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by Rick Norwood
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Now that I've gotten to know Jack and Kate and Sawyer and Hurley and Sayid and especially Locke, the flashbacks
interest me, because they are about characters I care about. There are still too many mysteries, most of
which I suspect will go unanswered, but clearly the writers have something up their sleeves.
You may not want to read the following, which is nothing but my best guess about the ending. I have no
insider info. This is how I would end it. When the H-bomb exploded, the time lines split. In one time
line, the plane never crashed and also the lives of the characters are better than they were in the previous
time line. Locke has a real girl-friend who loves him. Jack has a son. Kate is free. Claire gets to
keep her baby. This last is the key. In one time line, Claire raises her son, who grows up good, and
travels back in time to become Jacob. In the other time line, Claire does not raise her son, and he
grows up evil, and becomes Smokey. Smokey says Jacob is trying to protect the island. Really, Jacob
is trying to protect the human race from the island. Now that Jacob is dead, Jack will become the new
protector. Will Kate stay with him on the island? Fade to black.
SF on TV in March 2010
Smallville will return in April, along with a new Doctor Who. The
Fringe season finale is scheduled for May. Warehouse 13 returns
in July. None of these shows has been renewed for the Fall. My money is on the Doctor being the sole survivor.
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Rick Norwood is a mathematician and writer whose small press publishing house, Manuscript Press, has published books by Hal Clement, R.A. Lafferty, and Hal Foster. He is also the editor of Comics Revue Monthly, which publishes such classic comic strips as Flash Gordon, Sky Masters, Modesty Blaise, Tarzan, Odd Bodkins, Casey Ruggles, The Phantom, Gasoline Alley, Krazy Kat, Alley Oop, Little Orphan Annie, Barnaby, Buz Sawyer, and Steve Canyon. |
When Lost first aired, I watched a few episodes, but it did not hold my interest. There were
too many flashbacks, vignettes about the characters, with no sf content. And there were too many mysteries. I
got the impression that the writers were just tossing out puzzles to which they had no answers. But I did watch
each season finale and each season premiere, and after they announced that the current season, Season Six,
would be the last, I watched all of Season Five. Now I'm hooked. I've gone back to the beginning, and am
watching an episode a night, which means I'll be caught up about the time the show ends.
not a spoiler warning
 
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