Damon Lindelof on Lost - On The Verge

That look on Lindelof's face when the interviewer is babbling about the six seasons being a shared fantasy : “No.” You can literally see his patience dropping five levels.

7 years on from this interview and I want to say after rewatching through it again, I still absolutely love and understand the ending. If you followed the story and completely understood it’s ambiguity, it’s so so good.

For the life of me, and I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but I just genuinely don't understand how people who watched the ENTIRE show start to finish possibly misunderstood the ending and, instead, wrongfully thought they were dead "the entire time." Love how this is completely cleared up in 6:08-9:45.

Like seriously....even the interviewer didn't get the ending. Christian Shephard flat out explained it all. Everything on the island happened. The flash sideways in season six was a sort of "purgatory" where all of the characters met after their deaths. They all died at different times. Jack died on the island, Charlie died, and we're left to assume that Kate and Sawyer die sometime later off the island. The "flash sideways" was just the meeting point where they all found each other after they died, and the sideways world transcended time. So it didn't matter when they died. They all show up at that place together.

i applaud Damon for making the ending he wanted and to not please all of the fans.  You can't explain everything, but what LOST needed to explain they explained. Perfect ending to a nearly perfect show!

This is painful to watch but it gives me so much respect for Damon.

this reporter is like the internet personified

Lost is brilliant. The finale is brilliant.

Thank you Mr. Lindelof, Mr. Abrams and Carlton Cuse. Lost was the best television show.

I can't stop doing face palm every time someone doesn't understand Lost and the finale. Lindelof is teaching something in this.

He doesnt have to explain anything, to me he created the best show ever made and it ended as it should of done. nothings come close to it for me, and its ending gives credit to his style and the greatness of the show. Bravo.

Damon is an absolute beast in his interview. He stocked to his guns clearly realizes this guy doesn’t understand the show at all. I hope he knows the real fans, who either liked the ending or not understood what they were trying to do and enjoyed the ride

I love how the interview is basically "I didn't like Lost because I didn't actually functionally understand what happened."

also interviwer has some crazy power struggle after he finds out he misunderstood the show and damon was schooling him when damon said "now that i have you on the couch..." and he had to assert his power saying "actually i have YOU on the couch" @ 11:48 lmfao

I just finished "the leftovers season 2 " Damon you are a genius. Don't listen the haters your work is PERFECT. The leftovers is a masterpiece . Far better than Game of Thrones and Walking Dead ( and i love GOT and TWD a lot believe me) DAMON THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BRILLIANT EPISODES FROM LOST AND THE LEFTOVERS...

Just finished lost maybe 20 mins ago and immediately search for an explanation.  Initially I was like are you fucking seriously but after seeing this interview,  I fully appreciate the Lost ending.

I guess I'm in the minority. I completely understood the ending and I loved it.

So the interviewer didn't pay attention to the LOST finale, misunderstood it and then to Lindelof's face chastises him? Yikes. This was tough to watch.

“I’m a person who watched Lost all the way through”....... I don’t think you did sir, because it's obvious you didn't understand a lot of things in the show especially when it was all spelt out that everything that happened on the island was real! but mad respect to Damon with his patience and eloquent answers!

I loved the entire series from start to end. I love the fact he embraces the feedback.