Over at the The AV Club, Noel Murray has an interview with the duo behind Lost, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. While there are no obvious spoilers, I’m sure that there are people who are going to be able to ferret out some answers from the intentionally vague answers given by Cuse and Lindelof. It provides a nice tease for the show, which returns on Thursday at 10 PM (no longer 9 PM, thanks to the return of Grey’s Anatomy).
Even though there is nothing particularly spoilery, the interview is still interesting because it allows a peek into the mind of the duo behind this televised crack. It is interesting to hear them talk about the demands of story and secrecy, especially the question that argues whether or not Lost is meant to be episodic or as one novel-like narrative arc. The key paragraph:
As for the people in the cages, it’s been pointed out to us recently that when we were writing that arc, basically we were trying to negotiate for an ending to the show. We ourselves as storytellers felt like we were trapped in cages. And the story could not progress until it was progressing toward something. Which is why the second half of season three really felt like we were answering questions, moving forward, introducing Cooper, having Locke and Sawyer acknowledge their mutual connection to the guy, and so on. All of those things were about us being able to move forward, as opposed to finding new ways to stay in place. We don’t regret having written that storyline, with everybody trapped in the cages. It was an issue of necessity. You have to make mistakes in order to get it right.
That’s all for now. Hopefully, I’ll see you all back here on Friday for a deconstruction of the newest episode, “The Shape of Things to Come.”
