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Creators of ‘Lost’ say they won’t tie up all those loose ends
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any of the questions Let’s recap, shall we? The
posed during the run of
THE TV COLUMN
show’s creators say it’s not
“Lost” that have been
Lisa de Moraes
appropriate for the show’s
keeping you up at night are never creators to give the “official
going to be answered on the the experience of ‘Oh, my God, definition” of what they, the
show but will instead be tossed we forgot to do this!’ ” Lindelof show’s creators, meant by any
on the compost heap like an old told the capacity crowd at the particular moment on the show
turnip, because, the writers say, Saban Theater. they created.
they have run out of time. “We’re big fans of the show Okey-dokey.
And if you’re expecting they ‘Top Chef,’ ” he explained. “Those
will nonetheless come through guys all run through Whole
with some kind of post-finale TV Foods and they have to pull all of Jerry Seinfeld’s reality series
special, online chat, tweet — this stuff down — they have to “The Marriage Ref” attracted
anything! — to answer their get stuff they might not use in 14.4 million viewers following
rabid fans’ lingering the dish. When they get to the the Closing Ceremonies of the
head-scratchers, you need to kitchen, they have to decide Vancouver Winter Olympics on
think again. They have no whether or not they’re going to Sunday night.
intention of discussing the show use it. Our process is kind of the That’s nearly 6 million more
after the finale airs on May 23, same.” viewers than NBC’s average
co-creators Damon Lindelof and “There’s a lot of little questions audience in the time slot last
Carlton Cuse blithely informed that unfortunately we just don’t season with programming that
nearly 2,000 “Lost” fans have time to answer in the was not football. This may fall
attending the annual TV festival amount of time that we have under the category of Damning
of the Paley Center for Media left,” co-creator Cuse told the With Faint Praise. Let’s try this:
(formerly Museum of Television uber-fans. The premiere of “The Marriage
and Radio, formerly Museum of What with trying to keep all
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Ref” is the season’s fourth most
Broadcasting) in Beverly Hills, the intertwining story lines THE GANG’S ALL HERE: “Lost” creators Carlton Cuse, left, and Damon Lindelof, third from left, successful new-series launch —
Calif. straight, it’s probably slipped his join cast and crew members from the hit show at a fan event Saturday in Beverly Hills, Calif. and NBC’s second best of the TV
Now, you’d think that might mind that the “time we lave left” season to date:
have irked some of those nearly was determined years ago by look at it is that if the characters Damon just spoiled that Santa Apparently they heard from 1. CBS’s “Undercover Boss” (39
2,000 fans who had coughed up Cuse and Lindelof themselves, don’t care about that question, isn’t real, and there are kids in Sayid — he couldn’t care less. million)
$25 to $75 and then stood in line which would seem to suggest then we as storytellers don’t care the audience. Uh-oh. “We feel like the show should 2. CBS’s “NCIS: Los Angeles”
— some for more than two hours that running out of time was about that question.” But those of us who have been stand on its own,” Cuse said. (19 million)
— in the on-again, off-again rain something they had, um, Of course, what the characters able to resist the show’s insidious “We’re actually not going to 3. NBC’s “The Jay Leno Show”
Saturday night in order to spend planned. do and do not care about is ability to suck your brain out comment on the show after the (18.5 million)
slightly less than two hours in Back in May of 2007, ABC and decided upon by . . . well, Cuse through your ear — by shouting finale. We want everybody to demoraesl@washpost.com
the company of the writers, and a the creative team behind the and Lindelof, come to think of it. out nursery rhymes and basically be able to continue the
smattering of actors, from the weedy tangle of a series Because the characters are, you performing other non-rhythmic dialogue. . . . We don’t think it’s
prime-time soap. announced the show would end know, not real people. tricks — were sore as gumboils really appropriate for us to say, ON WASHINGTONPOST.COM
You’d be wrong. It only in the spring of 2010. Nearly These fine points seemed lost when panelists said we’re out of ‘Oh, here is the official definition Hoping to find more “Lost”? Go
inflamed their passion: three years later, at the Paleyfest, on the glassy-eyed fans who were luck if we’re waiting to find out for what we meant by any to washingtonpost.com/lost for full
“Now that we’re [preparing] Cuse said of any unresolved plot madly tweeting every second of who exactly was the economist particular moment on the coverage by Post bloggers Liz Kelly
the finale, we’re not at all having issues: “Ultimately, the way we the big event. For example: Sayid shot on the golf course. show.’ ” and Jen Chaney.
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Mom of cheating ex wants to know why they broke up
Adapted from a recent online approach. Tell her it feels strange have been through break-ups Making big changes on a small
discussion: to tell the son’s business to the before but this has really hit me budget forces creative thinking,
mom, then ask her — did he not hard. I still live in the same condo and that forces your brain to
Dear Carolyn: give her an explanation? See how (I own it) and I find it harder and work on something other than
My former future mother-in-law she responds. harder to stay there. I cannot sell re-living your past three years. If
(the engagement didn’t work out) I actually don’t think you it in this market, so I am really you have some good old friends
has been keeping in contact with should spell it out for her — it’s struggling to get it together. or even some encouraging new
me through e-mail. She’s a nice
CAROLYN HAX
between you and your ex, after
Va.
ones, find friendly ways to
lady and I wanted to maintain a all, and it really isn’t even her include them.
friendship with her. She has been place to be asking — but also
I’m sorry. If it helps, people
Time is going to do the most
asking why we broke off the to support his lie. Since she’s don’t take it so far that you start
have been finding ways to live
work to help you through this
engagement. asking me directly, can I tell her sounding coy. I just think it’s fair
with their ghosts since well
grief, but a project can make that
The truth is that her son what really happened? to ask her to lay her cards on the
before there was such a thing as
time go faster and in a happier
cheated on me multiple times with
London
table before you decide what to
a real estate market.
direction.
the same woman — who claims to do with yours.
Since one of your problems is
have been pregnant by him at one
Think of it this way: She has
If you’re satisfied that she has
grief, and another is the physical
point — and lied about it until I had
presumably gotten an answer to
a legitimate interest in knowing
setting, combine the two to find,
Read the whole transcript or
undeniable proof. It is clear he
the same question from her son.
the truth, then consider saying
if not a complete solution, then
join the discussion live at
has told his mother a different
Her asking you now means she,
just, “He hurt me very badly, and
at least some relief. Work
noon Fridays on www.washingtonpost.
story and made it seem like I was
on some level, doesn’t buy his
I hope he’s honest with you
through your grief by updating
com/discussions.
too rigid or something.
answer. And she’s reaching out to
about that.”
your apartment — paint,
It’s fine if his mom doesn’t know
you, so whatever her son said rearrange furniture, re-route foot
Write to Tell Me About It, Style, 1150
all the details, but it doesn’t seem
about you either wasn’t bad or
Dear Carolyn:
traffic. Make the familiar
15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071,
NICK GALIFIANAKIS FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
fair that she should think I’m the
wasn’t credible.
I recently broke up with my
unfamiliar. Start hosting a new
or tellme@washpost.com.
bad guy or that my ex expects me
I would suggest you take that
live-in boyfriend of three years. I
set of memories.
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