are not part of the Oceanic 6 (Jin, Michael, Desmond... anyone else?). I'm predicting an ambiguous ending where the lives of at least one of these characters hangs in the balance. I think either Jin or Michael (or perhaps both) will attempt to sacrifice themselves to save others. I'm still not entirely convinced Jin is dead in the future, although Sun's comments to her father announcing her buyout of his company and blaming him for Jin's death have started to sway me that maybe he actually is. It would also make for good drama if the reason Michael coudn't die was because he was supposed to redeem himself for the murders of Ana Lucia and Libby by sacrificing himself to save others. Since Jin and Michael are friends, maybe they will go out together. I think Desmond is too important to the plot to kill off. He'll end up in the last place on earth he wants to be: back on the island.
2) Jin's fate revealed. If I'm wrong about Jin going down on the freighter, I could still see the ending involving him, as the revelation that he may be dead was one of season 4's biggest shockers. Maybe he'll die another way, or maybe he'll survive and the final frames will be occupied by a heartbreaking goodbye between him and Sun.
3) Ben and Locke move the island. I think it's a foregone conclusion that this is happening. This is the most likely thing to be on screen before season 4 fades to black. What this exactly entails, and what the consequences are, could be the difference between a predictable finale and a tremendous one.
The last episode teased a number of other possible revelations in the finale. It seems the Others (remember them?) are doing just fine without Ben, now being led by the immortal freak Richard Alpert. I haven't heard anything about the finale's flashback/forward. How wild would an Alpert centric episode be? Also let's not forget about the craziness going on with Claire maybe being dead and Christian apparently being alive. I'm not exactly sure what to say about that. I'm as stupefied as everyone else.
That ended up being a little longer than I planned. Anyways, enjoy the finale everyone, and check back tomorrow for some post finale thoughts, and to see how close my predictions were.
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