It was six years ago when passengers aboard flight 815 crashed in an unknown island in the middle of the pacific. It took six seasons for many questions developed through the show "Lost" to be answered.
The last episode of "Lost" was aired Sunday night, and fans gathered around in friends' houses to have some of their questions finally answered.
To celebrate the last episode of "Lost" one Ball State student called friends over to a "Lost" party. Junior telecommunications major Austin Lugar dressed up and called his friends, other "Lost" fans, to watch the ending episode.
Lugar dressed in a long coat with the Department of Heuristics and Research on Material Applications (DHARMA) initiative logo on the side. DHARMA was a scientific project that had large presence in the show. The rest of Lugar's friends dressed with "Lost" T-shirts.
As refreshments, the group had a "DHARMA" cake with the quote "it only ends once," and sugar cookies with the "numbers," a series with the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42.
Over the last six years, Lugar and his friends have set parties and reunions to watch episodes. For season four they rotated houses, and once in college, they would meet in dorms to continue the tradition. They also met at Cinema Grill in Indianapolis to watch last two seasons' finales.
Junior telecommunications major Molly Raker also celebrated the last episode of "Lost" at Lugar's house. Raker said she hadn't been watching "Lost" since its beginning. A friend of her introduced her to the show.
"I wasn't planning to watch it," she said. "But I started to take interest. It's mysterious and action packed."
After watching a few episodes, Raker became engaged. She and some of her friends would meet in Lugar's room to watch the last episodes.
Lugar declared himself a "Lost" nerd. He said last year, "The Reel Deal," a student movie review and entertainment organization where he worked, decided to do an episode dedicated entirely to "Lost." Every segment, like sketches, were related to "Lost."
"I gave the host a condensed version of the entire show," he said. "The host didn't watch Lost, so it was funny watching him read off the script without knowing what it meant."
Lugar said he liked the show since its beginning. The show caught his attention with its "intelligent and ambitious storytelling."
"The show brings philosophical questions to add context, to enrich the scenes," he said. "The show is a unique experience. It has science and reason but it's also entertaining and it has really incredible characters."
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