My mom texted me last night, “it’s all coming together corny but I am in tears.” And I guess that’s a pretty good summation for how I felt, because I was crying like a baby when Lapidus washed up back on the scene. Lapidus lives!

After a season, or two or three, of being completely frustrated, somehow during the finale I was ok with the ridiculously untied loose ends. All in all there was laughter…and that’s what I loved most about this show and what I’ll miss.

Not sure if anyone else thought of this, but when Jack opens the coffin to reveal it was empty and then his Dad appears, I thought for SURE Christian was going to say to Jack that he had to climb inside there. That would have been great. Ok, weird, but great. I could just imagine Jack being like “Wuuuuttttt? Get inside of there?”

Know what else would have been great? Instead of the shots of the burned-up fuselage at the end, a shot of Lapidus, Miles and Ricardo Alperto sitting shore side of the Island some years in the future next to a completely duct-taped Air Ajira plane (with the Ajira crossed-out and “Lapidus” written in crayon), and a clearly-labeled “Business plan for a Jimmy Buffett’s Margarittaville Franchise” in Miles’ backpack. Super-awesome spin-off series!

The new greatest thing I’ve ever read in the english language: “He wasn’t pulling a Jack and melting his face off with whiskey tears, crisscrossing the Earth in Business Class.” Thank you. I have been laughing at that for hours.