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I think I would say "The Constant" which took us 5 weeks to figure out the story, which is an eternity in episodic television. Especially with production voraciously consuming pages at the rate of 6-8 per day. But ultimately it was well-worth it. In a way, I think it's kind of a perfect LOST episode because it has the right cocktail of mythology and character drama.

I am going to tackle the ending question right now… Since that seems to be a popular one…

I stand by the ending that Damon and I wrote. It was our ending to the story we wanted to tell.

I was trying to think how to summarize my thoughts on this, and when in doubt, find another writer who can do it better than you. So here is a quote from the wonderful Ken Kesey that I was sent by my friend David Weddle. I think it says it all:

I'm for mystery, not interpretive answers. ... The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer, but they think they have. So they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer. "The Art of Fiction" – Ken Kesey interview by Robert Faggen, The Paris Review No. 130 (Spring 1994)

You know, from the very moment we started writing the ending of LOST I wanted the show to be open to interpretation and we wanted there to be plenty of room for people to have their own experience kind of watching and interpreting the show. I don't think it's ultimately a good thing to have to go to reddit to find out LOST canon. So I respectfully will leave that question a mystery.

Alright, well. If you want to know the truth, Andy Borowitz and his wife Sue Stevenson who created the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air were friends of mine from college, so I served as some sort of inspiration for the name. Little did I know he would grow into his own phenomenon.

Happy to be here. The LOST fan art has been an incredible part of the experience. I love that the show has inspired people to not only watch but also create. I have a ton of LOST posters -- my favorites include ones by Olly Moss and Ken Taylor...

As for tattoos… I was at a New Year's part and a woman came up to me and said, I have the LOST tattoos on me. so I said, "Where?" She lifted her shirt to show me that -- indeed -- she had the LOST numbers tattooed below her breasts. This was the exact moment my wife looked over at me from across the party. I ask that question more cautiously now.