During an appearance at Dragon Con this past weekend, Ant Man And The Wasp star Evangeline Lilly completed her personal version of jury duty—answering questions about the Lost finale. But rather than hem and haw about the objective quality of the hit series’ conclusion, Lilly instead forced fans to confront their own issues with the finale and delivered an eloquent speech about the the nature of art in general. Eight years after the initial “Lost botched the ending” think pieces were written, this may be the best take on the finale we’ve seen.
After taking a quick poll of the audience and finding that about half of them were dissatisfied with the way the show wrapped up, Lilly had this to say:
For those of who you didn’t like [the finale]; you loved our show, because at the end of every week, we would leave you with an impossible and pressing mystery. It would force you to the water cooler, or the dinner table, asking each other the most difficult questions. Usually philosophical questions. Sometimes questions that touched on God or religion and reality, and what it means to be human.