Lost season finale: Predictions that will be wrong

Posted by Dan May 29th, 2008 at 11:26am In Lost

Hurley + baby = the cutest ever

Lost concludes its season tomorrow night, ending a pretty darn good season. It’s surprising, really, that the show would begin this upward trajectory at this point in the game when any series, much less a serialized one, would begin to seem a little long in the tooth.

Like any Lost finale, we know that big things are a-coming. It was just last year that my beloved Charlie kicked the bucket. And, as Daniel Dae-Kim says in this somewhat revealing LA Times article, there “will be casualties.”

For the record, my money is on at least one of the “rescue team.” Probably Red-Headed British Archaeologist Babe (so help me God, I can never remember character names) because the Lost team kind of has a thing for killing off its female cast members disproportionately. And, if they’re going to kill of a regular, I’m seriously going to go with Juliet. I’ve read that this finale will be a tear-jerker and I think killing Juliet would get the waterworks going. After all, in a series all about redemption arcs, Juliet has come full circle from being an Other to being a Valued Team Member of Oceanic 815. And it would also make Jack’s choice to go ahead and marry Kate a little less muddled.

Or, it could be Sawyer. But we’ll see. I’m basically just trying to list every character so I can say ‘I told you so’ on Friday morning.

Regardless, the Times article indicates that there will be another “game-changer” that will affect the way you watch future episodes. What could that be?

A few guesses:

• An original Oceanic survivor will have been an employee of Charles Widmore all along.
• Locke successfully moves the island, but at a price/with unexpected consequences.
• Castaways hijack the boat and set off into uncharted waters.
• Something with time travel that won’t make sense.

I’ve got my fingers crossed that Locke will die and Jin will survive, but I’m guessing both of those are long shots. Anybody else have some predictions?