Lost: 9 Months Of Waiting

I'm not even really sure where to begin or what to say about the season finale of LOST last night. Strike that, I have ENTIRELY too many thoughts and things to say about the finale that to try and put them into this blog would be scary to anyone who reads it.

If you haven't seen the episode don't read if you don't want any spoilers then don't read this entry, not that I intend to get crazy with the plot here. But here are some of my likes/dislikes of the episode, in case you wanted to know.

Big Disappointment - the death of Juliet. I mean, I guess I knew it was coming since it was rumored she was leaving the show but still! She's become a really good character over the last few years and I was really digging the love story between her and Sawyer and thought they worked well together. I almost cried last night with her fate and I wonder how that pain will play out for Sawyer in the next season.

Big Excitement - Jacob. Finally, we get to see Jacob and get to see him in action. The details are starting to fill in and now I'm starting to have even further expanded theories to who he is, what he's doing there and what is going to happen.

Big Mystery - John Locke's corpse in that box that Ilana was toting around while he walks around the island dictating the others and making Ben feel like a jackass...I mean, I wasn't expecting that at all, and I guess neither did Frank Lapidus.

Even Bigger Mystery - what happens after the big white flash?

So, now we've got nine months to sit and ponder what this all means and what will happen next. It hasn't even been 24 hours and I've spent entirely too much time theorizing with friends and researching things online. I think I might re-watch some old episodes on DVD with commentary to fill in some gaps but if anyone has any theories they'd like to discuss, feel free to chat me up because we've got a long way before the final season begins!