Joel Murphy, you old softy.

I didn’t see Charlotte or Keamy at the sideways purgatory and I have been looking again and again to find them.

Like Chris, I also enjoyed the Target ads.

Honestly, the only thing that drove me crazy was how loud the commercials were. It seemed like they really jacked the volume up every time those breaks started. I kept having to turn down my TV.

Seriously, though, if anyone had problems with the commercials then they’re obviously communists. It’s 2010. People gotta make some coin, yo.

In Canada, we were inundated with silly spots during the commercials with one of the producers or writers sitting in a “Toronto Dominion” green chair talking about the show. I tuned out when these spots occurred so I’m not sure what he was saying, but I’m sure it was some kind of nonsense. It just felt wrong in some way to expose the fans to such obvious marketing (I know, I know, they pay for the show so it all wouldn’t have been possible…)

I really did enjoy this finale, and I am content with the way that the show ended. i do think that season 6 was disjointed but i actually like that they didn’t offer some long and drawn out explanation for the island mysteries.

I like that so much was left up to the viewers. Coming up with our own theories was part of the fun in watching the show.

I didn’t mind the purgatory/waiting period…I enjoyed the moments of watching these characters realize where they were, and what happened to them. and it was touching to see them reunite, the acting was beautiful.

Can’t wait to read the finale re-cap!

Call it “The End” or “The LOST Ends,” MIB was right – “(With JJ) it always ends the same.” After a great start and greater expectations, JJ and the gang will let you down every time. But this time, in The End John Locke can walk again and the show goes lame. And don’t get me started on those endless unanswered questions LOST left US hanging, used and confused like poor ol’ John Locke. (“It’s a surprise!”)

BUT we finally know what those damn numbers, 4-8-15-16-23-42-108, meant: Money.

LOST may have ended in a brave new afterlife world where EVERYTHING CHANGES, but in the real world Nothing Changes: Money trumps everything. Hurley said the numbers he used to win his fortune were the source of the problems. He knew more than he knew. Cue the commercials!

I know how Karl must have felt strapped in a chair in Room 23 forced to watch endless hours of brainwashing videos; ABC tortured US with 108 commercial spots in the Lost series finale.

Suspension of Tension: Just when the show would unveil a major plot point, a break would occur featuring anywhere from 4 to 8 ads and/or sneak peeks for fall shows on ABC.

LOST was groundbreaking: While the favored few were tossed about as the island was breaking up and sinking (que the ratings metaphor), the show established a new high and LOW. Typically TV runs anywhere from 15 to 16 spots — or roughly 9 to 10.5 minutes of commercial time — per hour to accommodate 44 minutes of content. Within the first hour of last night’s finale, ABC squeezed in roughly 42 ads, along with 8 promos for ABC and local programming.

For the LOST speculators who began to worry the show was getting LOST, you were right. LOST got lost …in the numbers of the commercials.