Giraffes Have Long Necks

Cuse: And also, we also are aware that answering questions inevitably raises other questions. We call it the Big Bang conundrum. 

Lindelof: A.k.a, Kate’s plane.

Cuse: Yeah, if you go back and you say, "OK, Jacob is obviously someone who was of great significance to the mythology of the show, but who was before Jacob? And then but who created that person?" If you go back in the universe you can say, the universe was created in an event called the Big Bang, but then you can inevitably ask the question, "Well, what was before the Big Bang?"

I think the audience has to have a sort of respect for the fact that there is only a circumscribed set of answers that we can ever give. And we’re not sitting here trying to evade our responsibility to provide answers. We are going to answer the questions that, for us, feel like they need to be answered and we feel like we have some cool and satisfying answers for them.

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From The Watcher's "The 'Lost' Lowdown," an epic three-part interview with Cuse and Lindelof, with no spoilers. It's going to take a while to read.

Cuse: And also, we also are aware that answering questions inevitably raises other questions. We call it the Big Bang conundrum. 

Lindelof: A.k.a, Kate’s plane.

Cuse: Yeah, if you go back and you say, "OK, Jacob is obviously someone who was of great significance to the mythology of the show, but who was before Jacob? And then but who created that person?" If you go back in the universe you can say, the universe was created in an event called the Big Bang, but then you can inevitably ask the question, "Well, what was before the Big Bang?"

I think the audience has to have a sort of respect for the fact that there is only a circumscribed set of answers that we can ever give. And we’re not sitting here trying to evade our responsibility to provide answers. We are going to answer the questions that, for us, feel like they need to be answered and we feel like we have some cool and satisfying answers for them.

Comments

[Michael Sippey]

Thank you for blogging about this! I've INSTAPAPERED the articles for reading at my convenience while lounging in a jumpsuit back in 1977. That would work, right?

[David Jacobs]

I reached for an onion ring, and the comment thread cut to black.

[Andrew Anker]

In Entertainment Weekly this week, Cuse and Lindelof said they only want to answer the questions that the characters themselves want answers to.

[David Jacobs]

I hope one of those characters wants to know what's up with the whispers. That's what I want to know.