The Season Finale to the epic first season comes to a close with a lot of  s h i t  going down. Michael, Jin, Sawyer and Walter set sail for the open seas hoping to be rescued. Jack, Locke, Hurley and Kate watch "Arntz" get blown up while retrieving dynamite. Sayid and Charlie are chasing down Danielle who has kidnapped Claire's baby, Aaron. So much stuff....so little time. Every time I watch this episode, it never fails to deliver an exciting 2 hours. We finally get to "see" more of the Smoke Monster as well and Locke's infatuation with it.

Also, everyone here gets a flashback sequence of their own, culminating with ground zero, showing everyone boarding the plane that would change their "lives" forever. Really cool to see again and again.

The Season Finale also started a trend of leaving the viewers with frustrating Cliffhangers and it all starts here....at the end that is. First we get a corker when the boat that the gang is on is attacked by unknown "pirates" that kidnap Walter and then leave them for the boat to explode. That was the good. The bad is that Jack and Locke are able to finally get the Hatch open to reveal a ladder that just keeps going down and down and down.....

Still, it did a great job of entertaining me and everyone else. It worked because we all came back for more in Season 2.