Television and movies have a tough time going about the long-foregone literary device of the d\u00c3\u00a9nouement. If you recall, the d\u00c3\u00a9nouement is that point of the story where the dust settles for the characters and readers\u00e2\u20ac\u201dnot necessarily where plot lines are tied. It is that point after the crisis (which television and movies have trained us to be The Ending) but before the ending which makes the impending ending appropriate.<\/p>\n
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Lost has figured out a unique, and singular use, of that literary feature by tying it into the story line of the entire final season.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, some people came to the last episode awaiting another Climax with answers to all types of question (Walt’s powers, the origin of the Light<\/a>, the identity of the Twins’ Foster Mother, Vincent, the Dharma Initiative’s real goal, the stopper at the bottom, why Jack didn’t change, etc.) and stopped looking at what the writers were doing. They were giving a goodbye to the characters for the characters’ and the viewers’ sake.<\/p>\n Questions that came up that the viewers should have known the answers to if they were looking at it as a whole instead of expecting more answers:<\/p>\n\n