I'm a little late to the party (long story), but my wife and I just watched the finale -- amazing! I'll just blurt out a few of my favorite scenes and themes from the last episode (in no particular order):

- The whole redemption storyline was perfect. One of the things I always appreciated about Lost was the character development, particularly with regard to the moral imperfections of the each and every primary character. There were no saints on Lost, not even Hurley, the universal good guy. Lost always reminded me of Total Depravity, and Total Depravity reminds me of why we need a Savior. The redemption of all the main characters in the last scene was something special. I'm not sure that it didn't border on universalism, but I prefer to think that they were all chosen, despite their imperfections.

- The scene where Locke forgave Ben was one of the best moments in the entire series. I was always a fan of Locke, and even when he started to go off the deep end a season or so ago, I always held out hope for him. It was good to see the old Locke back there at the end, with his big smile and big heart. Hearing Ben tell Locke how being forgiven meant more than he could say -- that was great.

- Hurley making Ben his Number Two. Again, another redemption scene for the series' quintessential bad guy. Wonderful.

- I've never liked Charlie (and I still don't), but I thought the scene where he recognized Claire and started to cry was very touching. I still don't like that little punk, though. :-) Come to think of it, most the "recognition" scenes were well done.

- Jack is Lost. He's always been my favorite character, and the finale was naturally Jack-centric -- and it would have been wrong for it not to have been. Brandi pointed out that Jack's "recognition" scene all revolved around his relationships with the primary cast members, and not one person in particular. That was in contrast to the way the other Losties experienced their Island recognition; their scenes were usually person specific (e.g. Juliette and Sawyer). Jack was all things to all men; he was always their leader.

- I liked Jack saving Desmond from the light hole, and telling him, "See you in another life, brother."

- Jack and Christian's scene near the end. Jack says something like, "Am I dead?" Christian responds, "Everyone dies sometime, Jack." Yes, Christian! Perfect love drives out all fear, even the fear of death. You could say that the entire series was spent with the Losties being afraid of death, but at the end, no fear, only redemption.

- Jack's death scene on the island was simply heroic. Having him struggle back to the bamboo forest, and to die in the same place where he woke up on the island in the first scene of Season 1, that was some piece of art.

That's all I can think of for now. I'll say I was very satisfied with the ending. It didn't quite match the jaw-dropping "We have to go back!" ending of Season 3, but it was satisfying nonetheless.

Brandi and I don't watch TV; we just don't. We own the box but don't even have rabbit ears to pipe in the free channels, much less satellite or cable service. With that said, I'm glad we were introduced to Lost four years ago via a DVD gift over Christmas. I doubt there will ever be anything else like it, at least for a long time. It's been a fun, informative, thought-provoking ride.