I don't know. I thought the finale was pretty good.
Even the flashbacks fit in nicely, in my opinion. Hurley in the airport was too much. That they didn't advance the show much is no big surprise being the season finale and all, they had to set up next season with something.
Rambling....
Wasn't much of a surprise that that fellow was going to die (like they pointed out on Fark, they just should've given him the red shirt..
), but...man, was that cool. I'm also a big Sayed fan, so, I'm glad a bit of the show was focused on him. (gunpowder...woah...)
Too bad, Charlie picked up the junk. At least they got the hatch open. And Walt's kidnapping took me completely by surprise.