Lost concluded its epic 120-hour plus run last night with an episode that is sure to go down in television history as one of the most heart-wrenching, confusing, and thought-provoking episodes to hit the airwaves. I am still trying to reasonably gather my thoughts and feelings about the final episode, but reflecting back upon the series, I can’t help but think that perhaps the fans could have procured a lot more answers, had a streamlined IVR system only been in place.
A huge portion of the show consisted of the characters running around the globe, simply trying to find and connect with one another. The real John Locke traversed the globe after turning the frozen donkey wheel, trying to find the six individuals helicoptered off the Island at the end of season 4. Ben followed suit, simply trying to reach out to the castaways to get them to the Lamppost so that Eloise Hawking could return them to the Island on Ajira Airways flight 316. Utilizing a decent outbound calling package, the island leaders could have simply set a small amount of time aside, perhaps cracked open an Apollo bar, and put some outbound prompts in place that could have contacted each and everyone of the island movers and shakers until they were easily assembled in one locale.
Perhaps then we could have figured out why infertility was rampant on the island, who erected the statue of Taweret, and why Walt and the other children were so special. For that matter, with a Plum Voice IVR hosting package, perhaps we could have seen a glimpse of Walt in each and every world interacting with the Oceanic Six. It stands to reason that with a solid IVR system in place, perhaps we wouldn’t be scratching our heads so hard this morning, Either that, or we would have a whole new set of questions we would be seeking answers to. Hats off to Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse for 6 brilliant and exciting seasons of television at its very best. Perhaps next time, instead of harnessing the power of the Island, they can harness the unique powers of interactive voice response, and produce some additional hours of the most gripping television around.
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