Here is the thing folks, and it's true with all TV shows and films...when the characters aren't real, and the actions and outcomes inevitably have no meaning, then yes, it is very hard to have complete satisfaction or closure. You wanted them to be real. You wanted their actions to mean something.
When Pam Ewing dreamed a whole season in one night - that was very unsatisfying.
When the grandson shook the snow globe in 'St. Elsehwere', that was really unsatisfying.
When Bob Newhart woke up in his old show? That was plain old genius.
I have combed thousands of online 'Mars' comments and most people would have just been happier with him staying in 1973. But let's remember here folks, he did actually work out two key issues in his life in a programmed 2 year dream -- he realized his love for Annie, and he wants to fix things with his father. So it actually did have meaning. There were two versions of his dad -- how he viewed his dad and what he wanted his dad to be. In the end, his 'real dad' killed the dad Sam believed he had -- in his mind, his father was being replaced with the dad he wanted -- and he hugged him in 1973, and then hugged him and apologized in 2035. Very satisfying.
How about Annie as a love interest that lived as a dormant feeling coming to the surface in a dream? Love it. And you know why? Because in real life we have all had dreams that told us something we hadn't thought of or helped us figure something out - in real life, dreams are crazy. We knew this was a dream from the first episode...if you wanted the show to be 'real', then this was the only true explanation -- then what better way to wrap it up then a satisfying ending to a 2 year dream. Who were these people, how did he know them, what issues did it help him work out? It was all there. On a cheezy-looking spaceship where I believe Sasha Obama is a 36 year old President (if I did my math right).
The whole show was very Wizard of Oz, and I liked it. Here is one good comment I stole from a board that does some good explaining as well:
Robbi Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 06:58 AM EST
What you guys who hated the ending being, basically, a dream sequence, aren't taking into account is that there was no possible way it could have been anything else. HELLO! You don't get hit by a car in one year and wake up in another. It was clear from episode one that this was all taking place in Sam's head. That was the cool part. Trying to figure out who these people were to him and why his "mind" cast them in these roles. I think the ending was fantastically done, considering the amount of time they had to work with it. The writers said this was the planned ending all along. They just didn't expect to have to use it so soon. Awesome show and I will miss it!
Finally, speaking of the Wizard of Oz, someone pointed out that Frank Morgan, the head of ground control who was speaking to Major Tom (Gene Hunt's real name...and now we know why there was so much Bowie) is the REAL LIFE name of the character that played the Wizard of Oz in the movie. Very 'Lost' of them....
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