My LOST Moment

Keith, 33 – Sacramento (California, USA) :

For me, the reveal of Locke being able to walk again was the epitome of the Lost experience. It was about regaining faith, being healed, and having a destiny on The Island. When Locke sat discouraged in the Melbourne Walkabout Tours office, trying to convince the tour guide to be brought along and screaming at him it was his destiny, he so desperately wanted to believe he was important and he was special. He had finally gotten over his depression and made the arrangements to take the tour despite his “condition”. He had finally gotten up his courage to deal with what his father did to him by something constructive like going on a journey of self-exploration instead of just sitting around dreaming and being scared.
So when that tour guide told him “No, John. You can’t (do this)”, once again he was hit with the awful truth of the limitations of his life.

Cut to-

John Locke wiggling his toes on the beach after the crash. The miracle happened. He wasn’t forsaken after all. He wasn’t lost anymore. He was saved; healed. It all made sense now. “This is your destiny John. You wanted to believe so badly in things all your life, but each time you were disappointed often with disastrous results. Then when you woke up on that beach and…” well let’s just say it was as big of an enlightenment for John Locke, as what laying in The Source was for Jack in “The End”.
For me this moment epitomized what Lost was about. Redemption. They all came to The Island for a reason and we were shown how miraculous those reasons were for the first time with Locke being healed. We didn’t have to wait until the very last episode to see them all in the church. We got a glimpse of it very early on.

Katie, 18 – California (USA) :

Season two was already off to an amazing start down in the hatch, and with the computer broken, things had reached a new level of intensity. Desmond begins to explain to Jack what the stakes are if the computer is not repaired, and finally tells him just to watch the film. Jack and Locke set up the projector and sit down. I’m on the edge of my seat, certain that this, yes, this will explain everything I’ve been wondering about for a year.
Pierre Chang (or Marvin Candle, I suppose) shows up on screen and begins to tell us all about the Dharma Initiative. My mind races, hanging on every word, trying to use all this new information to create an elaborate theory explaining what the island is and what these people are there for. The video ends, and Locke steals the words right out of my mouth – “We’re gonna need to watch that again“.
We still didn’t know much, but now we knew what the hatch was. It was the first real answer, and it was fantastic. Of course, it left a hundred new questions in its wake, but that moment was magical. I knew I loved the show, but now I knew I was addicted.

Nick, 20 – Daytona Beach (Florida, USA) :

This episode was full of hope, and the scene near the end of the episode with Hurley, Charlie, Jin and Sawyer remains as one of my all-time favorite Lost moments. I still tense up when they are careening down the hill while Hurley tries to get the van started, even though I know the result. When the van kicks into gear, and the song “Shambala” starts playing, I can’t help but cheer with them. This moment is made all the better by the following scene with Jin bringing Sun a flower, Charlie with Claire, Sawyer holding a beer and wondering about Kate, and Hurley who is still near the van, with the orchestral version of “Shambala” playing in the background. Who knew you could capture the beauty and emotion of hope on television?

Hannah, 24 – Cleveland, Ohio (USA) :

This is a scene that I think a lot of people had been impatiently waiting for and anticipating a long time. From the moment the scene starts with Kate telling Sawyer about the situation with Jack and Ben, you see the shield that Sawyer puts up. He truly loves Kate but he doesn’t want to get his hopes come crashing down on him if she doesn’t feel the same way. When she yells at him for not telling her they’re on another island, he responds that he did it because, “I wanted you to believe that we had a chance.” Exactly what any person would do for someone they love… give them hope. While this is happening, the gorgeous love theme for Sawyer and Kate, “Romancing the Cage” written by Michael Giacchino begins to play. Kate kisses Sawyer and the famous “Cage sex” ensued.
What I thought was so beautiful about how it was delivered, is the fact that you could see in Sawyer’s eyes how deeply he loves Kate and when she starts unbuttoning his shirt, it was as if he was thinking, “Wow, this is really happening.” It was very important that she initiated it and not him. I loved the fact that unlike the other scenes we had seen him sleeping with different women, he didn’t rush because he wanted to take every second of it in… It was the difference between having sex with someone and making love with someone. The way Sawyer looks at Kate radiates love. I know some Sawyer/Juliet and Kate/Jack fans won’t share My Lost Moment, but I have been and always will be a SKATE fan.