I again turn to my favorite website The Lost Diary for all my follow up questions & answers.

CLICK ON MORE TO READ THE WRAP UP OF LAST NIGHT’S FINALE, MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

From The Lost Diary:

So the whole point of Jack’s flash-forward was to show us that Henry Gale was right — whoever Naomi is with are the bad guys. I kind of like the idea of showing us everything leading up to Jack making the rescue call, and then showing us that it all went to hell, without actually seeing any of what happened in between. Since every season had a theme (the crash, the hatch, the Others), you have to assume that season four will be about whoever was on the other end of that phone.

While there may not have been any “major” questions answered — the numbers? Jacob? Michael and Walt? — We did learn why Henry Gale does what he does. Why does he jam communications off the island? Why does he keep such a tight hold on information? Why doesn’t he let people off the island? Because people are looking for the island and they want to destroy it. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again — you have to trust Henry Gale when the chips are down. He doesn’t lie about the important stuff. He’s always right.

Other than that, I am just going to start throwing out thoughts as they come to me:

– “Lost” was 120 minutes tonight. Let’s take away 30 for commercials, leaving us with 90. Of said 90 minutes, Locke was in two of them. Not a good ratio.

– Oh, and Jacob was in none of them.

– Are we done with flashbacks? Are flash-forwards the new thing? Or was this a one-time deal? Feels like just a one-time thing.

– Charlie, we’ve had a long history. Wish I could say I was sad to see you go, but after all the buildup, you literally had to. At least you went out on a high note. See you in another life, brutha.

– As for Charlie’s death, a few people asked me, “Why did he close the door? Why didn’t he swim out the window?” Because Desmond told him he had to die for everyone to be saved. He wanted Desmond’s vision to come true, down to every last detail.

– I wish Richard was more prevalent tonight. Here’s to hoping we see more of him next season.

– Can Mikhail ever be killed?

– Jack referred to his dad a lot in the future. Is he alive?

– Is Kate with Sawyer in the future? Was Henry Gale the one who died? Who else made it off the island?

This episode felt to me like it was such a setup for next season, I don’t even feel like I could give it a grade. It would be like talking about “Kill Bill Vol. 1″ without making mention of “Vol. 2.” This episode felt more like a season premiere than a finale. That said, obviously it was amazing.

WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE FINALE?? YOUR THOUGHTS?