I found this article at Time and thought this line was interesting.Why the Future of Television is Lost
How a weird cult show that should have been canceled helped TV into the
new-media era
By JAMES PONIEWOZIK
There are no simple answers when it comes to Lost. When we left the
addictively weird serial about the survivors of a plane crash on a
desert island, we had just made a startling discovery: the island is
linked to the world outside. That revelation, while it seems small, was
momentous for fans. It destroyed a whole bunch of theories--for
instance, that the characters were dead and in purgatory. So as Season 3
opens, the question on most viewers' minds is, Will there be more
present-day glimpses of the outside world?
Yes, says executive producer Carlton Cuse. But executive producer Damon
Lindelof interjects that he might not use the term present.
Adds Cuse: "The context of time is something you can't take for granted."
Source: TIME
