Sawyers crying when Juliet falls is one of the most heartbreaking TV scenes for me

The reveal about Locke not being Locke is the biggest twist of the show: it changes what the basic core story of the shwow is about. And it's such an obvious twist in retrospect, that they did a GREAT job in hiding it in plain sight.

Juliet smashing the stone onto the bomb is heartbreaking.

"Don't you leave me. Don't you leave me! You hold on!" "I love you" "No, you don't let go!" "I love you, James" "Don't let go" "I love you so much" "No! No, don't let go. Juliet. NO!" 😭💔😭💔😭

Totally a Juliet episode! I loved how in part 1 you mention how Juliet says so much with her silent reactions. There's a reason she's the only actress to be nominated for an Emmy for LOST. The Incident is an incredible scene that has such a major impact. It's heartbreaking and losing Juliet is excruciating. Her detonating the bomb? EPIC. Biggest television cliffhanger in the history of television, imo. Did they all die? Did their plan work? So many endless possibilities. Obama even postponed his address to appease LOST fans for the premiere offseason 6 because we had to wait so long, no one wanted to wait another week lol

Something I noticed you didn’t see first time around is that Jacob doesn’t just visit a lot of characters but he literally touches each one of them. Which definitely does something to them

Ya have to give kudos to the writers and Terry o quinn for basically telling us from the start it wasn't John but so subtlety that still most people don't figure it out until Jacobs death. So good

I like how Jacob appeared to Locke when he broke his back, Sawyer at his parents' funeral, Sayid when his wife was run over and Jack when he lost a 50 cent chocolate bar. Haha.

"One of these days sooner or later I'm going to find a loophole, my friend."- That Guy.

Oh, I remember the day this aired. The frustation when the screen goes white and the logo appears is gigantic, specially knowing we have to wait SO LONG for the final season. Great reaction, as always!

I always interpreted Jacob’s moment with Sayid as him saving Sayid from the same fate as Nadia. Yes, Nadia’s death sets Sayid on a specific path but I don’t think he orchestrated her death. He just chose to not change her fate but instead changed his.

I. Cry. Every. Time. Ugh! I love Elizabeth Mitchel as Juliet and her chemistry with Sawyer. Because of LOST, I watched her in The Linda McCartney Story (Canadian/US TV). Another heartbreaking female role. She’s so darn good.

Man, this episode always hurts. Poor Juliet and poor Sawyer. Sawyer has really grown so much and his love for Juliet is like such a stamp of approval. Its been so many years, almost a lifetime, and I still get choked up about this episode. Been subbed since late season 1, early season 2. Your one of my most favorite lost reactors.

after Neil predicted almost everything that happened in season 4 and 5 before it happened, I'm quite surprised the biggest reveal in the season 5 finale completely flew over his head and he missed it: who is this other guy? Oh Boy 😀

What lies in the shadow of the statue? He who will protect us.

Another great reaction. You take such great joy at each twist and turn. 'You guys must have hated that back in the day'. Neil, you have no idea. But then every season opener is as much fun as the previous season finale.

20:56 ikr, "WOW" is exactly the correct reaction to this season finale.

Juliet exploting the Bomb Is the best example of how you can take the motivation's character and do what you want with the story , like sacrifice a character detonating a Bomb...

What I love is that there was always a thought of, how could someone ever survive falling 8 stories, but it turns out he didn't, and Jacob brought him back

Juliet and sawyer. It took one episode for me to love them more than i ever wanted kate and sawyer. When juliet and sawyer were swinging thru time i fell for them. Love that 98% of reactors felt the same. I watched this show live way back in 2004. You have no idea how hard that was. But got to say there so many "fanfiction" writers out there which made it easier for that long time between seasons. Lots of talented people too.

It's interesting to me that your interpretation of Jacob's "What about you?" is the same as Ben's: "You don't matter to me." I've always felt that Jacob's intended meaning, in the context, was "So you felt left out. Now you've met me and you have a choice to make. You can choose to listen to 'Locke' and murder me or you can choose to listen to me and leave. What part do you want to play in this scenario, Ben? What kind of person do you want to be right now? What about you?"

"And we ignored it because it came out of BEN'S mouth!" absolutely hilarious!

The game continues… dark vs light, black vs white, blondes vs brunettes… opposing sides, differing opinions, but it only has to end once.

Loved your reaction to the final explosive moment. And I’m glad you you’re a Juliet fan. ❤️❤️❤️🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭

One of my favorite episodes of Lost. I love how the Locke reveal surprised you. Two season finales in a row we have reveal that Locke is dead in a box with a similar camera movement.

Juliet falling into the hole and then smashing the bomb are probably the most emotional scenes I’ve seen in tv history. She is such a good actress and Josh Holloway as well. I love the flash to white at the end.

Season 5 Jack gives me all the feels 🌴❤🌴

RIP Locke and Juliette. Two of "Lost" characters gone in one episode. 😭 103 episodes down. 18 episodes to go. Yes, we hated having to wait 8 months to see the SE6 premiere. 🌴🛫🌄🛬🌴

I always waffle if Sawyer is really my favorite until this episode. Then I'm like yeah it's Sawyer.

Omg finally. I'm leaving for international travel tomorrow and among all the stress of packing and preparing for my trip legitimately one of the things that kept coming to mind was "What if Neil doesn't post Incident Pt. 2 before I leave?"

Neil, you’re LOST reactions are by far my favorite. Thank you for your amazing breakdowns at the end of each episode, too.

this has to be one of the best season finale of any show imo. I remember I was finishing 7th grade when this season finale happened. and the rest of that school year and summer and into next following school year. me and my friends theorized forever about what the final season was going to be about. and what that season finale meant. I'm so excited we're almost there I can't wait for you to react to it cheers brother.

When I watched this for the first time 12 years ago (There have been many times since), I was blown away less by Jacob visiting people and more by the Long Con of Richard, Ben, and Locke by MIB. MIB created the notion of Locke being special by having Richard give Locke the compass. Mib is the reason Richard starts visiting Locke.

Now THIS is what I call a great reaction to LOST. I recently watched another reaction to this finale and it was........ underwhelming (and that is an understatement). At the end of the day, as you will find out with the series finale, love is what drives the characters throughout the show. Not necessarily romantic love, but IMO that's the bottom line and why this is my favourite show of all time.

I don't think it matters at all, but some episodes back Richard was convinced by Locke to go witness his birth and to visit him when he's a child, and that's what he does. But Jacob has been visiting the same people over the years, some recently and some when they were kids. But from what we've seen, Richard is the only one who has known Jacob in-person on the island. Wouldn't Jacob have told Richard about Locke, or maybe Richard and Jacob don't get in each other's business much? Or perhaps Richard knew about Locke before Jacob? Again, I don't think it matters at all but just something that came to mind and absolutely no spoilers in my comment cause I don't have a clue what's going to happen!

You also need to consider that LOST was on ABC. A regular 23 or 24 ep order. That's so much work for the writers and crew for making this amazing and one of a kind show. If it was made today, I'm sure it would be more condensed to 10 eps but in my opinion it wouldn't be the amazing show that it is with the strong character centric moments and specific pacing.

Juliet ☠ John ☠ Jacob ☠ It wasn’t a good episode for J. 😢😉 Even Jughead disappears. 🤣

Great reaction! I think that the implication might be that Jacob is the reason that John Locke didn't die after falling from the window.

Niel gave me a new perspective of why Sawyer looked at Kate. I think part of it was him looking at her realizing she ruined his happily ever after with Juliet that Benard & Rose spoke about because she came back which him & Juliet are upset about

"What did Jacob do to Jack? Just gave him a chocolate bar." He touched him. He touched everyone. I don't think it's a spoiler. Neil saw it in every scene with our losties and Jacob but he didn't realize it.

It’s not just that Jacob visited each of them but it’s what he did as well. Maybe you caught this in your edit but he “touched” them all as well. Sometimes the camera picked that up better with some of the characters than others but Jacob did.

We had to wait until January of the next year for Saeson 6 when it originally aired. 7ish months. It was brutal.

There's some television for ya! Juliet hit the bomb 8 times.

Just to pick your brain a little, I think you can figure out who "Locke" is if you think it over a bit.

There is free will in Lost's time travel. Whatever happened, happened is the constant The players are the Variables. Through Desmond and Charlie in season 3, we learned that whatever happened, happened can be prolonged. That an event can be delayed and evade course correction if you push hard enough, yet you have to keep pushing. Yet this means the opposite can be doen as well and events can happen sooner than they initially did. Whatever happened still happens just earlier. That's the game. Making sure whatever happens, happens, the constants, while setting the table with dominos, the variables, in a manner that when each act in free will they hit the domino in front of them causing the desired chain reaction in the dominos around them as they to act in free will with in the boundary of whatever happened, happening.

I have been subscribed since the first episode of Neil Talks LOST reaction. My favorite Neil Talks theory is that the African drug plan went thru a wormhole to get the island. Other theories from other channels... Vincent is the smoke monster, Jack's dad and Locke's dad cooked all of this up, to steal Hurley's lottery money, this is a multi person TOTAL RECALL simulation happening in the future and Boone and Shannon's credit card got rejected so they were killed in the simulation (Charlie's wish was to be a hero and his "character" died when he finished his story)

Lots of folks brought up Cain and Able back when the show was still airing, very nice shout. Please just trust Season 6 when you start watching it. Lots of folks dipped out because it admittedly is jarring, but it wraps up so wonderfully and makes complete sense by the end. Love the reactions, good stuff!

Josh’s performance is unmatched in this episode. So good!

I love that you take your time and talk things through to work through your theories. Side note you bringing up Neil Gaiman makes me think of two pretty good shows. Lucifer and Good Omens.

Loved your reactions Neil. The entire reason I started watching your LOST reactions was to see what you thought of Season 5. IMO it’s the greatest season of any TV show ever. So many answers, so much fan service, and the stakes were as high as they’d ever been. Really looking forward to seeing what you think of Season 6.

Everyone looking down when the bomb falls, except Juliet, she's looking at James.

13:53 There it is! My FAVORITE quote of the ENTIRE show! lol Thanks for including it!

IMHO, what Jacob does visiting each of the losties is, as he says when visiting Jack, giving them "a little push" to be themselves: Nadia's death pushes Sayid to killing all those people, 'cause he is a murderer. Helping Kate pushes her to a better path, away from what her own blood dictates, which eventually will make her hate her father and kill him. Helps Sawyer write the letter that will basically define his whole life. Helps Locke survive so he ends up in a wheelchair, which makes him even more miserable than before. Sun and Jin are reminded that their love can't be taken for granted and they will forever fight for it. And with Jack, subtly hints that "it only needed a little push", which I think points Jack into the "never let go" stubborness he's been showing all show. In Hurley's case, I think it's slightly diferent because he doesn't need a push to be himself, he just needs to accept it, and that's why Jacbo calls him by name and tells him he's not crazy. It's kind of Eloise saying to Desmond "you don't do this because you choose to, you do it because you're supoosed to"... they are supposed to be those things, and Jacob is threading their destinies like he's threading that tapestry in this finale opening.

you are my favorite reactor and beleive me i watch a lot of lost reactions! I've been subscribed for couple months now!!!

Glad I found you channel. Thank you for your insightful reviews. I've been a LOST fan since show premiered. Looking forward to a tremendous final season!

This episode always gets me.

Your reaction at the moment the bomb detonates and screen goes white... wow. Was right there with you all those years ago. Amazing reaction and commentary. Can not wait for you to finish season 6... and recap the entire 6 seasons. Gona be one long video... dissecting all the plots.

Rip Juliet and Locke. We forget sometimes Locke is one of the best characters and he really is dead.

Every time I see Phil get impaled by that cable, I want to get up and cheer. That little shit. Most satisfying death of the series. 😁 It's crazy to think the whole last half of this season took place over a mere 4 days. 😮 Pretty PLEASE try to put out the series finale all in one go. 😬 I won't mind if you skip a usual drop day for the show in order to do it. It just won't feel right if you split it up over the course of a few days.

And now the real craziness begins!

Here since ep 1. Looking forward to the final season. Can’t wait to hear your theories for season 6

Oh you'd love Flannery O'Connor - great writer! And the coffin - surprise!! If you go back and watch John when he first returns to the island you can see Terry O'Quinn play him as a bit more sinister. It's masterful. Those super cliff hangers are almost enough to make one give up watching.

So excited for you to get into season 6!

Jacob touch all of them at those moments.

Makes me wonder what would have been if Jacob had lowered himself just once to acknowledge Ben as a person. This scene hits differently when one knows the end of it.

Just to explain something I notice about the tube, though I do subscribe to you. When I subscribe to a channel, posts get buried. If I don't subscribe, posts appear in my timeline more consistently.

It’s not exactly the story from the pilot: Jack neglected to mention that his dad told him to count to 5.

Ahh I'm so excited to see you watch this!

One of the best lines in the series is how Jacob responds to Ben, "What about you?" With the emphasis on the "about." This isn't a question about how Ben is doing, or a request for information. This is a god, asking a mortal, "What relevance do you have to me?" The important line is what Jacob gave him earlier: "You have a choice." Jacob can't control who Ben is, or what happened to Ben, because those were the choices of Ben and the men and women who intersected Ben's life. And he has a mixture of shit choices (like the Purge) and good choices (his genuine love for his adopted daughter Alex, and saving her in the first place). It very closely mirrors the book of Job. God and the devil make a bet that the most righteous man in the world, Job, would curse God if God took away all the blessings laid on Job for being faithful. So God lays a series of calamitous events, and Job never curses God. But even at the end of the Book of Job, he wants to hold God to account: Job 31: 35-37: "35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense-let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing. 36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown. 37 I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him as to a ruler.)" And God comes down in a tempest, and basically answers Job the same way Jacob answers Ben: Job 38:1-3: "1 Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: 2 “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? 3 Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me." God goes on a long rant, and finishes thus: Job 40: 1-2, 8, : "The Lord said to Job: “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!...8 Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?"

You need to start considering that the island is a character with motives and agendas of its own. We are 5 seasons in at this point it is certainly not a spoiler to say when things happen that cannot be explained it's most likely that the island is the reason. The island causes miracles to happen the island causes the unexplained to be possible keep up the great work and for the love of God don't split up the finale.

Yeah! Season 5 is tha best!

"What is he? Is he god?" Your reactions are unmatched 🤣🤣

Just subscribed. I'm late to the party, but I've been binge watching all your Lost reactions. I've gone until now without commenting. Absolutely loved the acting from Elizabeth Mitchell and Josh Holloway at the end of this episode. They just made it so believable. Looking forward to seeing your S6 reactions, and indeed reactions to other shows/movies. I love how you analyse everything and pick up on stuff that most people (me included) miss the first time round. Keep up the good work.

Well, the Dharma folks refer to Jacob as though he's worshipped by the Hostiles like an Island deity. So, a god, maybe.

We're getting closer to the end and I'm kinda sad because of it. I love your reactions 💙💙💙

I CANNOT wait for you to watch the premier of season 6. Ugh I need it now. You are lucky you don’t have to wait for this because the wait between this season and the last was absolutely horrible with this cliffhanger

Also, shoutout to everyone who obsessively commented their theories on DarkUFO blog back in the day. Those were the times.

I love how you critically analyze everything in detail. So many reactors to lost are just like ...... Wow that was crazy..... And that's about all the thought they put into it It is such a waste of brilliant writing.

French Lostie, trying to catch up with your reactions. Like many have already said , LOST is one of the best things created by human on this earth, hope you'll enjoy the journey till the end.

da da daaaaa! i feel the Lost story should have ended there - at max potential for imagination. (Tho the following season is fine as a way to give an ending)

Thanks for this Neil! I managed to convince my fiancé to watch lost for the first time, I’ve seen it before myself, and we’ve finally overtaken you!(on KZfaq at least) so it’s been very interesting for me comparing both of your reactions to things :)

Hahaha what a reaction, what a show

Imagine introducing the main guy of the show and killing him 1 hour later

still waiting on you to figure who’s guitar that is 😁

Thanks for the videos, Neil! I am a subscriber, but I don't always comment because I watch your videos on TV instead of a browser.

Neil I am subscribed to your channel. I have watched Lost with you from Season 1 thru Season 5.

All right, you've convinced me. Subscribed.

Welcome to the endgame

Benn subscribed since Season 1. Please don't break Neil's heart and subscribe!!

Been waiting with baited breath since your last reaction as I knew this one would get to you. At least you haven't got 7 months to wait for the answers to some of your questions.

Now that I know you’ve seen this Neil the incident was not the bomb the bomb saved the world that’s why they had to go back in time and why it was so important for them too.

There's a lot of debate in the fandom about Jacob's intent to Ben: "What about you?" Did he never care about Ben? Is he cruel? Indifferent? Or, in my interpretation, he is challenging Ben to take responsibility for his own actions (which he rarely does, saying he's doing it for The Island, when he's doing it for himself). Also... We call this John "Flocke" (Fake Locke).

Subscribed since I watched your first Lost reaction. If I could subscribe and like multiple times, I would

Josh Holloway is such a phenomenal actor he acted the hell out of Sawyer. We really felt for him. Sawyer Hartman kind of died inside when the woman he loved was killed. First time in Lost reaction history we’ve seen you tear up. 😢

Lol a Woman's perogotive is a hell of a thing

Welcome to the term "UnLocke."

Juliet left to do another show on ABC that was the V remake. she was the lead character but no one really cared about that show.

Cant remember from last video if you noticed neil that jacob touched them all. Jack, sawyer, kate ect.? Just found your reactions month ago, binged watched the hell out of you!!

What was first Jacob or the statue?

They depict Jacob with the statue of Sebek and the drawing of Anubis in the black smoke's chamber. It made me think of the Man in Black as... We'll finish that sentence later.