For us, there's an inherent process when you're ending something to be thinking about the beginning, as writers.
Damon LindelofLost is a mystery show, so I think that would be stripping the franchise of sort of its essential nature.
Damon LindelofReputation is a very interesting thing, and I always give people the benefit of the doubt, and I think that there's a part of all of us, especially in a generation where a lot of the stuff gets recorded.
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