Lost Fantasy League: Season 5 Finale Update!

Since DarkUFO is away this week, we're going old school with the video! And it's the last one for the year folks because we have reached the end! After countless hours of exhaustive Lost viewing, analyzing and scoring, we finally have our winners!

It's almost hard to believe that we've made it through the 5th season of Lost so quickly. Where did all the time go? With all the action and excitement provided by the finale, there are some important point rulings that were made that you should understand before sending any complaints my way.

Also, due to the Man in Black dilemma, I had to go back and adjust scores from several episodes in the second half of the season. That information is also below in the Important Point Rulings section and I highly advise you read through it so you understand why you may now be drastically higher or lower than before.

But now for our winners!

We're going to leave these results as unofficial for 3-4 days. In that time, please let me know if I've missed anything from the finale! I watched it half a dozen times, so I'm pretty sure I've got it all right but I just want to be sure. Our winners will be contacted shortly and made aware of the situation. If, after 3-4 days, no one has alerted us to any scoring mistakes that affect our top 3, they will be declared the official winners of the Season 5 Lost Fantasy League.

If you've got any questions, consult the League rule book at the bottom of this post. If you can't find an answer to your questions there, shoot me an email at LFLquestions@gmail.com. I will do my best to get back to you as promptly as possible.

"The Incident" in 750 words or less:

Much like our beloved Losties, Jacob is a very well-traveled individual. Way back in the days of the Black Rock he was kicking it on the beach and teasing a very frustrated Man in Black. Methinks he pushed him a bit too far because the Man in Black says he really really wants to kill Jacob.

Later on, Jacob pals does some sightseeing and gets in touch (literally) with most of the main characters that are still alive either before the crash of Flight 815 or after the Oceanic 6 get rescued. Except for Juliet. She just gets to huff and whine about her parents' looming divorce.

Now to the present, or past, really. Jack and Sayid get the warhead out of Jughead and Richard gets all over Ellie's head with his gun. He sends Jack and Sayid on their little fool's errand and takes Ellie back to her people, because evidently she's the leader now. Sayid gets the bright idea to put on a DHARMA jumper and walk straight through the Barracks with the bomb in tow. And it works out just as well as you'd think it would- horribly. Roger spots the SOB that shot his kid (notice he never calls him Ben) and returns the favor (only Sayid's bullet wound doesn't move around). Jack blasts his way out of Mos Eisley with a little help from his friends.

Meanwhile, Sawyer & Co. ditch the sub and find Rose & Bernard, who have been living on their own for the last three years with Vincent. Yeah, that's right- they managed to avoid DHARMA, the Hostiles, the Smoke Monster and Sawyer's search grids for three years in retirement bliss. I'm sorry but I have to draw a line somewhere. I can handle quadrangles, plot holes and episodes about the history of Jack's tattoos, but this is ridiculous. And sappy as all get out.

Jack & Co. race for the Swan and run into Sawyer & Co. Jack and Sawyer vent a little aggression, shake hands and walk away. Okay, so actually Jack gets his ass handed to him and is only spared because Juliet comes out of the blue and says Jack is doing the right thing even though she convinced Sawyer to try and stop him about an hour ago.

Kate suddenly is on Jack's side too now as he heads for the Swan while everyone begrudgingly sits around and waits to blow up. Then Miles points out what I've been saying for weeks now- that detonating the bomb is going to cause the incident so if they really want to change the past and future, they should just stay put and let the armed DHARMA dudes take Jack out. Suddenly everyone realizes they do want Jack to go nuclear after all. They bust in like the A-Team and hold everyone at bay while Jack drops the bomb. They wait in excruciating silence as Michael Giacchino's music makes everybody cry.

But nothing happens. Pretty sneaky! Everyone starts glancing out the corner of their eyes thinking WTF? Then the incident happens. The Island starts humming and metal goes flying everywhere. Some chains that were lying around for no good reason attack Juliet like they were the trees in Evil Dead and tackle her into the shaft. Sawyer grabs on but Juliet lets go, falls down and makes the bomb go boom.

In 2007/8 Richard is leading Locke, Ben, Sun and the Others to Jacob. Ben is still pouting over having to kill Jacob but Locke makes a good point in saying that Jacob was a real prick all this time so why not off the bugger. Meanwhile, Frank sees what's in the box an hour and a half before we do and follows Ilana and the rest through the jungle.

At night at the statue, Locke makes Richard take him to Jacob and brings Ben along. Richard starts going off about rules but Locke shuts him down ominously. Frank & Ilana show up to reveal that Locke's corpse is still dead and in the box, making the Locke inside the statue the Man in Black. Wow- it's impressive that they spent a whole half of the season pulling the wool over our eyes (even if it does mean Locke has been nothing but a tool all this time, which is sad).

Ben kills Jacob, who tells Fake Locke "they're coming." We'll find out what that means next year as Lost returns for its final season.

One last time, here is the official Season 5 LFL rule book. Happy reading!