The Official Lost: The Final Season Thread (Warning: Possible Spoilers)

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Originally Posted by htownskinfan

I'm confused about a lot of things or not remembering things correctly.I thought it was Charlie that "woke up" Desmond yet in the final episode Charlie needed "woke up" to remember Claire.And why did Faradays mother tell Desmond he shouldnt have done it and would he be taking her son.A lot of little things like that didnt make sense to me.I'm still not sure what happened,was everybody dead and they were moving on to heaven?What are your interpretations of it?

Charlie caught a brief glimpse of the island when he was choking on the plane but I don't think he felt/realized the full effect, much like the small flashes Jack kept having. Likewise, when Charlie made the car crash he jolt Desmond but didn't completely "wake him up;" that happened when Desmond finally meet Penny.

As for the final church scene, yes all those people were dead (IMO) but the important thing to remember is what Jack's dad said to him. He said that all these people had died at different times, some before Jack (ie Locke, Boone, Charile, Sayid, etc) and some after him (Kate, Sawyer, Hurley, etc) but that time didn't matter in that place.
To me that makes sense because imagine a situation where you die decades before your soulmate does. What kind of place would that church (heaven's waiting room for lack of a better term) be if you had to wait around for years and years before the most important person in your life eventually died and made it to you? THAT would be a real hell.

For Faraday's mom, I think she was aware that there was a place after the Sideways purgatory/whatever but, like Ben, she wasn't quiet ready to go there yet and but she also didn't want to lose her son. That is why I think she didn't want Desmond hanging around. I believe she was afraid Desmond would take Daniel and she'd have no one.