Core memory unlocked...
I was a student back then. They ran a marathon of the finale season the night before, I’d already seen it but obviously I watched it again. Then the final episodes dropped with the simulcast and I was glued to the screen the whole time. No ragrets.
Next morning I go to high school and it’s basically a ghost town. The few people who showed up looked half-dead, like zombies running on fumes, myself included. Even some professors looked like they were still processing what they’d just seen. No one said it out loud, but we all knew why.
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braedan51Apr 17, 2026
+3
I was rocking Dharma coveralls & I served Apollo bars (with custom wrappers) and dharma 'fish biscuits'. Making the props was more enjoyable than the finale.
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kuhpunktApr 17, 2026
+2
What's the issue with the finale?
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syntaxterror69Apr 17, 2026
+1
Oh man, I wish I was there with you to enjoy the disappointment
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kuhpunktApr 17, 2026
+1
What's so disappointing?
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UndoxxableOhioanApr 17, 2026
+1
I was so excited. And dissatisfied. The real answers to mysteries were the friends we made on the way, I guess.
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kuhpunktApr 17, 2026
+2
What answers were you looking for?
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UndoxxableOhioanApr 17, 2026
-1
Like, EVERYTHING. What is the Source? How does it turn people in to smoke monsters? How does the island move? How did ancient Egyptians get there (and get the materials to build a giant statue)? Who is Mother and how did she get to the island? And more.
I know some people claim that the questions were "answered" but all we have is things answered in riddles, unreliable narrators, or things that just raised larger questions.
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kuhpunktApr 17, 2026
The source is the source of life. Your questions are unanswerable, because it's fiction. What kind of answer do you expect for how it turned the MiB into the smoke monster? Or how does the island move... like there is no possible answer. And that's a question the show never even raised.
And the Egyptians got there by... boat.
Mother was the island's previous protector. She said she stranded on the island just like Claudia.
And those questions are like... what would you gain from that? The show told you everything you need to know. There's this energy... when it gets destroyed, the world ends. Thus it needs a protector. That's the story.
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UndoxxableOhioanApr 17, 2026
First of all, all we have is an unrealizable narrator telling us that. Jacob learned from "mother" and mother was batshit crazy. Second, that is little more than a riddle. Source of life? So it created life? It sustains life?
They arrived by boat? What were the Egyptians doing in the first place? They didn't go beyond the Med.
Fiction means it is absolutely possible to explain things. The literally created mysteries. They cultivated fans that obsessed over clues. Then they acted like the mysteries didn't matter and it was all about characters. Which is fine. But some of us that were all about the mysteries felt baited and switched.
People are allowed not to like things.
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kuhpunktApr 17, 2026
>First of all, all we have is an unrealizable narrator telling us that. Jacob learned from "mother" and mother was batshit crazy. Second, that is little more than a riddle. Source of life? So it created life? It sustains life?
How is that a riddle? It's the origin of life. It's not even like a novel concept. If you've ever played something like Final Fantasy 7 you have the lifestream. Same thing basically.
>They arrived by boat? What were the Egyptians doing in the first place? They didn't go beyond the Med.
What do you mean what were they doing in the first place? Exploring the world.
>Fiction means it is absolutely possible to explain things.
Fiction needs made up rules. Why can't Vampires get exposed to sunlight? Why don't they like garlic? Why do they have no reflections? Why do they need to be invited into a home? Why can't they just enter a house without permission?
>The literally created mysteries.
Yeah, they created mysteries and they resolved them. But you expect them to answer stuff they never asked. And you ask questions that can't have an answer.
>Then they acted like the mysteries didn't matter and it was all about characters.
No, they didn't act like that.
>But some of us that were all about the mysteries felt baited and switched.
What mysteries would that be?
>People are allowed not to like things.
Of course you are allowed to not like it - but when you ask stuff that's impossible to be answered... and you wouldn't gain anything from further details. From just watching the show you know what it is about. What more do you want? Like the Egyptians... the island is a place that had people come to it over and over again. Thousands of years ago it was Egyptians. They came. They built stuff. They explored. They vanished. Fast forward a while... Dharma comes to the island. They built stuff. They explored. They vanished. It's the same thing.
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UndoxxableOhioanApr 17, 2026
They resolved very little. The DVD extra where they showed were Dharma supplies came from had more satisfying resolutions than the finalize.
Lot's of other shows have done far better.
I am sorry, I disagree with EVERYTHING you say.
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kuhpunktApr 17, 2026
+2
> They resolved very little.
What else is there to be resolved?
>I am sorry, I disagree with EVERYTHING you say.
And yet you can't answer my question. What more do you need/want?
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UndoxxableOhioanApr 17, 2026
I have old you, you just ignore what I say because you disagree
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br0b1wanApr 17, 2026
+7
Dating myself here but Seinfeld. It was a circus. Everyone was anticipating it since they announced the final season. It was all over the news. It was a true event
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BeforeSunrise33Apr 17, 2026
+17
Mr. Robot and it delivered and then some. I still get chills and tear up every time I rewatch it.
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KennyShowersApr 17, 2026
+1
Great show, but by the time the finale rolled around I felt like it was just me watching it, all the general hype died during S2. Didn't have any of the cultural buzz that was going around for some of the other great shows with memorable finales.
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WesdudeApr 17, 2026
+1
Such a good show.
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tsunamisukotoApr 17, 2026
+1
Came to write just this
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EClydezApr 17, 2026
+10
I got into breaking bad late. The last 6 episodes were about to air, and my wife and I decided to give it a go.
Binged all the seasons in like 3 weeks and basically caught up the week before the finally.
We only had the last episode left and we had to wait a couple days for it to come out. So we binged like 100 episodes and then had this dramatic 3 day wait for the finale.
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Awkward_Silence-Apr 17, 2026
+2
>I got into breaking bad late.
That's honestly the story for most of that shows fan base curiously enough. Finding someone who hopped on early is the rare part
First four seasons averaged only a million viewers per episode. Final season part 1 doubled that. And the final part is where it exploded into the mainstream still only 6-7 million viewers
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CountVonRimjobApr 17, 2026
+2
In total Breaking Bad has 62 episodes.
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EClydezApr 17, 2026
+2
It felt like a 100. Whatever it was, we had like 3-4 week Albuquerque blur.
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math-yooApr 17, 2026
+8
Mad Men was incredibly engrossing and paid off in the perfect way for the subject matter.
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thevampiresanguiniApr 17, 2026
+1
Maybe my favourite finale of any show I've ever watched.
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bartzabelloApr 17, 2026
+6
Better Call Saul.
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syntaxterror69Apr 17, 2026
+3
Someone already said Lost so I'll say The Shield. Best finale ever!
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-egoApr 17, 2026
+2
Breaking Bad was a moment..phew
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Competitive_Help8485Apr 17, 2026
+2
For me it was probably Breaking Bad, or Lost. I was hyped up to see how both shows ended.
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NobodySpecialSCLApr 17, 2026
+2
Frasier - Wasn't terrible, but it just felt unsatisfying.
Perfect Strangers - I honestly hated all of the last season. It should've ended when they moved out of the apartment.
3rd Rock From the Sun - Overall I enjoyed it. I feel like it would've left a bigger emotional impact if Tommy chose to stay behind to retire.
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Money_Baseball_975Apr 17, 2026
+1
I don’t know if this counts but I watched a couple episodes of season 1 , How I Met Your Mother. It wasn’t for me but damn I wanted to know how he met there mother and years later I watched the finale . It
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CygnusaurusApr 17, 2026
+1
Seinfeld was the first one I was excited for. Really felt let down after watching it.
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sooprcowApr 17, 2026
+1
The Americans... And boy did it land. 10/10
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coffee_and-catsApr 17, 2026
+1
GOT.
Bitter disappointment
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michaelb5000Apr 17, 2026
+1
Probably the original twin peaks
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pup5581Apr 17, 2026
+1
Better Call Saul. To see what was going to happen to him
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spinereader81Apr 17, 2026
+1
Seinfeld. Then it ended up being basically a clip show. I was pretty disappointed.
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mophisusApr 18, 2026
+1
Game of Thrones ... But when it was in its early seasons.
As someone who read the books first and quickly realized the show was going to outpace the books... I figured it would at least explain a few things.. like the White walkers, prince that was promised, etc.
I mean.. I guess it kind of did..
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dandyrandyjandyApr 17, 2026
+1
Sure can’t wait for Below Deck to get to its last episode.
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yaboyjiggleclayApr 17, 2026
+1
Smallville. Watched every single episode, time to finally see Clark Kent become Superman. Admit, at the time I was disappointed but I’ve made peace with it now.
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_oh_save_me_jebus_Apr 17, 2026
+1
MASH and Breaking Bad
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PogoLlama72Apr 17, 2026
+1
Breaking Bad. I planned my whole evening around that finale like it was the Super Bowl, snacks and all. Still wild how completely it stuck the landing.
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blokedogApr 17, 2026
+1
Getting excited for The Boys finale.
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OB1KENOBApr 17, 2026
The Walking Dead
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mangamarioApr 17, 2026
Digimon
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spencerleveyApr 17, 2026
Bates Motel
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LightThatIgnitesAllApr 17, 2026
Legend of Korra
Heroes: Reborn
Ended up hating both lmao. Reborn is awful.
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Barry_MundyApr 17, 2026
Battlestar Galactica. Until I wasn't.
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neuro_space_explorerApr 17, 2026
Mad men, Halt and Catch fire, and the sopranos.
All three paid off!
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