There are six seasons altogether and I only watched the last three seasons. 
The plot is easy. A group of air flight passengers got stuck in an island after a plane crash. They encountered some mysterious events while on the island. There’s an attempt to leave the island. The last three seasons are about this group of people leaving the island and coming back again. It seems like the island has a rule that no one shall leave. As a result, the group who left earlier then realizes something is amiss. And there’s another group who somehow get teleported to different time. They stuck in that era and continue to live on. This same group of people plans to correct the past or specifically to prevent the airplane crash from happening.
In the last season, the story splits into two timeline: current time line and alternate time line. One may think the second group has successfully prevented the airplane crash. Thus, creating an alternate universe. This may need a bit of science theory to explain. After all, the series is created by the same guy who made the new Star Trek film version last year. Also it’s the same guy who created another science related series (Fringe). Back to the story, well, they actually didn’t prevent the airplane crash. Whatever happened, happened.
[Spoiler ahead]
In the finale, it was revealed the alternate universe is actually an afterlife (purgatory) of the survivors. The interesting part of this “alternate universe” is that everyone gets to see each other regardless when they die. Time is irrelevant in afterlife universe. Though the portrayal of afterlife universe is somehow questionable in the sense that the survivors are still continuing their usual life as before. The plot could be generalized from major religious doctrines to visualize a general idea of afterlife .
The plot is easy. A group of air flight passengers got stuck in an island after a plane crash. They encountered some mysterious events while on the island. There’s an attempt to leave the island. The last three seasons are about this group of people leaving the island and coming back again. It seems like the island has a rule that no one shall leave. As a result, the group who left earlier then realizes something is amiss. And there’s another group who somehow get teleported to different time. They stuck in that era and continue to live on. This same group of people plans to correct the past or specifically to prevent the airplane crash from happening.In the last season, the story splits into two timeline: current time line and alternate time line. One may think the second group has successfully prevented the airplane crash. Thus, creating an alternate universe. This may need a bit of science theory to explain. After all, the series is created by the same guy who made the new Star Trek film version last year. Also it’s the same guy who created another science related series (Fringe). Back to the story, well, they actually didn’t prevent the airplane crash. Whatever happened, happened.
[Spoiler ahead]
In the finale, it was revealed the alternate universe is actually an afterlife (purgatory) of the survivors. The interesting part of this “alternate universe” is that everyone gets to see each other regardless when they die. Time is irrelevant in afterlife universe. Though the portrayal of afterlife universe is somehow questionable in the sense that the survivors are still continuing their usual life as before. The plot could be generalized from major religious doctrines to visualize a general idea of afterlife .
Rev 21:4 …there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
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