I'm surprised so many people are not understanding the finale. It seemed like they spelled out what happened as much as they possibly could have without insulting our intelligence. Even a woman that writes for the LA Times posted a review thinking that they died in the original plane crash. I liked the ending a lot more than I was expecting to. I thought there was no way they could make me satisfied after how much this show frustrated me the past 5 years, but they did. Walt is my only issue... they made it seem like he was a big deal and then completely ignored him. Other than that, I am happy with the way it all went down - even if they milked it a bit in those middle seasons to make it last longer. I figured out how it was going to end pretty early in the episode... when Elois was talking to Desmond and asking him if he was going to take her son (Farraday) with him... and at first I thought "ah man they're all dead" and hoping I was wrong. I wasn't wrong, but it didn't ruin the ending for me.