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LOST<\/a> aired for the first time nine years ago today. People are still talking about it. People still bring it up in conversations with me. Often they were dissatisfied with the ending<\/a> \u2013 and I am surprised that there are people who have completely misunderstood the ending, thinking that \u201cthe entire thing was Jack\u2019s<\/a> dream\u201d or \u201cthey were all dead all along\u201d or other things that are incompatible with what the show actually depicted, never mind what writers and producers have commented about it.<\/p>\n

As someone who works on religion and science fiction, it isn\u2019t surprising that the show<\/a> keeps coming up in conversations with me. But what about you? Do you still think\/talk about LOST<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"