The final episode of the television series Lost is titled “The End.” It aired on ABC on May 23, 2010, as an extended series finale that concluded the show’s six-season story.
“The End” follows the survivors during the conflict involving the Man in Black, the island’s protector, and the remaining candidates. It also resolves the flash-sideways storyline, which had appeared throughout the sixth season. The episode’s structure connects the island events with the characters’ deeper emotional relationships, especially their shared experience and mutual recognition.
The finale was one of the most watched television broadcasts of 2010 and generated substantial debate about its interpretation. A common misunderstanding is that the episode says the survivors were dead throughout the entire series. Instead, the island events occurred in the show’s main timeline; the flash-sideways setting represents a separate post-death meeting place.