{"id":52707,"date":"2024-06-05T14:47:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T12:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2051640"},"modified":"2024-06-05T16:50:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:50:58","slug":"lost-ending-explained-what-is-the-flash-sideways","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/lost-ending-explained-what-is-the-flash-sideways\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost ending explained: What is the flash-sideways?"},"content":{"rendered":"

That mind-bending ending explained. <\/p>

By Jack Francis\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 05 June 2024 at 12:47 PM<\/p>

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14 years ago, <\/span>Lost<\/span><\/a>, one of the most influential and important television shows aired its series finale \u2013 The End \u2013 and suffice to say, the response was mixed. The ending of <\/span>Lost <\/span>seemingly left a lot of questions unanswered, while also posing new ones like: \u201cWere they dead all along?\u201d, \u201cWhy did it end in a church?\u201d, and, of course, \u201cWhat actually was the island?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lost <\/span>debuted in 2004, and immediately established itself as one of the TV\u2019s must-see shows. Under showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, with additional input from JJ Abrams \u2013 <\/span>Lost<\/span> was always going to be a show of astonishing creativity, and each season was exactly that, redefining the way we consider TV narratives and long-term storytelling.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the six season run, <\/span>Lost<\/span> followed the survivors of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 after they crashed on a mysterious tropical island complete with underground bunkers, polar bears and a monster composed of smoke.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through flashbacks, flash-forwards and eventually a flash-sideways, we get further insight into each character as the show progresses, while still keeping the overall narrative moving forward to its climax.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the two-part finale takes place on the island itself, with the final showdown against the Man in Black and the fate of the island up for grabs. These events play out as they do, but it\u2019s in the flash-sideways where questions arise, and controversy exists, namely with the question people still ask to this very day \u2013 were they dead the whole time?<\/span><\/p>\n

Luckily, we\u2019ve got it all explained for you. Read on for a breakdown.<\/span><\/p>

Lost ending explained: What exactly was the flashsideways?<\/b><\/h2>\n
Like the rest of <\/span>Lost<\/span>, the series finale jumps between events on the island itself, and in this case, a flash-sideways \u2013 an alternate timeline in which Flight 815 never crashed on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n
That alternate timeline was created thanks to Juliet (Elizabeth Mitchell), who, because of a time-shift, had become stranded in the 1970s. With a lot of other factors in play, like her love of Sawyer (Josh Holloway), Juliet goes through with a plan to destroy the hatch on the island, using the logic that this will stop Oceanic Flight 815 from ever crashing, therefore stopping the events of <\/span>Lost <\/span>from ever taking place.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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