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“This is the place that you all made together so that you could find one another. The most important part of your life was the time that you spent with these people. That’s why all of you are here. Nobody does it alone. You needed all of them and they needed you.”
- Christian Shephard

This was everything that I needed it to be, and more. More than I ever thought it would be, could be, etc. The last scene (and quote) is something that will stick with me for a very, very long time because after EVERYTHING this show has done, every insane explanation and scenario it's thrown at the viewers these past 6 seasons, the End was SIMPLE. They needed each other. That's it. Nothing more and nothing less because at the core of it all, the show has always been about the most simplistic, basic human needs. And this? The need for love. Forgiveness. Acceptance.

I don't feel like I "lost an old friend" (no pun intended) and I'm not going to lose too much sleep over the fact that this show is over. What does sadden me is that there will no longer be a television show of this quality, this calibur, available to us. Instead we'll get trapped in the mindnumbing, thoughtless, trash of something along the lines of "The Bachelorette: Round 8, I'll swear I'll get it right this time" or "Dancing with the [D-List] Stars" (yeah, I went there) as opposed to a show that makes you think - or better yet, ASK QUESTIONS. I'm not a TV snob by any means, and I'm notorious for getting sucked into the "16 and Pregnant" marathons but I can differentiate between something like Lost and The Office. Both of which, I equally adore but for different reasons.

To end my rambling & wrap things up: I'm not going to confess my undying love for the series and how I'm so bummed that it's over. I'm not going to recap the entire thing and try and explain the "unanswered" questions that are still left, I'm not going to talk about how I sobbed though the last 45 minutes in the episode (ok, this is true. on my initial rewatch by myself, I cried like a baby) or how I've been listening to nothing but the scores from the series for the last 24 hours (again, true.) I'm just going to leave it as the way I see it. Simple. And not to mention, perfect.