Talking to TV Guide Michael Emerson (Ben), Terry O’Quinn (Locke) and Jorge Garcia (Hurley) gave their thoughts on the final season and what we can, or can’t, expect to see.
I’m hiding the minor, minor spoilers after the jump…
So, here’s the round-up -
Emerson said “I don’t know if [the fans] will be fully satisfied or not. I don’t know if we want to be fully satisfied. I think it’s always best to go away wanting a little more.” I personally agree with him; I think it would be a mistake to spend the final season trying to explain every single plot detail. As long as they resolve the biggest mysteries (What is the Island? What is the Monster? What is Jacob?) then I reckon I’ll be fairly happy. I don’t need a whole episode to explain where the Adam and Eve bodies from S1 came from, for example.
While there have been rumours of several former cast members returning, it seems that one who won’t be is Cynthia Watros, who played Libby. Her former co-star Jorge Garcia said “It looks like we’re probably not going to see Libby. They’ll probably deal with the story, but [Watros] may not be joining us.” It would be interesting to know one day the full story behind Watros relationship with the producers; both parties always said they intended to come back to Libby, and then it just never happened…
Of the script for the season premiere, entitled “LA X”, Terry O’Quinn said: “When I read the first script, it’s the first time in the whole series that I said, ‘Wow, that’s amazing’.” Seriously?! Terry must be pretty hard to please!
Lost returns to our screens next year. NEXT. YEAR. Permit me to weep for a moment.