The last episode of Lost, my currently favorite TV show that’s on, may have left some fans a little confused, confounded, or even further mystified by the mystery that is Lost.  Fans may have had some of their theories thrown out the window, or further confirmed by this latest episode.  For me, I’m one of the time warp/alternate dimension theorists when it comes to Lost, because it’s the only plausible explanation that encompasses most of what I’ve seen in the show thus far. 

Although the purgatory themes seemed best at first, because of all the seeming tales of evil acts and redemption as confirmed by most of the character’s back stories, seemed to point to the fact that they all had sketchy pasts and were redeeming themselves on the island.  Although this story line does not really jive with the alternative universe/ time warp theory, it’s all I cling to now when it seems they throw another wrench into pretty much every theory with each episode.

Desmond time jumps several times in the last episode, in increasing frequency toward the end, between what seems like might be his past life and the present time when he and Sayid embark on a helicopter ride back to the ship where the people who have come with Naomi to either resscue them or so something bad, as they are led to believe by the Locke character, who is often a dividing force among the characters of the show, but also a leader in many aspects. 

When the encounter some rough patches and lightning, this is when Desmond begins jumping between his two lives, and he’s confused about what’s going on.  We see that he tries to go back to his long lost love when he is in his pre-island life, and she will not have him and even despises him, and then at the end of the episode, we see that she has been searching for him (as we knew before), so we have to wonder what happened to change her mind in between.

The time jumping is what Lost is known for, but only this time we actually see Sayid jumping between two different times.  Anyone who figures out what’s going on must be granted a genius title!