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Lost Bosses: No Sopranos-style Blackout for Us
OK, you can stop being afraid (let alone being very afraid). Though they both went on record as raving about David Chase's ending for The Sopranos, Lost executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof say the ABC drama won't leave its own fans hanging in any similarly confounding manner come May 2010. "We will not be ending with a blackout," Cuse said Wednesday at the Promax/BDA conference.
The duo said they and their writing staff recently fleshed out the final three seasons, including the very final episode. "I'm not sure there is any ending that will satisfy anyone," Cuse acknowledged. All they can hope to do, he said, is serve up a "logical conclusion" — sans any snowglobes, "good Samaritan" trials or Suzanne Pleshette. (Though they reserve the right to have Kate learn via caller ID that the Smoke Monster's name is "John.")
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Jun 13, 2007 4:36 PM
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LOL! Wow, they seem to be really paying attention! I love the blurb up above! No snowglobes! HAH! As much as I loved the St. Elsewhere finale (as much as The Sopranos and Newhart ones), I know Lost has charted its own course, and fans needn't worry that they're going to do something we've seen before.
However...
I still think it would be a good exercise for true Lost fans to open your minds to the possibility that the ending won't be precisely what you want to see...and embrace it! That's what I did with The Sopranos, and I am so much happier and satisfied than most of the people I've read on these blogs.
I swear, tvguide.com should post the Serenity Prayer at the top of their home page! 
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Jun 13, 2007 4:56 PM
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TV Gord - well said about the fans opening their minds. I've never seen such ADHD TV watching as in the past few years. There is no patience by viewers of shows like Lost. I absolutely trust these guys.
(Though they reserve the right to have Kate learn via caller ID that the Smoke Monster's name is "John.")
Not Bob? (Think Twin Peaks)
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Jun 13, 2007 6:56 PM
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Thanks, CAngel. Maybe I am just showing my frustration after a year or so on these TV Guide blogs, but I thought TV fans (like you and me and Chapster and a handful of others) were interested in watching our favorite shows...as they unfold! Not as we WANT them to unfold!
Did Seinfeld end the way I wanted it to? No, but that show lost me about halfway through...did Friends? Well, yes. I was happy with its finale, but it always WAS a show for the masses (not that there's anything wrong with that).
M*A*S*H went out with bang after a few whimpering seasons. All In The Family drowned under the insignificance of Archie Bunker's Place (thanks for nothing, Mel Tolkin).
No matter how our favorite shows come to their conclusion, before blogs, did anyone question whether their final episodes reflected upon the final analysis of the show as a whole?
I am flabbergasted by the number of fans who say they are DONE with The Sopranos because of the way it ended. Hell, doesn't the Bible end with Armageddon? (I'm not sure...it lost me somewhere after Shadrach, Meshach--wasn't he great on Designing Women?--and Abednego, when the king put the children in the fiery furnace...ugh...too The Shield for me!
ahem...
I think the blogs are pulling too many lunatics (I count m'self among you) together. With the pseudo-power suddenly foisted upon us via the Jericho renewal...I worry that the nets are going to dwell too much on our opinions....because FRANKLY, as much as I enjoy being among y'all, I swear 75% of us are BAT-Schmidt insane!!!![]<img border=](http://community.tvguide.com/images/emoticons/devil.gif) ">
And MOST of the TV fans I know never come within a quarter-mile of the blogs!
8-)
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Jun 13, 2007 7:54 PM
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Thanks for the nod to SATC - many people perhaps did not get that BIg's actualy first name is John - and that makes perfect sense - if you watched the first episode -
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Jun 14, 2007 12:02 PM
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