More Than 23 Questions About The Lost Series Finale, Answered!

What does Richard's gray hair mean?

It quite obviously is meant to indicate that Richard can now age, having been released from his hell of immortality. (It also means that Miles stares way too intently at Richard's head.) If you have previously noted the presence of gray-shaded bits of stubble on Richard's face (because you stare way too intently at Richard's head, perhaps drawn there by the natural charcoal highlights encircling his eyes), this is probably a continuity or makeup department error, or those scenes were shot long before they came up with the idea for the Gray Hair Of Aging. Sometimes you just have to take an unexpected, organic Miles man-crush and run with it, you know?

How was Richard released from his hell of immortality?

1) Jacob's death?

or

2) The cork being taken out of the bottle, which hadn't happened yet, but which soon proves to have other mortality-restoring effects;

but maybe

3) Miles's love, the likes of which Richard hasn't experienced since what's her name died, the hot Spanish ghost-wife, because medicine was very expensive back in the 1800s.

When Smokey pulled that knife on Rose and Bernard after tracking Desmond back to their secret settlement, did you hold your breath, expecting him to cut Rose's throat and stab Bernard in the gut?

Thanks to the quick-thinking, semi-big-picture-aware Desmond, we were spared from having to witness that unacceptable spectacle. The Jin-and-Sun drowning was bad enough, we didn't need to see our other favorite couple messily dispatched with Smokey's pig-sticker.

Was the following the greatest scene in the history of this show?

Smokey and Jack "New Jacob" Shephard meet in a field.

Smokey: So it's you?

Jack: Yup.

Smokey: I thought I'd be surprised. You're sort of the obvious choice.

Oh, the giddy yelps of knowing meta-laughter!

How is Jack going to kill Smokey?

It's a surprise. Which means: He'll figure it out once they all get to the Secret Cave Of The Magic Lifelight. But Desmond is involved. There's gotta be a reason Smokey's taken a shine to him, right?

Who is Jack's ex-wife and David's mother?

You knew who it was. Stop.

More meta in its commentary on the entire Lost-watching experience: The above-referenced scene with Jack and Smokey, or this one?

Hurley and Sayid sit in a car.

Sayid: Where are we?

Hurley: I'm not allowed to tell you.There are rules, dude.

Sayid: Whose rules?

Hurley: Don't worry about it. Just trust me.

Sayid: OK, I trust you.

We'll have to go with this one.

What would be some possible album names for a recording of Daniel Widmore's collaboration with Driveshaft?

The Great Wake-Up

Love Is My Constant

Daniel Widmore's Rising Force

Waking Up The Bass Player For The Show

Is This Music Pretty Awful? Yeah, It Is. Hey, It's Just Background, We Weren't Going To Like Pay A Ton Of Money For John Tesh And Metallica To Whip Up Something Memorable.

Does the rock stopping up the Lightdrain look a lot like a giant cork?

That cork-in-the-bottle metaphor just gets more and more apt.

When Desmond pulled the Rockcork out of the Lightdrain, and all the Magic Water Of Immortality rushed out through the Hole Of Island-Destroying Earthquake-Making, Jack and Smokey just became normal dudes again, right?

This was such a raw deal for Jack. He got, what, an hour of immortality? Yes, we know it was all part of his Greater Purpose and whatever, but he didn't even get a chance to deflect any bullets.

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