Oh, boy, do I understand you and feel the same or what?

This type of show comes once in a lifetime.

I can't wait.

It's going to be HUGE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C56Lgl6DorM

Wow, that's one of the best promos ever! Simply brilliant!

Wow, that's one of the best promos ever! Simply brilliant!

Carlton Cuse thinks so too. Named it best Lost promo he has ever seen on his Twitter.

The hand of God putting that statue on the chess board... A+!

Edited December 3, 200916 yr by Sylph

A little interview, just in case you missed it.

And a little gift from ABC and DirecTV.

A Q&A with Lindelof & Cuse.

Edited January 11, 201015 yr by Sylph

Cynthia Watros is returning!

Cynthia Watros is returning!

I still haven't started season 3, but no matter what show it is, those words are music to my ears!

Well, start now because the final season starts in 20 days!

Well, start now because the final season starts in 20 days!

HA! Chances of that happening are very slim, but thanks for the encouragement!

The end is nigh.

It's amazing what you can accomplish when you know your days are numbered.

Ask Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, co-creators (with genre god J.J. Abrams) co-writers and co-executive producers of Lost, the enigma-intensive serial thriller that begins its sixth and final season Tuesday night at 9 on ABC and CTV. There's a convenient recap of the previous five seasons airing Sunday night on CTV at 8, and again, right before the two-hour season opener Tuesday night, on ABC at 8.

And if you think that's a lot to process, you ain't seen nothing yet.

Confusion or closure? Long-awaited answers or more maddening mystery? Lost or, if you'll forgive me, found? Or perhaps a little bit of both?

Only Lindelof and Cuse know for sure. And they're not telling. Much.

With another five or six episodes still left to shoot, not even the Lost actors are entirely sure.

But then, they never have been. "It's true," confirms Michael "Ben" Emmerson at the TV critics' preview. "And it's actually better, working on this show, to be in the dark, just groping around. It's nice not to be burdened with the secrets."

"We really don't want to say too much about it," cautions Cuse. "We've obviously been very circumspect about the sixth season ... primarily because there's this big cliffhanger ..."

Ah yes, the cliffhanger. "The season premiere picks up right after the finale, and Juliet hits this bomb," he reveals, referring to the atomic explosion that (perhaps) came at the end of last season. "There's a white flash. What happened? Jack and Faraday were postulating that that was going to reset the clock and the Oceanic 815 would fly along and land in Los Angeles. If she taps that bomb and something else happens, maybe they're still stuck on the island ..."

Or not.

"Obviously, not every question's going to be answered," Cuse allows. "So obviously, some people are going to be upset that those particular questions don't get resolved. But we felt that if we tried to just answer questions, it would be very pedantic.

"Apart from that, we also really embrace this notion that there's a fundamental sort of sense of mystery that we all have in our lives, and certainly that is a huge part of the lives of these characters. To sort of demystify that by trying to literally explain everything down to the last little `metachlorian' of it all would be a mistake in our view," he says, throwing in a reference to a Jedi cell.

"So I think there would be, hopefully, a kind of healthy cocktail of answers, mystery, good character resolutions and some surprises."

"There will be people," Lindelof concedes, "who (will) say it's the worst ending in the history of television. And hopefully, to balance them out, my mom, who will say it's the best ending, although she doesn't understand the show."

But then, to truly "understand" Lost – if such a thing is even possible – has always required a dedicated, long-term commitment, as well as an endlessly optimistic, often unrequited, occasionally disappointed leap of faith.

"We do feel like (the safe ending) is the worst ending that we could possibly provide everyone who has invested this amount of time and energy into watching the show," Lindelof says. "You know, the ending that is basically, `What's going to be the most appealing to the most number of people?'

"There is certainly a hope on all our parts that everybody sort of universally loves the ending that we put forward. (But) I don't think it would be Lost if there wasn't sort of an ongoing and active debate amongst the people who watch the show as to whether or not it's a good ending."

Two steps forward, one step back – entirely appropriate for a show that has characteristically played fast and loose with its serialized timeline.

And yet it is that very storytelling conceit that has allowed them to maintain the mystery this long – sometimes, even the most ardent fan will admit, a bit more effectively than others.

"We came up with the final image of the show a long time ago," says Cuse, "back when we were first plotting out the mythology in the first season."

In fact, Lost was never really intended to go beyond those initial 13 episodes.

"Really, you know, between the first and the second season is when we cooked the mythology," Cuse confirms. "We kind of knew what the end point was, but as you move toward the end point, you add elements."

Though they have yet to actually finish the final scripts of the series, ending it on their own terms has allowed them the luxury of working toward a mutually satisfying predetermined climax.

"It's a fun process," says Cuse, "because we sort of have a concept of where we're going to end the show, but there is still the process of actually executing it. There is still the process of discovery, particularly on a character level, that will come into play as we finish the show.

"Obviously, there are certain sorts of mythological, architectural elements that are intact for that ending. But a lot of character stuff will get worked out as we go along."

Now, making it up as they went along was what got them into trouble in Lost's convoluted and much-criticized third season. Though they did finally manage to get back on track, it became clear that they could only keep tap-dancing so long before actually starting to cough up some answers.

And to do that, they had to know where they were going, and exactly how long they could take to get there.

"Fortunately for us, we've been talking about how the show's going to end since (the network) gave us an end date three years ago," Lindelof says. "For the network to allow us to end it is a tremendous gift.

"So we really have no excuse to say anything other than this is the ending that we wanted to do on the terms that we wanted to do it.

"Personally, I'm just feeling a tremendous amount of gratitude ... the idea that we're getting to end something, you know, while anybody still cares and while we still kind of love each other as opposed to everybody saying, `It's about time.'"

Of course, it is about time. And mystery and mortality. And fate and destiny and ... well, no one is saying. Yet.

Only one thing is sure: This is the beginning of the end.

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/article/757343--lost-final-season-a-mystery-even-for-the-actors

I cannot wait for the first episode to begin!

This time line stuff is confusing!

To quote Sayid, "What happened?"

Was it any good? I'm still back at Season 3