Overview

The final season was not the strongest of the six, although Desmond gets some serious and welcome airtime. The candidate vs. Jacob, and all the other history stuff for the island, and Locke 2.0, are all complicated and convoluted in places. All of which leads to a less-than-satisfying ending to the series.

Episodes That I Liked

One of my favourite episodes of the series is this season, E11, Happily Ever After, and it is about Desmond getting to see multiple possible outcomes. It’s really well done, and I generally love Desmond in the series, this EP, and even E16 and E17 of this season (although I only rated them 4/5). E02, LA X Pt 2 was all about Sayid, where they’re trying to help him by almost drowning him. Like he was a witch or something.

Another eight episodes, I rated as 4/5, including the season premiere in LA and dealing with the loss of John Locke; introducing a lighthouse and a family member (E05); the long history of the island back in medieval times (E09) and the choice of immortality for Jacob; and a big decision for the main characters about the future of island defence.

Episodes That Were Watchable

Five more EPs were watchable, including Kate helping Claire in the alt-world (E03); Sawyer playing puppetmaster (E08); finding Jin (E10); and the final EP which was a let-down overall.

S06E18 The End Pt 2 All good things come to an end 🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪ – 3
S06E04 The Substitute You have three choices: 1. Do nothing; 2. Protect the island; 3. Leave 🐸🐸⚪⚪⚪ – 2
S06E06 Sundown Jacob drives a hard bargain and so does Locke 2.0 🐸🐸⚪⚪⚪ – 2
S06E07 Dr. Linus Ben makes a different choice off-island 🐸🐸⚪⚪⚪ – 2

Episodes That I Didn’t Like

While the overall season was still decent, I found three EPs were disappointing. All of them were about choices about the island, decisions with Jacob or Locke, or Ben, and most of them I really didn’t care about (E04, E06, E07).

List of Episodes from Season 6

S06E01	LAX Pt 1	Well, not exactly a reset, but John’s changed a lot	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S06E02	LAX Pt 2	Wait…they try to help Sayid by drowning him? Did they think he was a witch?	🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸
S06E03	What Kate Does	Kate helps Claire in the alt-world and Sayid fails a test	🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪
S06E04	The Substitute	You have three choices: 1. Do nothing; 2. Protect the island; 3. Leave	🐸🐸⚪⚪⚪
S06E05	Lighthouse	Wait…there’s a lighthouse? And Jack has a son?	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S06E06	Sundown	Jacob drives a hard bargain and so does Locke 2.0	🐸🐸⚪⚪⚪
S06E07	Dr. Linus	Ben makes a different choice off-island	🐸🐸⚪⚪⚪
S06E08	Recon	Sawyer is playing everyone against everyone	🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪
S06E09	Ab Aeterno	My wife? Absolution? No? Fine, I’ll take immortality	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S06E10	The Package	Jin, Jin, who’s got Jin?	🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪
S06E11	Happily Ever After	Desmond gets to see multiple outcomes	🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸
S06E12	Everybody Loves Hugo	Hugo and Libby, sitting on a beach…	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S06E13	The Last Recruit	Everyone’s ready to go, but with whom and how?	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S06E14	The Candidate	Ten little, nine little, eight little Oceanic survivors	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S06E15	Across The Sea	Yep, it’s all Mom’s fault	🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪
S06E16	What They Died For	Jacob reveals all, Desmond’s a fail-safe and someone volunteers	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S06E17	The End Pt 1	Desmond’s getting the band back together for a memory tour	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S06E18	The End Pt 2	All good things come to an end	🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪

The Bottom Line

All good things come to an end, not necessarily a good end or well.

Overview

The season starts with the supposed rescue team arriving on the island but the extra members beyond the soldiers are not quite what everyone expected. Later in the season, you see a press conference where everyone has to lie.

Episodes That I Liked

The three biggest episodes of the season for me were Eggtown (E04) with a huge twist at the end, Ji Yeon (E07) dealing with Sun’s pregnancy drama, and There’s No Place Like Home Pt 3 (E14) when the island undergoes some magic. Another seven episodes were pretty great dealing with a potential rescue (E02, E03, E12, and E13) and visits from the past.

Episodes That Were Watchable

There were four episodes that I rated merely 3/5, mostly dealing with Ben’s world or Jack and John (E01, 05, 06, and 10).

Episodes That I Didn’t Like

Actually, I liked all the EPs of the season.

List of Episodes from Season 4

S04E01	The Beginning of the End	Nobody likes it when Daddy and Daddy fight	🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪
S04E02	Confirmed Dead	Rescuing Oceanic 815 survivors is not their primary mission	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S04E03	The Economist	Load up one helicopter	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S04E04	Eggtown	Interesting but ho hum episode until the last two words	🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸
S04E05	The Constant	Everyone needs a constant to keep them grounded in time	🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪
S04E06	The Other Woman	Ah, that explains Ben’s obsession with Juliet	🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪
S04E07	Ji Yeon	Sun’s pregnancy is not without drama	🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸
S04E08	Meet Kevin Johnson	Hey, Mike, what have you been up to?	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S04E09	The Shape of Things to Come	I’m pretty sure the goons aren’t bluffing about his daughter	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S04E10	Something Nice Back Home	The future is much brighter without an appendix	🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪
S04E11	Cabin Fever	Guys? Cabin! But I don’t think that’s the secondary protocol	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S04E12	There’s No Place Like Home Pt 1	Press conferences can be tricky when you have to lie	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S04E13	There’s No Place Like Home Pt 2	One raft, with a bit of waiting	🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
S04E14	There’s No Place Like Home Pt 3	Okay, keep your eyes on the island… one, two, three, abracadabra	🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

The Bottom Line

A solid season, despite a bit too much internal angst in places.