**LOST 5/24 Episode SEASON FINALE**

[evil twin]

Wow. Awesome stuff. Can't wait for the next season now. Couple of points.

First point. People seem to be confused about the magnet in the hatch. There is a big electromagnet that gets increasingly charged (and thus more magnetic) until it reaches a critical point and then releases a huge electromagnetic pulse (EMP). The EMP is what crashed the survivors plane, not "being pulled by the magnet". I mean, come on people.

No one can survive in a magnetic field strong enough to drag a plane a few miles. If the plane got pulled in by the magnet there would be no one alive on the island, whereas the EMP idea makes a lot of sense. It also accounts for the white flash that everyone on the island saw when the timer ran down.

Second point. The Russian guys at the end who were sitting there observing waiting for a big electromagnetic event. It seems that they are trying to locate the island. If this is the case then the purpose of the button is to prevent people from being able to find the island. The button must get pressed otherwise a huge EMP is emitted which can allow people "outside" to find the otherwise shielded island.

Great stuff anyway, can't wait for more.