We've finally made it this far! Can you believe it? The final season of Lost is upon us! And now that the two hour season premiere has reared it's head, it's given us a better idea of where we are going to be going for the last 14 hours left of this show. Based on theories from other folks and ideas I had while watching the season premiere, here are what I think will be the big themes of where we are going this season. Needless to say, this has spoilers for the premiere, so if you haven't watched it, don't read this! Fair warning.

1.  Good vs. Evil: I think the season premiere made it pretty clear that we are going to be dealing with a classic struggle of good and evil. We have Jacob and Zombie Locke, two major forces that have been dueling against each other over the ages. What's not clear though is who is good and who is evil? Sure, Jacob was all in white and Zombie Locke showed up in black, but is that just a red herring? Perhaps Jacob is the sly evil guy here who has been manipulating the island in terrible ways. Maybe Smokey is actually a protective force of the island. Even beyond this major conflict, I think we'll see this tension between good and evil in the decisions the characters make in the parallel world and in the regular world. Which leads me to...


2. The Parallel World: A lot of people were expecting a reboot after last season's finale. But what most people weren't expecting was a reboot and a continuation of the current timeline. Darlton has made it very clear that this new timeline is not some "alternate" timeline. Both timelines are just as much a representation of reality as the other. They both exist. In concordance of Leibniz's theory of the best of all possible worlds, we are seeing a great high concept multiple realities storyline come to fruition. I love the fact that stuff like this is on TV today. But maybe it's the geek inside of me. The big question for the rest of this season will be how do these timelines converge?


3. Redemption: I need to give credit to Doc Jensen at EW for this theory, but I do think this is something that Lost has been building up towards. This season is going to be all about finding redemption for our characters. After all of the terrible things that they have been through in their lives, they are going to need to find closure. I don't think this means that all of them will find redemption, in fact, some may not at all. Even if they don't find it, this is something everyone will be seeking this season.


4. Free Will vs. Fate: The last biggest thing that I think we are going to see this season is if the characters are doing all of these actions on their own accord or if it is just all pre-calculated actions by Jacob and Zombie Locke. My bet is that since this is a good 'ol American show, we'll see the characters break out of their predetermined fate and make their own decisions. We all love a story where we get to take charge.

Those are some of my theories about where we are going this season. Do you have some ideas of your own? Leave 'em in the comments!