{"id":1280,"date":"2010-05-18T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/05\/lost-remaining-questions\/"},"modified":"2010-05-18T20:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T20:05:00","slug":"lost-remaining-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/05\/lost-remaining-questions.html","title":{"rendered":"LOST Remaining Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Tonight is the last regular-length episode of LOST, to be followed by the 2 1\/2 hour series finale. Since that includes commercials, there are perhaps around 3 hours left in which questions can be answered and loose ends tied up. No one is expecting them all to be tied up \u2013 and Damon and Carlton have assured viewers that they will <em>not<\/em>\u00a0be resolving all mysteries and answering all questions. But for the show to end in a satisfying way<em>, some<\/em> questions still need to be answered. <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/8\/2010\/05\/500x_lost_-_across_the_sea.mp4-1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/8\/2010\/05\/500x_lost_-_across_the_sea.mp4-1.jpg\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5540279\/50-questions-lost-really-does-need-to-answer\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IO9<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.docarzt.com\/lost\/lost-news\/8-things-i-want-answered-before-lost-ends\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Docarzts-Lost-Blog+%28DocArzt%27s+Lost+Blog%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">DocArtz<\/a> both offer lists of questions they would like to see answered.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5540279\/50-questions-lost-really-does-need-to-answer\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IO9 asks for answers to 50 questions<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.docarzt.com\/lost\/lost-news\/8-things-i-want-answered-before-lost-ends\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Docarzts-Lost-Blog+%28DocArzt%27s+Lost+Blog%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">DocArtz asks that a mere 8 be wrapped up<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>What questions do you still feel genuinely <em>need<\/em> to be answered for the show to conclude in a satisfying way, leaving a coherent show that people will want to watch and enjoy in the future?<\/p>\n<p>They may not answer any of the real mysteries about LOST, but IO9 also shares <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5541237\/lost-the-14-casting-tapes-that-started-it-all\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">audition casting tapes for the cast of LOST<\/a>. And in the realm of sci-fi that will remain to comfort us when LOST is gone, <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5542010\/doctor-whos-steven-moffat-the-io9-interview\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steven Moffatt talks about Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-1448745878595453857?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight is the last regular-length episode of LOST, to be followed by the 2 1\/2 hour series finale. Since that includes commercials, there are perhaps around 3 hours left in which questions can be answered and loose ends tied up. 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