Ultimately, those involved understand that “Lost” was always going to lend itself to misinterpretation and rampant conjecture. For six seasons, an increasing amount of mysteries and unexpected, even controversial plot twists tossed into the story went a long way towards creating the type of fan culture that’s now prevalent today — one in which viewers constantly hunt for Easter eggs, hints, and subtle references that might support grand conspiracy theories and other guessing games. To his credit, Cuse sums up this catch-22 rather succinctly when he notes that:
“I think we could have done some things to make it clear that that wasn’t what you were supposed to take away. But one of the big intentions of the show was intentional ambiguity and giving people the opportunity to digest and interpret ‘Lost’ as they want to if they wanted to. And at some level, you know, you can’t have it both ways.”
All these years later, however, this renewed (and occasionally heated) discussion has gone a long ways towards bringing about a reappraisal of “Lost,” as noted here by former /Film editor Hoai-Tran Bui. While it’s always tempting to pin an entire show’s reputation on how it ends, the truth is always more complex than that. Henry Ian Cusick, who played Desmond Hume, put it best:
“The show is not about the ending. The show is the entirety of the six seasons that you had and trying to remember all the emotions that you had when you couldn’t wait to find out what was in the hatch. That was the show. It was a time when there was no binge-watching, so you had to wait until next week, which is infuriating, you know? And yet so delicious.”
“Lost” is currently streaming on Netflix and Hulu.
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