The Lost World

Finn

Season 3, Episode 15, Aired 2/23/02

Episode Summary

Using the Plateau's mysterious energy lines as a source of power, Challenger constructs a machine to send the explorers back to London. But when he, Roxton, and Marguerite find themselves in the same place they started from, they conclude the machine is a failure and head back to the Treehouse-only to discover the Treehouse is gone!''''While investigating what else has changed, Roxton is captured by slavers with automatic weapons and stripped-down cars, and learns the shocking truth-he and his friends are in the year 2033, eighteen years after an apocalyptic war devastated every place on Earth except for the Plateau.moreless

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William deVry

Ned Malone (1999)
Lara Cox

Finn
David Orth

Ned Malone

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A grim future, a new character, nice guns.

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By santacrux, May 24, 2006 Report Abuse

Wallowing in self-pity
Poor Marguerite, her secrets exposed, her friends betrayed -all the things she'd hoped to avoid without any of the rewards she'd dreamed to gain -an identity, a way out. And self-pity brings out her sarcastic side.

Paradise (Lost)
"It's not so bad living on the edge of paradise, away from the troubles of the outside world." Roxton is appreciative of what he has, here and now. Challenger looks back fondly as he describes it to Finn "It was pristine, it was beautiful. An incredible paradise of sorts." The future described in the War of the Worlds and in Finn is a distopia -a bleak vision of a world destroyed by technology gone mad. Marguerite who has become quite judgemental of alternate worlds describes it as she did the village in The Outlaw -horrible! Back at the treehouse "with knowledge comes responsibilities" as Challenger explains to Finn in Suspicion. Now the explorers are burdened with their knowledge of the future and leaving the plateau has become 'the right thing to do' (just when many fans were probably hoping they'd just stay on the plateau forever)

Decisions, decisions
There was an intriguing debate on the board a short while ago about Roxton's choice had Marguerite decided to stick around with her books. Luckily, it was a decision he didn't have to make. John did a masterful job of navigating the minefield of her defenses. She responds to his gallantry with a version of what she said to the dark-Roxton in An Eye for An Eye "You have taught me a great deal, Lord Roxton." As she starts to relax, she regains a little of her usual focus - after all, Challenger may have a way off the plateau!

Famous Last Words
As they stand ready for their possible return to London, Challenger says "I've never been so sure in my life." Hours later, he joyfully admits to making the greatest scientific blunder of all time. Roxton is just glad that they are all together. He then spends the rest of the episode on his own while Marguerite dedicates her time in the future to finding Roxton. Eventually she too is alone, literally in the future as she feels in the present at the beginning of the episode.

The World according to Finn
I can't say that Finn is in any way a favourite character of mine. The others are so well-spoken, the opportunity for clever dialogue always there. Finn is more in your face, blunt as you might expect from her life. She's a capable, suspicious, uneducated survivor. Her tale tugs at Challenger's heartstrings and his response after she says she lost her parents - "But how can you live like this - so ... all alone?" Mr McAuley's touching delivery of this line makes his subsequent paternal behaviour make sense.

Chuckles and headscratchers
Lots of folks have mentioned the best lines "This is mine (x3) "greatest blunder in scientific history" "Here and there -mainly here"

The crater - many times they refer to the cave as a 'crater' Roxton arranges to meet "back at the crater" and they all call it that from then on -is that why there is a little hole in the ceiling? Hmmm, it doesn't resemble a crater to me.

Grubby Slimeball describing the "end of the friggin world. Or a new beginnin'" - a dark play on Summerlee's toast in Tribute

Gotta give Finn creds for being nice and clean in such a filthy world.

Why would they include a line like "Nail me to the wall and call me siding?' an expression one would think would be totally out-of-date and obscure to future folks who've been eking out a rough existence most of their lives.

The reappearing guns and packs (must have caught a later transporter)

The transporter itself -hmm. That truly is a 'giant leap' for science.

Big picture musing
Some day I'm going to add up all the caves they leave just before (or just after) reducing them to rubble, shattering their crystals, sending them spinning through time etc, etc

Does anyone find it harrowing in the opening credits of each season 3 episode to see poor Roxton getting tossed into the balcony by the London Calling T. rex?
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- Roxton said the whole place looks overgrown. Finn says everything was covered with chemicals and radiation and they haven't seen the sun in 10 years. How could plants possibly overgrow? That whole place should be a desert. Edit
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- Lara Cox makes her first appearance as Finn in this episode. Edit
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