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LOST Producers Look Towards End

EW.com talked with LOST executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse about the decision to end the series in 2010.

When asked why announcing the end date was a positive Cuse noted, "I think it's a good thing because now, people who are invested in Lost know that there is an end point. You now know exactly how much story there is left. I think there was some uneasiness over the possibility that Lost wasn't going to end well, and the biggest contributing component of that anxiety was not knowing when the show was going to end. Now, I hope the audience will know where this road trip is leading. We hope that announcing this will be really reassuring to our fans who keep wondering, ''When are we going to get answers? When will the show pay off?''

Lindelof added, "One thing I think we have to get out there is this: You won't have to wait until 2010 to get all the answers you really care about. Some of these answers are going to be coming a lot sooner than you think. The reality is, we're not going to make you wait until the last episode to give you everything. "

They also discussed the "codename" of the for the season finale. '''The rattlesnake in the mailbox'' is the full name," said Lindelof. He goes on to explain, "One day, Carlton was looking at his mailbox and thinking this: 'Wow! No one would expect this — a rattlesnake in their mailbox!' He shared this in the writers' room one day, and every writer turned to him and said, 'What kind of sick thought is that?! Of course no one would think of a rattlesnake being in their mailbox, because only an extremely sick, deranged individual would put one in there!' And it was that which made us think, 'Actually, a rattlesnake in the mailbox is the perfect name for what we're doing in our finale.' Because only an extremely deranged individual would think of doing what we're doing."

Click here to read the full interview.