I finished watching Lost yesterday

I mean, he is trying to kill everyone on the island. It's fair to say he was mistreated by his brother and "mother" but doesn't change the fact he's trying to kill everyone. Jacob believes in the inherent goodness of people and MiB believes in the inherent badness of people. They are both very flawed individuals tho.

Yes Jacob's candidates. The man in black didn't mind if some of them decided to go with him just as long as they weren't a candidate.

There is no “man in black.” MIB is just one of the manifestations of the darkness that is the “smoke monster”: Jack’s dad on the island, Eko’s brother, Alpert’s wife, John Locke. It takes on the form of those who have died as a means to trick people into doing what it wants. The “monster” is evil. It is darkness. It is negativity. It is self-cherishing. It is depravity. It is degeneracy. It is anti-spirituality. To let it leave would mean it would spread its influence all over the world. Everyone would end up like Claire.

I didn't like the flashbacks, it caused me to sleep through 4-5 episodes. They had enough flashbacks to create a spinoff series. It was like watching days of our lives.

Seasons 1-3 was top notch. Seasons 4-5 felt rushed and all over the place.

I think it was an incarnation of evil moreso. More of a yin and yang.

How did you feel about the series/ending? It’s my favorite ever and while the ending isn’t perfect, I liked it. My wife did not.

Just interested in some new blood’s opinion 15 years later.

The ending was awesome.

Study a little Buddhism. It’ll help you understand the show on a completely different level.

The flashbacks were boring and I slept through some episodes. Some of my relatives stopped watching because of it. I don't mind some but they abused it. I have never seen anything like it in a show before. I have seen it once and probably never watch it again.

The writers made the show more complicated to understand than it should have been.