Are the Dead Really Dead? Lost's Bosses Answer - E! Online

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Another great article from over at E!Online, so what's the answer to this question. Keep reading to find out!



"The new format of Lost is totally freaking confusing. And yet…not at all.

As you fans will see when the series returns tonight to ABC for season five, the island is 'skipping' through time, backward and forward, which makes things interesting, to say the least. But still, the good news is that Lost won't lose you. Or at least not for long.

So how did executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof pull off what is perhaps the most convoluted format for a TV series ever without completely losing the fans?

I just got off the phone with the Damon and Carlton, who explained their game plan for season five and set the record straight on who is really dead…

I just talked to your good friend Michael Emerson last week, and he said that there will be flash-forwards, flashbacks and 'flash-presents.' What the heck is a flash-present?
Damon Lindelof: Wait. I think we’re having one right now.

Are we?
DL: Is it the present? It is!

Stop. You just love messing with my mind.
Carlton Cuse: You know, time is a really relative thing. We basically didn’t want to lock ourselves into one way of storytelling, so we have characters off the island that are trying to get back to the island; we have characters t"