It’s nearing the end of a six season run for ABC’s hit show “Lost”. Will the show famous for its enigmas answer the questions that fans have been dying to have answers to? Actors Henry Ian Cusick (who plays Desmond Hume) and Nestor Carbonell (who plays Richard Alpert) weigh in on their opinions of how the show concludes.
Carbonell on the theme of love in “Lost”:
“The issue of love is sort of at the heart of every one of our characters,” Carbonell said. “You’ve had Penny’s, mine was the angst over the loss of my wife. Just about every character, the one central theme is that love is at play in every one of our lives and has ripped us apart in some fashion. I think if that’s fully addressed in the finale, and I think a lot of those dynamics will be addressed, that to me is the most satisfying.”
On how their characters’ plotlines are wrapped up:
Carbonell: “I was very happy with they way they dealt specifically with my character. With what I read, they resolved a lot of the dynamics of the characters. They did a tremendous job, so I’m looking forward to the final resolution.”
Cusick: “There is a resolution between Penny and Desmond, definitely.”
On how the show will leave fans:
Cusick: “People will be talking about it for weeks afterwards, and that’s what the show has always done. So in the true spirit of the show, that’s what it will do again.”
Carbonell: “It’s gotten people to talk biblical themes, mythological themes, classical themes of literature, science verses religion. I mean, incredible questions… I think the finale, without giving anything away, will bring some resolution to a lot of the dynamics between those characters, a lot of those relationships. I think that’s ultimately what’s at the heart of the show, are these relationships.”
The two actors have not actually read the last act of the script. Only the actors involved in the closing act of the finale episode got those pages. Carbonell didn’t request to read them either, saying:
“I didn’t ask for it afterwards, because I just really want to watch it with the rest of America, how it really ends. I want to be surprised.”
Check out this fan-made trailer (thirty-two hours of editing went into this trailer!) for the series finale of “Lost” that even caught exec producer Damon Lindelof’s attention:
Fan-made “Lost” Series Finale Trailer
Watch the final episodes of “Lost” tonight on ABC at 8/7C and the two-and-a-half-hour finale on this Sunday, May 23rd.
The finale episode of “Lost”, entitled “The End”, airs on May 23rd in a full night to celebrate the show, beginning with a two hour retrospective “Lost: The Final Journey” at 7pm ET. The finale begins at 9pm ET and will be followed by a special edition of “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Aloha to Lost” at 12:05am ET. On the preceding Saturday night, ABC will air the original two-hour pilot of “Lost” with pop-up trivia.
[Source] SciFiWire
